Season 1

#1 Pilot Episode (Sept 10, 1993)

An FBI agent is teamed with a partner to investigate cases involving paranormal phenomena. First up young adults are being murdered after seeing a mysterious light.

#2 Deep Throat (Sept 17, 1993)

Scully and Mulder investigate a military base that could be using alien technology; Mulder makes contact with a Washington insider with important information---and a warning.

#3 Squeeze (Sept 24, 1993)

Scully helps an agent pursue a killer, Eugene Tooms, who Mulder theorizes might have been murdering victims for 100 years.

#4 Conduit (Oct 1, 1993)

When a teen vanishes and her brother begins doodling mysterious figures, Mulder is sure that the girl was abducted by aliens.

#5 The Jersey Devil (Oct 8, 1993)

An incident of cannibalism seems to be the doings of a fabled beast called the "Jersey Devil." Meanwhile, Scully goes on a date.

#6 Shadows (Oct 22, 1993)

The ghost of a presumed suicide is trying to incriminate the person responsible for his death and also protect a woman from danger.

#7 Ghost in the Machine (Oct 29, 1993)

Mulder assists with a case involving a computer that has started killing the occupants of an office building.

#8 Ice (Nov 5, 1993)

Scully and Mulder travel to the Arctic to investigate the deaths of scientists whose mission was to drill for core samples from prehistoric times.

#9 Space (Nov 12, 1993)

Scully and Mulder launch an investigation into a series of sabotage attempts against NASA's space-shuttle program.

#10 Fallen Angel (Nov 19, 1993)

Mulder's probe of a UFO crash site could lead to his expulsion from the FBI and the closing of the X-Files Division.

#11 Eve (Dec 10, 1993)

The probe of two deaths leads Mulder and Scully to their source a genetic experiment gone wrong.

#12 Fire (Dec 17, 1993)

Mulder's old flame enlists his aid in tracking an arsonist who's able to set fire to things by touching them.

#13 Beyond the Sea (Jan 7, 1994)

A death-row inmate claims his psychic powers can help Scully and Mulder rescue two kidnapped teens.

#14 Genderbender (Jan 21, 1994)

A person who can switch gender is committing murders that have ties to a religious community known as the Kindred.

#15 Lazarus (Feb 4, 1994)

An FBI agent begins to take on characteristics of the man he killed while trying to stop a bank robbery.

#16 Young at Heart (Feb 11, 1994)

A criminal that Mulder helped put in jail is still haunting him even though he is believed to be dead. But a prison physician who performs illegal experiments reveals that Mulder's nemesis is alive and looking quite well.

#17 EBE (Feb 18, 1994)

A truck driver's encounter with a UFO leads the agents to discover that they're under surveillance themselves.

#18 Miracle Man (Mar 18, 1994)

The agents investigate a murder that has as its prime suspect a faith healer.

#19 Shapes (Apr 1, 1994)

Near a Native American reservation, agents look into the shooting of a man who could seemingly change into an animal.

#20 Darkness Falls (Apr 15, 1994)

The agents investigate the fate of a group of loggers who've fallen victim to a swarm of deadly insects.

#21 Tooms (Apr 22, 1994)

Mutant cannibal Eugene Tooms is released from the mental institution. His odd genetic makeup requires him to feast on human livers before his 30-year hibernation.

#22 Born Again (Apr 29, 1994)

The soul of a murdered cop now resides in the body of a girl and seeks revenge.

#23 Roland (May 6, 1994)

A mentally-challenged janitor seems to be responsible for the deaths of a group of jet-engine scientists. The agents begin to suspect that he is really being controlled by his deceased twin brother.

#24 The Erlenmeyer Flask (May 13, 1994)

The agents learn of a Government experiment in which humans are being injected with alien DNA.

Season 2

#25 Little Green Men (Sept 16, 1994)

Mulder leaves his new job to investigate alien contact in Puerto Rico; and Scully tries to pick up his trail after being questioned by the FBI about his disappearance.

#26 The Host (Sept 23, 1994)

Two deaths are attributed to a human-sized parasite, and the case leads officials to rethink the closing of the X-Files.

#27 Blood (Sept 30, 1994)

A small town is rocked by a series of killing sprees by residents with no history of violence. The agents investigate a mysterious chemical that is being spread in the air.

#28 Sleepless (Oct 7, 1994)

A new partner, Krycek, joins Mulder to investigate two deaths in which autopsies contradict external evidence.

#29 Duane Barry (Oct 14, 1994)

Mulder is called to a hostage situation where the gunman claims to be an alien abductee. Part 1 of two.

#30 Ascension (Oct 21, 1994)

Conclusion. A traffic violation puts Mulder on Barry's trail, but Krycek is ordered to delay Mulder.

#31 3 (Nov 4, 1994)

Mulder believes his captured murder suspect is deluding himself about being a vampire - until sunlight hits the man.

#32 One Breath (Nov 11, 1994)

Scully turns up in a hospital - on a life-support system - but no one knows how she got there.

#33 Firewalker (Nov 18, 1994)

A dead scientist and a life form are discovered on the floor of an active volcano. Mulder and Scully investigate the devastating effects of this strange parasitic spore.

#34 Red Museum (Dec 9, 1994)

A cult leader is suspected in the abductions of two teens, which match two other cases involving victims found with the same message written on their bodies.

#35 Excelsius Dei (Dec 16, 1994)

A nurse claims to have been raped by an invisible entity, whom she identifies as an Alzheimer's patient.

#36 Aubrey (Jan 6, 1995)

When a police detective finds the remains of an FBI agent who disappeared in 1942, past and present serial murders are linked.

#37 Irresistible (Jan 13, 1995)

Scully and Mulder investigate a necrophile who has taken to murder in order to procure his victims.

#38 Die Hand, Die Verletzt (Jan 27, 1995)

Rumors of an occult in a small town are bolstered when a corpse is found displayed in a ceremonial manner near an altar.

#39 Fresh Bones (Feb 3, 1995)

An apparent suicide may involve voodoo and a mental battle between the man in charge of a holding facility and the leader of its inhabitants.

#40 Colony (Feb 10, 1995)

A CIA agent claims that Russian-made clones are being killed. But his story is contradicted by an unimpeachable source. Part 1 of two.

#41 End Game (Feb 17, 1995)

Conclusion. Samantha discloses the pilot's mission, and Skinner helps try to save Scully when the pilot demands her in exchange for Samantha.

#42 Fearful Symmetry (Feb 24, 1995)

After an elephant goes on a rampage killing a construction worker, witnesses say they saw the force but not the source.

#43 Dod Kalm (Mar 10, 1995)

The lone survivor of a missing Navy destroyer has rapidly aged, as has his ship, which the agents find in the Norwegian Sea.

#44 Humbug (Mar 31, 1995)

When a retired escape artist is murdered an entire travelling side show is suspected for his death and similar attacks that have occured cross country.

#45 The Calusari (Apr 14, 1995)

Mulder suspects poltergeist activity in the death of a child, whose grandmother is practicing Old World mysticism to protect her other grandson.

#46 F. Emasculata (Apr 28, 1995)

Scully and Mulder assist in a manhunt for two escaped murderers, who may be infected with a deadly virus.

#47 Soft Light (May 5, 1995)

Three missing-persons cases have a common link scorch marks left behind where the people were last seen.

#48 Our Town (May 12, 1995)

The disappearance of a poultry inspector is linked to the bizarre behavior exhibited by two workers, symptomatic of a rare neurological disorder.

#49 Anasazi, Part 1 (May 19, 1995)

Mulder receives encrypted files citing Government knowledge of extraterrestrials, and learns that his father may have been involved in a related project.

Season 3

#50 The Blessing Way, Part 2 (Sept 22, 1995)

Mulder undergoes a Native American ritual and hovers between life and death; Scully is suspended for misconduct and warned she'll be killed.

#51 Paper Clip, Conclusion (Sept 29, 1995)

The agents confront a Nazi war criminal linked to Mulder's father, and, on the site of a project where the two men worked, Scully and Mulder are ambushed.

#52 DPO (Oct 6, 1995)

Lightning appears to have caused five deaths in a small town, but the agents become suspicious of a sixth victim - who survives.

#53 Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose (Oct 13, 1995)

An insurance salesman with psychic abilities helps investigate a series of mutilation killings.

#54 The List (Oct 20, 1995)

Two death-row guards die mysteriously after the execution of a man who vowed to return and kill five men. And another inmate claims to know who else is marked to die.

#55 2Shy (Nov 3, 1995)

A serial killer targets lonely women he meets on-line by luring him them in with lines from Italian poems.

#56 The Walk (Nov 10, 1995)

An Army officer who has repeatedly tried to kill himself claims that an apparition prevented him from succeeding.

#57 Oubliette (Nov 17, 1995)

An eerie phenomenon known as psychic transference links a 15-year-old kidnapped girl with a former abduction victim.

#58 Nisei (Nov 24, 1995)

The vendor of an alien-autopsy video is murdered, and the investigation leads Mulder to a UFO and Scully to women who recognize her from the abduction. Part 1 of two.

#59 731 (Dec 1, 1995)

Conclusion. Scully investigates the chip that was implanted in her neck and the government connection. Meanwhile Mulder is on an explosive train ride.

#60 Revelations (Dec 15, 1995)

A boy exhibits stigmata, marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ, and his father claims the youngster needs protection from "the forces of darkness."

#61 War of the Coprophages (Jan 5, 1996)

Corpses are found covered with cockroaches. But Mulder suspects the insects may be neither living nor earthly organisms.

#62 Syzygy (Jan 26, 1996)

Locals blame a satanic cult for the deaths of high-school boys, but a seer suggests another possibility a rare planetary alignment.

#63 Grotesque (Feb 2, 1996)

A copycat murder following a serial killer's arrest has the investigating agent thinking accomplice, as does Mulder - but only after hearing the suspect's claim of demonic possession.

#64 Piper Maru (Feb 9, 1996)

After finding a WWII plane in the Pacific, members of a salvage crew suffer mysterious radiation burns. But not the diver - who did not reboard the salvage ship alone. Part 1 of two.

#65 Apocrypha (Feb 16, 1996)

Conclusion. An ambush separates Mulder and Krycek, who makes a deal with the Cigarette-Smoking Man; Scully learns that her sister's shooter and Skinner's are one and the same.

#66 Pusher (Feb 23, 1996)

A murder suspect leaves a cryptic clue after escaping authorities by using a form of mind control.

#67 Teso Dos Bichos (Mar 8, 1996)

Those connected to an archeological dig disappear after disturbing an artifact and an ancient curse is invoked.

#68 Hell Money (Mar 29, 1996)

Chinese beliefs pertaining to ghosts figure when the agents investigate the murders of three recent Chinese immigrants - all of them cremated alive.

#69 Jose Chung's From Outer Space (Apr 12, 1996)

A girl can only recall being abducted by aliens when she's hypnotized, while her boyfriend clearly remembers an alien who spoke English - and smoked a cigarette.

#70 Avatar (Apr 26, 1996)

After a liaison with a woman, Skinner awakens to find her slain, and has no idea what happened. But his agents suspect a link with his sleep disorder, which involves a recurring dream about an old woman.

#71 Quagmire (May 3, 1996)

In Georgia, folk tales blame a giant aquatic serpent for the disappearance of two people, one of whom is found - but only his lower half.

#72 Wetwired (May 10, 1996)

The Lone Gunmen help find a connection between bizarre murders and that bugaboo of violence - television. And the technological conspiracy has an impact on Scully.

#73 Talitha Cumi (May 17, 1996)

Mulder becomes desperate to find a man who's had a great effect on the outcome of a hostage situation at a restaurant. Part 1 of two.

Season 4

#74 Herrenvolk (Oct 4, 1996)

Conclusion. Mulder struggles to get Jeremiah Smith to his mother's bedside to save her life. But the bounty hunter pursuing them doesn't give up easily.

#75 Home (Oct 11, 1996)

Genetic abnormalities in a case of infanticide suggest inbreeding by a reclusive trio of brothers.

#76 Teliko (Oct 18, 1996)

One of four missing black men is found dead - and his body has been drained of pigment, similar to an incident three months earlier that was never investigated.

#77 Unruhe (Oct 27, 1996)

A passport photo is the sole clue to a woman's disappearance. But the shot's not the one the shutterbug snapped the woman's pose develops into a display of demons.

#78 The Field Where I Died (Nov 3, 1996)

Mulder finds a cult leader's hiding place, but can't explain why. Then one of the leader's wives claims she and Mulder were on the property in a past life.

#79 Sanguinarium (Nov 10, 1996)

After operating on the wrong patient, which proves to be a fatal mistake, a surgeon claims he was possessed. And a pentagram in the operating room makes the claim plausible to Mulder.

#80 Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man (Nov 17, 1996)

The story of the Cigarette Smoking Man, including encounters with Lee Harvey Oswald and James Earl Ray, and how CSM's actions have altered history.

#81 Tungusuka (Nov 24, 1996)

On a tip from Krychek the agents intercept a diplomatic pouch containing...a rock, apparently not of this Earth - and lethal. Part 1 of two.

#82 Terma (Dec 1, 1996)

Conclusion. Mulder and Krychek leave the gulag; Scully resists a Senate subcommittee's questioning; a KGB assassin appears at the home of the CSM's superior.

#83 Paper Hearts (Dec 15, 1996)

Clues he sees in a dream lead Mulder to a serial killer, who suggests he may have been involved in the disappearance of Mulder's sister.

#84 El Mundo Gira (Jan 12, 1997)

Migrant workers believe one of their own is a mythological creature responsible for a woman's death, and Scully learns the man's carrying a fatal fungus. But from where?

#85 Leonard Betts (Jan 26, 1997)

After a decapitated body disappears from a morgue, evidence points to an impossible conclusion - that it left under its own power. And indeed, the victim's partner finds him intact - and alive.

#86 Never Again (Feb 2, 1997)

Scully accepts a date, unaware the man has committed a murder, motivated by a voice is head that he believes comes from his tattoo.

#87 Memento Mori (Feb 9, 1997)

Scully learns she has brain cancer, the same type as found in the women who claimed to recognize her from their alleged alien abduction - and only one of that group remains alive.

#88 Kaddish (Feb 16, 1997)

One of three teens who beat and killed a Jewish store owner is subsequently found dead - with the store owner's fingerprints on his body.

#89 Unrequited (Feb 23, 1997)

A Green Beret declared killed in action in Vietnam becomes the suspect when a lieutenant general is murdered by an assassin who seems to disappear at will.

#90 Tempus Fugit (Mar 16, 1997)

Mulder suspects an in-flight alien abduction after a commercial plane goes down with no explanation. Part 1 of two.

#91 Max (Mar 23, 1997)

Conclusion. The military blames the crash on Frish. Meanwhile, Mulder gets a look at the contents of Max's mysterious and coveted backpack.

#92 Synchrony (Apr 13, 1997)

A chemical that induces rapid freezing is at the center of three deaths, one of which is predicted by a man suspected in the other two.

#93 Small Potatoes (Apr 20, 1997)

Babies born with tails are traced to one man, who escapes from a sheriff's deputy - after becoming the lawman's double.

#94 Zero Sum (Apr 27, 1997)

Skinner hinders Mulder's investigation into an unexplained death - on orders from the CSM. Meanwhile, a mysterious swarm of bees continues to cause deaths.

#95 Elegy (May 4, 1997)

A cryptic message and a 911 call traced to a mental facility are clues in a series of murders of blonde women, two of whom are seen alive at the times they were supposedly being murdered.

#96 Demons (May 11, 1997)

Visions of his family's past plague Mulder when he's suspected in a double murder, after waking up in a motel room with blood on his hands - and no memory of why.

#97 Gethsemane, Part 1 (May 18, 1997)

A discovery is made that could give Mulder proof about extraterrestrial life. But it challenges Mulder and Scully's fundamental beliefs about each other - and alien life.

#98 Redux (Nov 2, 1997)

Part 2 of three. Scully's lie about Mulder's suicide buys time for her partner, who finds more bodies similar to the one in the cave. He also finds a possible cure for Scully, who links her DNA to a life form discovered inside the ice-core samples.

#99 Redux II, Conclusion (Nov 9, 1997)

Scully offers to take the rap for the body in Mulder's apartment; the CSM makes friendly overtures to Mulder, and disputes Kritschgau, whose words to the FBI panel yield a clue to the traitor within.

#100 Unusual Suspects (Nov 16, 1997)

In 1989 Baltimore, the men who will become the Lone Gunmen assist a woman claiming her ex, Mulder, kidnapped their daughter.

Season 5

#101 Detour (Nov 23, 1997)

The disappearances of three men in a forest are attributed to a predator of undetermined species, but with a determined strategy - and glowing red eyes.

#102 Post-Modern Prometheus (Nov 30, 1997)

Scully suspects a hoax as the agents probe a woman's claim that she was impregnated by a creature with two mouths.

#103 Christmas Carol, Part 1 (Dec 7, 1997)

A phone voice resembling that of her late sister, Melissa, draws Scully to the scene of a suicide, where the victim's daughter looks exactly like Melissa at the same age.

#104 Emily (Dec 14, 1997)

Conclusion. Another mysterious phone call brings Scully to an ailing Emily. But the doctor who's treating her anemia refuses to share her medical records.

#105 Kitsunegari (Jan 4, 1998)

Robert Modell (a serial killer who manipulates people's minds) escapes from custody, and the trail he purposely leaves indicates he wants to challenge Mulder.

#106 Schizogeny (Jan 11, 1998)

A teen who's seeing a therapist for his anger is suspected in the death of his stepfather, who's found buried in mud - in a standing position.

#107 Chinga (Feb 8, 1998)

In Maine, Scully happens upon a market full of people trying to claw their eyes out - except for a woman some believe is a witch. Written by Stephen King and Chris Carter.

#108 Kill Switch (Feb 15, 1998)

An artificial intelligence that's loose on the Internet uses deadly force to defend itself. Co-written by William Gibson and Tom Maddox.

#109 Bad Blood (Feb 22, 1998)

The agents have different versions of their probe of deaths in which the victims' blood was drained from the body. But both end with Mulder killing a teen by driving a stake through his heart.

#110 Patient X (Mar 1, 1998)

Mulder meets a woman claiming multiple alien abductions. But her son wants Mulder to ignore her, fearing damage to his own FBI career. Part 1 of two.

#111 The Red and the Black (Mar 8, 1998)

Conclusion. Reputed abductee Cassandra Spender is not found at the site of the incident, and her son blames Mulder, whose theory of the event is found implausible by Skinner.

#112 Travelers (Mar 29, 1998)

In 1990, a former agent tells Mulder about a 1952 case involving Mulder's father - and dead bodies with no internal organs.

#113 Mind's Eye (Apr 19, 1998)

The precision of a fatal stabbing makes for an "improbable" case when it's discovered that the suspect found cleaning up the scene is blind.

#114 All Souls (Apr 26, 1998)

Scully's priest asks her to speak to the parents of an immobile girl who apparently was killed by a lightning strike to her eyes after somehow walking outside.

#115 The Pine-Bluff Variant (May 3, 1998)

Mulder appears at blame when a militia leader escapes a task force, leaving behind an arms dealer dead from a biotoxin.

#116 Folie a Deux (May 10, 1998)

A phrase used in a tape-recorded threat to a company rings a bell with Mulder, as he probes the sender's claim that a monster is stalking the employees.

#117 The End (May 17, 1998)

A Russian chess champ is murdered, and an order from "outside the Bureau" gives the case to Spender, who specifies that Mulder be excluded from his team.

Season 6

#118 The Beginning (Pt 2 of 2) (Nov 8, 1998)

Skinner tips Mulder to an incident that could provide proof of extraterrestrial life, but the agents are working unauthorized, and the Cigarette Smoking Man is also on the trail.

#119 Drive (Nov 15, 1998)

Mulder becomes a hostage for a carjacker whose wife died when "she just sort of popped... It's almost like a little bomb went off in her ear."

#120 Triangle (Nov 22, 1998)

In the Bermuda Triangle, Mulder is rescued by a long-lost luxury liner, on which it's 1939. Familiar faces abound as passengers and crew suspect he's with the Nazis who've just boarded the vessel.

#121 Dreamland (Nov 29, 1998)

On a highway near legendary Area 51, the agents have an encounter that leaves Mulder a changed man - in the body of an authorized Area official.

#122 Dreamland II (Dec 6, 1998)

While Mulder sits in an Area 51 brig, Scully is suspended from the Bureau. But Morris offers to cook for her at Mulder's apartment, where a phone call provides a break.

#123 How the Ghosts Stole Christmas (Dec 13, 1998)

Lily Tomlin and Edward Asner play ghostly residents of a haunted house, investigated by the agents on Christmas Eve.

#124 Terms of Endearment (Jan 3, 1999)

An expectant mother dreams that a demonic figure takes her child. She then awakens covered in blood - and is no longer pregnant.

#125 The Rain King (Jan 10, 1999)

In a small Kansas town - "ground zero for extreme weather" - a local is suspected of causing a drought to charge people for the rain he creates. .

#126 SR 819 (Jan 17, 1999)

Felled during a boxing workout, Skinner is taken to a hospital, where he checks out OK - except for a phone call stating he has 24 hours to live.

#127 Tithonus (Jan 24, 1999)

Scully is partnered with another agent to look into a crime-scene photographer whose consistent scoops raise suspicion that he is murdering to manufacture work.

#128 Two Fathers (Feb 7, 1999)

At the site of multiple deaths by fire, Spender finds his long-missing mother, who wants to talk - but only to Mulder. Part 1 of two.

#129 One Son (Feb 14, 1999)

Conclusion. Scully and Mulder are taken to a quarantine facility because of exposure to "a contagion of unknown origin" - allegedly contracted via Cassandra Spender. The CSM sheds more light on Bill Mulder and the abduction of Mulder's sister.

#130 Agua Mala (Feb 21, 1999)

In a Florida hurricane, the agents investigate the disappearance of a marine biologist, allegedly grabbed by tentacles while in his bathroom, says X-files founder Arthur Dales.

#131 Monday (Feb 28, 1999)

It's "one of those days" for Mulder a water-bed leak shorts out his alarm clock and makes him late for a meeting. Then he walks into a bank robbery - and relives the scene over and over.

#132 Arcadia (Mar 7, 1999)

Scully and Mulder go undercover as marrieds (Rob and Laura Petrie, no less) to investigate the disappearances of three couples from a seemingly idyllic neighborhood.

#133 Alpha (Mar 28, 1999)

Instead of a rare wild dog from Hong Kong, two dead merchant marines are found inside a shipping cage - which is still still locked.

#134 Trevor (Apr 11, 1999)

As a tornado approaches, a prison superintendent orders an inmate into "the box." After the twister passes, both the box and prisoner disappear, while the superintendent is found severed in two inside his locked office.

#135 Milagro (Apr 18, 1999)

Mulder's new neighbor is attracted to Scully, who is at a loss to explain murders by bloodless, seamless extractions of victims' hearts.

#136 The Unnatural (Apr 25, 1999)

Digging for an X-file, Mulder finds one, in a photograph of an odd trio a Negro baseball great; former agent Arthur Dales; and...the alien bounty hunter - taken in 1947 Roswell, N.M.

#137 Three of a Kind (May 2, 1999)

In Las Vegas, Byers spots the scientist who brought Mulder and the Lone Gunmen together - and who was kidnapped in front of them - 10 years earlier. Scully is conned into helping investigate.

#138 Field Trip (May 9, 1999)

In an area known for an "atmospheric phenomenon," two skeletons are found - of a couple missing only three days.

#139 Biogenesis (May 16, 1999)

The agents probe the disappearance of two biologists who claimed to have artifacts proving that life originated on Mars.

Season 7

#140 The Sixth Extinction (Nov 7, 1999)

In the first of a two-part episode, two people join Scully's Ivory Coast investigation into why Mulder is locked in a padded cell, where he exhibits heretofore unseen brain activity.

#141 The Sixth Extinction (Nov 14, 1999)

Amor Fati Conclusion. Mulder is taken from the hospital to "a kind of witness-protection program," and Skinner tells Scully he must distance himself from the case.

#142 Hungry (Nov 21, 1999)

A fast-food restaurant is linked to the discovery of a submerged car with a body in the trunk, but no brain in the body.

#143 Millennium (Nov 28, 1999)

The graves of four FBI agents who committed suicide are desecrated and a symbol is left that has Mulder suspecting that someone is summoning the dead for a catastrophic turn-of-the-millennium event.

#144 Rush (Dec 5, 1999)

A teen accused of murder keeps mum about two mysterious friends who literally vanish from the scene after foretelling a death.

#145 The Goldberg Variation (Dec 12, 1999)

An artificial eye is the sole clue to the identity of a man who walks away from a 30-story fall after being pushed by mobsters, one of whom dies strangely after a second encounter.

#146 Orison (Jan 9, 2000)

A necrophiliac who once abducted Scully vanishes from a prison, but is found by the prison chaplain, who appears to assist in another escape as cops close in.

#147 Amazing Maleeni (Jan 16, 2000)

Scully's autopsy contradicts her suspicion of murder in the case of a small-time magician who amazed his audience by doing a 360 with his head.

#148 Signs and Wonders (Jan 23, 2000)

The only physical evidence at the scene of a man found dead inside his locked car are some 200 snake bites on his body.

#149 Sein Und Zeit (Feb 6, 2000)

Mulder appears to have his own agenda as he disputes preliminary evidence - and other agents' opinions - in the kidnapping of a 5-year-old girl. Part 1 of two.

#150 Closure (Feb 13, 2000)

Conclusion. A psychic's mention of spiritual intervention wins Mulder's trust as he joins the search for Amber Lynn, who, he says, is connected to Mulder's sister Samantha.

#151 X-Cops (Feb 20, 2000)

After their patrol car is overturned, a Cops camera crew latches on to Scully and Mulder, who say they're on the same case - investigating a reported "monster."

#152 First Person Shooter (Feb 27, 2000)

The Lone Gunmen summon the agents after a seemingly impossible murder occurs inside a virtual-reality game in which they have a financial stake.

#153 Theef (Mar 12, 2000)

A bloody message, possibly misspelled, and dirt in the victim's bed are found at the hanging death of a prominent surgeon, whose autopsy reveals more bizarreness.

#154 En Ami (Mar 19, 2000)

A boy claims angels from the sky cured his well-publicized cancer, a "demonstration" says the CSM, who offers Scully "the cure for millions" - but Mulder can't know.

#155 Chimera (Apr 2, 2000)

A broken mirror and a child's claims about a raven are Mulder's clues in the disappearance of a seemingly perfect Vermont wife. Elsewhere, Scully endures a tedious stakeout.

#156 all things (Apr 9, 2000)

Scully finds herself on a spiritual journey after some seemingly chance encounters she meets a hospitalized former teacher and a crop-circle researcher who's England-bound in search of a computer-predicted event.

#157 Brand X (Apr 16, 2000)

A tobacco researcher who's supposed to testify against his former employer dies in a bizarre fashion while under Skinner's protection.

#158 Hollywood A.D. (Apr 30, 2000)

Tea Leoni and Garry Shandling have cameos as Skinner lets a screenwriter friend observe Mulder investigating the death of a '60s counterculture icon from a pipe bomb in a church crypt.

#159 Fight Club (May 7, 2000)

Kathy Griffin plays twins who have a devastating effect on their environs when they're in the other's vicinity. And a wrestler is romancing them both.

#160 Je Souhaite (May 14, 2000)

Will Sasso of Mad TV guest stars in an amusing and inspiring look at the age-old fantasy of having three wishes.

#161 Requiem (May 21, 2000)

The agents are taken back to the site of their first case together (alien abductions in Oregon). Meanwhile, the ailing CSM summons Alex Krycek and Marita Covarrubias.

Season 8

#162 Within (Nov 5, 2000)

In the two-part, eighth-season opener, Robert Patrick joins the cast as Special Agent John Doggett, heading the task force to find Mulder, who appears to be leaving some clues. >

#163 Without (Nov 12, 2000)

Conclusion. Doggett loses Mulder, and Scully loses the title "skeptic" with her theory of why; Skinner plants a seed of doubt in Doggett regarding Kersh and his motives.

#164 Patience (Nov 19, 2000)

Neither man nor beast is the conclusive culprit in a brutal double homicide that forces Doggett to think outside his "old fashioned" lines.

#165 Roadrunners (Nov 26, 2000)

Scully's "simple consultation" on a Utah murder gets complicated when it appears that someone wants to keep her in an isolated town.

#166 Invocation (Dec 3, 2000)

Ten years to the day he disappeared into thin air, a seven-year-old boy returns to his point of departure - surprisingly unaged.

#167 Redrum (Dec 10, 2000)

"Justice" is at the core of an offbeat murder tale in which time goes backwards for Doggett's prosecutor friend as he stands accused of murdering his wife.

#168 Via Negativa (Dec 17, 2000)

Two FBI agents and 20 cult members are killed, allegedly by the cult founder, a convicted murderer who believes the key to a higher plane is a particular hallucinogen.

#169 Surekill (Jan 7, 2001)

The fatal shooting of a realtor while alone in a cinder-block jail cell has Doggett hoping motive will yield more than method, which appears nearly impossible.

#170 Salvage (Jan 14, 2001)

Whatever stopped - and split - a moving car is nowhere to be found (though the driver is), but evidence suggests the obstacle was a man - whose funeral was earlier that day.

#171 BADLAA (Jan 21, 2001)

Scully's findings in the death of an importer in a D.C. hotel room suggest the man was killed from inside his body - which was in India at the time of death.

#172 The Gift (Feb 4, 2001)

A case Mulder investigated but didn't report brings Doggett and Skinner to a Pennsylvania town where they encounter a once-missing woman and a legend about a forest creature.

#173 Medusa (Feb 11, 2001)

Something in a Boston subway has eaten away a transit cop's body tissue, but his chief disdains Scully's concern about a potential public-health hazard.

#174 Per Manum (Feb 18, 2001)

A man claims doctors killed his oft-abducted wife after taking the alien baby she bore. And Doggett notes some details in his story that recall Scully's own abduction.

#175 This Is Not Happening (Feb 25, 2001)

Doggett enlists the help of another agent when a UFO aficionado finds a woman who was abducted the night before Mulder was taken.

#176 Deadalive (Apr 1, 2001)

With Mulder found, Kersh offers Doggett an out from the X-files. But the discovery of a body at sea sends the case in a new direction.

#177 Three Words (Apr 8, 2001)

Kersh denies the reinstatement of Mulder, who finds a link between a man shot at the White House and the so-called prophet Absalom. Also, Mulder meets Doggett.

#178 Empedocles (Apr 22, 2001)

Agent Monica Reyes asks Mulder for help after a disturbing experience at the site of a New Orleans double-murder case that she says involves Doggett.

#179 Vienen (Apr 29, 2001)

Mulder angers Kersh by prompting a probe into the deaths of two oil-rig workers that suggest exposure to the black-oil virus.

#180 Alone (May 6, 2001)

With Scully on leave, Doggett has a new partner - transferred from accounting - to investigate a murder where evidence suggests the culprit is not human.

#181 Essence (May 13, 2001)

Frances Fisher plays a duplicitous nurse in this two-part story, which opens with an arson fire at a genetics lab that Scully has suspected is involved with alien babies.

#182 Existence (May 20, 2001)

In the conclusion of the eighth-season finale, Reyes accompanies Scully to a remote site to give birth, with only Doggett privy to their location.

Season 9

#182 Nothing Important Happened Today, Part 1 (Nov. 4, 2001)