X-Files Frequently Asked Questions - Part 3

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/Plot Devices/

For those who pay attention to inter-episode trends and seemingly
overused events, premises and plot devices on the show, Jerry Kuch
maintains "Jerry's List of X Files Plot Devices For Everybody Who
Keeps Whining about the Overuse or Underuse of One or Another of
Them." It shows (perhaps surprisingly to some) that the number of
times that Scully is rescued by Mulder is not overwhelmingly
larger than the number of episodes focusing on the ongoing
government/UFO conspiracy thread roughly matches the number
dealing with other paranormal themes. Corrections and comments are
welcome by Internet mail to gdkuch@neumann.uwaterloo.ca.

/Ratings**Awards/

During its first season, _The X Files_ finished 102 out of 118
shows in the Neilsen ratings with a 6.4 average. The show was
recognized as one of the best shows on the air by the Viewers for
Quality Television. It also garnered "Best Drama Series" honor at
the Environmental Media Awards. The show was nominated for two
Emmys, Best Title Sequence (which it won) and Best Music for a
Title Sequence. The episode "Erlenmeyer Flask" was nominated for
an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America for Best Episode
and the series as a whole for Best Television Series.

During its second season, _The X Files_ finished 64th out of 141
shows in the Neilsen ratings with a 14.5 average. The show was
chosen as Best Drama of 1994 by _Entertainment Weekly_ , and won a
Golden Globe for best television drama. _X Files_ cinematographer
John Bartley was nominated for an American Society of
Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Award for the episode
"Duane Barry."

Viewers for Quality Television have nominated _The X Files_ as
best drama, and Duchovny and Anderson have been nominated for best
actor and actress, respectively. These awards will be handed out
on Sept. 23.

The Television Critic's Association nominated the show for Best
Drama.

The show garnered seven Emmy award nominations -- outstanding
drama series (against Chicago Hope, ER, Law & Order, and NYPD
Blue); outstanding individual achievement in writing (drama) -
Chris Carter, "Duane Barry;" outstanding cinematography in a
series - John Bartley, "One Breath;" outstanding individual
achievement in editing/single camera production - James Coblenz,
"Duane Barry," and Stephen Mark, "Sleepless;" outstanding sound
editing for a series -- the sound crew consisting of supervising
sound editor Thierry Couturier; dialogue editors Machiek Malish,
Chris Reeves, Marty Stein, and Jay Levine; sound effects editors
Stuart Calderon, Michael Kimball, David Van Slyke, Susan Welsh,
Chris Fradkin, and Matt West; music editor Jeff Charbonneau; and
ADR editor Debby Ruby Winsberg, for "Duane Barry;" and outstanding
guest actress in a drama - CCH Pounder/Agent Kazdin, "Duane
Barry."

During its third season, the show has received two Golden Globe
nominations, for Duchovny as best actor in a drama and Anderson as
best actress in a drama. Both actors were also nominated by the
Screen Actors Guild for outstanding actor in a television series
drama; Anderson won.  The Directors Guild of America has nominated
Chris Carter for best director of a television drama, for "The
List." The Producers Guild of America has nominated _The X Files_
for best television drama.

/X-Files Episode Survey/

Gary Dontzig, a writer on _Murphy_Brown_, says, "I have a theory
that out of 25 episodes, if you do five that are spectacular,
you're in the big leagues." That's a batting average of .200.  An
online survey of favorite episodes for first season was conducted
by Charles McGrew, mcgrew@klinzhai.rutgers.edu. The second season
results have not been tabulated.  The results for the first season
episodes are below. How did your favorite episodes/writers rate?

Rating Scheme of 1 (Mediocre) to 4 (Spectacular):
Total number of ballots received: 116

Episode Title ---------- Ave. Vote -- #of Votes/ "4" Votes
-------------            ---------    --------------------
Erlenmeyer Flask      --    3.74   --       102/78
Tooms                 --    3.60   --        93/62
Squeeze               --    3.56   --        95/57
Beyond the Sea        --    3.52   --       112/72
Ice                   --    3.45   --       108/60
E.B.E.                --    3.44   --        90/54
Deep Throat           --    3.43   --        89/48
Eve                   --    3.36   --       107/57
The X-Files           --    3.36   --        94/39
Episode Title ---------- Ave. Vote -- #of Votes/ "4" Votes
-------------            ---------    --------------------
Fallen Angel          --    3.27   --        ??/??
Fire                  --    3.02   --       111/25
Darkness Falls        --    3.01   --       100/30
Conduit               --    2.99   --        91/23
Gender Bender         --    2.91   --       106/25
Roland                --    2.86   --       100/19
Lazarus               --    2.74   --        99/9
Shadows               --    2.74   --       102/16
Young at Heart        --    2.64   --        88/8
Miracle Man           --    2.58   --       101/11
Born Again            --    2.53   --        97/7
The Jersey Devil      --                     94/8
Ghost in the Machine  --    1.99   --       102/6
Space                 --    1.72   --       106/3

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