The X-Files Season 6, Episode 20: Three of a Kind

So, 'Three of a Kind' was obviously a followup to 'Unusual Suspects', and was similarly excellent. Also amusing, because really, any episode that features the Lone Gunmen as main characters is bound to involve hilarious hijinks.

The X-Files Season 6, Episode 19: The Unnatural

Baseball and aliens and racial tension. Three things that I never thought I'd be talking about all in one single post, but this is The X-Files, after all.

The X-Files Season 6, Episode 18: Milagro

I don't know what other people thought of this one, but I found it to be an outstanding episode. The obvious one to compare it to is 'Jose Chung's From Outer Space', but it also had elements of another of Darin Morgan's excellent episodes, 'Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose'.

It wasn't quite up to the standard of either, but it's still one of my favourites so far.

The X-Files Season 6, Episode 17: Trevor

Note to television writers: If you aren't going to reveal the meaning behind the title of an episode until more than halfway through, maybe don't make it the name of a person?

The X-Files Season 6, Episode 16: Alpha

One thing I had observed in seasons five and six was that for the most part, the episode quality had vastly improved over the early seasons. The good episodes have always been good, but the bad ones in seasons one and two were a combination of forgettable and unforgettably atrocious.

'Alpha' reminded me of some of those runs of awful episodes in the first two seasons.