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.
Wednesday, December 3
Salvage
Season 8 • Episode 9
Scully and Doggett investigate bizarre deaths in a small town.
Wednesday, December 3
Badlaa
Season 8 • Episode 10
A series of murders link to a mystical being that inhabits its victims' bodies.
Wednesday, December 3
The Gift
Season 8 • Episode 11
A case Mulder kept secret from Scully surfaces.
Thursday, December 4
Medusa
Season 8 • Episode 12
Bizarre deaths occur in the tunnels of the Boston subway system.
Thursday, December 4
Per Manum
Season 8 • Episode 13
Scully and Doggett investigate reports of humans being impregnated by aliens.
Thursday, December 4
This Is Not Happening
Season 8 • Episode 14
Doggett brings on a new agent to help with the case of Mulder's disappearance.
Thursday, December 4
Deadalive
Season 8 • Episode 15
A man's reappearance prompts Doggett and Scully to reopen the investigation into Mulder's death.
Friday, December 5
Three Words
Season 8 • Episode 16
Mulder conducts a secret investigation after the shooting of a man.
Friday, December 5
Empedocles
Season 8 • Episode 17
Investigators address the unsolved murder of Agent Doggett's son.
Friday, December 5
Vienen
Season 8 • Episode 18
Agent Mulder and agent Doggett work together to investigate strange deaths on an oil rig.
Friday, December 5
Alone
Season 8 • Episode 19
Doggett and a new agent get into trouble when they pursue a reptilian creature.
Saturday, December 6
Essence
Season 8 • Episode 20
Mulder, Doggett and Skinner try to protect Scully and her fetus from alien rampage.
Sunday, December 7
Existence
Season 8 • Episode 21
Mulder, Doggett, Skinner and Reyes work together to protect Scully's unborn child.
Sunday, December 7
Nothing Important Happened Today
Season 9 • Episode 1
The agents' quest for the truth leads to a conspiracy involving Scully's baby.
Sunday, December 7
Nothing Important Happened Today II
Season 9 • Episode 2
Doggett's ongoing search for clues puts his life in jeopardy.
Sunday, December 7
Daemonicus
Season 9 • Episode 3
Doggett and Reyes investigate a double murder that has ritualistic elements.
Sunday, December 7
4-D
Season 9 • Episode 4
Agent Reyes is accused of attempting to murder Agent Doggett.
Monday, December 8
Lord of the Flies
Season 9 • Episode 5
A teenager dies while performing a stunt for a television show.
Monday, December 8
Trust No. 1
Season 9 • Episode 6
Scully lets down her guard when a stranger says he has information about Mulder.
Monday, December 8
John Doe
Season 9 • Episode 7
Doggett wanders a Mexican town with no memory of his identity or his past.
Monday, December 8
Hellbound
Season 9 • Episode 8
Reyes and Doggett investigate a string of murders in which the victims were skinned alive.
Tuesday, December 9
Provenance
Season 9 • Episode 9
Evidence suggests Scully's baby might be even more "special" than previously imagined.
Tuesday, December 9
Providence
Season 9 • Episode 10
Scully take matters into her own hands to rescue her son from his kidnappers.
Tuesday, December 9
Audrey Pauley
Season 9 • Episode 11
Doggett and Scully search for a way to bring Reyes out of a coma before she dies.
Tuesday, December 9
Underneath
Season 9 • Episode 12
Brutal murders force the reopening of a case Doggett believes he solved years earlier.
Wednesday, December 10
Improbable
Season 9 • Episode 13
Reyes and Scully receive clues from a mysterious stranger in their hunt for a serial killer.
Wednesday, December 10
Scary Monsters
Season 9 • Episode 14
The agents investigate a man who may control the monsters that killed his wife.
Wednesday, December 10
Jump the Shark
Season 9 • Episode 15
The agents enlist the Lone Gunmen to help follow leads regarding the Super Soldiers.
Wednesday, December 10
William
Season 9 • Episode 16
A severely disfigured man lurking in the office tells Doggett he is seeking information for Mulder.
Thursday, December 11
Release
Season 9 • Episode 17
An FBI trainee connects recent murders to the killing of Doggett's son many years ago.
Thursday, December 11
Sunshine Days
Season 9 • Episode 18
The agents investigate a mysterious death in a suburban neighborhood.
Thursday, December 11
The Truth
Season 9 • Episode 19
On trial for murder, Mulder justifies the existence of the X-Files.
Thursday, December 11
The Truth II
Season 9 • Episode 20
On trial for murder, Mulder justifies the existence of the X-Files.
Friday, December 12
Pilot
Season 1 • Episode 1
Mulder and Scully travel to the Northwest to investigate a series of deaths.
Friday, December 12
Deep Throat
Season 1 • Episode 2
Army test pilots in Idaho vanish after completing their missions.
Friday, December 12
Squeeze
Season 1 • Episode 3
Scully and Mulder's investigation is similar to an unsolved case from 1903.
Saturday, December 13
Conduit
Season 1 • Episode 4
A girl who vanished during a family camping trip may have been abducted by aliens.
Saturday, December 13
The Jersey Devil
Season 1 • Episode 5
The perpetrator of a gruesome murder appears to have an appetite for human flesh.
Saturday, December 13
Shadows
Season 1 • Episode 6
Mulder and Scully investigate reports of an unseen force believed to be protecting a young woman.
Saturday, December 13
Ghost in the Machine
Season 1 • Episode 7
A computer controlling an office building goes berserk, killing those inside.
Saturday, December 13
Ice
Season 1 • Episode 8
The agents probe the unexplained deaths of Arctic researchers.
Sunday, December 14
Space
Season 1 • Episode 9
Scully and Mulder investigate sabotage efforts in the space shuttle program.
Sunday, December 14
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.
Sunday, December 14
Blood
Season 2 • Episode 3
Virginia suburbanites turn violent, claiming they received messages from household appliances.
Sunday, December 14
Wetwired
Season 3 • Episode 23
A conspiracy behind a series of small-town murders tests Scully's trust in Mulder.
Sunday, December 14
Memento Mori
Season 4 • Episode 14
Mulder and Scully probe the circumstances surrounding Scully's previous abduction.
Sunday, December 14
Unusual Suspects
Season 5 • Episode 3
The origin of the Lone Gunmen is detailed in a flashback to 1989.
Sunday, December 14
Kill Switch
Season 5 • Episode 11
Mulder and Scully investigate a computer genius' murder; written by William Gibson and Tom Maddox.
Sunday, December 14
Triangle
Season 6 • Episode 3
Mulder gets into a bizarre conflict on a mysterious ship in the Bermuda Triangle.
Sunday, December 14
Three of a Kind
Season 6 • Episode 20
The Lone Gunmen trick Scully into going to Las Vegas to help them.
Sunday, December 14
Three Words
Season 8 • Episode 16
Mulder conducts a secret investigation after the shooting of a man.
Monday, December 15
Jump the Shark
Season 9 • Episode 15
The agents enlist the Lone Gunmen to help follow leads regarding the Super Soldiers.
Monday, December 15
Fallen Angel
Season 1 • Episode 10
Mulder thinks the government is trying to cover up a UFO landing.
Monday, December 15
Eve
Season 1 • Episode 11
Identical murders occur simultaneously on opposite coasts.
Monday, December 15
Fire
Season 1 • Episode 12
Duo guard member of British Parliament after fires kill top officials.
Tuesday, December 16
Beyond the Sea
Season 1 • Episode 13
Mulder and Scully accept help from a psychic to track down a serial killer.
Tuesday, December 16
Genderbender
Season 1 • Episode 14
The agents pursue a murderer who appears to be able to switch genders.
Tuesday, December 16
Lazarus
Season 1 • Episode 15
An agent shot while shooting a bank robber takes on the criminal's traits after the thief dies.
Tuesday, December 16
Young at Heart
Season 1 • Episode 16
A murderer that Mulder helped convict and who supposedly died in prison returns for revenge.
Wednesday, December 17
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.
Wednesday, December 17
Miracle Man
Season 1 • Episode 18
The agents investigate a faith healer who seems to use his powers for both good and evil.
Wednesday, December 17
Shapes
Season 1 • Episode 19
An unknown beast causes mysterious deaths on an Indian reservation; guest Donnelly Rhodes.
Wednesday, December 17
Darkness Falls
Season 1 • Episode 20
Mulder and Scully investigate the disappearances of loggers in Washington state.
Thursday, December 18
Tooms
Season 1 • Episode 21
Mulder is upset when an accused killer is freed because of insufficient evidence.
Thursday, December 18
Born Again
Season 1 • Episode 22
Mulder and Scully investigate an 8-year-old suspect when two cops are killed.
Thursday, December 18
Roland
Season 1 • Episode 23
The murders of two rocket scientists link to a mentally impaired janitor.
Thursday, December 18
The Erlenmeyer Flask
Season 1 • Episode 24
A government experiment tests unknown substances on humans, with disastrous results.
Friday, December 19
Little Green Men
Season 2 • Episode 1
Mulder visits a communications center in Puerto Rico, looking for evidence of a close encounter.
Friday, December 19
The Host
Season 2 • Episode 2
Mulder discovers a genetically mutated creature that stalks its victims in the sewer system.
Friday, December 19
Blood
Season 2 • Episode 3
Virginia suburbanites turn violent, claiming they received messages from household appliances.
Friday, December 19
Sleepless
Season 2 • Episode 4
Mulder investigates a claim that Marines were surgically deprived of sleep.
Saturday, December 20
Duane Barry
Season 2 • Episode 5
Mulder deals with a hostage-taker who claims to be the victim of alien experimentation.
Saturday, December 20
Ascension
Season 2 • Episode 6
In a desperate attempt to rescue Scully, Mulder pursues the fugitive Duane Barry into the hills.
Saturday, December 20
3
Season 2 • Episode 7
Mulder is attracted to a suspect while investigating vampire-like murders.
Saturday, December 20
One Breath
Season 2 • Episode 8
Mulder tries desperately to give Scully a reason to live after she is found in a coma.
Saturday, December 20
Firewalker
Season 2 • Episode 9
Scientists studying an erupting volcano meet mysterious deaths.
Sunday, December 21
Red Museum
Season 2 • Episode 10
The detectives probe a link between a cult and disappearances of several Wisconsin children.
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