#e.b.e.

Scully and Mulder pursue a truck that's possibly carrying an extraterrestrial biological entity from a crashed UFO.

First Lone Gunmen appareance! Frohike hits on Scully

Scully's pen is swapped with a secret surveillance device, they realize they're being listened to everywhere

"I think it's remotely plausible that someone might think you're hot."

Scully gives an impassioned speech to Mulder about being taken advantage of for his beliefs (fake UFO photo)

"Mulder, you're the only one I trust."

Mulder breaks into the plant, but the E.B.E. is already dead and gone

Score: 8/10

Watch it? Yes, it's an important mythology episode. I also feel like Mulder and Scully are really in-sync on this one.

(Episode 1.17: E.B.E)

First appearance of the Lone Gunman AND Mulder and Scully go to a party.

The X-Files • E.B.E.

One interesting difference between these 'original airing' DVDs (left) and my streaming source (right) that I noticed right away is that they have different crops- click the screenshots to view this fully- and slightly different colourings.

If you look at the folders on the table in the bottom right, the original airing shows more, but they are more green-blue and beige rather than the purple-blue and pink of the stream, which shows less. Also, the stream is just generally lighter: look at the door and filing cabinet areas.

I wonder what the original crop was when it was filmed, as one of these is not a zoom-in of the other, it literally has new and different information.