"And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,

Where ignorant armies clash by night."

-- Matthew Arnold, Dover Beach

The first season of The X-Files was a watershed for television. The series crossed genre lines, dared
to be dark, and instilled terror as much by what was kept in the shadows as by what was made overt.
Like a water slide into the surreal, The X-Files demanded (and earned) surrender from its audience,
who in turn responded by spreading the word: this program must be seen to be believed.

These are six of the finest episodes from the first season available on 3 video cassettes, two stories
per tape. This is where Mulder and Scully first become reluctant partners, where we meet The
Smoking Man and Deep Throat, and where we find out why Mulder is so obsessed with the
paranormal. Uncut (except for the commercials), they are required viewing for anyone who missed
them the first time around.

Pilot
On their first case together, Mulder and Scully investigate the bizarre deaths of
a number of former high school classmates, and encounter a humanoid creature in a
casket. (And the spontaneous nose-bleed scene is not to be missed.)

Deep Throat
Army test pilots are disappearing at an alarming rate, and--surprise--the
government would prefer Mulder and Scully to stay far away. Meanwhile, Mulder
makes the acquaintance of the enigmatic Deep Throat.

Conduit
When a teenage girl disappears from a camp site without a trace, and her little
brother begins scribbling television transmissions in binary code, the incident
stirs in Mulder memories of his sister's abduction 21 years earlier.

Ice
After a group of Arctic scientists die in a case of collective murder-suicide,
Mulder and Scully discover that the paranoia and dread that lurk within are as
malevolent as the alien parasite that is attacking from the outside.

Fallen Angel
Something has crashed in the Wisconsin woods, and despite the official U.S.
Government party line, this is no meteor. Meanwhile, Max Fennig--eccentric UFO
buff or alien abductee?--makes his first appearance.

Eve
Two men on opposite coasts die mysteriously, the blood drained from their bodies.
Each has a daughter with a Mensa-level vocabulary-and the two girls just happen
to look exactly alike. Orphaned angels or evil twins?



Now, Fox is pleased to announce the release of six more of the most provocative premiere episodes-
in which we encounter MORE indelible characters.