The Mytharc is the overarching story developed in a series of episodes of The X-Files where Mulder and Scully investigate and expose an international conspiracy by an organization known as the Syndicate to develop a human/alien hybrid and suppress knowledge of the existence of extraterrestrials who plan to colonize Earth.
It should be noted that some key mythology characters also appear in Monster of the Week episodes; notably, Deep Throat, X and the Cigarette Smoking Man each appear in episodes which involve government activities.
Furthermore, as his role expanded, Walter Skinner appears in more Monster of the Week episodes.
All episodes of The X-Files listed as "Alien Mythology"
This is a list of the "Law & Order" and "Chicago" franchises, which frequently crossover with each other, as well as other TV shows and movies they crossover with, or at least share the same universe.
Diary of everything I saw while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic
A selection of the best episodes. Includes all the mythology episodes.
With all credit to reddit user /u/ragan651 via their post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/XFiles/comments/33zhcr/the_essential_xfiles_episode_list/
Summarizing their commentary on this curated list:
These are not the best episodes, but the ones most important for catching up with the X-Files mythology.
It's a long series with a complicated plot, and only some of the episodes are about that plot. So for those wanting to rewatch the show but not sift through the entire series, these are the essential episodes of The X-Files.
This list contains two types of shows:
- ones that are not essential mythology episodes, but connect to the mythology
- ones that are the best episodes of the series, but not part of the mythology.
The first movie takes place between seasons five and six, and is important.
The second movie takes place after season 9, and addresses the ending of the original finale, and has some small connections to season 10.
Yearly Stats
Episode plays: 867
Episodes per Month: 72.3
Episodes per Week: 16.7
Episodes per Day: 2.4
Monthly Stats
Jan: 93 Episodes
Feb: 103 Episodes
Mar: 111 Episodes
Apr: 71 Episodes
May: 52 Episodes
Jun: 21 Episodes
Jul: 42 Episodes
Aug: 49 Episodes
Sep: 72 Episodes
Oct: 86 Episodes
Nov: 82 Episodes
Dec: 85 Episodes
New Shows Started: 34
American Horror Story, Angie Tribeca, Bates Motel, Bella Block, Better Call Saul, Broadchurch, Cagney & Lacey, Captain Future, Chuck, Diese Drombuschs, Elfen Lied, Gotham, The IT Crowd, Kommissarin Lucas, Lewis, The Librarians, Lie to Me, Life on Mars, Lucifer, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel's Jessica Jones, Mozart in the Jungle, The Polar Bear Family & Me, Preacher, Pushing Daisies, ReGenesis, Rosewood, Torchwood, Veronica Mars, Vikings, Wayward Pines, Welcome to Sweden, Wilsberg, The X-Files
Shows Completed: 4
The Finder, The IT Crowd, The Polar Bear Family & Me, Under the Dome
Total Shows watched: 96
American Horror Story: 1x01 - 1x12
Angie Tribeca: 1x03 - 1x06
Banshee: 2x02 - 2x10
Bates Motel: 1x01 - 1x10, 2x01 - 2x10
Bella Block: 1x26
Better Call Saul: 1x01 - 1x10, 2x01 - 2x10
The Big Bang Theory: 5x12 - 5x14, 6x05, 6x19 - 6x24, 7x01 - 7x24
Blindspot: 1x01, 1x11
Blue Bloods: 4x05
Bones: 10x01 - 10x22
Broadchurch: 1x01 - 1x08
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: 1x06, 8x06, 9x24, 10x01, 10x08, 11x05, 15x11
CSI: Cyber: 1x02
CSI: Miami: 4x01 - 4x02, 8x09, 8x13 - 8x14, 9x15, 10x01, 10x15
CSI: NY: 5x16 - 5x17
Cagney & Lacey: 6x01 - 6x02
Captain Future: 1x01 - 1x03
Castle: 1x03 - 1x05, 2x08 - 2x24, 3x01 - 3x13
Chuck: 1x01 - 1x13, 2x01 - 2x22, 3x01 - 3x19, 4x01 - 4x02
The Closer: 2x03 - 2x09
Cold Case: 3x03
Columbo: 1x01, 8x01
Criminal Minds: 1x05, 9x09, 10x09
Crossing Jordan: 4x19, 6x09, 6x14
Death in Paradise: 3x01 - 3x08, 4x01 - 4x08, 5x01, 5x05
Die Rosenheim Cops: 8x24, 9x01, 11x09, 11x30, 15x25
Diese Drombuschs: 4x04
Doctor Who: 0x14, 1x21 - 1x33
Doctor Who: 0x06 - 0x07, 0x09, 0x13 - 0x14, 0x16 - 0x17, 0x34 - 0x36, 0x47, 0x66, 0x82 - 0x84, 1x01 - 1x04, 3x10 - 3x13, 4x01 - 4x13, 5x01 - 5x13, 6x01 - 6x13, 7x01 - 7x13, 8x01 - 8x02, 8x05 - 8x06, 8x08
Ein Herz und eine Seele: 1x12
Elementary: 1x12
Elfen Lied: 1x01
Emergency call at the edge of the harbor: 7x18, 8x01
Fargo: 1x03 - 1x10
Father Brown: 3x10 - 3x11, 4x05
The Finder: 1x13
The Glades: 4x03
Gotham: 1x01 - 1x22, 2x01 - 2x22
Grimm: 4x01 - 4x22
Hart to Hart: 2x11
Heroes: 1x23
How I Met Your Mother: 8x02
The IT Crowd: 1x01 - 1x06, 2x01 - 2x06, 3x01 - 3x06, 4x01 - 4x06
King & Maxwell: 1x08
The King of Queens: 1x03, 3x13 - 3x14, 5x05 - 5x07, 5x20 - 5x21, 6x08, 6x11, 9x11
King: 1x02
Kommissarin Lucas: 1x14
Law & Order: Criminal Intent: 5x13, 8x15
Lewis: 1x01, 6x02
The Librarians: 1x01 - 1x10, 2x01 - 2x10
Lie to Me: 3x12 - 3x13
Life on Mars: 1x01
Longmire: 3x03
Lucifer: 1x01
Magnum, P.I.: 3x15, 4x18, 5x08, 7x03
Major Crimes: 1x09, 3x03
Marvel's Agent Carter: 1x01 - 1x06
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1x01 - 1x22
Marvel's Jessica Jones: 1x01
The Mentalist: 1x18, 3x17
Midsomer Murders: 2x03
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: 1x08 - 1x13, 2x01, 3x06
Monk: 1x06 - 1x07, 1x09, 1x13, 2x13, 4x06
Mozart in the Jungle: 1x01
Murder, She Wrote: 2x12, 6x06, 8x14 - 8x15
NCIS: 4x10, 6x09, 8x23 - 8x24, 10x14 - 10x15
NCIS: Los Angeles: 1x20
Once Upon a Time: 4x01 - 4x23
The Outer Limits: 1x02
Outlander: 1x01 - 1x16
The Polar Bear Family & Me: 1x01 - 1x03
Preacher: 1x01
Pushing Daisies: 1x01 - 1x03
ReGenesis: 1x01 - 1x03
Rizzoli & Isles: 4x10
Rosewood: 1x01
Shameless: 3x01 - 3x12
Sherlock: 2x02 - 2x03, 3x01 - 3x02
Simon & Simon: 4x04
The Simpsons: 1x02 - 1x03
Star Trek: 1x05 - 1x06, 1x17, 2x04
Star Trek: Voyager: 6x13
The Streets of San Francisco: 1x14
Torchwood: 1x01 - 1x04
True Blood: 1x03 - 1x12
Two and a Half Men: 3x01, 5x02 - 5x03, 6x08, 6x18, 6x23, 11x01 - 11x22, 12x01 - 12x10
Under the Dome: 3x01 - 3x13
Unforgettable: 1x10, 1x17
Veronica Mars: 1x01 - 1x22, 2x01 - 2x14
Vikings: 1x01 - 1x08
Warehouse 13: 5x01 - 5x06
Wayward Pines: 1x01 - 1x10
Welcome to Sweden: 1x01 - 1x07
Wilsberg: 1x27, 1x29, 1x32, 1x36 - 1x37, 1x39, 1x48, 1x50
Without a Trace: 6x06, 6x17
The X-Files: 1x01 - 1x19, 10x01 - 10x06
The mythology of The X-Files, sometimes referred to as its "mytharc" by the show's staff and fans, follows the quest of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), a believer in supernatural phenomena, and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), his skeptical partner. Their boss, FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner, was also often involved. Beginning with season 8, another skeptic named John Doggett, and Monica Reyes, a believer like Mulder, were also introduced. The overarching story, which spans events as early as the 1940s, is built around a government conspiracy to hide the truth about alien existence and their doomsday plan. Not all episodes advanced the mythology plot, but those that did were often set up by Mulder or Scully via an opening monologue.
Most mythological elements in The X-Files relate to extraterrestrial beings, referred to by the writers as "Colonists", whose primary goal is to colonize Earth. Late in the series, this was revealed to have been planned for the year 2012.
Everything I've watched, in 2023
1862 Episodes
Number of different shows: 111
Shows started:
Amazing Stories, Archer, Blinded, Bordertown (FI), Caliphate, Call My Agent!, Catch-22, Cobra Kai, Criminal Minds, Der Pass, Des, Devs, Feel Good, Godless, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes Reborn, High Fidelity, His Dark Materials, I Am Not Okay with This, Just Add Magic: Mystery City, Little Fires Everywhere, Lucifer, Marvel's Runaways, Modern Family, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Normal People, Ozark, Patria, Perry Mason, Project Mc², Ramy, Ratched, Riot Police, Russian Doll, Sanditon, Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, Star Trek: Picard, Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, State of the Union, Succession, Supernatural, Tales from the Loop, Ted Lasso, The Alienist, The Collapse, The Comey Rule, The Crown, The Gift, The Idhun Chronicles, The Innocence Files, The Invisible Line, The Loudest Voice, The Magicians, The Mandalorian, The Mantis, The Queen's Gambit, The Sinner, The Valhalla Murders, The Witcher, The Woods, The X-Files, Unorthodox, Wataha (The Border), Watchmen, WHIH Newsfront, Wisting
Shows finished: 54
Altered Carbon, Blindspot, BoJack Horseman, Broadchurch, Cable Girls, Caliphate, Catch-22, Criminal Minds, Der Pass, Des, Devs, Godless, Good Behavior, Heroes Reborn, High Fidelity, Homeland, How to Get Away with Murder, I Am Not Okay with This, Killjoys, Little Fires Everywhere, Lost in Space (1965), Marvel's Daredevil, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel's Runaways, Master of None, Modern Family, Mr. Robot, Noragami, Normal People, Orange Is the New Black, Patria, Prison Break, Sanditon, Scrubs, Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, Sense8, State of the Union, Supernatural, The 100, The Alienist, The Bureau, The Collapse, The Comey Rule, The End of the F***ing World, The Invisible Line, The Loudest Voice, The Magicians, The Mantis, The Ministry of Time, The Queen's Gambit, The Woods, The X-Files, Unorthodox, Watchmen
List of shows:
Altered Carbon S2
Amazing Stories S1, S2
American Crime Story S2
Archer S10
Babylon Berlin S3
Better Call Saul S5
Billions S4, S5
Blinded S1
Blindspot S4, S5
BoJack Horseman S6
Bordertown (FI) S1, S2
Broadchurch S1, S2, S3
Cable Girls S5
Caliphate S1
Call My Agent! S1, S2, S3
Catch-22 S1
Charité S2
Cobra Kai S1, S2
Criminal Minds S15
Der Pass S1
Des S1
Devs S1
Elite S3
Feel Good S1
Fortitude S2
Godless S01
Good Behavior S2
Grey's Anatomy S1
Heroes Reborn S16
High Fidelity S1
His Dark Materials S1
Homeland S8
How to Get Away with Murder S4, S5, S6
I Am Not Okay with This S1
Just Add Magic: Mystery City S1
Killing Eve S3
Killjoys S5
Little Fires Everywhere S1
Lost in Space (1965) S2, S3
Lost in Space (2018) S2
Lucifer S1, S2, S3, S4, S5
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S6
Marvel's Daredevil S3
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy S2
Marvel's Runaways S1, S2, S3
Master of None S2
Modern Family S11
Money Heist S2
Mr. Robot S4
NCIS S17
NCIS: Los Angeles S11
Noragami S2
Normal People S1
Orange Is the New Black S6, S7
Outlander S5
Ozark S1, S2, S3
Patria S1
Perry Mason S1
Prison Break S5
Project Mc² S1
Ramy S1
Ratched S1
Riot Police S1
Russian Doll S1
Sanditon S1
Scrubs S5, S6, S7, S8, S9
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker S1
Sense8 S2
Star Trek: Picard S1
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures S1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars S1, S2, S3, S4
State of the Union S1
Succession S1, S2
Supernatural S15
Tales from the Loop S1
Ted Lasso S1
The 100 S7
The Alienist S1, S2
The Blacklist S2, S3, S4, S5
The Boys S2
The Bureau S5
The Collapse S1
The Comey Rule S1
The Crown S1, S2, S3
The End of the F***ing World S2
The Expanse S4
The Gift S1
The Good Doctor S3
The Good Fight S4
The Idhun Chronicles S01
The Innocence Files S01
The Invisible Line S1
The Loudest Voice S1
The Magicians S1, S2, S3, S4, S5
The Mandalorian S1, S2
The Mantis S1
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel S2, S3
The Ministry of Time S4
The Queen's Gambit S1
The Sinner S1, S2, S3
The Valhalla Murders S1
The Witcher S1
The Woods S01
The X-Files S11
Trapped S2
Unorthodox S1
Wataha (The Border) S1, S2, S3
Watchmen S1
WHIH Newsfront S1
Wisting S1
Young Sheldon S3
List of movies: 62
101 Dalmatians (1996), 1917 (2019), A Simple Favor (2018), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Altered Carbon: Resleeved (2020), Avatar (2009), Avengers: Endgame (2019), BlacKkKlansman (2018), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (2000), Cirque du Soleil: Saltimbanco (1997), Descendants (2015), Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019), Downton Abbey (2019), Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing (2020), Enola Holmes (2020), Father There Is Only One (2019), Father There Is Only One 2 (2020), Frozen II (2019), GoodFellas (1990), Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018), Incredibles 2 (2018), Joker (2019), Jumanji (1995), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), Lady and the Tramp (2019), Little Women (1994), Little Women (2019), Los Rodríguez y el más allá (2019), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), Mank (2020), Monte Carlo (2011), Mulan (2020), Offering to the Storm (2020), Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019), Over the Moon (2020), Pain and Glory (2019), Parasite (2019), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Rebecca (1940), Rome, Open City (1945), Rope (1948), Scoob! (2020), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), Superman (1978), Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), The 39 Steps (1935), The Favourite (2018), The Help (2011), The Invisible Guardian (2017), The Invisible Man (2020), The Legacy of the Bones (2019), The Lunnis and the Great Fairy Tale Adventures (2019), The Platform (2019), The Smurfs (2011), This Crazy Heart (2017), Trolls (2016), Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
List of episodes I've watched in 2019.
Shows: 67
New shows started: 30
→ Murder Mountain, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, Sex Education, Planet Earth, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Selviytyjät Suomi, The Umbrella Academy, Sick Note, Modern Family, Love, Death & Robots, After Life, Black Mirror, You ws. Wild, Tuca & Bertie, Chernobyl, Titans, Car SOS, RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked!, Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, The Spy, Happy!, Shooter, How I Met Your Mother, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Money Heist, The Crown, The End of the F*ing World, Lucifer, Don't F*k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer, The Witcher
Shows completed: 18
→ Star Trek: The Next Generation, Marvel's The Punisher, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The X-Files, Bates Motel, Game of Thrones, New Girl, Tuca & Bertie, The Americans, Chernobyl, Orange is the New Black, Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, The Spy, Happy! , Shooter, How I Met Your Mother, The End of the F*ing World, Don't F*k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer
New episodes: 1302
Rewatched episodes: 8
Murder Mountain S1E01
Bob's Burgers S8
American Crime Story S2
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina S1E11→S1E12
Tidying Up with Marie Kondo S1
Star Trek: The Next Generation S6E23→S7
RuPaul's Drag Race S10E04→S11, S1
Sex Education S1
Vikings S5E11→S5E20
BoJack Horseman S5
Marvel's The Punisher S2
True Detective S3
Star Trek: Discovery S2E01→S2E05
DC's Legends of Tomorrow S3E11→S4, S2E07, S3E08
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt S4
The Last Man on Earth S3E01→S3E03
The X-Files S8E06→S11
Selviytyjät Suomi S3E01
Planet Earth S1E01→S1E10
Arrow S6E13→S6E23, S5E08, S6E08
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars S1→S2E08
The Flash S3→S4
The Umbrella Academy S1E01→S1E04
Supergirl S2→S3
Sick Note S1E01
Modern Family S1→S9
Love, Death & Robots S1
Bates Motel S5
Game of Thrones S8
After Life S1
Black Mirror S1→S5, Special 1
You vs. Wild S1E01
New Girl S7
Gotham S4
Tuca & Bertie S1
Nailed It! S3
The Walking Dead S8
The Americans S6
Chernobyl S1
Barry S2
Titans S1
American Horror Story S7
Car SOS S2E01→S2E04
DARK S2
How to Get Away with Murder S4
Stranger Things S3
Queer Eye S3→S4
Orange is the New Black S6→S7
Mindhunter S2
GLOW S3
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! S11
Peaky Blinders S5
Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes S1
The Spy S1
Happy! S1→S2
Shooter S1→S3
Brooklyn Nine-Nine S5→S6
Archer S10
Big Mouth S3
How I Met Your Mother S1→S9
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency S1E01→S1E02
Money Heist S1E01→S1E05
Shameless S7→S9E08
The Crown S1→S3
Nailed It! Holiday! S2E01
The End of the F*ing World S1→S2
Lucifer S1E01→S1E04
Don't F*k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer S1
The Witcher S1
Rick and Morty S4E01→S4E05
The X-Files, MillenniuM, The Lone Gunmen
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X-Files: The Mythology
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