Happy Anniversary Spooky & Starbuck

It was 25 years ago today the X-Files premiered. Like every TV show I really like, that usually warrants repeat viewing, I never get in on the ground floor. I always have to catch up, whether it is several episodes or multiple seasons, because I typically do not pay attention to shows until I find them listed on some TV critic’s best shows of the year lists. So I’m guessing that in 1993 I didn’t see the pilot episode when it was originally aired, I think I caught up the next year during summer reruns.

Because today is the 25th anniversary of the shows premier my Google news feed is full of retrospectives and X-Files episodes to watch. Here is a sample:

• C-Net’s Top Ten
• SyFy Wire’s 12 Best Monsters
• the Hollywood Reporter’s 25 Most Important Episodes
• IndieWire’s 5 Best Episodes If You Have Never Seen the Show

I have at one time had digital copies of all 201 episodes of the original 9 seasons, a while back I weeded it out to only the shows I like to re-visit. This narrowed it down to a mere 35 shows that come from the first 7 seasons (I’m sorry, but once it was no longer Scully and Mulder…)

Here for your viewing pleasure is Brian’s Top Ten X-Files Episodes in order of their original airing: