When a terrorist bomb destroys a building in Dallas, Texas FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy surpassing anything they’ve ever encountered. With the dubious assistance of a paranoid doctor, Mulder and Scully risk their careers and their lives to hunt down a deadly virus which may be extraterrestrial in origin — and could destroy all life on Earth.
Cast
David Duchovny
Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson
Dana Scully
Mitch Pileggi
Walter Skinner
William B. Davis
Cigarette Smoking Man
Michael O'Neill
Patrol Captain Van Gelder
Nick Tate
Dr. Eugene Openshaw
Marnie McPhail
Cami Schroeder
Dirk Blocker
Mayor Gilmore
Bruce Campbell
Wayne Weinsider
Lily Tomlin
Lydia
Melinda Culea
Karin Berquist
Joel McKinnon Miller
Deputy Greer
John Hawkes
Phillip Padgett
John Towey
Dr. Kenneth Orgel
David Denman
Wallace Schiff
Richard Ruccolo
Agent Peyton Ritter
Tuesday Knight
Jackie Gurwitch
Darren E. Burrows
Bernard
Michael McKean
Morris Fletcher
Michael Bailey Smith
Guard
Tuan Tran
Fong
Catherine Dent
June Gurwich
Ed Asner
Maurice
Carrie Hamilton
Pam
Junior Brown
Virgil Nokes
Signy Coleman
Susanne Modeski
John Billingsley
Timothy 'Timmy the Geek' Landau
Clayton Rohner
Daryl Mootz
Tom Virtue
Dave Kline
Geoffrey Lewis
Alfred Fellig
Jesse L. Martin
Josh Exley
Diana Maria Riva
Angela Villareal
Veronica Cartwright
Cassandra Spender
Dana Lee
Yee
Bryan Cranston
Patrick Crump
Paul Willson
Ted
Michael Milhoan
Dep. Arky Stevens
Jillian Bach
Maggie
Victoria Jackson
Sheila Fontaine
Abraham Benrubi
Big Mike Raskin
Jenny Gago
Dr. Katrina Cabrera
Frank Novak
Raybert Fellowes
Tyler Binkley
Terry Fletcher
John Diehl
Wilson Pinker Rawls
Jeremy Roberts
George Vincent
Grace Phillips
Betsy Monroe
Debra Christofferson
Pat Verlander
Darren McGavin
Agent Arthur Dales
David Manis
Holman Hardt
Yau-Gene Chan
Woo
Nestor Serrano
Ken Naciamento
Mimi Rogers
Agent Diana Fowley
Suanne Spoke
Woman Customer
Kenneth Tigar
Dr. Plant
Monique Edwards
Head Teller
Lisa Jane Persky
Laura Weinsider
James M. Connor
Jake Conroy
Tom Gallop
Win Shroeder
Frankie Ingrassia
Cindy Culpepper
Michael Ensign
Dr. Barnes
Robyn Lively
Angela Schiff
Brian Thompson
Alien Bounty Hunter
Michael B. Silver
Howard Grodin
Silas Weir Mitchell
Dougie
George Murdock
Elder #2
Valente Rodriguez
Walter Suarez
Jim Beaver
Coroner
Lisa Picotte
Stacey Muir
Jeffrey Schoeny
Trevor
Juliana Donald
Nancy Kline
Bob Peters
Idaho News Anchor
Lenora May
Ms. Britton
Nora Dunn
JoAnne Fletcher
Al Ruscio
Elder #4
M. Emmet Walsh
Arthur Dales
Dara Hollingsworth
Christine Fletcher
Jim Fyfe
James 'Jimmy the Geek' Belmont
Benito Martinez
Orderly
Brian D. Johnson
Man
Laurie Holden
Marita Covarrubias
Roger W. Morrissey
Übermenscher
Janine Venable
Vicky Crump
Michael Rothhaar
Dr. Couvillion
Thomas F. Duffy
Jeffrey Cahn
Fredric Lehne
Young Arthur Dales
Mik Scriba
Lieutenant Kraskow
Nichole Pelerine
Sara Shipley
David Bowe
Robert Werther
Jimmy Staszkiel
Mr. Ginsberg
Greg Ellis
3rd British Crewman
Vin Scully
Baseball Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Jeff Bowser
Redhead Geek
Frank Buckley
Nevada News Anchor
Wendie Malick
Assistant Director J. Maslin
Keith Brunsmann
Bo
Max Kasch
Evan Shipley
Murray Rubinstein
Dr. Steven Sandoz
Bill Dow
Charles Burks
Mindy Seeger
Coroner
Trevor Goddard
1st British Crewman
Dan Gifford
Local News Anchor
Robert Peters
Sergeant
Jesse James
Poor Boy
David Starwalt
Frank Fiedler
Tim Bagley
Gordy
David Michael Millins
Tour Guide
Michael Chinyamurindi
Dr. Solomon Merkmallen
Charles Rocket
Grant Ellis
Madison Mason
Captain Yip Harburg
Mark Matthias
Mover
Ed Corbin
Guard
Michael Mantell
Dr. James Riley
Jason Felipe
Bald Geek
Sally Stevens
Radio Singer
Jeff Gulka
Gibson Andrew Praise
Warren Sweeney
Dr. Harriman
Chris Ufland
Sam
Arlene Pileggi
Skinner's Assistant
Harry Danner
CDC Doctor
Burnell Roques
Buck Johnson
Treva Tegtmeier
Peggy
Samule Kwaku Minta
Yelling Man
Cary Pfeffer
Anchorman
Phil Abrams
Little Fritz
Julia Vera
Lana Chee
Ken Collins
Gas Station Attendant
Adrienne Wilde
Nurse
Jerry Giles
Security Guard
G.W. Stevens
2nd British Crewman
Benjamin Ochieng
Second African Man
Lou Beatty Jr.
Black Coach
Kim Robillard
Homer
Lisa Joann Thompson
Kelly
Brian Reddy
Big Fritz
Laura Leigh Hughes
Kersh's Assistant
Ayo Adeyemi
African Man
Ken Medlock
White Coach
Rick Millikan
Sandy
Christopher Dahlberg
State Trooper
Andrew Robinson
Dr. Ian Detweiler
Mike Rad
Randy
Kalena Coleman
Bus Driver
Terri Merryman
Newscaster
Scott Eberlein
Black Haired Man
Robert Thomas Beck
1st Mate
Richard Zobel
Al
Lennie Loftin
Coranado
Sheila Tousey
Native American Nurse
Robert Arce
Bald-Headed Man
Arthur Taxier
Assistant Director P. Bart
Scott Williamson
CDC Leader
Gabriel Clifton
Black Kid
Frank Ertl
Elder #5
Marty Zagon
Landlord
Nick Meaney
4th British Crewman
Guido Föhrweißer
2nd Nazi
Wolfgang Gerhard
1st Nazi
Robb Reesman
Macon Cop
Isaac C. Singleton Jr.
1st Roughneck
Kai Wulff
Third Nazi
Mandy Levin
Angie
Rick Garcia
News Anchor
Scott Alan Smith
Prison Doctor
Lamont Johnson
Whaley
Daniel Ducovny
Piney
George Sharperson
Security Guard
Scott Allan Campbell
Jeff Smoodge
James Pickens Jr.
Alvin Kersh
Tom McFadden
Doctor
Peter Donat
William Mulder
Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
Albert Hosteen
John Mahon
General Wegman
Wayne Alexander
Older Agent
Angelo Vacco
Kevin
Durrell Nelson
Maggie's Dad (uncredited)
Al Kaplon
Ump
Don S. Williams
Elder
Chris Owens
Jeffrey Spender
Bruce Harwood
John Fitzgerald Byers
Dean Haglund
Richard 'Ringo' Langly
Tom Braidwood
Melvin Frohike
Raymond J. Barry
Senator Richard Matheson
Nicholas Lea
Alex Krycek
Peter White
Gene Gogolak
Episodes
The Beginning
Mulder is less than thrilled when an Office of Professional Conduct board refuses to reassign him and Scully to The X-Files and even more so when he learns that Agent Spender and Agent Fowley have become their successors. When Gibson Praise reappears and comes to them for help, Mulder and Scully attempt to continue their quest undercover despite having fewer friends and less access and protection than ever before.
Drive
Mulder is trapped in a car with a man who has developed a serious ear condition which can only be suppressed by driving west at high speeds. As Scully tries to find the cause and a cure for the problem, Mulder and the man get closer and closer to the ocean.
Triangle
Mulder goes to the Bermuda Triangle when he learns that the Queen Anne, a British luxury liner which disappeared during WWII, has reappeared in the middle of the Sargasso Sea. Mulder's boat is wrecked and after floating in the water, he is hauled aboard the ship which has just been hijacked by the Nazis searching for the man who will build the atom bomb. Mulder tries to convince the crew that they have traveled into the future, but evidence further suggests that it is he who is back in the past.
Dreamland (1)
While being detained near the famed "Dreamland" Area 51, a strange craft flies overhead and Mulder swaps bodies with an Area 51 "Man-in-Black". While the other agent has fun in Mulder's body, Mulder himself finds it difficult to fit into someone else's life, especially a shadowy one. Mulder contacts Scully about the body swap and tries to get her the flight data recorder from the UFO test flight, but his alter ego uses Mulder's FBI persona to have him arrested.
Dreamland II (2)
Mulder is thrown in jail at the Area 51 compound but is released when it is discovered that the flight data recorder he stole was a fake. Scully comes to her senses and realizes that the Mulder she sees isn't who he really is and heads back to Nevada to help the real Mulder. Meanwhile, the mechanism that caused the body swap is rapidly snapping back, undoing everything in its wake, and Mulder and his alter ego must race to put themselves back where they belong.
How the Ghosts Stole Christmas
Mulder talks Scully into investigating a haunted house on Christmas Eve where several couples have met their fate on that very night. While there, they encounter endless tricks and traps set by a ghostly couple who originally made a lovers suicide pact in the house. The ghosts try to convince Mulder and Scully to kill each other.
Terms of Endearment
After a scan of a couple's unborn child is found to have strange growths protruding from the head and back, the fetus is taken from inside the mother by a demon creature while she is asleep. Mulder heads to investigate after Agent Spender dismisses the claims, and discovers that the father is actually a demon who wants to have a normal child.
The Rain King
Strange weather phenomena in a small town leads Mulder to believe that a weatherman's deep emotions and unspoken love toward his workmate are becoming real in the form of snow and tornadoes.
S.R. 819
Mulder and Scully have 24 hours to save A.D. Skinner from being killed by a biologically engineered disease. The disease appears to be created by a shadowy government organization, but in order to save Skinner's life they must determine who wants him dead and why. With Skinner's condition worsening, Mulder seeks assistance from Senator Matheson, who he hopes can provide some answers and help him to find a cure.
Tithonus
Assistant Director Kersh tries to tear Scully and Mulder apart when he partners Scully with a New York agent investigating Alfred Fellig, a freelance police photographer who conveniently shows up to document the scene of a death as soon as it happens. While the young hotshot agent is convinced that Fellig is murdering the people, Scully has other (paranormal) theories.
Two Fathers (1)
While the Cigarette-Smoking Man recites to an unseen listener everything about the work of the Syndicate involving a global conspiracy in cooperation with an alien species, Cassandra Spender reappears and is pursued by the scientists who would rather kill her than keep her alive. Cassandra runs to Mulder's apartment and demands that he shoot her because she is the culmination of 50 years work - a living alien/human hybrid - and colonization will begin if the aliens find out about her.
One Son (2)
The Cigarette-Smoking Man reveals all the government secrets from the past 50 years in order for his son, Jeffery Spender, to join him in his work. Mulder learns that the final stage of the conspiracy will soon begin with the hybridization of the Syndicate members, and he must stop it from happening. Agent Spender deceives his father and arranges for Mulder and Scully to be reassigned to the X-Files, which doesn't sit too well with the Cigarette-Smoking Man.
Agua Mala
Arthur Dales summons Mulder and Scully to his holiday home in Florida where he is concerned over the disappearance of his neighbors. Despite the raging hurricane, Mulder and Scully head out to investigate and discover several strange deaths caused by an octopus-like sea creature that swam in through the overflowing sewer system.
Monday
A woman is forced to relive the same day over and over as she tries to prevent Mulder and Scully from being killed by her boyfriend during a bank robbery attempt. As the events restart again and again, Mulder's sense of Deja-vu grows stronger.
Arcadia
On their first official case back on the X-Files, Mulder and Scully go undercover as a married couple at a prestigious planned community where several residents have recently disappeared after failing to comply with the rules and regulations.
Alpha
A mysterious dog thought to be the last of a rare Asian breed is responsible for several murders which Mulder and Scully are investigating. Now the agents have to find a way to stop the dog before it kills again.
Trevor
After a tornado rips through a prison camp, one of the inmates disappears from solitary confinement and the prison warden is killed. As Mulder and Scully track him, he appears to have the power to pass through solid matter while changing its composition.
Milagro
A writer living next to Mulder becomes obsessed with Scully and confesses to her that he is using her for a character in his novel. Scully finds herself strangely drawn to him even though he is now the prime suspect in the murder case that she and Mulder are investigating.
The Unnatural
Mulder meets with Agent Arthur Dales' brother (also named Arthur) and is told a tale of a talented negro baseball player from Roswell, New Mexico in the 1940's who may have been an alien that ran away from his colony because of his love for the game.
Three of a Kind
While on a stakeout of a Government Defense Convention in Las Vegas, The Lone Gunmen are reunited with Susanne Modeski, the mysterious woman who disappeared ten years earlier when they first met Agent Mulder.
Field Trip
When the bodies of a couple who have been missing for less than a week are discovered to have been reduced to bone, Mulder suggests that recent paranormal phenomena in the area may have caused the accelerated decomposition.
Biogenesis (1)
Two scientists confer about each of their metal objects that were found in Africa and they theorize that the objects are pieces of a puzzle which could be undeniable proof that human, plant, and animal life did not originate on this planet. When one of the scientists is killed and the objects are stolen, the agents investigate and Mulder begins to experience severe neurological pain caused by the objects.
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