Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Nicholas Lea, William B. Davis, Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, Bruce Harwood

Summary: Featuring episodes from Series Five.

This collection documents all the truth that was out there during the fifth series of the beloved science-fiction suspense series, THE X-FILES. Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) track suspicious cases that may be attributed to the supernatural or involve unexplained phenomena. Memorable episodes include "The Post-Modern Prometheus," a bizarre "monster" tale shot mostly in black and white; "Chinga," a horror story written by Stephen King and X-FILES creator Chris Carter; and "Bad Blood," a favorite among fans that deals with vampirism and features a guest appearance by Luke Wilson. Other episodes include "Redux," "Christmas Carol," "Kill Switch," "Folie a Deux," and many more.

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The midpoint of what would be a nine-season show, the fifth season of The X-Files (the first to be put on DVD in anamorphic widescreen format) gives fans a heavy heaping of what they love. For the mythology buffs, riveting episodes from the season bookends "Redux" and "The End" to several episodes in between tease with new revelations about the vast government conspiracies and alien invasion plot lines sketched in earlier seasons. But enough questions are left unanswered for the theatrical X-Files movie, which was released the subsequent summer, and the seasons that followed. Supporting characters like the Lone Gunmen, Agent Krycek, the Pusher Robert Modell, and Fox's father and sister Bill and Samantha Mulder are flushed out in more detail in several episodes that occasionally jump back in time to cover the prehistory of The X-Files. New chess pieces are introduced, each raising new questions: the clairvoyant child Gibson Praise, Agent Spender, faceless alien resistance fighters with pyromaniacal tendencies, a child who may be Scully's, and Mulder's old flame, agent Diana Fowley (Mimi Rogers). All the time, no one knows who will be assassinated next, who is or isn't dead, just who isn't potentially a child of the Cigarette Smoking Man, and why the base of the neck is everyone's vulnerable spot. The creature feature stand-alone episodes vary in quality, but all are redeemed by the outrageously funny self-parody episode "Bad Blood," a fan favorite that guest stars Luke Wilson as a small-town sheriff who catches Scully's eye. Finally, "shippers" (fans who would love nothing better than to see Mulder and Scully act upon their feelings for each other) get a heavy dose of the usual sexual innuendo and lingering, tender glances between the attractive costars. Mimi Rogers and Luke Wilson incite palpable jealousy between the leads; the appearance of a wedding ring on Mulder's hand in a back story hints at stories not told; and the usual extreme and dimly lit crises illustrate just how far Mulder and Scully will go for each other. In the end, the complexities of their relationship may be the most tense and intriguing of all the mysteries explored by this epic television series. --Eugene Wei

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	The Truth About Season Five, 6 Special Effects Clips With Audio Commentary, 5 Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary By Chris Carter, White Rabbit Branching Option Extended Versions Of Each To Be Found On Disc 7, 11 Behind The Truth TV Spots, 30 Promotional T
Subtitles:	Dutch, French, Greek, Italian
Year:	1997
Release Date:	December 27, 2004
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	23032 M D V D
Keywords:	Off, Box, General, Series, Fiction, Fifth, Set, Lock, Science, Files, Tv, M, X, Horror, Complete, Schedule, Sci, Fi, Collector's, Packaging
Genre:	Science Fiction