Season 1 (1993-1994) Episodes
1.1 Pilot: "The X-Files"
Writer: Chris Carter
Director: Robert Mandel
Original Broadcast: 9/10/93
Guest Cast:
Billy Miles (Zachary Ansley)
Section Chief Scott Blevins (Charles Cioffi)
Smoking Man (William B. Davis)
Dr. Jay Nemman (Cliff DeYoung)
Theresa Nemman (Sarah Koskoff)
Detective Miles (Leon Russom)
Dr. Scully is given the assignment to watch over the activities of a certain Agent Mulder and decide if his work is worthwhile
to the FBI. He takes her to investigate the murder of several high school
classmates in Oregon whom he believes have been experimented on by aliens.
1.2 "Deep Throat"
Writer: Chris Carter
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Original Broadcast: 9/17/93
Guest Cast:
Section Chief Scott Blevins (Charles Cioffi)
Paul Mossinger (Michael Bryan French)
Emil (Seth Green)
Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin)
Col. Robert Budahas (Andrew Johnston)
Zoe (Lalainia Lindejerg)
Kissell (Vince Metcalfe)
Ladonna (Monica Parker)
Anita Budahas (Gabrielle Rose)
Mulder and Scully head out to Ellens Air Force Base in Idaho, against the wishes of some very mysterious and powerful
people. The investigation begins with the disappearance of one of the test pilots and
leads to the implication of possible experimentation on UFOs by the military.
1.3 "Squeeze"
Writer: Glen Morgan & James Wong
Director: Harry Longstreet
Original Broadcast: 9/24/93
Guest Cast:
Detective Frank Briggs (Henry Beckman)
Agent Tom Colton (Donal Logue)
Eugene Victor Tooms (Doug Hutchison)
A gruesome murder without motive, clear M.O., or point of entry bears resemblance to an X-File killer. However, the X-File
cases took place in 1933 and 1963. Mulder and Scully attempt to track down
and stop this century old killer.
Full Summary
1.4 "Conduit"
Writer: Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Original Broadcast: 10/1/93
Guest Cast:
Sioux City Sheriff (Michael Cavanaugh)
Section Chief Scott Blevins (Charles Cioffi)
Ruby (Taunya Dee)
Pennsylvania Pub Bartender (Don Gibb)
Tessa (Shelley Owens)
Kevin Morris (Joel Palmer)
Darlene Morris (Carrie Snodgress)
Holtzman (Don Thompson)
A woman who claims to have seen a UFO as a child has her teenage daughter disappear while on a camping trip. The signs
seem to indicate alien involvement. But the key to solving the mystery may be the
woman's young son instead of the missing daughter.
Full Summary
1.5 "The Jersey Devil"
Writer: Chris Carter
Director: Joe Napolitano
Original Broadcast: 10/8/93
Guest Cast:
Ranger Peter Brullet (Michael MacRae)
Dr. Diamond (Gregory Sierra)
Creature (Claire Stansfield)
Detective Thompson (Wayne Tippit)
The discovery of a cannibalized human body in New Jersey State Park sends Mulder and Scully to Atlantic City. Despite
obvious police cover-ups, Mulder continues his investigation of what may be a
missing link in human evolution. Meanwhile, Scully attends her god-son's birthday party, which leads to some reflection on her
future social plans.
1.6 "Shadows"
Writer: Glen Morgan & James Wong
Director: Michael Katleman
Original Broadcast: 10/22/93
Guest Cast:
Robert Dorlund (Barry Primus)
Lauren Kytes (Lisa Waltz)
When two very odd corpses appear in Philadelphia, Mulder and Scully are requested to take a look at them. The investigation
turns up a secretary whose employer recently committed suicide and a strange
force which seems to protect her.
1.7 "Ghost in the Machine"
Writer: Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon
Director: Jerrold Freedman
Original Broadcast: 10/29/93
Guest Cast:
Agent Nancy Spiller (Gillian Barber)
Agent Jerry Lamana (Wayne Duvall)
Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin)
Brad Wilczek (Rob LaBelle)
Claude Peterson (Blu Mankuma)
Following the electrocution of a computer company's CEO, Mulder's old partner asks for help with the case. With the advice
of Deep Throat, Mulder and Scully must stop the murderer, all the while fighting
off the defense department and the building itself.
1.8 "Ice"
Writer: Glen Morgan & James Wong
Director: David Nutter
Original Broadcast: 11/5/93
Guest Cast:
Dr. Hodge (Xander Berkeley)
Dr. Nancy DaSilva (Felicity Huffman)
Dr. Denny Murphy (Steve Hytner)
Bear (Jeff Kober)
When the Arctic Ice Core project's final transmission is a crazed scientist saying "We are not who we are," Mulder and Scully
become part of an investigative team sent to the Alaskan site. Upon arrival, they
discover that the unearthing of an unearthly parasite could spell trouble for them as well.
1.9 "Space"
Writer: Chris Carter
Director: William Graham
Original Broadcast: 11/12/93
Guest Cast:
Lt. Col. Marcus Aurelius Belt (Ed Lauter)
Michelle Generoo (Susanna Thompson)
After a space shuttle launch is aborted and evidence of some bizarre sabotage is found, a NASA worker asks Mulder and
Scully to take a look around. Meanwhile, the former astronaut who is in charge of
the mission is apparently haunted by something he encountered during a spacewalk on a previous mission.
1.10 "Fallen Angel"
Writer: Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa
Director: Larry Shaw
Original Broadcast: 11/19/93
Guest Cast:
Col. Calvin Henderson (Marshall Bell)
Max Fenig (Scott Bellis)
Section Chief Joseph McGrath (Frederick Coffin)
Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin)
Mulder is tipped off by Deep Throat about a government cover-up of a UFO crash site. He is not the only one interested, as
he discovers a fellow UFO enthusiast whose appearance seems rather
coincidental. So the military tries to keep Mulder away while trying to bring a certain other being in. But when he is
discovered, Mulder's position in the FBI is jeopardized.
1.11 "Eve"
Writer: Kenneth Biller & Chris Brancato
Director: Fred Gerber
Original Broadcast: 12/10/93
Guest Cast:
Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin)
Dr. Sally Kendrick/Eve 6,7,8 (Harriet Harris)
Cindy Reardon (Erika Krievens)
Teena Simmons (Sabrina Krievens)
Mulder and Scully check out the curious murder of a man in Connecticut. When they discover that another man in California
was killed simultaneously in the same manner, the uncanny resemblance of the two
men's daughters seems more than coincidental. So, when the first child disappears, the two decide to keep an eye on the
remaining child. What they find isn't alien, but rather something much more familiar.
Full Summary
1.12 "Fire"
Writer: Chris Carter
Director: Larry Shaw
Original Broadcast: 12/17/93
Guest Cast:
Sir Malcolm Marsden (Dan Lett)
Lady Marsden (Laurie Paton)
Inspector Phoebe Green (Amanda Pays)
Bob/Cecil L'Ively (Mark Sheppard)
An old flame of Mulder's tries to enlist his aid to protect a visiting Parliament member and lights a small spark of jealousy in
Scully. Mulder must overcome his fear of fire to take on the hot-headed pyrokinetic
serial killer.
Full Summary
1.13 "Beyond the Sea"
Writer: Glen Morgan & James Wong
Director: David Nutter
Original Broadcast: 1/7/94
Guest Cast:
Captain William Scully (Don S. Davis)
Luther Lee Boggs (Brad Dourif)
Lucas Jackson Henry (Lawrence King)
Margaret Scully (Sheila Larken)
After Scully's father passes away, her skepticism is tested by a prisoner on death row who claims that by using recently gained
psychic powers, he can help catch a kidnapper. Without Mulder's guidance, she
must decide for herself whether or not the man's visions are truth or a by-product of her grief.
1.14 "GenderBender"
Writer: Larry Barber & Paul Barber
Director: Rob Bowman
Original Broadcast: 1/21/94
Guest Cast:
Sister Abigail (Michele Goodger)
Brother Andrew (Brent Hinkley)
Marty [Male] (Peter Stebbings)
Marty [Female] (Kate Twa)
A series of sexually related killings confound the two agents who aren't certain if the murderer is male or female. The clues
lead them to a small Amish-like community called the Kindred in Massachusetts
who are more puzzling than the serial killer.
1.15 "Lazarus"
Writer: Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon
Director: David Nutter
Original Broadcast: 2/4/94
Guest Cast:
Agent Jack Willis (Christopher Allport)
Agent Ruskin (Jackson Davies)
Warren James Dupre (Jason Schombing)
Lula Phillips (Cec Verrell)
During a trap set for a bank robber, a fellow agent and friend of Scully's is shot by the criminal, whom Scully shoots in turn.
While the agent is brought back from apparent death, he takes on the persona of
the dead criminal whom he has chased for nearly a year. Scully sticks with him during his "trauma," but Mulder believes that he
is not who he is.
1.16 "Young at Heart"
Writer: Scott Kaufer & Chris Carter
Director: Michael Lange
Original Broadcast: 2/11/94
Guest Cast:
Young John Barnett (Alan Boyce)
Agent Henderson (Christine Estabrook)
Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin)
Doctor at N.I.H. (Graham Jarvis)
Dr. Joe Ridley (Robin Mossley)
Older John Barnett (David Petersen)
Joe Crandall (Gordon Tipple)
Agent Reggie Purdue (Dick Anthony Williams)
A criminal captured by a younger, fresh-from-the-academy Fox Mulder seems to be making good on his promise of
vengeance against the agent. Now an older, wiser Mulder must attempt to find this elusive
stalker who may not be wiser...or older.
1.17 "E.B.E."
Writer: Glen Morgan & James Wong
Director: William Graham
Original Broadcast: 2/18/94
Guest Cast:
Frohike (Tom Braidwood)
Langly (Dean Haglund)
Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin)
Byers (Bruce Harwood)
Ranheim/Frank Druce (Peter LaCroix)
After a downed UFO crashes near Iraqi airspace, an unmarked truck carrying its occupant is assailed in Tennessee, causing
multiple UFO sightings. Drawn by the event, Mulder and Scully find themselves
tracking the trailer, with the help and hindrance of Deep Throat.
1.18 "Miracle Man"
Writer: Howard Gordon & Chris Carter
Director: Michael Lange
Original Broadcast: 3/18/94
Guest Cast:
Samuel Hartley (Scott Bairstow)
Sheriff Maurice Daniels (R.D. Call)
Reverend Calvin Hartley (George Gerdes)
Leonard Vance (Dennis Lipscomb)
The inexplicable deaths of several people at the hands of a faith healer send Mulder and Scully into the Bible belt. The deaths
have shaken the miracle worker's faith in his gift, but not before Mulder
experiences some of the boy's power.
1.19 "Shapes"
Writer: Marilyn Osborn
Director: David Nutter
Original Broadcast: 4/1/94
Guest Cast:
Ish (Jimmy Herman)
Sheriff Charles Tskany (Michael Horse)
Lyle Parker (Ty Miller)
Gwen Goodensnake (Renae Morriseau)
Jim Parker (Donnelly Rhodes)
The shooting of a Native American draws Mulder's attention as the murderer believed he had shot an animal of some sort. But
an Indian myth and some strange evidence seem to indicate the possibility of
lycanthropy, the very phenomenon which opened the very first X-File.
1.20 "Darkness Falls"
Writer: Chris Carter
Director: Joe Napolitano
Original Broadcast: 4/15/94
Guest Cast:
Larry Moore (Jason Beghe)
Perkins (Barry Greene)
Steve Humphreys (Tom O'Rourke)
Dyer (Ken Tremblett)
Doug Spinney (Titus Welliver)
Mulder pulls some strings to be assigned to a case involving the disappearance of 30 loggers in Washington state. They
discover that the loggers, in illegally cutting down a tree, faced a punishment far worse
than what the judicial system would have done. Now the two agents must try to avoid the same dark fate.
1.21 "Tooms"
Writer: Glen Morgan & James Wong
Director: David Nutter
Original Broadcast: 4/22/94
Guest Cast:
Detective Frank Briggs (Henry Beckman)
Smoking Man (William B. Davis)
Eugene Victor Tooms (Doug Hutchison)
Dr. Aaron Monte (Paul Ben Victor)
Eugene Tooms, a mutant killer brought in by Mulder and Scully, is released based on psychiatric re-evaluation and lack of
evidence. So Mulder sets out to prevent Tooms from killing for the fifth and final
liver he needs, while Scully attempts to locate more definitive evidence. Both tasks made more difficult by their superiors
insistence that they work by the book.
1.22 "Born Again"
Writer: Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa
Director: Jerrold Freedman
Original Broadcast: 4/29/94
Guest Cast:
Dr. Sheila Braun (P. Lynn Johnson)
Anita Fiore (Mimi Lieber)
Michelle Bishop (Andrea Libman)
Tony Fiore (Brian Markinson)
Detective Sharon Lazard (Maggie Wheeler)
Judy Bishop (Dey Young)
A little girl is tied to the deaths of two Buffalo policemen, but the possibility that she is the murderer is ludicrous. So Mulder
and Scully begin an investigation of the eight year old, turning up evidence that may
help to solve a nine year old murder case. A case Mulder believes was the death of the girl's past life.
1.23 "Roland"
Writer: Chris Ruppenthal
Director: David Nutter
Original Broadcast: 5/6/94
Guest Cast:
Dr. Keats (Garry Davey)
Roland Fuller/Dr. Arthur Grable (Zeljko Ivanek)
Mrs. Stodie (Micole Mercurio)
Tracy (Kerry Sandomirsky)
Dr. Frank Nollette (James Sloyan)
Dr. Ronald Surnow (Matthew Walker)
A mentally handicapped janitor seems to be the only suspect in the murders of two members of a propulsion research team.
Yet the evidence of advanced theoretical work seems to eliminate the possibility,
until Mulder and Scully uncover his relationship to a scientist whose brain has been cryogenically preserved.
1.24 "The Erlenmeyer Flask"
Writer: Chris Carter
Director: R.W. Goodwin
Original Broadcast: 5/13/94
Guest Cast:
Smoking Man (William B. Davis)
Dr. Anne Carpenter (Anne DeSalvo)
Crew Cut Man (Lindsey Ginter)
Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin)
Dr. Terrance Allen Berube (Ken Kramer)
Captain Roy Lacerio (Jim Leard)
Dr. William Secare (Simon Webb)
When Deep Throat points out a news story about a fugitive who apparently drowned, Mulder and Scully cannot see what
makes it special. But with his insistence, they discover evidence of secret
government experimentation with extraterrestrial DNA. However, the evidence and everyone who has seen it is quickly being
eliminated.