Ah, The X-Files were one of my first tv obsessions. When life gives you aliens, make ships, or something like that. Too bad the last two seasons really stunk it up. However, in its heyday, they managed to produce the kind of consistently high quality storytelling that Lost can only dream of - standalone eps that ran the gamut from silly to creepy to outright gross; mythology eps that were tantalizing and so wonderfully complicated you could really sink your teeth into them.

I'm sorry life is so stressful! Apply episodes of X-Files liberally until you melt into a puddle of goo.