Title: An okay season.
Review: Season one of The X-Files plays mostly like a monster-of-the-week show. There's plenty of mutants for TV's most popular FBI agents to battle, including ghosts, killer computers, pyrokinetic psychos, and human-eating insects. While great on the suspense and loaded with atmosphere, the season lacks the mythology that makes this series so great. Still, it introduces us to the characters and establishes the show's formula and great writing. Not bad, but certainly not the best season, either. It has great moments though. The pilot episode is great, as well as "Squeeze", "Ice", "Eve", "Beyond the Sea", "Tooms", and "The Erlenmeyer Flask." Mulder is established as the unconventional believer, and Scully the skeptical scientist. This season suffers from a lack of drama and character development. Until "Beyond the Sea", Scully isn't given the chance to shine as a character. And Mulder trods through the season chasing one monster from the next. Great TV, but nothing compared to what's to come.
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