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Note on Graph: 'Episode Number" refers to the sequence in which the episodes aired not the production number.

EPISODE NUMBER

EPISODE NAME

DESCRIPTION OF EPISODE

4X01

HERRENVOLK (Part 2 of 2)

As Mulder's mother lies dying, he and Scully are given tantalising glimpses of a plan to secretly catalogue-and clone-human beings. Only by putting the pieces together can they hope to save Mrs. Mulder's life.

4X02

UNRUHE

Someone is abducting, mutilating, and murdering the inhabitants of a small town. The primary evidence is a series of photographs depicting the killer's psychotic fantasies.

4X03

HOME

While investigating the death of an infant in a close-knit rural community, Mulder and Scully uncover an even darker family secret.

4X04

TELIKO

African-American men are disappearing. Their bodies, when found, are dead white-drained of pigment. Were they killed by a virulent new disease? Were they murdered? Or does the answer lie elsewhere?

4X05

THE FIELD WHERE I DIED

In an effort to prevent a mass suicide at a fanatical religious cult, Mulder and Scully interrogate one of the wives of the polygamous cult leader. Under hypnosis, her accounts of her past lives-and deaths-are inexplicably tied to the agent's own.

4X06

SANGUINARIUM

At a busy-and lucrative-cosmetic surgery clinic, doctors are murdering patients with the tools of their trade. Several clues point towards demonic possession.

4X07

MUSINGS OF A CIGARETTE-SMOKING MAN

The secret biography of a sinister, all-powerful conspirator. Some of the mysteries are cleared up-and some new ones created.

4X08

PAPER HEARTS

Prompted by a series of prophetic dreams, Mulder reopens the case of a child killer. The murderer claims to know the circumstances of Samantha Mulder's abduction.

4X09

TUNGUSKA (Part 1 of 2)

Diplomatic couriers are bringing a lethal alien life-form into the United States. Mulder and Scully's investigation points to a high-level international conspiracy beyond even their comprehension.

4X10

TERMA (Part 2 of 2)

Stranded in the gulag, Mulder discovers the effects of the alien toxin-firsthand. In Washington, Scully battles a corrupt U.S. senator to keep their investigation alive.

4X11

EL MUNDO GIRA

Fear, jealousy, superstition, and prejudice converge when a young female migrant worker is killed by a mysterious yellow rain.

4X12

KADDISH

Someone-or something-is killing the members of an anti-semitic gang. To find the truth, Mulder and Scully delve into the ancient canons of Jewish mysticism.

4X13

NEVER AGAIN

On a solo assignment out of town, a lonely Scully meets Mr. Wrong-a single guy who thinks his new tattoo is talking to him.

4X14

LEONARD BETTS

A headless corpse escapes from a hospital morgue. Mulder and Scully investigate; what they find leads them to the jagged dividing line between life and death.

4X15

MEMENTO MORI

Scully learns she has an inoperable cancer-of the same type that killed nearly a dozen female UFO abductees. While she undergoes radical treatment, Mulder works desperately to unravel the conspiracy behind her disease.

4X16

UNREQUITED

A Marine Cops prisoner of war, abandoned in Vietnam by his superiors, returns to the United States with a vengeance-and a special talent for hiding in plain sight.

4X17

TEMPUS FUGIT (Part 1 of 2)

A former UFO abductee is killed in a catastrophic plane crash. Mulder suspects a conspiracy-and a cover up.

4X18

MAX (Part 2 of 2)

Mulder and Scully get close to proving alien involvement in the crash of Flight 549. As they do so, they trigger a massive military disinformation campaign-and the deaths of several friends and colleagues.

4X19

SYNCHRONY

For centuries, scientists have debated if time travel is possible-and if it ever will be, for Mulder and Scully, this age-old conundrum is the key to solving several baffling murders.

4X20

SMALL POTATOES

Mulder and Scully investigate several not-so-blessed events in a small southern town.

4X21

ZERO SUM

Walter Skinner makes a deal with the devil a.k.a. the Cigarette-Smoking man-in an effort to prevent Scully from dying of cancer.

4X22

ELEGY

Several women have been murdered on Mulder and Scully's home turf. Their prime suspect is a mentally disabled man. Harold Spuller, who has been beset by a series of frightening apparitions.

4X23

DEMONS

After experiencing a series of blackouts and seizures-and what might be the recovery of repressed memories-Mulder gains new insights into his younger sister's abduction. However, while taking his inner journey, he may also have murdered two people.

4X24

GETHSEMANE (Part 1 of 3)

When a controversial scientist claims to have discovered evidence of extraterrestrial life, Mulder and Scully find their lives-and belief systems-in grave peril.


The X-Files ™ and all related characters are © 1995 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Ten Thirteen Productions. No Copyright Infringement Intended. The episode descriptions are taken from the official guide to The X-Files (season 4) "I Want To Believe™", by Andy Weisler. This material is used without permission but no profit is being made from it. I would heartily recommend that you purchase the official X-Files Guides (all of which are excellent) if you use this section of my web site.

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