X-Files: Every Darin Morgan Episode Ranked From Worst to Best

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Darin Morgan has written some of the best The X-Filesepisodes of all time, and here's how they rank, worst to best. Morgan is known for his offbeat, quirky stories and characters, and fittingly, he entered the X-Files world in a suitably strange way. Morgan's first job on The X-Files was getting inside a monster suit to play the iconic Flukeman in the audience-favorite episode «The Host.» Thankfully, that gig led Morgan to being hired as a writer on the show, and the rest is history.

To be fair, Morgan did have a leg up when it came to getting his foot in theX-Files door, as his older brother Glen Morgan was already working for the show alongside his writing partner James Wong. Still, The X-Files hiring Darin Morgan would prove to be a stroke of genius for the show, as his work led to some of the beloved sci-fi series' most memorable episodes. While Morgan wasn't prolific, when he did turn something in, viewers came to expect quality.

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Morgan wrote six total episodes of The X-Files, two of which he also directed. He also has a story credit on «Blood,» but that's not being counted here, as he didn't actually pen the screenplay–that duty went to his brother Glen. If The X-Files ever somehow gets a season 12, he'll surely return, but for now, here's how all the episodes Darin Morgan has written rank from worst to best.

To be clear, being the worst Darin Morgan-written episode of The X-Files isn't a terrible distinction. All of Morgan's episodes have been acclaimed to an extent, and that was the case for X-Files season 3, episode 12, «War of the Coprophages.» FBI agents Mulder and Scully, as so they often do, head to a small town to investigate mysterious