Season 2

The X-Files Season 2 – Episode List & Guide

Below you will find an overview of each episode’s review.

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It all boils down to a crisis of faith. “Little Green Men” represents some of the most explicit characterization from The X-Files thus far. Aside from the slight melodrama of having the X-Files division shut down, the episode manages to be almost entirely successful, drawing on plot, character and thematic elements established in the first season of the series. That it also proves to be a story about finding strength in one’s own convictions, no matter how mundane or distasteful reality may be, is an evolution in writing for the series. Put simply, the episode tells a story that is as much about the human condition as it is about the “little green men” Mulder is chasing.

2.02 – The Host: C+

“The Host” is an episode which manages to improve over the course of its forty-minute runtime. The central mystery to the episode — essentially a monster-of-the-week installment — is skillfully enough presented. But it is the developing conspiracy-within-a-conspiracy element to the series which manages to elevate the episode beyond an average installment, even if it isn’t quite a classic. And really, with the X-Files division still on ice, I imagine there was little else to go with the series.

2.03 – Blood: C-

“Blood” is an episode that manages to weave a thoroughly confounding mystery. Unfortunately, the reason why the mystery is so difficult to penetrate is the simple fact that it simply makes no sense whatsoever — no matter what kind of spin you try to put on the events. The result is less-than-average: a genuinely suspenseful ride that ends with absolutely no satisfaction.

2.04 – Sleepless: C+

“Sleepless” is an enjoyable, if somewhat unremarkable installment of the X-Files series. The central mystery is decent enough, though it hardly matches the best of what the series has to offer. In fact, its most interesting and compelling elements are those that occur on the periphery of the main story — the further hints and revelations of the Conspiracy. In that sense, there is some importance to the episode itself. Unfortunately, these elements aren’t enough to truly elevate the episode and make it a true classic.

2.05 – Duane Barry
2.06 – Ascension
2.07 – 3
2.08 – One Breath
2.09 – Firewalker
2.10 – Red Museum
2.11 – Excelsis Dei
2.12 – Aubrey
2.13 – Irresistable
2.14 – Die Hand Der Verletz
2.15 – Fresh Bones
2.16 – Colony
2.17 – End Game
2.18 – Fearful Symmetry
2.19 – Død Kalm
2.20 – Humbug
2.21 – The Calusari
2.22 – F Emasculata
2.23 – Soft Light
2.24 – Our Town
2.25 – The Anasazi