5x03 Redux II- Scully is in the hospital waiting for a cure to her cancer while Mulder meets who he thinks is his sister. (3rd part) Episode Name Meaning: The second part to Redux. One of only three(Dreamland I&II, Nothing Important Happened Today I&II)two-parters with the exact same name as the first part. Aired: 11/9/97
5x01 Unusual Suspects- Mulder meets The LoneGunMen in 1989. Episode Name Meaning: The LoneGunMen; named after the 1995 movie 'The Usual Suspects' Aired: 11/16/97
5x04 Detour- While going to a convention, Mulder and Scully take a detour into the woods to investigate a monster. Episode Name Meaning: Refers to the detour that Mulder and Scully took. Instead of going to the conference(Scully did go), Mulder investigates a case. Aired: 11/23/97
5x06 Post-Modern Prometheus- In black and white, this ep tells the story of a mad scientist and a gentle monster, who likes Cher. Episode Name Meaning: In Greek Mythology, Prometheus was given the assignment by Zeus to create man and Prometheus shaped man out of clay. Mary Shelly's book, 'Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus' suggests that Frankenstein was like or trying to be like Prometheus in creating human life. Post-Modern means 'after modern.' Mary Shelly's book was published in 1818 and Frankenstein was the modern Prometheus then, but since the episode takes place after 1818, Dr. Francis Pollidori is now the modern Promeutheus. Aired: 11/30/97
5x05 Christmas Carol- Scully visits her brother for Christmas. While there she receives a mysterious phone call from a woman who sounds like her sister, Melissa, who was killed, telling her to go help a little girl, Emily Sim.(1st part) Episode Name Meaning: Named after Charles Dickens's 'Christmas Carol' Aired: 12/7/97
5x07 Emily- 3-year-old Emily turns out to be Scully's biological daughter. But can Scully save her? (2nd part) Episode Name Meaning: Refers to the name of Scully's daughter, Emily Sim Aired: 12/14/97
5x08 Kitsunegari- The sequel to Pusher. Has Robert Model returned to kill Mulder? Episode Name Meaning: Japanese for 'Fox hunt.' Refers to Linda Bowman's revenge against Mulder for shooting her brother, Robert Modell Aired: 1/4/98
5x09 Schizogeny- A boy's step-father is killed after being sucked into a mudhole. An accident or was something evil controlling the earth? Episode Name Meaning: Refers to Karen Matthews's multiple personalities Aired: 1/11/98
5x10 Chinga/Bunghoney- A little girl's dolly is responsible for murder. Episode Name Meaning: Although never mentioned in the episode, Chinga was the name of Polly's doll. However, Chinga, in certain Spanish-speaking countries, is a slang word for the f-word. So, the episode was renamed to air as 'Bunghoney', which means 'a messed-up situation,' for all other countries expect the US where it aired as Chinga. Any repeats of the ep in the US are under Bunghoney. Aired: 2/8/98
5x11 Kill Switch- A computer with artifical intelligence traps and kills people. Episode Name Meaning: The Kill Switch was the cd-rom in the ep that had to be placed in the machine to destroy it. Aired: 2/15/98
5x12 Bad Blood- A town of vampires? Or just a really nice sheriff? Episode Name Meaning: Refers to the blood of the vampires Aired: 2/22/98
5x13 Patient X- Mulder meets Cassandra Spender, an abdutee. (1st part) Episode Name Meaning: Patient X was the title or nickname given to Cassandra Spender. Aired: 3/1/98
5x14 The Red and the Black- Scully is rescued from the bridge but Cassandra is taken.(2nd part) Episode Name Meaning: I'm not sure. I've read four different reasons why, but I don't agree with any of them. These are the reasons I've read: 1.It could refer to a French novel called `Le Rouge Et Le Noir` by Henri Beyle in which the main character is Julien Sorel, a poor, self-made man angry at the rich and nobles who don`t accept him. 2.It may also refer to a battery, the positive end is red, the negative end is black(negative being the alien rebels killing people; postive being, um, the colonists who want to take over the Earth?) 3.It may refer to the Russians (red) and the Americans (black). 4. Or it could refer to the two colors of blood, alien blood being black, human blood being red. But like I said, I disagree with all of these reasons because I don't think any of these titles fit the episode and that it has to do solely with the two alien races. I kinda agree with the 4th reason about Black being the alien Colonists' blood but I think that Red refers to the fire that the alien rebels use to kill the people that the Colonists call. Aired: 3/8/98
5x15 Travelers- Set in 1991, Mulder meets Arthur Dales, who tells him about how Mulder's father was involved in an early X-File. Episode Name Meaning: Name given to the men like Bill Mulder and the work they did Aired: 3/29/98
5x16 Mind's Eye- A blind woman can see through a murder's eyes. Episode Name Meaning: The image that someone gets in his or her head when something is described to them. Marty got images through the murderer's eyes. Aired: 4/19/98
5x17 All Souls- Scully is asked to help a family who lost their daughter after she walked onto a street when she had been in a wheelchair all her life. Episode Name Meaning: Refers to a Catholic holiday Aired: 4/26/98
5x18 The Pine Bluff Variant- Is Mulder working with the other side? Episode Name Meaning: Pine Bluff is a place where weapons and biological chemicals are tested. Variant means 'different.' The difference between Pine Bluff and the group is that Pine Bluff tests the weapons away from people while the group used them against people. Aired: 5/3/98
5x19 Folie á Deux- A man claims that his boss is being controlled by a monster bug. Episode Name Meaning: French for 'a maddness shared by two,' which is a physcological condition in which one person, the inductor(Mulder), suffers from delusional paranoia, while the inductee(Scully), accepts the delusions and has delusions herself, but when seperated the inductee usually does not have the delusions. Aired: 5/10/98
5x20 The End- A young boy, Gibson Praise, is believed to be able to read minds and is kidnapped. Episode Name Meaning: Refers to The X-Files move from Vancouver to Los Angeles Aired: 5/17/98
