The biggest movie news these days is that everything is go for launch on the long-awaited new X-Files movie. At any rate, that’s the biggest news for people like myself, who only care about nerd stuff. A bigger fan of The X-Files than me there never ever was. I’m practically bouncing off the walls in anticipation. I mean, there’s the new Indiana Jones and Star Trek movies to look forward to, and now The X-Files too! The only thing to say about it is: Hot diggity damn! In celebration of this momentous news, here’s a list of my ten favorite episodes of The X-Files.

10. HOLLYWOOD A.D. 7.18 The one where they’re making a movie about the X-Files and Scully, Mulder and Skinner talk to each other in bathtubs.
9. JOSE CHUNG’S “FROM OUTER SPACE” 3.20 The one where Charles Nelson Reilly is a kooky writer and Alex Trebek and Jesse Ventura are shady characters.
8. WAR OF THE COPROPHAGES 3.12 The one where cockroaches invade a small town and Mulder tells Scully she smells bad.
7. MUSINGS OF A CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN 4.07 The one where we learn the extent of the Cigarette Smoking Man’s involvement in everything that’s ever happened. It’s also the only time we ever feel sorry for him.
6. BAD BLOOD 5.12 The one where Mulder and Scully each tell their own version of events in an investigation of a town full of vampires.
5. PAPER HEARTS 4.08 The one where Mulder thinks a captured serial killer is responsible for the disappearance of his sister. Freaking great.
4. CLYDE BRUCKMAN’S FINAL REPOSE 3.04 The one where Peter Boyle has psychic powers and implies that Mulder will die from auto-erotic asphyxiation.
3. HUMBUG 2.20 The one with a whole town of circus performers. It was the first episode to go heavy on the comedy, and they pulled it off in a big way.
2. THE POST-MODERN PROMETHEUS 5.06 The one in black and white with a Frankenstein dude who loves Cher.
1. SQUEEZE 1.03 The one with a stretchy dude who eats people’s livers. It’s the first episode I ever saw and it scared the living shit out of me.

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