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TV series

The X-Files

1993TV-1411 seasons8.4 / 10

The truth is out there.

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

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Synopsis

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

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Episode 1

The Sixth Extinction (2)

45m7.4 / 10

While Scully travels to Africa to piece together the meaning of the symbols on the spaceship beached on the Ivory Coast, Mulder is imprisoned by his own frenetic brain activity. He manages to get a message to Skinner who finds Kritschgau, and together they try to understand what is happening to Mulder before it is too late.

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Directed by Kim MannersWritten by Chris CarterGuest stars Mitch Pileggi, John Finn, Mimi Rogers, Michael Ensign, Conrad Roberts, Mari Weiss, Tony Okungbowa, Warren Sweeney

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Episode 2

The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati (3)

45m7.3 / 10

Scully frantically searches for a way to help her ailing partner without having anyone to turn to for help, while a catatonic Mulder's dreams lead him away from his mission and the X-Files to a place which he believes is a better life.

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Directed by Michael W. WatkinsWritten by David Duchovny, Chris CarterGuest stars Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, John Finn, Megan Leitch, Mimi Rogers, Brian George, David Brisbin, Warren Sweeney

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Episode 3

Hungry

45m7.5 / 10

A monster who feeds on human brain matter tries to lead a normal life, but he soon cannot control his feelings of hunger.

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Directed by Kim MannersWritten by Vince GilliganGuest stars Judith Hoag, Chad Donella, Mark Pellegrino, Bill Lee Brown, Lois Foraker, Steve Kiziak, Kerry Zook, Susan Slome

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Episode 4

Millennium

45m7.6 / 10

As the year 2000 draws closer, the agents are up against a man from the Millennium Group who believes that he can bring about the end of the world on the 31st of December if he resurrects four former members from the dead. To gain more insight into the group and its practices, Mulder and Scully enlist criminal profiler Frank Black to assist them in the investigation.

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Directed by Thomas J. WrightWritten by Vince Gilligan, Frank SpotnitzGuest stars Mitch Pileggi, Brittany Tiplady, Colby French, Octavia Spencer, Holmes Osborne, Lance Henriksen, Marilyn McIntyre, Romy Walthall

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Episode 5

Rush

45m7.3 / 10

A young man who has gained the ability to move faster than the eye can see begins to use his new power to kill his enemies, including the local sheriff who happens to be his father.

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Directed by Rob LiebermanWritten by David AmannGuest stars Rodney Scott, Nicki Aycox, Ann Dowd, Scott Cooper, Tom Bower, David Wells, Les Lannom, Christopher Wynne

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Episode 6

The Goldberg Variation

45m7.9 / 10

Mulder and Scully get caught in a real-life Rube Goldberg device when they meet Henry Weems, who just may be the luckiest man on Earth - except everyone around him doesn't seem to be that lucky.

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Directed by Thomas J. WrightWritten by Jeffrey BellGuest stars Alyson Reed, Ernie Lee Banks, Nicholas Worth, Tony Longo, Ramy Zada, Shia LaBeouf, Dom Magwili, Marshall Manesh

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Episode 7

Orison

45m7.2 / 10

Reverend Orison hopes to save Donnie Pfaster's soul by helping him break out of prison, but Donnie immediately plans to go after the victim that once escaped him... Scully.

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Directed by Rob BowmanWritten by Chip JohannessenGuest stars Nick Chinlund, Emilio Rivera, Scott Wilson, Steve Rankin, Rick Cramer, Irene Muzzy, Eric Buker, Lisa Arch

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Episode 8

The Amazing Maleeni

45m7.6 / 10

When a small-time magician performs a trick where it appears that he turns his head all the way around but is then found in his van dead with his head neatly sawed off, Mulder and Scully suspect he was murdered and get caught up in an intricate scheme planned by two magicians trying to rob a bank.

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Directed by Thomas J. WrightWritten by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank SpotnitzGuest stars Robert LaSardo, Ricky Jay, Jim Maniaci, Jonathan Levit, Rick Marzan, Dennis Keiffer, Mark Chaet, Sherri Howard

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Episode 9

Signs and Wonders

45m6.5 / 10

Snakes are killing the unrighteous, but Mulder and Scully doubt that this is a case of divine intervention.

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Directed by Kim MannersWritten by Jeffrey BellGuest stars Randy Oglesby, Tracy Middendorf, Michael Childers, Eric Nenninger, Beth Grant, Clement Blake, Philip Lenkowsky, Dan Manning

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Episode 10

Sein Und Zeit (1)

45m7.6 / 10

A young girl inexplicably disappears from her home, and Mulder requests the case even though it is a full FBI matter, not just an X-File. When Mulder takes some outrageous leaps to convince the girl's parents that she will be found, Scully fears that Mulder is becoming too personally involved with the case because of his sister's abduction.

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Directed by Michael W. WatkinsWritten by Chris Carter, Frank SpotnitzGuest stars Mitch Pileggi, Shareen Mitchell, Megan Corletto, Spencer Garrett, Kim Darby, Randall Bosley, John Bisom, John Harnagel

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Episode 11

Closure (2)

45m7.2 / 10

After arresting the murderer of Amber-Lynn LaPierre and discovering a mass grave site containing the bodies of dozens of missing children, a man comes to Mulder and claims to have had visions of other victims who aren't buried at the site. Despite Scully's objections, he takes Mulder on a journey which reveals what truly happened to his sister.

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Directed by Kim MannersWritten by Chris Carter, Frank SpotnitzGuest stars Mitch Pileggi, Anthony Heald, Mimi Paley, Megan Corletto, Patience Cleveland, Stanley Anderson, Ed Beechner, Hal Fort Atkinson

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Episode 12

X-Cops

45m7.3 / 10

A Los Angeles police officer who is being filmed for the show COPS is attacked by a strange monster and Mulder and Scully are investigating the case. Scully is wary of having their faces put on national television but Mulder welcomes the publicity.

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Directed by Michael W. WatkinsWritten by Vince GilliganGuest stars Judson Mills, Tara Karsian, Lombardo Boyar, Michael Maher, Dee Freeman, Curtis C., J.W. Smith, Daniel Emmett

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Episode 13

First Person Shooter

45m6.0 / 10

The Lone Gunmen call Mulder and Scully to a virtual reality development lab where they learn that one of the program testers was killed inside the computer generated game environment by the digital image of a woman. Needing to get his yah-yah's, Mulder enters the game to fight the woman, but Scully must step in to save him.

Episode credits

Directed by Chris CarterWritten by William Gibson, Tom MaddoxGuest stars Michael Bower, Constance Zimmer, Krista Allen, Jamie Marsh, Billy Ray Gallion, James Geraldne, John Marrott, Christopher Ng

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Episode 14

Theef

45m6.7 / 10

Mulder and Scully suspect that hexcraft is the source of threats against a doctor's family.

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Directed by Kim MannersWritten by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank SpotnitzGuest stars Billy Drago, James Morrison, Sage Allen, Tom Dahlgren, Kate McNeil, Cara Jedell, Matthew Sutherland, Michael Sidney

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Episode 15

En Ami

45m7.6 / 10

The Cigarette-Smoking Man offers to show Scully the cure for all diseases if she travels with him, but on one condition: Mulder must not know about her trip.

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Directed by Rob BowmanWritten by William B. DavisGuest stars Mitch Pileggi, Timothy Landfield, Michael Shamus Wiles, Michael Canavan, Cory Parravano, Louise Latham, Jacqueline Schultz, William B. Davis

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Episode 16

Chimera

45m6.9 / 10

As Mulder investigates a missing person case with a key feature being a menacing raven, he learns to enjoy the creature comforts of a well-tended home while Scully must tough it out on an uncomfortable stakeout.

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Directed by Cliff BoleWritten by David AmannGuest stars Mitch Pileggi, Ashley Edner, Wendy Schaal, Michelle Joyner, Gina Mastrogiacomo, F. William Parker, John Mese, Charles Hoyes

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Episode 17

all things

45m6.7 / 10

A series of coincidences leads Scully to a married man she had an affair with during medical school but left him to protect his family.

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Directed by Gillian AndersonWritten by Gillian AndersonGuest stars Stacy Haiduk, Elayn J. Taylor, Stephen Hornyak, Nicolas Surovy, Carol Banker, Victoria Faerber, Scott Vance, Cheryl White

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Episode 18

Brand X

45m7.5 / 10

While protecting a man due to testify against the Morley cigarette company, Skinner is horrified when the witness dies mysteriously. What the agents soon discover is that a new brand of cigarette has a dangerous secret.

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Directed by Kim MannersWritten by Steven Maeda, Greg WalkerGuest stars Mitch Pileggi, Tobin Bell, Dennis Boutsikaris, Richard Cox, Arthur Rosenberg, Shannon O'Hurley, Mike Hungerford, Pat Destro

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Episode 19

Hollywood A.D.

45m6.7 / 10

Mulder and Scully watch a movie with themselves as characters and are thoroughly disgusted at how they and their case are portrayed on the big screen. They recount how 18 months earlier they were followed around by a Hollywood producer while investigating a case concerning The Lazarus Bowl - a mythical piece of pottery reputed to have inscribed on it the words that Jesus Christ spoke when he raised Lazarus from the dead.

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Directed by David DuchovnyWritten by David DuchovnyGuest stars Mitch Pileggi, Wayne Federman, Harris Yulin, Minnie Driver, Garry Shandling, Chris Carter, Paul Lieber, Tim Roe

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Episode 20

Fight Club

45m5.9 / 10

Mulder and Scully cross paths with two women who are identical and have followed each other across 17 states in the last three years, causing chaos and mayhem wherever they are.

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Directed by Paul ShapiroWritten by Chris CarterGuest stars Kathy Griffin, Jim Hanna, Gene LeBell, Randall 'Tex' Cobb, Jack McGee, Art Evans, Rob Szatkowski, Cory Blevins

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Episode 21

Je Souhaite

45m7.8 / 10

Mulder and Scully discover a genie in a rug who, after 500 years of granting wishes, has come to the conclusion that people are still as greedy and self-centered as they always have been, and she begins to corrupt the wishes she grants if they are not specific enough.

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Directed by Vince GilliganWritten by Vince GilliganGuest stars Mitch Pileggi, Will Sasso, Kevin Weisman, Paula Sorge, Brett Bell, Paul Hayes

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Episode 22

Requiem

45m8.0 / 10finale

Mulder and Scully return to the town of their first X-Files investigation where a UFO has crashed in the forest. The Cigarette-Smoking Man arranges for Krycek to be released from prison in order for him to make contact with the aliens and begin rebuilding the "Project", while Scully's health appears to be taking a turn.

Episode credits

Directed by Kim MannersWritten by Chris CarterGuest stars Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Sarah Koskoff, Leon Russom, Brian Thompson, Zachary Ansley, Laurie Holden

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Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026

More about The X-Files

Cast

David DuchovnyFox Mulder
Gillian AndersonDana Scully
Robert PatrickJohn Doggett
Annabeth GishMonica Reyes
Mitch PileggiWalter Skinner
Cary ElwesBrad Follmer
John FinnMichael Kritschgau
William B. DavisCigarette Smoking Man

Credits

Created by
Chris Carter

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
218
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • FOXUnited States
  • Ten Thirteen ProductionsUnited States
  • 20th Century Fox TelevisionUnited States

Themes

alienamerican folkloreconspiracyfbifbi agentgovernment cover-upinvestigationparanormal investigation