HERRENVOLK (4X01)
Original Broadcast Date : 10/04/96
Written by Chris Carter
Directed by R.W. Goodwin

Agents Mulder and Scully's search for a man who seems to possess strange powers leads to the discovery of a dangerous secret from Mulder's past. The secret could bring Mulder and Scully to the brink of exposing the truth about alien existence.

HOME (4X03)
Original Broadcast Date : 10/11/96
Written by Glen Morgan and James Wong
Directed by Kim Manners

Agents Mulder and Scully travel to a bucolic small town where they find evidence of an unspeakable crime.

TELIKO (4X04)
Original Broadcast Date : 10/18/96
Written by Howard Gordon
Directed by Jim Charleston

The mysterious deaths of several African-American men leads Agent Scully to suspect a bizarre and uncommon medical disorder while Mulder suspects something even stranger.

UNRUHE (4X02)
Original Broadcast Date : 10/27/96
Written by Vince Gilligan
Directed by Rob Bowman

Agents Mulder and Scully investigate the bizarre abduction of a young woman. Their only clue is a terrifying and inexplicable photograph.

THE FIELD WHERE I DIED (4X05)
Original Broadcast Date : 11/03/96
Written by Glen Morgan and James Wong
Directed by Rob Bowman

Agent Mulder's search for an informant inside a cult compound leads to a suspect to whom he may have an unexpectedly close personal connection.

SANQUINARIUM (4X06)
Original Broadcast Date : 11/10/96
Written by Valerie Mayhew & Vivian Mayhew
Directed by Kim Manners

Bizarre murders in a hospital's plastic surgery unit lead Mulder and Scully to suspect a supernatural force may be responsible.

MUSINGS OF A CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN (4X07)
Original Broadcast Date : 11/17/96
Written by Glen Morgan
Directed by James Wong

The agents uncover what may be the true identity of the Cigarette Smoking Man.

TUNGUSKA (4X09)
Original Broadcast Date : 11/24/96
Written by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz
Directed by Kim Manners

A smuggler carrying deadly cargo involves Agents Mulder and Scully in a dangerous web of intrigue. (Part 1 of 2)

TERMA (4X10)
Original Broadcast Date : 12/01/96
Written by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz
Directed by Rob Bowman

Agents Mulder and Scully continue their investigation into a smuggler carrying deadly cargo and must find their way out of a dangerous web of intrigue. (Part 2 of 2)

PAPER HEARTS (4X08)
Original Broadcast Date : 12/15/96
Written by Vince Gilligan
Directed by Rob Bowman

A serial killer imprisoned by Agent Mulder exerts a strange influence over him.

EL MUNDO GIRA (4X11)
Original Broadcast Date : 01/12/97
Written by John Shiban
Directed by Tucker Gates

Deadly rain in a migrant workers camp sends Agent Mulder and Scully on the trail of a mythical beast.

KADDISH (4X12)
Original Broadcast Date : 02/16/97
Written by Howard Gordon
Directed by Kim Manners

A murder in a Jewish community leads to the deaths of the killers, forcing Mulder and Scully to determine whether vengeance or larger forces are at work.

NEVER AGAIN (4X13)
Original Broadcast Date : 02/02/97
Written by Glen Morgan and Jim Wong
Directed by Rob Bowman

Reluctantly pursuing one of Mulder's leads alone, Agent Scully finds her life in danger when she becomes involved with a man bearing a deadly tattoo.

LEONARD BETTS (4X14)
Original Broadcast Date : 01/26/97
Written by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz
Directed by Kim Manners

The disappearance of a man's body from the hospital morgue leads Mulder and Scully to investigate the strange circumstances surrounding the man's death.

MEMENTO MORI (4X15)
Original Broadcast Date : 02/09/97
Written by Chris Carter, John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz, Vince Gilligan
Directed by Kim Manners

Fear for Scully's health sends Mulder and Scully to investigate the bizarre circumstances that may explain her mysterious abduction two years ago.

UNREQUITED (4X16)
Original Broadcast Date : 02/23/97
Written by Howard Gordon & Chris Carter
Directed by Michael Lange

The mysterious assassin of a high-ranking military official has Mulder and Scully racing against the clock to stop a seemingly unstoppable assassin.

TEMPEST FUGIT (4X17)
Original Broadcast Date : 03/16/97
Written by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz
Directed by Rob Bowman

When the victims of a plane crash include a well-known alien abductee, Agents Mulder and Scully begin to suspect a cause for the crash no one imagined. Part 1 of 2

MAX (4X18)
Original Broadcast Date : 03/23/97
Written by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz
Directed by Kim Manners

The official explanation of an airline disaster leaves unanswered questions that force Agents Mulder and Scully to risk their lives searching for the real cause of the crash. Part 2 of 2

SYNCHRONY (4X19)
Original Broadcast Date : 04/13/97
Written by David Greenwalt
Directed by James Charleston

Mulder and Scully investigate a murder for which the suspect claims innocence because the death was foretold by an old man able to see into the future.

SMALL POTATOES (4X20)
Original Broadcast Date : 04/20/97
Written by Vince Gilligan
Directed by Cliff Bole

A spate of bizarre pregnancies sends Mulder and Scully to a small town where they encounter a suspect who proves nearly impossible to identify.

ZERO SUM (4X21)
Original Broadcast Date : 04/20/97
Written by Vince Gilligan
Directed by Cliff Bole

Agent Mulder launches a criminal investigation into a bizarre death in which the chief suspect appears to be his very own superior-Assistant Director Skinner.

ELEGY (4X22)
Original Broadcast Date : 05/04/97
Written by John Shiban
Directed by James Charleston

Mulder and Scully track a series of murders that lead to a home for the mentally ill and a clue that makes no sense: each victim had a purported warning from the dead.

DEMONS (4X23)
Original Broadcast Date : 05/11/97
Written by R.W. Goodwin
Directed by Kim Manners

Scully is concerned for Mulder's well-being when he suffers from a memory loss while investigating a case--and is the only suspect in a brutal double murder.

GETHSEMANE (4X24)
Original Broadcast Date : 05/18/97
Written by Chris Carter
Directed by R.W. Goodwin

Agent Mulder discovers the ultimate proof of extraterrestrial life while Scully is forced to confront her own mortality. Part 1 of 3