Episode Guide-Series 1

Episode: The X Files Pilot Writer Chris Carter Director Robert Mandel Special Agent Dana Scully is assigned to investigate - and debunk - an FBI project dubbed the X-Files which Special Agent Fox 'Spooky' Mulder has made his own. The first case Scully tackles with Mulder sees them looking into a series of mysterious deaths, distinguished by two red marks in the victim's skin.

Episode: Deep Throat #1X01 Writer Chris Carter Director Daniel Sackheim Mulder and Scully look into the case of a military test pilot who disappeared after exhibiting psychotic behavior, leading them to a secret air-base and into danger.

Episode: Squeeze #1X02 Writers Glen Morgan, James Wong Director Harry Longstreet Mulder and Scully follow the trail of a serial killer whose murder spree recurs every 30 years. The victims are all murdered inside secured rooms, each having their liver ripped out.

Episode: Conduit #1X03 Writers Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon Director Daniel Sackheim Mulder becomes obsessed with solving a case of possible alien abduction which closely parallels the earlier abduction of his sister.

Episode: The Jersey Devil #1X04 Writer Chris Carter Director Joe Napolitano Scully and Mulder track a legendary creature that roams the New Jersey countryside, in conflict with the local police, who are more interested in the impact on the tourist industry.

Episode: Shadows #1X05 Writer Glen Morgan, James Wong Director Michael Katleman The agents are called in after the death of two men whose throats have been crushed from the inside.

Episode: Ghost in the Machine #1X06 Writer Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon Director Jerrold Freedman In the mysterious death of a corporate executive, the prime suspect is the buildings computer.

Episode: Ice #1X07 Writer Glen Morgan, James Wong Director David Butler Investigating the isolated deaths of a team of geophysicists at an Alaskan science outpost, Scully and Mulder encounter paranoia and a deadly parasitic alien life form.

Episode: Space #1X08 Writer Chris Carter Director William Graham When a space shuttle is sabotaged, Mulder suspects it might be the work of an evil extraterrestrial spirit which has inhabited the body of a former Gemini astronaut.

Episode: Fallen Angel #1X09 Writers Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa Director Larry Shaw Following the crash of a UFO and a government cover-up, Mulder's infiltration of the landing site puts the future of the X-Files in jeopardy.

Episode: Eve #1X10 Writers Kenneth Biller, Chris Brancato Director fred Gerber Mulder and Scully search for twin girls, who disappear after the simultaneous and identical deaths of their fathers several hundred miles apart.

Episode: Fire #1X11 Writer Chris Carter Director Larry Shaw Phoebe Green Mulder's former lover and ex-classmate, who's now New Scotland Yard inspector, seeks his assistance in finding a pyrokinetic assassin of members of the British aristocracy.

Episode: Beyond the Sea #1X12 Writers Glen Morgan, James Wong Director David Nutter Shocked by the sudden death of her father, Scully believes the psychic predictions of death row inmate Luther Boggs, who claims he can guide the authorities to a vicious murderer.

Epsiode: Genderbender #1X13 Writers Larry Barber, Paul Barber Director Rob Bowman Mulder and Scully look into the activities of an isolated religious sect called the Kindred, after a sect member, who is able to change sex, becomes the prime suspect in a murder case.

Episode: Lazarus #1X14 Writers Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon Director David Nutter The consciousness of a dangerous criminal possesses Agent Willis, Scully's former boyfriend and 'he' takes her hostage.

r> Episode: Young at Heart #1X15 Writers Scott Kaufer, Chris Carter Director Michael Lang A robber and murderer, John Barnett - believed to have died years before in prison - wages a vendetta against Mulder The Government is after a secret which the killer holds.

Epsiode: EBE #1X16 Writers Glen Morgan, James Wong Director William Graham Mulder becomes the focus of mis-information campaign at the hands of Deep Throat when he attempts to trace the Government's secret transportation of an EBE.

Episode: Miracle Man #1X17 Writers Howard Gordon, Chris Carter Director Michael Lange Mulder's attention and skepticism, are aroused by a ministry led my a man whose adopted son has remarkable healing powers but who seems to have turned his ability to more sinister ends.

Episode: Shapes #1X18 Writer Marylin Osborn Director David Nutter In a remote part of Montana, Mulder and Scully are on the track of a wolf-like creature linked to the Native American legend of the Manitou.

Episode: Darkness Falls #1X19 Writer Chris Carter Director Joe Napolotano Loggers working in a remote forest unearth thousands of deadly insect-like creatures which paralyze and cocoon their victims. Mulder and Scully find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a failing fuel supply their only hope.

Episode: Tooms #1X20 Writers Glen Morgan, James Wong Director David Nutter Eugene Tooms, the 'stretchy' killer of Squeeze is released on parole. Mulder is certain he will kill again, before hibernating for a further 30 years.

Episode: Born Again #1X21 Writers Glen Morgan, James Wong Director Jerrold Freedman An eight-year-old girl is the prime suspect in a bizarre series of seemingly unrelated deaths. Mulder believes she is possessed by the avenging spirit of a murdered policeman.

Episode: Roland #1X22 Writer Chris Ruppenthal Director David Nutter Following the unusual death of aeronautics research lab scientists, Roland the mentally-challenged janitor, soon becomes the prime suspect.

Episode: The Erlenmeyer Flask #1X23 Writer Chris Carter Director R W Goodwin Deep Throat tips off Mulder on an experiment to clone extraterrestrial viruses, but it's a secret the Government is determined to preserve, and Mulder is taken hostage.