The X-Files (1993)
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Sunday, October 5
4-D
Season 9 • Episode 4
Agent Reyes is accused of attempting to murder Agent Doggett.
Monday, October 6
Lord of the Flies
Season 9 • Episode 5
A teenager dies while performing a stunt for a television show.
Monday, October 6
Trust No. 1
Season 9 • Episode 6
Scully lets down her guard when a stranger says he has information about Mulder.
Monday, October 6
John Doe
Season 9 • Episode 7
Doggett wanders a Mexican town with no memory of his identity or his past.
Monday, October 6
Hellbound
Season 9 • Episode 8
Reyes and Doggett investigate a string of murders in which the victims were skinned alive.
Tuesday, October 7
Provenance
Season 9 • Episode 9
Evidence suggests Scully's baby might be even more "special" than previously imagined.
Tuesday, October 7
Providence
Season 9 • Episode 10
Scully take matters into her own hands to rescue her son from his kidnappers.
Tuesday, October 7
Audrey Pauley
Season 9 • Episode 11
Doggett and Scully search for a way to bring Reyes out of a coma before she dies.
Tuesday, October 7
Underneath
Season 9 • Episode 12
Brutal murders force the reopening of a case Doggett believes he solved years earlier.
Wednesday, October 8
Improbable
Season 9 • Episode 13
Reyes and Scully receive clues from a mysterious stranger in their hunt for a serial killer.
Wednesday, October 8
Scary Monsters
Season 9 • Episode 14
The agents investigate a man who may control the monsters that killed his wife.
Wednesday, October 8
Jump the Shark
Season 9 • Episode 15
The agents enlist the Lone Gunmen to help follow leads regarding the Super Soldiers.
Wednesday, October 8
William
Season 9 • Episode 16
A severely disfigured man lurking in the office tells Doggett he is seeking information for Mulder.
Thursday, October 9
Release
Season 9 • Episode 17
An FBI trainee connects recent murders to the killing of Doggett's son many years ago.
Thursday, October 9
Sunshine Days
Season 9 • Episode 18
The agents investigate a mysterious death in a suburban neighborhood.
Thursday, October 9
The Truth
Season 9 • Episode 19
On trial for murder, Mulder justifies the existence of the X-Files.
Thursday, October 9
The Truth II
Season 9 • Episode 20
On trial for murder, Mulder justifies the existence of the X-Files.
Friday, October 10
Pilot
Season 1 • Episode 1
Mulder and Scully travel to the Northwest to investigate a series of deaths.
Friday, October 10
Deep Throat
Season 1 • Episode 2
Army test pilots in Idaho vanish after completing their missions.
Saturday, October 11
Squeeze
Season 1 • Episode 3
Scully and Mulder's investigation is similar to an unsolved case from 1903.
Saturday, October 11
Conduit
Season 1 • Episode 4
A girl who vanished during a family camping trip may have been abducted by aliens.
Sunday, October 12
The Jersey Devil
Season 1 • Episode 5
The perpetrator of a gruesome murder appears to have an appetite for human flesh.
Monday, October 13
Shadows
Season 1 • Episode 6
Mulder and Scully investigate reports of an unseen force believed to be protecting a young woman.
Monday, October 13
Ghost in the Machine
Season 1 • Episode 7
A computer controlling an office building goes berserk, killing those inside.
Monday, October 13
Ice
Season 1 • Episode 8
The agents probe the unexplained deaths of Arctic researchers.
Monday, October 13
Space
Season 1 • Episode 9
Scully and Mulder investigate sabotage efforts in the space shuttle program.
Tuesday, October 14
Fallen Angel
Season 1 • Episode 10
Mulder thinks the government is trying to cover up a UFO landing.
Tuesday, October 14
Eve
Season 1 • Episode 11
Identical murders occur simultaneously on opposite coasts.
Tuesday, October 14
Fire
Season 1 • Episode 12
Duo guard member of British Parliament after fires kill top officials.
Tuesday, October 14
Beyond the Sea
Season 1 • Episode 13
Mulder and Scully accept help from a psychic to track down a serial killer.
Wednesday, October 15
Genderbender
Season 1 • Episode 14
The agents pursue a murderer who appears to be able to switch genders.
Wednesday, October 15
Lazarus
Season 1 • Episode 15
An agent shot while shooting a bank robber takes on the criminal's traits after the thief dies.
Wednesday, October 15
Young at Heart
Season 1 • Episode 16
A murderer that Mulder helped convict and who supposedly died in prison returns for revenge.
Wednesday, October 15
E.B.E.
Season 1 • Episode 17
The agents learn the government shot down a UFO in Iraq and is hiding evidence of its occupant.
Thursday, October 16
Miracle Man
Season 1 • Episode 18
The agents investigate a faith healer who seems to use his powers for both good and evil.
Thursday, October 16
Shapes
Season 1 • Episode 19
An unknown beast causes mysterious deaths on an Indian reservation; guest Donnelly Rhodes.
Thursday, October 16
Darkness Falls
Season 1 • Episode 20
Mulder and Scully investigate the disappearances of loggers in Washington state.
Thursday, October 16
Tooms
Season 1 • Episode 21
Mulder is upset when an accused killer is freed because of insufficient evidence.
Friday, October 17
Born Again
Season 1 • Episode 22
Mulder and Scully investigate an 8-year-old suspect when two cops are killed.
Saturday, October 18
Roland
Season 1 • Episode 23
The murders of two rocket scientists link to a mentally impaired janitor.
Sunday, October 19
The Erlenmeyer Flask
Season 1 • Episode 24
A government experiment tests unknown substances on humans, with disastrous results.
Monday, October 20
Little Green Men
Season 2 • Episode 1
Mulder visits a communications center in Puerto Rico, looking for evidence of a close encounter.
Monday, October 20
The Host
Season 2 • Episode 2
Mulder discovers a genetically mutated creature that stalks its victims in the sewer system.
Monday, October 20
Blood
Season 2 • Episode 3
Virginia suburbanites turn violent, claiming they received messages from household appliances.
Monday, October 20
Sleepless
Season 2 • Episode 4
Mulder investigates a claim that Marines were surgically deprived of sleep.
Tuesday, October 21
Duane Barry
Season 2 • Episode 5
Mulder deals with a hostage-taker who claims to be the victim of alien experimentation.
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