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The X-Files (1993)

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The X-Files
Sci-Fi
Drama
Release Date
September 10, 1993
Main Genre
Sci-Fi
Seasons
11

Summary

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.

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