With Season 11 now airing in the UK, we spoke to FBI Assistant Director Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) to get his official take on the top five X-Files cases of all time.
5. Home
Mulder and Scully investigate the Peacock family, who have been inbreeding for generations. “It’s just so…EUUURGGHH! The opening of the show is the burying of a baby! Oh my god! It’s so shocking, I love it.”
4. Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose
Peter Boyle plays a very reluctant psychic who can see how people will die. “Peter Boyle is wonderful in that. He blew me away. I liked it even more after watching outtakes and seeing how hilarious they all were together”.
3. Humbug
Mulder and Scully investigate murders in a community of ex-circus sideshow misfits. “It’s hard to even pick a specific reason Humbug is amazing. It’s that it’s all of it is so bizarre. It’s magnetic.”
2. Bad Blood
Mulder and Scully separately recall the death of a ‘vampire’, giving very different accounts. “I thought the conflicting recollections was such a smart idea and so well done. I particularly love how they both remember Luke Wilson (as a Sheriff) as completely different.”
1. Jose Chung’s From Outerspace
The agents investigate a possible alien abduction, while an author writes a story about the events. “It’s another episode by Darin Morgan (who also wrote Humbug and Clyde Bruckman), who has the most incredible brain. He wrote an episode this season [The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat] that will blow your mind.”