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The X-Files Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1995 - 1996
Season three of The X-Files begins with Fox Mulder having been found in the desert, following the end of season two's finale, and is nursed back to health. Dana Scully discovers a Nazi scientist who is attempting to create alien-human hybrids, whilst also meeting with a group of women who had abduction experiences similar to her own. Stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.
Episode 1
The Blessing Way
Fri, Sep 22, 1995 60 mins
Part 2 of three. Mulder (David Duchovny) undergoes a Native American ritual and hovers between life and death; Scully is suspended for misconduct and warned she'll be killed. Albert: Floyd Red Crow Westerman. Cigarette Smoking Man: William B. Davis. Scully: Gillian Anderson.
Episode 2
Paper Clip
Fri, Sep 29, 1995 60 mins
Conclusion. The agents confront a Nazi war criminal linked to Mulder's father, and, on the site of a project where the two men worked, Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Mulder are ambushed. Cigarette-Smoking Man: William B. Davis. Klemper: Walter Gotell. Skinner: John Neville. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 3
DPO
Fri, Oct 6, 1995 60 mins
Lightning appears to have caused five deaths in a small town, but the agents become suspicious of a sixth victim---who survives. Teller: Ernie Lively. Sharon: Karen Witter. Scully: Gillian Anderson. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 4
Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose
Fri, Oct 13, 1995 60 mins
An insurance salesman (Peter Boyle) with psychic abilities helps investigate a series of mutilation killings. Killer: Stu Charno. Havez: Dwight McFee. The Stupendous Yappi: Jaap Broeker. Scully: Gillian Anderson. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 5
The List
Fri, Oct 20, 1995 60 mins
Two death-row guards die mysteriously after the execution of a man who vowed to return and kill five men. And another inmate claims to know who else is marked to die. Neech: Badja Djola. Warden: J.T. Walsh. Parmelly: Ken Foree. Danielle: April Grace. Roque: Bokeem Woodbine. Speranza: John Toles-Bey. Scully: Gillian Anderson. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 6
2Shy
Fri, Nov 3, 1995 60 mins
A serial killer (Timothy Carhart) targets lonely women he meets on-line. Cross: James Handy. Landlady: Glynis Davies. Jesse: Aloka McLean. Ellen: Catherine Paolone. Scully: Gillian Anderson. Joanne: Kerry Sandomirsky. Lauren: Randi Lynne. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 7
The Walk
Fri, Nov 10, 1995 60 mins
An Army officer who has repeatedly tried to kill himself claims that an apparition prevented him from succeeding. Callahan: Thomas Kopache. Stans: Don Thompson. Rappo: Ian Tracey. Roach: Willie Garson. Mrs. Callahan: Andrea Barclay. Mulder: David Duchovny. Scully: Gillian Anderson.
Episode 8
Oubliette
Fri, Nov 17, 1995 60 mins
An eerie phenomenon known as psychic transference links a 15-year-old kidnapped girl with a former abduction victim. Lucy: Tracy Ellis. Wade: Michael Chieffo. Amy: Jewel Staite. Banks: Ken Ryan. Tow-Truck Driver: Dean Wray. Mulder: David Duchovny. Scully: Gillian Anderson.
Episode 9
Nisei
Fri, Nov 24, 1995 60 mins
The vendor of an alien-autopsy video is murdered, and the investigation leads Mulder to a UFO and Scully to women who recognize her from the abduction. Part 1 of two. Penny: Gillian Barber. Lottie: Corrine Koslo. Matheson: Raymond J. Barry. Skinner: Mitch Pileggi. Scully: Gillian Anderson.
Episode 10
731
Fri, Dec 1, 1995 60 mins
Conclusion. Mulder finds the evidence he seeks, but Scully learns that it isn't what Mulder thinks it is. Red-Haired Man: Stephen McHattie. Man with Scully: Don S. Williams. "Resident": Colin Cunningham. Conductor: Mike Puttonen. Dr. Zama/Ishimaru: Robert Ito.
Episode 11
Revelations
Fri, Dec 15, 1995 60 mins
A boy (Kevin Zegers) exhibits stigmata, marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ, and his father claims the youngster needs protection from "the forces of darkness." Michael Kryder: Sam Bottoms. Susan Kryder: Hayley Tyson. Owen: Michael Berryman. Scully: Gillian Anderson.
Episode 12
War of the Coprophages
Fri, Jan 5, 1996 60 mins
Corpses are found covered with cockroaches. But Mulder suspects the insects may be neither living nor earthly organisms. Bambi: Bobbie Phillips. Ivanov: Ken Kramer. Eckerle: Raye Birk. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 13
Syzygy
Fri, Jan 26, 1996 60 mins
Locals blame a satanic cult for the deaths of high-school boys, but a seer suggests another possibility: a rare planetary alignment. Terri: Lisa Robin Kelly. Margi: Wendy Benson. Det. White: Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. Zirinka: Denalda Williams. Spitz: Garry Davey. Scully: Gillian Anderson.
Episode 14
Grotesque
Fri, Feb 2, 1996 60 mins
A copycat murder following a serial killer's arrest has the investigating agent thinking accomplice, as does Mulder---but only after hearing the suspect's claim of demonic possession. Patterson: Kurtwood Smith. Mostow: Levani Outchaneichvili. Nemhauser: Greg Thirloway. Scully: Gillian Anderson.
Episode 15
Piper Maru
Fri, Feb 9, 1996 60 mins
Part 1 of two. After finding a WWII plane in the Pacific, members of a salvage crew suffer mysterious radiation burns. But not the diver---who did not reboard the salvage ship alone. Krycek: Nic Lea. Kallenchuk: Jo Bates. Johansen: Robert Clothier. Skinner: Mitch Pileggi. Gauthier: Ari Solomon. Scully: Gillian Anderson.
Episode 16
Apocrypha
Fri, Feb 16, 1996 60 mins
Conclusion. An ambush separates Mulder and Krycek, who makes a deal with the Cigarette-Smoking Man (William B. Davis); Scully learns that her sister's shooter and Skinner's are one and the same. Cardinal: Lenno Britos. Scully: Gillian Anderson. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 17
Pusher
Fri, Feb 23, 1996 60 mins
A murder suspect leaves a cryptic clue after escaping authorities by using a form of mind control. Pusher: Robert Wisden. Holly: Julia Arkos. Collins: Steve Bacic. Mulder: David Duchovny. Scully: Gillian Anderson. Skinner: Mitch Pileggi.
Episode 18
Teso Dos Bichos
Fri, Mar 8, 1996 60 mins
Those connected to an archeological dig disappear after disturbing an artifact. Bilac: Vic Trevino. Mona: Janne Mortil. Lewton: Tom McBeath. Decker: Ron Sauve. Scully: Gillian Anderson. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 19
Hell Money
Fri, Mar 29, 1996 60 mins
Chinese beliefs pertaining to ghosts figure when the agents investigate the murders of three recent Chinese immigrants---all of them cremated alive. Hsin: Michael Yama. Chao: B.D. Wong. Kim: Lucy Liu. Hard Faced Man: James Hong. Neary: Doug Abrahams. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 20
Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'
Fri, Apr 12, 1996 60 mins
A girl can only recall being abducted by aliens when she's hypnotized, while her boyfriend clearly remembers an alien who spoke English---and smoked a cigarette. Chung: Charles Nelson Reilly. Chrissy: Sarah Sawatsky. Harold: Jason Gaffney. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 21
Avatar
Fri, Apr 26, 1996 60 mins
After a liaison with a woman, Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) awakens to find her slain, and has no idea what happened. But his agents suspect a link with his sleep disorder, which involves a recurring dream about an old woman. Waltos: Tom Mason. Sharon: Jennifer Hetrick. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 22
Quagmire
Fri, May 3, 1996 60 mins
In Georgia, folk tales blame a giant aquatic serpent for the disappearance of two people, one of whom is found---but only his lower half. Sheriff: Chris Ellis. Farraday: Timothy Webber. Bray: R. Nelson Brown. Bertram: Mark Acheson. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 23
Wetwired
Fri, May 10, 1996 60 mins
The Lone Gunmen help find a connection between bizarre murders and that bugaboo of violence---television. And the technological conspiracy has an impact on Scully (Gillian Anderson). Patnik: Linden Banks. Mrs. Scully: Sheila Larken. Mulder's Informant: Tim Henry. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 24
Talitha Cumi
Fri, May 17, 1996 60 mins
Mulder (David Duchovny) becomes desperate to find a man who's had a great effect on the outcome of a hostage situation at a restaurant. Part 1 of two. Jeremiah Smith: Roy Thinnes. Doorman: Angelo Vacco. Cigarette-Smoking Man: William B. Davis. Scully: Gillian Anderson.
