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Season 4

The X-Files

Season 4

  • 1996

The prophetic words of the alien Bounty Hunter resonate throughout the fourth season, beginning with the near death of Mulder’s mother and the murder of the mysterious X. Even the return of Alex Krycek and the alien black oil are overshadowed by Scully’s cancer. Then the tragic reappearance of Max Fenig leads to the death of a fellow FBI agent. Yet even as these events strengthen Mulder’s belief in a growing conspiracy, a startling truth revealed to Scully plunges him into a crisis of faith which could prove his ultimate undoing.

  1. Herrenvolk (2) Episode 1 Herrenvolk (2) October 4, 1996, 45 min With his mother on a deathbed and the alien bounty hunter in pursuit, Mulder decides to put Jeremiah Smith, the alien healer, in mortal danger for a chance to finally…
  2. Home Episode 2 Home October 11, 1996, 45 min A baby is found buried alive in shallow ground and appears to have birth defects resulting from generations of inbreeding, leading Mulder and Scully to a reclusive family who have…
  3. Teliko Episode 3 Teliko October 18, 1996, 44 min After several African-American men are killed and the color is drained from their skin, Mulder learns about the Teliko, an African folktale about a creature who must suck the pigmentation…
  4. Unruhe Episode 4 Unruhe October 27, 1996, 45 min Several kidnappings of young women linked by distorted photographs lead Mulder and Scully to a man who can imprint his darkest fantasies onto undeveloped film and is trying to save…
  5. The Field Where I Died Episode 5 The Field Where I Died November 3, 1996, 45 min After an FBI raid on a doomsday cult called the "Temple of the Seven Stars", Mulder meets Melissa, a cultist who claims to have known him in a previous life…
  6. Sanguinarium Episode 6 Sanguinarium November 10, 1996, 45 min After a doctor loses control and kills a patient on the operating table, Scully hypothesizes that it's linked to work-related stress, while Mulder is convinced of a more sinister reason.…
  7. Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man Episode 7 Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man November 17, 1996, 45 min The Lone Gunmen reveal the (possibly fake) secret history of the Cigarette Smoking Man to Mulder and Scully; from a young captain in the U.S. Army recruited to assassinate President…
  8. Tunguska (1) Episode 8 Tunguska (1) November 24, 1996, 45 min Mulder is given a tip about potentially dangerous paramilitary operations on the U.S. soil but during the sting operation is surprised to find out the identity of his mysterious informant…
  9. Terma (2) Episode 9 Terma (2) December 1, 1996, 45 min While imprisoned in Russia and infected with the Black Cancer, Mulder learns that Krycek is working with the men responsible and everything has been a setup from the start, while…
  10. Paper Hearts Episode 10 Paper Hearts December 15, 1996, 45 min Mulder's dreams help him in finding the body of a little girl which reopens one of his old cases in the Violent Crimes Unit. This leads him to believe that…
  11. El Mundo Gira Episode 11 El Mundo Gira January 12, 1997, 45 min After a strange yellow rain kills a migrant girl, her family believes that a mythical creature el chupacabra was the cause and that it has manifested itself inside her fiancé's…
  12. Leonard Betts Episode 12 Leonard Betts January 26, 1997, 45 min After the body of a decapitated EMT disappears from the morgue and an identical man starts work at the same hospital, Mulder believes that the man has the ability to…
  13. Never Again Episode 13 Never Again February 2, 1997, 45 min While Mulder is forced to take a vacation he leaves Scully with an assignment to keep her busy until he returns. However, she decides to start living and goes on…
  14. Memento Mori Episode 14 Memento Mori February 9, 1997, 45 min Scully's recent failing health is revealed to be an inoperable cancer in her skull, which appears to be common among abductees and she attempts to come to terms with her…
  15. Kaddish Episode 15 Kaddish February 16, 1997, 45 min After a Jewish man is murdered in a Jewish community, his killers are murdered, too. Mulder and Scully have to determine whether someone is exacting vengeance or larger forces are…
  16. Unrequited Episode 16 Unrequited February 23, 1997, 43 min When a U.S. military general is inexplicably murdered in the back of his limousine, a paramilitary group is suspected. They believe it was a soldier who they liberated from a…
  17. Tempus Fugit (1) Episode 17 Tempus Fugit (1) March 16, 1997, 45 min While celebrating Scully's 33rd birthday, a strange woman informs Mulder that NICAP member Max Fenig (see Fallen Angel) has recently died in a plane crash. After a visit to the…
  18. Max (2) Episode 18 Max (2) March 23, 1997, 45 min Mulder is arrested for investigating the plane crash and interfering with a military operation, while Scully is caught in the attempted assassination of Corporal Frish.
  19. Synchrony Episode 19 Synchrony April 13, 1997, 44 min A case involving a strange old man warning two scientists of events in the immediate future which come to pass (and the use of their experimental flash-freezing compound that does…
  20. Small Potatoes Episode 20 Small Potatoes April 20, 1997, 45 min Five babies in the same town are all born with tails and the local OB-GYN is blamed for tampering with fertilized eggs. However, Mulder discovers the culprit to be a…
  21. Zero Sum Episode 21 Zero Sum April 27, 1997, 45 min After a swarm of bees mysteriously kill a postal worker in an enclosed restroom, Assistant Director Skinner covers it up by destroying the evidence. In order to complete the task…
  22. Elegy Episode 22 Elegy May 4, 1997, 45 min After a man sees a woman trapped inside a bowling alley pin setter, he goes for help and finds police standing next to a body of the same woman. Mulder…
  23. Demons Episode 23 Demons May 11, 1997, 45 min Covered in blood and suffering from amnesia, Mulder pieces together the events of the last few days, but the trail leads to a double murder that appears to have been…
  24. Gethsemane (1) Episode 24 Gethsemane (1) May 18, 1997, 45 min Mulder fights to prove that a discovery frozen in the mountains of Canada is an irrefutable evidence of alien life, but his quest for the truth only leads to more…