Opening The X-Files : A Critical History of the Original Series

More than 20 years after it was first broadcast, The X-Files still holds the public imagination. Over nine seasons and two feature films, agents Mulder and Scully pursued monsters, aliens, mutants and shadowy conspirators across the American landscape. Running for more than 200 episodes, the series transformed television, crafting a postmodern mythology that spoke to the anxieties and uncertainties of the end of the 20th century. Covering the entire series from its debut through the second feature film, this book examines how creator Chris Carter and his team of writers turned a scrappy cult favorite on Fox into a global phenomenon. The cultural context of the X-files and Ten thirteen -- The X-files: season one -- The X-files: season two -- The X-files: season three -- The X-files: season-Millennium: season one -- The X-files: season five-Millennium: season two-fight the future -- The X-files: season six/Millennium: season three -- The X-files: season seven-harsh realm -- The X-files: season eight/The lone gunmen -- The X-files: season nine -- I want to believe More than 20 years after it was first broadcast, The X-Files still holds the public imagination. Covering the entire series from its debut through the second feature film, this book examines how creator Chris Carter and his team of writers turned a scrappy cult favourite into a global phenomenon.