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

The show was noteworthy in its infancy for the way in which its characters fully embraced modern technology and used it in almost every facet of their work and home lives. So it seems only natural that the writers would seek to flip the script and make our much-loved gadgets the enemy.

Everything from basic computers to ATM machines are out for blood in this episode, as they begin to flash up messages that manage to successfully coerce unsuspecting people into committing murder. With no real pattern to go on, aside from a smashed electronic device at each crime scene, Mulder and Scully are left with very few leads.

All the while disgruntled postal worker Edward Funsch begins to fall victim to the ominous messages, and his plan to gun down civilians from a nearby clocktower puts both agents in a race against the clock to figure out what's really going on.

The actual explanation may fall a little flat, but outside of that 'Blood' is a genuinely creepy episode that feels far more relevant in the modern age, depicting a scenario in which technology is capable of influencing our actions. Something that may have felt a little farfetched back in 1994, but nowadays, not so much...