"The X Files" is a worldwide phenomenon and reaches record audiences in many countries.
In France , "X-Files , at the frontiers of the real" makes a tobacco on M6 on Saturday at 20:50 : the audience record in France for this series is held by the episode "The Lord of Magma" (season 3 , episode 20 ), broadcast on 26 October 1996 , with 4.5 million viewers!
Season 1 does not yet make "The X Files" a cult series, but reveals a dramatic dramatic potential that will eventually lead the viewer into the spiral: fans are waiting to see the Mulder / Scully relationship develop.
In season 2 , the intrigue surrounding a plot on extraterrestrial abductions is born; The series is on the move and has more and more fans since the middle of season 1 : there are fewer independent episodes. The last episode of the season is a signal for the explosion of the series to the public.
During season 3 , the series finds its audience and wins the awards one after the other.
Season 4 is THE season of reference: the first episode is the biggest Fox audience for a series on a Friday night (in the US ) !
The season is very dark and the universe of "The X Files" is at its peak ...
Many fans consider that season 5 is the weakest (only 20 episodes, many independent episodes that stand out, the imperatives of the film to come ...).
Season 6 (the first one to be shot in Los Angeles ) is distinguished by very good episodes staggered that do not displease the public!
The general level of the season 7 disappoints some fans, despite very good episodes: especially since this is the last season when the tandem Mulder / Scully is omnipresent ...
In season 8 , Agent Doggett has to try to mitigate Mulder's absence, and it does pretty well: David Duchovny will only be present in the second half of the season.
Finally, season 9 is probably the most disappointing for the fans of the first hour, because Mulder went away for good and Scully gradually disappears in front of the stage, for the benefit of Agents Reyes and Doggett ! Success begins to desert and the series finally ends.