The X-Files

1993 • Showcase
4.7
173 reviews
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Season 5 episodes (20)

1 Redux
11/2/97
Season-only
To locate a potential cure for Scully’s illness, Mulder accesses a secret research facility, leading to a stunning revelation about the origins of her cancer.
2 Redux II
11/9/97
Season-only
With his partner lying comatose in a hospital bed, Mulder receives key information from the Cigarette-Smoking Man that could mean life or death for Scully.
3 Unusual Suspects
11/16/97
Season-only
In a flashback, the Lone Gunmen meet for the first time and join forces with Mulder to stop a covert government experiment that may be targeted at the American public.
4 Detour
11/23/97
Season-only
Mulder and Scully are stalked by an ancient legion of lethal beings while investigating a boy’s claims that he was attacked by an invisible creature.
5 The Post-Modern Prometheus
11/30/97
Season-only
While investigating the appearance of a freakish creature in a rural town the agents uncover a dangerous genetic experiment that has spun wildly out of control.
6 Christmas Carol
12/7/97
Season-only
A mysterious phone call leads Scully to investigate a woman’s suicide and a young girl who may be the daughter of her deceased sister, Melissa.
7 Emily
12/14/97
Season-only
Scully attempts to adopt three-year old Emily Sim, only to discover that the young girl has developed a disturbing illness that may be the by-product of a sinister conspiracy.
8 Kitsunegari
1/4/98
Season-only
Mulder and Scully hunt a criminal with powerful mind-control capabilities – a madman who may have selected an unwitting Mulder as his next victim.
9 Schizogeny
1/11/98
Season-only
Mysterious trees become the prime suspects in a series of unexplained deaths the agents are attempting to solve.
10 Chinga
2/8/98
Season-only
Rumors of witchcraft and sorcery surrounding a bizarre murder lead Scully to a little girl and a cursed doll that may be hiding a murderous presence.
11 Kill Switch
2/15/98
Season-only
When the co-inventor of the Internet is brutally murdered Mulder and Scully begin to suspect the killer may be a conscious computer program with a mind of its own.
12 Bad Blood
2/22/98
Season-only
While exploring the deaths of cattle killed by a series of blood extractions, the agents uncover a cult of vampires residing in a small Texas town.
13 Patient X
3/1/98
Season-only
After a group of alien abductees is buried alive by faceless assailants, the agents uncover proof that the event is linked to alien colonization.
14 The Red and the Black
3/8/98
Season-only
Mulder and Scully discover more evidence of the planned alien colonization of Earth and set out to preserve what may be humanity’s last remaining link to freedom.
15 Travelers
3/29/98
Season-only
While researching unsolved killings in which the victims' organs were removed, Mulder uncovers a species-altering experiment that may be traced back to his own father.
16 Mind's Eye
4/19/98
Season-only
The prime suspect in a murder case is a woman who has been blind since birth, leading Mulder and Scully to conclude she may possess the ability to see through a killer's eyes.
17 All Souls
4/26/98
Season-only
The death of a girl, whose eyes appear to have been burned out of their sockets, unveils a prophetic struggle between good and evil for the reclamation of souls.
18 The Pine Bluff Variant
5/3/98
Season-only
Mulder goes deep undercover to infiltrate a militia group wanted for domestic terrorism, but Scully learns that Mulder's assignment may be a suicide mission.
19 Folie a Deux
5/10/98
Season-only
Mulder questions the sanity of an employee who believes his boss is a literal monster – until Mulder himself begins to perceive the presence of a hideous entity.
20 The End
5/17/98
Season-only
Mulder and Scully discover a 12-year old clairvoyant whose life may be in danger due to his gifted ability to solve all the unexplained phenomena in the X-Files.

About this show

The X-Files is the legendary drama series about FBI special agents who investigate cases called "X-Files," involving paranormal or unexplained phenomena. The X-Files concerns all manner of unexplained phenomena, monsters and extraterrestrial life, from the bizarre to the terrifyingly commonplace, all the while defining the science fiction genre like no other series before or since.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
173 reviews
No No
May 23, 2019
unwatchable. bought it ages ago, can't watch it in it's current state an they won't give a refund. you have to scroll through every episode to get to where you're up too. if you're up to season 9 you have to scroll manually 9*24 episoded while it lags out due to the size of the catalogue.
Alex Rockemer (Lord AWAR)
May 24, 2017
Loved the early seasons aliens, science, supernatural phenomenon it is truly great but when they started to replace Mulder & Scully the show lost it's soul but was great up to that point wish I could say the films were half as good though! BTW Mark Snow is the best TV Composer of Modern times as he also did Smallville as well!
WOLFGANG SCHLOSSUS
August 7, 2021
The best TV series ever,but Fox Molder went sometimes overboard with his Alien believe, the normal Human brain knows that at this moment there are no means to travel from one Galaxy to another Galaxy the billions of km are just toooo far to make Contact with other Lifeforms ,otherwise very very good show. However when we changed the Internet company it took more then 2 weeks to change over, also many purchased movies and TV series like X-Files are lost.Google wants me to pay that X-File series.