The complete critical companion to The X-Files, covering every episode and both films and featuring interviews with screenwriters and stars.

TV critics Zack Handlen and Emily Todd VanDerWerff look back at exactly what made the long-running cult series so groundbreaking. Packed with insightful reviews of every episodeincluding the tenth and eleventh seasons and both major motion picturesMonsters of the Week leaves no mystery unsolved and no monster unexplained.

Includes a foreword by series creator Chris Carter as well as exclusive interviews with some of shows stars and screenwriters, including Carter, Vince Gilligan, Mitch Pileggi, James Wong, Robert Patrick, Darin Morgan, and more.

Monsters of the Week is the definitive guide to The X-Fileswhether youre a lifelong viewer or a new fan uncovering the conspiracy for the first time.

This rich critical companion provides what everyX-Files fan deserves. Entertainment Weekly

The X-Files is my favorite show and Zack and Emily are my favorite reviewers of my favorite show and this is my favorite quote about it. Kumail Nanjiani, writer and star of The Big Sick; creator of The X-Files Files podcast

If Mulder and Scully had access to this terrific book, they wouldve solved every mystery of The X-Files in a single season. . . . The truth is in here! Damon Lindelof, co-creator of Lost and The Leftovers