I was referring to resolution to Mulder's sister. That was a cop-out, not the last two seasons.

Simple rule: Avoid Season 9 like the Plague!!!

Do that, and you'll be fine because the Season 8 finale would've been a much, much better "series finale" than the awful one Season 9 gave us.

I quit buying them after season 5, and Fight the Future.

Completely agree with that statement because it's truly amazing just how bad the finale is.
(Worse, even, than Seinfeld's finale.)

I'll agree with the general consensus.

Buy seasons 1-5 and the movie.

If you want more after that then buy 6, and then 7.

If you really want more after that, buy 8.

And if you really, really want more after that, rewatch the first few seasons.

In which season does Scully find out that some of her eggs were taken to make a baby (a little girl). And when does she get cancer?

I bought them all because I wanted the complete set. I'd buy them to season 7 if you don't care if you have the complete set.

Some people may bash 6-7, but I think they have some of the best stand alones of the series. In 6 you have Dreamland 1 & 2, Drive, Triangle, Field Trip and Monday. All very good episodes that shouldn't be missed.

Season 7 has The Goldberg Variation, The Amazing Maleeni, Hungry and some half assed mythlogy. It's worth buying IMO.

I agree with seasons 8 & 9 being bad. 8 has it's moments, Roadrunners is pretty good, but it can be missed. 9 is just terrible really. Nothing good in there at all. The finally sucked too.

Season 5's two parter "Christmas Carol" and "Emily" deal with the kid made from her eggs. The cancer is in season 4.

That is a good description.

Those two eps appeared in the middle of season 7 and it is the angriest I have ever been at the show. It really tainted the entire season for me. Rewatching the season on dvd, it was not as bad as I remembered, but those 2 eps are still a very very sore spot for me.

I actually think during season 8, the show became somewhat good again...
at least better than season 7.

Season 9 was by far the worst season.

Personally, I don't see anything wrong with season 6. I think people just cite the movie as when the show started to go downhill (because it's an easy spot to pick out and it's easy to pretend the film is some sort of ending), but I see no difference between seasons 5 and 6 in terms of stories and quality.
Those two episodes in season 7 marked the beginning of the death of the show for me.

Thanks for all the recommendations! I already have season 1, so I will pick up 2-5 when they price drop.

I might be tempted into getting season six, since I have a massive crush on Gillian Anderson, and I remember a few good Scully eps from season 6.

How does season six end?

Season 6 was filmed entirely in the same cookie-cutter subdivision from the looks of it. Every "monster" episode was attacking some suburbanite in a bland tan-colored townhouse.

Get 1-5 and the movie. Skip the rest.

Remember when they were going to let the show end after 5 or 6 seasons and Chris Carter said that would be it? I remember reading that. But... FOX wanted more so they kept paying Carter money and he kept cranking them out.
They should have stopped the show at the season (what was it 5?) and gone straight into the the movie and then gone into the movie. That way they could have had about 4 movies by now instead, like Trek, milking it for so long no one cared anymore.

It starts falling apart after season 5..

but I would say stop at season 7 (the last full season with david duchvoney)

I believe that episode was in season 5...or maybe 6? It was a christmas time episode..I think it was called emily?