Customer Reviews
The Best Season! 
2007-08-25
The X-Files is at their creative peak on season 6. Season 6 features hilarious midadventures, an unexpected heart warming episode about confused love, and every episode has an interesting mystery to solve. I also liked the selection of slimey creatures that were featured in some of these episodes.
I liked season 7 almost as much as season 6. So check out season 7 for good entertainment. Season 2 is also suggested.
Best season ever! 2007-08-04
[...] Out of all 9 seasons of The X-Files, I would have to say that season 6 was my favorite. Season 6 was the season after The X-Files movie, Fight the Future (Released Summer 1998).
While I enjoyed almost all of the episodes during season 6, I would have to say there are quite a few that stand out from the rest. These episodes include:
Triangle - Mulder goes to the Bermuda Triange when he learns that the Queen Anne, a British luxury liner which disappeared during WWII, has re-appeared in the middle of the Sargasso Sea. Mulder's boat is wrecked and after floating in the water, he is hauled aboard the ship which has just been hijacked by the Nazis searching for the man who will build the atom bomb. Mulder tries to convince the crew that they have traveled into the future but evidence further suggests that it is he, who is back in the past.
Dreamland 1&2 - While being detained near the famed "Dreamland" Area 51, a strange craft flies overhead and Mulder swaps bodies with an Area 51 'Man-in-Black'. While the other agent has fun in Mulder's body, Mulder himself finds it difficult to fit into someone else's life, especially a shadowy one.
How the Ghosts Stole Christmas - Mulder talks Scully into investigating a haunted house on Christmas Eve where several couples have met their fate on that very night. While there they encounter endless tricks and traps set by a ghostly couple who originally made a lovers suicide pact in the house, and they try to convince Mulder and Scully to kill each other.
Arcadia - On their first official case back on the X-Files, Mulder and Scully go undercover as a married couple at a prestigious planned community where several residents have recently disappeared after failing to comply with the rules and regulations.
Monday - A woman is forced to relive the same day over and over as she tries to prevent Mulder and Scully from being killed by her boyfriend during a bank robbery attempt; and as the events restart again and again, Mulder's sense of Deja-vu grows stronger.
Milagro - A writer living next to Mulder becomes obsessed with Scully and confesses to her that he is using her for a character in his novel. Scully finds herself strangely drawn to him even though he is now the prime suspect in the murder case that she and Mulder are investigating.
The Unnatural - Mulder meets with Agent Arthur Dales' brother (also named Arthur!) and is told a tale of a talented negro baseball player from Roswell, New Mexico in the 1940's who may have been an alien that ran away from his colony because of his love for the game. (Written and Directed by David Duchovny).
By the end of this DVD set, you'll want to stay away from the Bermuda Triangle, stay clear of Area 51, be afraid of storms, refuse to go to the bank on Monday, and you'll be convinced that all of the greatest baseball players of all time are/were aliens.
Pick up where the Movie left off... alien baseball players... and this season has Bruce Campbell! 2007-07-08
Remember before moving onto Season 6, you are supposed to watch X Files the movie first!
The X-Files Collection is a worthy hobby and next to Star Trek is certainly one of largest of the television series DVD collections, running an extra two seasons longer than the maximum seven season Star Trek series. Although The X-Files is not the longest running television media franchise, it can boast being one of the longest running SF series airing for nine seasons between 1993 and 2002. At around 1100 minutes per box, you are looking at approx. 9 boxes with 165 hours of viewing. That is nearly 1 full week of non-stop X-Files. Very few DVD series can come even remotely close to that. Get going collecting right now and you could build up the series collection in no time. By the end you will have a television paranormal anthology that defines the word awe. This is the kind of item that requires 1 hour a day of your time over the course of a year. The X-Files creator Chris Carter nails a powerful television series premise, setting up a fringe paranormal bureau of investigation that is at odds with its own department, the government, the military and just about everyone else, with the immortal tagline "The truth is out there". Fox "Spooky" Mulder (David Duchovny) is the workaholic basement-dwelling good-looking nerd with a heart of gold and a mind for the criminal macabre, all things supernatural and who runs the X-Files department. He is teamed with Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), the rational doctor turned FBI agent who is asked to write reports on the X-Files cases by her cynical boss. Most episodes play along with the theme of Mulder witnessing a paranormal event while Dana gradually arrives on the scene only after it is over, missing it all, or discovering something odd at best. This kind of regular plot occurrence bonds the characters and is what makes The X-Files so enjoyable. There are some improvements since the Season III DVD case with a seventh bonus disc now inside a cardboard holder and not just sitting in a slot in a piece of card that falls out easily like in Season I and II, bouncing around the box. Season V actually has the bonus disc in with actual holder itself. Not all boxes have this bonus seventh disc item. It depends on the edition. The more important six discs with episodes are firmly in place in a plastic flip case inside a thick season box that slides into a wider cardboard presentation holder for the shelf and looks quite good. Although the inside is slightly flimsy, these DVDs are presented on the cheap and so economically The X-Files seasons are sound value for money but the presentation is nothing to brag about and when we get around to seeing what is on the discs we will not be so blown away either. There are 4 episodes per disc, and 6 episode discs in total, making an average of 25 episodes for most seasons. Some seasons have more or less than this figure. Some discs have a few deleted scenes... and that is about it. On the episode discs there are no commentaries and not much in the way of bonus material except for some international clips with Mulder and Scully speaking in Japanese for a scene. They could have at least provided us with the X-Files remastered in 5:1 Dolby Digital but have instead just presented the series as it was aired in 2:1 surround. Again, everything here is on the cheap. The transfer quality however is very good for most of it. Since the show was shot in full frame until Season 5. Season 5 is the first X-Files season to go Widescreen 1.78:1 and Season 6 retains this new widescreen setting.
X-Files: Season six has Mulder reconstructing a private X Files after the destruction of his affairs at the end of Season five. This is very much an alien invasion packed season. Mulder is back and believing that the hegemony and the alien colonization of planet Earth is not a con but a real threat and no longer sees it as just being a government propaganda vehicle. Scully's back to her critical ways. The Cigarette-Smoking Man (William B. Davis) shows up again. Assistant Director Walter S. Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) is back for more director of FBI lecturing the bizarre duo. `The Lone Gumen' John Fitzgerald Byers (Bruce Harwood), Melvin Frohike (Tom Braidwood) and Richard 'Ringo' Langly (Dean Haglund) are back. Alex Krycek (Nicholas Lea) makes a return. Special Agent Jeffrey Spender (Chris Owens) has more screentime who alongside Agent Diana Fowley (Mimi Rogers) have been assigned the X Files which they ignore and censor. Apart from the main theme of an alien conspiracy the single episodes stand out as some of the funniest of the X Files seasons. Season six of the X-Files is mostly about - Alien hegemony, sonic death, time travel, altered states, demons, weather, ghosts, photography, poisons, astral projections, leviathans, killer dogs, fantasies, the lone gunmen, baseball playing aliens, hallucinogens and alien artefacts. The episodes are so good it is hard to pick out the best of the lot. The episode "Rain Man" is absolutely hilarious. "Terms Of Endearment" features Bruce Campbell who is excellent in everything and it is a pity they didn't keep his character on for more. "Tithonus", about a crime scene photographer, is quite creepy. "SR 819" is like the movie DOA featuring Skinner dying from a mystery illness. "Arcadia" is about a strict neighbourhood that hides a secret monstrosity. "Agua Mala" is one of the best monster hunting episodes to date. "The Unnatural" is the classic episode where a black baseball player is really an alien. Season 6 is worth every penny. If you thought the X Files couldn't get better then this one puts the X back in the files.
Best Show Ever! 2007-06-18
Correct me if I am wrong, but this series was one of the best TV events ever! (I was not old enough to appreciate the first moon walk). The DVD set is well packaged and includes lots of fun extras. A good value too. A must have for any fan. BTW, agent Scully just keeps getting hotter and Mulder even more sarcastic!
X-Files Rules! 2007-05-20
I became a true "X-filer" late in the game...after it was no longer a regular series. (Wait... Can "X-Files" ever truly be considered regular?)
This particular season carries SEVERAL of my favorite episodes, so it is really worth the money. If you are a fan, this is one collection you should definitely have.
great dvds - broken cases 
2008-07-09
All of the cases were broken and the dvds were loose and knocking into each other
Out With The Old, In With The New 2008-05-31
Starting with the sweeping landscape shot of Los Angeles, the show's new home after filming five seasons in Vancouver, Canada, The Sixth Season of the X-Files epitomized the concept of change in nearly every aspect. Coming on the heels of "Fight The Future: The X-Files Movie", which did not provide the kind of closure that was expected, the writers/producers knew that serious changes to the show needed to be made, as the mythology plotlines were beginning to bog down due to overly-complex storylines. This need for change even spilled into the stand-alone episodes, developing the Mulder-Scully romance more than at any other time up to this point.
In regards to the mythology episodes, the season starts with the aptly-titled "The Beginning", in which the "new mythology" plotline is begun, centering on the notion that perhaps mankind is itself extraterrestrial in origin. After a two-part episode ("Two Fathers" and "One Son") that wraps up the original Syndicate mythology by explaining the ultimate fate of the alien-human hybrid program, the finale ("Biogenesis") again returns to the "humans as aliens" plot, where Agent Scully makes the greatest scientific discovery in human history on the African coast.
Also during this season, the stand-alone episodes were of excellent quality (in my opinion, the best the show ever produced). Focusing on the Mulder-Scully relationship, as well as adding larger doses of humor to each episode, the stand-alones that really shine are "How The Ghosts Stole Christmas" (a merry romp through a haunted house), "Triangle" (a fantastic nod to the Wizard of Oz), "The Unnatural" (Mulder's love of the National Pastime is explored), and "Field Trip" (one of the best episodes, concept-wise, of the entire show). Also, "Dreamland 1 & 2" is a unique episodes that showcases the humor, fantastical plots, and relationships of the show all at once!
To conclude, I have always considered the Sixth Season of the X-Files to be my favorite single season of the nine. Viewers are given resolution to the main mythology, taken down a new mythological path, treated to some of the best single-hour plots of the show's history, and rewarded by the flowering of a subtle Mulder-Scully romantic relationship.
The X Files Light 
2007-11-24
Maybe the last "classic" season for some purists, this is where The X Files tried to expand their horizons after the movie, and the result was more emphasis on the comedic episodes. And while we dont have any trouble with that, the main problem this season had was in programming: they put the majority of the comedy episodes right in the beggining, one after another, and that made the season pretty uneven. But please don't get me wrong, most of the episodes are really great as usual, and for the whole series is the turning point after the whole Conspiracy mithology is definitely exposed and given a resolution, and some of the stories are given a Twilight Zone mood (this will be fully applied in Season 9).
In my book two of the episodes dont work that well, and those will be "The Rain King" (good in its own, but way too light for The X Files), and "Agua Mala" (which starts ok, but seems that for the ending they didn't know what to do). The rest of the eps are quite solid, so is definitely a must in your XF collection.
X-Files 2007-10-04
The slim sets are the greatest way to get the entire seasons. You can't beat the price!!
Single Best Season 2007-09-26
This season is the best season in my opinion. It's the first season that's aged well, with special effects, etc. But also has the best mythology episodes (the storyline episodes). The season was already good, but when I got to disc 3 and all four of the episodes, I was blown away. Each of those four rank in my top 10. And the mythology episodes on it finally go somewhere, after so many "you're truths are lies that are truths" episodes before. The rest of the season is great, too. I was not disappointed with a single one. No weak episodes!
