Favorite X-Files episode?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

I haven't seen all of them, but I think my personal fave is the one where Peter Boyle plays the insurance guy who can see how you're going to die by touching you. Another favorite is the one with the carnival/Jim Rose freakshow people.

I like the shows best that stand alone as far as the story, and the ones that emphasize wry humor (which works the best with the Mulder character).

The lengthy alien/conspiracy story arcs are among my least favorite, I think all such things, like Twin Peaks, are weak because they are unable to live up to the hype generated, and the whole souffle must eventually collapse.

I just caught a bit of the one where Bruce Campbell plays the guy who was going to be the dad of the devil child, can't remember the twists of the story exactly but it was a good one.