[Season 1 (1993-1994)

Main article: The X-Files (season 1)

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Title

"Pilot"**

Written by

Directed
by

Original airdate

Prod.
code

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.

"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.

"Squeeze"

Glen
Morgan &
Harry
James
Longstreet
Wong

September 24, 1993

1X02

Mulder and Scully investigate a series of murders where there appears to be no tangible
method for the murderers 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.

"Conduit"

Alex Gansa
Daniel
& Howard
Sackheim
Gordon

October 1, 1993

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

1X03

encounter he experienced as a child. Which dealt with alien abduction and an exploration of
Mulder's determination to find his sister, Samantha Mulder.

"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.

"Shadows"

Glen
Morgan & Michael
James
Katleman
Wong

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 womans former boss who was believed to have committed
suicide but was actually murdered and he is protecting her from his business partner.

"Ghost in
the
Machine"

Howard
Jerrold
Gordon &
Freedman
Alex Gansa

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.

"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 hosts feeling of anger and paranoia, and the new team starts to deteriorate as
they wonder who among them are killers.

"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 & Larry Shaw
Alex Gansa

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 Mulders 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.

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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 1950s 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 LIvely is a pyrokinetic, and he wants Sir Malcolm Marsdens 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
Glen
Sea"
Morgan &

David

January 7, 1994

1X12

James
Wong

Nutter

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
Rob
Barber &
Bowman
Paul Barber

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 Mulders past cases - John Barnett - is back to get revenge
on Mulder for incarcerating him. Before Barnetts 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 Mulders
loved ones.

17

17 "E.B.E."**

Glen
Morgan &
James

William
Graham

February 18, 1994

1X16

Wong

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
Jerrold
Gordon &
Freedman
Alex Gansa

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

"The
24 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)
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Title

"Little Green
Men"**

Written by

Directed
by

Original airdate

Prod.
code

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.

26 "The Host"*

Chris Carter

Daniel
Sackheim

September 23, 1994

2X02

When a mans decomposed body is found in the sewers of Newark, Mulder is given the
supposed grunt work. But after Scullys 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.

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.

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
scientists 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.

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.

30 "Ascension"** Paul Brown Michael

October 21, 1994

2X06

Lange

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.

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.

"One
32
Breath"**

Glen
R.W.
Morgan &
Goodwin
James Wong

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.

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.

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35 "Excelsis Dei" Paul Brown

Steven
Surjik

December 16, 1994

2X11

Mulder and Scullys 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

Glen
"Die Hand Die
Kim
Morgan &
Verletzt"
Manners
James Wong

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 towns 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.

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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 theyve never had a successful animal birth.

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43 "Dd Kalm"

Howard
Rob
Gordon &
Bowman
Alex Gansa

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
Cluari"

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 Mulders curiosity. When another death in the family
occurs, the grandmother of the remaining child requests the aid of some Romanian ritualists
(called cluari, horsemen) in order to cleanse the home of evil.

22

"F.
46
Emasculata"

Chris Carter
Rob
& Howard
Bowman
Gordon

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 Scullys 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.

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48 "Our Town"

Frank

Rob

May 12, 1995

2X24

Spotnitz

Bowman

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
R.W.
Duchovny
Goodwin
& Chris
Carter
(story)

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.

[edit] Season 3 (1995-1996)

Main article: The X-Files (season 3)
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50

Title

"The Blessing
Way"**

Written by

Directed
by

Original airdate

Prod.
code

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.

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.

52 "D.P.O."

Howard
Gordon

Kim
Manners

October 6, 1995

3X03

Mulder is skeptical over a coroners 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.

"Clyde
53 Bruckman's
Final Repose"

Darin
Morgan

David
Nutter

October 13, 1995

3X04

Skeptical of a famous psychics 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.

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.

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.

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 mans death. The general in charge is at first
opposed to the FBIs involvement until the invisible killer begins stalking him. But none
believe when the primary suspect is a quadruple amputee.

57 "Oubliette"

Charles
Kim
Grant Craig 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.

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 Mulders 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.

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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 Mulders former mentor, the FBIs 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

Frank
Rob
64 "Piper Maru"** Spotnitz &
Bowman
Chris Carter

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

Frank
Kim
65 "Apocrypha"** Spotnitz &
Manners
Chris Carter

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 Scullys 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 Franciscos 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

"Jose Chung's
69 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
James
Gordon Charleston
(teleplay)
David
Duchovny
& Howard
Gordon

April 26, 1996

3X21

(story)

During a difficult time in assistant director Skinners 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 supervisors name. As they
unravel the threads of a conspiracy, they also learn more about Skinners personal affairs.

22

71 "Quagmire"

Kim
Newton &
Kim
Darin
Manners
Morgan
(uncredited)

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
R.W.
Duchovny
Goodwin
& Chris
Carter
(story)

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 Mulders past. The secret could bring
Mulder and Scully to the brink of exposing the truth about alien existence.

[edit] Season 4 (1996-1997)

Main article: The X-Files (season 4)

Title

Written by Directed by

74 "Herrenvolk"** Chris Carter

R.W.
Goodwin

Original airdate

Prod.
code

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.

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.

76 "Teliko"

Howard
Gordon

James
Charleston

October 18, 1996

4X04

Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate the unexplained deaths of several AfricanAmerican people whose skin color has turned white as the result of either a rare medical
disorder or a bizarre curse.

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 killers head.

"The Field
78
Where I Died"

Glen
Rob
Morgan &
Bowman
James Wong

November 3, 1996

4X05

FBI Agent Mulders search for an informant inside a cult compound leads Scully and him to
one of the cult leaders wives. What they soon discover is an unexpectedly close connection

with the woman.

Valerie
Mayhew &
79 "Sanguinarium"
Vivian
Mayhew

Kim
Manners

November 10, 1996

4X06

Bizarre murders in a hospitals plastic surgery unit lead Mulder and Scully to suspect a
supernatural force may be responsible.

Glen
James Wong
"Musings of a
Morgan &
& Glen
80 Cigarette
James Wong Morgan
Smoking Man"*
(uncredited) (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 Cancermans real life.

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.

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.

Vince
Gilligan,
12 85 "Leonard Betts" John Shiban Kim Manner
& Frank
Spotnitz

January 26, 1997

4X14

The disappearance of a mans body from a hospital morgue leads Mulder and Scully to
investigate the strange circumstances surrounding the mans death. However, for Scully it will
lead to a horrifying revelation.

13 86 "Never Again"

Glen
Rob
Morgan &
Bowman
James Wong

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,
Rob
John Shiban Bowman
& Frank
Spotnitz

February 9, 1997

4X15

Fear for Scullys 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

Kim

February 16, 1997

4X12

Gordon

Manners

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.

"Tempus
17 90
Fugit"**

Chris Carter
& Frank
Spotnitz

Rob
Bowman

March 16, 1997

4X17

While celebrating Scullys birthday, Mulder learns of Max Fenigs 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

Cliff Bole

April 20, 1997

4X20

Gilligan

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 Mulders 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

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.

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4X24

Title

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by

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by

Original airdate

Prod.
code

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.

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.

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.

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.

"The Post102 Modern

Prometheus"

Chris
Carter

Chris
Carter

November 30, 1997

5X06

Filmed in black-and-white, The Post-Modern Prometheus chronicles Mulder and Scullys

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.

103 "Christmas

Vince

Peter

December 7, 1997

5X05

Carol"*

Gilligan,
John
Shiban &
Frank
Spotnitz

Markle

Home for the holidays, Scully is haunted by dreams which hint at a strange connection to a
murdered womans daughter.

104 "Emily"*

Vince
Gilligan,
John
Kim
Shiban & Manners
Frank
Spotnitz

December 14, 1997

5X07

Scully fights to protect her daughters life, while Mulder discovers her true origins.

Vince
Gilligan & Daniel
105 "Kitsunegari"
Tim
Sackheim
Minear

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.

Jessica
Scott &
Ralph
106 "Schizogeny"
Mike Hemecker
Wollaeger

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

William
Gibson &
Rob
108 "Kill Switch"
Tom
Bowman
Maddox

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 cowritten by cyberpunk pioneer William Gibson.

12

109 "Bad Blood"

Vince
Cliff Bole
Gilligan

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

Chris
Carter &
110 "Patient X"**
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 Mulders disbelief in the alien conspiracy is now questioned, he finds himself
with more personal threats at the FBI.

14

Chris
"The Red and Carter &
111
the Black"**
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 Mulders 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 & Allen
John
Coulter
Shiban

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 shes 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

R. W.

May 17, 1998

5X20

Carter

Goodwin

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)

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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 Scullys investigations lead to the discovery of
several secret installations and the true nature of the relationship between the alien colonists
and the Syndicate.

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#

118

Title

"The
Beginning"**

Written
by

Directed
by

Original airdate

Prod.
code

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 Mulders 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.

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.

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.

Vince
Gilligan,
John
Kim
121 "Dreamland"*
Shiban & Manners
Frank
Spotnitz

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.

122

"Dreamland
II"*

Vince
Gilligan,
John
Shiban &
Frank
Spotnitz

Michael
Watkins

December 6, 1998

6ABX05

Scully begins to suspect that her partners strange behavior is more than it appears to be, while

Mulder fights to return his life to normal before its too late.

"How the
123 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.

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 hes not the only one.

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.

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 &
Rob
Frank
Bowman
Spotnitz

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 &
Kim
John
Manners
Shiban

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 bermensch.

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
Rob
& Ken Bowman
Hawryliw

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
Kim
Shiban & Manners
Frank
Spotnitz
(story)

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
David
Duchovny 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

"Three of a
137
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 Susans new
fianc is planning to use her new brainwashing drug for political assassinations.

21

138 "Field Trip"

John
Shiban &
Vince
Gilligan
Kim
(teleplay) Manners
Frank
Spotnitz
(story)

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 LSDlike 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

Chris
Carter &
Rob
139 "Biogenesis"**
Frank
Bowman
Spotnitz

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.

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Title

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by

Original airdate

Prod.
code

140

"The Sixth
Kim
Chris Carter
Extinction"**
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 Fowleys (Mimi Rogers)
duplicity. In the meanwhile, Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) is hunting for an ancient artifact
in Africa.

"The Sixth
David
Michael
141 Extinction II: Duchovny &
W. Watkins
Amor Fati"** Chris Carter

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.

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.

Vince
Gilligan & Thomas J.
143 "Millennium"
Frank
Wright
Spotnitz

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.

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
cant perceive.

"The
145 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 hes so lucky, why is he
on the run from the mob, and why is everyone around him so unlucky?

146 "Orison"

Chip
Rob
Johannessen Bowman

January 9, 2000

7ABX07

Reverend Orison releases Donnie Pfaster, Scullys 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 its headed for Scully.

Vince
Gilligan &
"The Amazing
Thomas J.
147
John Shiban
Maleeni"
Wright
& Frank
Spotnitz

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 Maleenis
twin brother all seem to have something to do with the plan to rob a major bank.

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

"Sein und
149
Zeit"**

Chris Carter
Michael
& Frank
W. Watkins
Spotnitz

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. Scullys fears that
he is emotionally involved due to his sisters disappearance 27 years earlier are heightened
when Mulders mother dies, apparently of suicide.

11

150 "Closure"**

Chris Carter
Kim
& Frank
Manners
Spotnitz

February 13, 2000

7ABX11

As Mulder is forced to accept that his mothers 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 sisters 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
Kim
Gilligan,
Manners
John Shiban
& Frank

March 12, 2000

7ABX14

Spotnitz

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 dont believe in medical treatment because it is
against Gods 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
mankinds 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 didnt choose, forcing her to make choices about her future.

18

157 "Brand X"

Steven
Kim
Maeda &
Manners
Greg Walker

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
David
Duchovny 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, Scullys failing health, and Mulders 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.

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Title

162 "Within"**

Written Directed
by
by

Chris

Kim

Original airdate

Prod.
code

November 5, 2000

8ABX01

Carter

Manners

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).

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.

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.

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 shes in over her head.

166 "Invocation"

David
Richard
Amann 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.

167 "Redrum"

Steven
Peter
Maeda
Markle
(teleplay)
Maeda &
Daniel

December 10, 2000

8ABX03

Arkin
(story)

After his wife is murdered, a lawyer friend of Doggett's tries to clear his name of the crime
but the days regress backwards.

168 "Via Negativa"

Frank
Tony
Spotnitz 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.

169 "Surekill"

Greg
Walker

Terrence
OHara

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.

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
Tony
Shiban 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
Kim
Spotnitz 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 Mulders abduction.

12

173 "Medusa"

Frank
Richard
Spotnitz 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

"Per
174
Manum"**

Chris
Carter &
Kim
Frank Manners
Spotnitz

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

"This Is Not
175
Happening"**

Chris
Carter &
Kim
Frank Manners
Spotnitz

February 25, 2001

8ABX14

Doggett calls on another agent, Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish), to assist in the Mulder case,
but Scullys fears about finding him come to a head with the sudden recovery of abductees
seized at the same time.

15

176 "Deadalive"**

Chris
Carter &
Tony
Frank Wharmby
Spotnitz

April 1, 2001

8ABX15

Three months after Mulders 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 &

Tony

April 8, 2001

8ABX18

Frank
Wharmby
Spotnitz

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 Mulders help investigating a killers connection to the unsolved murder of
Doggetts 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
Frank
Spotnitz 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 Syndicates
pact with the aliens, as a hybrid attempts to erase all evidence of the tests including Scullys
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.

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Main article: The X-Files (season 9)
#

Title

"Nothing
Important
183
Happened
Today"**

Written by

Directed
by

Original airdate

Prod.
code

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).

"Nothing
Important
184
Happened
Today II"**

Chris
Carter &
Tony
Frank
Wharmby
Spotnitz

November 18, 2001

9ABX02

Shannon McMahon, a former Marine associate of Doggetts, 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.

185 "Dmonicus"

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.

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.

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.

188 "Trust No 1"**

Chris
Carter &
Tony
Frank
Wharmby
Spotnitz

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.

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.

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 Scullys expertise
to help on the investigation.

191 "Provenance"**

Chris
Carter &
Frank

Kim
Manners

March 3, 2002

9ABX10

Spotnitz

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 FBIs 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 Deaths 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 Dwight H.
Schnauz
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
Cliff Bole
Shiban &
Frank
Spotnitz

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-terrorists plot
which has it links to the mysterious Yves Adele Harlow.

16

198 "William"**

Chris
Carter
(teleplay)
David
David
Duchovny,
Duchovny
Frank
Spotnitz &
Carter
(story)

April 28, 2002

9ABX17

Doggett finds a strange disfigured man in the X-Files office, and - on a whim of Scullys they test his DNA. But the surprising answers they find become even more surprising when
Williams 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 Scullys students displays an inordinate ability to profile serial killers, his
insights reopen the murder case of Doggetts 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).