Rating: 
Summary: Another very good season
Review: X-Files was always a show that I was very curious about, but I simply never had the time to catch the show on FOX, or the money to shell out for the expensive DVD sets. However, now that the prices have been reduced, I have been able to start watching the show on DVD. The first season did a great job at establishing Mulder and Scully and was very good overall. The second season of X-Files manages to be just as good or even slightly better than the previous season. It features the ultimate in alien mythology with "Little Green Men", "Duane Berry" "Ascension", "Colony", "Endgame", and the great season ending cliffhanger " Anasazi". There are also creepy episodes like " Die Hand die Verletzt" in which a Satanic cult is focused on, "Irresistible" which has a serial killer target Scully, "One Breath" which deals with Scully's near death experience and the afterlife, "3" which deals with vampires, and "Calusari" which deals with the possesion of a child.As a new fan to the show, I can honestly say that I am glad that I started watching because X-Files is so entertaining that you almost become addicted to it. However, as good as season 2 was, it still enforces my one complaint about the show so far. X-Files offers great characters and many good episodes, but lacks consistancy. There was times during season 2 where I was blown away by how good an episode was, and then there would be 2-3 episodes in a row that were bordering on almost being boring. The second season features 25 episodes, and I would have to say that at least 7-8 episodes were not all that great. Don't get me wrong, X-Files is still an amazing show. The writing, directing, effects, and performances from the actors are all first rate. But with the lack of consistancy this show demonstrates, I could only give the second season of X-Files a four star rating. The DVD set is first rate once again. I love the fact that the set included series creator Chris Carter talking about his 12 favorite episodes from the second season, just like the first season DVD set did. I love hearing an insider's perspective on the show, and who better than the man who created the show? There are also deleted scenes, and behind the scenes clips as well. A solid 4 stars...
Rating: 
Summary: The adventures continue
Review: The show just keeps getting better. The best episode of this season is "Little Green Men."
Rating:
Summary: Picking up momentum
Review: After the surprise success of the first season of The X-Files, the second season built on it's momentum, and this is where the true genius of the show began to take shape. With The X-Files themselves now closed; Mulder and Scully find themselves in the middle of a hinted global conspiracy involving aliens, genetic experimentation, a shape changing alien bounty hunter (Brian Thompson) and Mulder's own father and the truth behind his sister's abduction. New and ultimately pivotal characters were introduced: sneaky FBI Agent Alex Krychek, the mysterious Mr. X (Steven Williams), and the roles of the Cancer Man (William B. Davis) and A.D. Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) were given much more credibility and screen time. Stand out episodes include the Season 2 premiere Little Green Men and Humbug where Mulder and Scully investigate a chain of bizarre murders at a freak side show (always a favorite episode of mine); but some of the best episodes in the entire series are found here with Duane Barry and Ascension where the truth about alien life is brought to the forefront and Scully herself is abducted. As great as Season 2 of the X-Files is though, it would only be a sample of the greatness to come.
Rating:
Summary: THE BEST SEASON EVER
Review: I love the series and i have seen all the episodes since season 8.I think that the best season is the second season.In this season there are many fantastic episodes like Host,3,Humbug,One breath and of course the two parts of Scully's abduction.The end of the season is excellent.DONT MISS IT!
Rating:
Summary: As Good As It Gets. . .
Review: This is the most profound show in science fiction since Star Trek. It possesses so many good elements of the genre. Mystery, monsters, and the struggle between good and evil are paramount in the world of the X-files. This season picks up where the last left off as the "X-Files" have been shut down, Mulder and Scully have been reassigned, and the fight for the truth is in peril. These episodes are some of the strongest in the series. The new informant, who took the place of "Deep Throat," is very strong. Assistant Director Skinner's role is brought to the forefront as it is difficult to see where his loyalties lie. Some of the craziest episodes of the series are in season 2. The drama revolving around the abduction of Scully in "Duane Barry" and her return in "One Breath" is probably some of the most intense in the nine years that this show graced the airwaves. epc
Rating:
Summary: WOW
Review: This was incredible. I wasn't expecting this much plot development/charachter development/story/action/sheer brilliance when I bought this. I LOVE the x-files, but I never got to watch it when it was running on tv. This was great. A definate five stars and a good reccomendation to anyone.
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Summary: I Wish I Could Own This!
Review: The X-Files is an Awesome show and it just totally rocks and I just really wish I could buy this season 2 Dvd box set and of course every other season too but my mom won't let me get them because she thinks I own too many DVDs to begin with and won't even allow me to buy the box sets even if I saved my allowance money to buy them myself, well I hope that she at least will let me go to the video store and rent this and the other seasons so I can watch them until someday I can buy and own every season on DVD.
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Summary: Season 2 - awesome, addictive, enthralling and suspenseful
Review: The final episode in Season 1 of The X-Files - The Erlenmeyer Flask - proved that this show could go from excellent to flat out stunning. In this episode, Deep Throat was killed and The X-Files was closed down. It truly was a superb season finale and helped the show continue for a second season, which was a million times better. Season 2 gained The X-Files popular critical and commercial acclaim, in which the show won awards at the Golden Globes, Digital Hollywood Awards, Saturn Awards and the Environmental Media Awards. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully respectively were born to play these roles and this aspect is what makes the show so excellent. Season 2 picks up where Season 1 left off with the episode Little Green Men. This is where the mythology arc of the show really begins to take off. Mulder races to make contact with a downed UFO before a secret government team can cover it up. Duane Barry, the Emmy-nominated episode, is another in the mythology arc in which a gunman who claims to have been the subject to alien experimentation holds Mulder and a handful of others hostage. Ascension is kind of the conclusion of the previous episode Duane Barry, in which the gunman takes Scully hostage and takes her up onto a mountain top and has her abducted by unseen forces so that they will leave him alone. Scully fights for her life in the episode One Breath after been deposited back onto Earth. The Season 2 two-parter in the form of Colony and End Game are undoubtedly some of the most gripping, enthralling and absorbing episodes in X-Files history. Mulder makes a stunning discovery regarding his missing sister, who he believes was abducted when she was only a young girl. Scully's life is also in danger when an alien bounty hunter tracks her down. These aliens have the ability to take the identical form of anyone they want to. The scene where the alien appears to be Mulder and goes to Scully's apartment, only for the real Mulder to ring Scully's mobile is one of the most symbolic scenes in the history of the show. Scully is taken hostage by these bounty hunters and Mulder must rescue her, but discovers a shocking alien plan to colonise the Earth. In the final mythology episode of Season 2 - Anasazi - things get really ugly for the agents when Mulder's father is killed by Alex Krycek, Mulder's enemy who works side by side with Cigarette-Smoking Man. Mulder and Scully also uncover a chilling link between a UFO cover-up and secret government experiments in a huge box buried underground in New Mexico. There are bodies everywhere...bodies of aliens. One cannot describe the suspense a fan experiences between the end of this episode and the Season 3 opener which concludes this Season 2 finale. Absolutely amazing. The stand-alone episodes of this season include The Host, Blood, Sleepless, 3, Firewalker, Red Museum, Excelsius Dei, Aubrey, Fresh Bones, Soft Light and Our Town. One of the best stand-alone episodes is Irresistible. The agents track down a death fetishist whose horrifying obsession involves removing hair and fingernails of dead women. The way the man acts all kind and friendly makes it all the more freaky, especially when Scully (who is having trouble dealing with the case) is taken hostage by the man. In Die Hand Die Verletzt, the agents persue a group of school teachers who worship the devil led by a Satan-worshipping and demonic substitute teacher. Scenes such as the one with the snake in the basement is one of the most famous scenes in the show's history and you'll feel like crying when the teenage girl tells the agents about her horrifying experiences with these teachers - two of whom are her parents. Fearful Symmetry involves rare zoo animals being abducted and impregnated in a case which Mulder believes may be linked to alien conversation. Dod Kalm sees the agents stranded on a "ghost ship" which is in an area of the sea which accelerates the ageing process of the victims on board at an alarming rate. Mulder and Scully must find a way to survive of the stranded ship through means of fresh water. Gillian Anderson is superb in this episode and deserved to win an Emmy. Humbug was the first humorous episode of the show and was a huge success, further proving that this is a unique show that can scare and absorb you, while making you laugh and cry. In The Calusari, the agents investigate a young boy possessed by evil while being exposed to the ancient ritual of exorcism. It's episodes that include evil and Satan subjects that really, really scare me. I couldn't sleep after watching this episode! And the agents go behind closed doors to stop a grotesquely disfiguring virus that is killing off prison inmates at an epidemic rate in the episode F. Emasculata. OVERALL GRADE: 10/10 Season 2 of The X-Files is definitely a highlight of the entire show. Every episode is absolutely excellent, but all touch you and affect you in different ways. There are not many shows that can do this, but The X-Files pulls it off to maximum effect. Fairly confident that the X-Files was here to stay because of the huge success of Season 1, Chris Carter put all his effort into Season 2 of the show. After the show just went on to become a global phenomenon, Carter gained more ideas for Season 3. One thinks things can't get any better after Season 2, but they can...and they do.
Rating:
Summary: Another great set!
Review: Once again the X-Files has given viewers a wonderful collection of shows. This time in the second series, they meet a worm-man, a psycho, carnival freaks, a dangerous twin, cannibals and old age!
Also because of Gillian Anderson's pregnancy during this series the writers brilliantly come up with the idea to have Scully abducted, which really sets out Scully's future for the rest of the show. When Scully is abducted we meet Mulder's new partner, Alex Krycek, who at first seems nice enough but later, can he be trusted? We also learn more about Mulder's past and the abduction of his sister, Samantha, which is what his entire quest is founded on.
Once again the extra's are great with episode trailers, (I loved those!) for every episode! Another interview with Chris Carter, and also deleted scenes.
I recommend this to everyone who loves The X-Files and others who love something out-of-the-ordinary.
Rating:
Summary: Classic stuff
Review: Season 2 has some of my most favorite episodes - it's one of the seasons that didn't entirely concentrate on the UFO colonizations, and has some of the best "unexplained" non-UFO episodes ("Host" and "Sleepless" come to mind).
As a DVD collection, the X-Files collection is really beyond comparison. I have many different DVD collections, and this has got to be my favorite - top-of-the-line menus, excellent interviews, great quality - just about everything. The packaging is also excellent and often makes me wonder why other companies don't do something of similar caliber.
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