The X-Files is an American science fiction television series that premiered on September 10, 1993 on the Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox). A total of nine seasons were released before the series' cancellation in 2002, in addition to numerous clip shows to recap previous episodes and two feature films entitled The X-Files: Fight the Future and The X-Files: I Want to Believe. The show was created by Chris Carter and follows FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are the investigators of X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder is a "believer" in the existence of aliens and the paranormal, while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned by powerful forces to debunk and control Mulder's unorthodox work. In fact, early in the series both agents turn into pawns in a larger conflict (termed the "mythology" or "mytharc" by the producers), and come to trust only each other, a close relationship which turned into a romantic relationship. As a counterpart to the long-term story arc, "monster of the week" episodes, ranging in tone from horror to comedy, made up roughly two-thirds of the series. In such stand-alone X-Files episodes, Mulder and Scully investigated bizarre crimes with fewer long-term implications on the storyline.
The cast of the first seven seasons consisted of David Duchovny starring as Special Agent Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully. In season eight Mulder appeared less frequently than usual, because Duchovny tried to make a name of himself outside The X-Files.[1] Season eight introduced Robert Patrick as Special Agent John Doggett. In season nine Annabeth Gish's character Special Agent Monica Reyes became a main character.[2]
The X-Files combined continuing serial drama elements, such as those often found in miniseries and soap operas, with individual standalone episodes that did not require a viewer to understand the show's history prior to watching. Due to these differing episode types, fans as well as the show's producers commonly divide X-Files episodes into two categories:[3]
- "Mythology" or "Mytharc" episodes told the tale of a governmental conspiracy revolving around extraterrestrials.[3]
- Standalone or "Monster-of-the-Week" episodes dealt with paranormal creatures and situations, while generally being unrelated to the series mythology.[3]
The list is ordered by the episodes' original air dates. Episodes marked with an asterisk (*) are part of the series' mytharc. Episodes with a double asterisk (**) are part of the series' Alien Mythology.
Series overview and home release
| Seasons | Originally aired in the US | DVD release | Blu-ray release | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 3 | Region A | ||||
| Season 1 | Sep. 10, 1993 | May 13, 1994 | May 9, 2000 | Nov. 6, 2000 | Nov. 22, 2000 | — | |||
| Season 2 | Sep. 16, 1994 | May 19, 1995 | Nov. 28, 2000 | April 30, 2001 | April 20, 2001 | — | |||
| Season 3 | Sep. 22, 1995 | May 17, 1996 | May 8, 2001 | Nov. 26, 2001 | Nov. 12, 2001 | — | |||
| Season 4 | Oct. 4, 1996 | May 18, 1997 | Nov. 13, 2001 | April 22, 2002 | April 24, 2002 | — | |||
| Season 5 | Nov. 2, 1997 | May 17, 1998 | May 14, 2002 | Oct. 14, 2002 | Nov. 11, 2002 | — | |||
| The X-Files | June 19, 1998 | Jan. 23, 2001 | Jan. 24, 2000 | March 22, 2000 | Dec. 2, 2008 | ||||
| Season 6 | Nov. 8, 1998 | May 16, 1999 | Nov. 5, 2002 | March 17, 2003 | May 13, 2003 | — | |||
| Season 7 | Nov. 7, 1999 | May 21, 2000 | May 13, 2003 | Sep. 22, 2003 | Oct. 20, 2003 | — | |||
| Season 8 | Nov. 5, 2000 | May 20, 2001 | Nov. 4, 2003 | March 14, 2004 | April 14, 2004 | — | |||
| Season 9 | Nov. 11, 2001 | May 19, 2002 | May 11, 2004 | June 7, 2004 | July 27, 2004 | — | |||
| Volume 1 | — | — | June 7, 2005 | — | — | — | |||
| Volume 2 | Aug. 2, 2005 | — | — | — | |||||
| Volume 3 | Nov. 27, 2005 | — | — | — | |||||
| Volume 4 | Nov. 22, 2005 | — | — | — | |||||
| I Want to Believe | July 25, 2008 | Dec. 2, 2008 | Nov. 24, 2008 | Nov. 25, 2008 | Dec. 2, 2008 | ||||
Season 1 (1993-1994)
Main article: The X-Files (season 1)
| # | # | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot"** | Chris Carter | Robert Mandel | September 10, 1993 | 1X79 |
| Agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) is assigned to work with Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) on the X-Files in an attempt to debunk his work on the paranormal. Their first case has them investigating apparent alien abductions. A near comatose man, Billy Miles, is taking his classmates, including Theresa Nemman, into the woods, where they are killed in a flash of bright light. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Deep Throat"** | Chris Carter | Daniel Sackheim | September 17, 1993 | 1X01 |
| Mulder & Scully travel to Idaho in order to investigate the disappearance of a military test pilot. They observe unusual aircraft activity, prompting Mulder to proclaim the existence of a government conspiracy. Mulder sneaks onto the military base and is spotlighted by one of the craft, but is captured by soldiers and has his memory erased before he is released. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Squeeze" | Glen Morgan & James Wong | Harry Longstreet | September 24, 1993 | 1X02 |
| Mulder and Scully investigate a series of murders where there appears to be no tangible method for the murderer’s entrance and escape. Eugene Victor Tooms, a seemingly normal janitor, is suspected by Mulder to be a mutant who kills his victims and extracts their livers in order to prolong his existence. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Conduit" | Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon | Daniel Sackheim | October 1, 1993 | 1X03 |
| As Section Chief Scott Blevins expresses his concern with the direction of the X-Files department, Mulder becomes obsessed with solving a case that closely parallels an ‘encounter’ he experienced as a child. Which dealt with alien abduction and an exploration of Mulder's determination to find his sister, Samantha Mulder. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Jersey Devil" | Chris Carter | Joe Napolitano | October 8, 1993 | 1X04 |
| The murder of a homeless man which is very similar in detail to a murder committed in 1947 leads Mulder and Scully to the legendary man-beast the Jersey Devil roaming in the forests surrounding Atlantic City. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Shadows" | Glen Morgan & James Wong | Michael Katleman | October 22, 1993 | 1X05 |
| When an unseen force commits several murders where a young woman is present, Mulder suspects that it is the spirit of the woman’s former boss who was believed to have committed suicide but was actually murdered and he is protecting her from his business partner. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Ghost in the Machine" | Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa | Jerrold Freedman | October 29, 1993 | 1X06 |
| A computer with highly advanced artificial intelligence begins to kill in order to preserve its existence when it is deemed inefficient to continue controlling the workings of an office building. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Ice" | Glen Morgan & James Wong | David Nutter | November 5, 1993 | 1X07 |
| When an Arctic research team mysteriously kill each other and themselves only days after drilling deeper into the ice than ever before, Mulder and Scully accompany a team of doctors and scientists to investigate. They discover an organism which infects living creatures and amplifies the host’s feeling of anger and paranoia, and the new team starts to deteriorate as they wonder who among them are killers. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Space" | Chris Carter | William Graham | November 12, 1993 | 1X08 |
| A mysterious force is sabotaging a space launch program which leads directly back to the commander of the team, who once claimed to have seen an alien in space while witnessing Mars from Earth orbit. The so-called "alien" returns to Earth with him to torment him, and wreck his new space program. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Fallen Angel"** | Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa | Larry Shaw | November 19, 1993 | 1X09 |
| Mulder puts the future of the X-Files in jeopardy when he heads to a UFO crash site being rapidly covered up by the military. He is arrested and while in jail he meets Max Fenig, a UFO nut whose NICAP group has followed Mulder’s work on the X-Files. When Mulder is released, Scully urges him to return to Washington to face his superiors and try and save his job but Mulder finds out that Max is more than meets the eye and ignores Scully to try and save him instead. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Eve" | Kenneth Biller & Chris Brancato | Fred Gerber | December 10, 1993 | 1X10 |
| When two fathers on opposite sides of the country are unexplainably murdered at the exact same time in the exact same way, Mulder and Scully find that their eight-year-old daughters are perfect twins and were created in order to continue The Litchfield Experiment, a eugenics project of the 1950’s which produced cloned boys named Adam and girls named Eve who have heightened strength and intelligence, but are prone to psychotic behavior. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Fire" | Chris Carter | Larry Shaw | December 17, 1993 | 1X11 |
| Mulder investigates the deaths of British dignitaries at the behest of an old Oxford girlfriend. Bob/Cecil L’Ively is a pyrokinetic, and he wants Sir Malcolm Marsden’s wife. Cecil attempts to kill Marsden, with his ability to make fire come out of his hands, but Mulder stops him. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Beyond the Sea" | Glen Morgan & James Wong | David Nutter | January 7, 1994 | 1X12 |
| A death row inmate named Luther Lee Boggs claims that he is psychic and can lead Mulder to a serial killer in exchange for a lesser sentence of life in prison. The agents’ roles are reversed in this episode, with Mulder doubting Boggs’ claim and Scully believing him after she is told that she can communicate through him with her recently deceased father. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Gender Bender" | Larry Barber & Paul Barber | Rob Bowman | January 21, 1994 | 1X13 |
| A series of identical sexual murders, where the killer appears to be both male and female, draw Mulder and Scully to an Amish-type community of people who may be of alien origin, leading to the discovery of a man who can change sex. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Lazarus" | Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon | David Nutter | February 4, 1994 | 1X14 |
| When FBI Agent Jack Willis and bank robber Warren Dupre are both shot at the same time during a robbery attempt, Dupre dies when Willis is brought back to life. When Willis rushes out of the hospital and begins acting strangely, Mulder concludes that Dupre has come back to life in Willis’ body. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Young at Heart" | Scott Kaufer & Chris Carter | Michael Lange | February 11, 1994 | 1X15 |
| A psychotic criminal from one of Mulder’s past cases - John Barnett - is back to get revenge on Mulder for incarcerating him. Before Barnett’s release, a renegade doctor had found a way to reverse the aging process - using Barnett as his test subject. Mulder and Scully rush to catch the now-unrecognisable youthful Barnett before he carries out his threat to kill all of Mulder’s loved ones. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "E.B.E."** | Glen Morgan & James Wong | William Graham | February 18, 1994 | 1X16 |
| Mulder and Scully receive information from Deep Throat about a UFO that was shot down over Iraq and has been secretly transported to the US. However, Deep Throat then intentionally misleads the agents to prevent them from discovering the truth. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Miracle Man" | Howard Gordon & Chris Carter | Michael Lange | March 18, 1994 | 1X17 |
| Mulder and Scully travel to Tennessee to investigate the “Miracle Ministry” and its star attraction - a young man with the ability to heal people with his touch - when a person dies shortly after being healed. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Shapes" | Marilyn Osborn | David Nutter | April 1, 1994 | 1X18 |
| Mulder and Scully head to an Indian reservation in northwestern Montana to investigate a manslaughter case which Mulder believes may relate to the very first X-File ever created at the FBI, and its main subject: Lycanthropy. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Darkness Falls" | Chris Carter | Joe Napolitano | April 15, 1994 | 1X19 |
| The episode involves Mulder and Scully traveling to a remote area of Washington State National Forest when an entire group of thirty loggers goes missing. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Tooms" | Glen Morgan & James Wong | David Nutter | April 22, 1994 | 1X20 |
| Eugene Victor Tooms (from "Squeeze") is released from the psychiatric sanitarium in which he was incarcerated for assaulting Scully - and he needs to kill once more to get the final liver which will allow him to hibernate for another thirty years. Mulder and Scully race against time to find evidence of his involvement in the past string of murders before Tooms disappears again. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Born Again" | Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa | Jerrold Freedman | April 29, 1994 | 1X21 |
| After a detective and his former partner die in unexplained circumstances, the accidents are linked to a little girl who witnessed both deaths and Mulder believes that she may be the reincarnation of a policeman murdered by his colleagues. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Roland" | Chris Ruppenthal | David Nutter | May 6, 1994 | 1X22 |
| Agents Mulder and Scully investigate a series of murders in Mahan Propulsion Laboratory as a team of scientists die one by one and the only suspect is a mentally handicapped cleaner named Roland. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "The Erlenmeyer Flask"** | Chris Carter | R.W. Goodwin | May 13, 1994 | 1X23 |
| A seemingly unrelated car chase leads Mulder and Scully to a scientific lab encompassing a secret which could provide proof of a government conspiracy. | ||||||
Season 2 (1994-1995)
Main article: The X-Files (season 2)
| # | # | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | "Little Green Men"** | Glen Morgan & James Wong | David Nutter | September 16, 1994 | 2X01 |
| With the X-Files shut down, Mulder finds his own belief in the truth waning. So when an old political ally gives him a new reason to believe, he goes alone to an abandoned SETI program site -- Arecibo Observatory -- in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Concerned for his safety, Scully has to track down his whereabouts before someone or something else does. | ||||||
| 2 | 26 | "The Host"* | Chris Carter | Daniel Sackheim | September 23, 1994 | 2X02 |
| When a man’s decomposed body is found in the sewers of Newark, Mulder is given the supposed “grunt” work. But after Scully’s autopsy turns up a parasite living inside the body and a sewer worker is attacked and bitten by something, it opens up a whole new can of worms. | ||||||
| 3 | 27 | "Blood" | Glen Morgan & James Wong (teleplay) Darin Morgan (story) |
David Nutter | September 30, 1994 | 2X03 |
| Apparently prompted by messages from digital appliances with instructions to kill, several residents of a small farming community suddenly turn violent and dangerous. | ||||||
| 4 | 28 | "Sleepless"* | Howard Gordon | Rob Bowman | October 7, 1994 | 2X04 |
| An audio cassette hidden in his morning paper brings Mulder to request the case of a scientist’s death consistent with burning, despite the lack of any evidence of any flames or burns. He is given his request...along with a new partner, Agent Alex Krycek. | ||||||
| 5 | 29 | "Duane Barry"** | Chris Carter | Chris Carter | October 14, 1994 | 2X05 |
| An ex-FBI agent escapes from a mental hospital and holds several people hostage in a travel agency. Mulder and Krycek are sent in to help with the negotiations since the man claims to have been a UFO abductee. | ||||||
| 6 | 30 | "Ascension"** | Paul Brown | Michael Lange | October 21, 1994 | 2X06 |
| Continuing from the previous episode, Agent Fox Mulder races to Agent Dana Scully's house after listening to the recording of her attack on his answering machine. Duane Barry has kidnapped Scully, determined to offer her to the aliens in his place. | ||||||
| 7 | 31 | "3" | Chris Ruppenthal, Glen Morgan & James Wong | David Nutter | November 4, 1994 | 2X07 |
| A.D. Skinner reopens the X-Files, but Mulder is finding it difficult to work without the missing Scully. When he recognises a Los Angeles killing as the work of the Trinity murderers, a trio of killers with a fetish for drinking blood, it gives him work in which to immerse himself. | ||||||
| 8 | 32 | "One Breath"** | Glen Morgan & James Wong | R.W. Goodwin | November 11, 1994 | 2X08 |
| When Scully mysteriously re-appears comatose in a hospital, Mulder drives himself crazy trying to find the people responsible. Though his quest for vengeance could make him exactly like those whom he despises. | ||||||
| 9 | 33 | "Firewalker" | Howard Gordon | David Nutter | November 18, 1994 | 2X09 |
| A malfunction in a robot designed for volcanic exploration yields evidence of a lifeform living in the caves. When this lifeform seemingly causes the death of a member of the research team, Mulder and a newly recovered Dana Scully are flown out to the site in The Cascades to investigate before anyone else dies. | ||||||
| 10 | 34 | "Red Museum"** | Chris Carter | Win Phelps | December 9, 1994 | 2X10 |
| Several Wisconsin teens are found wandering in the woods in their underwear with “He is one” scrawled on their backs. Mulder and Scully travel to investigate this aberrant behaviour, though the strangest thing in this meat-producing area is a cult of vegetarian “walk-ins.” Several relics from the mythology like purity control and Deep Throat are revisited here. | ||||||
| 11 | 35 | "Excelsis Dei" | Paul Brown | Steven Surjik | December 16, 1994 | 2X11 |
| Mulder and Scully’s latest case begins with the rape and battery of a nurse in a Massachusetts convalescent home. What makes it an X-File is her claim that her attacker was invisible. But upon their arrival, they discover that the unrest is not limited only to the live – in residents. | ||||||
| 12 | 36 | "Aubrey" | Sara B. Charno | Rob Bowman | January 6, 1995 | 2X12 |
| When a detective mysteriously uncovers the remains of an FBI agent who disappeared in the 1940s while investigating a murder case similar to a modern-day one she is investigating, Mulder and Scully believe that the original killer had passed his genetic trait of violence to his grandchild. | ||||||
| 13 | 37 | "Irresistible" | Chris Carter | David Nutter | January 13, 1995 | 2X13 |
| Someone is excavating graves in Minneapolis, removing body parts from the corpses. Mulder and Scully are contacted because the agent on the case believes the crimes to be related to incidents of cattle mutilation. Mulder quickly dismisses the idea that the case is an X-File, profiling the perpetrator as a fetishist. | ||||||
| 14 | 38 | "Die Hand Die Verletzt" | Glen Morgan & James Wong | Kim Manners | January 27, 1995 | 2X14 |
| New Hampshire teenagers feign an occult ritual in an attempt to score and inadvertently cause the murder of one of their group. When Mulder and Scully are called to look into the matter, the town’s real worshippers attempt to hide their tracks, though they fear that the boys’ attempt to “get some” got them more than they thought. | ||||||
| 15 | 39 | "Fresh Bones" | Howard Gordon | Rob Bowman | February 3, 1995 | 2X15 |
| One morning Private Jack McAlpin crashes his car into a tree after two separate hallucinatory incidents. The tree has a voodoo symbol drawn on it and this is the second death of a soldier in two weeks that has featured that symbol. The soldiers are guarding a processing centre for Haitians and suspicion falls on one of the Haitians identified by the colonel in charge. | ||||||
| 16 | 40 | "Colony"** | Chris Carter (teleplay) David Duchovny & Chris Carter (story) |
Nick Marck | February 10, 1995 | 2X16 |
| At the beginning, a frozen Fox Mulder is brought to a hospital. The episode flashes back to a scene two weeks before, where the crew of a research vessel find the wreckage of a UFO in the Beaufort Sea. The pilot who survives this crash walks out of the hospital and kills identical-looking doctors in various abortion clinics. | ||||||
| 17 | 41 | "End Game"** | Frank Spotnitz | Rob Bowman | February 17, 1995 | 2X17 |
| An alien bounty hunter kidnaps Scully and wants to trade her for Mulder's sister, Samantha. Mulder asks for Walter Skinner's help in making the trade, and has the FBI Director set up a sniper to take down the bounty hunter. | ||||||
| 18 | 42 | "Fearful Symmetry" | Steve De Jarnatt | James Whitmore Jr. | February 24, 1995 | 2X18 |
| The death of a federal construction worker and the destruction of various property can only be tied to an escaped elephant, yet the witnesses claim to have seen no animals which might have caused the turmoil. Soon, Mulder and Scully discover the local zoo whose claim to fame is that they’ve never had a successful animal birth. | ||||||
| 19 | 43 | "Død Kalm" | Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa | Rob Bowman | March 10, 1995 | 2X19 |
| Mulder and Scully are called in when a boatload of survivors from a U.S. Navy destroyer are found. What particularly catches Agent Mulder's attention is that all of these Sailors appear to have aged many decades in the course of a few days. Mulder and Scully travel to Norway where they find a civilian fisherman who is willing to take them to the destroyer's last known position. | ||||||
| 20 | 44 | "Humbug" | Darin Morgan | Kim Manners | March 31, 1995 | 2X20 |
| Mulder and Scully must find the paranormal among the abnormal when they are sent to investigate a long standing series of ritualistic killings which match no known patterns. The latest of which was the death of the “Alligator Man,” just one of many sideshow acts around which the town of Gibsonton, Florida is built. | ||||||
| 21 | 45 | "The Căluşari" | Sara B. Charno | Michael Vejar | April 14, 1995 | 2X21 |
| A photograph taken just before the death of a two year – old boy yields evidence of some supernatural intervention which piques Mulder’s curiosity. When another death in the family occurs, the grandmother of the remaining child requests the aid of some Romanian ritualists (called căluşari, “horsemen”) in order to cleanse the home of evil. | ||||||
| 22 | 46 | "F. Emasculata" | Chris Carter & Howard Gordon | Rob Bowman | April 28, 1995 | 2X22 |
| After several men in a prison die of a mysterious illness, Scully tries to discover the cause while Mulder attempts to find two escapees who could potentially spread the disease. | ||||||
| 23 | 47 | "Soft Light" | Vince Gilligan | James Contner | May 5, 1995 | 2X23 |
| An ex-student of Scully’s asks the agents to help her with her first investigation concerning a number of disappearances with very few clues. Mulder ponders the idea of spontaneous human combustion but rethinks it when they find a man who is afraid of his own shadow. The man is Dr. Banton, a scientist researching dark matter. | ||||||
| 24 | 48 | "Our Town" | Frank Spotnitz | Rob Bowman | May 12, 1995 | 2X24 |
| Dudley, Arkansas is the site of the latest investigation for Mulder and Scully, who are sent to find a missing poultry inspector. The case takes a twist when another poultry worker is shot after she goes insane, giving Mulder a hunch that the townsfolk really are what they eat. | ||||||
| 25 | 49 | "Anasazi"** | Chris Carter (teleplay) David Duchovny & Chris Carter (story) |
R.W. Goodwin | May 19, 1995 | 2X25 |
| The trust that Mulder and Scully have is sorely tested when Mulder begins acting strangely. His aberrant behavior is compounded when the Lone Gunmen direct him to a hacker who managed to break into some very closely guarded files. The files are encoded in Navajo and need to be decoded by a former Navajo code talker. | ||||||
Season 3 (1995-1996)
Main article: The X-Files (season 3)
| # | # | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | "The Blessing Way"** | Chris Carter | R.W. Goodwin | September 22, 1995 | 3X01 |
| The Cigarette Smoking Man works quickly to recover the stolen computer files, but finds himself thwarted by a man whom he hoped was dead. Meanwhile, Scully finds herself at a loss for her next step and turns to her family for support, since Mulder is otherwise engaged fighting for survival. | ||||||
| 2 | 51 | "Paper Clip"** | Chris Carter | Rob Bowman | September 29, 1995 | 3X02 |
| Mulder and Scully search for answers regarding the old photograph with his father and other unnamed men. Their search takes them to the abandoned Strughold Mining Facility where they uncover a dangerous secret. | ||||||
| 3 | 52 | "D.P.O." | Howard Gordon | Kim Manners | October 6, 1995 | 3X03 |
| Mulder is skeptical over a coroner’s report regarding the fifth person to be struck by lightning in a small Oklahoma town. Their investigation into the latest death seems to point to the only person to have survived a lightning strike, an emotionally-charged youth. | ||||||
| 4 | 53 | "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" | Darin Morgan | David Nutter | October 13, 1995 | 3X04 |
| Skeptical of a famous psychic’s predictions regarding the murder of several prognosticators, Mulder instead finds someone who he believes truly can predict the future. Catching the killer could prove difficult, though, particularly if the murderer can also see into his future. | ||||||
| 5 | 54 | "The List" | Chris Carter | Chris Carter | October 20, 1995 | 3X05 |
| A death row inmate makes good on his promise to come back from the dead and kill the five people involved in his death. The fear of his retribution has everyone scrambling to determine if they are on the list, while Mulder and Scully attempt to determine how he has returned to execute his tormentors. | ||||||
| 6 | 55 | "2Shy" | Jeff Vlaming | David Nutter | November 3, 1995 | 3X06 |
| Meeting insecure women through an on-line service, a serial killer seduces his prey with the right words. However, Mulder and Scully determine these killings are far from ordinary by the presence of a strange substance coating the victims, a substance which seems to digest the fatty acids in flesh. | ||||||
| 7 | 56 | "The Walk" | John Shiban | Rob Bowman | November 10, 1995 | 3X07 |
| Another failed suicide attempt by a patient in a military hospital interests Mulder with the talk of a “phantom soldier” which has prevented the man’s death. The general in charge is at first opposed to the FBI’s involvement until the invisible killer begins stalking him. But none believe when the primary suspect is a quadruple amputee. | ||||||
| 8 | 57 | "Oubliette" | Charles Grant Craig | Kim Manners | November 17, 1995 | 3X08 |
| When a young girl is kidnapped from her home, a fast food worker miles away collapses on the job, apparently experiencing exactly what the child is feeling. When Mulder learns that the woman was kidnapped and held hostage for years as a child, he begins to believe that she may be the key to help find the missing girl. | ||||||
| 9 | 58 | "Nisei"** | Chris Carter, Howard Gordon & Frank Spotnitz | David Nutter | November 24, 1995 | 3X09 |
| A mail order videotape of an alien autopsy blossoms into a much more complicated investigation when Mulder and Scully find the distributor of the tape murdered in his own home apparently by a high-ranking Japanese diplomat. While Mulder’s search for the video leads him to a train car, Scully investigates a Mutual UFO Network group and discovers several women who claim to know her. | ||||||
| 10 | 59 | "731"** | Frank Spotnitz | Rob Bowman | December 1, 1995 | 3X10 |
| Mulder is trapped on a train carriage with a ticking bomb and a killer who claims to be an NSA agent. | ||||||
| 11 | 60 | "Revelations" | Kim Newton | David Nutter | December 15, 1995 | 3X11 |
| Mulder tracks a series of religiously motivated murders. Each of the eleven victims claims to have been stigmatic but all turned out to be frauds. When Mulder and Scully discover a little boy displaying inexplicable wounds of religious significance, they try to protect him from the killer they know will be coming. | ||||||
| 12 | 61 | "War of the Coprophages" | Darin Morgan | Kim Manners | January 1, 1996 | 3X12 |
| A small town is plagued by deaths in which the bodies are found covered in cockroaches. Working from home, Scully has scientific explanations for all of them but Mulder — at the crime scene with an attractive bug expert — suspects the insects may not be organic, or earthly. | ||||||
| 13 | 62 | "Syzygy" | Chris Carter | Rob Bowman | January 26, 1996 | 3X13 |
| Mulder and Scully investigate strange murders in New Hampshire that may be due to a rare planetary alignment that affects people's behavior | ||||||
| 14 | 63 | "Grotesque" | Howard Gordon | Kim Manners | February 2, 1996 | 3X14 |
| Agents Mulder and Scully join Mulder’s former mentor, the FBI’s chief profiler, on a case involving a serial killer who claims to be possessed by a demonic force. The case gets even more mysterious when the suspect is apprehended and the murders continue. Mulder gets involved more deeply than expected and Scully as well as Skinner are deeply concerned. | ||||||
| 15 | 64 | "Piper Maru"** | Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter | Rob Bowman | February 9, 1996 | 3X15 |
| When a French salvage ship sends a diving crew to recover a mysterious wreckage from World War II, the crew falls prey to a bizarre illness and Agents Mulder and Scully join the investigation. The investigation leads to the discovery of a familiar face, and to Skinner's life being threatened. | ||||||
| 16 | 65 | "Apocrypha"** | Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter | Kim Manners | February 16, 1996 | 3X16 |
| While Mulder continues to investigate a bizarre illness that originated with the discovery of a mysterious World War II wreckage buried at sea, several government figures try to thwart their efforts. And as Skinner recovers from his shooting, Scully discovers that he is still in danger, from the man who killed her sister. | ||||||
| 17 | 66 | "Pusher" | Vince Gilligan | Rob Bowman | February 23, 1996 | 3X17 |
| Agents Mulder and Scully’s assistance is requested for a case involving a man seemingly capable of bending people to his will. The suspect uses his mysterious abilities to manipulate Agent Mulder into a dangerous end game. | ||||||
| 18 | 67 | "Teso Dos Bichos" | John Shiban | Kim Manners | March 8, 1996 | 3X18 |
| A series of deaths occurs immediately after an ancient artifact is brought to Boston from an excavation site in South America. According to Scully, the deaths appear to be the result of political terrorism, but Mulder suspects something more improbable. | ||||||
| 19 | 68 | "Hell Money" | Jeff Vlaming | Tucker Gates | March 29, 1996 | 3X19 |
| A string of mysterious deaths of recent Chinese immigrants brings Agents Mulder and Scully to San Francisco’s Chinatown. The Agents team up with a Chinese-American detective to better understand the language and customs of the Chinese culture, but one thing remains frightening clear — all of the bodies are missing various internal organs. | ||||||
| 20 | 69 | "Jose Chung's From Outer Space" | Darin Morgan | Rob Bowman | April 12, 1996 | 3X20 |
| When a couple claims to have been abducted by aliens, Agents Mulder and Scully try to get at the truth but everyone has a different version of the story, including the “aliens” themselves. | ||||||
| 21 | 70 | "Avatar" | Howard Gordon (teleplay) David Duchovny & Howard Gordon (story) |
James Charleston | April 26, 1996 | 3X21 |
| During a difficult time in assistant director Skinner’s life, he meets a woman in a bar and spends the night with her. The next morning, the woman is dead and he is accused of murder. Agents Mulder and Scully join the investigation to clear their supervisor’s name. As they unravel the threads of a conspiracy, they also learn more about Skinner’s personal affairs. | ||||||
| 22 | 71 | "Quagmire" | Kim Newton & Darin Morgan (uncredited) | Kim Manners | May 3, 1996 | 3X22 |
| When a series of mysterious deaths and disappearances are reported near a lake in a small town, Agents Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate. With local folklore of a killer sea serpent running rampant amongst the locals, the agents must take their search for the truth to the water. | ||||||
| 23 | 72 | "Wetwired"* | Mat Beck | Rob Bowman | May 10, 1996 | 3X23 |
| As the agents investigate a series of murders committed by ordinary citizens angered after seeing illusory images, Scully's trust in Mulder is put to the ultimate test. | ||||||
| 24 | 73 | "Talitha Cumi"** | Chris Carter (teleplay) David Duchovny & Chris Carter (story) |
R.W. Goodwin | May 17, 1996 | 3X24 |
| Agents Mulder and Scully search for a man who seems to possess strange powers, which leads to the discovery of a dangerous secret from Mulder’s past. The secret could bring Mulder and Scully to the brink of exposing the truth about alien existence. | ||||||
Season 4 (1996-1997)
Main article: The X-Files (season 4)
| # | # | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 74 | "Herrenvolk"** | Chris Carter | R.W. Goodwin | October 4, 1996 | 4X01 |
| Pursued by an Alien Bounty Hunter, Jeremiah Smith takes Mulder to a farm where he finds several girls who are clones of his sister. | ||||||
| 2 | 75 | "Home" | Glen Morgan & James Wong | Kim Manners | October 11, 1996 | 4X03 |
| In a small, otherwise peaceful town, the agents investigate the death of an infant with disturbing birth defects, and the trail leads to a clan of inbred, genetic mutants. | ||||||
| 3 | 76 | "Teliko" | Howard Gordon | James Charleston | October 18, 1996 | 4X04 |
| Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate the unexplained deaths of several African-American people whose skin color has turned white as the result of either a rare medical disorder or a bizarre curse. | ||||||
| 4 | 77 | "Unruhe" | Vince Gilligan | Rob Bowman | October 27, 1996 | 4X02 |
| Agents Mulder and Scully investigate a group of bizarre abductions in which the only clues are inexplicable photographs. But when Scully is the next intended victim, Mulder must get into the killer’s head. | ||||||
| 5 | 78 | "The Field Where I Died" | Glen Morgan & James Wong | Rob Bowman | November 3, 1996 | 4X05 |
| FBI Agent Mulder’s search for an informant inside a cult compound leads Scully and him to one of the cult leader’s wives. What they soon discover is an unexpectedly close connection with the woman. | ||||||
| 6 | 79 | "Sanguinarium" | Valerie Mayhew & Vivian Mayhew | Kim Manners | November 10, 1996 | 4X06 |
| Bizarre murders in a hospital’s plastic surgery unit lead Mulder and Scully to suspect a supernatural force may be responsible. | ||||||
| 7 | 80 | "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man"* | Glen Morgan & James Wong (uncredited) | James Wong & Glen Morgan (uncredited) | November 17, 1996 | 4X07 |
| Taking a page from the Superman comic “Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography,” this episode details the previous exploits of the Cigarette Smoking Man. Mulder, Scully and Byers meet with Frohike, where he details what may be Cancerman’s real life. | ||||||
| 8 | 81 | "Tunguska"** | Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter | Kim Manners | November 24, 1996 | 4X09 |
| A diplomatic courier carrying deadly cargo involves Agents Mulder and Scully in a dangerous web of intrigue, which leads Mulder on a trip to Russia. | ||||||
| 9 | 82 | "Terma"** | Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter | Rob Bowman | December 1, 1996 | 4X10 |
| Scully and Skinner attend a suspicious Senate hearing, while Mulder and Krycek face off in a Russian gulag. | ||||||
| 10 | 83 | "Paper Hearts" | Vince Gilligan | Rob Bowman | December 15, 1996 | 4X08 |
| Agent Mulder is haunted by an old case in which young girls were killed and hearts cut from their nightgowns, Soon Mulder becomes suspicious when the killer taunts him with the idea that one of his victims may have been Samantha. | ||||||
| 11 | 84 | "El Mundo Gira" | John Shiban | Tucker Gates | January 12, 1997 | 4X11 |
| Deadly rain in a migrant workers camp sends Agent Mulder and Scully on the trail of a mythical beast — El Chupacabra. | ||||||
| 12 | 85 | "Leonard Betts" | Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz | Kim Manner | January 26, 1997 | 4X14 |
| The disappearance of a man’s body from a hospital morgue leads Mulder and Scully to investigate the strange circumstances surrounding the man’s death. However, for Scully it will lead to a horrifying revelation. | ||||||
| 13 | 86 | "Never Again" | Glen Morgan & James Wong | Rob Bowman | February 2, 1997 | 4X13 |
| On a solo assignment out of town, Scully meets Mr. Wrong, a man whose tattoo does not want to share him - especially not with Scully. | ||||||
| 14 | 87 | "Memento Mori"** | Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz | Rob Bowman | February 9, 1997 | 4X15 |
| Fear for Scully’s health sends Mulder to investigate the bizarre circumstances that may explain her mysterious abduction two years ago, while Scully takes a more practical course to quell her illness. | ||||||
| 15 | 88 | "Kaddish" | Howard Gordon | Kim Manners | February 16, 1997 | 4X12 |
| A murder in a Jewish community leads to the deaths of the killers, forcing Mulder and Scully to determine whether vengeance or larger forces are at work. | ||||||
| 16 | 89 | "Unrequited" | Howard Gordon & Chris Carter | Michael Lange | February 23, 1997 | 4X16 |
| The mysterious assassination of a high-ranking military official has Mulder and Scully racing against the clock to stop a seemingly unstoppable - and invisible - assassin. | ||||||
| 17 | 90 | "Tempus Fugit"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Rob Bowman | March 16, 1997 | 4X17 |
| While celebrating Scully’s birthday, Mulder learns of Max Fenig’s death in a plane crash. What the agents soon discover is that the circumstances surrounding the crash may have been alien. | ||||||
| 18 | 91 | "Max"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Kim Manners | March 23, 1997 | 4X18 |
| The investigation continues for agents Mulder and Scully of the apparent downing of Flight 549 by a UFO. They encounter deadly opposition from the military, which continues to cover up the truth of incident. | ||||||
| 19 | 92 | "Synchrony" | Howard Gordon & David Greenwalt | Jim Charleston | April 13, 1997 | 4X19 |
| Mulder and Scully investigate a murder for which the suspect presents an incredible alibi — that the death was foretold by an old man able to see into the future. | ||||||
| 20 | 93 | "Small Potatoes" | Vince Gilligan | Cliff Bole | April 20, 1997 | 4X20 |
| A small town is “blessed” by babies being born with tails. Mulder and Scully arrive only to encounter a suspect who proves nearly impossible to identify. | ||||||
| 21 | 94 | "Zero Sum"* | Howard Gordon & Frank Spotnitz | Kim Manners | April 27, 1997 | 4X21 |
| Agent Mulder launches a criminal investigation into a bizarre death which he finds has connections to A.D. Skinner. Meanwhile, Skinner makes his own deal with the devil in a desperate attempt to save Scully from the cancer that is taking over her body. | ||||||
| 22 | 95 | "Elegy" | John Shiban | Jim Charleston | May 4, 1997 | 4X22 |
| Mulder and Scully track a series of murders that lead to a home for the mentally ill and a clue that makes no sense: each victim had a purported warning from the dead. However, while Mulder makes some surprising discoveries, Scully is reminded of her own mortality. | ||||||
| 23 | 96 | "Demons"* | R. W. Goodwin | Kim Manners | May 11, 1997 | 4X23 |
| Scully is concerned for Mulder’s well-being when he suffers from a memory loss while investigating a case — and is the only suspect in a brutal double murder. | ||||||
| 24 | 97 | "Gethsemane"** | Chris Carter | R. W. Goodwin | May 18, 1997 | 4X24 |
| Researchers in northern Canada discover what may finally be irrefutable proof of alien existence, but even Mulder is skeptical until sinister agents begin to kill to prevent its revelation, leading to a shocking conclusion. | ||||||
Season 5 (1997-1998)
Main article: The X-Files (season 5)
| # | # | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 98 | "Redux"** | Chris Carter | R. W. Goodwin | November 2, 1997 | 5X02 |
| Scully helps Mulder fake his death, but comes under intense scrutiny; Skinner is suspected as the traitor inside the FBI; and Mulder breaks into the Department of Defense in a desperate bid to save Scully, but while doing so he finds himself facing the truth about the aliens he has been chasing. | ||||||
| 2 | 99 | "Redux II"** | Chris Carter | Kim Manners | November 9, 1997 | 5X03 |
| While Scully lies on her deathbed; the Smoking Man makes an important decision in helping Mulder. But even as events come to a climax, Mulder finds his belief in his crusade has all but collapsed. | ||||||
| 3 | 100 | "Unusual Suspects"* | Vince Gilligan | Kim Manners | November 16, 1997 | 5X01 |
| Two salesmen and a federal employee join forces when they meet Susanne Modeski, a woman who claims that she is being pursued by her violent ex-boyfriend, Mulder. | ||||||
| 4 | 101 | "Detour" | Frank Spotnitz | Brett Dowler | November 23, 1997 | 5X04 |
| On the way to an FBI convention, Mulder and Scully take a trip through the woods, where an ancient monster lurks. | ||||||
| 5 | 102 | "The Post-Modern Prometheus" | Chris Carter | Chris Carter | November 30, 1997 | 5X06 |
| Filmed in black-and-white, The Post-Modern Prometheus chronicles Mulder and Scully’s investigation when a letter from a single mother leads them to a small mid-Western town where a modern-day version of Frankenstein's monster lurks, Jerry Springer is an obsession, and Cher plays a significant part. | ||||||
| 6 | 103 | "Christmas Carol"* | Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz | Peter Markle | December 7, 1997 | 5X05 |
| Home for the holidays, Scully is haunted by dreams which hint at a strange connection to a murdered woman’s daughter. | ||||||
| 7 | 104 | "Emily"* | Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz | Kim Manners | December 14, 1997 | 5X07 |
| Scully fights to protect her daughter’s life, while Mulder discovers her true origins. | ||||||
| 8 | 105 | "Kitsunegari" | Vince Gilligan & Tim Minear | Daniel Sackheim | January 4, 1998 | 5X08 |
| When ‘Pusher’ Modell escapes from prison, Mulder and Scully race to catch him before he can take revenge against his favourite target — Agent Mulder. | ||||||
| 9 | 106 | "Schizogeny" | Jessica Scott & Mike Wollaeger | Ralph Hemecker | January 11, 1998 | 5X09 |
| When a teenager is suspected of murdering his father, Mulder and Scully become convinced that a greater evil may be lurking in the community. | ||||||
| 10 | 107 | "Chinga" | Stephen King & Chris Carter | Kim Manners | February 8, 1998 | 5X10 |
| Scully takes a vacation to Maine, where she encounters a bizarre case where the victims appear to have inflicted wounds upon themselves — apparently at the behest of a strange young girl. The phone conversation is similar to the War of the Coprophages (season 3) | ||||||
| 11 | 108 | "Kill Switch" | William Gibson & Tom Maddox | Rob Bowman | February 15, 1998 | 5X11 |
| Though Scully is skeptical, the agents investigate the strange death of a computer genius, only to become targets of an unlikely killer capable of the worst kind of torture. The episode is co-written by cyberpunk pioneer William Gibson. | ||||||
| 12 | 109 | "Bad Blood" | Vince Gilligan | Cliff Bole | February 22, 1998 | 5X12 |
| While investigating bizarre exsanguinations in Texas, Mulder kills a teenage boy whom he "mistakes" for a vampire. Awaiting a meeting with Skinner, Mulder and Scully attempt to get their stories “straight” by relating to each other their differing versions of what happened during their investigation. Gillian Anderson voted this her favorite episode. | ||||||
| 13 | 110 | "Patient X"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Kim Manners | March 1, 1998 | 5X13 |
| Scully forms a bond with Cassandra Spender, a woman who claims to have been abducted by aliens. While Mulder’s disbelief in the alien conspiracy is now questioned, he finds himself with more personal threats at the FBI. | ||||||
| 14 | 111 | "The Red and the Black"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Chris Carter | March 8, 1998 | 5X14 |
| With Cassandra Spender missing, and her son Jeffrey angrily attempting to push his way up in the FBI, Mulder has Scully put under hypnosis to learn the truth. The Syndicate, meanwhile, quicken their tests for the alien vaccine, sacrificing their own to do so. | ||||||
| 15 | 112 | "Travelers" | John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz | William Graham | March 29, 1998 | 5X15 |
| In 1990, a bizarre murder leads young agent Fox Mulder to question a former FBI Agent who investigated one of the first X-Files dating back to the 1950s — a case which may have involved Mulder’s father. | ||||||
| 16 | 113 | "Mind's Eye" | Tim Minear | Kim Manners | April 19, 1998 | 5X16 |
| Agents Mulder and Scully investigate a murder that seems to have been committed by a blind woman, but Mulder suspects that her involvement is not what it seems. | ||||||
| 17 | 114 | "All Souls" | Frank Spotnitz & John Shiban | Allen Coulter | April 26, 1998 | 5X17 |
| The unexplained death of a young handicapped girl prompts Father McCue to ask Scully for her help, but her investigation leads her to a mystery she’s afraid to understand. | ||||||
| 18 | 115 | "The Pine Bluff Variant" | John Shiban | Rob Bowman | May 3, 1998 | 5X18 |
| Scully begins to grow suspicious of Mulder, whose increasingly strange behaviour suggests he may be serving another agenda. | ||||||
| 19 | 116 | "Folie a Deux" | Vince Gilligan | Kim Manners | May 10, 1998 | 5X19 |
| Mulder and Scully encounter a delusional man who believes his boss may be a monster — and is willing to pay any price to prove it. | ||||||
| 20 | 117 | "The End"** | Chris Carter | R. W. Goodwin | May 17, 1998 | 5X20 |
| Investigating the murder of a chess player, Mulder and Scully meet a boy who may be the embodiment of everything in the X-Files. This episode marks the first appearance of Diana Fowley (Mimi Rogers) | ||||||
The X-Files (1998)
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Original DVD Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The X-Files: Fight the Future"** | Rob Bowman | Chris Carter (screenplay) Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz (story) |
June 19, 1998 | April 5, 1999 (R1) |
| The film takes place between seasons 5 and 6. The X-Files have been shut down again, and Mulder and Scully are dealing with a terrorist threat. However, when a government building is destroyed, Mulder is approached by a mysterious doctor who reveals that there was more to the bomb than meets the eye. Mulder and Scully’s investigations lead to the discovery of several secret installations and the true nature of the relationship between the alien colonists and the Syndicate. | ||||
Season 6 (1998-1999)
Main article: The X-Files (season 6)
| # | # | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 118 | "The Beginning"** | Chris Carter | Kim Manners | November 8, 1998 | 6ABX01 |
| With the X-Files reopened, Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) eagerly hunt for a deadly creature in the Arizona desert. What they find seems to support Mulder’s revived belief in aliens, but is discredited when the agents are not reassigned to the X-Files, with Jeffrey Spender (Chris Owens) and Diana Fowley (Mimi Rogers) taking over instead. | ||||||
| 2 | 119 | "Drive" | Vince Gilligan | Rob Bowman | November 15, 1998 | 6ABX02 |
| With Mulder trapped in a car by a seemingly deranged man, Scully races to determine if the man is suffering from a deadly illness — and if Mulder is in danger of becoming the next victim of a government virus. | ||||||
| 3 | 120 | "Triangle" | Chris Carter | Chris Carter | November 22, 1998 | 6ABX03 |
| Mulder goes in search of a ship that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle in 1939. But when he gets on board, Mulder finds that he — and all the passengers and crew (as well as some strangely familiar ones) — are still stuck in the past. | ||||||
| 4 | 121 | "Dreamland"* | Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz | Kim Manners | November 29, 1998 | 6ABX04 |
| An anonymous tip finally brings Mulder and Scully to the mecca of all UFO lore — Area 51. But when the agents witness the flight of a mysterious craft, their lives are profoundly — and perhaps irrevocably — altered. | ||||||
| 5 | 122 | "Dreamland II"* | Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz | Michael Watkins | December 6, 1998 | 6ABX05 |
| Scully begins to suspect that her partner’s strange behavior is more than it appears to be, while Mulder fights to return his life to normal before it’s too late. | ||||||
| 6 | 123 | "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" | Chris Carter | Chris Carter | December 13, 1998 | 6ABX08 |
| On Christmas Eve, Mulder convinces Scully to put aside her gift wrapping and stake out a reputed haunted house. But they discover a pair of lovelorn spectres living inside the house who are determined to prove how lonely the holidays can be. | ||||||
| 7 | 124 | "Terms of Endearment" | David Amann | Rob Bowman | January 3, 1999 | 6ABX06 |
| When a mother is accused of killing her unborn child, Mulder and Scully discover that the father has his own secrets, and he’s not the only one. | ||||||
| 8 | 125 | "The Rain King" | Jeffrey Bell | Kim Manners | January 10, 1999 | 6ABX07 |
| In a small town plagued by drought, Mulder and Scully come upon a man who claims to be able to control the weather — at a hefty profit. Yet the agents discover a force of nature at work even more powerful than the weather, and just as unpredictable. | ||||||
| 9 | 126 | "S.R. 819"** | John Shiban | Daniel Sackheim | January 17, 1999 | 6ABX10 |
| Assistant Director Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) is poisoned. Mulder and Scully have 24 hours to save him, but in order to do so, they must determine who wants him dead, and why. | ||||||
| 10 | 127 | "Tithonus" | Vince Gilligan | Michael Watkins | January 24, 1999 | 6ABX09 |
| Scully learns that she, but not Mulder, is being given a chance to prove her worth at the FBI, and - paired with a new partner - she investigates a crime scene photographer with an uncanny knack for arriving just in time to see his victims' final moments. What she does not expect is for Death to play a role himself. | ||||||
| 11 | 128 | "Two Fathers"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Kim Manners | February 7, 1999 | 6ABX11 |
| When Cassandra Spender (Veronica Cartwright) is returned, Mulder, Scully and Agent Spender find themselves facing the exposure of the conspiracy involving extraterrestrials; while the worried Syndicate take evasive measures. | ||||||
| 12 | 129 | "One Son"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Rob Bowman | February 14, 1999 | 6ABX12 |
| While Cassandra reveals the truth about the alien conspiracy to Mulder, her ex-husband - the Cigarette Smoking Man - does the same to Agent Spender in an effort to convince him to work with the conspiracy. | ||||||
| 13 | 130 | "Aqua Mala" | David Amann | Rob Bowman | February 21, 1999 | 6ABX14 |
| Mulder and Scully are looking forward to cases again. Instead, Arthur Dales, now living in a Florida trailer park, calls the agents for help when a neighbouring family disappears; and, with a hurricane approaching, Mulder and Scully find themselves trapped with a group of residents in a building where there is something in the water. | ||||||
| 14 | 131 | "Monday" | Vince Gilligan & John Shiban | Kim Manners | February 28, 1999 | 6ABX15 |
| The world is trapped in a time loop, and only one woman seems to know. A bank robbery is committed over and over again until Mulder and Scully can make it go right. | ||||||
| 15 | 132 | "Arcadia" | Daniel Arkin | Michael Watkins | March 7, 1999 | 6ABX13 |
| Several disappearances at an idyllic planned community lead Mulder and Scully to go undercover as a married couple. However, what they soon discover is that the ruler of this small community enforced his rule with an Übermensch. | ||||||
| 16 | 133 | "Alpha" | Jeffrey Bell | Peter Markle | March 28, 1999 | 6ABX16 |
| An Asian dog, called the Wanshang Dhole, thought to be extinct is blamed for several killings. Mulder and Scully join an obstinate Sheriff, a seemingly eccentric hunter, and a reclusive canine expert to find it. However, there is more mystery to the expert than meets the eye. | ||||||
| 17 | 134 | "Trevor" | Jim Guttridge & Ken Hawryliw | Rob Bowman | April 11, 1999 | 6ABX17 |
| After a prison camp is destroyed by a tornado, an escaped inmate is suspected of killing the warden. As the inmate hunts down his old girlfriend, he finds out where his child is and attempts to take him back. Mulder and Scully set out to find him and discover that he has the ability to pass through solid matter. | ||||||
| 18 | 135 | "Milagro" | Chris Carter (teleplay) John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz (story) |
Kim Manners | April 18, 1999 | 6ABX18 |
| A series of murders takes place where the heart has been removed from the victims. A writer that lives next door to Mulder is writing a novel about the murders before they actually happen. Scully finds herself confused and drawn to the writer, who has a romantic interest in her. | ||||||
| 19 | 136 | "The Unnatural" | David Duchovny | David Duchovny | April 25, 1999 | 6ABX20 |
| While working in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, young cop Arthur Dales (the brother of the Arthur Dales who started the X-Files) stumbles across a “negro” baseball player who is actually an alien with a love of the game hiding among humans. | ||||||
| 20 | 137 | "Three of a Kind" | Vince Gilligan & John Shiban | Bryan Spicer | May 2, 1999 | 6ABX19 |
| While at a conference in Las Vegas, The Lone Gunmen run into the enigmatic Susanne Modeski. After deceiving Scully into joining them the trio soon find out that Susan’s new fiancé is planning to use her new brainwashing drug for political assassinations. | ||||||
| 21 | 138 | "Field Trip" | John Shiban & Vince Gilligan (teleplay) Frank Spotnitz (story) |
Kim Manners | May 9, 1999 | 6ABX21 |
| The skeletonized remains of a young couple are found in the fields of North Carolina. When Mulder and Scully go to investigate, they find that a giant fungal life form releases an LSD-like drug into the air with spores, and then slowly digests its victims. Mulder and Scully fall into its trap and are not sure of what is reality and what is fantasy. | ||||||
| 22 | 139 | "Biogenesis"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Rob Bowman | May 16, 1999 | 6ABX22 |
| Mulder believes that metallic objects discovered in Africa are proof that life originated elsewhere in the universe. Mulder falls ill, which leads to Scully travelling to Africa alone. Skinner is again poisoned with nano technology, which leads him to stop collaborating with Mulder and Scully on the case. | ||||||
Season 7 (1999-2000)
Main article: The X-Files (season 7)
| # | # | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 140 | "The Sixth Extinction"** | Chris Carter | Kim Manners | November 7, 1999 | 7ABX03 |
| Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) and Michael Kritschgau (John Finn) work desperately to attempt to discover what is wrong with Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), who is imprisoned by his own frenetic brain activity, but they are unaware of Agent Diana Fowley’s (Mimi Rogers) duplicity. In the meanwhile, Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) is hunting for an ancient artifact in Africa. | ||||||
| 2 | 141 | "The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati"** | David Duchovny & Chris Carter | Michael W. Watkins | November 14, 1999 | 7ABX04 |
| Returning to Washington to find Mulder gone, Scully joins Kritschgau and Skinner - who is still being forced into betrayal by Alex Krycek (Nicholas Lea) - to find her partner. However, the Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis) has taken Mulder to a place where all his problems are gone and Fowley is forced to make a choice about her loyalties. | ||||||
| 3 | 142 | "Hungry" | Vince Gilligan | Kim Manners | November 21, 1999 | 7ABX01 |
| In a unique episode told from the point-of-view of the “monster”, a fast-food employee with unusual cravings becomes the focus of an FBI investigation. The victims appear with no brain and a suction hole in the forehead. | ||||||
| 4 | 143 | "Millennium" | Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz | Thomas J. Wright | November 28, 1999 | 7ABX05 |
| The head of the Millennium Group, which believes the apocalypse will happen on the new year of 2000, resurrects the dead for use in the bringing about of the apocalypse, and Mulder and Scully have to ask the help of criminal profiler Frank Black (Lance Henriksen), a man with former experience with the shadowy group. | ||||||
| 5 | 144 | "Rush" | David Amann | Robert Lieberman | December 5, 1999 | 7ABX06 |
| When a school student becomes the prime suspect in the bizarre murder of a police officer, Mulder and Scully are sent to investigate. They discover that the boy and a couple of friends have been playing with the ability to accelerate their movements to a frequency the human eye can’t perceive. | ||||||
| 6 | 145 | "The Goldberg Variation" | Jeffrey Bell | Thomas J. Wright | December 12, 1999 | 7ABX02 |
| After being thrown off a building and surviving, Henry Weems, who appears to be the luckiest man in the world, attracts the attention of Mulder and Scully. But, if he’s so lucky, why is he on the run from the mob, and why is everyone around him so unlucky? | ||||||
| 7 | 146 | "Orison" | Chip Johannessen | Rob Bowman | January 9, 2000 | 7ABX07 |
| Reverend Orison releases Donnie Pfaster, Scully’s former kidnapper ("Irresistible" Season 2), from jail in the hopes of passing judgement on him. What he discovers instead is that he has released pure evil, and it’s headed for Scully. | ||||||
| 8 | 147 | "The Amazing Maleeni" | Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz | Thomas J. Wright | January 16, 2000 | 7ABX08 |
| The Amazing Maleeni, a small-time magician, performs an amazing feat to impress a heckler - he turns his head 360 degrees. So when he is later found without a head at all, Mulder and Scully arrive on the case and discover an angry ex-con, an unimpressed rival, and Maleeni’s twin brother all seem to have something to do with the plan to rob a major bank. | ||||||
| 9 | 148 | "Signs & Wonders" | Jeffrey Bell | Kim Manners | January 23, 2000 | 7ABX09 |
| When a small town church is the site of a number of ritualistic-like murders, fingers are pointed to the Church of God with Signs and Wonders, a church where the Bible is read literally, and punishment is dealt deftly. But soon the agents realise that the difference between the peaceful religious and the fanatics may not be very much at all. | ||||||
| 10 | 149 | "Sein und Zeit"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Michael W. Watkins | February 6, 2000 | 7ABX10 |
| While investigating the bizarre disappearance of a young girl from her home, Mulder becomes obsessed with the number of children who have vanished in similar ways. Scully’s fears that he is emotionally involved due to his sister’s disappearance 27 years earlier are heightened when Mulder’s mother dies, apparently of suicide. | ||||||
| 11 | 150 | "Closure"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Kim Manners | February 13, 2000 | 7ABX11 |
| As Mulder is forced to accept that his mother’s death was by her own hand, he is led by a man whose son disappeared years earlier to another truth - that his sister may be among the souls taken by ‘walk-ins’, saving the souls of children doomed to live unhappy lives. Together, they embark on a journey that will reveal to Mulder the truth about his sister’s disappearance. | ||||||
| 12 | 151 | "X-Cops" | Vince Gilligan | Michael W. Watkins | February 20, 2000 | 7ABX12 |
| A filming of an episode of COPS gets in the way of the collaborative effort between the FBI and the local police department. Mulder later finds out that the monster feeds on fear. While Mulder embraces the publicity, Scully is not so sure of it. | ||||||
| 13 | 152 | "First Person Shooter" | William Gibson & Tom Maddox | Chris Carter | February 27, 2000 | 7ABX13 |
| The Lone Gunmen summon Mulder and Scully to a virtual reality firm when the new game they have helped design is thwarted by a bizarre female computer character whose power is much more than virtual. | ||||||
| 14 | 153 | "Theef" | Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz | Kim Manners | March 12, 2000 | 7ABX14 |
| After a prominent doctor discovers his father-in-law dead, the word ‘Theef’ written on the wall in blood, Mulder suspects hexcraft may be the source of threats against his family. While tracing the man who did it, may be marked as impossible since he has no identity. | ||||||
| 15 | 154 | "En Ami"** | William B. Davis | Rob Bowman | March 19, 2000 | 7ABX15 |
| After a young boy with cancer, whose parents don’t believe in medical treatment because it is against God’s will, recovers miraculously, Scully is intrigued. What she soon discovers is that his cure is not miraculous, but scientific. Eager, if wary, to learn of the truth behind his secrets, Scully agrees to travel with the Cigarette Smoking Man to get the cure to all mankind’s diseases. | ||||||
| 16 | 155 | "Chimera" | David Amann | Cliff Bole | April 2, 2000 | 7ABX16 |
| Mulder investigates what appears to be a missing case of a woman from a small town, but soon turns out to be a murder by a spirit summoned from underworld.Scully, meanwhile, must tough it out on an uncomfortable stakeout. | ||||||
| 17 | 156 | "all things" | Gillian Anderson | Gillian Anderson | April 9, 2000 | 7ABX17 |
| While Mulder is away in England, Scully is led by coincidences, chance, fate and possibly a higher power to a married man whom she had an affair with during medical school, and a look at the life she didn’t choose, forcing her to make choices about her future. | ||||||
| 18 | 157 | "Brand X" | Steven Maeda & Greg Walker | Kim Manners | April 16, 2000 | 7ABX19 |
| While protecting a man due to testify against the Morley cigarette company, Skinner is horrified when the witness dies mysteriously. What the agents soon discover is that a new brand of cigarette has a dangerous secret. | ||||||
| 19 | 158 | "Hollywood A.D." | David Duchovny | David Duchovny | April 30, 2000 | 7ABX18 |
| An entrepreneurial Hollywood producer and college friend of Skinner picks up the idea for a film based on the X-Files, however the agents find that the level of realism in their fictional portrayal is somewhat questionable. | ||||||
| 20 | 159 | "Fight Club" | Chris Carter | Paul Shapiro | May 7, 2000 | 7ABX20 |
| Mulder and Scully cross paths with a pair of doppelgangers whose close proximity yields unlimited mayhem. Splitting up in two, the agent tries to find out "why" and "what" they are doing. | ||||||
| 21 | 160 | "Je Souhaite" | Vince Gilligan | Vince Gilligan | May 14, 2000 | 7ABX21 |
| In Je Souhaite — French for “I wish” — Mulder and Scully find a man and his dim-bulbed, wheelchair-bound brother who choose three wishes which backfire increasingly. The cause of which is an indifferent genie whose willingness to grant wishes belies a deeper motive. | ||||||
| 22 | 161 | "Requiem"** | Chris Carter | Kim Manners | May 21, 2000 | 7ABX22 |
| Mulder and Scully return to the site of their first investigation together when a series of abductions take place. However, Scully’s failing health, and Mulder’s concern that she is in danger, cause him to take her off the case. Meanwhile, the Cigarette-Smoking Man - on his deathbed - reunites with Marita Covarrubias (Laurie Holden) and Krycek in an attempt to revive the project. | ||||||
Season 8 (2000-2001)
Main article: The X-Files (season 8)
| # | # | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | Prod. code |
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| 1 | 162 | "Within"** | Chris Carter | Kim Manners | November 5, 2000 | 8ABX01 |
| An FBI taskforce is organized to hunt for Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) but Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) suspects the taskforce leader, Special Agent John Doggett (Robert Patrick), and instead chooses to search for her lost partner with Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi). | ||||||
| 2 | 163 | "Without"** | Chris Carter | Kim Manners | November 12, 2000 | 8ABX02 |
| At a remote school in the Arizona desert, Doggett, Scully, Gibson and Skinner – as well as a host of students and agents – do not know who to trust as the bounty hunter works among them; and – in a spaceship close by – Mulder is tested on. | ||||||
| 3 | 164 | "Patience" | Chris Carter | Chris Carter | November 19, 2000 | 8ABX04 |
| Having been assigned to the X-Files, Doggett joins Scully on a series of gruesome murders where they learn that their investigative techniques are less than similar. | ||||||
| 4 | 165 | "Roadrunners" | Vince Gilligan | Rod Hardy | November 26, 2000 | 8ABX05 |
| Working alone, Scully pursues a cult that worship a slug-like organism; but in her efforts to save an injured stranger, she discovers she’s in over her head. | ||||||
| 5 | 166 | "Invocation" | David Amann | Richard Compton | December 3, 2000 | 8ABX06 |
| Having been kidnapped for ten years, a little boy mysteriously reappears but has not aged one bit. While the case stirs up painful memories for Doggett, suspicion stirs that the boy is not all he seems. | ||||||
| 6 | 167 | "Redrum" | Steven Maeda (teleplay) Maeda & Daniel Arkin (story) |
Peter Markle | December 10, 2000 | 8ABX03 |
| After his wife is murdered, a lawyer friend of Doggett's tries to clear his name of the crime but the days regress backwards. | ||||||
| 7 | 168 | "Via Negativa" | Frank Spotnitz | Tony Wharmby | December 17, 2000 | 8ABX07 |
| Doggett and Skinner work to avert the murderous spree of a religious cult leader, while Scully takes time off to deal with the early stages of her pregnancy. | ||||||
| 8 | 169 | "Surekill" | Greg Walker | Terrence O’Hara | January 7, 2001 | 8ABX09 |
| The fatal shooting of a realtor while alone in a cinderblock jail cell has Doggett hoping motive will yield more than method, but they soon learn that there is more to this case than meets the eye. | ||||||
| 9 | 170 | "Salvage" | Jeffrey Bell | Rod Hardy | January 14, 2001 | 8ABX10 |
| Doggett and Scully encounter a dead man who is still living – only somewhat changed. What they discover is a man made of metal, enacting vengeance on those he believes created him. | ||||||
| 10 | 171 | "Badlaa" | John Shiban | Tony Wharmby | January 21, 2001 | 8ABX12 |
| When a mystic smuggles himself out of India, Scully and Doggett give chase as his murderous spree starts terrorising two families in suburban Washington, D.C. But Scully soon comes upon a crisis of faith when she realises how dissimilar her techniques are from Mulder, even as she tries to be the believer. | ||||||
| 11 | 172 | "The Gift" | Frank Spotnitz | Kim Manners | February 4, 2001 | 8ABX11 |
| Doggett comes upon an old case about a professed ‘soul-eater’ that Mulder kept secret from Scully, which he hopes will ultimately prove the truth behind Mulder’s abduction. | ||||||
| 12 | 173 | "Medusa" | Frank Spotnitz | Richard Compton | February 11, 2001 | 8ABX13 |
| A string of bizarre deaths in the tunnels of the Boston subway system sees Doggett join a team of professionals underground to investigate; while Scully has to defy the train authorities above land, who are determined to get the trains up and running within hours. | ||||||
| 13 | 174 | "Per Manum"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Kim Manners | February 18, 2001 | 8ABX08 |
| Scully becomes personally involved when she encounters several women who had no way of naturally conceiving but who claim to have been abducted and impregnated with alien babies. | ||||||
| 14 | 175 | "This Is Not Happening"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Kim Manners | February 25, 2001 | 8ABX14 |
| Doggett calls on another agent, Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish), to assist in the Mulder case, but Scully’s fears about finding him come to a head with the sudden recovery of abductees seized at the same time. | ||||||
| 15 | 176 | "Deadalive"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Tony Wharmby | April 1, 2001 | 8ABX15 |
| Three months after Mulder’s funeral, a former abductee awakens from the dead and Scully pins her hopes on resurrecting her partner; while Skinner is offered a loathsome deal by Alex Krycek (Nicholas Lea). | ||||||
| 16 | 177 | "Three Words"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Tony Wharmby | April 8, 2001 | 8ABX18 |
| Mulder secretly conducts his own investigation after a man is gunned down on the White House lawn attempting to inform the President of a planned alien invasion. However, he is soon in over his head as he tries to expose further evidence of colonization. | ||||||
| 17 | 178 | "Empedocles"* | Greg Walker | Barry K. Thomas | April 22, 2001 | 8ABX17 |
| Reyes enlists Mulder’s help investigating a killer’s connection to the unsolved murder of Doggett’s son but Mulder soon finds himself clashing with Doggett. | ||||||
| 18 | 179 | "Vienen"** | Steven Maeda | Rod Hardy | April 29, 2001 | 8ABX16 |
| Mulder and Doggett are asked to investigate several deaths aboard an oil rig, but Mulder is convinced the rig is carrying an alien black oil; meanwhile a heavily pregnant Scully attempts to protect Mulder in absentia. | ||||||
| 19 | 180 | "Alone" | Frank Spotnitz | Frank Spotnitz | May 6, 2001 | 8ABX19 |
| With Scully on maternity leave, Doggett is paired with an enthusiastic young agent who knows everything about the X-Files, and her apotheosis of Mulder and Scully leads to him learning a thing or two. But when Harrison and Doggett disappear, Mulder defies orders in an attempt to find them. | ||||||
| 20 | 181 | "Essence"** | Chris Carter | Kim Manners | May 13, 2001 | 8ABX20 |
| Mulder, Skinner and Doggett come up against the horrible consequences of the Syndicate’s pact with the aliens, as a hybrid attempts to erase all evidence of the tests – including Scully’s soon-to-be-born baby. The men call on Reyes, and – reluctantly – Alex Krycek to help them. | ||||||
| 21 | 182 | "Existence"** | Chris Carter | Kim Manners | May 20, 2001 | 8ABX21 |
| Mulder, Doggett and Skinner face off with the alien replicants as they desperately try to expose the conspiracy within the FBI. Meanwhile Scully goes into labour in a remote location, but Reyes soon learns they may be no safer there. | ||||||
Season 9 (2001-2002)
Main article: The X-Files (season 9)
| # | # | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 183 | "Nothing Important Happened Today"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Kim Manners | November 11, 2001 | 9ABX01 |
| John Doggett (Robert Patrick) begins his investigation of Deputy Director Alvin Kersh (James Pickens Jr.) and search for Fox Mulder (David Duchovny). | ||||||
| 2 | 184 | "Nothing Important Happened Today II"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Tony Wharmby | November 18, 2001 | 9ABX02 |
| Shannon McMahon, a former Marine associate of Doggett’s, reveals to Doggett that she is a "Super Soldier". This leads them to a clandestine laboratory where secret experiments are taking place on board on a naval ship. | ||||||
| 3 | 185 | "Dæmonicus" | Frank Spotnitz | Frank Spotnitz | December 2, 2001 | 9ABX03 |
| With Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) reassigned to the Quantico Training Academy, Doggett and Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish) investigate their first X-File together — a series of satanic ritual murders. | ||||||
| 4 | 186 | "4-D" | Steven Maeda | Tony Wharmby | December 9, 2001 | 9ABX05 |
| A vicious murderer threatens Doggett and Reyes and then vanishes. Doggett is shot and Brad Follmer (Cary Elwes) discovers that Reyes was the shooter. | ||||||
| 5 | 187 | "Lord of the Flies" | Thomas Schnauz | Kim Manners | December 16, 2001 | 9ABX06 |
| Scully, Doggett and Reyes investigate when a teenager dies while performing a daredevil feat for a cable access show, but his death is soon revealed to be caused by a disturbing family secret. | ||||||
| 6 | 188 | "Trust No 1"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Tony Wharmby | January 6, 2002 | 9ABX08 |
| Scully is hopeful about reuniting with Mulder when a complete stranger offers new information about what drove him into hiding. Yet her trust in the stranger may place Mulder in even more danger. | ||||||
| 7 | 189 | "John Doe" | Vince Gilligan | Michelle Maxwell MacLaren | January 13, 2002 | 9ABX07 |
| With no knowledge of his identity or his past, Doggett is found wandering a dusty Mexican town. While he struggles to piece together his memory, he finds himself embroiled in a smuggling plot, and across the border Scully and Reyes attempt to find him. | ||||||
| 8 | 190 | "Hellbound" | David Amann | Kim Manners | January 27, 2002 | 9ABX04 |
| Reyes takes the lead while investigating an X-File case, surrounding a man found skinned alive. When she discovers that he had visions of a similar thing, she calls on Scully’s expertise to help on the investigation. | ||||||
| 9 | 191 | "Provenance"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Kim Manners | March 3, 2002 | 9ABX10 |
| When rubbings from the spaceship resurface, the FBI hides its investigation from the X-Files. Meanwhile, Scully is forced to take drastic measures when she discovers a threat to William. | ||||||
| 10 | 192 | "Providence"** | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | Chris Carter | March 10, 2002 | 9ABX11 |
| Distrustful of both Skinner and Follmer, Scully circumvents the FBI’s investigation into the kidnapping and does her own, assisted by Reyes and The Lone Gunmen. | ||||||
| 11 | 193 | "Audrey Pauley" | Steven Maeda | Kim Manners | March 17, 2002 | 9ABX13 |
| Awakening in a surreal hospital (which a companion believes to be Death’s Waiting Room) after being hit by a car, a comatose Reyes struggles to wake herself up before her organ donor card is acted upon. | ||||||
| 12 | 194 | "Underneath" | John Shiban | John Shiban | March 31, 2002 | 9ABX09 |
| Doggett is determined to find an error in the DNA evidence that freed the convicted “Screwdriver Killer” whom he nearly caught in the act 13 years earlier. | ||||||
| 13 | 195 | "Improbable" | Chris Carter | Chris Carter | April 7, 2002 | 9ABX14 |
| In the race to catch a serial killer, Scully and Reyes find themselves relying on numerology, their powers of deduction, and a mysterious, card-playing stranger. | ||||||
| 14 | 196 | "Scary Monsters" | Thomas Schnauz | Dwight H. Little | April 14, 2002 | 9ABX12 |
| Special agent Leyla Harrison takes Reyes and Doggett on a drive into the mountains, after a woman stabs herself repeatedly and her widowed husband refuses to let anyone see their son. | ||||||
| 15 | 197 | "Jump the Shark"* | Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz | Cliff Bole | April 21, 2002 | 9ABX15 |
| When Morris Fletcher approaches the agents with information related to the "Super Soldiers", they turn to The Lone Gunmen. But the Gunmen are already knee-deep in a bio-terrorist’s plot which has it links to the mysterious Yves Adele Harlow. | ||||||
| 16 | 198 | "William"** | Chris Carter (teleplay) David Duchovny, Frank Spotnitz & Carter (story) |
David Duchovny | April 28, 2002 | 9ABX17 |
| Doggett finds a strange disfigured man in the X-Files office, and - on a whim of Scully’s - they test his DNA. But the surprising answers they find become even more surprising when William’s life is put on the line. | ||||||
| 17 | 199 | "Release" | David Amann (teleplay) John Shiban & Amann (story) |
Kim Manners | May 5, 2002 | 9ABX16 |
| When one of Scully’s students displays an inordinate ability to profile serial killers, his insights reopen the murder case of Doggett’s son, Luke. | ||||||
| 18 | 200 | "Sunshine Days" | Vince Gilligan | Vince Gilligan | May 12, 2002 | 9ABX18 |
| Doggett, Reyes, Scully and Skinner stumble on to a bizarre murder case where the main suspect is a man with an unusual obsession with The Brady Bunch. | ||||||
| 19 | 201 | "The Truth"** | Chris Carter | Kim Manners | May 19, 2002 | 9ABX19 |
| After not knowing Mulder's whereabouts for the last year, Skinner and Scully learn he's being held for the murder of a military man he couldn't possibly have killed: Knowle Rohrer (Adam Baldwin), one of the government's secret "Super Soldiers". | ||||||
| 20 | 202 | "The Truth II"** | Chris Carter | Kim Manners | May 19, 2002 | 9ABX20 |
| Mulder's breaks out of prison with help of Skinner, Reyes, Doggett, Scully and Alvin Kersh. Mulder and Scully travels to New Mexico where Black helicopters destroy a Pueblo - and the Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis). | ||||||
I Want to Believe (2008)
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Original DVD Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The X-Files: I Want to Believe | Chris Carter | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | July 25, 2008 | December 2, 2008 (R1) |
| Unlike the first film, the plot does not focus on the series' ongoing extraterrestrial-based "mytharc" and instead works as a standalone thriller/horror story, similar to many of the "Monster-of-the-Week" episodes that were frequently seen in the TV series. | ||||
References
General
Writer and director names, and original airdates of each of the episodes were taken from these databases:
- "The X-Files - Episode Guide - MSN TV". msn.com. http://tv.msn.com/tv/series-episodes/the-x-files/?ipp=40. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
- "The X-Files Episodes - Season 1–9". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/the-x-files/show/61/episode.html?season=All&tag=list_header;paginator;All. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
Specific
- ^ "Duchovny quits X-Files". BBC News. May 18, 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1337685.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
- ^ Fleming, Michael (July 20, 2000). "Patrick marks 'X-Files' spot". Variety Magazine. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117784003.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&query=john+doggett. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
- ^ a b c Carter, Chris, Duchovny, David, Anderson, Gillian and Pileggi, Mitch. (1997). Inside The X-Files Season 5. [DVD]. Fox Home Entertainment.
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