The X-Files: 10 Overlooked Episodes That Are Secretly Classics

Perhaps it's a little early on to be calling this season eleven episode a classic but ask any fan who stuck around for the show's final season, and the vast majority of them will agree that 'Familiar' is top-tier X-Files.

Mulder and Scully find themselves in the town of Eastwood, where a young boy has been found murdered in the woods. The local police department is adamant that it was an animal attack, but Scully quickly deduces that he died by human hands. This sends the townsfolk into a paranoid frenzy where they begin to lynch any possible suspects, which puts immense pressure on Mulder and Scully to find the real culprit.

And said culprit is genuinely terrifying, capable of taking on the forms of several disturbing-looking children's TV characters in order to lure its victims into a trap. The deranged-looking Teletubbies knock-offs are certainly one thing, but the now-infamous Mr. Chuckleteeth is pure nightmare fuel, and his presence really helps elevate this above many of the show's other horror-centric episodes.

It's such a shame that 'Familiar' remains largely unseen by the masses because it's a prime example of The X-Files doing what it does best.