I recently "acquired" the full x-files box set, when it originally aired I lost track about half way through season 2 or 3, I really really liked the show and was only about 12/13 at the time(perfect age for that show) but it was so hard to follow American shows on satellite tv back then when they where only shown once a week(+ one repeat) and they where always at least a year behind America(can you even imagine that happening now with shows like game of thrones, going a whole year without spoilers ruining it)
Id like to try get through it all before the new episodes air, but its a bit of a slog having to get through all those 'monster of the week' episodes when what I really want to watch are the arc episodes.