"A young F.B.I. agent is assigned a watchdog duty over fellow agent, but finds herself drawn into his investigations of paranormal and unexplained phenomena."

Special Agent Dana Scully, a medical doctor and instructor at the F.B.I. Academy in Virginia, receives instructions to report to Chief Scott Blevins in Washington. Blevins assigns Scully to investigate - and debunk - an unassigned project dubbed The X-Files, a burial ground for mysterious, unsolved F.B.I. cases linked to the paranormal.

Scully is instructed to contact Fox Mulder, an agent who has become obsessed with investigating the otherwise forgotten X-file cases. Mulder displays a particular interest in a series of mysterious deaths scattered across the United States linked by one common clue: two strange red marks on the victims' skin.

Mulder and Scully fly to Bellefleur, Oregon, to investigate the death of Karen Swenson, a high school student who died mysteriously, and whose corpse is marked with two red welts. The agents exhume the body of Ray Soames, one of Karen's classmates. When Soames' casket is opened, however, a strange humanoid carcass is discovered inside. The corpse turns out to be that of an orangutan, and X-rays reveal an unidentified metal object implanted in the creature's nasal cavity.

Mulder and Scully question Billy Miles and Peggy O'Dell, classmates of Swenson and Soames who were injured in an automobile accident and have since been institutionalized. Miles has been reduced to a near vegetable state, while O'Dell has been confined to a wheelchair. O'Dell suddenly becomes violent, and in the struggle to subdue her, two red marks are discovered on her skin.

While searching the field where Karen Swenson met her fate, the agents are confronted by a detective who orders them off the premises. The pair comply, but as they drive along the highway, they are blinded by a strange light from the sky. The light drains the energy from their car, bringing it to a halt. Mulder looks at his watch and realizes nine minutes cannot be accounted for.

The pair return to their motel where Mulder tells Scully that his interest in the X-files stems from his childhood when his sister, who was then eight years old, was abducted from their bedroom while he slept. Mulder says that he could not recall any of the incident until placed under hypnosis years later.

An anonymous phone call tips the agents that Peggy O'Dell was killed as she ran along the highway. While investigating the incident, the agents are informed that the autopsy bay was vandalized. They return to the hotel to find their rooms have been set ablaze, destroying all evidence gathered in the case.

The agents are confronted by Theresa Nemman, daughter of the coroner who originally performed the autopsies on the victims. She admits she too bears the red marks on her skin, and describes how a bright light appeared in the sky the evening she was hanging out with her friends Billy Miles and Peggy O'Dell.

Mulder hypothesizes that Billy Miles is under the control of an alien force. He adds his belief that Billy killed Peggy O'Dell. The agents return to the forest hoping to gather more evidence. Detective Miles attempts to stop them, and both he and Mulder witness Billy carrying Theresa to the spot in the woods where the other bodies had been found. A mysterious light illuminates Billy, and a strong wind swirls around him. Moments later the light fades and the winds die, and Billy stands over Theresa not knowing where he is or how he got there. The welts having vanished from his skin.

After returning to Washington, Scully gives her report. Much to the surprise of her supervisors, the metal object removed from the corpse was not destroyed with all of the other evidence. Scully kept it on her person and turns it into them as the single remaining piece of physical evidence of what had transpired. The metal object is taken by the Cigarette-Smoking Man and filed away alongside several others inside a massive government warehouse in the basement of the Pentagon.

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THE X-FILES "Pilot"
#1X79
Original Air Date: 09/10/93

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Also Starring:

CHARLES CIOFFI as Section Chief Scott Blevins
CLIFF DEYOUNG as Doctor Jay Nemman
SARAH KOSKOFF as Theresa Nemman
LEON RUSSOM as Detective Miles
ZACHARY ANSLEY as Billy Miles
STEPHEN E. MILLER as Coroner Truitt
MALCOLM STEWART as Doctor Glass
ALEXANDRA BERLIN as the Orderly
KEN CAMROUX as the Third Man
DOUG ABRAMS as Patrolman #1
KATYA GARDENER as Peggy O'Dell
LESLEY EWEN as the Receptionist
J.B. BIVENS as the Truck Driver
WILLIAM B. DAVIS as the Cigarette-Smoking Man

Written by:

CHRIS CARTER

Directed by:

ROBERT MANDEL

"A test pilot who may have been flying aircraft made with alien technology disappears, and Mulder and Scully must defy their own government to find the truth."

Mulder and Scully investigate the strange disappearance of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Budahas, a test pilot for the military who experienced a psychotic episode and was supposedly hospitalized for treatment. Mulder suspects that Budahas may have met the same fate as six other pilots who mysteriously vanished from Ellens Air Base while participating in experimental aircraft test flights. Mulder hints to Scully that the disappearance may be linked to the paranormal-classifying it as an X-file case.

Mulder is approached by a mysterious man - dubbed Deep Throat - who advises that the investigation be dropped. However, Mulder and Scully ignore the advice and interview Mrs. Budahas, who describes her husband's unpredictable behavior, strange skin rash and aversion to discussing this work on the military's top secret projects. The agents theorize the pilots may have been associated with Project Aurora, a code name given the Pentagon's secret testing of sub-orbital spy craft. Aided by tips from reporter Paul Mossinger and U.F.O. buff Ladonna, the agents stake out a fenced area near the base. That night, Mulder and Scully watch in amazement as two brightly lit objects shoot through the night sky maneuvering at incredibly speed. The agents give chase when two teenagers, Emil and Zoe, are spotted climbing through a hole from the opposite side of the fence. Soon the hunters become the hunted when a helicopter from the base bears down on the group. The foursome escape, retreating to a restaurant where Zoe and Emil recount tales of watching the light show.

Mulder tells a disbelieving Scully that the military may be flying planes built using technology from a U.F.O. Mrs. Budahas phones the agents at their hotel when her husband suddenly reappears. The Lieutenant Colonel, however cannot remember any details having to do with his past and the military. Mulder tells Scully he believes Budahas' memory has somehow been drained, and that he - like the other missing pilots who tested the mysterious aircraft - are physiologically incapable of dealing with the stress created during the flights.

The agents are approached by men who seize their evidence and order them to leave town. Mulder instead returns to the base, and using Emil and Zoe as guides, climbs through the hole in the fence. Alone on the base, Mulder is spotted by an apparent U.F.O. and taken prisoner by base security that suddenly arrives. He is then sedated and treated by mysterious figures acting as doctors.

Scully is attacked by Mossinger, who she discovers has been working for the military all along. Scully overpowers him, taking him hostage at gunpoint. She uses Mossinger to find Mulder, and when she learns he is in custody of the military, trades Mossinger in return for Mulder. When he is returned to her, he is unable to recall his encounter with the U.F.O. or what happened while he was on the base seemingly because of the treatment they gave him.

Back in Washington, Mulder is once again approached by Deep Throat while jogging. Deep Throat warns Mulder that the agents have chosen a very dangerous path and their lives are in danger now that they know the truth about the existence of extraterrestrial life.

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THE X-FILES "Deep Throat"
#1X01
Original Air Date: 9/17/93

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Also Starring:

JERRY HARDIN as Deep Throat
CHARLES CIOFFI as Section Chief Scott Blevins
MICHAEL BRYAN FRENCH as Paul Mossinger
ANDREW JOHNSTON as Colonel Robert Budahas
SETH GREEN as Emil
LALAINIA LINDEJERG as Zoe
VINCE METCALFE as Kissell
GABRIELLE ROSE as Anita Budahas
MONICA PARKER as Ladonna
DOC HARRIS as Mr. McLennen
SHEILA MOORE as Verla McLennen
JOHN CUTHBERT as the Commanding Officer
BRIAN FURLONG as the Lead Officer
MICHAEL PUTTONEN as the Motel Manager

Written by:

CHRIS CARTER

Directed by:

DANIEL SACKHEIM

"Mulder and Scully search for a humanoid killer whose savage murder spree reoccurs every thirty years."

F.B.I. Agent Tom Colton describes to Scully a series of murders he believes were committed by a serial killer. The victims were all murdered inside locked or secured rooms. Each had their liver ripped out of their body.

Despite Colton's discomfort, Mulder is brought onto the case. Mulder finds strange humanoid fingerprints at the high-security office building where businessman George Usher was murdered. Mulder links the prints to similar killings that occurred in the United States every thirty years, going back to at least 1903. In each occurrence, five victims had their livers torn out.

Instead of combining forces, Scully and Mulder decide to take different avenues of investigating the case: Scully the traditional; Mulder the unorthodox. At the scene of the Usher murder, Mulder assures Scully that the suspect would not return, having already beaten the security system. He thinks the killer would seek a new challenge. But as they talk, Mulder discovers someone crawling inside an air duct. The suspect, an Animal Control officer named Eugene Tooms, is taken into custody. Tooms passes a polygraph test, but not those questions posed by Mulder regarding his age.

Mulder suspects Tooms is the killer. Using a computer, he manipulates the image of Tooms' fingerprints, elongating them. They are compared to the prints from 1933. The prints match. Scully is intrigued and re-teams with Mulder on the case.

Tooms attacks and kills another victim guarded by high-tech security equipment. Tooms disappears; Scully and Mulder find that his apartment was never lived in. Scully tracks down Frank Briggs, the sheriff who investigated the five murders that occurred in 1933. Briggs describes how he tracked the murders until the present day, but was never able to prove his belief that Tooms was the killer.

The agents locate an abandoned building that Tooms once listed as his address. Inside they discover a small room containing trophies taken from each crime scene throughout the century. Mulder speculates that Tooms may be a genetic mutation that hibernates for decades and eats human livers to provide sustenance. As they leave the scene, Tooms procures Scully's necklace.

Scully arranges a stake-out of the abandoned building, but Colton calls it off without informing Mulder. Mulder arrives at the building, and finding no undercover agents, ventures inside. He finds Scully's necklace placed with the other trophies.

Mulder races to Scully's apartment and finds her grappling with Tooms. Mulder draws his weapon and, with Scully's help, manages to handcuff Tooms. He is taken to jail, where he begins assembling a new nest.

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THE X-FILES "Squeeze"
#1X02
Original Air Date: 09/24/93

Starring:

Also Starring:

Written by:

GLEN MORGAN & JAMES WONG

Directed by:

HARRY LONGSTREET

"A teenaged girl is mysteriously abducted. Scully thinks the girl has been murdered and that Mulder is allowing his personal feelings to cloud his judgment towards the case."

When a teenaged girl, Ruby, is mysteriously abducted from a campsite in Iowa, Mulder has a particular emotional investment in the case - especially in light of his belief that his own sister was abducted. Ruby's brother Kevin has been behaving strangely ever since the abduction, and has taken to continuously writing down series of 1's and 0's. Mulder sends the writing to some analysts back in Washington, and the boy and his mother are promptly taken into custody. Kevin's scribblings are actually the binary transmissions of a defense satellite.

Scully thinks Ruby may have been murdered, and she believes that Mulder is allowing his personal feelings to cloud his judgment. Yet when the agents return to Ruby's home, they find Kevin arranging countless pages of binary code on the floor. When Scully looks down from a stairway, she is shocked to see that the numbers have formed a giant portrait of Ruby.

Ruby suddenly reappears in the woods and is unconscious. In the hospital, she exhibits symptoms of having been weightless for a prolonged period of time. But instead of subjecting her daughter to scrutiny, their mother takes the children and disappears.

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THE X-FILES "Conduit"
#1X03
Original Air Date: 10/01/93

Starring:

Also Starring:

CARRIE SNODGRESS as Darlene Morris
JOEL PALMER as Kevin Morris
CHARLES CIOFFI as Section Chief Scott Blevins
TAUNYA DEE as Ruby Morris
MICHAEL CAVANAUGH as Jack Withers
SHELLY OWENS as Tessa
DON THOMPSON as Holtzman
DON GIBB as Kip
AKIKO MORISON as Leza Atsumi
ANTHONY HARRISON as the Fourth Man
GLEN ROALD as the Medical Examiner Worker

Written by:

ALEX GANSA & HOWARD GORDON

Directed by:

DANIEL SACKHEIM

"Mulder and Scully track a legendary creature that has roamed the New Jersey countryside for over forty years."

Mulder and Scully investigate the gruesome murder of Roger Crockett, a homeless man who was attacked and partially eaten in a wooded area outside Atlantic City. Mulder believes the death is related to a similar incident that occurred in New Jersey in 1947, in which a motorist was attacked and eaten by a half-human creature as he attempted to fix a flat tire.

The agents travel to the Atlantic City morgue to gather more information. They clash with Detective Thompson, the local police official in charge of the investigation. Unphased, Mulder decides to perform an investigation on his own. He interviews Ranger Brullet, who discovered the body, and a homeless man named Jack, who knew the victim. Both believe Crockett was killed by The Jersey Devil, a legendary half-human creature that roams the New Jersey countryside. Meanwhile, Scully attends her godson's birthday party, where she meets Rob, a handsome divorcee.

Mulder stakes out a dark alley near the woods where Jack claims the Devil has been prowling. That night, the creature makes an appearance, but before Mulder gets a good look at it, the police arrive and arrest him, mistaking him at first for a vagrant.

At the jail, Mulder again clashes with Thompson, accusing him of keeping the creature a secret so as not to upset tourism in Atlantic City. Scully bails Mulder out of jail and the duo travel to the University of Maryland, where Dr. Roger Diamond affirms Mulder's theory that a human being might at birth revert to its most primal instincts-devolving into a carnivorous Neanderthal. Scully, meanwhile, goes on a date with Rob.

Ranger Brullet finds another body in the backwoods, but this time the corpse appears to be half-animal. Mulder theorizes that two such creatures may have roamed the countryside. He and Scully comb an abandoned building for the Devil as the police fan out to capture them. Mulder manages to allude police long enough to locate the second creature, which turns out to be female. She suddenly attacks and wounds Mulder and escapes into the woods.

Police track the creature and kill it, despite Mulder's plea to take it alive. An autopsy report confirms the female creature recently gave birth, leading Mulder to conclude it came to the city in search of food scraps for its young after its mate died. Some time later, a feral child peeks out from a small den as hikers pass by.

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THE X-FILES "The Jersey Devil"
#1X04
Original Air Date: 10/08/93

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Also Starring:

MICHAEL MACRAE as Ranger Peter Brullet
GREGORY SIERRA as Doctor Diamond
WAYNE TIPPIT as Detective Thompson
CLAIRE STANSFIELD as the Jersey Devil
JILL TEED as Doctor Schnablegger
TAMSIN KELSEY as Ellen
ANDREW AIRLIE as Rob
BILL DOW as the Dad
HROTHGAR MATHEWS as Jack
JAYME KNOX as Mom
SCOTT SWANSON as the First Officer
SEAN O'BYRNE as the Second Officer
DAVID LEWIS as the Young Officer
D. NEIL MONK as the S.W.A.T. Team Officer

Written by:

CHRIS CARTER

Directed by:

JOE NAPOLITANO

"Mulder and Scully investigate the deaths of two men believed to have been killed by a powerful psychokinetic force."

Officials from a mysterious government agency question Mulder and Scully about two recently discovered male cadavers. The victims appear to have died after their throats were crushed from inside their bodies. When the officials refuse to elaborate on the case, Mulder feigns ignorance and does not link the deaths to an existing X-file. He later admits to Scully, however, that he lied to the government men. Mulder attributes the deaths to psychokinesis-the ability of a psychic force to manipulate matter.

Without help from the government officials, Mulder and Scully begin an investigation on their own and trace the murders to Philadelphia. Working with local police, they are taken to the crime scene. The agents realize a security camera at a nearby automated bank machine may have recorded the murders.

They find footage of the victims accosting Lauren Kyte, an employee of HTG Industrial Technologies. Working with bank records, the agents access Lauren's home address and pay her a visit. Lauren claims the men tried to grab her paycheck and she fled, escaping without injury. Coming up empty-handed, the agents get into their car and prepare to drive away. Suddenly, the vehicle snaps into reverse at full speed. It careens down a street and collides with another car. Mulder and Scully escape with minor injuries. Mulder tells Scully that he believes Lauren was somehow responsible for the mishap.

While surveying Lauren's house, Mulder accidentally photographs a strange image at her window. Using computer enhancement, the image turns out to be the form of Lauren's dead boss, Howard Graves.

Lauren is attacked in her home by two hit men. Before the assailants can harm Lauren, a mysterious force intervenes and kills them. Mulder and Scully arrive shortly thereafter and detain her for questioning. Lauren finally confesses the incredible truth: her boss, Howard Graves, was murdered by co-worker Robert Dorland after he threatened to expose HTG Technologies for selling restricted parts to Isfahan terrorists. Graves' spirit returned from the dead, and has been protecting her ever since.

The F.B.I. raids HTG Technologies, hoping to uncover evidence of the illegal parts sales. When the agents come up empty-handed, Graves' psychic force materializes and rips a hole in the wall of Dorland's office, exposing a hidden diskette. The U.S. Attorney's office uses the new evidence to prosecute Dorland.

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THE X-FILES "Shadows"
#1X05
Original Air Date: 10/22/93

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Also Starring:

BARRY PRIMUS as Robert Dorland
LISA WALTZ as Lauren Kyte
LORENA GALE as Ellen Bledsoe
VEENA SOOD as Ms. Saunders
DERYL HAYES as Webster
KELLI FOX as the Pathologist
TOM PICKETT as the Cop
TOM HEATON as the Groundskeeper
JANIE WOODS-MORRIS as Ms. Lange
NORA MCLELLAN as Jane Morris
ANNA FERGUSON as Ms. Winn

Written by:

GLEN MORGAN & JAMES WONG

Directed by:

MICHAEL KATLEMAN

"On Halloween, Mulder and Scully investigate the death of a corporate executive who may have been murdered by a thinking computer."

Mulder and Scully are approached by Special Agent Jerry Lamana, who is on probation for mishandling an important case. Lamana explains that he has been assigned to investigate the murder of Benjamin Drake, the CEO of a Fortune 500 company called Eurisko. Drake was electrocuted when he fell victim to an elaborate booby trap devised by someone with intimate knowledge of the Central Operating System (COS) at Eurisko's high rise headquarters. Afraid of mishandling yet another important case, Lamana successfully lobbies Mulder and Scully's expertise.

The agents are told by Peterson, the Eurisko building's system engineer, that one of the few people who has access to the building's sophisticated control center is Brad Wilczek, the thirty year-old founder of the company and Drake's arch enemy. Using a voice analyzer, Scully determines that Wilczek disguised his own voice electronically and telephoned Drake moments before his death...playing a key role in the booby trap.

Lamana drives to the Eurisko building to make the arrest. The elevator Lamana rides in reaches the twenty-ninth floor and suddenly drops at fantastic speed, crashing into the ground. Mulder learns from Deep Throat that Wilczek had been hard at work on developing a computer possessing Artificial Intelligence - a thinking machine. Though Wilczek is arrested for the deaths of Drake and Lamana, and even signs a confession, Mulder believes him innocent. From his jail cell, Wilczek admits to Mulder that COS is an intelligent machine. He explains that when Drake made overtures to shut the system down, COS eliminated him in self-defense.

Mulder convinces Wilczek to develop a computer virus that will shut down the system. Armed with the virus, Mulder and Scully gain entrance to the Eurisko building. COS anticipates their every move and turns the building's electrical systems against them.

With Peterson's assistance, Mulder makes his way to the main control room. As Mulder is about to insert the computer disk into the system, Peterson pulls out a gun and demands he stand back. Peterson admits he is an operative for the Defense Department-a government agency eager for Artificial Intelligence technology. Scully enters and pulls her gun, gaining the upper hand. Peterson drops his weapon. Mulder inserts the computer disk and engages the virus. COS shuts down forever...or does it?

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THE X-FILES "Ghost in the Machine"
#1X06
Original Air Date: 10/29/93

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Also Starring:

WAYNE DUVALL as Agent Jerry Lamana
GILLIAN BARBER as Agent Nancy Spiller
ROB LABELLE as Steven Wilczek
JERRY HARDIN as Deep Throat
BLU MANKUMA as Claude Peterson
MARC BAUR as the Man in Suit
BILL FINCK as the Sandwich Man
THEODORE THOMAS as Clyde
TOM BUTLER as Benjamin Drake

Written by:

HOWARD GORDON & ALEX GANSA

Directed by:

JERROLD FREEDMAN

"Mulder and Scully are sent to investigate when a team of geophysicists stationed at a remote Alaskan outpost is killed by a parasitic alien lifeform."

Mulder and Scully view a videotape recorded by two geophysicists who were part of the Antarctic Ice Core Project, a scientific expedition sanctioned by the United States Government. Their mission was to drill deep into the Arctic ice and collect core samples that date the Earth's climate as far back as the Dawn of Man. Something went wrong during the expedition, leaving the team dead and the two geophysicists killed by their own hand.

Mulder and Scully are assigned to investigate the case. They are teamed with Dr. Denny Murphy, a geologist; Doctor Lawrence Hodge, a physician, and Doctor Nancy Da Silva, a toxicologist. The group boards a plane piloted by Bear, a rugged man who wears a bear claw around his neck.

When the group arrives at the Arctic compound, they busily set about documenting their grisly surroundings. Scattered around the site are the bodies of scientists from the previous expedition, all of whom died mysterious, violent deaths.

A dog suddenly springs from the darkness and jumps onto Mulder. Bear intercedes, and in the process of pulling the animal off Mulder, he is bitten. The dog is sedated, and during an examination, a worm-like organism is discovered squirming beneath its skin.

Scully's autopsies reveal that the scientists from the previous expedition - except for the two who committed suicide - killed each other. Examination of ice core samples leads to the conclusion that the first team tapped into the remnants of a meteor that collided with the Earth thousands of years in the past. When the scientists came in contact with the core samples, they exposed themselves to an alien organism that had remained dormant beneath the Arctic ice.

When Bear is told his blood and stool samples must be analyzed to ensure the parasite has not infected him, he refuses to cooperate. A scuffle ensues, and as the others pin Bear down, Hodge discovers - and surgically removes - one of the parasites from his body. When the worm is removed, however, Bear dies.

The scientists theorize that the parasite feeds on a chemical that controls aggressive behavior, leading the first team of geophysicists to kill one another. Paranoia within the group builds to a fever pitch when a severe storm ends radio contact with the rest of the world.

Mulder discovers Murphy's body stuffed inside a refrigerator, his throat cut. The others suspect that Mulder may be the killer and padlock him inside a supply room.

While performing an experiment, Hodge accidentally mixes blood samples from two different infected hosts. To his surprise, the parasitic organisms attack and kill one another. The scientists infect the dog that attacked Bear with a second worm. It returns to normal.

Mulder convinces Scully that he is not infected. When they exit the supply room, the pair are jumped by Da Silva and Hodge, who pin Mulder to the ground and lower the last worm to his ear. But Hodge is horrified when he discovers the parasite wriggling beneath Da Silva's skin. The others hold Da Silva down while Hodge inserts the parasite.

The group is rescued and flown to another base. Mulder announces he is returning to the site to perform more tests. Hodge informs him that the military burned the compound to the ground.

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THE X-FILES "Ice"
#1X07
Original Air Date: 11/05/93

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Also Starring:

XANDER BERKELEY as Doctor Hodge
FELICITY HUFFMAN as Doctor Nancy Da Silva
STEVE HYNTER as Doctor Denny Murphy
JEFF KOBER as Bear
KEN KIRZINGER as Richter
SONNY SURWIEC as Campbell

Written by:

GLEN MORGAN & JAMES WONG

Directed by:

DAVID NUTTER

"When a space shuttle mission is sabotaged, Mulder suspects it may be the work of an evil extraterrestrial spirit that inhabits the body of a former Gemini astronaut."

Michelle Generoo, the mission control communication commander for the Space Shuttle program, arranges for a secret meeting with Mulder and Scully. She produces an X-ray of the shuttle's Auxiliary Power Unit valve that she believes was tampered with. A shuttle mission was scrubbed at the last possible second when the valve malfunctioned, narrowly averting disaster. Where the X-ray came from, and how the incredibly strong valve could have been tampered with, remains a mystery, though NASA attributes the malfunction to simple mechanical failure. Fearing NASA might overlook the possibility of sabotage to maintain launch schedule, Generoo decided to step forward on her own.

The agents meet with Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Aurelius Belt, a former astronaut who flew on the Gemini Eight mission and is now the current Space Shuttle Program Director. Belt insists that because of tight security and the sophisticated technology involved, it would be impossible for anyone to sabotage the mission by tampering with the valve.

When the next shuttle achieves orbit around the Earth, a technical problem develops. Generoo, whose husband is one of the astronauts aboard the ship, races back to Mission Control in her car. She loses control of her vehicle when a fog bank forms into a sinister face and rushes toward her windshield.

Mulder and Scully rescue Generoo and return with her to Mission Control. They find technicians attempting to rotate the shuttle before it overheats and burns in orbit. Belt orders telemetry signals to be halted, then instructs the astronauts to fly the ship using the onboard computer. Despite some anxious moments, the astronauts correct the problem and regain contact with Mission Control.

A mysterious force that resembles the famous Mars Face emanates from Belt's body and floats into outer space. It engulfs the shuttle, creating an oxygen leak aboard the vessel. Belt orders the shuttle astronauts to don space suits and deploy their payload. Generoo becomes convinced that Belt considers the success of the mission more important than the astronaut's lives.

Belt begins having seizures and Mulder and Scully rush to his aid. Generoo assumes command of the mission and orders the shuttle to return to Earth. Belt, however, insists that the ship will burn up upon reentry unless it changes its trajectory by 35°. Generoo becomes convinced that Belt is telling the truth. She gives the order to change trajectory, saving the shuttle.

Belt suffers another seizure. He jumps from his hospital window, plummeting to his death. Mulder speculates that when Belt orbited the Earth in his Gemini capsule years earlier, he was possessed by an alien spirit, and has been fighting to regain control of his body ever since. The force used Belt to sabotage numerous space missions. Realizing what was happening, Belt struggled to correct the alien's sabotage before it was too late. Mulder concludes that Belt sent the valve X-rays to Generoo hoping to expose the potentially disastrous flaw.

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THE X-FILES "Space"
#1X08
Original Air Date: 11/12/93

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Also Starring:

ED LAUTER as Lt. Col. Marcus Aurelius Belt
SUSANNA THOMPSON as Michelle Generoo
TOM MACBEATH as the Scientist
TERRY DAVID MULLIGAN as the Mission Controller
TYRONNE L'HIRONDELLE as the Databank Scientist
NORMA WICK as the Reporter
ALF HUMPHREYS as the Second Controller
DAVID CAMERON as the Young Scientist
FRENCH TICKNER as the Preacher
PAUL DESROCHES as the Paramedic

Written by:

CHRIS CARTER

Directed by:

WILLIAM GRAHAM

"The future of the X-files project is jeopardized after Mulder secretly infiltrates the government cover-up of a U.F.O. crash."

Colonel Calvin Henderson is alerted by the U.S. Space Surveillance Center that radar tracked an unidentified object as it fell from orbit and crashed in Townsend, Wisconsin. Mulder learns from Deep Throat that Henderson is the premiere reclamations expert for the Air Force. During the Cold War, Henderson was assigned to prevent technology from downed U.S. aircraft from falling into Soviet hands. Now, he is head of a crash retrieval team.

The government officially labels the crash site a quarantined area, attributing it to a toxic chemical spill. Mulder sneaks past the military units guarding the area and photographs the wreckage. His presence is soon discovered and Henderson has him arrested.

Mulder is placed in Scully's custody. She warns that when McGrath learned that he infiltrated the crash site without prior approval, he recommended that a hearing be held to discontinued the X-files project altogether. With the hearing only a day away, Mulder insists he be given the chance to prove a U.F.O. had crashed in Townsend.

While held in custody, Mulder meets another would-be spy, Max Fenig, a member of an organization that tracks U.F.O. sightings. He acknowledges that he knows all about Mulder, Scully and the X-files project, having accessed files through the Freedom of Information Act.

Max's recreational vehicle is a surveillance operation on wheels. He plays for Mulder and Scully a recording he intercepted moments after the U.F.O. crash, in which Deputy Sheriff Jason Wright, who was the first person to arrive at the crash scene and was killed in the aftermath, radioed for fire crews. When the agents approach Mrs. Wright for information, she refuses to talk.

Dr. Jeffrey Oppenheim, who examined Deputy Wright, agrees to be interviewed. He examined the bodies of Wright and the firemen, who were also killed in the moments after the crash, all of whom died from severe burns the likes of which he had never seen before. Suddenly, the bodies of several soldiers are rushed through the hospital's corridors, each exhibiting the same burns described only moments earlier by Oppenheim. Shorthanded, Oppenheim enlists Scully's medical expertise.

Before Scully has a chance to examine Max, he disappears from his vehicle. The agents track him to a warehouse, where they discover Henderson and his men surrounding the building. Before Mulder can save Max, he disappears in a blinding blue light, the presumable victim of an alien abduction.

At the hearing, Mulder defends his action as unorthodox, but necessary, given that the toxic spill was a government cover-up. McGrath's decision to fire Mulder and terminate the X-files project is overruled by Deep Throat. He tells McGrath he likes to keep his friends close and his enemies closer.

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THE X-FILES "Fallen Angel"
#1X09
Original Air Date: 11/19/93

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Also Starring:

FREDERICK COFFIN as Chief Joseph McGrath
JERRY HARDIN as Deep Throat
MARSHALL BELL as Commander Calvin Henderson
SCOTT BELLIS as Max Fenig
ALVIN SANDERS as Deputy Wright
SHEILA PATTERSON as Gina Watkins
TONY PANTAGES as Lt. Fraser
JANE MACDOUGALL as Laura Dalton
BRET STAIT as Lt. Taylor
FREDA PERRY as Mrs. Wright
MICHAEL ROGERS as Lt. Griffin
WILLIAM MCDONALD as Doctor Oppenheim
KIMBERLY UNGER as Karen Koretz

Written by:

ALEX GANSA & HOWARD GORDON

Directed by:

LARRY SHAW

"Mulder and Scully search for two girls who disappeared after their fathers were murdered in an identical fashion."

Mulder and Scully investigate when a man named Joel Simmons is found dead in his backyard - his body drained of blood. Mulder at first links the incident to mysterious cattle mutilations that have occurred in the United States since 1967.

The agents interview Teena Simmons, Joel's eight year-old daughter, who was at home when the killings took place. Teena describes how men from the clouds were after her father. Mulder is somewhat mystified, however, when Teena tells him the men wanted to exsanguinate her father, a word far too complex for a little girl to understand.

Shortly thereafter, the agents receive word of another, almost identical murder that took place in San Francisco, in which a man named Doug Reardon was found dead in his backyard, also drained of blood. The agents are stunned when they meet Reardon's eight year-old daughter, Cindy. She and Teena are identical in appearance. Teena, meanwhile, disappears from the foster home where she is temporarily housed, apparently the victim of a kidnapping.

Scully investigates when it is discovered that Mrs. Reardon had in-vitro fertilization at a clinic in San Francisco. A physician named Sally Kendrick supervised both the Simmons' and Reardons' IVF program. Kendrick, it is revealed, was fired from her position after she was discovered tampering with the genetic material of fertilized ova in the lab prior to implant.

Deep Throat contacts Mulder. He reveals the existence of a top secret program once run by the United States government called the Litchfield Experiment, in which a group of genetically controlled children were raised and monitored. The boys were dubbed Adam and the girls Eve.

Mulder and Scully track Eve Six to a mental institution. To their astonishment, she looks exactly like Sally Kendrick. Eve admits that two other Eves besides herself are still alive. The agents realize that Sally Kendrick was continuing the Litchfield experiment at the clinic in San Francisco where she cloned Teena and Cindy.

One of the other Eves kidnaps Cindy. She takes the girl to a motel and introduces her to Teena. Both little girls knew of the other's existence, and they murdered their own fathers. Eve is convinced she can raise the girls so they will not suffer from the mental disorders that drove the other Eves mad. Despite her conviction, she realizes too late that the little girls, for no apparent reason, poisoned her drink.

Mulder and Scully are tipped that the girls can be found at the motel. When they arrive, they find Eve dead. The girls claim the two remaining Eves conspired to kill them. The agents fall for the story, never suspecting the girls played any role in the murder.

Mulder and Scully transport the girls in their car. They pull off the road at a diner so the girls can use the rest room. Mulder orders four sodas, and when he is not looking, Cindy poisons two of the drinks. Mulder realizes the drinks have been tampered with and stops Scully from ingesting her soda just in time. The girls, however, realize their scheme has been discovered. They play cat-and-mouse with the agents in the diner's parking lot, but Mulder gains the upper hand and arrests them.

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THE X-FILES "Eve"
#1X10
Original Air Date: 12/10/93

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Also Starring:

HARRIET HARRIS as Sally Kendrick
ERIKA KREIVINS as Cindy Reardon
SABRINA KREIVINS as Teena Simmons
JERRY HARDIN as Deep Throat
GEORGE TOULIATOS as Doctor Katz
JANET HODGKINSON as the Waitress
TASHA SIMMS as Ellen Reardon
TINA GILBERTSON as Donna Watkins
CHRISTINE UPRIGHT-LETAIN as Ms. Wells
GORDON TIPPLE as the Detective
GARRY DAVEY as the Hunter
JOE MAFFEI as Guard #1
MARIA HERRERA as Guard #2
ROBERT LEWIS as the Officer

Written by:

KENNETH BILLER & CHRIS BRANCATO

Directed by:

FRED GERBER

"Mulder and Scully join forces with an inspector from Scotland Yard when a man with pyrokinetic powers stalks members of the British aristocracy."

In England, an affluent, elderly man suddenly bursts into flames while walking from his front porch to his car. Despite the efforts of those at the scene to extinguish the fire, the man is burned alive.

Mulder and Scully are approached by Phoebe Greene, Mulder's ex-classmate and former lover, who is employed as an inspector by Scotland Yard. Greene tells the detectives about the death of the man in England, and how it is but one of a series of similar murders aimed at the British aristocracy. Sir Marsden, who narrowly escaped being burned alive in a similar incident, has temporarily relocated his family to Cape Cod. Mulder and Scully agree to aid Greene with the case. Scully, however, is hard pressed to contain her dislike for Greene.

Special Agent Melvin Beatty, an arson specialist, examines the evidence linking the fires, but is at a loss as to how the blazes were started. Mulder's notion that it may be attributed to pyrokinetics - an individual's ability to conduct and control a fire - is scoffed at by Beatty.

Mulder confesses to Scully that he is terrified of fire, and admits that Phoebe is all too aware of his phobia. He tells Scully he will handle the investigation without her help.

Unbeknownst to Sir Marsden and his family, the caretaker at their Cape Cod home is the same man who gardened for the elderly man who was set ablaze in England. That man, who has murdered the actual caretaker and assumed his identity, walks to a local bar and sets it ablaze using his pyrokinetic power.

Mulder and Greene interview a survivor of the blaze. They are intrigued when the survivor tells them that a British man started the blaze by causing himself to ignite.

Mulder and Greene stake out an elegant party attended by the Marsdens hoping to trap the arsonist. After surveying the hotel where the party is given, Mulder and Greene conclude the arsonist will not strike. They take advantage of their surroundings for some intimate slow dancing on the ballroom floor. Scully arrives at the party with information regarding the case. She notices that the hotel security status grid is lit up, indicating a fire somewhere on the upper level. She interrupts Mulder and Greene with the news, shattering an intimate moment. Mulder races upstairs but is overcome with smoke. The caretaker who chauffeured the Marsdens to the party races out of the hotel with the children and is hailed a hero.

Scully takes advantage of Mulder's hospital stay to fill him in on her research. She believes the arsonist uses a highly flammable accelerant, such as rocket propellant, to fuel the fires. Scully also suspects she may have pinpointed the arsonist, a man named Cecil L'Ively, who acted as caretaker for two of the victims. They come to realize that the Marsden's caretaker is the same man.

The detectives rush to the house in Cape Cod and evacuate the family. Mulder catches Greene sharing a passionate kiss with Sir Marsden, ending his interest in her. Mulder and Scully encounter Bob/Cecil, who has rigged the entire dwelling to catch fire. Mulder confronts Cecil, overcoming his fear to some extent. Cecil rushes down the stairs, where Phoebe splashes accelerant on him and he bursts into flames. Mulder and the others escape from the house and watch as it is consumed in fire.

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THE X-FILES "Fire"
#1X11
Original Air Date: 12/17/93

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Also Starring:

MARK SHEPPARD as Bob the Caretaker/Cecil L'Ively
AMANDA PAYS as Phoebe Green
DAN LETT as Sir Malcolm Marsden
DUNCAN FRASER as Beatty
LYNDA BOYD as the Bar Patron
LAURIE PATON as Lady Malcolm
PHIL HAYES as Driver #1
CHRISTOPHER GRAY as Jimmie
ALAN ROBERTSON as the Gray-Haired Man
KEEGAN MACINTOSH as Michael

Written by:

CHRIS CARTER

Directed by:

LARRY SHAW

"Scully believes that the psychic predictions of a death row inmate are the only hope in apprehending a vicious murderer."

Scully receives a phone call from her mother, Margaret, relaying the tragic news that her father died of a massive coronary. Only moments earlier, Scully had seen an ethereal image of her father sitting in a chair.

Scully returns to work anxious for a new case to keep her mind off her father's death. Her curiosity is piqued by a report of a young couple's kidnapping near Jackson University. A similar abduction occurred at another university exactly one year earlier. The bodies of that couple were later found. Authorities believed they had been tortured.

The only lead in the case is a man named Luther Lee Boggs, who is scheduled for execution in North Carolina's gas chamber in one week. Boggs asserts that he knows who the serial killer is, and backs up that claim by describing a charm bracelet worn by one of the victims. He alleges that his knowledge is obtained from psychic transmissions. He makes a proposition: that his information be traded for a reprieve from death row. Before traveling to North Carolina, Scully attends memorial services for her father. Captain William Scully's ashes are scattered at sea as the song "Beyond the Sea" is played.

The agents meet with Boggs at the North Carolina prison where he is interred. Mulder hands Boggs a small piece of cloth from an evidence bag. Boggs falls into a trance and describes landmarks near the kidnapper's hideout. Mulder then reveals that the cloth was cut from one of his own T-shirts and has nothing to do with the victims. Convinced Boggs is a fraud, Mulder exits, leaving Scully alone with Boggs. He begins singing "Beyond the Sea", causing a reaction from Scully.

While driving along a roadway, Scully becomes intrigued by imagery described by Boggs during his trance. She enters an abandoned warehouse nearby and discovers evidence that the kidnapped couple had been held there.

Police are notified about the warehouse's location. Scully cannot bring herself to tell Mulder about her father's ghost, or about Boggs' singing. Mulder concludes that Boggs is in contact with someone involved with the kidnapping rather than the spirit world. When the agents meet with Boggs a second time he tells them that the victims are being held at a boathouse on a lake. Agents raid the boathouse and rescue one of the victims, Liz Hawley. Mulder is shot at close range by the kidnapper, Lucas Henry, who proceeds to escape on a motorboat with the remaining victim, Jim Summers.

With Mulder recuperating in the hospital, Scully concentrates on locating Lucas Henry. She again interviews Boggs, who relives his near-death experience in the gas chamber when he was saved by a last minute reprieve. It was during this brief out-of-body experience that Boggs first came in contact with the spirit world. He refuses to reveal more details of Jim Summer's whereabouts until he is guaranteed that his execution sentence has been dropped.

Scully approaches the Warden for a stay of execution, but the request is denied. Left with no other choice, Scully lies to Boggs, telling him his sentence has been reduced to life in prison. Boggs channels with the spirit world and describes a condemned brewery as Henry's new hideout. He then tells Scully he knew she lied to him about the pardon. Scully and other agents converge on the brewery, rescuing Jim Summers. Henry refuses to give himself up and is killed. Later, Scully breaks her promise to witness Boggs' execution, struggling even in the end between her desire to believe and her determination to remain rational.

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THE X-FILES "Beyond the Sea"
#1X12
Original Air Date: 01/07/94

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Also Starring:

BRAD DOURIF as Luther Lee Boggs
DON DAVIS as Captain William Scully
SHEILA LARKEN as Margaret Scully
FRED HENDERSON as Special Agent Thomas
LISA VULTAGGIO as Liz Hawley
CHAD WILLET as Jim Summers
LAWRENCE KING as Lucas Jackson Henry
DON MACKAY as Warden Joseph Cash
KATHERYNN CHISHOLM as the Nurse
RANDY LEE as the Paramedic
LEN ROSE as the E.R. Doctor

Written by:

GLEN MORGAN & JAMES WONG

Directed by:

DAVID NUTTER

"A religious sect member capable of changing gender becomes the prime suspect in a murder spree."

A woman named Marty seduces a businessman at a trendy nightclub. The couple go to a motel and have sex. Shortly thereafter the businessman begins convulsing and dies. Before Marty leaves the motel, her physique changes and she metamorphoses into a man.

Mulder and Scully are assigned to investigate the case. Mulder links the death to a series of others in which victims died in the throes of passion. Medical tests reveal large amounts of pheromones in the victim's blood. He also links two of the murders to a remote town in Massachusetts inhabited by The Kindred - a sect of religious isolationists famous for their abstinence and pure Christian beliefs.

The agents travel to the rural village, where sect members allow them access to their community only after they relinquish their guns. As Mulder and Scully dine with The Kindred, Brother Aaron suddenly begins choking. Scully is forbidden by the other sect members from aiding Brother Aaron, and he is led away.

The agents perform some clandestine investigating during the night. They are intrigued by activity emanating from a cellar beneath a barn. Mulder makes his way inside and watches a ceremony centering around Brother Aaron's body. In his effort to keep his presence a secret, Mulder becomes trapped inside a crypt where Aaron's body is entombed in a strange, membranous substance. He watches as Brother Aaron's body begins transforming into a woman.

Scully, meanwhile, has been pulled aside by Brother Andrew, a handsome sect member who possesses a mysterious hypnotic power. Andrew tells Scully he believes the murders were committed by Brother Martin. But before he reveals how Martin killed, Andrew places Scully in a trance and begins kissing her. Mulder breaks out of the crypt and rescues Scully before Andrew takes further advantage of her.

Mulder and Scully are permitted to leave the town. They receive a break in the case when one of Martin's intended victims escapes harmed, but alive. He describes how his attacker changed gender right before his eyes.

Police track Marty to a hotel after he/she orders food using a victim's credit card. Mulder and Scully raid a hotel room and encounter Marty and his latest victim. Marty flees but agents give chase. Before they can apprehend Marty, however, he/she is surrounded by fellow Kindred members and dragged into the darkness.

Scully, Mulder and other F.B.I. agents raid the village where the sect lives. But they find the village completely deserted. The only clue left is a distinctive crop circle near the barn.

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THE X-FILES "Genderbender"
#1X13
Original Air Date: 01/21/94

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Also Starring:

BRENT HINKLEY as Brother Andrew
DAVID THOMSON as Brother Oakley
KATE TWA as Marty (female)
PETER STEBBINGS as Marty (male)
MITCHELL KOSTERMAN as Detective Horton
MICHELE GOODGER as Sister Abigail
AUNDREA MACDONALD as the Pretty Woman
JOHN R. TAYLOR as the Husband
GRAI CARRINGTON as the Tall Man
TONY MORELLI as the Cop
LESLEY EWEN as Agent #1
NICHOLAS LEA as Michael
PAUL BATTEN as Brother Wilton
DOUG ABRAHAMS as Agent #2

Written by:

LARRY BARBER & PAUL BARBER

Directed by:

ROB BOWMAN

The consciousness of a dangerous criminal possesses an F.B.I. agent who is also Scully's ex-boyfriend."

Scully and fellow F.B.I. agent Jack Willis stake out a bank after an anonymous informant tips them that a robbery will take place that day. That tip proves correct when Warren Dupre and his wife Lula Phillips stage a hold up. Dupre is ordered to put down his weapon, but instead he shoots Willis in the chest. Scully returns fire and mortally wounds Dupre. At the hospital emergency room, doctors are able to resuscitate the badly injured Willis. Unbeknownst to them, Dupre's consciousness takes possession of the agent's body as he dies beside Willis.

The possessed Willis leaves his hospital room and locates his former body in the morgue. He cuts a finger off the corpse, removing a gold wedding ring. Meanwhile, Scully and Mulder begin their search for the missing Willis. When Mulder learns of the missing ring, he begins to suspect that Willis may be possessed.

Willis locates Lula's brother, Tommy, at a seedy hotel. When Tommy claims not to know Lula's whereabouts, Willis accuses him of tipping off the F.B.I. about the bank robbery. He sees Lula's photograph being broadcast on a local television news program and grows enraged. He shoots and kills Tommy.

Willis reappears at the hotel during the murder investigation. He explains his absence by claiming he wandered from the hotel in a daze and collapsed in the street. Mulder discovers a fresh fingerprint on Tommy's television set-a print left by Willis. That evidence mysteriously disappears soon after being given to Willis.

Willis and Scully respond to a tip about Lula's whereabouts. Scully chases and eventually arrests Lula, but Willis releases her and takes Scully hostage. Dupre's spirit attempts to convince Lula that he now inhabits Willis' body. Those attempts are met with skepticism until Willis reveals intimate details about Lula's life.

Scully tells Dupre's consciousness that Willis is a diabetic and that excess sugar could induce a coma. When a drug store is robbed of insulin and syringes, Mulder suspects that Scully's location must be close by.

Before Willis can inject the insulin, Lula smashes the bottles. She laughs at Willis, revealing that it was she-and not her brother Tommy-who tipped off the F.B.I. about the bank robbery. With Willis now gravely ill, Lula phones F.B.I. headquarters and demands a million dollars ransom for Scully's safe return. Analyzing the phone call for clues, Mulder and his fellow agents narrow the scope of their search.

Willis feigns his death and grabs Lula's gun, pointing it at her. He proclaims his intense love for Lula, then pulls the trigger. F.B.I. agents storm the house, but Willis' body succumbs to diabetic shock and dies. Scully is located and released unharmed.

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THE X-FILES "Lazarus"
#1X114
Original Air Date: 02/04/94

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Also Starring:

CHRISTOPHER ALLPORT as Special Agent Jack Willis
JASON SCHOMBING as Warren James Dupre
CEC VERRELL as Lula Philips
CALLUM KEITH RENNIE as Tommy
PETER KELAMIS as O'Dell
JAY BRAZEAU as Professor Varnes
JACKSON DAVIES as Agent Bruskin
LISA BUNTING as Doctor #1
RUSSEL HAMILTON as Officer Daniels
BRENDA CRICHLOW as the Reporter
ALEXANDER BOYNTON as the Clean Cut Man
MARK SAUNDERS as Doctor #2

Written by:

ALEX GANSA & HOWARD GORDON

Directed by:

DAVID NUTTER

"A criminal believed to have died in prison years earlier wages a vendetta against Mulder."

Mulder and Scully are asked by Special Agent Reggie Purdue to aid in the investigation of a jewelry store robbery. Mulder realizes his old friend Purdue requested his assistance with the case because of a note found at the crime scene that reads: "Fox can't guard the chicken coop." Mulder explains to Scully that his first F.B.I. case involved an armed robber named John Barnett, who left notes that taunted Mulder about the crime spree. Barnett was eventually captured and sentenced to life in prison, where he died four years earlier. Mulder is disquieted when a lab technician analyzes the note and concludes it was most likely written by Barnett within the last forty-eight hours.

Meanwhile, Scully and Purdue review video surveillance footage of Barnett's capture by the F.B.I. years earlier. In the footage, Mulder had the opportunity to kill Barnett, but hesitated because of F.B.I. procedures regarding hostage situations. That hesitation allowed Barnett time to kill an armored car driver and an F.B.I. agent. Mulder returned fire, wounding Barnett. Mulder never forgave himself for the error. During the trial, Barnett swore he would get Mulder.

Scully and Mulder visit Barnett's old prison cell mate, Joe Crandall, who swears Barnett was alive on the night he supposedly died. He also claims he saw a prison physician, Dr. Ridley, amputate Barnett's right hand. Mulder phones Purdue with the news, but during the conversation Purdue is attacked and strangled. Mulder and Scully rush to the scene but arrive too late. Another of Barnett's notes is found on Purdue's body.

The agents pay a visit to the National Institute of Health, where they meet Dr. Austin. He explains that Dr. Ridley experimented on young children afflicted with a disease called Progeria, which accelerates the aging process and causes premature death. Ridley lost his license to practice medicine and performed age-reversal experiments in secret. Mulder becomes convinced that Barnett was one of Ridley's guinea pigs, and may now sport the physique of a younger man.

Mulder and Scully are approached by the now-ailing Dr. Ridley, who tells them that Barnett is the last of his patients who is still alive. Ridley explains that he used a different technique on Barnett. He grafted the cells of a salamander onto his arm. Those cells grew and mutated into Barrett's new hand. Mulder learns from Deep Throat that Barnett stole Ridley's secrets on age-reversal and now wishes to trade the medical information to the U.S. government in exchange for immunity.

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THE X-FILES "Young at Heart"
#1X15
Original Air Date: 02/11/94

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Guest Starring:

RICHARD ANTHONY WILLIAMS as Reggie Purdue
ALAN BOYCE as Young John Barnett
DAVID PETERSON as Old John Barnett
GRAHAM JARVIS as Doctor Austin
WILLIAM B. DAVIS as the Cigarette-Smoking Man
MERRILYN GANN as the Prosecutor
JERRY HARDIN as Deep Throat
ROBIN MOSSLEY as Doctor Joe Ridley
GORDON TIPPLE as Joe Crandall
COURTNEY ARCIAGA as Progeria Victim
CHRISTINE ESTABROOK as Special Agent Henderson

Written by:

SCOTT KAUFFER and CHRIS CARTER

Directed by:

MICHAEL LANGE

"Mulder and Scully become the focus of a misinformation campaign when they attempt to trace the government's secret transport of an alien life form."

Mulder and Scully investigate a U.F.O. sighting in Reagan, Tennessee. They interview a truck driver named Ranheim, who claims he fired his shotgun at a mysterious object in the sky. Ranheim, however, changes the details of his story, prompting Mulder to speculate that he has something to hide. The agents also realize that Ranheim exhibits symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome, an illness that normally afflicts veterans of the conflict in Iraq. Ranheim claims he is not a veteran of that war.

After further investigation, Scully discovers that Ranheim's real name is Frank Druce, a former Special Operations officer in Iraq who had been admitted to VA hospitals for treatment of his illness. Meanwhile, Mulder receives top secret information from Deep Throat that Druce was transporting the wreckage of a U.F.O. that was shot down over Iraqi air space. But other evidence hints that the truck is a decoy, and that the real wreckage is actually being kept at Fort Benning in Georgia. Mulder and Scully realize that Deep Throat has been deliberately leaking them misinformation.

When Mulder confronts Deep Throat, he admits that he tried to lead the investigation away from the truck. He justifies his action by stating that the country is not ready to comprehend a closely guarded government secret. He also confirms that the agents are under constant surveillance.

Determined to uncover the truth, Mulder and Scully resume their search for the truck. Their diligence pays off, and the vehicle is located on a remote roadway. While surveying the truck from afar, the agents' vehicle is suddenly engulfed by an intense light. The truck comes to a stop and the agents open its doors. Inside, they find evidence that suggests an Extraterrestrial Biological Entity, or E.B.E., had been inside.

Mulder and Scully suspect that the E.B.E. had been shuttled to a top secret government facility where a host of U.F.O. sightings had been reported in the previous week. With the aid of an extreme government watchdog group called The Lone Gunman, the agents gain access to the heavily-guarded facility. The agents' presence is detected and they are taken into custody, but not before Mulder comes close to seeing the E.B.E.

Deep Throat comes to Mulder's aid. He reveals that after the Roswell U.F.O. incident in 1947, the most powerful governments in the world signed a top secret treaty ordering the execution of any E.B.E. that might survive a U.F.O. crash. Deep Throat reveals that he carried out the murder of the E.B.E., and to atone for his act, he will continue to leak Mulder top secret information. Mulder is released, but he remains unsure that Deep Throat is telling the truth.

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THE X-FILES "E.B.E."
#1X16
Original Air Date: 02/18/94

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Guest Starring:

JERRY HARDIN as Deep Throat
ALLAN LYSELL as Chief Rivers
PETER LACROIX as Ranheim/Druse
BRUCE HARWOOD as Byers
DEAN HAGLUND as Langly
TOM BRAIDWOOD as Frohike

Written by:

GLEN MORGAN & JAMES WONG

Directed by:

WILLIAM GRAHAM

"The agents investigate a ministry led by a man whose son possesses the power to heal and to kill with a touch of his hand."

Mulder's curiosity is piqued when Scully plays him a video tape on which the Reverend Calvin Hartley and his eighteen year-old adopted son Samuel hold a service for their Miracle Ministry congregation. As the tape progresses, Samuel places his hand on an ailing woman. Scully explains that the woman was rushed to the hospital, where she died of undetermined causes.

The agents travel to a remote town in Tennessee where Reverend Hartley and his followers began their base of operations. There they confer with Sheriff Daniels, who explains his belief that Samuel literally possesses the touch of death. Samuel mysteriously disappears, but he is tracked to a bar. Daniels charges him with suspicion of murder and places him under arrest. At the courthouse, Samuel requests that the judge not release him on bail, fearing he may again kill another parishioner if he is let free. But the judge concedes to a bail request, which would allow Samuel to be released. Suddenly, and inexplicably, the courtroom is engulfed by a swarm of locusts, which Samuel cries is a sign from God that he must not be set free.

Once Samuel is released, Reverend Hartley pressures Samuel to perform miracles at another church meeting. But as Mulder and Scully watch, the event again turns tragic when a Multiple Sclerosis sufferer lapses into a seizure and dies.

A preliminary autopsy suggests the woman, Margaret Hohman, died of cyanide poisoning. Mulder suspects that Samuel is innocent, and that someone else is poisoning the parishioners of Miracle Ministries. Mulder relays his conclusion to Sheriff Daniels, and soon afterward Samuel is found dead in his jail cell, victim of a savage beating.

The agents return to the courthouse where Samuel was arraigned and find evidence that someone dumped locusts into the ventilation system. They trace the insects-and a highly-poisonous cyanide-to Leonard Vance, an accident victim that Samuel brought back to life. Before Vance is arrested, he has a vision of Samuel returning from the dead to ask him why he poisoned the parishioners. Vance angrily reveals his burned flesh and scar tissue, admitting that he conspired to squash the parishioner's faith in its greatest healer. Vance ingests a lethal dose of pesticide before the agents arrive at his house. That same night, a morgue nurse witnesses Samuel walk out of the morgue. His body, upon investigation, is nowhere to be found. Daniels is later approached by Deputy Tyson, who reveals that the District Attorney is investigating his role in Samuel's death.

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THE X-FILES "Miracle Man"
#1X17
Original Air Date: 03/18/94

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Guest Starring:

R.D. CALL as Sheriff Daniels
SCOTT BAIRSTOW as Samuel
GEORGE GERDES as Reverend Cal Hartley
DENNIS LIPSCOMB as Leonard Vance
CAMPBELL LANE as Margaret's Father
CHILTON CRANE as Margaret Hohman
HOWARD STOREY as the Fire Chief
LISA ANN BELEY as Beatrice Salinger
ALEX DODUK as Young Samuel
WALTER MARSH as the Judge
IRIS QUINN BERNARD as Lillian Daniels
ROGER HASKETT as Deputy Tyson

Written by:

HOWARD GORDON and CHRIS CARTER

Directed by:

MICHAEL LANGE

"The agents track a wolf-like creature linked to Native American legend."

At a remote cattle ranch in the Montana countryside, Jim Parker and his son Lyle are attacked by a ferocious, wolf-like beast. Hampered by darkness and a raging thunderstorm, Jim fires his shotgun at the creature and kills it. When he examines the body, Jim discovers he actually killed a Native American man known as Joseph Goodensnake.

Mulder convinces Scully to aid him with the investigation, which at first glance does not appear to be related to the supernatural, but rather, a tragic accident. They interview Jim Parker, who explains that someone - or something - had been mutilating his cattle. He insists that he shot a wolf-like beast with his gun - not Goodensnake. Mulder's curiosity is piqued when he discovers a piece of translucent skin where Goodensnake's body had been recovered.

The agents travel to Trego Indian Reservation, where Sheriff Charlie Tskany allows them to examine Goodensnake's body. They discover that Goodensnake's front teeth are abnormally-long, not unlike that of a wild animal. But the sheriff refuses Scully's request to perform a detailed autopsy, citing Native American burial rituals.

As members of the tribe burn Goodensnake's body at a burial ground, Mulder explains to Scully that the oldest X-file on record was created by J. Edgar Hoover. It involved a series of murders that occurred in the United States during World War II in which victims were mauled to death by what police assumed to be a wild animal. An animal was tracked and killed by police, but when they retrieved the carcass, they found only the body of a man. Scully insists it is physically impossible for a human to change form.

Lyle Parker arrives at the burial grounds to offer his condolences to Goodensnake's sister, Gwen. She becomes distraught and insists that he leave.

Not long after the cremation, Mulder and Scully discover Jim Parker's mutilated corpse at his ranch. They also find Lyle Parker, lying naked in the mud nearby. Scully transports Lyle to the hospital for treatment while Mulder and Sheriff Tskany continue the investigation.

Tskany takes Mulder to the home of Ish, an elderly mystic Native American. Ish explains that the attacks that occurred during World War II were the result of a Manitou, an evil spirit capable of changing a man into a beast. Tskany speculates that because the power is passed through bloodlines, Gwen too may be a shape-shifter, and she may have killed Jim Parker to avenge her brother's death. But when Gwen is interviewed, she claims she saw a wolf-like creature attack and kill Jim Parker.

Mulder and Tskany realize that Lyle may have contracted the shape-shifting power after he was mauled by the beast. They race back to the Parker ranch, where Mulder rescues Scully by shooting and killing a wolf-creature. Moments later, the creature reverts to Lyle's form.

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THE X-FILES "Shapes"
#1X18
Original Air Date: 4/1/94

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Guest Starring:

TY MILLER as Lyle Parker
MICHAEL HORSE as Charley Tskany
DONNELLY RHODES as Jim Parker
JIMMY HERMAN as Ish
RENAE MORRISEAU as Gwen Goodensnake
DWIGHT MCFEE as David Gates
PAUL MCLEAN as Doctor Josephs

Written by:

MARILYN OSBORNE

Directed by:

DAVID NUTTER

"A group of loggers working in a remote forest unearth thousands of deadly insect-like creatures that paralyze and then cocoon their victims."

Mulder and Scully investigate the disappearance of thirty loggers who were clearing trees in a remote forest in Washington State. They join forces with Larry Moore, a member of the Federal Forest Service, and Steve Humphreys, an employee of the lumber company. Moore and Humphreys suspect that the loggers may have been victimized by militant environmentalists - or ecoterrorists - who have waged a campaign of destruction against lumber companies in retaliation for ruining American forests.

As the group travels along a dirt road, a tire on their 4x4 falls victim to sabotage. Left with little choice, the foursome set out on foot. They discover a deserted logger's encampment, and hanging from a nearby tree, a strange cocoon-like object. When the cocoon is cut open, the group finds a grotesquely shrunken corpse inside. Shortly thereafter, Doug Spinney, an ecoterrorist suspected of sabotaging equipment, arrives at the camp on foot, his jeep having run out of gasoline. He warns that strange, insect-like creatures inhabit the forest, and when darkness falls they descend from the sky in search of prey. The only thing the creatures fear, Spinney adds, is light.

Mulder, Scully, Moore and Spinney examine a giant tree trunk lying in the woods. Moore takes a core sample, and finds tiny insects feeding in its center. This leads to speculation that the once dormant creatures were released when the loggers cut down the tree.

Mulder allows Spinney to transport the remaining gasoline used to fuel the cabin's generator to the stalled jeep-which is two valleys away. Moore chastises Mulder's decision, certain the creatures will attack once darkness falls and the generator runs out of fuel. Scully panics when millions of the phosphorescent bugs swarm inside the cabin, waiting for the last glow of a lightbulb to fade. However, the fuel in the generator lasts until sunrise, keeping one light glowing, and sparing the group a grisly fate. Realizing they will be attacked come nightfall, the threesome decide to carry a good tire from one of the sabotaged vehicles to the abandoned 4x4. When they locate the 4x4, they are horrified to discover Humphrey's cocooned corpse inside.

Spinney suddenly appears with the jeep as he had promised. He transports the others through the forest at a high rate of speed, hoping to outrun the darkness. Along the way, the jeep's tires are punctured by a sharp metal device Spinney himself had planted on the dirt road to sabotage the logger's vehicles. A swarm of insects descends upon the jeep. The group is rescued by military medical personnel, then transported to a hospital for treatment.

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THE X-FILES "Darkness Falls"
#1X19
Original Air Date: 04/15/94

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Guest Starring:

JASON BEGHE as Larry Moore
TOM O'ROURKE as Steve Humphreys
TITUS WELLIVER as Doug Spinney
BARRY GREENE as Perkins
DAVID HAY as the Clean-Suited Man
KEN TREMBLETT as Dyer

Written by:

CHRIS CARTER

Directed by:

JOE NAPOLITANO

"Eugene Tooms, whom Mulder helped incarcerate, is released on parole."

Scully is told by her superiors that the investigation of all X-files cases must adhere to proper F.B.I. procedures. She counters that the extraordinary nature of the cases dictates that unorthodox means of investigation be utilized, but her objection is overruled.

Meanwhile, Eugene Tooms, a serial killer with unusual abilities, is interviewed by a parole board. Mulder, who helped incarcerate Tooms, testifies at the hearing. Those present at the review question Mulder's credibility when he claims that Tooms' murder spree spanned some one-hundred years, and that Tooms is capable of elongating his body - a genetic mutation also dictating that he ingest human livers.

Tooms is released from the sanitarium and placed under the care of Doctor Aaron Monte. Mulder is certain that Tooms will commit another murder the moment the opportunity presents itself. While Mulder keeps constant surveillance over Tooms, Scully researches the earlier murders hoping to prove that Tooms was responsible.

Scully calls on the services of Frank Briggs, a retired police detective who accumulated evidence surrounding the murders-a series of five killings that occur once every thirty years. He notes that in 1933, a human liver was discovered near a then-under-construction chemical plant, but the body of the victim was never recovered. Briggs believes that Tooms hid the body because something about the corpse could tie him to the killing.

Scully and Briggs venture to the chemical plant and recover a body entombed deep inside the cement foundation. Using sophisticated computer enhancement, a bite mark on the victim's body is matched to Tooms' dental records.

Tooms charges that Mulder beat him up. Mulder is arrested and interrogated. He vehemently denies the false allegations but cannot disprove them. Scully backs him up by claiming she was with him when the beating allegedly transpired. Mulder is released, but warned to stay far away from Tooms.

Mulder and Scully discover the body of Dr. Monte. Realizing that Tooms will try to hibernate for another thirty years, Mulder and Scully rush to the location where he had previously nested. In place of the dilapidated building stands a shopping mall.

Mulder guesses that an escalator shaft is the likeliest place Tooms would have made the new nest. He climbs inside the darkened shaft, a flashlight illuminating his path. Tooms suddenly springs out of the darkness and attacks Mulder. With Scully's help, the agent struggles free. Tooms becomes entangled in the escalator's gears and is crushed to death.

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THE X-FILES "Tooms"
#1X20
Original Air Date: 04/22/94

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Guest Starring:

DOUG HUTCHISON as Eugene Victor Tooms
PAUL BEN VICTOR as Doctor Aaron Monte
MITCH PILEGGI as Assistant Director Walter Skinner
WILLIAM B. DAVIS as the Cigarette-Smoking Man
TIMOTHY WEBBER as Detective Talbot
FRANK C. TURNER as Doctor Collins
GILLIAN CARFRA as Christine Ranford
PAT BERMEL as Frank Ranford
JAN D'ARCY as Judge Kann
JERRY WASSERMAN as Doctor Plith
MIKAL DUGHI as Doctor Karetzky
GLYNIS DAVIES as Nelson
STEVE ADAMS as Myers
ANDRE DANIELS as Arlan Green
CATHERINE LOUGH as Doctor Richmond
HENRY BECKMAN as Detective Frank Briggs

Written by:

GLEN MORGAN & JAMES WONG

Directed by:

DAVID NUTTER

"An eight year-old girl is the prime suspect in a series of bizarre, seemingly unrelated deaths."

Detective Sharon Lazard discovers an eight year-old girl lost and shivering outside a boarded up storefront. Lazard transports the girl to the precinct where she is questioned by Detective Barbala. During the course of the interview, Barbala is suddenly hurled out a window. He falls six stories to his death. Due to the mysterious nature of the death, Mulder and Scully are called to the scene.

Lazard is convinced that Barbala was alone with Michelle when the tragedy occurred. She is also convinced that Barbala did not commit suicide. Michelle tells the agents that another man was present in the room when Barbala died. The description Michelle provides matches the likeness of Officer Charlie Morris - who died nine years earlier.

The agents question Morris' former partner, Tony Fiore, who states that Morris was murdered by a gang after a drug deal soured. In reality, Fiore and an insurance salesman named Len Felder plotted to kill Morris as part of an insurance scam. When Felder disembarks from a city bus, his scarf becomes caught in the vehicle's door. As the bus continues its journey, Felder is dragged to his death.

Michelle, a passenger aboard the bus, stares at Felder's motionless body. After further investigation, the agents piece together the connection between the dead men and the insurance scam. They question Tony's wife Anita, who is concerned for her husband's safety because he did not return home from work. During the course of the interview, Anita likens the incident to the disappearance of her first husband - Charlie Morris.

Scully and Mulder become intrigued by origami animals found throughout the home, figures similar to those folded by Michelle. Mulder concludes that Michelle is the reincarnation of Charlie Morris, who is avenging his murder by killing the participants. Michelle is placed under hypnosis, but when Charlie's spirit begins to relive the murder, Michelle's mother Cynthia halts the experiment.

A video tape of the session is analyzed using sophisticated equipment. It reveals an image of a man in a diving suit. Autopsy reports indicate that Morris drowned, then his body was beaten to cover up the truth. Mulder concludes that Morris was drowned in his own fish tank, and the last image he saw was that of the deep sea diver-aerator.

The agents rush to Tony Fiore's house. Inside, Michelle uses her psychokinetic powers to hurl objects at Tony with great force. Mulder and Scully gain entrance to the home and calm Michelle, whose powers subside with her anger. Fiore is tried and convicted of Morris' murder. Michelle's life returns to normal.

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THE X-FILES "Born Again"
#1X21
Original Air Date: 4/29/94

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Guest Starring:

BRIAN MARKINSON as Tony Fiore
MIMI LIEBER as Anita Fiore
MAGGIE WHEELER as Detective Sharon Lazard
DEY YOUNG as Judy Bishop
ANDREA LIBMAN as Michelle Bishop
P. LYNN JOHNSON as Doctor Sheila Braun
LESLIE CARLSON as Doctor Spitz
RICHARD SALI as Doctor Felder
DWIGHT KOSS as Detective Barbala
PETER LAPRES as Harry Linhart

Written by:

HOWARD GORDON & ALEX GANSA

Directed by:

JERROLD FREEDMAN

"When top scientists at an aeronautics research lab die under mysterious circumstances, the agents suspects a mentally challenged janitor may somehow be the culprit."

Mulder and Scully investigate the death of Dr. Ronald Surnow, an aeronautical scientist, who was developing a jet engine that could double supersonic speeds using half the fuel. Surnow was sucked into the engine when he became trapped inside a wind tunnel. Surnow's colleagues, Doctors Keats and Nollette, tell the agents that another member of the team, Arthur Gamble, died in a car accident not long ago.

The agents interview Roland Fuller, a mentally-challenged janitor, who was the only other person inside the lab at the time of the incident. Mulder is intrigued by Roland's ability to manipulate complex numbers. However, his attempt to link Roland's handwriting with some unidentified equations on a blackboard at the lab prove unsuccessful.

Shortly thereafter, Roland murders Keats by forcing his head into a vat of liquid nitrogen and smashing his frozen skull. The agents investigate, and realize that after Keats was murdered, the perpetrator gained access to a computer file that belonged to the late Arthur Gamble. During a visit to the cryogenics lab where Gamble's head is preserved, they also discover that Gamble and Roland are identical twins.

Mulder arranges for constant surveillance of Nollette-who is most likely to be the next victim-after Roland disappears. Mulder speculates that the twin brothers share a psychic connection, and that Gamble is controlling Roland. Nollette overhears Mulder's theory and sabotages Gamble's cryogenic unit.

Roland gains access to a computer terminal and completes a simulation that pushes the jet model past Mach 15. Nollette suddenly appears, gun in hand. He thanks Roland/Gamble for solving the equation, allowing him to take credit for the work. Roland becomes enraged and overpowers Nollette. He locks the scientist inside the tunnel and starts the engine. Mulder and Scully gain access to the room and appeal to Roland - not Gamble - to remember the access code that will shut down the engine. Roland recalls the code and disengages the machine.

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THE X-FILES "Roland"
#1X22
Original Air Date: 5/6/94

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Guest Starring:

ZELJKO IVANEK as Roland Fuller
MICOLE MERCURIO as Mrs. Stodie
KERRY SANDOMIRSKY as Tracy
GARRY DAVEY as Doctor Keats
JAMES SLOYAN as Doctor Nollette
MATTHEW WALKER as Surnow
DAVE HURTUBISE as Barrington
SUE MATHEW as Lisa Howe

Written by:

Chris Ruppenthal

Directed by:

David Nutter

"Deep Throat tips Mulder to a critically important case involving a missing fugitive and the cloning of extraterrestrial viruses."

Mulder receives a cryptic tip from Deep Throat regarding an incident in which a fugitive eluded police after a high speed chase. During the escape, the suspect was shot and wounded by police before he fell into a lake. Despite many hours of dredging, the fugitive's body is not recovered. After some investigating, Mulder realizes that someone deliberately switched the car the suspect was driving with another vehicle.

The agents trace the original car to a Dr. Berube, a scientist who is not eager to cooperate with the F.B.I. investigation. With the puzzling case at a dead end, Mulder prepares to give up. Yet Deep Throat makes contact and convinces him that the case is of extreme importance. Meanwhile, Dr. Berube's dead body is discovered inside the lab.

The police end their search for the fugitive without recovering a body. When they leave the lake, the mysterious fugitive resurfaces from beneath the water. Tiny gills in his neck allowed him to remain submerged for a long period. The fugitive makes his way to the city, and after attempting to contact Berube collapses on the street. As paramedics rush the fugitive to a hospital, they insert a needle into his skin. Suddenly, a rush of toxic gas is emitted from the fugitive's body. The paramedics are overcome by the fumes and the fugitive escapes.

With the help of Dr. Carpenter, Scully analyzes a flask taken from Dr. Berube's lab. The bacteria inside is suspected of being extraterrestrial in origin.

Mulder discovers a storage room containing human bodies suspended in a clear liquid. When he returns to the room with Scully, he finds that it has been emptied. Deep Throat explains that Dr. Berube had been experimenting with extraterrestrial viruses. He used humans afflicted with terminal illnesses as his guinea pigs. The experiment was funded by the U.S. government, but officials were interested only in technology-not the patients' well being. One of those patients was Dr. Secare, a friend of Dr. Berube's. When it became clear that the government wanted Secare eliminated, Berube warned his friend and gave him his car to escape. When Secare was hunted down by police, he used his mutation to his advantage and hid beneath the lake.

Scully is stunned to learn that Dr. Carpenter was killed in a car accident. Shortly thereafter, Mulder locates Dr. Secare hiding in the attic of his house. The pair are surprised by a government official who shoots and kills Secare.

When Mulder disappears, Scully makes contact with Deep Throat. Deep Throat arranges for Scully to gain access to a top secret containment facility in Maryland. Scully steals an alien fetus, and with Deep Throat's help, arranges to exchange the fetus for Mulder. After Deep Throat makes the exchange, he is shot and killed by the government agents.

Later, Mulder tells Scully that the government is shutting down the X-files.

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THE X-FILES "The Erlenmeyer Flask"
#1X23
Original Air Date: 5/13/94

Starring:

DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

Guest Starring:

JERRY HARDIN as Deep Throat
LINDSEY GINTER as Crew-Cut Man
ANNE DESALVO as Doctor Anne Simon
SIMON WEBB as Doctor Secare
JIM LEARD as Captain Lacerio
KEN KRAMER as Doctor Berube
PHILLIP MACKENZIE as Medic
WILLIAM B. DAVIS as the Cigarette-Smoking Man
JAYLENE HAMILTON as the Reporter
MIKE MITCHELL as the First Uniformed Cop
JOHN PAYNE as Guard

Written by:

CHRIS CARTER

Directed by:

R.W. GOODWIN