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    The X-Files Episode Guide

    Version 0.92 May 31, 1994
    Copyright 1994 by Cliff Chen

    This guide may be freely distributed, provided it remains in its original
    form. Permission to reproduce, print, or publish portions of this guide
    must be obtained from the author. Questions, comments, and corrections
    are welcomed and may be sent to the author at cliff@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu.
    I am also working on a long version of the guide which will include complete summaries of each episode. It will tentatively be available
    before the end of the summer.

    Background
    ==========

    _The X-Files_ is a FOX show created by Chris Carter dealing with
    2 FBI agents who work with the "X-Files," cases which could not be explained easily and often involve the paranormal. The show is filmed in Vancouver,
    BC. The show premiered on September 10, 1993 and is normally shown Fridays
    at 9 PM (Eastern/Pacific) and 8 PM (Central/Mountain).
    The show's second season of 25 episodes will begin in September.
    _The X-Files_ is broadcast in North America, but is also shown in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK. All dates herein reflect
    only North America.


    Correspondence
    ==============

    If you wish to write in appreciation/support of the show, the addresses are:

    Chris Carter Jonathan Littman
    Executive Producer Director of Current Programing
    "The X-Files"
    Fox Broadcasting Company Fox Broadcasting Company
    10201 W. Pico Blvd. P.O. Box 900
    Los Angeles, CA 90064 Beverly Hills, CA 90123

    Note: The different addresses for Fox are more or less interchangable.
    Regardless of the one you use, your correspondence should reach
    its destination.

    Also, Charles Kennedy, the Vice President of Programming Research at Fox
    has obtained an Internet address where you can send e-mail to comment on
    their shows, please include "X-Files" in your subject to help them sort the mail. His address is: foxnet@delphi.com

    Fan mail for either David or Gillian can be sent to:
    <David/Gillian>
    c/o X-Files Production Office
    Building 10
    110-555 Brooks Bank Blvd
    North Vancouver, B.C.
    Canada V7J 3S5

    An X-Files Fan Club has been created, for more information, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

    The X-Files Fan Club (Canadian address)
    P.O. Box 3138 c/o S. Bartle
    Nashua, NH 03061-3138 4404 Perry Street
    Vancouver, B.C.
    CANADA V5N 3X5


    Cast of Characters (alphabetically by actor's name) ===================================================

    Agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson)
    Dr. Dana Scully plays the skeptic, insisting that everything has a
    logical scientific explanation, although her exposure to the X-Files
    certainly has given her cause to question her own beliefs. She was assigned
    to work with Agent Mulder to keep an eye on him and determine if his
    activities are worth the time he spends working on them. She was recruited
    out of medical school and saw the FBI as a place to distinguish herself.

    Agent Fox "Spooky" Mulder (David Duchovny)
    Agent Fox Mulder is one of the FBI's greatest detectives with his photographic memory and his background as a psychologist which has helped
    him to profile many serial killers. His interest in the paranormal made him dig into the X-Files and also gave some higher officials in the bureau cause
    to believe him eccentric, reinforcing the nickname "Spooky" which he
    received in the academy. His fascination with extraterrestial life began in his childhood when his sister disappeared - Fox claims she was abducted by aliens.


    Other Important Players
    =======================

    Assistant Director Walter S. Skinner (Mitch Pileggi)
    One of the heads of the FBI who seems to have it in for Mulder and
    the X-Files division and is searching for a way to be rid of them.

    "Smoking Man" (William B. Davis)
    A quiet man of whom little is known, but he does seem to hold a
    position of power even though much of his job entails storing top secret
    items in the Pentagon.
    (Note: The name "Smoking Man" was taken from the credits following
    "Tooms.")

    "Deep Throat" (Jerry Hardin)
    This mysterious and influential man first appeared to warn Mulder
    about Ellens Air Force Base. He has provided Mulder with a lot of
    classified information, and in doing so, places his own life in danger. His reasons for helping Mulder are his own, but he claims that it is a form of penitence.
    (Note: The name "Deep Throat" was given to him by the writers and first
    spoken aloud in "The Erlenmeyer Flask.")


    Episodes
    ========
    1.1 Pilot: "The X-Files" 9/10/93
    writer: Chris Carter director: Robert Mandel
    Dr. Scully is given the assignment to watch over the activities of
    a certain Agent Mulder and decide if his work is worthwhile to the FBI.
    He takes her to investigate the murder of several high school class-
    mates in Oregon whom he believes have been experimented on by aliens.

    1.2 "Deep Throat" 9/17/93
    w: Chris Carter d: Daniel Sackheim
    Mulder and Scully head out to Ellens Air Force Base in Idaho,
    against the wishes of some very mysterious and powerful people. The
    investigation begins with the disappearance of one of the test pilots
    and leads to the implication of possible experimentation on UFOs by
    the military.

    1.3 "Squeeze" 9/24/93
    w: Glen Morgan & James Wong d: Harry Longstreet
    A gruesome murder without motive, clear M.O., or point of entry
    bears resemblance to an X-File killer. However, the X-File cases took
    place in 1933 and 1963. Mulder and Scully attempt to track down and
    stop this century old killer.

    1.4 "Conduit" 10/1/93
    w: Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon d: Daniel Sackheim
    A woman who claims to have seen a UFO as a child has her teenage
    daughter disappear while on a camping trip. The signs seem to indicate
    alien involvement. But the key to solving the mystery may be the
    woman's young son instead of the missing daughter.

    1.5 "The Jersey Devil" 10/8/93
    w: Chris Carter d: Joe Napolitano
    The discovery of a cannibalized human body in New Jersey State Park
    sends Mulder and Scully to Atlantic City. Despite obvious police
    cover-ups, Mulder continues his investigation of what may be a missing
    link in human evolution. Meanwhile, Scully attends her god-son's
    birthday party, which leads to some reflection on her future social
    plans.

    1.6 "Shadows" 10/22/93
    w: Glen Morgan & James Wong d: Michael Katleman
    When two very odd corpses appear in Philadelphia, Mulder and Scully
    are requested to take a look at them. The investigation leads to a
    secretary whose employer recently committed suicide and a strange force
    which seems to protect her.

    1.7 "Ghost in the Machine" 10/29/93
    w: Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon d: Jerrold Freedman
    Following the electrocution of a computer company's CEO, Mulder's
    old partner asks for help with the case. With the advice of Deep
    Throat, Mulder and Scully must stop the murderer, all the while
    fighting off the defense department and the building itself.

    1.8 "Ice" 11/5/93
    w: Glen Morgan & James Wong d: David Nutter
    When the Arctic Ice Core project's final transmission is a crazed
    scientist saying "We are not who we are," Mulder and Scully become part
    of an investigative team sent to the Alaskan site. Upon arrival, they
    discover that the unearthing of an unearthly parasite could spell
    trouble for them as well.

    1.9 "Space" 11/12/93
    w: Chris Carter d: William Graham
    After a space shuttle launch is aborted and evidence of some bizarre
    sabotage is found, a NASA worker asks Mulder and Scully to take a look
    around. Meanwhile, the former astronaut who is in charge of the
    mission is apparently haunted by something he encountered during a
    spacewalk on a previous mission.

    1.10 "Fallen Angel" 11/19/93
    w: Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa d: Larry Shaw
    Mulder is tipped off by Deep Throat about a government cover-up of a
    UFO crash site. He is not the only one interested, as he discovers a
    fellow UFO enthusiast whose appearance seems rather coincidental. And
    so, the military tries to keep Mulder away while trying to bring a
    certain other being in. But when he is discovered, Mulder's position
    in the FBI is jeopardized.

    1.11 "Eve" 12/10/93
    w: Kenneth Biller & Chris Brancato d: Fred Gerber
    Mulder and Scully check out the curious murder of a man in
    Connecticut. When they discover that another man in California was
    killed simultaneously in the same manner, the uncanny resemblance of
    the two men's daughters seems more than coincidental. So, when the
    first child disappears, the two decide to keep an eye on the remaining
    child. What they find isn't alien, but rather something much more
    familiar.

    1.12 "Fire" 12/17/93
    w: Chris Carter d: Larry Shaw
    An old flame of Mulder's tries to enlist his aid to protect a
    visiting Parliament member and lights a small spark of jealousy in
    Scully. Mulder must overcome his fear of fire to take on the hot-
    headed pyrokinetic serial killer.

    1.13 "Beyond the Sea" 1/7/94
    w: Glen Morgan & James Wong d: David Nutter
    After Scully's father passes away, her skepticism is tested by a
    prisoner on death row who claims that by using recently gained psychic
    powers, he can help catch a kidnapper. And without Mulder's guidance,
    she must decide for herself whether or not his visions are truth or a
    by-product of her grief.

    1.14 "GenderBender" 1/21/94
    w: Larry Barber & Paul Barber d: Rob Bowman
    A series of sexually related killings confound the two agents who
    aren't certain if the murderer is male or female. The clues lead them
    to a small Amish-like community called the Kindred in Massachusetts who
    are more puzzling than the serial killer.

    1.15 "Lazarus" 2/4/94
    w: Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon d: David Nutter
    During a trap set for a bank robber, a fellow agent and friend of
    Scully's is shot by the criminal, whom Scully shoots in turn. While
    the agent is brought back from apparent death, he takes on the persona
    of the dead criminal whom he has chased for nearly a year. Scully
    sticks with him during his "trauma," but Mulder believes that he is not
    who he is.

    1.16 "Young at Heart" 2/11/94
    w: Scott Kaufer & Chris Carter d: Michael Lange
    A criminal captured by a younger, fresh-from-the-academy Fox Mulder
    seems to be making good on his promise of vengeance against the agent.
    Now an older, wiser Mulder must attempt to find this elusive stalker
    who may not be wiser...or older.

    1.17 "E.B.E." 2/18/94
    w: Glen Morgan & James Wong d: William Graham
    After a downed UFO crashes near Iraqi airspace, an unmarked truck
    carrying its occupant is assailed in Tennessee, causing multiple UFO
    sightings. Drawn by the event, Mulder and Scully find themselves
    tracking the trailer, with the help and hindrance of Deep Throat.

    1.18 "Miracle Man" 3/18/94
    w: Howard Gordon & Chris Carter d: Michael Lange
    The inexplicable deaths of several people at the hands of a faith
    healer send Mulder and Scully into the Bible belt. The deaths have
    shaken the miracle worker's faith in his gift, but not before Mulder
    experiences some of the boy's power.

    1.19 "Shapes" 4/1/94
    w: Marilyn Osborn d: David Nutter
    The shooting of a Native American draws Mulder's attention as the
    murderer believed he had shot an animal of some sort. But an Indian
    myth and some strange evidence seem to indicate the possibility of
    lycanthropy, the very phenomena which opened the very first X-File.

    1.20 "Darkness Falls" 4/15/94
    w: Chris Carter d: Joe Napolitano
    Mulder pulls some strings to be assigned to a case involving the
    disappearance of 30 loggers in Washington state. They discover that
    the loggers, in illegally cutting down a tree, faced a punishment far
    worse than what the judicial system would have done. Now the two
    agents must try to avoid the same dark fate.

    1.21 "Tooms" 4/22/94
    w: Glen Morgan & James Wong d: David Nutter
    Eugene Tooms, a mutant killer brought in by Mulder and Scully, is
    released based on psychiatric re-evaluation and lack of evidence.
    So, Mulder sets out to prevent Tooms from killing for the fifth and
    final liver he needs, while Scully attempts to locate more definitive
    evidence. Both tasks made more difficult by their superiors
    insistence that they work by the book.

    1.22 "Born Again" 4/29/94
    w: Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa d: Jerrold Freedman
    A little girl is tied to the deaths of two Buffalo policemen, but
    the possibility that she is the murderer is ludicrous. So Mulder and
    Scully begin an investigation of the eight year old, turning up
    evidence that may help to solve a nine year old murder case. The
    case which Mulder believes was the death of the girl's past life.

    1.23 "Roland" 5/6/94
    w: Chris Ruppenthal d: David Nutter
    A mentally handicapped janitor seems to be the only suspect in
    the murders of two members of a propulsion research team. Yet the
    evidence of advanced theoretical work seems to eliminate the
    possibility, until Mulder and Scully uncover his relationship to a
    scientist whose brain has been cryogenically preserved.

    1.24 "The Erlenmeyer Flask" 5/13/94
    w: Chris Carter d: R.W. Goodwin
    When Deep Throat points out a news story about a fugitive who
    apparently drowned, Mulder and Scully cannot see what makes it
    special. But with his insistence, they discover evidence of secret
    government experimentation with extraterrestrial DNA. However, the
    evidence and everyone who has seen it is quickly being eliminated.


    Season 1 History
    ================
    Note: All dates are the national US broadcast dates, any local pre-emptions
    or reschedulings are not reflected.

    Code Episode Air Date Rebroadcasts
    ---- ------- -------- ------------
    1X79 "The X-Files" (1.1) 9/10/93 1/17/94*
    1X01 "Deep Throat" (1.2) 9/17/93 12/24/93 6/24/94?
    1X02 "Squeeze" (1.3) 9/24/93 12/ 3/93
    1X03 "Conduit" (1.4) 10/ 1/93 12/14/93* 5/27/94
    1X04 "Jersey Devil" (1.5) 10/ 8/93 12/31/93
    1X05 "Shadows" (1.6) 10/22/93 3/ 4/94
    1X06 "Ghost in the Machine" (1.7) 10/29/93 1/14/94 6/10/94?
    1X07 "Ice" (1.8) 11/ 5/93 1/17/94*
    1X08 "Space" (1.9) 11/12/93 1/28/94
    1X09 "Fallen Angel" (1.10) 11/19/93 3/29/94*
    1X10 "Eve" (1.11) 12/10/93 3/11/94
    1X11 "Fire" (1.12) 12/17/93 3/25/94
    1X12 "Beyond the Sea" (1.13) 1/ 7/94 4/ 8/94
    1X13 "GenderBender" (1.14) 1/21/94 5/20/94
    1X14 "Lazarus" (1.15) 2/ 4/94 6/ 3/94
    1X15 "Young at Heart" (1.16) 2/11/94 6/17/94?
    1X16 "E.B.E." (1.17) 2/18/94
    1X17 "Miracle Man" (1.18) 3/18/94 7/ 1/94?
    1X18 "Shapes" (1.19) 4/ 1/94
    1X19 "Darkness Falls" (1.20) 4/15/94
    1X20 "Tooms" (1.21) 4/22/94
    1X21 "Born Again" (1.22) 4/29/94
    1X22 "Roland" (1.23) 5/ 6/94
    1X23 "The Erlenmeyer Flask" (1.24) 5/13/94

    * - indicates "Special Presentations," i.e. - episodes broadcast on a
    different night and time.
    ? - indicates that this is the scheduled date, but it may be changed.

    Pre-emptions: 10/15/93 - "Baseball Relief"
    11/26/93 - "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II"
    2/25/94 - "Hot Shots"

    Additional X-Files related material can be found at:
    mtp034.mis.semi.harris.com [132.158.127.164] in /xfiles
    (Most complete and reliable. A little on the slow side)
    cybercow.rh.uchicago.edu [128.135.224.62] in /pub/Xfiles
    (Mac-based site: slower, non-Mac users beware of Mac file
    headers on binary files, *CURRENTLY INACTIVE*)
    ftp.rutgers.edu [128.6.4.7] in /pub/x-files
    (Stores only the graphics and sound files. Fast transfers)

    Also, for Mosaic users, there is an X-Files home page:
    http://www.rutgers.edu/x-files.html

    Cliff K Chen
    cliff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu

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