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Pluto TV Is Sending 1 Fan on an Epic ‘X-Files’ Trip to the Desert [Exclusive]
Thanks to free, ad-supported streamer Pluto TV, you can now watch every episode of The X-Files on demand without digging into your paltry FBI agent salary. But instead of watching it from your house, apartment, or basement office, Pluto is giving you the chance to watch the show like never before. Collider has an exclusive first look at the streamer’s The Fan Is Out There contest, which will send one lucky winner and their plus-one to stream every episode of the show in a top-secret undisclosed location.
Here’s your assignment: go to this top-secret URL and enter the contest; it will be open from March 10th at 11:00 a.m. ET until March 20 at 11:59 p.m ET. If you win, you and a handpicked investigative partner will be whisked away to a classified location in the Joshua Tree desert, a hotbed of paranormal activity. Once there, you will have nine days to binge all 218 episodes of The X-Files in an off-grid location even the Lone Gunmen would approve of. You’ll be provided with a living case board to track the show’s conspiracies; daily on-camera debriefing confessionals for social documentation; X-Files-themed snacks, including plenty of Mulder-approved black coffee and sunflower seeds; and much, much more. See the website for full terms and conditions.
What Is ‘The X-Files’ About?
Created by Chris Carter, The X-Files centered around FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). Scully, a skeptical medical doctor, was assigned to work with Mulder, whose belief in paranormal phenomena (inspired by the apparent alien abduction of his sister, Samantha, when they were children) had made him a laughingstock at the agency. Together, they travel across the country, seeking out the unexplained cases of murder, monsters, and mutants that Mulder dubbed the “X-Files,” even as Mulder starts to piece together a massive alien conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of the government. Debuting on Fox in 1993, the show became an immediate smash hit; it ran for nine seasons, spawned two theatrical films, and then two abbreviated revival seasons…and it’s about to come back, courtesy of Sinners director Ryan Coogler.
Earlier this year, Pluto TV launched a dedicated channel for The X-Files, marking the first time the show had become available on a FAST streaming service. Says Pluto TV executive Will Gurman, “This cult classic pioneered binge-worthy, supernatural storytelling and built one of TV’s most passionate fan communities. With the entire series always available and totally free, it’s a show you can disappear into for days. This is exactly the kind of deep library comfort viewing Pluto TV was built for.”
You can enter Pluto TV’s The Fan Is Out There X-Files contest from March 10th at 11:00 a.m. ET until March 20 at 11:59 p.m ET. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates…and trust no one.
- Release Date
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1993 – 2018-00-00
- Network
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FOX
- Directors
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Rob Bowman, David Nutter, R. W. Goodwin, Michael W. Watkins, Tony Wharmby, Daniel Sackheim, Michael Lange, Cliff Bole, David Duchovny, Jim Charleston, James Wong, Peter Markle, Rod Hardy, Thomas J. Wright, William A. Graham, Jerrold Freedman, Joe Napolitano, Kevin Hooks, Larry Shaw, Richard Compton, Tucker Gates, Allen Coulter, Barry K. Thomas, Brett Dowler
- Writers
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jeffrey bell, Frank Spotnitz, Howard Gordon, David Amann, Darin Morgan, Steven Maeda, Greg Walker, Chris Ruppenthal, Kim Newton, Paul Brown, Sara B. Cooper, Thomas Schnauz, Tim Minear, William Gibson, Jeff Vlaming, Charles Grant Craig, Chip Johannessen, Chris Brancato, Daniel Arkin, Gillian Anderson, Jessica Scott, Jim Guttridge, Kenneth Biller, Larry Barber