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5x02 Redux
Written by: Chris Carter
Rating: 7

Scully gets questioned about Mulder's "death" while Skinner pieces enough together to know that she's lying. Scully also finds proof that someone at the FBI--perhaps A.D. Skinner--is responsible for her illness.

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "Redux.")

5x03 Redux II
Written by: Chris Carter
Rating: 9

Scully becomes seriously ill and is hospitalized. Mulder considers extreme possibilities in order to save her life, including allegiance with the Cigarette-Smoking Man.

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "Redux II.")

5x01 Unusual Suspects
Written by: Vince Gilligan
Rating: 10

The story of how the Lone Gunmen came to be, Mulder's involvement, and why such unlikely personalities came to be allies.

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "Unusual Suspects.")

5x04 Detour
Written by: Frank Spotnitz
Rating: 8

On their way to a convention, Mulder (who would rather have root canal work done than attend) and Scully get stopped by a roadblock and find themselves investigating some "mothmen" in the woods. Mulder suspects that some 450 years ago some men did find the Fountain of Youth, and have since adapted to their surroundings so well that they are able to blend in with their surroundings, making them virtually invisible. They attack the strongest first. Scully sings.

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "Detour.")

5x06 Post-Modern Prometheus
Written by: Chris Carter
Rating: 9

Footage in black and white, the agents respond to a letter from a single mother in a small town who has some unusual facts about her child. Mulder and Scully discover a modern-day Frankenstein as a result, while townsfolk form a mob to drive out a "monster" but is as fragile as any human being.

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "Post-Modern Prometheus.")

5x05 Chrismas Carol
Written by: Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, & Frank Spotnitz
Rating: 7

Scully believes that her sister is speaking to her from beyond the grave when a case leads Scully to a little girl whom she believes to be Melissa's daughter.

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5x07 Emily
Written by: Frank Spotnitz, Vince Gilligan, & John Shiban
Rating: 8

Scully tries to save the life of Emily, her biological daughter. The little girl is a result of genetic experimentation, and has the deadly green blood we have seen from alien beings. While Scully stays with the little girl, Mulder does what he can on the outside to save Emily...and Scully.

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "Emily.")

5x08 Kitsunegari
Written by: Vince Gilligan & Tim Minear
Rating: 7/8

Pusher escapes from prison and the agents try to recapture him before he can cause the same destruction that he caused before. This time, his "fox hunt" is more personal than ever...

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "Kitsunegari.")

5x09 Schizogeny
Written by: Jessica Scott & Mike Wollaeger
Rating: 5

A teenager is suspected of murdering is stepfather, and when Mulder and Scully show up, they discover that the force of nature and human will are not necessarily independent of one another.

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "Schizogeny.")

5x10 Chinga
Written by: Stephen King & Chris Carter
Rating: 5/6

A little girl's doll is possessed by a demonic spirit as Scully investigates the case. Written by Stephen King.

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "Chinga.")

5x11 Kill Switch
Written by: William Gibson & Tom Maddox
Rating: 8

A computer gone out of control has Mulder and Scully paired with a woman named Invisigoth while they all try to make sense of a computer genius's death. Mulder gets stuck in a nightmarish virtual reality while Scully tries to save him.

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "Kill Switch.")

5.13 Bad Blood
Written by: Vince Gilligan
Rating: 10

Mulder drives a stake through the heart of a boy he believes to be a vampire, and while he and Scully are waiting to report to Skinner they swap versions of how each of them views what happened.

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "Bad Blood.")

5.13 Patient X
Written by: Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz
Rating: 7

When UFO abductees start mysteriously getting together then are burned to a crisp, Mulder and Scully search for what is behind these occurrences.

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "Patient X.")

5.14 The Red and the Black
Written by: Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz
Rating: 8

Scully gets hypnotized in order to remember what happened on the bridge where another mass burning occurred.

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "The Red and the Black.")

5.15 Travelers
Written by: John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz
Rating: 6

A pre-X-Files Mulder questions Arthur Dales (who basically founded the X-Files) about a bizarre murder case, which reaches back to a case from the 1950s and involved Mulder's father.

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5.16 Mind's Eye
Written by: Tim Minear
Rating: 5

A blind woman is somehow able to know when certain murders are being committed.

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5.17 All Souls
Written by: Frank Spotnitz & John Shiban
Rating: 5

A priest asks Scully for help in solving the case of a death of a handicapped young girl. Scully does some soul-searching and finds some conviction in her religion.

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5.18 The Pine Bluff Variant
Written by: Frank Spotnitz & John Shiban
Rating: 7

Mulder plays a double agent without telling Scully in order to thwart the activities of an anti-government terrorist group experimenting with biological toxins.

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "The Pine Bluff Variant.")

5.19 Folie A Deux
Written by: Vince Gilligan
Rating: 6

A seemingly delusional man takes employees of his company hostage, believing his boss to be a monster who takes people's souls. He is killed in the ensuing shoot-out, but not before Mulder sees the monster himself. Now it is up to Scully to either defend him or have him committed, while Mulder becomes the monster's next target.

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "Folie A Deux.")

5.20 The End
Written by: Chris Carter
Rating: 7/8

A child with the power to read minds is the target of several factions who want to kill him. An agent from Mulder's past is asked to help with the investigation of the case and she comes into direct conflict with Scully. Later, Mulder and Scully find the X-Files office burned.

(Go to Memorable Quotes for "The End")

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