X-Cops is Gilligan as well. War of the Coprophages counts as comedy, IMO. Post-Modern Prometheus is fairly funny, Hollywood A.D, Dreamland 1&2 are hilarious (Vince again), Clyde Bruckman is touching and funny, the series at its best, Aracdia, Unusual Suspects (Vince), Small Potatoes, Humbug...

There are plenty more that I am forgetting but it managed to be fairly humerous at times. Musings of a Cigarette Smoking man is also often quite lolsome. My lists are starting to overlap now because the comedy really did stick out a hell of a lot, and now you can see a lot of foreshadowing of Breaking Bad in Vince's stuff, in turning a rather dark show into something with a wry smile at its heart.

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X-Cops is Gilligan as well. War of the Coprophages counts as comedy, IMO. Post-Modern Prometheus is fairly funny, Hollywood A.D, Dreamland 1&2 are hilarious (Vince again), Clyde Bruckman is touching and funny, the series at its best, Aracdia, Unusual Suspects (Vince), Small Potatoes, Humbug... There are plenty more that I am forgetting but it managed to be fairly humerous at times. Musings of a Cigarette Smoking man is also often quite lolsome. My lists are starting to overlap now because the comedy really did stick out a hell of a lot, and now you can see a lot of foreshadowing of Breaking Bad in Vince's stuff, in turning a rather dark show into something with a wry smile at its heart.

Oh yeah you can definitely see the roots there, and I was wondering where Gilligan came from. I've seen 'Musings' and it is very funny, but also quite sad. The scene where he is on the phone to the publisher for example. Oh and the Forrest Gump piss-take!

My memory isn't perfect, Reg is really the guy to go to, but I liked Firewalker just because it has that kooky X-Files only SciFi vibe going on.

I will also make a list

Just remembered another one I'm tempted to skip: the one where they're IN the COMPUTER, playing a VIRTUAL REALITY SHOOTER.

GAH.

Dreadful.

As Tempy talking about Bruckman being a moving ep earlier, he reminded me of The Field Where I Died. 

Love that one, Bowman was involved in some great episodes. Dod Kalm is a stone wall classic and I think he had a hand in 2Shy.

So, here is my top 10.

10)Pusher 
9)Tunguska
8)Paper Hearts
7)War of the Coprophages
6)Anasazi
5)Duane Barry
4)Ice
3)731
2)Bad Blood
1)Field Where I Died

I don't have a top ten, but they are all brilliant episodes. I'd have Fallen Angel, Clyde Bruckman, Musings in though, and probably most of those too.

Also Dreamland 1&2.

Which is the one where the plane gets stopped and Max is abducted? Particularly like that one.

I really like CSM, one of my favourite episodes is the one where he meets up with Scully alone, possibly written by Gillian too?

Also the start of season 2 or 3 where Mulder goes to the telescope, one of my favourites as it scared the shit out of me a a child.

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Which is the one where the plane gets stopped and Max is abducted? Particularly like that one. I really like CSM, one of my favourite episodes is the one where he meets up with Scully alone, possibly written by Gillian too? Also the start of season 2 or 3 where Mulder goes to the telescope, one of my favourites as it scared the shit out of me a a child.

Tempy - it's Tempus Fugit / Max two parter. I like that too. Also Season 4. Seasons 2 and 4 , people.

I watched 'Clyde Buckman's Final Repose', great stuff, has a nice mix of everything going on that made the show so special. The psychic from the television ads is outrageous.

Can someone tell me which episode is the one where Mulder is in a dream or something, where he imagines his sister is still alive and the smoking man lives on the same street in suburbia? Is that connected to the mythology arc?

We watched Shadows last night. Best bit was me noticing that they were covering up Howard Graves' parking space with one that said 'Tom Braidwood'.

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Cheers Reg, and for the list too.

'Pusher' and 'War Of The Coprophages' tonight I reckon.

But you've got Ice next, which is one of the great ones...assuming you're going in order