Product Details

• Actors: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Bobbie Phillips, Raye Birk, Dion Anderson
• Directors: Chris Carter, David Nutter, Jim Charleston, Kim Manners, R.W. Goodwin
• Writers: Charles Grant Craig
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: May 8, 2001
• Run Time: 999 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (402 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000059TQ9
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #51,250 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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By its third season, The X-Files had grown from a cult hit to a global phenomenon, becoming the most popular show in many countries outside the U.S. Armed with the knowledge that the show was here to stay, series creator Chris Carter expanded its mythology, and the 24 episodes in this boxed set represent arguably the strongest of all the X-Files seasons. As usual, stand-alone episodes explored the paranormal and sometimes terrifying possibilities in mythology, pop culture, and religion. Darin Morgan helps the show to mature by expanding its use of humor, directing classic episodes such as "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (featuring a fabulous performance from Peter Boyle) and "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space.'" Meanwhile, two-part episodes continue to delve into the X-Files own mythology, introducing the alien black oil, the implant in Scully's neck, the mysterious Agent X, and the shape-shifting Jeremiah Smith. But following the complex mythology is not crucial to enjoying the show. The strength of the X-Files lies not in resolution but in feeding the paranoia of its rabid audience by revealing conspiracies that linger in the mind as unanswered questions. Series creator Carter realized wisely that fans did not look to the X-Files to explain the unexplained, but to question that which they thought they understood. The third season was effective because it hinted that while the truth was out there, it was more complex, sinister, and amazing than even Mulder had imagined.

Commentaries and deleted scenes are available for some of the 24 episodes, and the last disc in the set contains numerous TV spots and interviews with the creators about the filming of the third season. --Eugene Wei

Product Description

7 dual layered discs with all 24 episodes from the 3rd season:

Disc 1 - The Blessing Way, Paper Clip, D.P.O., Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, deleted scenes, international clips
Disc 2 - The List, 2Shy, The Walk, Oubliette, deleted scenes, international clips
Disc 3 - Nisei, 731, Revelations, War of the Coprophages, deleted scenes, special effects clips, international clips
Disc 4 - Syzygy, Grotesque, Piper Maru, Apocrypha, special effects clips, commentary, international clips
Disc 5 - Pusher, Teso Dos Bichos, Hell Money, Jose Chung's "From Outer Space", special effects clips, international clips
Disc 6 - Avatar, Quagmire, Wetwired, Talitha Cumi, deleted scenes, international clips
Disc 7 - All New Documentary - "The Truth About Season Three," 12 interviews with Chris Carter, special effects clips, behind the scenes, deleted scenes, behind the truth spots on 17 episodes, promo spots on all 24 episodes, all new DVD-ROM game - "Unholy Alliances"

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82 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally--A Collection Well-Suited for DVD!, July 5, 2000

By	Jeffrey A. Veyera "Jeff Veyera" (Matthews, NC United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The X-Files - The Complete First Season (DVD)

"The X-Files" is an excellent fit for DVD---beautifully shot, a mythology deep enough to keep teenagers buying background material, and a rabid fan following noted for their penchant to purchase anything "X".

Having collected several of the collector's sets on VHS, like many I was frustrated by the lack of completeness in each release, with a season represented by only 25% of its episodes. While this is acceptable for the casual fans, it proved exruciating for the true X-phile, as invariably favorite episodes were left out of the mix.

This situation has been rectified with the release of the entire first season of the show on DVD in a seven-disc collection. It is now possible to watch each episode commercial-free and in sequence in a digital-quality medium. In addition, an extras disc has been added (details are listed above), including a DVD-ROM computer game.

Having completed my viewing of the entire 1st set, several observations came to mind: - The "X-Files", almost unique in episodic television, hit the airwaves fully-formed. There is precious little difference in tone or execution between the pilot and subsequent episodes. - Whereas some of the 3rd and 4th season episodes saw a noticeable decline in quality (due to the loss of key writers and Chris Carter's focus elsewhere), the 1st season episodes are generally superbly-written.

Unfortunately, my cut of this collection did suffer from noticeable editing problems. Nothing major, typically just a couple of misaligned frames at chapter cuts, but let's face it--for this kind of money, it should be flawless.

Nonetheless, I highly recommend this collection.

278 of 312 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The way TV should be released on DVD, February 15, 2000

By	dangertim (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The X-Files - The Complete First Season (DVD)

Remember back when The X-Files was still fairly easy to understand?

Relive those magic (and sometimes goofy) moments with this new box set. Sure, half of it has already been released on VHS - but this set includes some gems that the first couple waves of home video ignored.

Remember the eternally creepy "Young At Heart", or a few unintenionally silly episodes like "Space" or "Ghost in the Machine"? Or Nicholas Lea's first X-Files appearance (although not as Krycek)? How about "Roland" or "Born Again", which represent some of the finest moments from the first season? They're all here, alongside other popular episodes like "The Erlenmeyer Flask", "Deep Throat", "E.B.E.", "Darkness Falls" and "Ice" (which is essentially a remake of John Carpenter's The Thing - but the X-Files does it better)!

For the first time in the U.S., you can finally buy a TV program season by season. And plus - these discs give you trailers, interviews and even some cool DVD-ROM content.

If only Paramount would do their Star Trek discs this way!

256 of 290 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars X-1, July 13, 2002

By	Ned "java_ned" (Eldersburg, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The X-Files - The Complete First Season (DVD)

In the first season of The X-Files, we are introduced to the Lone Gunman, Scully's father dies, Deep Throat is killed, and the X-Files are closed.

All 24 episodes are on 7 discs, with documentaries, deleted scenes, etc.

Episodes:
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1) The X-Files (pilot) - This is the episode where Scully is assigned to be Mulder's partner. Her assignment is to apply a scientific look at Mulder's "discovers." In their 1st assignment they travel to Oregon where it appears several teenagers have been abducted by aliens.

2) Deep Throat - Mulder meets with Deep Throat who is willing to provide information concerning UFOs and government conspiracies.

3) Squeeze - Mulder and Scully meet Eugene Tooms who can squeeze his body through any space. It appears that every 30 years he comes out of hibernation and eats the liver of 5 people.

4) Conduit - Mulder and Scully learn of a teenage girl who apparently been abducted and during the investigation they discover the girl's mother may have also been abducted in her youth.

5) The Jersey Devil - Mulder and Scully travel to New Jersey to investigate the legend of a beast that has been stalking people.

6) Shadows - Mulder and Scully investigate a woman who appears to be under the protection of a ghost.

7) Ghost in the Machine - Mulder is contacted by Deep Throat and informs him that the DoD is seeking a computer whiz.

8) Ice - Mulder and Scully travel to Alaska after all communications are cut off. While there, they discover a worm like "alien."

9) Space - Mulder and Scully are told that sabotage attempts are being made against NASA's Space Shuttles. A former astronaut and head of the program appears to be possessed by an alien ghost.

10) Fallen Angel - Mulder has less than a day to prove that a space ship has crashed.

11) Eve - Mulder and Scully investigate the murder of two men, one in California, and the other in Connecticut. Their daughters appear to be identical twins.

12) Fire - Mulder and an old British girlfriend investigate what appears to be a man that can create fire with his mind.

13) Beyond the Sea - Luther Boggs, claiming to be a psychic, says he will help Mulder and Scully solve a kidnapping crime if he can get his death sentence change to life. Scully is dealing with the death of her father and it appears Boggs has contact with his spirit.

14) Genderbender - Mulder and Scully investigate the Kindred, who appear to have the ability to switch gender and may in fact be aliens.

15) Lazarus - Scully and Jack Willis are involved in a shootout with a bank robber. Jack and the bank robber are shot but at the hospital, Jack dies and the bank robber appears to leap into his body.

16) Young at Heart - Mulder finds himself looking for John Barnett, someone he had put into prison many years ago. Barnett, who supposedly died in prison, was part of a genetic experience to reverse the aging process.

17) E.B.E. - Deep Throat sends Mulder on a wild "UFO" chase.

18) Miracle Man - Mulder and Scully investigate Samuel who appears to have the power to heal people but lately they have been dying.

19) Shapes - Mulder and Scully travel to Montana to investigate what appears to be an Indian Manitou.

20) Darkness Falls - Mulder and Scully travel to the National Forest in Washington and discover tiny green phosphorous insects that are active in the dark and feed on human flesh.

21) Tooms - Tooms, from the Squeeze episode, is release for good behavior but go back to his old ways.

22) Born Again - Mulder and Scully investigate an 8-year-old girl who may be a reincarnated serial killer.

23) Roland - Mulder and Scully investigate Roland, an autistic, being manipulated by his dead brother who is frozen in liquid nitrogen.

24) The Erlenmeyer Flask - Mulder and Scully investigate the terminally ill that are being injected with alien DNA. Deep Throat is killed and the X-Files are closed.