Lambert subsequently dies, but manages to pass his delusions onto the already susceptible Mulder. No one believes him, obviously, so he takes his entire workforce – and Mulder – hostage to prove that he isn’t delusional. The episode centers around Gary Lambert, a call center employee who begins to lose his grip on reality through believing that his boss is in fact a giant, bug-like monster.

You must have seen this coming.”Ī majority of secondary characters in The X-Files canon have already deemed Mulder insane, but it’s the episode ‘Folie a Deux’ that comes extremely close to cementing this idea, with Mulder actually being sedated and restrained in a hospital. Instead of watching a handful of slasher flicks for the month of terror, here are five hand-picked X-Files episodes that are sure to give you irrational fears of things you didn’t know you could get irrational fears of.

As it’s the month of all things spooky and we’re on the run-up to The X-Files returning, what better time is there to delve into what makes the show so unique? That being it’s ability to reach the boundaries of what can actually be shown on television.

Scariest x files episodes