The 10 Best 'X-Files' Episodes To Watch Before The Show's Inevitable Return

The X-Files might be coming back to television. In the meantime, a generation or two has passed since The X-Files was in its heyday, so if you never had the pleasure but you're curious what all the fuss is about — or you were a fan but need a reminder of why you loved it — Tech Times is here to help.

In chronological order, here are ten of the series' very best episodes, each of which ranks among some of the finest hours (or two hours) ever to grace television screens. It wasn't easy narrowing down the show's 200+ episodes to just ten when the show is ridiculously blessed with fantastic entries. But here goes.

1x01: "Pilot"
1x13: "Beyond the Sea"
2x05: "Duane Barry"
3x01 & 3x02: "The Blessing Way" & "Paper Clip"
3x04: "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"
3x15 & 3x16: "Piper Maru" & "Apocrypha"
4x12: "Leonard Betts"
5x12: "Bad Blood"
6x02: "Drive"
6x03: "Triangle"

Details: Tech Times