The X-Files (1993)

The X-Files (1993) - FOX

FOX

Series

1993

TV14

Drama

Science fiction

FBI special agents probe cases involving phenomena that defy conventional explanations.

Where to Stream

1993–2018 Series 11 Seasons219 Episodes

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Sunday, July 6

Kill Switch

Season 5 • Episode 11

Mulder and Scully investigate a computer genius' murder; written by William Gibson and Tom Maddox.

Sunday, July 6

Triangle

Season 6 • Episode 3

Mulder gets into a bizarre conflict on a mysterious ship in the Bermuda Triangle.

Sunday, July 6

Three of a Kind

Season 6 • Episode 20

The Lone Gunmen trick Scully into going to Las Vegas to help them.

Sunday, July 6

Three Words

Season 8 • Episode 16

Mulder conducts a secret investigation after the shooting of a man.

Monday, July 7

Jump the Shark

Season 9 • Episode 15

The agents enlist the Lone Gunmen to help follow leads regarding the Super Soldiers.

Monday, July 7

2Shy

Season 3 • Episode 6

The agents follow the trail of a serial killer whose victims have several similarities.

Monday, July 7

The Walk

Season 3 • Episode 7

Mulder and Scully are called to a military hospital to investigate a supposedly suicidal patient.

Monday, July 7

Oubliette

Season 3 • Episode 8

When child is abducted, detectives seek another hostage's help.

Tuesday, July 8

Nisei

Season 3 • Episode 9

Mulder discovers a video of an alien autopsy.

Tuesday, July 8

731

Season 3 • Episode 10

When Scully is forced to trust a mystery person, the situation becomes dangerous.

Tuesday, July 8

Revelations

Season 3 • Episode 11

Mulder and Scully try to protect a child who may be threatened by a religiously motivated murderer.

Tuesday, July 8

War of the Coprophages

Season 3 • Episode 12

Mulder comes to regard the cockroaches found at a murder scene as suspects.

Wednesday, July 9

Syzygy

Season 3 • Episode 13

Mulder and Scully investigate a series of bizarre deaths plaguing a small town.

Wednesday, July 9

Grotesque

Season 3 • Episode 14

A former mentor helps Mulder and Scully investigate a possessed serial killer.

Wednesday, July 9

Piper Maru

Season 3 • Episode 15

A diving crew is stricken with illness while attempting to recover WWII wreckage.

Wednesday, July 9

Apocrypha

Season 3 • Episode 16

Mulder and Scully continue to investigate the origins of a bizarre disease.

Thursday, July 10

Pusher

Season 3 • Episode 17

A suspect who seems able to bend people to his will manipulates Mulder into a dangerous endgame.

Thursday, July 10

Teso Dos Bichos

Season 3 • Episode 18

The agents investigate deaths that seem to be linked to political terrorism.

Thursday, July 10

Hell Money

Season 3 • Episode 19

A string of deaths brings Mulder and Scully to San Francisco's Chinatown.

Thursday, July 10

Jose Chung's From Outer Space

Season 3 • Episode 20

Mulder and Scully investigate a couple who claim to have been abducted by aliens.

Friday, July 11

Avatar

Season 3 • Episode 21

Mulder and Scully unravel a conspiracy when they try to clear Skinner of murder charges.

Saturday, July 12

Quagmire

Season 3 • Episode 22

Mulder and Scully investigate deaths centered around a lake in a small town.

Saturday, July 12

Wetwired

Season 3 • Episode 23

A conspiracy behind a series of small-town murders tests Scully's trust in Mulder.

Saturday, July 12

Talitha Cumi

Season 3 • Episode 24

The agents uncover a dangerous secret from Mulder's past.

Sunday, July 13

Herrenvolk

Season 4 • Episode 1

Mulder and Scully's manhunt may lead them to the truth about alien existence.

Sunday, July 13

Teliko

Season 4 • Episode 3

The mysterious deaths of several black men leads Scully to suspect an unusual medical disorder.

Sunday, July 13

Unruhe

Season 4 • Episode 4

A terrifying photograph is Mulder and Scully's only clue to the bizarre abduction of a young woman.

Sunday, July 13

The Field Where I Died

Season 4 • Episode 5

Agents Mulder and Scully investigate evil deeds at a cult compound.

Sunday, July 13

Sanguinarium

Season 4 • Episode 6

Bizarre deaths in a hospital's plastic surgery unit make the agents suspect a supernatural force.

Monday, July 14

Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man

Season 4 • Episode 7

The agents uncover what may be the true identity of the cigarette-smoking man (William B. Davis).

Monday, July 14

Tunguska

Season 4 • Episode 8

Mulder and Scully become involved with a smuggler carrying deadly cargo.

Monday, July 14

Terma

Season 4 • Episode 9

Mulder and Scully investigate a deadly smuggler's conspiracy.

Monday, July 14

Paper Hearts

Season 4 • Episode 10

An old case haunts Mulder when a serial killer he put away exerts a strange influence over him.

Tuesday, July 15

El Mundo Gira

Season 4 • Episode 11

Agents Mulder and Scully seek out a mythical beast after a deadly rain in a migrant workers' camp.

Tuesday, July 15

Leonard Betts

Season 4 • Episode 12

Mulder and Scully investigate a man's death when the corpse vanishes.

Tuesday, July 15

Never Again

Season 4 • Episode 13

Scully finds her life in danger when she pursues a lead alone, involving a man with a deadly tattoo.

Tuesday, July 15

Memento Mori

Season 4 • Episode 14

Mulder and Scully probe the circumstances surrounding Scully's previous abduction.

Wednesday, July 16

Kaddish

Season 4 • Episode 15

The agents investigate apparent vengeance killings following a murder in the Jewish community.

Wednesday, July 16

Unrequited

Season 4 • Episode 16

Mulder and Scully race to catch the assassin of a high-ranking military official.

Wednesday, July 16

Tempus Fugit

Season 4 • Episode 17

Mulder and Scully investigate a plane crash involving a well-known alien abductee.

Wednesday, July 16

Max

Season 4 • Episode 18

The agents continue to search for the real cause of the plane crash.

Thursday, July 17

Synchrony

Season 4 • Episode 19

A suspect claims innocence because a seer had foretold the murder.

Thursday, July 17

Small Potatoes

Season 4 • Episode 20

Mulder and Scully visit a small town where bizarre pregnancies have occurred.

Thursday, July 17

Zero Sum

Season 4 • Episode 21

Mulder investigates a bizarre death in which the main suspect appears to be his superior, Skinner.

Thursday, July 17

Elegy

Season 4 • Episode 22

In a murder case where each victim had a warning from the dead, clues point to a mental institution.

Friday, July 18

Demons

Season 4 • Episode 23

Scully worries when Mulder suffers a memory loss and is the only suspect in a double homicide.

Friday, July 18

Gethsemane

Season 4 • Episode 24

Mulder discovers proof of extraterrestrial life; Scully faces her own mortality.

Friday, July 18

Redux

Season 5 • Episode 1

Skinner is suspected of being responsible for Scully's illness.

Friday, July 18

Redux II

Season 5 • Episode 2

The future of the X-Files is endangered as Scully lingers near death.

Saturday, July 19

Unusual Suspects

Season 5 • Episode 3

The origin of the Lone Gunmen is detailed in a flashback to 1989.

Sunday, July 20

Detour

Season 5 • Episode 4

Mulder and Scully find themselves stranded in the woods with a deadly predator.

Sunday, July 20

The Post-Modern Prometheus

Season 5 • Episode 5

A letter draws Scully and Mulder to a small town and a modern Frankenstein.

Sunday, July 20

Christmas Carol

Season 5 • Episode 6

Dreams about a murdered woman's daughter haunt Scully at Christmas.

Sunday, July 20

Emily

Season 5 • Episode 7

Scully tries to protect a girl from the men responsible for her parents' deaths.

Sunday, July 20

Kitsunegari

Season 5 • Episode 8

Mulder and Scully race to prevent an old adversary from taking his revenge.

Monday, July 21

Schizogeny

Season 5 • Episode 9

When a teen is suspected of parricide, Mulder and Scully suspect an even greater evil.

Monday, July 21

Chinga

Season 5 • Episode 10

Scully probes a case where a girl orders people to inflict wounds upon themselves.

Monday, July 21

Kill Switch

Season 5 • Episode 11

Mulder and Scully investigate a computer genius' murder; written by William Gibson and Tom Maddox.

Monday, July 21

Bad Blood

Season 5 • Episode 12

Mulder and Scully have different stories about a death stemming from one of their investigations.

Tuesday, July 22

Patient X

Season 5 • Episode 13

Horrible killings lead Mulder to evidence of extraterrestrial life.

Tuesday, July 22

The Red and the Black

Season 5 • Episode 14

To rescue Scully, Mulder confronts creatures whose existence could expose a conspiracy.

Tuesday, July 22

Travelers

Season 5 • Episode 15

Mulder questions a former agent about one of the first cases from the 1950s.

Tuesday, July 22

Mind's Eye

Season 5 • Episode 16

Mulder and Scully investigate a murder seemingly committed by a blind woman (Lili Taylor).

Wednesday, July 23

All Souls

Season 5 • Episode 17

A priest asks for Scully's help in solving the death of a girl with a disability.

Wednesday, July 23

The Pine Bluff Variant

Season 5 • Episode 18

Mulder and Scully investigate terrorists experimenting with biological warfare.

Wednesday, July 23

Folie a Deux

Season 5 • Episode 19

A delusional man is convinced his boss is a monster and is willing to prove it.

Wednesday, July 23

The End

Season 5 • Episode 20

An investigation brings contact with a person from Mulder's past.

Thursday, July 24

The Beginning

Season 6 • Episode 1

Partnership of Mulder and Scully is threatened by the hunt for a deadly creature.

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