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Best x-files season 1 episodes

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24contenders high-voltage

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01×23 – The Erlenmeyer Flask1412

The worldwide ranking generated by 182 votes

24 / 24

01×23 – The Erlenmeyer Flask1412

01×16 – E.B.E.1336

01×10 – Eve1286

01×01 – Deep Throat1282

01×19 – Darkness Falls1276

01×14 – Lazarus1270

01×79 – Pilot1265

01×07 – Ice1257

01×03 – Conduit1256

#10

01×12 – Beyond the Sea1255

#11

01×20 – Tooms1252

#12

01×18 – Shapes1248

#13

01×02 – Squeeze1240

#14

01×13 – Gender Bender1223

#15

01×09 – Fallen Angel1190

#16

01×17 – Miracle Man1184

#17

01×22 – Roland1145

#18

01×15 – Young at Heart1120

#19

01×11 – Fire1115

#20

01×04 – The Jersey Devil1104

#21

01×05 – Shadows1084

#22

01×21 – Born Again1035

#23

01×08 – Space1030

#24

01×06 – Ghost in the Machine978

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Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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