I didn’t realize how much I missed The X-Files until I watched the latest trailer for the new feature film, The X-Files: I Want to Believe. In the two minute plug, you get all the usual accoutrement from the hit TV show:

Haggard-looking, stressed out central character? Check.

Shadowy, amorphous, otherworldly threat looming? Check.

Stark, unnerving backdrop with creepy musical accompaniment? Check.

But when the screen goes black for a moment and you just hear Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny address each other, with studied dispassion, by their character’s last names, that’s when the adrenaline really starts flowing.

Never (in the history of my television-watching career, anyway) has there been a show with the mammoth unresolved sexual tension of The X-Files. I remember staring at the screen during its 1993-2002 run thinking, “FOR GOD’S SAKE MULDER, just put your hand on her leg!” But, alas, it never happened. The emotional dysfunction between the two ultra-foxy agents was every bit as nerve-wracking as the monsters, aliens, and unexplained phenomenon they investigated week after week.

Realizing that I never saw the first X-Files feature film, 1998’s Fight the Future, I added it to my Netflix queue this week. I want to be fully prepared when I Want to Believe hits theaters July 25.

Though I was a fan of the show, my X-Files nerdism wasn't even on the charts in terms of the level of geekdom the show inspired in its loyal minions. For a dose of the real thing, head over to IGN.com where you can find a list of the site's "10 Favorite X-Files Standalone Episodes.” The descriptions alone make me wanna go back and start with Season One.

Do you have some favorites? Tell me all about it ... along with any creative fantasy scenarios that involve Mulder and Scully finally sucking face.

Wendy Case is the MOLI View's contributing editor for Arts & Entertainment.