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Where can I quickly check if a given X-Files episode is a MOTW or arc episode?


Re-watching X-Files, and I want to skip monster-of-the-week episodes if they don’t advance the story arc. I can't remember which site used to list this information, and Wikipedia isn’t super reliable in this aspect either. Any suggestions?


Edit: IMO, the absolute best and most complete list of mytharc episodes can be culled from InsideTheX.co.uk (they’re the ones whose titles are followed by asterisks).



Answer



I think this list should give you all the episodes. They released a four volume collection a few years back of Mythology-only episodes, so this can be considered a definitive list.


There is also a reference book that has a listing of the mythology episodes. The DVD's and the book differ on a few episodes, I believe it is mainly episodes that are Monster of the Week but have a Mythology-arc character show up somewhere in the episode.


The list:



Season 1

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

Season 2
Little Green Men
Duane Barry
Ascension
One Breath (DVD only)
Red Museum

Colony
End Game
Anasazi

Season 3
The Blessing Way
Paper Clip
Nisei
731
Piper Maru
Apocrypha
Talitha Cumi

Season 4

Herrenvolk
Tunguska
Terma
Memento Mori
Tempus Fugit
Max
Zero Sum
Demons (book only)
Gethsemane

Season 5
Redux

Redux II
Christmas Carol (book only)
Emily (book only)
Patient X
The Red and the Black
The End

Season 6
The Beginning
S.R. 819
Two Fathers
One Son

Biogenesis

Season 7
The Sixth Extinction
The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati
Sein Und Zeit
Closure (DVD only)
En Ami
Requiem (DVD only)

Season 8
Within
Without
Per Manum

The Gift (book only)
This Is Not Happening
DeadAlive
Three Words
Vienen
Essence
Existence

Season 9
Nothing Important Happened Today
Nothing Important Happened Today II
Trust No 1

Provenance
Providence (DVD only)
Jump the Shark (book only)
William
The Truth



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