There's less than a month left to wait until Fox Mulder and Dana Scully re-open The X-Files. In case you didn't have time to re-watch all 202 episodes of the original nine seasons, Fox put together a new 21-minute preview video to get you all caught up and ready for the new episodes. A Combination of interviews, old and new footage, and behind-the-scenes video, the preview promises a healthy mix of mythology and stand-alone monster episodes, action-heavy stunts and effects, and a return to the relationship dynamics fans know and love.

Series creator Chris Carter returns to write and direct three of the episodes, with the other half of the all-new season written and directed by series veterans James Wong, Darin Morgan, and Glen Morgan. The X-Files returns with six all-new episodes on January 24th. Get prepped with the 21-minute preview video below.


David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson return in their iconic roles as the truth-seeking duo Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. They’ll be joined by a few other returning fan favorites including Mitch Pileggi as Skinner, Annabeth Gish as Agent Monica Reyes, Dean Haglund as The Lone Gunman, and William B. Davis as Mulder's longtime nemesis, the Cigarette Smoking Man. The new episodes will also feature gues starring appearences from Kumail NanjianiAnnet MehendruRobbie AmellLauren Ambrose and Joel McHale.

The X-Files returns on Sunday, Jan. 24 with a special two-night event. The premiere episode debuts following Sunday's NFC Championship Game, and continues in its regular slot on Monday, Jan. 25. ere's the official synopsis.

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Here's the official synopsis.

Thirteen years after the original series run, the next mind-bending chapter of THE X-FILES is a thrilling, six-episode event series from creator/executive producer Chris Carter, with stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson re-inhabiting their roles as iconic FBI Agents FOX MULDER and DANA SCULLY. Mitch Pileggi also returns as FBI ASST. DIR. WALTER SKINNER, Mulder and Scully’s boss, who walks a fine line between loyalty to these investigators and accountability to his superiors. This marks the momentous return of the Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning pop culture phenomenon, which remains one of the longest-running sci-fi series in network television history.


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