The X-Files Episode Guide
Season One
1993/1994
001 PILOT: "THE X-FILES"
Written by Chris Carter
Directed by Robert Mandel
Airdate 9/10/93
Guest Stars: Billy Miles (Zachary Ansley), Section Chief Scott Blevins (Charles Cioffi), Smoking Man (William B. Davis), Dr. Jay Nemman (Cliff DeYoung), Theresa Nemman (Sarah Koskoff), Detective Miles (Leon Russom)
Dr. Scully is given the assignment to watch over the activities of a certain Agent Mulder and decide if his work is worthwhile to the FBI. He takes her to investigate the murder of several high school classmates in Oregon whom he believes have been experimented on by aliens.
002 "DEEP THROAT"
Written by Chris Carter
Directed by Daniel Sackheim
Airdate 9/17/93
Guest Stars: Section Chief Scott Blevins (Charles Cioffi), Paul Mossinger (Michael Bryan French), Emil (Seth Green), Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin), Col. Robert Budahas (Andrew Johnston), Zoe (Lalainia Lindejerg), Kissell (Vince Metcalfe), Ladonna (Monica Parker). Anita Budahas (Gabrielle Rose)
Mulder and Scully head out to Ellens Air Force Base in Idaho, against the wishes of some very mysterious and powerful people. The investigation begins with the disappearance of one of the test pilots and leads to the implication of possible experimentation on UFOs by the military.
003 "SQUEEZE"
Written by Glen Morgan & James Wong
Directed by Harry Longstreet
Airdate 9/24/93
Guest Stars: Detective Frank Briggs (Henry Beckman), Agent Tom Colton (Donal Logue), Eugene Victor Tooms (Doug Hutchison)
A gruesome murder without motive, clear M.O., or point of entry bears resemblance to an X-File killer. However, the X-File cases took place in 1933 and 1963. Mulder and Scully attempt to track down and stop this century old killer.
004 "CONDUIT"
Written by Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon
Directed by Daniel Sackheim
Airdate 10/1/93
Guest Stars: Sioux City Sheriff (Michael Cavanaugh), Section Chief Scott Blevins (Charles Cioffi), Ruby (Taunya Dee), Pennsylvania Pub Bartender (Don Gibb), Tessa (Shelley Owens), Kevin Morris (Joel Palmer), Darlene Morris (Carrie Snodgress), Holtzman (Don Thompson)
A woman who claims to have seen a UFO as a child has her teenage daughter disappear while on a camping trip. The signs seem to indicate alien involvement. But the key to solving the mystery may be the woman's young son instead of the missing daughter.
005 "THE JERSEY DEVIL"
Written by Chris Carter
Directed by Joe Napolitano
Airdate 10/8/93
Guest Stars: Ranger Peter Brullet (Michael MacRae), Dr. Diamond (Gregory Sierra), Creature (Claire Stansfield), Detective Thompson (Wayne Tippit)
The discovery of a cannibalized human body in New Jersey State Park sends Mulder and Scully to Atlantic City. Despite obvious police cover-ups, Mulder continues his investigation of what may be a missing link in human evolution. Meanwhile, Scully attends her godson's birthday party, which leads to some reflection on her future social plans.
006 "SHADOWS"
Written by Glen Morgan & James Wong
Directed by Michael Katleman
Airdate 10/22/93
Guest Stars: Robert Dorlund (Barry Primus), Lauren Kytes (Lisa Waltz)
When two very odd corpses appear in Philadelphia, Mulder and Scully are requested to take a look at them. The investigation turns up a secretary whose employer recently committed suicide and a strange force that seems to protect her.
007 "GHOST IN THE
MACHINE"
Written by Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon
Directed by Jerrold Freedman
Airdate 10/29/93
Guest Stars: Agent Nancy Spiller (Gillian Barber), Agent Jerry Lamana (Wayne Duvall), Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin), Brad Wilczek (Rob LaBelle), Claude Peterson (Blu Mankuma)
Following the electrocution of a computer company's CEO, Mulder's old partner asks for help with the case. With the advice of Deep Throat, Mulder and Scully must stop the murderer, all the while fighting off the defense department and the building itself.
008 "ICE"
Written by Glen Morgan & James Wong
Directed by David Nutter
Airdate 11/5/93
Guest Stars: Dr. Hodge (Xander Berkeley), Dr. Nancy DaSilva (Felicity Huffman), Dr. Denny Murphy (Steve Hytner), Bear (Jeff Kober)
When the Arctic Ice Core project's final transmission is a crazed scientist saying "We are not who we are," Mulder and Scully become part of an investigative team sent to the Alaskan site. Upon arrival, they discover that the unearthing of an unearthly parasite could spell trouble for them as well.
009 "SPACE"
Written by Chris Carter
Directed by William Graham
Airdate 11/12/93
Guest Stars: Lt. Col. Marcus Aurelius Belt (Ed Lauter), Michelle Generoo (Susanna Thompson)
After a space shuttle launch is aborted and evidence of some bizarre sabotage is found, a NASA worker asks Mulder and Scully to take a look around. Meanwhile, the former astronaut who is in charge of the mission is apparently haunted by something he encountered during a spacewalk on a previous mission.
010 FALLEN ANGEL
Written by Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa
Directed by Larry Shaw
Airdate 11/19/93
Guest Stars: Col. Calvin Henderson (Marshall Bell), Max Fenig (Scott Bellis), Section Chief Joseph McGrath (Frederick Coffin), Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin)
Mulder is tipped off by Deep Throat about a government cover-up of a UFO crash site. He is not the only one interested, as he discovers a fellow UFO enthusiast whose appearance seems rather coincidental. So the military tries to keep Mulder away while trying to bring a certain other being in. But when he is discovered, Mulder's position in the FBI is jeopardized.
011 "EVE"
Written by Kenneth Biller & Chris Brancato
Directed by Fred Gerber
Airdate 12/10/93
Guest Stars: Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin), Dr. Sally Kendrick/Eve 6,7,8 (Harriet Harris), Cindy Reardo (Erika Krievens), Teena Simmons (Sabrina Krievens)
Mulder and Scully check out the curious murder of a man in Connecticut. When they discover that another man in California was killed simultaneously in the same manner, the uncanny resemblance of the two men's daughters seems more than coincidental. So, when the first child disappears, the two decide to keep an eye on the remaining child. What they find isn't alien, but rather something much more familiar.
012 FIRE
Written by Chris Carter
Directed by Larry Shaw
Airdate 12/17/93
Guest Stars: Sir Malcolm Marsden (Dan Lett), Lady Marsden (Laurie Paton), Inspector Phoebe Green (Amanda Pays), Bob/Cecil L'Ively (Mark Sheppard)
An old flame of Mulder's tries to enlist his aid to protect a visiting Parliament member and lights a small spark of jealousy in Scully. Mulder must overcome his fear of fire to take on the hotheaded pyrokinetic serial killer.
013 "BEYOND THE SEA"
Written by Glen Morgan & James Wong
Directed by David Nutter
Airdate 1/7/94
Guest Stars: Captain William Scully (Don S. Davis), Luther Lee Boggs (Brad Dourif), Lucas Jackson Henry (Lawrence King), Margaret Scully (Sheila Larken)
After Scully's father passes away, her skepticism is tested by a prisoner on death row who claims that by using recently gained psychic powers, he can help catch a kidnapper. Without Mulder's guidance, she must decide for herself whether or not the man's visions are truth or a by-product of her grief.
014 "GENDERBENDER"
Written by Larry Barber & Paul Barber
Directed by Rob Bowman
Airdate 1/21/94
Guest Stars: Sister Abigail (Michele Goodger), Brother Andrew (Brent Hinkley), Marty [Male] (Peter Stebbings), Marty [Female] (Kate Twa)
A series of sexually related killings confound the two agents who aren't certain if the murderer is male or female. The clues lead them to a small Amish-like community called the Kindred in Massachusetts who are more puzzling than the serial killer.
015 "LAZARUS"
Written by Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon
Directed by David Nutter
Airdate 2/4/94
Guest Stars: Agent Jack Willis (Christopher Allport), Agent Ruskin (Jackson Davies), Warren James Dupre (Jason Schombing), Lula Phillips (Cec Verrell)
During a trap set for a bank robber, a fellow agent and friend of Scully's is shot by the criminal, whom Scully shoots in turn. While the agent is brought back from apparent death, he takes on the persona of the dead criminal whom he has chased for nearly a year. Scully sticks with him during his "trauma," but Mulder believes that he is not who he is.
016 "YOUNG AT HEART"
Written by Scott Kaufer & Chris Carter
Directed by Michael Lange
Airdate 2/11/94
Guest Stars: Young John Barnett (Alan Boyce), Agent Henderson (Christine Estabrook), Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin), Doctor at N.I.H. (Graham Jarvis), Dr. Joe Ridley (Robin Mossley), Older John Barnett (David Petersen), Joe Crandall (Gordon Tipple), Agent Reggie Purdue (Dick Anthony Williams)
A criminal captured by a younger, fresh-from-the-academy Fox Mulder seems to be making good on his promise of vengeance against the agent. Now an older, wiser Mulder must attempt to find this elusive stalker who may not be wiser...or older.
017 "E.B.E."
Written by Glen Morgan & James Wong
Directed by William Graham
Airdate 2/18/94
Guest Stars: Frohike (Tom Braidwood), Langly (Dean Haglund), Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin), Byer (Bruce Harwood), Ranheim/Frank Druce (Peter LaCroix)
After a downed UFO crashes near Iraqi airspace, an unmarked truck carrying its occupant is assailed in Tennessee, causing multiple UFO sightings. Drawn by the event, Mulder and Scully find themselves tracking the trailer, with the help and hindrance of Deep Throat.
018 "MIRACLE MAN"
Written by Howard Gordon & Chris Carter
Directed by Michael Lange
Airdate 3/18/94
Guest Stars: Samuel Hartley (Scott Bairstow), Sheriff Maurice Daniels (R.D. Call), Reverend Calvin Hartley (George Gerdes), Leonard Vance (Dennis Lipscomb)
The inexplicable deaths of several people at the hands of a faith healer send Mulder and Scully into the Bible belt. The deaths have shaken the miracle worker's faith in his gift, but not before Mulder experiences some of the boy's power.
019 "SHAPES"
Written by Marilyn Osborn
Directed by David Nutter
Airdate 4/1/94
Guest Stars: Ish (Jimmy Herman), Sheriff Charles Tskany (Michael Horse)
Lyle Parker (Ty Miller), Gwen Goodensnake (Renae Morriseau), Jim Parker (Donnelly Rhodes)
The shooting of a Native American draws Mulder's attention, as the murderer believed he had shot an animal of some sort. But an Indian myth and some strange evidence seem to indicate the possibility of lycanthropy, the very phenomenon that opened the very first X-File.
020 "DARKNESS FALLS"
Written by Chris Carter
Directed by Joe Napolitano
Airdate 4/15/94
Guest Stars: Larry Moore (Jason Beghe), Perkins (Barry Greene), Steve Humphreys (Tom O'Rourke), Dyer (Ken Tremblett), Doug Spinney (Titus Welliver)
Mulder pulls some strings to be assigned to a case involving the disappearance of 30 loggers in Washington State. They discover that the loggers, in illegally cutting down a tree, faced a punishment far worse than what the judicial system would have done. Now the two agents must try to avoid the same dark fate.
021 "TOOMS"
Written by Glen Morgan & James Wong
Directed by David Nutter
Airdate 4/22/94
Guest Stars: Detective Frank Briggs (Henry Beckman), Smoking Man (William B. Davis), Eugene Victor Tooms (Doug Hutchison), Dr. Aaron Monte (Paul Ben Victor)
Eugene Tooms, a mutant killer brought in by Mulder and Scully, is released based on psychiatric re-evaluation and lack of evidence. So Mulder sets out to prevent Tooms from killing for the fifth and final liver he needs, while Scully attempts to locate more definitive evidence. Both tasks made more difficult by their superiors insistence that they work by the book.
022 "BORN AGAIN"
Written by Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa
Directed by Jerrold Freedman
Airdate 4/29/94
Guest Stars: Dr. Sheila Braun (P. Lynn Johnson), Lita Fiore (Mimi Lieber), Michelle Bishop (Andrea Libman), Tony Fiore (Brian Markinson), Detective Sharon Lazard (Maggie Wheeler), Judy Bishop (Dey Young)
A little girl is tied to the deaths of two Buffalo policemen, but the possibility that she is the murderer is ludicrous. So Mulder and Scully begin an investigation of the eight year old, turning up evidence that may help to solve a nine year old murder case. A case Mulder believes was the death of the girl's past life.
023 "ROLAND"
Written by Chris Ruppenthal
Directed by David Nutter
Airdate 5/6/94
Guest Stars: Dr. Keats (Garry Davey), Roland Fuller/Dr. Arthur Grable (Zeljko Ivanek), Mrs. Stodie (Micole Mercurio), Tracy (Kerry Sandomirsky), Dr. Frank Nollette (James Sloyan), Dr. Ronald Surnow (Matthew Walker)
A mentally handicapped janitor seems to be the only suspect in the murders of two members of a propulsion research team. Yet the evidence of advanced theoretical work seems to eliminate the possibility, until Mulder and Scully uncover his relationship to a scientist whose brain has been cryogenically preserved.
024 "THE ERLENMEYER
FLASK"
Written by Chris Carter
Directed by R.W. Goodwin
Airdate 5/13/94
Guest Stars: Smoking Man (William B. Davis), Dr. Anne Carpenter (Anne DeSalvo), Crew Cut Man (Lindsey Ginter), Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin), Dr. Terrance Allen Berube (Ken Kramer), Captain Roy Lacerio (Jim Leard), Dr. William Secare (Simon Webb)
When Deep Throat points out a news story about a fugitive who apparently drowned, Mulder and Scully cannot see what makes it special. But with his insistence, they discover evidence of secret government experimentation with extraterrestrial DNA. However, the evidence and everyone who has seen it is quickly being eliminated.
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