Lists and Rankings

All 22 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 7 (1999-2000), ranked

I remembered “The X-Files” Season 7 (1999-2000, Fox) as being a tired, going-through-the-motions year where David Duchovny wanted it all to end. I wasn’t exactly

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All 22 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 6 (1998-99), ranked

The cool thing about rewatching DVDs of classic shows years later is having my perceptions changed. In my head, I thought Season 6 of “The

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All 20 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 5 (1997-98), ranked

“The X-Files” fifth season (1997-98, Fox) is one big appetizer for the main course — “X-Files: Fight the Future,” which would hit movie theaters in

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John’s top 10 movies of 2010

I’d like to see “Somewhere” and “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” before making my top 10 movies list, but such is life in a small town, and I

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John’s top 5 albums of 2010 (Music commentary)

1. Jenny and Johnny, “I’m Having Fun Now” — When two musicians in a relationship make an album together, it rarely results in good music; at least

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John’s top 10 TV shows of 2010

This was the year when TV changed from low-definition to high-definition and from squares to rectangles (I still have a square, and I know I’m

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All 24 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 4 (1996-97), ranked

Ideally for the business people behind the networks, TV series would be written in such a way that they could stay on the air forever.

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All 24 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 3 (1995-96), ranked

Season 3 was when “The X-Files” became the show that I now picture in my head when I fondly daydream about “The X-Files.” Gone for

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All 25 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 2 (1994-95), ranked

Although I’m partial to Season 1 of the “X-Files” because of the lovable, experimental clunkiness of many episodes, Season 2 is pretty darn good also,

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All 24 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 1 (1993-94), ranked

My couch, my TV, a pile of “X-Files” guidebooks from my home library, and a browser tab permanently set on The Onion AV Club’s “X-Files” blog —

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