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|| "Little Green Men" || Glen Morgan & James Wong || Chris Carter || September 16 1994 || 2X01
| With the X-Files shut down, Mulder finds his own belief in the truth waning. So when an old political ally gives him a new reason to believe, he goes alone to an abandoned SETI program site in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Concerned for his safety, Scully has to track down his whereabouts before someone or something else does.
| - Guest starring: Raymond J. Barry as Senator Richard Matheson
|| "The Host" || Chris Carter || Daniel Sackheim || September 23 1994 || 2X02
| When a man's decomposed body is found in the sewers of Newark, Mulder is given the supposed "grunt" work. But after Scully's autopsy turns up a parasite living inside the body and a sewer worker is attacked and bitten by something, it opens up a whole new can of worms.
| - Guest starring: Darin Morgan as Flukeman
|| "Blood" || Glen Morgan & James Wong || David Nutter || September 30 1994 || 2X03
| A recent rash of killings in the small town of Franklin, Pennsylvania brings Mulder to profile the murderers — a task made more difficult by the fact that none of them had any previous history of violence and all died at the end of their berserk rages. The only clues he has are some destroyed electronics and an unknown organic substance.
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|| "Sleepless" || Howard Gordon || Robert Bowman || October 7 1994 || 2X04
| An audio cassette hidden in his morning paper brings Mulder to request the case of a scientist's death consistent with burning, despite the lack of any evidence of any flames or burns. He is given his request...along with a new partner, Agent Alex Krycek.
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|| "Duane Barry" || Chris Carter || Chris Carter || October 14 1994 || 2X05
| An ex-FBI agent escapes from a mental hospital and holds several people hostage in a travel agency. Mulder and Krycek are sent in to help with the negotiations since the man claims to have been a UFO abductee.
| - Guest starring: Steve Railsback as Duane Barry & CCH Pounder as Agent Lucy Kazdin
|| "Ascension" || Paul Brown || Michael Lange || October 21 1994 || 2X06
| Discovering that Duane Barry has abducted Scully, Mulder and Krycek set out to locate her and find themselves at Skyland Mountain retreat, where alliances are revealed, and Scully's life is threatened.
| - Locations used for the fictional Skyland Mountain include Vancouver's Grouse Mountain and Mount Seymour.
|| "3" || Chris Ruppenthal, Glen Morgan & James Wong || David Nutter || November 4 1994 || 2X07
| A.D. Skinner reopens the X-Files, but Mulder is finding it difficult to work without the missing Scully. When he recognises a Los Angeles killing as the work of the Trinity murderers, a trio of killers with a fetish for drinking blood, it gives him work in which to immerse himself.
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|| "One Breath" || Glen Morgan & James Wong||R. W. Goodwin ||November 11 1994 || 2X08
| Washington, DC hospital, Scully kept alive almost entirely by machines. Frustrated by his inability to help her, Mulder drives himself crazy trying to find the people responsible, though his quest for vengeance could make him exactly like those whom he despises.
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|| "Firewalker" || Howard Gordon|| David Nutter|| November 18 1994|| 2X09
| A malfunction in a robot designed for volcanic exploration yields evidence of a lifeform living in the caves. When this lifeform seemingly causes the death of a member of the research team, Mulder and a newly returned Scully are flown out to the site to investigate before anyone else dies.
| - Guest starring: Bradley Whitford as Dr. Daniel Trepkos & Shawnee Smith as Jesse O'Neill
|| "Red Museum" || Chris Carter|| Win Phelps|| December 9 1994 || 2X10
| Several Wisconsin teens are found wandering in the woods in their underwear with "He is one" scrawled on their backs. Mulder and Scully travel to investigate this aberrant behaviour, though the strangest thing in this meat-producing area is a cult of vegetarian "walk-ins." Several relics from the mythology like Purity Control and Deep Throat are revisited here.
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|| "Excelsis Dei" || Paul Brown || Steven Surjik || December 16 1994 || 2X11
| Mulder and Scully's latest case begins with the rape and battery of a nurse in a Massachusetts convalescent home. What makes it an X-File is her claim that her attacker was invisible. But upon their arrival, they discover that the unrest is not limited only to the live–in residents.
| - Guest starring: Frances Bay as Dorothy & Teryl Rothery as Nurse Michelle Charters
|| "Aubrey" || Sara Charno || Rob Bowman || January 6 1995 || 2X12
| The body of an old FBI agent is unearthed Aubrey, Missouri. A serial killer is also on the loose in Aubrey. Mulder and Scully must determine the killer's identity with Lt. Tillman, a pregnant detective.
| - Guest starring: Terry O'Quinn as Lt. Tillman
- A copy of the 1939 World's Fair emblem figures prominently in the episode.
|| "Irresistible" || Chris Carter || David Nutter || January 13 1995 || 2X13
| A female corpse, dug-up and mutilated, is brought to Mulder's attention by a Minnesota agent claiming it as the work of aliens. Mulder believes otherwise and is vindicated when a similarly mutilated prostitute is found. But while he gets down to business, the case begins having a disturbing effect on Scully.
| - Guest starring: Nick Chinlund as Donnie Pfaster
- This is a fan favorite, and contains one of only 3 recurring serial killers, the others being Eugene Victor Tooms and "Pusher."
|| "Die Hand Die Verletzt" || Glen Morgan & James Wong || Kim Manners || January 27 1995 || 2X14
| New Hampshire teenagers feign an occult ritual in an attempt to score and inadvertently cause the murder of one of their group. When Mulder and Scully are called to look into the matter, the town's real worshippers attempt to hide their tracks, though they fear that the boys' attempt to "get some" got them more than they thought.
| - Guest starring: Dan Butler as Jim Ausbury
|| "Fresh Bones" || Howard Gordon || Rob Bowman || February 3 1995 || 2X15
| When a soldier stationed at a resettlement camp for Haitians drives himself into a tree, Mulder and Scully are called by the grieving and fearful wife. Her fears of a voodoo curse seem only to be reinforced by the beliefs and actions of many of the local residents, including a few of the other soldiers.
| - Guest starring: Daniel Benzali as Colonel Jacob Wharton
|| "Colony" || David Duchovny & Chris Carter || Nick Marck || February 10 1995 || 2X16
| A newspaper ad placed to locate a certain doctor sets off the murder of several people with the same face. When Scully and Mulder locate another look–alike, they work to find him before the killer does. Coming to Mulder's aid is another familiar face, but one he wasn't expecting. Samantha, Fox's lost sister, and his father, William Mulder, appear in this episode.
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|| "End Game" || Frank Spotnitz || Rob Bowman || February 17 1995 || 2X17
| Reeling from the reunion with his sister, Mulder is thrown into a quandary when Scully is taken captive by the bounty hunter. However, when a trap set for him goes awry, the agents must head far north in order to attempt to unravel the mystery.
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|| "Fearful Symmetry" || Steve DeJarnatt || James Whitmore || February 24 1995 || 2X18
| The death of a federal construction worker and the destruction of various property can only be tied to an escaped elephant, yet the witnesses claim to have seen no animals which might have caused the turmoil. Soon, Mulder and Scully discover the local zoo whose claim to fame is that they've never had a successful animal birth.
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|| "Død Kalm" || Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa || Rob Bowman || March 10 1995 || 2X19
| The agents are called in when a boatload of survivors are found from a Norwegian freighter. What particularly catches Mulder's inquisitive eye is that all of these sailors appear to have aged many decades in the course of days.
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|| "Humbug" || Darin Morgan || Kim Manners || March 31 1995 || 2X20
| Mulder and Scully must find the paranormal among the abnormal when they are sent to investigate a long standing series of ritualistic killings which match no known patterns. The latest of which was the death of the "Alligator Man," just one of many sideshow acts around which the town of Gibsontown, Florida is built.
| - Guest starring: Michael J. Anderson as Mr. Nutt & Vincent Schiavelli as Lanny
|| "The Calusari" || Sara Charno || Mike Vejar || April 14 1995 || 2X21
| A photograph taken just before the death of a two year–old boy yields evidence of some supernatural intervention which piques Mulder's curiosity. When another death in the family occurs, the grandmother of the remaining child requests the aid of some Romanian ritualists (called Căluşari, "horsemen") in order to cleanse the home of evil.
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|| "F. Emasculata" || Chris Carter & Howard Gordon||Rob Bowman || April 28 1995 || 2X22
| Mulder and Scully find themselves sent to a penitentiary in order to participate in the retrieval of two escaped convicts. Confused as to the reason for FBI involvement, they soon discover an highly contagious and deadly disease has infected many of the inmates, and possibly the two escapees as well.
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|| "Soft Light" || Vince Gilligan || James A. Cotner || May 5 1995 || 2X23
| An ex-student of Scully's asks the agents to help her with her first investigation concerning a number of disappearances with very few clues. Mulder ponders the idea of spontaneous human combustion but rethinks it when they find a man who is afraid of his own shadow.
| - Guest starring: Tony Shalhoub as Dr. Chester Ray Banton
|| "Our Town" || Frank Spotnitz || Rob Bowman || May 12 1995 || 2X24
| Dudley, Arkansas is the site of the latest investigation for Mulder and Scully, who are sent to find a missing poultry inspector. The case takes a twist when another poultry worker is shot after she goes insane, giving Mulder a hunch that the townsfolk really are what they eat.
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|| "Anasazi" || Chris Carter || R. W. Goodwin || May 19 1995 || 2X25
| The trust that Mulder and Scully have is sorely tested when Mulder begins acting strangely. His aberrant behavior is compounded when the Lone Gunmen direct him to a hacker who managed to break into some very closely guarded files. While Mulder's investigation leads him to long-awaited answers, Scully finds her career on the line, and the Cigarette Smoking Man decides to take some action himself.
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|| "The Blessing Way" ||Chris Carter || R. W. Goodwin || September 22 1995|| 3x01
| The Cigarette Smoking Man works quickly to recover the stolen computer files, but finds himself thwarted by a man whom he hoped was dead. Meanwhile, Scully finds herself at a loss for her next step and turns to her family for support, since Mulder is otherwise engaged fighting for survival.
| - Guest starring: Walter Gotell as Victor Klemper
|| "Paper Clip" ||Chris Carter ||Rob Bowman || September 29 1995 || 3x02
| Reunited, Mulder and Scully locate an old scientist from Nazi Germany, pardoned through Operation Paperclip. The information he gives them leads to their discovery of something which could mean their deaths.
| - Guest starring: Walter Gotell as Victor Klemper
|| "D.P.O." ||Howard Gordon ||Kim Manners ||October 6 1995 || 3x03
| Mulder is skeptical over a coroner's report regarding the fifth person to be struck by lightning in a small Oklahoma town. Their investigation into the latest death seems to point to the only person to have survived a lightning strike, an emotionally–charged youth.
| - Guest starring: Jack Black as Bart 'Zero' Liquori
Giovanni Ribisi as Darin Peter Oswald
|| "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"||Darin Morgan ||Rob Bowman || October 13 1995 || 3x04
| Sceptical of a famous psychic's predictions regarding the murder of several prognosticators, Mulder instead finds someone who he believes truly can predict the future. Catching the killer could prove difficult, though, particularly if the murderer can also see into his future.
| - Guest starring: Peter Boyle as Clyde Bruckman
- ''This episode sets up an important plot point of the Season Six episode "Tithonus."
- ''This episode won two Emmys. One was for the writing, and the other was awarded to Peter Boyle for his guest appearance in this episode.
- ''This episode was named by TV Guide as one of the greatest episodes in TV history.
|| "The List"|| Chris Carter ||Chris Carter || October 20 1995 || 3x05
| A death row inmate makes good on his promise to come back from the dead and kill the five people involved in his death. The fear of his retribution has everyone scrambling to determine if they are on the list, while Mulder and Scully attempt to determine how he has returned to execute his tormentors.
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|| "2Shy "||Jeff Vlaming ||David Nutter || November 3 1995|| 3x06
| Meeting insecure women through an on-line service, a serial killer seduces his prey with the right words. However, Mulder and Scully determine these killings are far from ordinary by the presence of a strange substance coating the victims, a substance which seems to digest the fatty acids in flesh.
| - ''Guest starring Timothy Carhart as Virgil Incanto
|| "The Walk"||John Shiban ||Rob Bowman || November 10 1995 || 3x07
| Another failed suicide attempt by a patient in a military hospital interests Mulder with the talk of a "phantom soldier" which has prevented the man's death. The general in charge is at first opposed to the FBI's involvement until the invisible killer begins stalking him. But none believe when the primary suspect is a quadriplegic.
| - Guest starring: Willie Garson as "Roach" Freely
|| "Oubliette"|| Charles Grant Craig ||Kim Manners || November 17 1995 || 3x08
| When a young girl is kidnapped from her home, a fast food worker miles away collapses on the job, apparently experiencing exactly what the child is feeling. When Mulder learns that the woman was kidnapped and held hostage for years as a child, he begins to believe that she may be the key to help find the missing girl.
| - Guest starring: Jewel Staite as Amy Jacobs
|| "Nisei"||Chris Carter, Howard Gordon & Frank Spotnitz ||David Nutter || November 11 1995 || 3x09
| A mail order videotape of an alien autopsy blossoms into a much more complicated investigation when Mulder and Scully find the distributor of the tape murdered in his own home apparently by a high—ranking Japanese diplomat. While Mulder's search for the video leads him to a train car, Scully investigates a Mutual UFO Network group and discovers several women who claim to know her.
| - Guest starring: Raymond J. Barry as Senator Richard Matheson
Robert Ito as Dr. Ishimaru
|| "731"||Frank Spotnitz ||Rob Bowman || December 1 1995 || 3x10
| Scully takes X's advice to heart and investigates more into the implant she removed from her neck. Mulder, having ignored the advice given him, finds himself trapped on the train with a Japanese scientist and the man sent to kill him.
| - Guest starring: Robert Ito as Dr. Ishimaru
|| "Revelations"||Kim Newton ||David Nutter || December 15 1995 || 3x11
| Mulder tracks a series of religiously motivated murders. Each of the eleven victims claims to have been stigmatic but all turned out to be frauds. When Mulder and Scully discover a little boy displaying inexplicable wounds of religious significance, they try to protect him from the killer they know will be coming.
| - Guest starring: Kevin Zegers as Kevin Kryder
|| "War of the Coprophages"||Darin Morgan ||Kim Manners || January 1 1996 || 3x12
| A small town is plagued by deaths in which the bodies are found covered in cockroaches. Working from home, Scully has scientific explanations for all of them but Mulder — at the crime scene with an attractive bug expert — suspects the insects may not be organic, or earthly.
| The cockroaches are seen to group together to murder people. The character Dr. Berenbaum (based on the University of Illinois entomologist) suggests that it is actually swarms of flying cockroaches that are responsible for most UFO sightings (they generate an electro-static field which can be illuminated dependent on atmospheric conditions). In one of the scenes, a cockroach that escaped can be seen crawling over the camera, making it appear that the viewer's television has become infested. Though the shot was not planned, the producers decided to leave it in the episode.
- Guest starring: Bobbie Phillips as Dr. Bambi Berenbaum
|| "Syzygy"||Chris Carter ||Rob Bowan || January 26 1996 || 3x13
| Agents Mulder and Scully visit a small town to investigate a series of bizarre deaths, mainly among high school teenagers. Evidence points to a Satanic cult. Moreover, people in this village, including Mulder and Scully, seem to be changed by the events — the weak and aggressive features of a person's character are turned inside out. Mulder drinks, Scully smokes, a peace-loving school director becomes leader of the mob. Eventually Mulder notices some coincidence with strange astrological phenomena, and two teenaged girls turn out to be main suspects as a consequence.
| - Guest starring: Appearance: Ryan Reynolds as "Boom"
|| "Grotesque"||Howard Gordon ||Kim Manners ||February 2 1996 || 3x14
| Agents Mulder and Scully join Mulder's former mentor (played by guest star Kurtwood Smith) the FBI's chief profiler, on a case involving a serial killer who claims to be possessed by a demonic force. The case gets even more mysterious when the suspect is apprehended and the murders continue. Mulder gets involved more deeply than expected and Scully as well as Skinner are deeply concerned.
| - Guest starring:
|| "Piper Maru"||Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter ||Rob Bowan || February 9 1996 || 3x15
| When a French salvage ship sends a diving crew to recover a mysterious wreckage from World War II, the crew falls prey to a bizarre illness and Agents Mulder and Scully join the investigation. The investigation leads to the discovery of a familiar face, and Skinner's being threatened.
| - Guest starring:
| "Apocrypha" | Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter | Kim Manners | February 16 1996 | 3x16
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| While Mulder continues to investigate a bizarre illness that originated with the discovery of a mysterious World War II wreckage buried at sea, several government figures try to thwart their efforts. And as Skinner recovers from his shooting, Scully discovers that he is still in danger, from the man who killed her sister.
| - Guest starring:
|| "Pusher"||Vince Gilligan ||Rob Bowan || February 23 1996 || 3x17
| Agents Mulder and Scully's assistance is requested for a case involving a man seemingly capable of bending people to his will. The suspect uses his mysterious abilities to manipulate Agent Mulder into a dangerous end game.
| - Guest starring: Robert Wisden as Robert 'Pusher' Modell
|| "Teso Dos Bichos"||John Shiban ||Kim Manners || March 8 1996|| 3x18
| A series of deaths occurs immediately after an ancient artifact is brought to Boston from an excavation site in South America. According to Scully, the deaths appear to be the result of political terrorism, but Mulder suspects something more improbable.
| - Guest starring:
|| "Hell Money"||Jeff Vlaming ||Tucker Gates || March 29 1996 || 3x19
| A string of mysterious deaths of recent Chinese immigrants brings Agents Mulder and Scully to San Francisco's Chinatown. The Agents team up with a Chinese detective to better understand the language and customs of the Chinese culture, but one thing remains frightening clear — all of the bodies are missing various internal organs.
| - Guest starring: B.D. Wong as Detective Glen Chao
James Hong as Hard-Faced Man
Lucy Liu as Kim Hsin
|| "Jose Chung's "From Outer Space""||Darin Morgan ||Rob Bowman || April 12 1996 || 3x20
| When a couple claims to have been abducted by aliens, Agents Mulder and Scully try to get at the truth but everyone has a different version of the story, including the "aliens" themselves.
| - Guest starring: Charles Nelson Reilly as Jose Chung
Cameos by Alex Trebek and Jesse Ventura as the "Men in Black"
|| "Avatar"||Howard Gordon ||James Charleston ||April 26 1996 || 3x21
| During a difficult time in assistant director Skinner's life, he meets a woman in a bar and spends the night with her. The next morning, the woman is dead and he is accused of murder. Agents Mulder and Scully join the investigation to clear their supervisor's name. As they unravel the threads of a conspiracy, they also learn more about Skinner's personal affairs.
| - Guest starring: Amanda Tapping
|| "Quagmire"||Kim Newton ||Kim Manners || May 3 1996 || 3x22
| When a series of mysterious deaths and disappearances are reported near a lake in a small town, Agents Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate. With local folklore of a killer sea serpent running rampant amongst the locals, the agents must take their search for the truth to the water.
| - Guest starring:
|| "Wetwired"||Mat Beck ||Rob Bowan || May 10 1996 || 3x23
| Agents Mulder and Scully uncover a dark conspiracy behind a bizarre series of seemingly unrelated murders in a small town. As the extent of the conspiracy is revealed, Scully's trust in Mulder is put to the test. Eventually, even Scully shows the symptoms of a severe psychosis leading to paranoia. She believes Mulder has moved to "the other side" and betrayed her and even wants to kill her! In the end, also Mulder is led into a conflict between revealing his "contact" and providing the secret, but keeping the last murder unrevealed.
| - Guest starring:
|| "Talitha Cumi"||Chris Carter ||R. W. Goodwin || May 17 1996 || 3x24
| Agents Mulder and Scully search for a man who seems to possess strange powers, which leads to the discovery of dangerous secret from Mulder's past. The secret could bring Mulder and Scully to the brink of exposing the truth about alien existence.
| - Guest starring: Roy Thinnes as Jeremiah Smith
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|| "Herrenvolk" ||Chris Carter ||R. W. Goodwin|| October 4 1996||4x01
| The traditional opening credits text reads "The truth is out there"; however, in this episode, it reads "Everything dies", a phrase spoken by the Alien Bounty Hunter to Mulder. Later in the episode, Marita Covarrubias, in her first appearance of the season, tells Mulder that "not everything dies".
| While Mulder and Jeremiah Smith attempt to uncover the truth, the Syndicate realizes that they have a traitor in their midst.
The informant known to fans as Mr. X dies in this episode, as he is discovered to be the source of the leak. As he dies, he scrawls the letters SRSG on the floor of Mulder's apartment in his own blood. Later, it is implied that these letters stand for Special Representative to the Secretary General, and lead Mulder to Marita Covarrubias (who is the SRSG's assistant).
Herrenvolk means Master race in German.
|| "Home" ||Kim Manners||Glen Morgan & James Wong||October 11 1996||4x03
| Mulder and Scully travel to the bucolic small town of Home, Pennsylvania where they find evidence of an unspeakable crime.
| This episode is considered by many fans to be the most disturbing episode of the series.
|| "Teliko" ||James Charleston||Howard Gordon||October 18 1996||4x04
| The mysterious deaths of several African-American men whose skin color has turned white sends Mulder on a quest into African folklore.
| The traditional "The Truth is Out There" text is changed to "Obscure Inveigle Obfuscate". Scully says these words to Mulder during the episode.
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|| "Unruhe " ||Vince Gilligan ||Rob Bowman || October 27 1996|| 4X02
| Agents Mulder and Scully investigate a group of bizarre abductions in which the only clues are inexplicable photographs. But when Scully is the next intended victim, Mulder must get into the killer's head.
| Guest Starring Pruitt Taylor Vance as Gerry Schnauz
|| "The Field Where I Died " || Glen Morgan & James Wong || Rob Bowman ||November 3 1996||4X05
| Agent Mulder's search for an informant inside a cult compound leads Scully and him to one of the cult leader's wives. What they soon discover is an unexpectedly close connection with the woman.
| Guest Starring Michael Massee as Vernon Ephesian
|| "Sanguinarium " ||Vivian Mayhew and Valerie Mayhew|| Kim Manners ||November 10 1996||4X06
| Bizarre murders in a hospital's plastic surgery unit lead Mulder and Scully to suspect a supernatural force may be responsible.
| Guest Starring Richard Beymer as Dr. Jack Franklin
|| "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man " ||Glen Morgan|| James Wong ||November 17 1996||4X07
| Taking a page from the Superman comic "Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography," this episode details previous exploits of the Cigarette Smoking Man. Mulder and Scully meet with Frohike, where they uncover what may be his real life.
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|| "Tunguska" ||Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter || Rob Bowman ||November 24 1996||4X09
| A diplomatic courier carrying deadly cargo involves Agents Mulder and Scully in a dangerous web of intrigue, which leads Mulder on a trip to Russia.
| Guest Starring Fritz Weaver as Senator Sorenson
|| "Terma" ||Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter || Rob Bowman ||December 1 1996||4X10
| Scully and Skinner attend a suspicious Senate hearing, while Mulder and Krycek face off in a Russian gulag.
| Terma "Тюрьма" - means Jail in Russian.
|| "Paper Hearts" ||Vince Gilligan || Rob Bowman ||December 15 1996||4X08
| Agent Mulder is haunted by an old case in which young girls were killed and hearts cut from their nightgowns, Soon Mulder becomes suspicious when the killer taunts him with the idea that one of his victims may have been Samantha.
| Guest Starring
|| "El Mundo Gira" ||John Shiban || Tucker Gates ||January 12 1997||4X11
| Deadly rain in a migrant workers camp sends Agent Mulder and Scully on the trail of a mythical beast — El Chupacabra.
| Guest Starring Rubén Blades as Conrad Lozano
|| "Leonard Betts" ||Frank Spotnitz, Vince Gilligan and John Shiban || Kim Manners ||January 26 1997||4X14
| The disappearance of a man's body from a hospital morgue leads Mulder and Scully to investigate the strange circumstances surrounding the man's death. However, for Scully it will lead to a horrifying revelation.
| Guest Starring Paul McCrane as Leonard Betts
|| "Never Again" ||Glen Morgan & James Wong || Rob Bowman ||February 2 1997||4X13
| On a solo assignment out of town, Scully meets Mr. Wrong, a man whose tattoo does not want to share him - especially not with Scully.
| Guest Starring Rodney Rowland as Ed Jerse
|| "Memento Mori" ||Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz || Rob Bowman ||February 9 1997||4X15
| Fear for Scully's health sends Mulder to investigate the bizarre circumstances that may explain her mysterious abduction two years ago, while Scully takes a more practical course to quell her illness.
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|| "Kaddish" ||Howard Gordon ||Kim Manners ||February 16 1997||4X12
| A murder in a Jewish community leads to the deaths of the killers, forcing Mulder and Scully to determine whether vengeance or larger forces are at work.
| Title refers to Kaddish as the part of Jewish mourning ritual.
|| "Unrequited" ||Howard Gordon || Kim Manners ||February 23 1997||4X16
| The mysterious assassination of a high-ranking military official has Mulder and Scully racing against the clock to stop a seemingly unstoppable - and invisible - assassin.
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|| "Tempus Fugit" ||Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz || Rob Bowman ||March 16 1997||4X17
| While celebrating Scully's birthday, Mulder learns of Max Fenig's death in a plane crash. What the agents soon discover is that the circumstances surrounding the crash may have been alien.
| The title means Time flees in Latin.
|| "Max" ||Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz || Kim Manners ||March 23 1997||4X18
| Mulder is arrested for his part in the investigation, while Scully - dealing with Agent Pendrell's shooting — waits anxiously.
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|| "Synchrony" ||Howard Gordon & David Greenwalt || Jim Charleston ||April 13 1997||4X19
| Mulder and Scully investigate a murder for which the suspect presents an incredible alibi — that the death was foretold by an old man able to see into the future.
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|| "Small Potatoes" ||Vince Gilligan || Clifford Bole ||April 20 1997||4X20
| A small town is "blessed" by babies being born with tails. Mulder and Scully arrive only to encounter a suspect who proves nearly impossible to identify.
| - This episode was named by TV Guide as one of the greatest episodes in TV history.
|| "Zero Sum" ||Howard Gordon & Frank Spotnitz || Kim Manners ||April 27 1997||4X21
| Agent Mulder launches a criminal investigation into a bizarre death which he finds has connections to A.D. Skinner. Meanwhile, Skinner makes his own deal with the devil in a desperate attempt to save Scully from the cancer that is taking over her body.
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|| "Elegy" || John Shiban|| Jim Charleston ||May 4 1997||4X22
| Mulder and Scully track a series of murders that lead to a home for the mentally ill and a clue that makes no sense: each victim had a purported warning from the dead. However, while Mulder makes some surprising discoveries, Scully is reminded of her own mortality.
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|| "Demons" ||R. W. Goodwin || Kim Manners ||May 11 1997||4X23
| Scully is concerned for Mulder's well-being when he suffers from a memory loss while investigating a case — and is the only suspect in a brutal double murder.
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|| "Gethsemane" || Chris Carter||R. W. Goodwin ||May 18 1997||4X24
| Mulder discovers the ultimate proof of extraterrestrial life while Scully’s cancer gets worse... but she may not be the agent whose life is over.
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