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Released in May 2000, the Collector's Edition is a very nice package. Here we have the complete first season of the show with image and sound quality you have never experienced before, and a few extras.
You never knew those first episodes were this good. Even the average episodes look and sound great.
No commercial breaks, no annoying TV station logos.
The foreign language clips are hilarious.
English and French soundtracks, English and Spanish subtitles, English close captioning.
DISC ONE
Pilot -- Extras: Two deleted scenes showing Scully with her boyfriend. Scenes in Japanese, German, Spanish, Italian.
Deep Throat
Squeeze
Conduit
DISC TWO
The Jersey Devil -- Extras: Scenes in Japanese, German, Spanish.
Shadows
Ghost in the Machine
Ice -- Extras: Scenes in Japanese, Spanish, Italian.
DISC THREE
Space -- Extras: Scenes in Japanese and German.
Fallen Angel -- Extras: "Special Effects clip" of a guy running in an orange suit.
Eve
Fire -- Extras: Scenes in Japanese, Spanish, Italian.
DISC FOUR
Beyond the Sea -- Extras: Scenes in Japanese, German, Spanish, Italian.
Genderbender
Lazarus
Young at Heart
DISC FIVE
E.B.E. -- Extras: Scenes in Japanese, German, Spanish, Italian.
Miracle Man
Shapes
Darkness Falls
DISC SIX
Tooms -- Extras: Scenes in Japanese, German, Spanish, Italian.
Born Again
Roland
The Erlenmeyer Flask -- Extras: Scenes in Japanese and German.
DISC SEVEN
- "An 11-minute documentary on the making of Season One" (The Truth About Season One)
- "12 interviews with Chris Carter on his favorite episodes from Season One: Pilot, Deep Throat, Squeeze, Conduit, Ice, Fallen Angel, Eve, Beyond the Sea, E.B.E., Darkness Falls, Tooms and The Erlenmeyer Flask."
- "12 'Behind the Scenes' spots from F/X" (Fox Mulder, Deep Throat, Squeeze and Tooms, Theme, Toby Lindala, Lone Gunmen, Ice, Beyond the Sea, Prop Truck, Dana Scully, Mulder's Office, The Erlenmeyer Flask)
- "47 promotional television spots" (10 sec. and 20 sec. for each episode; one 60 sec. spot for the pilot)
- "DVD-ROM game 'Roots of Conspiracy' [PC only]" (Requires a PC with DVD-ROM drive running Win95 or higher)
- "Deleted scenes from Pilot" (Two scenes with Scully's boyfriend, Ethan Minette [Tim Ransom])
- "Special Effects clip from Fallen Angel" (Guy running in an orange suit)
Released in November, 2000, the second season looks and sounds better than ever.
DISC ONE
Little Green Men
The Host
Blood
Sleepless -- Extras: Mulder's first meeting with X, played by Natalija Nogulich. No sound.
DISC TWO
Duane Barry -- Extras: Clips in Japanese, German, Spanish and Italian.
Ascension
3 -- Extras: Scene with Kristen Kilar talking to a fireman.
One Breath -- Extras: Clips in Japanese, German, Spanish and Italian.
DISC THREE
Firewalker
Red Museum
Excelsis Dei
Aubrey
DISC FOUR
Irrisistible -- Extras: Clips in Japanese, German, Spanish and Italian.
Die hand Die Verletzt
Fresh Bones
Colony
DISC FIVE
End Game -- Extras: 'Behind-the-scenes' clip of the conning tower set.
Fearful Symmetry
Dod Kalm
Humbug -- Extras: Clips in Japanese, German, Spanish and Italian. Deleted scene with Mulder and Scully "being served by a hermaphrodite waitress." 'Behind-the-scenes' clip of Gillian Anderson eating a cricket.
DISC SIX
The Calusari
F. Emasculata
Soft Light
Our Town
DISC SEVEN
Anasazi -- Extras: Clips in Japanese, German and Spanish. Deleted scene showing the capture of The Thinker. 'Behind-the-scenes' of the transformation of Vancouver into New Mexico.
- "An all new 15-minute documentary: The Truth About Season Two"
- "Chris Carter talks about 12 episodes from Season Two: Little Green Men, The Host, Sleepless, Duane Barry, Ascension, One Breath, Irrisistible, Die Hand Die Verletzt, Colony, End Game, Humbug and Anasazi."
- "Special Effects clips from End Game and Anasazi" (conning tower set; transformation of Vancouver into New Mexico)
- "Deleted scenes from Sleepless, 3, Humbug and Anasazi" (Mulder's first meeting with X, played by Natalija Nogulich; Kristen Kilar talking to a fireman; Mulder and Scully "being served by a hermaphrodite waitress"; the capture of The Thinker)
- "9 'Behind the Scenes' spots from F/X" (Bounty Hunter, Tom Braidwood, Duane Barry, Flukeman, Cigarette-Smoking Man, Die Hand Die Verletzt, X, Humbug, Our Town)
- "47 promotional television spots" (10 sec. and 20 sec. for each episode except Anasazi [one 20 sec. spot])
- "All new DVD-ROM game 'Unholy Alliances' [PC only]" (Requires a PC with DVD-ROM drive running Win95 or higher)
Released in May, 2001. Even Hell Money and Teso Dos Bichos look good, so you can imagine how much better the good episodes look.
DISC ONE
The Blessing Way -- Extras: Deleted scene with Scully, Margaret and Melissa; cast credits.
Paperclip -- Extras: International clips (German, Japanese, Italian, Castilian); cast credits
D.P.O. -- Extras: Cast credits.
Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose -- Extras: Deleted scene with Mulder and Scully; cast credits.
DISC TWO
The List -- Extras: Deleted sequence; cast credits.
2SHY -- Extras: cast credits.
The Walk -- Extras: International clips (German, Japanese, Italian, Castilian); cast credits.
Oubliette -- Extras: cast credits.
DISC THREE
Nisei -- Extras: cast credits.
731 -- Extras: cast credits.
Revelations -- Extras: Deleted scene; cast credits.
War of the Coprophages -- Extras: International clips (German, Japanese, Italian, Castilian); cast credits.
DISC FOUR
Syzygy -- Extras: cast credits.
Grotesque -- Extras: cast credits.
Piper Maru -- Extras: International clips (German, Japanese, Italian, Castilian); cast credits.
Apocrypha -- Extras: Commentary track by Kim Manners and Chris Carter; cast credits.
DISC FIVE
Pusher -- Extras: International clips (German, Japanese, Italian, Castilian); cast credits.
Teso Dos Bichos -- Extras: cast credits.
Hell Money -- Extras: cast credits.
Jose Chung's "From Outer Space" -- Extras: Commentary track by Rob Bowman and Darin Morgan; cast credits.
DISC SIX
Avatar -- Extras: Deleted scenes; cast credits.
Quagmire -- Extras: cast credits.
Wetwired -- Extras: cast credits.
Talitha Cumi -- Extras: International clips (German, Japanese, Italian, Castilian); cast credits.
DISC SEVEN
- "All new documentary: The Truth About Season Three"
- "Chris Carter interviews on 12 episodes from Season Three: The Blessing Way, Paper Clip, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, Nisei, 731, War of the Coprophages, Piper Maru, Apocrypha, Pusher, Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space', Wetwired and Talitha Cumi."
- "Special Effects sequences from The Blessing Way, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, The Walk, 731, Apocrypha, Teso Dos Bichos, Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space' and Quagmire with commentary by visual effects producer Mat Beck."
- "Deleted scenes from The Blessing Way, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, The List, Revelations and Avatar with optional commentary by Chris Carter."
- "17 'Behind the Truth' spots from F/X"
- "46 promotional television spots"
- "All new DVD-ROM game 'Mere Words' [PC only]" (Requires a PC with DVD-ROM drive running Win95 or higher)
Released in November, 2001. OK, a couple of episodes here are not exactly memorable, but the rest...Tunguska, Terma, Paper Hearts, Memento Mori, Tempus Fugit, Max, Zero Sum... hold on, I'm having another orgasm.
DISC ONE
Herrenvolk -- Extras: cast credits.
Home -- Extras: "alternate teaser audio," deleted scene, international clips (German, Japanese, Castillian), cast credits
Teliko -- Extras: cast credits.
Unruhe -- Extras: deleted scene, cast credits.
DISC TWO
The Field Where I Died -- Extras: deleted scene, cast credits.
Sanguinarium -- Extras: cast credits.
Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man -- Extras: cast credits.
Tunguska -- Extras: deleted scene, international clips (German, Japanese, Castillian), cast credits.
DISC THREE
Terma -- Extras: cast credits.
Paper Hearts -- Extras: deleted scene, international clips (German, Japanese, Castillian), cast credits.
El Mundo Gira -- Extras: cast credits.
Leonard Betts -- Extras: cast credits.
DISC FOUR
Never Again -- Extras: cast credits.
Memento Mori -- Extras: commentary track by Frank Spotnitz, deleted scenes, international clips (German, Japanese, Castillian), cast credits.
Kaddish -- Extras: cast credits.
Unrequited -- Extras: cast credits.
DISC FIVE
Tempus Fugit -- Extras: international clips (German, Japanese, Castillian), cast credits.
Max -- Extras: deleted scenes, cast credits.
Synchrony -- Extras: cast credits.
Small Potatoes -- Extras: commentary track by Vince Gilligan, cast credits.
DISC SIX
Zero Sum -- Extras: cast credits.
Elegy -- Extras: cast credits.
Demons -- Extras: cast credits.
Gethsemane -- Extras: international clips (German, Japanese, Castillian), cast credits.
DISC SEVEN
- "All new documentary: The Truth About Season Four"
- "8 Special Effects clips with commentary by producer Paul Rabwin."
- "9 Deleted scenes with optional commentary by Chris Carter."
- "13 'Behind the Truth' spots from F/X"
- "48 promotional television spots"
- "All new DVD-ROM game 'Urbs Tertia' [PC only]" (Requires a PC with DVD-ROM drive running Win95 or higher)
- Interview clips: Herrenvolk (Frank Spotnitz), Unruhe (Vince Gilligan), Home (James Wong), Paper Hearts (Vince Giligan), Tunguska (Chris Carter).
Released in May, 2002. It's finally here. The last solid season of the XF. A bit shorter than the usual, because they were working on the movie at the same time, but I'll take a shorter season if it's as good as this one, any time.
Besides the usual goodies (excellent video and audio quality, subtitles, etc), season 5 is in W I D E S C R E E N. This is a box of 20 short movies.
DISC ONE
Redux -- Extras: Cast credits; international clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese).
Redux II -- Extras: Cast credits
Unusual Suspects -- Extras: Cast credits
Detour -- Extras: Cast credits
DISC TWO
The Post-Modern Prometheus -- Extras: Cast credits; commentary track by Chris Carter; deleted scenes.
Christmas Carol -- Extras: Cast credits; deleted scenes, International clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese).
Emily -- Extras: Cast credits
Kitsunegari -- Extras: Cast credits
DISC THREE
Schizogeny -- Extras: Cast credits
Chinga -- Extras: Cast credits
Kill Switch -- Extras: Cast credits; international clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese).
Bad Blood -- Extras: Cast credits
DISC FOUR
Patient X -- Extras: Cast credits; international clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese).
The Red and the Black -- Extras: Cast credits; deleted scene "in this scene, Mulder makes a commitment to Scully"
Travelers -- Extras: Cast credits
Mind's Eye -- Extras: Cast credits
DISC FIVE
All Souls -- Extras: Cast credits; deleted scenes.
The Pine Bluff Variant -- Extras: Cast credits; commentary track with John Shiban.
Folie a Deux -- Extras: Cast credits
The End -- Extras: Cast credits; international clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese).
DISC SIX (Extras)
- Documentary: The Truth About Season 5
- Season 5 Featurette
- Inside the X-Files (46 min.)
- 11 FX: Behind the Truth
- 8 Special Effects with commentary by Paul Rabwin
- Deleted scenes with optional commentary by Chris Carter
- 40 Promo spots
DVD -- Season 6
Released in November, 2002. What else is there to say?
DISC ONE
The Beginning -- Extras: Cast credits; international clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese).
Drive -- Extras: Cast credits
Triangle -- Extras: Cast credits; commentary track by Chris Carter.
Dreamland -- Extras: Cast credits
DISC TWO
Dreamland II -- Extras: Cast credits; International clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese).
How the Ghosts Stole Christmas -- Extras: Cast credits.
Terms of Endearment -- Extras: Cast credits
The Rain King -- Extras: Cast credits
DISC THREE
S.R. 819 -- Extras: Cast credits
Tithonus -- Extras: Cast credits; 3 deleted scenes.
Two Fathers -- Extras: Cast credits; 2 deleted scenes; international clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese).
One Son -- Extras: Cast credits; 2 deleted scenes.
DISC FOUR
Agua Mala -- Extras: Cast credits
Monday -- Extras: Cast credits
Arcadia -- Extras: Cast credits; deleted scene; international clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese).
Alpha -- Extras: Cast credits; alternate ending.
DISC FIVE
Trevor -- Extras: Cast credits.
Milagro -- Extras: Cast credits; deleted scene; commentary track with Kim Manners.
The Unnatural -- Extras: Cast credits; deleted scenes with Darren McGavin.
Three of a Kind -- Extras: Cast credits; international clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese).
DISC SIX (Extras)
Field Trip -- Extras: Cast credits.
Biogenesis -- Extras: Cast credits; deleted scene with Albert Hosteen; international clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese).
Special features
- Documentary: The Truth About Season 6
- Season 6 Featurette
- 44 Promo spots
- 13 Special Effects with commentary by Paul Rabwin
- Deleted scenes with optional commentary by Frank Spotnitz
- X-Files Profiles: Cigarette Smoking Man
- DVD-ROM game.
DVD -- Season 7
Released on May 13, 2003.
DISC ONE
The Sixth Extinction -- Extras: Cast credits
The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati -- Extras: Cast credits; international clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese); deleted scene
Hungry -- Extras: Cast credits
Millennium -- Extras: Cast credits
DISC TWO
Rush -- Extras: Cast credits
The Goldberg Variation -- Extras: Cast credits
Orison -- Extras: Cast credits; deleted scene.
The Amazing Maleeni -- Extras: Cast credits; international clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese).
DISC THREE
Signs & Wonders -- Extras: Cast credits; deleted scene.
Sein Und Zeit -- Extras: Cast credits
Closure -- Extras: Cast credits; international clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese); deleted scene.
X-Cops -- Extras: Cast credits
DISC FOUR
First Person Shooter -- Extras: Cast credits; commentary by Chris Carter.
Theef -- Extras: Cast credits; deleted scene.
En Ami -- Extras: Cast credits; international clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese); deleted scene.
Chimera -- Extras: Cast credits
DISC FIVE
all things -- Extras: Cast credits; commentary by Gillian Anderson.
Brand X -- Extras: Cast credits
Hollywood A.D. -- Extras: Cast credits; international clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese).
Fight Club -- Extras: Cast credits
DISC SIX (Extras)
Je Souhaite -- Extras: Cast credits; commentary by Vince Gilligan.
Requiem -- Extras: Cast credits; international clips (Castillian, German, Italian, Japanese); deleted scene.
Special features
- Documentary: The Truth About Season 7
- X-Files Profiles (A. D. Skinner, Samantha Mulder)
- Promo spots
- Special effects with commentary by Paul Rabwin (Sixth Extinction, Sixth Extinction II, Millennium, Rush, The Goldberg Variation, Signs & Wonders, First Person Shooter, all things, Je Souhaite, Requiem)
- Deleted scenes (Sixth Extinction II, Orison, Signs & Wonders, Closure, Theef, En Ami, Requiem)
- DVD-ROM game "Maitreya 2.0"
- X-Files Playstation 2 Game Preview
The booklet adds "Behind the Scenes" featurette, but this is not on the DVD menu.
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