During The X-Files‘ 218 episode run, the series served up a cracking collection of stories which delighted, frightened, and entertained audiences. The X-Files was a hugely successful show with a large fanbase, and a significant part of this was due to the strength of its writing, which led to many great episodes.

But if you’re an X-Files fan, then you know the vast majority of episodes were split into two distinct categories: ‘mythology’ episodes and ‘monster of the week‘ episodes. The first category focused on a long-running story arc, related to a government/alien conspiracy, while the latter tended to be stand-alone stories, centred around a monster or a supernatural entity.

There were a few exceptions to this rule, with some episodes blurring the lines a touch, such as the season one episode ‘Conduit‘ which focused on aliens but wasn’t part of the overall mythology. However, for the most part, X-Files fans were usually treated to either a ‘mythology’ episode or a ‘monster of the week’ episode, and the distinction was pretty clear.

Over the years, some fans like to revisit The X-Files with a full re-watch of the series. But what if you just want to watch the ‘mythology’ episodes?

Well, if you do just want to watch the ‘mythology’ episodes, then you’ll need a handy list to follow which focuses squarely on these episodes, and these episodes ONLY. And this list also needs to include one of the X-Files movies, which is also part of the ‘mythology’ story arc.

Oh, and you can find this list below!

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A list of X-Files ‘mythology’ episodes (ONLY)

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Below is a list of ‘mythology’ episodes of The X-Files. These episodes are (more or less) the story arc instalments of the show, which largely focus on expanding the mythology of the series.

Season One

  • Pilot
  • Deep Throat
  • Fallen Angel
  • E.B.E.
  • The Erlenmeyer Flask

Season Two

  • Little Green Men
  • Duane Barry
  • Ascension
  • One Breath
  • Red Museum
  • Colony
  • End Game
  • Anasazi

Season Three

  • The Blessing Way
  • Paper Clip
  • Nisei
  • 731
  • Piper Maru
  • Apocrypha
  • Talitha Cumi

Season Four

  • Herrenvolk
  • Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man
  • Tunguska
  • Terma
  • Momento Mori
  • Tempus Fugit
  • Max
  • Zero Sum
  • Demons
  • Gethsemane

Season Five

  • Redux
  • Redux II
  • Christmas Carol
  • Emily
  • Patient X
  • The Red and the Black
  • The End

Movie

  • The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)
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Season Six

  • The Beginning
  • S.R. 819
  • Two Fathers
  • One Son
  • Biogenesis

Season Seven

  • The Sixth Extinction
  • The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati
  • Sein und Zeit
  • Closure
  • En Ami
  • Requiem

Season Eight

  • Within
  • Without
  • The Gift
  • Per Manum
  • This Is Not Happening
  • Deadalive
  • Three Words
  • Vienen
  • Essence
  • Existence

Season Nine

  • Nothing Important Happened Today
  • Nothing Important Happened Today II
  • Trust No 1
  • Provenance
  • Providence
  • William
  • The Truth – Part One
  • The Truth – Part Two

Season Ten

  • My Struggle
  • My Struggle II

Season Eleven

  • My Struggle III
  • Ghouli
  • My Struggle IV

If you follow the list above, you can focus on the mythology episodes, largely bypassing the monster of the week instalments.

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