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The Best Episodes of The X-Files Season 11

Every episode of The X-Files Season 11 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The X-Files Season 11!

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

Genres:CrimeDramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:FOX

Season 11 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The X-Files" season 11 is "My Struggle III", rated 6.4/10 from 4212 user votes. It was directed by Chris Carter and written by Chris Carter. "My Struggle III" aired on 1/3/2018 and is rated 0.8 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "This".

  • My Struggle III
    6.4/10 4,212 votes

    #1 - My Struggle III

    Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/2018

    Mulder and Scully learn that they aren't the only ones desperately searching for their long-lost son, William. The very fate of the world may depend on it.

    Director: Chris Carter

    Writer: Chris Carter

  • This
    7.2/10 3,606 votes

    #2 - This

    Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/2018

    A chilling secret is revealed when an old friend reaches out to Mulder and Scully in a seemingly impossible way.

    Director: Glen Morgan, Kevin Hooks

    Writer: N/A

  • Plus One
    7.7/10 3,550 votes

    #3 - Plus One

    Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/2018

    Mulder and Scully investigate a case where people are plagued by their own doppelgangers.

    Director: Kevin Hooks

    Writer: N/A

  • The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat
    8.1/10 4,608 votes

    #4 - The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat

    Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/2018

    Exploring the idea of The Mandela Effect, in which large groups of people remember an alternate history, Mulder and Scully find out how the X-Files themselves may really have originated.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ghouli
    7.9/10 3,110 votes

    #5 - Ghouli

    Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/2018

    When a pair of teenage girls attack one another, each believing the other to be a monster, Mulder and Scully find that their investigation could possibly lead back to their long-lost son, William.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Kitten
    7.3/10 2,821 votes

    #6 - Kitten

    Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 2/7/2018

    Skinner goes AWOL when his past comes back to haunt him. As Mulder and Scully try to track him down, their growing mistrust of him reaches its apex.

    Director: Carol Banker

    Writer: Gabe Rotter

  • Rm9sbG93ZXJz
    8.0/10 4,100 votes

    #7 - Rm9sbG93ZXJz

    Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 2/28/2018

    In a world of ever-increasing automation and artificial intelligence, Mulder and Scully find themselves targets in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Familiar
    8.0/10 3,042 votes

    #8 - Familiar

    Season 11 Episode 8 - Aired 3/7/2018

    Mulder and Scully investigate the brutal animal attack of a little boy in Connecticut, while suspecting darker forces are at play.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nothing Lasts Forever
    6.6/10 2,619 votes

    #9 - Nothing Lasts Forever

    Season 11 Episode 9 - Aired 3/14/2018

    While investigating human organ theft, Mulder and Scully uncover a mysterious cult consumed with macabre rituals.

    Director: James Wong

    Writer: Karen Nielsen

  • My Struggle IV
    7.2/10 2,765 votes

    #10 - My Struggle IV

    Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 3/21/2018

    Mulder and Scully rush to find an on-the-run William while the Cigarette Smoking Man pushes forward with his ultimate plan.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A