Introduction I -- Introduction II -- Season one -- Season two -- Season three -- Season four -- Season five -- The X-files : Fight the future -- Season six -- Season seven -- Season eight -- Season nine -- The X-files : I want to believe -- Season ten -- Season eleven.;Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introduction I; Introduction II; Season One; Things That Go Bump; S1/E1 "Pilot"; Paranoia in American Television; S1/E2 "Deep Throat"; Here Be Monsters; S1/E3 "Squeeze"; A Face in the Numbers; S1/E4 "Conduit"; Pine Barrens; S1/E5 "The Jersey Devil"; I'll Be Watching You; S1/E6 "Shadows"; Daisy, Daisy; S1/E7 "Ghost in the Machine"; We're Not Who We Are; S1/E8 "Ice"; Failure to Launch; S1/E9 "Space"; The Human Cost; S1/E10 "Fallen Angel"; Bad Seeds; S1/E11 "Eve"; Burning Bright; S1/E12 "Fire"; Somewhere, Waiting for Me.;In 1993, Fox debuted a strange new television show called The X-Files. It become one of the network's biggest hits-- and changed the landscape of television in the process. Handlen and VanDerWerff examine what made this genre-bending show so groundbreaking. Witty and insightful reviews of every episode of the series-- and the two motion pictures-- leave no mystery unsolved and no monster unexplained. Included are exclusive interviews with some of the stars and screenwriters, as well as an original foreword by X-Files creator and showrunner Chris Carter.