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The X-Files Became Part Of A Nineties Pop-Cultural Touchstone

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In many ways, The X-Files first season felt like a supersized Peaks. Two FBI agents investigating any number of strange happenings in small towns became a pop cultural touchstone of the decade.

Although they never discover anything as surreal as the Black Lodge, David Duchovny was cast two years after playing Peaks cross-dressing DEA agent Dennis/Denise Bryson.