[edit] Season 1 (1993-1994)

[Season 1 (1993-1994)Main article: The X-Files (season 1)##TitleWritten byDirected byOriginal airdateProd.code

11"Pilot"**Chris CarterRobert MandelSeptember 10, 1993(1993-09-10)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.

22"Deep Throat"**Chris CarterDaniel SackheimSeptember 17, 1993(1993-09-17)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.

33"Squeeze"Glen Morgan & James WongHarry LongstreetSeptember 24, 1993(1993-09-24)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.

44"Conduit"Alex Gansa & Howard GordonDaniel SackheimOctober 1, 1993(1993-10-01)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.

55"The Jersey Devil"Chris CarterJoe NapolitanoOctober 8, 1993(1993-10-08)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.

66"Shadows"Glen Morgan & James WongMichael KatlemanOctober 22, 1993(1993-10-22)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.

77"Ghost in the Machine"Howard Gordon & Alex GansaJerrold FreedmanOctober 29, 1993(1993-10-29)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.

88"Ice"Glen Morgan & James WongDavid NutterNovember 5, 1993(1993-11-05)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.

99"Space"Chris CarterWilliam GrahamNovember 12, 1993(1993-11-12)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.

1010"Fallen Angel"**Howard Gordon & Alex GansaLarry ShawNovember 19, 1993(1993-11-19)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.

1111"Eve"Kenneth Biller & Chris BrancatoFred GerberDecember 10, 1993(1993-12-10)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.

1212"Fire"Chris CarterLarry ShawDecember 17, 1993(1993-12-17)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.

1313"Beyond the Sea"Glen Morgan & James WongDavid NutterJanuary 7, 1994(1994-01-07)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.

1414"Gender Bender"Larry Barber & Paul BarberRob BowmanJanuary 21, 1994(1994-01-21)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.

1515"Lazarus"Alex Gansa & Howard GordonDavid NutterFebruary 4, 1994(1994-02-04)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.

1616"Young at Heart"Scott Kaufer & Chris CarterMichael LangeFebruary 11, 1994(1994-02-11)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.

1717"E.B.E."**Glen Morgan & James WongWilliam GrahamFebruary 18, 1994(1994-02-18)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.

1818"Miracle Man"Howard Gordon & Chris CarterMichael LangeMarch 18, 1994(1994-03-18)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.

1919"Shapes"Marilyn OsbornDavid NutterApril 1, 1994(1994-04-01)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.

2020"Darkness Falls"Chris CarterJoe NapolitanoApril 15, 1994(1994-04-15)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.

2121"Tooms"Glen Morgan & James WongDavid NutterApril 22, 1994(1994-04-22)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.

2222"Born Again"Howard Gordon & Alex GansaJerrold FreedmanApril 29, 1994(1994-04-29)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.

2323"Roland"Chris RuppenthalDavid NutterMay 6, 1994(1994-05-06)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.

2424"The Erlenmeyer Flask"**Chris CarterR.W. GoodwinMay 13, 1994(1994-05-13)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.

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125"Little Green Men"**Glen Morgan & James WongDavid NutterSeptember 16, 1994(1994-09-16)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.

226"The Host"*Chris CarterDaniel SackheimSeptember 23, 1994(1994-09-23)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.

327"Blood"Glen Morgan & James Wong (teleplay)Darin Morgan (story)David NutterSeptember 30, 1994(1994-09-30)2X03

Apparently prompted by messages from digital appliances with instructions to kill, several residents of a small farming community suddenly turn violent and dangerous.

428"Sleepless"*Howard GordonRob BowmanOctober 7, 1994(1994-10-07)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.

529"Duane Barry"**Chris CarterChris CarterOctober 14, 1994(1994-10-14)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.

630"Ascension"**Paul BrownMichael LangeOctober 21, 1994(1994-10-21)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.

731"3"Chris Ruppenthal, Glen Morgan & James WongDavid NutterNovember 4, 1994(1994-11-04)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.

832"One Breath"**Glen Morgan & James WongR.W. GoodwinNovember 11, 1994(1994-11-11)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.

933"Firewalker"Howard GordonDavid NutterNovember 18, 1994(1994-11-18)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.

1034"Red Museum"**Chris CarterWin PhelpsDecember 9, 1994(1994-12-09)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.

1135"Excelsis Dei"Paul BrownSteven SurjikDecember 16, 1994(1994-12-16)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.

1236"Aubrey"Sara B. CharnoRob BowmanJanuary 6, 1995(1995-01-06)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.

1337"Irresistible"Chris CarterDavid NutterJanuary 13, 1995(1995-01-13)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.

1438"Die Hand Die Verletzt"Glen Morgan & James WongKim MannersJanuary 27, 1995(1995-01-27)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.

1539"Fresh Bones"Howard GordonRob BowmanFebruary 3, 1995(1995-02-03)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.

1640"Colony"**Chris Carter (teleplay)David Duchovny & Chris Carter (story)Nick MarckFebruary 10, 1995(1995-02-10)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.

1741"End Game"**Frank SpotnitzRob BowmanFebruary 17, 1995(1995-02-17)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.

1842"Fearful Symmetry"Steve De JarnattJames Whitmore Jr.February 24, 1995(1995-02-24)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.

1943"Dd Kalm"Howard Gordon & Alex GansaRob BowmanMarch 10, 1995(1995-03-10)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.

2044"Humbug"Darin MorganKim MannersMarch 31, 1995(1995-03-31)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.

2145"The Cluari"Sara B. CharnoMichael VejarApril 14, 1995(1995-04-14)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.

2246"F. Emasculata"Chris Carter & Howard GordonRob BowmanApril 28, 1995(1995-04-28)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.

2347"Soft Light"Vince GilliganJames ContnerMay 5, 1995(1995-05-05)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.

2448"Our Town"Frank SpotnitzRob BowmanMay 12, 1995(1995-05-12)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.

2549"Anasazi"**Chris Carter (teleplay)David Duchovny & Chris Carter (story)R.W. GoodwinMay 19, 1995(1995-05-19)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.

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150"The Blessing Way"**Chris CarterR.W. GoodwinSeptember 22, 1995(1995-09-22)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.

251"Paper Clip"**Chris CarterRob BowmanSeptember 29, 1995(1995-09-29)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.

352"D.P.O."Howard GordonKim MannersOctober 6, 1995(1995-10-06)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.

453"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"Darin MorganDavid NutterOctober 13, 1995(1995-10-13)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.

554"The List"Chris CarterChris CarterOctober 20, 1995(1995-10-20)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.

655"2Shy"Jeff VlamingDavid NutterNovember 3, 1995(1995-11-03)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.

756"The Walk"John ShibanRob BowmanNovember 10, 1995(1995-11-10)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.

857"Oubliette"Charles Grant CraigKim MannersNovember 17, 1995(1995-11-17)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.

958"Nisei"**Chris Carter, Howard Gordon & Frank SpotnitzDavid NutterNovember 24, 1995(1995-11-24)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.

1059"731"**Frank SpotnitzRob BowmanDecember 1, 1995(1995-12-01)3X10

Mulder is trapped on a train carriage with a ticking bomb and a killer who claims to be an NSA agent.

1160"Revelations"Kim NewtonDavid NutterDecember 15, 1995(1995-12-15)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.

1261"War of the Coprophages"Darin MorganKim MannersJanuary 1, 1996(1996-01-01)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.

1362"Syzygy"Chris CarterRob BowmanJanuary 26, 1996(1996-01-26)3X13

Mulder and Scully investigate strange murders in New Hampshire that may be due to a rare planetary alignment that affects people's behavior

1463"Grotesque"Howard GordonKim MannersFebruary 2, 1996(1996-02-02)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.

1564"Piper Maru"**Frank Spotnitz & Chris CarterRob BowmanFebruary 9, 1996(1996-02-09)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.

1665"Apocrypha"**Frank Spotnitz & Chris CarterKim MannersFebruary 16, 1996(1996-02-16)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.

1766"Pusher"Vince GilliganRob BowmanFebruary 23, 1996(1996-02-23)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.

1867"Teso Dos Bichos"John ShibanKim MannersMarch 8, 1996(1996-03-08)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.

1968"Hell Money"Jeff VlamingTucker GatesMarch 29, 1996(1996-03-29)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.

2069"Jose Chung's From Outer Space"Darin MorganRob BowmanApril 12, 1996(1996-04-12)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.

2170"Avatar"Howard Gordon (teleplay)David Duchovny & Howard Gordon (story)James CharlestonApril 26, 1996(1996-04-26)3X21

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.

2271"Quagmire"Kim Newton & Darin Morgan (uncredited)Kim MannersMay 3, 1996(1996-05-03)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.

2372"Wetwired"*Mat BeckRob BowmanMay 10, 1996(1996-05-10)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.

2473"Talitha Cumi"**Chris Carter (teleplay)David Duchovny & Chris Carter (story)R.W. GoodwinMay 17, 1996(1996-05-17)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.

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174"Herrenvolk"**Chris CarterR.W. GoodwinOctober 4, 1996(1996-10-04)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.

275"Home"Glen Morgan & James WongKim MannersOctober 11, 1996(1996-10-11)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.

376"Teliko"Howard GordonJames CharlestonOctober 18, 1996(1996-10-18)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.

477"Unruhe"Vince GilliganRob BowmanOctober 27, 1996(1996-10-27)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.

578"The Field Where I Died"Glen Morgan & James WongRob BowmanNovember 3, 1996(1996-11-03)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.

679"Sanguinarium"Valerie Mayhew & Vivian MayhewKim MannersNovember 10, 1996(1996-11-10)4X06

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

780"Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man"*Glen Morgan & James Wong (uncredited)James Wong & Glen Morgan (uncredited)November 17, 1996(1996-11-17)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.

881"Tunguska"**Frank Spotnitz & Chris CarterKim MannersNovember 24, 1996(1996-11-24)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.

982"Terma"**Frank Spotnitz & Chris CarterRob BowmanDecember 1, 1996(1996-12-01)4X10

Scully and Skinner attend a suspicious Senate hearing, while Mulder and Krycek face off in a Russian gulag.

1083"Paper Hearts"Vince GilliganRob BowmanDecember 15, 1996(1996-12-15)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.

1184"El Mundo Gira"John ShibanTucker GatesJanuary 12, 1997(1997-01-12)4X11

Deadly rain in a migrant workers camp sends Agent Mulder and Scully on the trail of a mythical beast El Chupacabra.

1285"Leonard Betts"Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank SpotnitzKim MannerJanuary 26, 1997(1997-01-26)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.

1386"Never Again"Glen Morgan & James WongRob BowmanFebruary 2, 1997(1997-02-02)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.

1487"Memento Mori"**Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank SpotnitzRob BowmanFebruary 9, 1997(1997-02-09)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.

1588"Kaddish"Howard GordonKim MannersFebruary 16, 1997(1997-02-16)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.

1689"Unrequited"Howard Gordon & Chris CarterMichael LangeFebruary 23, 1997(1997-02-23)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.

1790"Tempus Fugit"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzRob BowmanMarch 16, 1997(1997-03-16)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.

1891"Max"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzKim MannersMarch 23, 1997(1997-03-23)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.

1992"Synchrony"Howard Gordon & David GreenwaltJim CharlestonApril 13, 1997(1997-04-13)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.

2093"Small Potatoes"Vince GilliganCliff BoleApril 20, 1997(1997-04-20)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.

2194"Zero Sum"*Howard Gordon & Frank SpotnitzKim MannersApril 27, 1997(1997-04-27)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.

2295"Elegy"John ShibanJim CharlestonMay 4, 1997(1997-05-04)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.

2396"Demons"*R. W. GoodwinKim MannersMay 11, 1997(1997-05-11)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.

2497"Gethsemane"**Chris CarterR. W. GoodwinMay 18, 1997(1997-05-18)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.

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198"Redux"**Chris CarterR. W. GoodwinNovember 2, 1997(1997-11-02)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.

299"Redux II"**Chris CarterKim MannersNovember 9, 1997(1997-11-09)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.

3100"Unusual Suspects"*Vince GilliganKim MannersNovember 16, 1997(1997-11-16)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.

4101"Detour"Frank SpotnitzBrett DowlerNovember 23, 1997(1997-11-23)5X04

On the way to an FBI convention, Mulder and Scully take a trip through the woods, where an ancient monster lurks.

5102"The Post-Modern Prometheus"Chris CarterChris CarterNovember 30, 1997(1997-11-30)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.

6103"Christmas Carol"*Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank SpotnitzPeter MarkleDecember 7, 1997(1997-12-07)5X05

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

7104"Emily"*Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank SpotnitzKim MannersDecember 14, 1997(1997-12-14)5X07

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

8105"Kitsunegari"Vince Gilligan & Tim MinearDaniel SackheimJanuary 4, 1998(1998-01-04)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.

9106"Schizogeny"Jessica Scott & Mike WollaegerRalph HemeckerJanuary 11, 1998(1998-01-11)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.

10107"Chinga"Stephen King & Chris CarterKim MannersFebruary 8, 1998(1998-02-08)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)

11108"Kill Switch"William Gibson & Tom MaddoxRob BowmanFebruary 15, 1998(1998-02-15)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.

12109"Bad Blood"Vince GilliganCliff BoleFebruary 22, 1998(1998-02-22)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.

13110"Patient X"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzKim MannersMarch 1, 1998(1998-03-01)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.

14111"The Red and the Black"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzChris CarterMarch 8, 1998(1998-03-08)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.

15112"Travelers"John Shiban & Frank SpotnitzWilliam GrahamMarch 29, 1998(1998-03-29)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.

16113"Mind's Eye"Tim MinearKim MannersApril 19, 1998(1998-04-19)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.

17114"All Souls"Frank Spotnitz & John ShibanAllen CoulterApril 26, 1998(1998-04-26)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.

18115"The Pine Bluff Variant"John ShibanRob BowmanMay 3, 1998(1998-05-03)5X18

Scully begins to grow suspicious of Mulder, whose increasingly strange behaviour suggests he may be serving another agenda.

19116"Folie a Deux"Vince GilliganKim MannersMay 10, 1998(1998-05-10)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.

20117"The End"**Chris CarterR. W. GoodwinMay 17, 1998(1998-05-17)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)

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"The X-Files: Fight the Future"**Rob BowmanChris Carter (screenplay)Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz (story)June 19, 1998(1998-06-19)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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1118"The Beginning"**Chris CarterKim MannersNovember 8, 1998(1998-11-08)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.

2119"Drive"Vince GilliganRob BowmanNovember 15, 1998(1998-11-15)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.

3120"Triangle"Chris CarterChris CarterNovember 22, 1998(1998-11-22)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.

4121"Dreamland"*Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank SpotnitzKim MannersNovember 29, 1998(1998-11-29)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.

5122"Dreamland II"*Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank SpotnitzMichael WatkinsDecember 6, 1998(1998-12-06)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.

6123"How the Ghosts Stole Christmas"Chris CarterChris CarterDecember 13, 1998(1998-12-13)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.

7124"Terms of Endearment"David AmannRob BowmanJanuary 3, 1999(1999-01-03)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.

8125"The Rain King"Jeffrey BellKim MannersJanuary 10, 1999(1999-01-10)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.

9126"S.R. 819"**John ShibanDaniel SackheimJanuary 17, 1999(1999-01-17)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.

10127"Tithonus"Vince GilliganMichael WatkinsJanuary 24, 1999(1999-01-24)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.

11128"Two Fathers"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzKim MannersFebruary 7, 1999(1999-02-07)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.

12129"One Son"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzRob BowmanFebruary 14, 1999(1999-02-14)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.

13130"Aqua Mala"David AmannRob BowmanFebruary 21, 1999(1999-02-21)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.

14131"Monday"Vince Gilligan & John ShibanKim MannersFebruary 28, 1999(1999-02-28)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.

15132"Arcadia"Daniel ArkinMichael WatkinsMarch 7, 1999(1999-03-07)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.

16133"Alpha"Jeffrey BellPeter MarkleMarch 28, 1999(1999-03-28)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.

17134"Trevor"Jim Guttridge & Ken HawryliwRob BowmanApril 11, 1999(1999-04-11)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.

18135"Milagro"Chris Carter (teleplay)John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz (story)Kim MannersApril 18, 1999(1999-04-18)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.

19136"The Unnatural"David DuchovnyDavid DuchovnyApril 25, 1999(1999-04-25)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.

20137"Three of a Kind"Vince Gilligan & John ShibanBryan SpicerMay 2, 1999(1999-05-02)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.

21138"Field Trip"John Shiban & Vince Gilligan (teleplay)Frank Spotnitz (story)Kim MannersMay 9, 1999(1999-05-09)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.

22139"Biogenesis"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzRob BowmanMay 16, 1999(1999-05-16)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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1140"The Sixth Extinction"**Chris CarterKim MannersNovember 7, 1999(1999-11-07)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.

2141"The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati"**David Duchovny & Chris CarterMichael W. WatkinsNovember 14, 1999(1999-11-14)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.

3142"Hungry"Vince GilliganKim MannersNovember 21, 1999(1999-11-21)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.

4143"Millennium"Vince Gilligan & Frank SpotnitzThomas J. WrightNovember 28, 1999(1999-11-28)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.

5144"Rush"David AmannRobert LiebermanDecember 5, 1999(1999-12-05)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.

6145"The Goldberg Variation"Jeffrey BellThomas J. WrightDecember 12, 1999(1999-12-12)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?

7146"Orison"Chip JohannessenRob BowmanJanuary 9, 2000(2000-01-09)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.

8147"The Amazing Maleeni"Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank SpotnitzThomas J. WrightJanuary 16, 2000(2000-01-16)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.

9148"Signs & Wonders"Jeffrey BellKim MannersJanuary 23, 2000(2000-01-23)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.

10149"Sein und Zeit"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzMichael W. WatkinsFebruary 6, 2000(2000-02-06)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.

11150"Closure"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzKim MannersFebruary 13, 2000(2000-02-13)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.

12151"X-Cops"Vince GilliganMichael W. WatkinsFebruary 20, 2000(2000-02-20)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.

13152"First Person Shooter"William Gibson & Tom MaddoxChris CarterFebruary 27, 2000(2000-02-27)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.

14153"Theef"Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank SpotnitzKim MannersMarch 12, 2000(2000-03-12)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.

15154"En Ami"**William B. DavisRob BowmanMarch 19, 2000(2000-03-19)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.

16155"Chimera"David AmannCliff BoleApril 2, 2000(2000-04-02)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.

17156"all things"Gillian AndersonGillian AndersonApril 9, 2000(2000-04-09)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.

18157"Brand X"Steven Maeda & Greg WalkerKim MannersApril 16, 2000(2000-04-16)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.

19158"Hollywood A.D."David DuchovnyDavid DuchovnyApril 30, 2000(2000-04-30)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.

20159"Fight Club"Chris CarterPaul ShapiroMay 7, 2000(2000-05-07)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.

21160"Je Souhaite"Vince GilliganVince GilliganMay 14, 2000(2000-05-14)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.

22161"Requiem"**Chris CarterKim MannersMay 21, 2000(2000-05-21)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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1162"Within"**Chris CarterKim MannersNovember 5, 2000(2000-11-05)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).

2163"Without"**Chris CarterKim MannersNovember 12, 2000(2000-11-12)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.

3164"Patience"Chris CarterChris CarterNovember 19, 2000(2000-11-19)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.

4165"Roadrunners"Vince GilliganRod HardyNovember 26, 2000(2000-11-26)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.

5166"Invocation"David AmannRichard ComptonDecember 3, 2000(2000-12-03)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.

6167"Redrum"Steven Maeda (teleplay)Maeda & Daniel Arkin (story)Peter MarkleDecember 10, 2000(2000-12-10)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.

7168"Via Negativa"Frank SpotnitzTony WharmbyDecember 17, 2000(2000-12-17)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.

8169"Surekill"Greg WalkerTerrence OHaraJanuary 7, 2001(2001-01-07)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.

9170"Salvage"Jeffrey BellRod HardyJanuary 14, 2001(2001-01-14)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.

10171"Badlaa"John ShibanTony WharmbyJanuary 21, 2001(2001-01-21)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.

11172"The Gift"Frank SpotnitzKim MannersFebruary 4, 2001(2001-02-04)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.

12173"Medusa"Frank SpotnitzRichard ComptonFebruary 11, 2001(2001-02-11)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.

13174"Per Manum"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzKim MannersFebruary 18, 2001(2001-02-18)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.

14175"This Is Not Happening"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzKim MannersFebruary 25, 2001(2001-02-25)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.

15176"Deadalive"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzTony WharmbyApril 1, 2001(2001-04-01)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).

16177"Three Words"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzTony WharmbyApril 8, 2001(2001-04-08)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.

17178"Empedocles"*Greg WalkerBarry K. ThomasApril 22, 2001(2001-04-22)8ABX17

Reyes enlists Mulders help investigating a killers connection to the unsolved murder of Doggetts son but Mulder soon finds himself clashing with Doggett.

18179"Vienen"**Steven MaedaRod HardyApril 29, 2001(2001-04-29)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.

19180"Alone"Frank SpotnitzFrank SpotnitzMay 6, 2001(2001-05-06)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.

20181"Essence"**Chris CarterKim MannersMay 13, 2001(2001-05-13)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.

21182"Existence"**Chris CarterKim MannersMay 20, 2001(2001-05-20)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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1183"Nothing Important Happened Today"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzKim MannersNovember 11, 2001(2001-11-11)9ABX01

John Doggett (Robert Patrick) begins his investigation of Deputy Director Alvin Kersh (James Pickens Jr.) and search for Fox Mulder (David Duchovny).

2184"Nothing Important Happened Today II"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzTony WharmbyNovember 18, 2001(2001-11-18)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.

3185"Dmonicus"Frank SpotnitzFrank SpotnitzDecember 2, 2001(2001-12-02)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.

4186"4-D"Steven MaedaTony WharmbyDecember 9, 2001(2001-12-09)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.

5187"Lord of the Flies"Thomas SchnauzKim MannersDecember 16, 2001(2001-12-16)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.

6188"Trust No 1"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzTony WharmbyJanuary 6, 2002(2002-01-06)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.

7189"John Doe"Vince GilliganMichelle Maxwell MacLarenJanuary 13, 2002(2002-01-13)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.

8190"Hellbound"David AmannKim MannersJanuary 27, 2002(2002-01-27)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.

9191"Provenance"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzKim MannersMarch 3, 2002(2002-03-03)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.

10192"Providence"**Chris Carter & Frank SpotnitzChris CarterMarch 10, 2002(2002-03-10)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.

11193"Audrey Pauley"Steven MaedaKim MannersMarch 17, 2002(2002-03-17)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.

12194"Underneath"John ShibanJohn ShibanMarch 31, 2002(2002-03-31)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.

13195"Improbable"Chris CarterChris CarterApril 7, 2002(2002-04-07)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.

14196"Scary Monsters"Thomas SchnauzDwight H. LittleApril 14, 2002(2002-04-14)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.

15197"Jump the Shark"*Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank SpotnitzCliff BoleApril 21, 2002(2002-04-21)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.

16198"William"**Chris Carter (teleplay)David Duchovny, Frank Spotnitz & Carter (story)David DuchovnyApril 28, 2002(2002-04-28)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.

17199"Release"David Amann (teleplay)John Shiban & Amann (story)Kim MannersMay 5, 2002(2002-05-05)9ABX16

When one of Scullys students displays an inordinate ability to profile serial killers, his insights reopen the murder case of Doggetts son, Luke.

18200"Sunshine Days"Vince GilliganVince GilliganMay 12, 2002(2002-05-12)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.

19201"The Truth"**Chris CarterKim MannersMay 19, 2002(2002-05-19)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".

20202"The Truth II"**Chris CarterKim MannersMay 19, 2002(2002-05-19)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).