“Pilot Episode” Season 1, Episode 1: We got our first look at FBI Agents Fox “Spooky” Mulder and Dana Scully, who return to Fox soon, in the 1993 debut of the hit paranormal drama
“Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man” Season 4, Episode 7: We got a rare glimpse into the past of the enigmatic CSM, including learning he was the one who assassinated John F. Kennedy
“Terms of Endearment” Season 6, Episode 7 – Bruce Campbell guest starred in this episode about a demon who impregnates several women
“Unusual Suspects” Season 5, Episode 3: The Lone Gunmen, Mulder’s support team, got their very own episode in Season 5 when we learned how the group came together
“Drive” Season 6, Episode 2: This episode would eventually lead “X-Files” writer Vince Gilligan to cast guest star Bryan Cranston in the megahit series “Breaking Bad”
“Cops” Season 7, episode 12: Fox’s crossover between the network’s popular reality show, “Cops,” and its popular supernatural serial featured Mulder and Scully teaming up with the LAPD to track down a perp that could take the form of whatever its victim feared the most
“Lord of the Flies” Season 9, episode 5: Cranston isn’t the only “Breaking Bad” star to first impress Gilligan on “The X-Files.” Aaron Paul guest starred on this episode that mocks MTV’s “Jackass” with appropriately titled fake stunt show “Dumbass” and tells the coming-of-age tale of a misunderstood teenager coming to terms with his true identity: a giant insect
“First Person Shooter” Season 7, Episode 13: Mulder and Scully become trapped in a virtual reality shoot-’em up-game that even the Lone Gunmen can’t beat
“Home” Season 4, Episode 2: This episode about inbred cannibals (also some of our favorite “X-Files” villians) was so graphic a viewer discretion warning played before its first airing
