REDUX (5X01)
Original Broadcast Date : 11/02/97
Written by Chris Carter
Directed by R. W. Goodwin

Scully's truthfulness about Mulder comes under intense scrutiny, while suspicion arises that someone at the FBI--possibly Assistant Director Skinner--was responsible for Scully's contraction of a fatal disease. (Part 2 of 3)

REDUX II (5X02)
Original Broadcast Date : 11/09/97
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Directed by

With Scully lingering near death and the future of the X-Files in danger, the Cigarette Smoking Man comes forward with a surprising offer to save Scully's life--and more--in the series' 100th episode. (Part 3 of 3)

UNUSUAL SUSPECTS (5X03)
Original Broadcast Date : 11/16/97
Written by Vince Gilligan
Directed by Kim Manners

In an episode set in 1989, we see how the trio of paranoid conspiracy theorists--known as The Lone Gunmen--came to be and possibly how Mulder began his quest to prove the existence of extraterrestrial life.

DETOUR (5X04)
Original Broadcast Date : 11/23/97
Written by Frank Spotnitz
Directed by Brett Bowlers

Stopped by a roadblock on their way to a FBI convention in Florida, Mulder and Scully find themselves stranded in the woods with a deadly predator.

POST-MODERN PROMETHEUS (5X06)
Original Broadcast Date : 11/30/97
Written by Chris Carter
Directed by Chris Carter

A letter from a single mother brings Mulder and Scully to a small mid-Western town where they pick up the trail of a modern-day Frankenstein.

CHRISTMAS CAROL (5X05)
Original Broadcast Date : 12/07/97
Written by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz
Directed by Peter Markle

Home for the holidays, Scully is haunted by dreams which hint at a strange connection to a murdered woman's daughter. (Part 1 of 2)

EMILY (5X07)
Original Broadcast Date : 12/14/97
Written by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz
Directed by Kim Manners

Scully fights to protect a small girl from the men responsible for her adoptive parents' deaths, while Mulder's investigation into where the girl came from draws him into a deadly confrontation. (Part 2 of 2)

KITSUNEGARI (5X08)
Original Broadcast Date : 01/04/98
Written by Vince Gilligan & Tim Minear
Directed by Daniel Sackheim

When an old adversary escapes from prison, Mulder and Scully race to catch him before he can take revenge against his favorite target--Agent Mulder.

SCHIZOGENY (5X09)
Original Broadcast Date : 01/11/98
Written by Jessica Scott & Mike Wollaeger
Directed by Ralph Hemecker

When a teenager is suspected of murdering his father, Mulder and Scully become convinced that a greater evil may be lurking in the community.

CHINGA (5X10)
Original Broadcast Date : 02/08/98
Written by Stephen King & Chris Carter
Directed by Kim Manners

While on vacation in Maine, Agent Scully encounters a bizarre case where the victims appear to have inflicted wounds upon themselves - apparently at the behest of a strange young girl.

KILL SWITCH (5X11)
Original Broadcast Date : 02/15/98
Written by William Gibson & Tom Maddox
Directed by Rob Bowman

Agents Mulder and Scully investigate the strange death of a computer genius, only to become targets of an unlikely killer capable of the worst kind of torture.

BAD BLOOD (5X12)
Original Broadcast Date : 02/22/98
Written by Vince Gilligan
Directed by Cliff Bole

Mulder and Scully are at odds over how to explain their part in a bizarre death that occurred while investigating an X-file in Texas.

PATIENT "X" (5X13)
Original Broadcast Date : 03/01/98
Written by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz
Directed by Kim Manners

The first of a two-part episode, a series of horrific mass killings leads Mulder to startling evidence of extraterrestrial life, while Scully confronts an unexpected new threat to her life. (Part 1 of 2)

THE RED AND THE BLACK (5X14)
Original Broadcast Date : 03/08/98
Written by Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz
Directed by Chris Carter

Pursuing a threat to Scully, Mulder is drawn into a dangerous confrontation with creatures whose existence could expose the conspiracy surrounding extraterrestrial life. (Part 2 of 2)

TRAVELERS (5X15)
Original Broadcast Date : 03/29/98
Written by John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz
Directed by William A. Graham

A bizarre murder leads Agent Mulder to question a former FBI Agent who investigated one of the first X-Files, dating back to the 1950s -- a case which may have involved Mulder's father.

MIND'S EYE (5X16)
Original Broadcast Date : 04/19/98
Written by Tim Minear
Directed by Kim Manners

Agents Mulder and Scully investigate a murder that seems to have been committed by a blind woman but Mulder suspects that her involvement is not what it seems.

ALL SOULS (5X17)
Original Broadcast Date : 04/26/98
Written by Frank Spotnitz & John Shiban
Directed by Rob Bowman

The unexplained death of a disabled young girl prompts a priest to ask Scully for her help, but her investigation leads her to a mystery she's afraid to understand

THE PINE BLUFF VARIANT (5X18)
Original Broadcast Date : 05/03/98
Written by Frank Spotnitz & John Shiban
Directed by Rob Bowman

While investigating a dangerous group of anti-government terrorists experimenting with biological warfare, Scully begins to grow suspicious of Mulder, whose increasingly strange behavior suggests he may be serving another agenda

FOLIE A DEUX (5X19)
Original Broadcast Date : 05/10/98
Written by Vince Giligan
Directed by Kim Manners

Mulder and Scully encounter a delusional man who believes his boss may be a monster--and is willing to pay any price to prove it.

THE END (5X20)
Original Broadcast Date : 05/17/98
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An attempted assassination draws Mulder and Scully into an investigation that strikes at the heart of the X-Files, bringing an important person from Mulderšs past into direct conflict with Scully