Don't binge-watch The X-Files: It has aged horribly

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http://www.dailydot.com/entertainmen...h-the-x-files/

That's according to Alex Gabriel, who binge-watched Season 1. "Sure, there are exceptional one-off stories, but on trying to marathon the show, I realized, much to my dismay, that not only were the monsters of the week often not all that good, but they also caused the whole series to plod," he says. "Only the fact that I'm a completist made me finish season 1 rather than give up halfway through. While the effects are creepy, the look bleak, and the Anderson–Duchovny dynamic a high point, a plurality of its episodes are, to be blunt, boring. At least three or four times, I fell asleep."