The X-Files - Season 2 (7.4/10)
by SLionsCricketreviews | created - 04 Sep 2017 | updated - 02 Sep 2018 | PublicAverage episode rating = 7.4/10
Even if this might be an unpopular sentiment, I prefer the first season to the second. It might be true that the second season has more real stand outs or classics of the show if you will but there is a more detrimental lack of consistency in this season as well as 'average' monster-of-the-week episodes that I find less enjoyable.
The Scully and Mulder dynamic, while strong, I don't find as gripping as in the first season and this I find is largely due to the X-Files being terminated at the beginning of the season and Scully's subsequent abduction.
For as many episodes that bore me in this season, there are almost an equal number of episodes I absolutely adore and help solidify the second season as another X-Files classic. My favourites of the season in order would be:
1. Irresistible (2x13)
2. Die Hand Die Verletzt (2x14)
3. Duane Barry (2x05)
4. Anasazi (2x25)
4. Die Hand Die Verletzt (2x14)
5. Ascension (2x06)
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1.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Little Green Men
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
With the X-Files shut down, Mulder travels to Puerto Rico on a tip from his mentor in the Senate to uncover the reason behind the sudden reactivation of a remote long abandoned SETI-like communications station.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Mike Gomez
Votes: 5,438
3.5/5
2.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
The Host
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder pursues a humanoid, parasitic organism that uses sewage systems as its home.
Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Darin Morgan
Votes: 5,874
4/5
3.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Blood
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder and Scully investigate a series of violent killings committed by seemingly normal residents of a small town.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, William Sanderson, John Cygan
Votes: 5,184
4/5
4.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Sleepless
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder is on the manhunt for a Vietnam veteran who can project his consciousness into other people's minds to kill them. Mulder and Agent Krycek try to uncover the conspiracy behind the killer's powers.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Nicholas Lea
Votes: 5,096
3.5/5
5.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Duane Barry
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A former FBI agent who claims he was abducted by aliens takes several people hostage. Mulder agrees to be the negotiator.
Director: Chris Carter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Steve Railsback, Nicholas Lea
Votes: 5,666
4.5/5
6.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Ascension
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder and Agent Krycek are in a race against time to find and rescue abducted Scully before crazed Duane Barry can take her to what he believes to be his alien puppet masters.
Director: Michael Lange | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Steve Railsback, Mitch Pileggi
Votes: 5,379
4.5/5
7.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
3
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Agent Scully is still missing, Agent Mulder embarks upon an investigation involving vampires in Los Angeles, subsequently becoming involved with a sultry female vampire who yearns to escape her lifestyle.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Justina Vail, Perrey Reeves
Votes: 5,129
2.5/5
8.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
One Breath
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Scully's comatose body is discovered at a local hospital and her life is hanging in the balance. When Mr. X shows Mulder the high price he'd have to pay if he truly wants justice for Scully, Mulder must choose between hope and revenge.
Director: R.W. Goodwin | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Sheila Larken, Melinda McGraw
Votes: 5,231
3.5/5
9.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Firewalker
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At a remote outpost, scientists watch as their camera picks up a moving shadow on the inside of a smoldering hot volcano, too hot for any living creature to survive. Mulder and Scully arrive and notice that everyone is acting strangely.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Bradley Whitford, Leland Orser
Votes: 4,813
2.5/5
10.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Red Museum
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A vegan religious cult is accused of kidnapping local teenagers for some type of ritual. Mulder and Scully begin to suspect that a different kind of conspiracy is at play when Scully sees Deep Throat's killer in town.
Director: Win Phelps | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Paul Sand, Steve Eastin
Votes: 4,920
3/5
11.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Excelsis Dei
(1994)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder links a series of violent attacks at a convalescent home, including the brutal rape of a nurse, to angry spirits beyond the grave.
Director: Stephen Surjik | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Teryl Rothery, Sab Shimono
Votes: 4,717
3/5
12.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Aubrey
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A pregnant police woman experiences visions that lead her to the remains of two FBI agents who went missing in the 1940s while on the trail of a serial killer that later got caught. The killings begin again but the only suspect is now 77.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Terry O'Quinn, Deborah Strang
Votes: 4,638
4/5
13.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Irresistible
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Scully and Mulder hunt down a fetishist who collects pieces of the dead.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Bruce Weitz, Nick Chinlund
Votes: 5,212
5/5 - IMO, one of the more underrated episodes of The X-Files. This is in a handful of my favourite episodes of the show. Such a powerful episode, it feeds on Scully's own fears and doubts (especially after prior abduction experiences) as much as the audiences. Amazingly disturbing guest performance from Chinlund and one of the show's darkest and most aggressive pieces. So powerful emotionally and such a great character episode. Chris Carter's wonderfully realized teleplay and David Nutter's sublime direction also stand out.
14.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Die Hand Die Verletzt
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The agents investigate a murder in a small town populated by devil worshippers.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Dan Butler, Susan Blommaert
Votes: 5,337
4.5/5 - Iconic and the entry of one Kim Manners, the show's most prolific director into the series. Also the last Morgan & Wong penned episode before their return with "Home" in the fourth season. They left with an absolute bang and a laugh. Chilling and darkly hilarious episode.
15.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Fresh Bones
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The death of a Marine, who allegedly committed suicide, unearths a disturbing truth at a Haitian refugee camp.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Bruce A. Young, Daniel Benzali
Votes: 4,441
3/5
16.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Colony
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When someone sends Mulder and Scully obituaries showing three separate but identical men apparently having died, the agents investigate, but things take an unexpected turn when Mulder receives a call from his father.
Director: Nick Marck | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Peter Donat, Brian Thompson
Votes: 5,153
4.5/5
17.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
End Game
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder is forced to make an impossible choice, when the alien bounty hunter gives him an ultimatum - Scully's life for Samantha's.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Steven Williams, Peter Donat
Votes: 5,026
4/5
18.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Fearful Symmetry
(1995)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a small town in Idaho, a man is killed by what seems to be an invisible elephant. Mulder's investigation into the local zoo, its owners and a local animal rights group uncovers evidence of insidious alien experiments.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Jayne Atkinson, Lance Guest
Votes: 4,492
3.5/5
19.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Humbug
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The agents search for a killer in a Florida town inhabited by sideshow performers.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Jim Rose, Wayne Grace
Votes: 5,918
4/5
20.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Død Kalm
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The crew of a U.S. military ship that disappeared in the Norwegian Sea is found dead from what seems to be rapid aging. Thinking it's another Philadelphia Experiment, Mulder boards the ghost ship along with Scully and a local skipper.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Savage, David Cubitt
Votes: 4,653
3/5
21.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
The Calusari
(1995)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The agents investigate when a young boy's family is plagued by a series of tragic accidents.
Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Helene Clarkson, Joel Palmer
Votes: 4,615
3.5/5
22.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
F. Emasculata
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As Scully investigates the spread of a deadly contagion at a prison, Mulder tracks down two escaped convicts infected with the disease.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Charles Martin Smith, Dean Norris
Votes: 4,587
4/5
23.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Soft Light
(1995)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Scully's former student, Det. Kelly Ryan, asks the agents to help her catch a runaway government scientist responsible for several mysterious disappearances. Mulder realizes that the man is deathly afraid of his shadow for some reason.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Tony Shalhoub, Kate Twa
Votes: 4,650
4/5
24.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Our Town
(1995)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Reports of foxfire on a field in Dudley, Arkansas lead Mulder and Scully to a bizarre situation regarding the townsfolk. Employees of the Chaco Chicken Corporation are displaying bizarre behavior, and the death rate is slowly increasing.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Caroline Kava, John Milford
Votes: 4,585
3.5/5
25.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Anasazi
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder receives an encrypted computer tape containing the defense department's top secret files on extraterrestrial life and becomes a target. Scully takes him to a Navajo family that unearthed a buried secret to decipher the files.
Director: R.W. Goodwin | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Peter Donat, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
Votes: 5,507
4.5/5
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