A forgotten episode shows why some mysteries are better left unsolved—and how overexplaining can derail a beloved mythology.

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Fox Mulder, the brooding, brilliant, and utterly obsessed FBI Special Agent at the heart of The X-Files, remains one of television’s most enduring characters. Portrayed with a captivating blend of dry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Everybody (even those who have never even seen the show) knows that the Big Bad of The X-Files is the Cigarette Smoking Man, the ...

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Released in Season 5, “Bad Blood” is an episode written by Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad) that is one of the funniest of the series’ run. Told out of order, it opens with Mulder and Scully talking ...

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Steven Spielberg's new film appears to have many similarities to The X-Files, and the director would be wise to look at one ...

Filming for Ryan Coogler’s reboot of X-Files is currently underway, and it’ll present a unique opportunity for the Oscar ...

It's nothing short of impressive how "The X-Files," a series that began in the early '90s and ended in the early aughts (before it was brought back for a rather underwhelming revival 15 years later), ...