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| episode name | season | synopsis | writer/ director |
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| The Secrets of the X-Files | 001 | season 94-95// clips- out-takes// interviews | |
| More Secrets of the X-Files | 002 | season 95-96// clips- out-takes// interviews | |
| The X-Files, Pilot | 101 | Pilot// intro-show about abductions in the pacific north-west// govt conspiracy hints, scully sent in to report on mulder's activities & report back | dir. by / robert mandell, written by /chris carter |
| Deep Throat | 102 | intro of informant character// air-force man kidnapped; his wife claims the service did it// cover-up/ /mulder's memory wiped | d. daniel sackheim,... ..written by / chris carter |
| Squeeze | 103 | eugene tooms-serial killer// mutant who eats 5 livers, then hibernates for 30 years each time/ /can get in and out of small places by Squeezing in! | d. by / harry longstreet…written by glenn morgan, james wong |
| Conduit | 104 | girl abducted; her brother gets binary signals from the TV/ /no one believes/ / mom played by cary snodgrass | d. by daniel sackheim/ w. by alex gansa, howard gordon |
| The Jersey Devil | 105 | wild woman kills homeless men for food | d. by joe napolitano// w. by chris carter |
| Shadows | 106 | ghost protects his secretary from his same fate// murderous partner// spirit has fixated on saving her | d. by michael katleman../ w. by morgan, wong |
| Ghost in the Machine | 107 | a computer security system kills those who try to mess up its programming// resists editing with gusto | d. by jerrold freedman../ w. by gordon, gansa |
| Ice | 108 | ice-core drilling station/ /bacteria affected the crew, who then killed each other// mulder and scully investigate | d. by david nutter../ w. by morgan, wong |
| Space | 109 | NASA director taken over by alien causes problems for shuttle launches | d. by william graham../ w. by carter |
| Fallen Angel | 110 | w/ steve bellis as UFO nut-max fenning// town is being evac'ed for "toxic spill"..max doesn't buy it//cover-up??//mulder checks it out | d. by larry shaw../ w. by gordon, gansa |
| Eve | 111 | evil clones// 50's experiment gone wrong | d. by fred gerber../.w. by kenneth biller, chris bracato |
| Fire | 112 | murderer Cecil Lively spontaneously combusts his victims//amanda pays as scotland yard tech "phoebe green", mulder's old flame | d. by larry shaw../ w. by carter |
| Beyond the Sea | 113 | brad dourif as condemned killer, psychic, Luther Lee Boggs// he psychs out scully | d. by nutter../ w. by morgan, wong |
| Genderbender | 114 | the "kindred"/ sex-ambiguous-amish type people // one of them is a killer// mulder and scully track him or her back to the clan//nicholas lea has a cameo as a victim in this episode | d. by rob bowman../ w. by larry barber, paul barber |
| Lazarus | 115 | soul-switching bank robber is killed and takes over scully's old love, a policeman//the robber wants to find his wife, whom he still loves | d. by nutter../ w. by gansa, gordon |
| Young at Heart | 116 | barnett , a murderer with an amphibian hand, seems to grow younger as mulder and scully chase him//a "mad" doctor experimenting with a cure for progeria worked on him in prison | d. by michael lange../ w. by scott kaufer, carter |
| E.B.E. | 117 | e.t. biological entity in truck// mulder attempts to track it | d. by graham./ w. by morgan, wong |
| Miracle Man | 118 | faith healer (scott bairstow) //members of his flock are being murdered | d. by lange./ w. by gordon, carter |
| Shapes | 119 | indian were-wolf// shape-shifters | d. by nutter../ w. by marilyn osborne |
| Darkness Falls | 120 | phosphorescent prehistoric green bugs from inside VERY old trees kill some surveyors in the northwest | d. by napolitano./ w. by carter |
| Tooms | 121 | sequel to "squeeze"// tooms is released from the mental hospital/ /mulder believes he will commit 5 more murders so he can go into hibernation | d. by nutter. / w. by morgan, wong |
| Born Again | 122 | murdered policeman is re-incarnated as a little girl/ /gets even with his killers/ /she has no memory of the crimes | d. by freedman./ w. by gordon, gansa |
| Roland | 123 | retarded janitor is prime suspect in the murders of scientisrs at the lab for which he works/is following orders from his cryog. frozen dead brother's head | d. by nutter../ w. by chris ruppenthal |
| The Erlenmeyer Flask | 124 | chlorophyll gene therapy experiment performed on people/ deep throat dies/ last show of 93-94 season/ x-files is closed | d. by r. w. goodwin./ w. by carter |
| Little Green Men | 201 | SETI in puerto rico gets a signal / / mulder sees an alien | d. by nutter./.w. by morgan, wong |
| The Host | 202 | fluke-man creature gets thru the plumbing from a russian ship/ gets into the waste treatment facility in newark, n.j. | d. by sackheim./.w. by carter |
| Blood | 203 | pesticide might be causing string of murders in rural community/ psychoses in combo with messages from household appliances // sheriff asks for FBI's help in solving them | d. by nutter./.w. by morgan, wong |
| Sleepless | 204 | army vets/ no sleep since viet nam experiment// g-man (tony todd) puts them down & out of their misery | d. by bowman./. w. by gordon |
| Duane Barry | 205 | part 1 of 2/ /former FBI agent (steve railsback) duane barry says he is routinely abducted (section 8) ,but says he will not allow it any more// wants "protection" | d. by carter./. w. by carter |
| Ascension | 206 | part 2 of 2/ /duane barry kidnaps scully to offer her up to the "abductors" so they won't take him/ /krychek shows up as working with cancer man// betrays mulder when he tries to save scully//scully is gone | d. by lange./. W. by paul brown |
| 3 | 207 | vampire trinity/ /perry reeves plays love interest for mulder//scully is still missing (reeves was duchovny's real girlfriend when this was filmed- trivia) | d. by nutter./. w. by ruppenthal, morgan, wong |
| One Breath | 208 | scully turns up in wasington d.c. hosp in a coma// mulder tries to cope | d. by goodwin./. w. by morgan, wong |
| FireWalker | 209 | silicon-based spores// parasites unearthed by geologists studying a volcano// whole team gets wiped out/ /leader is missing/ scully and mulder investigate | d. by nutter./.w. by gordon |
| Red Museum | 210 | additive to beef may be hurting area children// is a cult in volved?// mystery treatment by area pediatrician? | d. by win phelps./. w. by carter |
| Excelsius Dei | 211 | nursing home ghosts// entity rape/ /oriental herbs figure in equation | d. by stephen surjik./. w. by brown |
| Aubrey | 212 | evil stalks a family's genes thru generations/ /a female serial killer? | d. by bowman./. w. by sara b charno |
| Irresistable | 213 | grave desecrations/ /death fetishist// donnie pfaster (mortician) collects souvenirs/ /he likes scull'ys looks | d. by nutter./.w. by carter |
| Die Hand Die Verletz | 214 | devil worshippers in PTA in small rural town// satan (?) as female biology teacher? | d. by kim manners./.w. by morgan, wong |
| Fresh Bones | 215 | voodoo on army base/ /haitian detainees are kept there/ /are they being mistreated as alleged by detainee child? | d. by bowman,/. w. by gordon |
| Colony | 216 | part 1 of 2/ /bounty hunter (brian thompson) is assassinating hybrid human-alien clones// most of them are scientists or in technical fields | d. by nick marck./.w. by carter// story by carter, duchovny |
| End Game | 217 | part 2/ /after several murdered victims (all looking alike) are investigated by the x-files, mulder tries to beat the killer to his next victims / /the killer can change his appearance | d. by bowman./.w. by frank spotnitz |
| Fearful Symmetry | 218 | zoo-animal abductions from fairfield, idaho// the animals reappear, but miles away/ /they are no longer "expecting" when they come back | d. by james whitmore jr./.w. by steve de jarnatt |
| Dod Kalm | 219 | aging on ship in norse sea/ /sailors died of old age// scully & mulder try to recreate the situation with too-excellent results// time warp | .d. by bowman./.w. by gordon, gansa |
| Humbug | 220 | side-show murders// evil twin// jim rose & company appear as themselves/ /enigma is great!// scully eats a cockroach- live and on camera | d. by manners./.w. by darin morgan |
| Calusari, The | 221 | child has evil power// calusari tries to control him | d. by michael vejar./.w. by charno |
| F. Emasculata | 222 | quarantine in prison/ insect from S. A./ exploding boils/experimentation by drug company on prisoners/ escaped convicts may spread outbreak | d. by bowman./.w. by carter, gordon |
| Soft Light | 223 | man's shadow can kill/ /stay out of the shadows!! | d. by james contner./.w. by vince gilligan |
| Our Town | 224 | chaco chicken factory// small town of cannibals// hitch-hikers disappear regularly | d. by bowman./.w. by frank spotnitz |
| Anasazi | 225 | part 1 of 3/ /indians find alien (?) bones/ DAT tape of blue book// last show of 94-95 season | .d. by goodwin./.w. by carter (story by carter, duchovny) |
| The Blessing Way | 301 | part 2 of 3// mulder is given navaho healing ceremony// stand-off between skinner and scully | d. bygoodwin./.w. bycarter |
| Paper Clip | 302 | krycek kills scully's sister by accident/ /navahos LEARN the DAT tape, so it cannot stay hidden | d. by bowman./.w. by carter |
| D.P.O. | 303 | rural kid is struck by lightning// Darryl P. Osborne does electrical wonders and horrors with the use of lightning | d. by manners./.w. by gordon |
| Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose | 304 | peter boyle plays clyde bruckman, an insurance salesman- psychic/ / killer is targeting psychics/ mulder asks him for help on the case/ /scully is skeptical | d. by nutter./.w. by darin morgan |
| List, The | 305 | death-row killer promises to kill his list of enemies after he dies// then he DOES | d. by carter./.w. by carter |
| 2Shy | 306 | lonely hearts body-fat vampire // virgil incanto charms heavy women on the internet- meets them, and kills them | d. by nutter./.w. by jeffrey vlaming |
| The Walk | 307 | out-of-body traveler (quadriplegic ex-vet) torments his old superiors families/ /he blames the brass for his injuries, and wants to make them suffer | d. by bowman./.w. byjon shiban |
| Oubliette | 308 | child photog steals child// puts her in a basement/ his former victim helps locate the new victim at her own risk// she seems to suffer when the other girl does | d. by manners./.w. by charles grant craig |
| Nisei | 309 | part 1 of 2// alien autopsy tape/ /boxcar // is it alien or human experimentation?? | d. by nutter./.w. by carter, gordon, spotnitz |
| 731 | 310 | part2 of 2// are ex-war criminals from WW2 involved?// mulder finds the boxcar// is followed | d. by bowman./.w. by spotnitz |
| Revelations | 311 | man is killing people who exhibit stigmata, including a little boy who may be the real thing// mulder and scully try to save him// others help also | d. by nutter./.w. by kim newton |
| War of the Cophrages | 312 | cockroaches found at murder scenes seem to have metal exo-skeletons | d. by manners./.w. by darin morgan |
| Syzygy | 313 | deaths in a small town coincide with strange astrological phenomena// 2 girls with same birthday make things "happen" | d. by bowman./.w. by carter |
| Grotesque | 314 | gargoyle-loving serial slasher is caught// copycat killer arises// kurtwood smith plays mulder's old FBI boss (VICAP) who asks for his help on the case | d. by manners./.w. by gordon |
| Piper Maru | 315 | part 1 of 2/ /french salvage ship brings back crew with radiation burns from an under-sea wreck// the pilot is un-hurt// black oil swirls in his eyes | d. by bowman./.w. by spotnitz, carter |
| Apocrypha | 316 | part 2 / /krycek is taken over by the black-oil phenomena// is doing bad things as usual | d. by manners./.w. by spotnitz, carter |
| Pusher | 317 | robert wisdon plays robert wodell, a failed FBI candidate who goes for revenge// he forces people to obey him thru suggestion/ power of his voice/ /targets mulder and scully | d. by bowman./.w. by vince gilligan |
| Teso Dos Bichos | 318 | amura urn// shaman bones from ecuador// modern shamans warn workers not to remove the bones, but they brting them back to their museum// workers in the museum begin to die | d. by manners./.w. by jon shiban |
| Hell Money | 319 | chinese gambling ring// they gamble with living people's organs/ /the losers must pay up | .d. by tucker gates./.w. by vlaming |
| Jose Chung's "From Outer Space" | 320 | tabloid writer jose chung ( played by chas nelson reilly) does background for article about an x-file case-( hilarious--includes the cigarette-smoking alien in a cage- scene) | d. by bowman./.w. by darin morgan |
| Avatar | 321 | skinner has nightmares// flashbacks of an old woman// problems with his estranged wife | d. by james charleston./.w. by gordon (story by gordon, duchovny) |
| Quagmire | 322 | nessie-type lake monster suspected of attacking people around a lake// the problem is it was just supposed to be a legend// boy scout troop leader eaten | d. by manners./.w. by newton |
| Wetwired | 323 | induced mania produces killers// cancer-man is running ops/ /new informant (X) figures prominently | d. by bowman./.w. by matt beck |
| Talitha Cumi | 324 | part 1 of 2/ /final show of 95-96 season// man (roy thinnes) stops robbery in progress, and heals all those shot during incident// brian thompson reprises role as bounty-hunter after the samaritan// mulder's mom has stroke | .d. by goodwin./.w. by carter (story by carter, duchovny) |
| Herrenvolk | 401 | part 2 // mulder visits farm with clones or drones farmers (samantha look-alikes) // bounty-hunter kills jonathon (thinnes)/ new informant (X) is killed// write initials in his blood on the floor | d. by goodwin./.w. by carter |
| Home | 402 | family of weird mutants// are they trying to breed ? No luck/ /last stand at their old homestead | d. by manners./.w. by morgan, wong |
| Teliko | 403 | african man feeds off pigment in black men's skin, draining and eventually killing them// diplomatic immunity? | d. by charleston./.w. by gordon |
| Unruhe | 404 | serial-killer takes "future photos" showing coming deaths// hears "howlers" in his head// scully gets too close | d. by bowman./.w. by gilligan |
| The Field Where I Died | 405 | koolaid cult's last stand with firearms// past lives review for mulder | d. by bowman./.w. by morgan, wong |
| Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man | 406 | story of his life as seen thru his memories// is fox possibly his son??? Hmmm??? | d. by wong./.w. by morgan |
| Paper Hearts | 407 | serial child-murderer takes fabric hearts from his victim's clothes// was samantha mulder possibly a victim rather than an abductee? // fox investigates/ /takes trip w/ murderer against regulations | d. by bowman./.w. bygilligan |
| Leonard Betts | 408 | leonard betts, an EMS worker is decapitated in an ambulance crash// he regenerates and lives on thru cancer cells?? | d. by bowman./.w. byspotnitz, gilligan, shiban |
| Tunguska | 409 | part 1/ /smuggler with diplomatic pouch// deadly cargo?//krycek reappears to try to hijack the pouch// says he's on mulder's side | d. by manners, bowman./.w. by spotnitz, carter |
| Terma | 410 | part 2// mulder captured in russia// infected w/ black-oil thing//congressional hearings are going on/ /scully must testify | d. by manners, bowman./.w. by spotnitz, carter |
| El Mundo Gira | 411 | chupacabra// goat-eating demon is eating immigrants near the mex-amer border// mulder investigates | d. by tucker gates./.w. by shiban |
| Memento Mori | 412 | scully gets brain cancer/ /all other women in the abduction circle (last season) got it ,too// is it inoperable? | d. by manners./.w. bycarter, shiban, spotnitz, gilligan |
| Never Again | 413 | "betty" tattoo (voice by jodie foster) on young man //drives him to evil deeds/ /he meets and befriends scully/ /betty doesn't LIKE that | d. by bowman./.w. by morgan, wong |
| Kaddish | 414 | murdered orthodox jew is beaten to death by 3 white supremacists// they then die one by one at the hands of a killer with the dead-man's fingerprints// golem | d. by manners./.w. by gordon |
| Unrequited | 415 | MIA viet-nam vet seems invisible as he assassinates those who left him to rot for 25 years | d. by lange./.w. by gordon |
| Tempus Fugit | 416 | part 1 of 2// fox and dana investigate a jet-airliner crash//well-known "abductee" max fenning (steve bellis) was on board// see "fallen angel" episode (seas 1)/ was another aircraft involved? | d. by bowman./.w. by carter, spotnitz |
| Max | 417 | part 2// crash was a 3-way crash/ /commercial jet, air-force plane, and a UFO/ mulder finds the 3rd craft's wreckage underwater, sees alien corpses, before being chased off by military | d. by manners./.w. by carter, spotnitz |
| Small Potatoes | 418 | eddie is a shape-shifter of very low potential// 5 babies are born with tails in the same town// all have same father, eddie// he takes mulder's shape for part of this episode--very funny! | d. by cliff boyle./.w. by vince gilligan |
| Zero Sum | 419 | killer bees carrying small-pox virus escape from a broken pkg in the u.s. mail// cover-up ensues, with skinner deeply involved | d. by manners./.w. by gordon, spotnitz |
| Elegy | 420 | murder victims of serial killer appear to dying people as wraiths// harold, a bowling-alley worker, is a suspect// scully sees 2 wraiths (remember, she has brain-tumor) | d. by james charleston./.w. by shiban |
| Synchrony | 421 | a suspect claims innocence because a seer foretold the murder// cryogenics doctor- back from the future, and trying to change the past??` | d. by charleston./.w. by david greenwalt |
| Sanguinarium | 422 | plastic surgery hospital is scene of several gruesome deaths --by accident, insanity, or design? | d. by manners./.w. by valerie mayhew, vivian mayhew |
| Demons | 423 | mulder wakes up covered in blood// calls scully// can't remember if he killed someone | d. by manners./.w. by goodwin |
| Gethsemene | 424 | part 1/ /season finale of 96-97// has mulder committed suicide?// scully I.d.s his dead body in his apartment/ /she testifies to the x-files being a total waste// is she betraying all they worked for?/ to be continued-- | d. by goodwin./.w. by carter |
| Redux | 501 | part 2// season premiere of 97-98 season// mulder searcfhes files od DOD while scully testifies// he looks for cure for scully's cancer, believing it was artificially induced// he is still presumed dead | d. by r w goodwin./.w. by carter |
| Redux II | 502 | part 3/ /mole in FBI uncovered// cancer-man produces samantha as his daughter/ /with him all these years// csm is assassinated in this episode- morley/s didn't get him after all--his body is not found-just lots of his blood??? Hmmm… | d. by manners./.w. by carter |
| The Unusual Suspects | 503 | how the lone gunmen got together// how they met mulder and joined forces , originally // byers,langley,frohicke | .d. by manners./.w. by gilligan |
| Detour | 504 | mothmen of the appalachians// people start disappearing after a developer encroaches on their part of the forest | d. by brett dowler./.w. by spotnitz |
| Post-Modern Prometheus | 505 | b&w frankenstein spoof// 2-faced monster// mad scientist brother// odd father | d. by j ransom./.w. by carter |
| Christmas Carol | 506 | part 1// scully goes home for christmas// niece (?) surfaces- possibly the child of her murdered sister | d. peter marlke./.w. by gilligan, shiban, spotnitz |
| Emily | 507 | part 2/ /scully tries to save emily// dna testing shows emily IS closely related | d. by manners./.w. by gilligan, shiban, spotnitz |
| Kitsunegari | 508 | sequel to "pusher" episode (season 4) // robert modell (pusher) escapes from his mental-hospital prison/ but wasn't he catatonic? // did he have help?// his enemies start dying | d. by daniel sackheim./.w. by gilligan, minear |
| Schizogeny | 509 | boy's father is pushed into a bog// was he abusing the boy?/ / was it revenge?/ / another parent dies// mulder starts to suspect their guidance councillor of telling the kids to fight back with force | d. by ralph hermecker./.w. by jessica scott, mike wollaeger |
| Inside the X-Files | 510 | clips//interviews/ /hints from up-coming first x-files movie | |
| Chinga | 511 | evil doll// autistic child// "let's have fun" // scully goes to maine for a weekend of leisure/ mulder sits around and doodles/ /stephen king wrote this (for shame--memories of Cujo and a wasted $6.95) | d. by manners./.w. stephen king, carter |
| Kill Switch | 512 | AI freaks want to evolve on the web// they set a monster loose, and want to go get it// lone gunmen help mulder // william gibson wrote this (yay) | d. by bowman./.w. by william gibson, tom maddox |
| Bad Blood | 513 | texan "vampire" ronnie silbur, pizza delivery boy// mulder stakes him thru the heart// while making out their report, they remember events differently// very funny episode/ / while they ponder over details, ronnie's corpse escapes from the morgue | d. by cliff bole./.w. by gilligan |
| Patient X | 514 | part 1//scientists try to make a vaccine against the "black-oil" virus -alien origin// krycek features prominently/ /large groups (gatherings) of past abductees are being killed around the world | d. by manners./.w. by carter, spotnitz |
| The Red and the Black | 515 | part 2// multiple abductees mass to sites// are burned by un-earthly looking men/ /two alien factions are fighting over fate of humans after colonization// exterminate or peace-ful co-existence/ /shoot out at scully's scene | d. by carter./.w. by carter, spotnitz |
| Travelers | 516 | organ-sucking serial-murderer-monster// edward skur/ /is he now or was he EVER a communist, too?// mulder finds ties to his father's day in the bureau | d. by bill graham./.w. by shiban, spotnitz |
| Mind's Eye | 517 | lili taylor stars as blind girl who sees visions// visions are from the killer's point of view | d. by manners./.w. by carter, spotnitz |
| Folie a Deux | 518 | madness shared by two// telemarketing zombies?/ / workplace killing spree perp tells mulder his boss is a monster, and, out of the corner of his eye, mulder notices that the guy is RIGHT | d. by bowman./.w. by gilligan |
| All Souls | 519 | 4 girls (quad-ruplets w/ anomalies) are separately being killed by immolation// priest moves to intervene- so does child-services/ /scully also feels involved// they try to save them , one by one | d. by bowman./.w. by spotnitz, shiban |
| Pine Bluff Variant, The | 520 | militant group of terrorists/ /mulder infiltrates// germ warfare trials?// someone else may be a mole in the group | d. by bowman./.w. by spotnitz, shiban |
| End, The | 521 | last show of 97-98// cancer-man returns fron exile// csm tells spender he is HIS father/ /x-files office is burnt/ /don't these people back up files??? | d. by r w goodwin./.w. by carter |
| The Beginning | 601 | x-files is going to be recovered thru restoring burnt files// mulder & scully won't be on them anymore// re-assigned/ /they do investigating cases on their weekends | WRITTEN BY: CHRIS CARTER DIRECTED BY: KIM MANNERS |
| Drive | 602 | govt facility tests low-frequency sound weapon underground in nevada/ /it affects people in the area/ /driving west seems to help, but stopping hurts! | WRITTEN BY: VINCE GILLIGAN DIRECTED BY: ROB BOWMAN |
| Triangle | 603 | WW2 dress// time warp?? // bermuda triangle// big kissing scene between mulder and the "old" version of scully, so it doesn't count! | WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY: CHRIS CARTER |
| Dreamland | 604 | part 1// mulder's mind & an area 51 agent's mind are swapped in a bizarre identity twister// will scully believe him as he's hauled off at the end?? | W. by VINCE GILLIGAN, JOHN SHIBAN, FRANK SPOTNITZ// D. BY KIM MANNERS |
| Dreamland II | 605 | part 2// scully does believe mulder, and helps to make him be available, in case they (morris and mulder)can be switched back | W. BY:VINCE GILLIGAN, JOHN SHIBAN, FRANK SPOTNITZ// D. BY:KIM MANNERS |
| How the Ghosts Stole Christmas | 606 | dana and fox stay overnight in a haunted house where people die each x-mas// ed asner guest-stars | WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY: CHRIS CARTER |
| Rain King | 607 | a county with very unusual weather may be an x-file--can a man comtrol the weather with his thoughts?//mulder utters "that cow had my name on it!"// funny | WRITTEN BY: Jeffrey Bell DIRECTED BY: Kim Manners |
| Terms of Endearment | 608 | "demon daddy" insurance man wants a "normal" child, and keeps trying to have one, at such a cost | WRITTEN BY: DAVID AMANN DIRECTED BY: ROB BOWMAN |
| S.R. 819 | 609 | skinner is poisoned and almost dies// krycek returns--was he behind it? | WRITTEN BY: John Shiban DIRECTED BY: Daniel Sackheim |
| Tithonus | 610 | man takes photos of those about to die// is he actually 149 years old? // mulder thinks so// scully is split up from mulder// mulder does background checks til he drops | WRITTEN BY: Vince Gilligan DIRECTED BY: Michael Watkins |
| Agua Mala | 611 | a sea monster takes up residence in the pipes of an apartment building, during a hurricane, munching on occupants | WRITTEN BY: David Amann DIRECTED BY: Rob Bowman |
| Two Fathers | 612 | part 1// the truth will be told// secrets will be answered// promises, promises | W. BY: Jeffrey Bell, Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz / D. BY: Kim Manners |
| One Son | 613 | part 2// more truth will out, yada, yada……. | WRITTEN BY: Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz DIRECTED BY: Rob Bowman |
| Arcadia | 614 | "laura and rob petry"..(mulder & scully) move into a house in an exclusive suburb where couples have been disappearing// you must be assimilated!! | WRITTEN BY:Daniel Arkin DIRECTED BY:Michael Watkins |
| Monday | 615 | the same day of the week is replayed over and over as one woman tries to make it stop// mulder and scully intercept a bank-robbery in progress, everybody dies--well, maybe I exaggerate | WRITTEN BY: Vince Gilligan & John Shiban DIRECTED BY: Kim Manners |
| Alpha | 616 | a mysterious asian dog escapes from its freight container at a US port// port workers found dead inside// mulder enlists a dog-trainer for animal behavior advice// andy johnson guests as detweiller | WRITTEN BY: Jeffrey Bell DIRECTED BY: Peter Markle |
| Trevor | 617 | after an "impossible" prison escape during a tornado, a convict looks for his natural child, trevor// His ex-lover stole his hidden loot and never told him about his son// Matter is affected. | WRITTEN BY: KEN HAWRYLIW & JIM GUTTRIDGE DIRECTED BY: ROB BOWMAN |
| Milagro | 618 | victims are found with their hearts removed, but without scars, as if they had "psychic surgery"// scully has a stalker, but he's cute, or is he the killer??// he lives next door to mulder. | W. BY: Chris Carter, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz D. BY: Kim Manners |
| Unnatural, The | 619 | a retired policeman gives mulder a story about an old baseball friend back in roswell, new mexico, who was a " little different" from the rest of the team// Brian Thompson's bounty hunter character appears. | WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY: DAVID DUCHOVNY |
| Three of a Kind | 620 | the lone gunmen lure scully to las vegas to a "def-con" in las vegas/ / they want her help, so fake her out that mulder needs her help // funny episode// watch for the "morris" character from "dreamland" | WRITTEN BY: VINCE GILLIGAN & JOHN SHIBAN DIRECTED BY: BRYAN SPICER |
| Field Trip | 621 | mulder & scully in a field of poison mushrooms & bones // it's almost like a bad dream………… | W. BY: FRANK SPOTNITZ & VINCE GILLIGAN & JOHN SHIBAN// D. BY: KIM MANNERS |
| Biogenesis | 622 | part1 of 3// season finale // researcher in africa's ivory coast finds an ancient stone fragment with navajo writing on it //travels to the usa // mulder reacts to the script & goes psycho//locked away | WRITTEN BY: CHRIS CARTER & FRANK SPOTNITZ DIRECTED BY: ROB BOWMAN |
| Sixth Extinction, The | 701 | part 2 of 3// seas premiere// scully toils at the "ship" site in africa// weird things happen around her// mulder is still locked up, raving | Written by Chris Carter Directed by Kim Manners |
| Sixth Extinction II, The--Amor Fati | 702 | part 3// cancerman steals mulder out of hospital// mulder has wild dreams of "normalcy", but scully has different ideas | Written by David Duchovny & Chris Carter// Directed by Michael Watkins |
| Hungry | 703 | a fast-food worker has an eating disorder--big-time// it's the salty, buttery way brains taste when you crunch them…who could resist??// his testimony at Overeaters Anonymous is great!! | Written by Vince Gilligan //Directed by Kim Manners |
| Millenium | 704 | the millenium group has created zombies from 4 of its own members to fulfill a prophecy to end the world on new year's day// frank black helps scully & mulder track down the plot// big real kiss at the end!! | Written by Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz // Directed by Thomas Wright |
| Rush | 705 | high school kids seem to be on "speed" // they are too fast to see, after visiting a cave where anomalies reside | Written by David Amann // Directed by Rob Lieberman |
| Goldberg Variation, The | 706 | the luckiest man in the world is having a tough week// then he crosses paths with mulder// the plot thickens | Written by Jeffrey Bell // Directed by Thomas J. Wright |
| Amazing Maleeni, The | 707 | a magician rotates his head 360 degrees during his stage show// soon he's found murdered with--you guessed it--his head cut off! | W. by Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz //D. by Thomas J. Wright |
| Signs and Wonders | 708 | holy rollers (rattlesnake handlers for faith) may have a "snake" in their midst// people ar dying of snakebites even when there are none around// rural preacher is suspected by mulder and scully | W. by Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz// d. by kim manners |
| Sein Und Zeit | 709 | part 1// child-abductors are at it, or is it the parents??//mulder is convinced that perhaps his sister had the same thing happen and that he's been wrong//his mother suicides///nobody shoots santa | W. by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz// D. by Michael Watkins |
| Closure | 710 | (Sein Und Zeit II: Aliatope)part 2// mulder continues to search for the answers to samantha's disappearance// a psychic helps him search// they find her diary | W. by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz// D. by Kim Manners |
| Orison | 711 | prison chaplain helps convicts break out of prison (thru hypnosis) so he can bring them to "god's" justice// this time he "helps" donnie pfaster..(see "irresistable"--season 2) | Written by Chip Johannessen // Directed by Rob Bowman |
| X-Cops | 712 | the TV show "Cops" follows mulder, scully and local authorities as they search for a "monster" reported at each full moon// irritating episode, still, better than "blair witch"--but reminded me of it! | Written by Vince Gilligan // Directed by Michael Watkins |
| First Person Shooter | 713 | VR game gone berserk?// expert gamers are being killed while testing a new VR arcade game with a very demanding female character | W. by William Gibson & Tom Maddox// D. by Chris Carter |
| Theef | 714 | a doctor and his family are being harassed and killed// appalachian folk-healer is taking revenge for his daughter's death | W. by Vince Gilligan & John Shiban &Frank Spotnitz // D. by Kim Manners |
| En Ami | 715 | cancerman appeals to scully to help find an existing cure for cancer, etc// an important scientist wants to give the technology to scully// CSM seems so sincere!! | Written by William B. Davis // Directed by Rob Bowman |
| Chimera | 716 | when a " normal" housewife's husband strays, it brings out her 'beast" within// first, victims see a raven, then a beast which attacks | Written by David Amann// Directed by Cliff Bole |
| all things | 717 | while helping mulder with crop-circle research, scully runs into an old flame// she still has issues// slow, down, scully! | Written and directed by Gillian Anderson |
| Hollywood, A.D. | 718 | studio does a movie about an x-files case concerning resurrection / mulder wants richard gere to play him, but gets gary shandling//gere plays skinner/tea leone plays scully//zombie dancers are great! | Written by David Duchovny// Directed by David Duchovny |
| Fight Club | 719 | 2 women look very alike// trouble starts when they are near each other// people start to fight for no reason// hilarious scene w/mulder and scully duking it out! | Written by Chris Carter// Directed by Paul Shapiro |
| Je Souhaite | 720 | when strange things happen, it seems someone may be having their wishes come true// after scully autopsies an invisible corpse, she starts to believe mulder--a genie may be involved | Written by Vince Gilligan Directed by Vince Gilligan |
| Brand X | 721 | morleys may be killing test subjects// genetically engineered tobacco bugs are involved// one guy seems immune, so may be important to the investigation | Written by Steven Maeda and Greg Walker// Directed by Kim Manners |
| Requiem | 722 | season finale// more abductions are being reported in same N.W. town where first x-file was investigated// krycek is let out of jail by CSM// mulder is afraid scully could be at risk, so asks her to sit out the case | Written by Chris Carter// Directed by Kim Manners |
| Within | 801 | season premiere// john doggett is assigned to help scully search for mulder// he suspects mulder faked the whole thing to prove his "abduction" stories and theories | Written by Chris Carter Directed by Kim Manners |
| Without | 802 | doggett races scully & skinner to find gibson (the child from ""), with whom they expect to find mulder// they do! Or do they?// doggett chases mulder & gibson into the desert & off a cliff | Written by Chris Carter Directed by Kim Manners |
| Patience | 803 | when strange murders occur in idaho, doggett and scully investigate a real-life batman// good bond develops between the new partners as they save each other from the vengeful fiend | Written by Chris Carter Directed by Chris Carter |
| Roadrunners | 804 | rural cult members drive a bus along the highway to pick up people to get fresh minds for their "god" which is some sluglike parasite// scully investigates alone without a cell phone (?!)// doggett to the rescue, but will he be in time? | Written by Vince Gilligan Directed by Rod Hardy |
| Redrum | 805 | a black agent (played by joe morton-"the brother from another planet", and "T-2"), known to doggett, is sentenced to die for the murder of his wife// time seems to roll backward for him | Teleplay by Steven Maeda Story by Steven Maeda and Daniel Arkin Directed by Peter Markle |
| Via Negativa | 806 | when an entire cult , and the agents watching their house, are found murdered (by an axe?), simple explanantions don't suffice// the leader of the cult is missing and is the logical suspect | Written by Frank Spotnitz Directed by Tony Wharmby |
| Invocation | 807 | 10 years after a child is taken from a fairground, he reappears--looking EXACTLY as he did 10 years before// his family is afraid of him// he doesn't speak// the FBI wants to know who took him! | Written by David Amann Directed by Richard Compton |
| Surekill | 808 | a man runs into a police station asking for refuge from a killer// while in a safe holding cell, he is shot--from the roof down thru all stories of the building// a lucky shot??// man w/ x-ray eyes | Written by Greg Walker Directed by Terrence O'Hara |
| Salvage | 809 | Ray Pearce is a man who comes back from the "dead" as a man of steel, wanting revenge// people are turning up with his handprints in their dead skulls | Written by Jeffrey Bell Directed by Rod Hardy |
| Badlaa | 810 | a man tries to shake a beggar in an indian airport// the little guy is persistent!!// scully is getting a rep as the "new mulder" in the department | Written by John Shiban Directed by Tony Wharmby |
| Gift, The | 811 | doggett investigates an old case of mulder's// the dates conflict with the report mulder wrote, and scully was left in the dark about it, too, although she signed the reports, too//a soul-eater shaman | Written by Frank Spotnitz Directed by Kim Manners |
| Medusa | 812 | when a subway field agent is found horribly killed in a subway car, doggett is sent down with a group from several agencies to explore what happened// scully runs the operation from above// toxic waste or marine life-form? | Written by Frank Spotnitz Directed by Richard Compton |
| Per Manum | 813 | mr haskell goes to the FBI with a story that doctors killed his wife during child-birth// scully fears for her own child// thru flashbacks the possibility of mulder being the dad is raised// doggett is a good guy! | Written by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Directed by Kim Manners |
| This Is Not Happening | 814 | part 1 of 2// abductees taken just before mulder are turning up in bad shape// someone's grabbing them// helping?? // roy thinnes reprises role as sympathetic alien who heals// mulder is returned----dead!! | Written by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Directed by Kim Manners |
| DeadAlive | 815 | part 2 of 2//mulder is buried// 3 months later, skinner and doggett dig him up, after another 'dead" abductee is found still "barely" alive// krychek wants to make an unholy deal w/ skinner// doggett chooses sides// billy miles is the abductee | Written by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Directed by Tony Wharmby |
| Three Words | 816 | mulder begins working on an x-file// tries to prove alien colonization is under-way// tension abounds between the new coworkers | Written by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Directed by Tony Wharmby |
| Empedocles | 817 | an evil man dies in a car wreck// another man seems to take over the persona of the killer// jay underwood guests as the bewildered bad guy--"this just isn't ME!" | Written by Greg Walker Directed by Barry K. Thomas |
| Vienen | 818 | a mysterious murder on a oil-drilling platform gets both mulder (who is off the x-files) and doggett interested// a mexican worker went crazy and killed the radio operator, then was killed himself// black oil abounds--vienen--"they're coming" | Written by Steven Maeda Directed by Rod Hardy |
| Alone | 819 | doggett and a new agent go to investigate a caretaker's death on a big estate// the son of the victim is missing, and there seems to be reptile venom in the corpse's eyes// when they don't check in, mulder checks it out | Written and Directed by Frank Spotnitz |
| Essence | 820 | Part 1//when a genetics lab co-owned by scully's ob-gyn is blown up, mulder and doggett team up (un-officially) to ensure her safety, and that of her unborn child// billy miles is a kewl ET hitman now | Written by Chris Carter Directed by Kim Manners |
| Existence | 821 | Part 2//season finale// scully hides out in the country (w/agent reyes) to give birth while her friends try to keep others from finding her// the "foes" end up taking no action against her after her child is born | Written by Chris Carter Directed by Kim Manners |
| Nothing Important Happened Today | 901 | seas 9 premiere// part 1// scully is on maternity leave// mulder has gone on to do mediocre feature films.// doggett and reyes are doing policework// supersoldiers are killing whistle-blowers -- water conspiracy-- guest star- lucy lawless (xena) | Written by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Directed by Kim Manners |
| Nothing Important Happened Today II | 902 | part 2// doggettt's search for an intra-agency connection is thwarted, but he is able to make some headway towards slowing the evil project// the director may have pointed him toward the case in the first place--to shake things up?? cary elwes joins the cast. | Written by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Directed by Tony Wharmby |
| Dæmonicus | 903 | with scully reassigned to quantico, doggett and reyes do their first x-file together// satanic ritual murders// the main suspect escaped from a prison for the criminally insane, but doggett gets a bad vibe from the guy kneeling and meditating in the next cell. | Written and Directed by Frank Spotnitz |
| 4-D | 904 | john doggett brings a housewarming gift to monica reyes' house- hot dogs!// she gets a phone call--doggett's been shot and is near death// there is an eye-witness, erwin lukesh, who claims that monica shot john in an alley 14 miles from her home! (good ep!) | Written by Steven Maeda,Directed by Tony Wharmby |
| Lord of the Flies | 905 | a local cable reality show "Cap'n Dare" attempts a stunt for a "Jackass" like show and suffers an accident. The investigation of the accident has Doggett & Reyes calling in Scully after flies fly out from the dead victim's eye socket. | Written by Thomas Schnauz; directed by Kim Manners |
| Trust No 1 | 906 | thru channels, a man makes claims about having a list of the super-soldiers--which he'll ONLY give to mulder// scully makes a couple's acquaintance- they claim their child is "gifted" like her own. | Written by David Amann; directed by Kim Manners |
| John Doe | 907 | Doggett appears to have amnesia. He's in a Mexican jail without any memory of who he is or how he got there when one of the other "detainees" offers him some advice--work as a coyote when he gets out. | Written by Vince Gilligan, directed by Rod Hardy |
| Hellbound | 908 | Doggett and Reyes investigate the death of Victor Potts, a reformed criminal who, just prior to being skinned to death, began seeing everyone else walking around as if THEY were skinned alive. | Written by David Amann; directed by Kim Manners |
| Provenance | 909 | When pieces of the spaceship beached in Africa resurface, the conspiracy within the FBI attempts to hide the information from the X-Files, especially the one person for whom the pieces have a special significance - Scully | Written by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Directed by Kim Manners |
| Providence | 910 | part 2// after learning that Mulder may be dead, Scully has worse news--her baby, William, is kidnapped by a space-cult | Written by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Directed by Kim Manners |
| Audrey Pauley | 911 | Monica is in a car wreck and the ER doctor is a "Dr. Death" type-character// she ends up in a coma, and her spirit is trapped in a zone with other comatose victims of the same doctor//only Audrey Pauley, the flower-lady at the hospital, can reach between the two "places", it seems, and maybe she can help. | Written by Steven Maeda Directed by Kim Manners |
| Underneath | 912 | The "Screwdriver Killer",( a case Doggett worked on in 1989 when he was a Brooklyn cop), is let out of prison //The killings resume// Doggett, Scully, and Reyes are investigating. There seems to be another man involved-- Was the guy an innocent dupe all along? | Written and Directed by John Shiban |
| Improbable | 913 | Serial killing by the numbers// Monica thinks a killer is using numerology to find his victims// is she a genius, or a fringe lunatic to believe it could be true? (this was my fav ep this year) Burt Reynolds guests as The Gamemaster | Written and Directed by Chris Carter |
| Scary Monsters | 914 | Agent Harrison tells Scully that her friend is involved with an X-file in real life// Scully says it's NOT an X-file, just an odd way of committing suicide// a little boy sees monsters under the bed, and says they killed his mom | Written by Thomas Schnauz// Directed by Dwight Little |
| Jump the Shark | 915 | The Lone Gunmen help the X-files on one last case// Former "Man in Black" Morris Fletcher (see "Dreamland" ep #604) puts them onto their old cohort Yves being a super-soldier-assassin; could it be true? (note from camarila-Trekkies like me will love the ending- too bad there had to BE an end!) | Written by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz// Directed by Cliff Bole |
| William | 916 | scully wonders whether a disfigured man (who is caught breaking into doggett's office) could be mulder// first he seems harmless, then he seems to be a menace to her son, william | Story by David Duchovny, Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter Teleplay by Chris Carter Directed by David Duchovny |
| Release | 917 | Doggett is given info which could lead to solving the child-murder of his own son years ago// a "psychic" FBI intern sees visions of the killer, but is this guy for real? | Story by John Shiban & David Amann Teleplay by David Amann Directed by Kim Manners |
| Sunshine Days | 918 | When a neighborhood vandal gets thrown through the roof in a quiet neighborhood, the team finds the resident to be a man extremely obsessed with "The Brady Bunch" | Written and Directed by Vince Gilligan |
| The Truth | 919 | On trial for murder, Mulder acts to save his life, then tries to justify the existence of the X-Files and to prove the existence of extraterrestrials//yada, yada, yada// finally we get the due date for the invasion!! The year- 2011-- time for two feature X-File films before we die, Chris…...but what the hell am I supposed to do on Sunday nights now?? | Written By: Chris Carter Directed By: Kim Manners |
