The X-Files (season 3)
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| The X-Files Season 3 | |
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| Country of origin | United States and Canada |
| Network | FOX |
| Original run | September 22, 1995 – May 17, 1996 |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Previous season | Season 2 |
| Next season | Season 4 |
Season three of the television show The X-Files ran from 1995–1996. Episodes marked with an asterisk (*) are part of the series' mytharc. Episodes with a double asterisk (**) are part of the series' Alien Mythology.
Chris Carter, the series creator, was still the lead writer - writing eight episode (including co-written ones) - and the sole Execuitive Producer. Glen Morgan & James Wong continued their roles as Co-Executive Producers, though they began to write less for the series (their final credit is series five). This episode also marked the first appearance of John Shiban, who became an Executive Producer in Season 9 as a Story Editor - who wrote a few episodes - and Frank Spotnitz moved over from Story Editing to Production, becoming a Producer (he would gain Executive Producer honours in Season 6). Howard Gordon, a major writer in the first two series always writing with Alex Gansa (and in one case Carter himself), wrote his first solo episode: "D.P.O.", featuring the acting talent of a young Jack Black, which often appears on this list of favourite episodes. Also Vince Gilligan became more involved after writing "Soft Light" for the previous season, and gaining a Co-Producer credit.
Season 3 also marks the end of the most ambitious story in the series alien Myth-Arc with "The Blessing Way" and "Paper Clip", marking the first three-parter, following on from "Anasazi" at the end of the second season. All three episode were written by Carter
[edit] Main cast
- David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder
- Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully
- Mitch Pileggi as Assistant Director Walter Skinner
[edit] Episodes
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Director | Original airdate | Code |
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| 050-301 | "The Blessing Way"(2)** | Chris Carter | R.W. Goodwin | September 22, 1995 | 3X01 |
| The Cigarette Smoking Man works quickly to recover the stolen computer files, but finds himself thwarted by a man whom he hoped was dead. Meanwhile, Scully finds herself at a loss for her next step and turns to her family for support, since Mulder is otherwise engaged fighting for survival. | |||||
| 051-302 | "Paper Clip"(3)** | Chris Carter | Rob Bowman | September 29, 1995 | 3X02 |
| Mulder and Scully search for answers regarding the old photograph with his father and other unnamed men. Their search takes them to the abandoned Strughold Mining Facility where they uncover a dangerous secret. | |||||
| 052-303 | "D.P.O." | Howard Gordon | Kim Manners | October 6, 1995 | 3X03 |
| Mulder is skeptical over a coroner’s report regarding the fifth person to be struck by lightning in a small Oklahoma town. Their investigation into the latest death seems to point to the only person to have survived a lightning strike, an emotionally-charged youth. | |||||
| 053-304 | "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" | Darin Morgan | David Nutter | October 13, 1995 | 3X04 |
| Skeptical of a famous psychic’s predictions regarding the murder of several prognosticators, Mulder instead finds someone who he believes truly can predict the future. Catching the killer could prove difficult, though, particularly if the murderer can also see into his future. | |||||
| 054-305 | "The List" | Chris Carter | Chris Carter | October 20, 1995 | 3X05 |
| A death row inmate makes good on his promise to come back from the dead and kill the five people involved in his death. The fear of his retribution has everyone scrambling to determine if they are on the list, while Mulder and Scully attempt to determine how he has returned to execute his tormentors. | |||||
| 055-306 | "2Shy" | Jeff Vlaming | David Nutter | November 3, 1995 | 3X06 |
| Meeting insecure women through an on-line service, a serial killer seduces his prey with the right words. However, Mulder and Scully determine these killings are far from ordinary by the presence of a strange substance coating the victims, a substance which seems to digest the fatty acids in flesh. | |||||
| 056-307 | "The Walk" | John Shiban | Rob Bowman | November 10, 1995 | 3X07 |
| Another failed suicide attempt by a patient in a military hospital interests Mulder with the talk of a “phantom soldier” which has prevented the man’s death. The general in charge is at first opposed to the FBI’s involvement until the invisible killer begins stalking him. But none believe when the primary suspect is a quadruple amputee. | |||||
| 057-308 | "Oubliette" | Charles Grant Craig | Kim Manners | November 17, 1995 | 3X08 |
| When a young girl is kidnapped from her home, a fast food worker miles away collapses on the job, apparently experiencing exactly what the child is feeling. When Mulder learns that the woman was kidnapped and held hostage for years as a child, he begins to believe that she may be the key to help find the missing girl. | |||||
| 058-309 | "Nisei"(1)** | Chris Carter, Howard Gordon & Frank Spotnitz | David Nutter | November 24, 1995 | 3X09 |
| A mail order videotape of an alien autopsy blossoms into a much more complicated investigation when Mulder and Scully find the distributor of the tape murdered in his own home apparently by a high-ranking Japanese diplomat. While Mulder’s search for the video leads him to a train car, Scully investigates a Mutual UFO Network group and discovers several women who claim to know her. | |||||
| 059-310 | "731"(2)** | Frank Spotnitz | Rob Bowman | December 1, 1995 | 3X10 |
| Scully takes X’s advice to heart and investigates more into the implant she removed from her neck. She discovers the chip is Japanese and her search leads her to a leper colony in West Virginia, where, with the help of one of the inmates, she finds a pit filled with dead bodies. Mulder, having ignored the advice given him, finds himself trapped on the train with a Japanese scientist and the man sent to kill him. | |||||
| 060-311 | "Revelations" | Kim Newton | David Nutter | December 15, 1995 | 3X11 |
| Mulder tracks a series of religiously motivated murders. Each of the eleven victims claims to have been stigmatic but all turned out to be frauds. When Mulder and Scully discover a little boy displaying inexplicable wounds of religious significance, they try to protect him from the killer they know will be coming. | |||||
| 061-312 | "War of the Coprophages" | Darin Morgan | Kim Manners | January 1, 1996 | 3X12 |
| A small town is plagued by deaths in which the bodies are found covered in cockroaches. Working from home, Scully has scientific explanations for all of them but Mulder — at the crime scene with an attractive bug expert — suspects the insects may not be organic, or earthly. | |||||
| 062-313 | "Syzygy" | Chris Carter | Rob Bowman | January 26, 1996 | 3X13 |
| Agents Mulder and Scully visit a small town to investigate a series of bizarre deaths, mainly among high school teenagers. Evidence points to a Satanic cult. Moreover, people in this village, including Mulder and Scully, seem to be changed by the events — the weak and aggressive features of a person’s character are turned inside out. Mulder drinks, Scully smokes, a peace-loving school director becomes leader of the mob. Eventually Mulder notices some coincidence with strange astrological phenomena, and two teenaged girls turn out to be main suspects as a consequence. | |||||
| 063-314 | "Grotesque" | Howard Gordon | Kim Manners | February 2, 1996 | 3X14 |
| Agents Mulder and Scully join Mulder’s former mentor, the FBI’s chief profiler, on a case involving a serial killer who claims to be possessed by a demonic force. The case gets even more mysterious when the suspect is apprehended and the murders continue. Mulder gets involved more deeply than expected and Scully as well as Skinner are deeply concerned. | |||||
| 064-315 | "Piper Maru"(1)** | Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter | Rob Bowman | February 9, 1996 | 3X15 |
| When a French salvage ship sends a diving crew to recover a mysterious wreckage from World War II, the crew falls prey to a bizarre illness and Agents Mulder and Scully join the investigation. The investigation leads to the discovery of a familiar face, and to Skinner's life being threatened. | |||||
| 065-316 | "Apocrypha"(2)** | Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter | Kim Manners | February 16, 1996 | 3X16 |
| While Mulder continues to investigate a bizarre illness that originated with the discovery of a mysterious World War II wreckage buried at sea, several government figures try to thwart their efforts. And as Skinner recovers from his shooting, Scully discovers that he is still in danger, from the man who killed her sister. | |||||
| 066-317 | "Pusher" | Vince Gilligan | Rob Bowman | February 23, 1996 | 3X17 |
| Agents Mulder and Scully’s assistance is requested for a case involving a man seemingly capable of bending people to his will. The suspect uses his mysterious abilities to manipulate Agent Mulder into a dangerous end game. | |||||
| 067-318 | "Teso Dos Bichos" | John Shiban | Kim Manners | March 8, 1996 | 3X18 |
| A series of deaths occurs immediately after an ancient artifact is brought to Boston from an excavation site in South America. According to Scully, the deaths appear to be the result of political terrorism, but Mulder suspects something more improbable. | |||||
| 068-319 | "Hell Money" | Jeff Vlaming | Tucker Gates | March 29, 1996 | 3X19 |
| A string of mysterious deaths of recent Chinese immigrants brings Agents Mulder and Scully to San Francisco’s Chinatown. The Agents team up with a Chinese-American detective to better understand the language and customs of the Chinese culture, but one thing remains frightening clear — all of the bodies are missing various internal organs. | |||||
| 069-320 | "Jose Chung's From Outer Space" | Darin Morgan | Rob Bowman | April 12, 1996 | 3X20 |
| When a couple claims to have been abducted by aliens, Agents Mulder and Scully try to get at the truth but everyone has a different version of the story, including the “aliens” themselves. | |||||
| 070-321 | "Avatar" | Howard Gordon | James Charleston | April 26, 1996 | 3X21 |
| During a difficult time in assistant director Skinner’s life, he meets a woman in a bar and spends the night with her. The next morning, the woman is dead and he is accused of murder. Agents Mulder and Scully join the investigation to clear their supervisor’s name. As they unravel the threads of a conspiracy, they also learn more about Skinner’s personal affairs. | |||||
| 071-322 | "Quagmire" | Kim Newton & Darin Morgan (uncredited) | Kim Manners | May 3, 1996 | 3X22 |
| When a series of mysterious deaths and disappearances are reported near a lake in a small town, Agents Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate. With local folklore of a killer sea serpent running rampant amongst the locals, the agents must take their search for the truth to the water. | |||||
| 072-323 | "Wetwired"* | Mat Beck | Rob Bowman | May 10, 1996 | 3X23 |
| Agents Mulder and Scully uncover a dark conspiracy behind a bizarre series of seemingly unrelated murders in a small town. As the extent of the conspiracy is revealed, Scully's trust in Mulder is put to the test. Eventually, even Scully shows the symptoms of a severe psychosis leading to paranoia. She believes Mulder has moved to “the other side” and betrayed her and may even want to kill her. In the end, Mulder is led into a conflict between revealing his “contact” and providing the secret, but keeping the last murder unrevealed. | |||||
| 073-324 | "Talitha Cumi"(1)** | Chris Carter | R.W. Goodwin | May 17, 1996 | 3X24 |
| Agents Mulder and Scully search for a man who seems to possess strange powers, which leads to the discovery of a dangerous secret from Mulder’s past. The secret could bring Mulder and Scully to the brink of exposing the truth about alien existence. | |||||
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