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The X-Files – Season 11, Episode 8 Familiar

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Mulder and Scully investigate the brutal animal attack of a little boy in Connecticut, while suspecting darker forces are at play.
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The X-Files — Season 11, Episode 8

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Holly Dale

Director

Gillian Anderson

FBI Special Agent Dana Scully

David Duchovny

FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder

Mitch Pileggi

Asst. Dir. Walter Skinner

Alex Carter

Chief Strong

Erin Chambers

Anna Strong
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Keith Uhlich MUBI Mar 27, 2018
Blends the freshly peculiar with the staunchly, yes, familiar. Go to Full Review Darren Franich Entertainment Weekly Mar 8, 2018
"Familiar" works in a way no other "serious" episodes have lately. There's no incoherent William drama, no awkward struggle to incorporate fan-service cameos. Go to Full Review Liz Shannon Miller IndieWire Mar 8, 2018
B
In a perfect world there might be at least one or two more episodes like "Familiar" in the mix. But as always with The X-Files, we take what we get, and are more often than not grateful we're getting it at all. Go to Full Review Tony Black Cultural Conversation Apr 2, 2022
3.5/5
Familiar, like any episode of The X-Files, wont please everyone. As a piece of pure, unadulterated, creepy stand-alone storytelling, akin to the type the show engaged us with during the 1990s, it can however sit very comfortably and confidently. Go to Full Review Alyse Wax Syfy Wire May 29, 2018
Other than Mulder telling Scully he backed her up because she's his "homie" (which I just know hardcore 'shippers will be up in arms about), there was no banter. Go to Full Review Dom Sinacola Paste Magazine Mar 8, 2018
5.3/10
Actively, this is short-sighted, spotty-ass writing, beholden to high-concept ideas without the intelligence or imagination to give them weight, to anchor all the weirdness in anything but grim, typically grotesque bloodshed. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Mulder and Scully investigate the brutal animal attack of a little boy in Connecticut, while suspecting darker forces are at play.
Director
Holly Dale
Executive Producer
Chris Carter, Glen Morgan
Screenwriter
Benjamin Van Allen
Network
Fox
Rating
TV-14 (V|D|L)
Genre
Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date
Mar 7, 2018
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