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.
Monday, January 5
The Field Where I Died
Season 4 • Episode 5
Agents Mulder and Scully investigate evil deeds at a cult compound.
Monday, January 5
Sanguinarium
Season 4 • Episode 6
Bizarre deaths in a hospital's plastic surgery unit make the agents suspect a supernatural force.
Monday, January 5
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, January 5
Tunguska
Season 4 • Episode 8
Mulder and Scully become involved with a smuggler carrying deadly cargo.
Tuesday, January 6
Terma
Season 4 • Episode 9
Mulder and Scully investigate a deadly smuggler's conspiracy.
Tuesday, January 6
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, January 6
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, January 6
Leonard Betts
Season 4 • Episode 12
Mulder and Scully investigate a man's death when the corpse vanishes.
Wednesday, January 7
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.
Wednesday, January 7
Memento Mori
Season 4 • Episode 14
Mulder and Scully probe the circumstances surrounding Scully's previous abduction.
Wednesday, January 7
Kaddish
Season 4 • Episode 15
The agents investigate apparent vengeance killings following a murder in the Jewish community.
Wednesday, January 7
Unrequited
Season 4 • Episode 16
Mulder and Scully race to catch the assassin of a high-ranking military official.
Thursday, January 8
Tempus Fugit
Season 4 • Episode 17
Mulder and Scully investigate a plane crash involving a well-known alien abductee.
Thursday, January 8
Max
Season 4 • Episode 18
The agents continue to search for the real cause of the plane crash.
Thursday, January 8
Synchrony
Season 4 • Episode 19
A suspect claims innocence because a seer had foretold the murder.
Thursday, January 8
Small Potatoes
Season 4 • Episode 20
Mulder and Scully visit a small town where bizarre pregnancies have occurred.
Friday, January 9
Zero Sum
Season 4 • Episode 21
Mulder investigates a bizarre death in which the main suspect appears to be his superior, Skinner.
Saturday, January 10
Elegy
Season 4 • Episode 22
In a murder case where each victim had a warning from the dead, clues point to a mental institution.
Saturday, January 10
Demons
Season 4 • Episode 23
Scully worries when Mulder suffers a memory loss and is the only suspect in a double homicide.
Sunday, January 11
Gethsemane
Season 4 • Episode 24
Mulder discovers proof of extraterrestrial life; Scully faces her own mortality.
Sunday, January 11
Redux
Season 5 • Episode 1
Skinner is suspected of being responsible for Scully's illness.
Sunday, January 11
Redux II
Season 5 • Episode 2
The future of the X-Files is endangered as Scully lingers near death.
Sunday, January 11
Unusual Suspects
Season 5 • Episode 3
The origin of the Lone Gunmen is detailed in a flashback to 1989.
Sunday, January 11
Detour
Season 5 • Episode 4
Mulder and Scully find themselves stranded in the woods with a deadly predator.
Monday, January 12
The Post-Modern Prometheus
Season 5 • Episode 5
A letter draws Scully and Mulder to a small town and a modern Frankenstein.
Monday, January 12
Christmas Carol
Season 5 • Episode 6
Dreams about a murdered woman's daughter haunt Scully at Christmas.
Monday, January 12
Emily
Season 5 • Episode 7
Scully tries to protect a girl from the men responsible for her parents' deaths.
Monday, January 12
Kitsunegari
Season 5 • Episode 8
Mulder and Scully race to prevent an old adversary from taking his revenge.
Tuesday, January 13
Schizogeny
Season 5 • Episode 9
When a teen is suspected of parricide, Mulder and Scully suspect an even greater evil.
Tuesday, January 13
Chinga
Season 5 • Episode 10
Scully probes a case where a girl orders people to inflict wounds upon themselves.
Tuesday, January 13
Kill Switch
Season 5 • Episode 11
Mulder and Scully investigate a computer genius' murder; written by William Gibson and Tom Maddox.
Tuesday, January 13
Bad Blood
Season 5 • Episode 12
Mulder and Scully have different stories about a death stemming from one of their investigations.
Wednesday, January 14
Patient X
Season 5 • Episode 13
Horrible killings lead Mulder to evidence of extraterrestrial life.
Wednesday, January 14
The Red and the Black
Season 5 • Episode 14
To rescue Scully, Mulder confronts creatures whose existence could expose a conspiracy.
Wednesday, January 14
Travelers
Season 5 • Episode 15
Mulder questions a former agent about one of the first cases from the 1950s.
Wednesday, January 14
Mind's Eye
Season 5 • Episode 16
Mulder and Scully investigate a murder seemingly committed by a blind woman (Lili Taylor).
Thursday, January 15
All Souls
Season 5 • Episode 17
A priest asks for Scully's help in solving the death of a girl with a disability.
Thursday, January 15
The Pine Bluff Variant
Season 5 • Episode 18
Mulder and Scully investigate terrorists experimenting with biological warfare.
Thursday, January 15
Folie a Deux
Season 5 • Episode 19
A delusional man is convinced his boss is a monster and is willing to prove it.
Thursday, January 15
The End
Season 5 • Episode 20
An investigation brings contact with a person from Mulder's past.
Friday, January 16
The Beginning
Season 6 • Episode 1
Partnership of Mulder and Scully is threatened by the hunt for a deadly creature.
Friday, January 16
Drive
Season 6 • Episode 2
Scully tries to determine if the deranged man holding Mulder trapped in a car has a deadly illness.
Friday, January 16
Triangle
Season 6 • Episode 3
Mulder gets into a bizarre conflict on a mysterious ship in the Bermuda Triangle.
Friday, January 16
Dreamland
Season 6 • Episode 4
Mulder and Scully visit Area 51 where they witness the flight of a mysterious craft.
Saturday, January 17
Dreamland II
Season 6 • Episode 5
Scully suspects her partner's odd behavior is not what it seems; Mulder needs to reclaim his life.
Saturday, January 17
How the Ghosts Stole Christmas
Season 6 • Episode 6
Mulder convinces Scully to help him stake out a haunted house.
Saturday, January 17
Terms of Endearment
Season 6 • Episode 7
When a woman is accused of murdering her infant, Mulder and Scully suspect sinister forces.
Saturday, January 17
The Rain King
Season 6 • Episode 8
Mulder and Scully meet a man who claims to control the weather.
Saturday, January 17
S.R. 819
Season 6 • Episode 9
When Skinner falls seriously ill, Mulder and Scully suspect foul play.
Sunday, January 18
Tithonus
Season 6 • Episode 10
Scully teams with a new partner on a probe into a crime photographer.
Sunday, January 18
Two Fathers
Season 6 • Episode 11
Cassandra Spender's reappearance threatens to expose the extraterrestrial conspiracy.
Sunday, January 18
One Son
Season 6 • Episode 12
Mulder learns the truth about the conspiracy but isn't sure of his next step.
Sunday, January 18
Agua Mala
Season 6 • Episode 13
In Florida during hurricane season, agents probe strange disappearances.
Sunday, January 18
Monday
Season 6 • Episode 14
A woman attempts to alter the outcome of events of a day she is forced to relive again and again.
Monday, January 19
Arcadia
Season 6 • Episode 15
Mulder and Scully pose as a married couple to probe bizarre events at a gated community.
Monday, January 19
Alpha
Season 6 • Episode 16
A mysterious dog thought to be the last of a rare Asian breed is responsible for several murders.
Monday, January 19
Trevor
Season 6 • Episode 17
A convict's accomplished escape from prison is deemed impossible, so Scully and Mulder investigate.
Monday, January 19
Milagro
Season 6 • Episode 18
Scully is attracted to Mulder's chief suspect in a mysterious killing.
Tuesday, January 20
The Unnatural
Season 6 • Episode 19
Mulder delves into a case about a Negro Leagues star with an otherworldly secret.
Tuesday, January 20
Three of a Kind
Season 6 • Episode 20
The Lone Gunmen trick Scully into going to Las Vegas to help them.
Tuesday, January 20
Field Trip
Season 6 • Episode 21
The discovery of skeletons on a hillside leads to an unexpected experience for Mulder and Scully.
Tuesday, January 20
Biogenesis
Season 6 • Episode 22
The discovery of an ancient artifact and an investigation of its meaning ultimately endanger Mulder.
Wednesday, January 21
The Sixth Extinction
Season 7 • Episode 1
Mulder appeals to Skinner for help in proving the alien origin of his illness.
Wednesday, January 21
The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati
Season 7 • Episode 2
An unconscious Mulder falls into the hands of Cigarette-Smoking Man.
Wednesday, January 21
Hungry
Season 7 • Episode 3
Mulder and Scully discover a "monster" who kills to feed a ghastly habit.
Wednesday, January 21
Millennium
Season 7 • Episode 4
Scully, Mulder and Frank Black probe ritual killings tied to Millennium Group.
Thursday, January 22
Rush
Season 7 • Episode 5
When an innocent teen is accused of murder, supernatural forces are found to be at work.
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