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The X-Files Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1996 - 1997
Season four of The X-Files begins with the Syndicate suspecting that Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are having information passed to them by one of their members, and so they attempt to find the leak. Scully is given some bad news regarding her health, and Mulder becomes convinced that her condition has been caused by her previous abduction. In order to find a cute, he decides to try and infiltrate The Pentagon, as great risk. Stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.
Episode 1
Herrenvolk
Fri, Oct 4, 1996 60 mins
Conclusion. Mulder struggles to get Jeremiah Smith (Roy Thinnes) to his mother's bedside to save her life. But the bounty hunter pursuing them doesn't give up easily. Bounty Hunter: Brian Thompson. X: Steven Williams. Agent Pendrell: Brendan Beiser. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 2
Home
Fri, Oct 11, 1996 60 mins
Genetic abnormalities in a case of infanticide suggest inbreeding by a reclusive trio of brothers. Deputy: Sebastian Spence. Sheriff: Tucker Smallwood. Peacock Brothers: Chris Norris, John Trottier, Adrian Hughes. Mother: Karin Konoval. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 3
Teliko
Fri, Oct 18, 1996 60 mins
One of four missing black men is found dead---and his body has been drained of pigment, similar to an incident three months earlier that was never investigated. Samuel: Willie Amakye. Duff: Carl Lumbly. Bruin: Bob Morrisey. Minister: Zakes Mokae. Pendrell: Brendan Beiser. Scully: Gillian Anderson.
Episode 4
Unruhe
Sun, Oct 27, 1996 60 mins
A passport photo is the sole clue to a woman's disappearance. But the shot's not the one the shutterbug snapped: the woman's pose develops into a display of demons. Gerry: Pruitt Vince. Inspector: Ron Chartier. Mary: Sharon Alexander. Druggist: Walter Marsh. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 5
The Field Where I Died
Sun, Nov 3, 1996 60 mins
Mulder (David Duchovny) finds a cult leader's hiding place, but can't explain why. Then one of the leader's wives claims she and Mulder were on the property in a past life. Melissa: Kristen Cloke. Vernon: Michael Massee. Therapist: Donna White. Scully: Gillian Anderson.
Episode 6
Sanguinarium
Sun, Nov 10, 1996 60 mins
After operating on the wrong patient, which proves to be a fatal mistake, a surgeon claims he was possessed. And a pentagram in the operating room makes the claim plausible to Mulder. Franklyn: Richard Beymer. Shannon: Arlene Mazerolle. Nurse Waite: O-Lan Jones. Kaplan: Gregory Thirloway.
Episode 7
Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man
Sun, Nov 17, 1996 60 mins
The story of the Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis), including encounters with Lee Harvey Oswald and James Earl Ray, and how CSM's actions have altered history. Young CSM: Chris Owens. Frohike: Tom Braidwood. Oswald: Morgan Weisser.
Episode 8
Tunguska
Sun, Nov 24, 1996 60 mins
On a tip from Krychek the agents intercept a diplomatic pouch containing...a rock, apparently not of this Earth---and lethal. Part 1 of two. Sacks: Malcolm Stewart. Sorenson: Fritz Weaver. First Courier (Hawaii): David Bloom. Mulder: David Duchovny. Scully: Gillian Anderson.
Episode 9
Terma
Sun, Dec 1, 1996 60 mins
Conclusion. Mulder and Krychek leave the gulag; Scully resists a Senate subcommittee's questioning; a KGB assassin appears at the home of the CSM's superior (John Neville). Peskow: Jan Rubes. Sen. Sorenson: Fritz Weaver. Mayhew: Brent Stait. Skinner: Mitch Pileggi.
Episode 10
Paper Hearts
Sun, Dec 15, 1996 60 mins
Clues he sees in a dream lead Mulder to a serial killer, who suggests he may have been involved in the disappearance of Mulder's sister. Roche: Tom Noonan. Caitlin: Carly McKillip. Mrs. Mulder: Rebecca Toolan. Sparks: Byrne Piven. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 11
El Mundo Gira
Sun, Jan 12, 1997 60 mins
Migrant workers believe one of their own is a mythological creature responsible for a woman's death, and Scully learns the man's carrying a fatal fungus. But from where? Elaido: Raymond Cruz. Soledad: Jose Yenque. Lozano: Ruben Blades.
Episode 12
Leonard Betts
Sun, Jan 26, 1997 60 mins
After a decapitated body disappears from a morgue, evidence points to an impossible conclusion---that it left under its own power. And indeed, the victim's partner finds him intact---and alive. Betts: Paul McCrane. Elaine Tanner: Marjorie Lovett. Michele: Jennifer Clement.
Episode 13
Never Again
Sun, Feb 2, 1997 60 mins
Scully accepts a date, unaware the man has committed a murder, motivated by a voice (Jodie Foster) in his head that he believes comes from his tattoo. Ed: Rodney Rowland. Kaye Schilling: Jillian Fargey. Tattoo Artist (Svo): Bill Croft. Pudovkin: Igor Morozov. Scully: Gillian Anderson.
Episode 14
Memento Mori
Sun, Feb 9, 1997 60 mins
Scully learns she has brain cancer, the same type as found in the women who claimed to recognize her from their alleged alien abduction---and only one of that group remains alive. Crawford: David Lovgren. Penny: Gillian Barber. Scanlon: Sean Allan. Frohike: Tom Braidwood. Scully: Gillian Anderson.
Episode 15
Kaddish
Sun, Feb 16, 1997 60 mins
One of three teens who beat and killed a Jewish store owner is subsequently found dead---with the store owner's fingerprints on his body. Ariel: Justine Miceli. Weiss: David Groh. Isaac: Harrison Coe. Derek: Channon Roe. Brunjes: Jonathan Whittaker. Archivist: David Wohl. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 16
Unrequited
Sun, Feb 23, 1997 60 mins
A Green Beret declared killed in action in Vietnam becomes the suspect when a lieutenant general is murdered by an assassin who seems to disappear at will. Markham: Larry Musser. Teager: Peter LaCroix. Bloch: Scott Hylands. Skinner: Mitch Pileggi.
Episode 17
Tempus Fugit
Sun, Mar 16, 1997 60 mins
Part 1 of two. Mulder suspects an in-flight alien abduction after a commercial plane goes down with no explanation. Millar: Joe Spano. Sharon: Chilton Crane. Frish: Tom O'Brien. Garrett: Greg Michaels. Gonzales: Rick Dobran. Bearfeld: Robert Moloney. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 18
Max
Sun, Mar 23, 1997 60 mins
Conclusion. The military blames the crash on Frish. Meanwhile, Mulder gets a look at the contents of Max's mysterious and coveted backpack. Pendrell: Brendan Beiser. Millar: Joe Spano. Max: Scott Bellis. Garrett: Greg Michaels. Sharon: Chilton Crane.
Episode 19
Synchrony
Sun, Apr 13, 1997 60 mins
A chemical that induces rapid freezing is at the center of three deaths, one of which was predicted by a man suspected in the other two. Jason: Joseph Fuqua. Lisa: Susan Hoffman. Yonechi: Hiro Knagawa. Lucas: Jed Rees. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 20
Small Potatoes
Sun, Apr 20, 1997 60 mins
Babies born with tails are traced to one man, who escapes from a sheriff's deputy---after becoming the lawman's double. Eddie: Darin Morgan. Amanda: Christine Cavanaugh. Dr. Pugh: Robert Rozer. Eddie Sr.: Lee DeBroux.
Episode 21
Zero Sum
Sun, Apr 27, 1997 60 mins
Skinner hinders Mulder's investigation into an unexplained death---on orders from the CSM. Entomologist: Allan Gray. Ballistics Expert: Paul McLean. Misty: Nicolle Nattrass. Hugel: Fred Keating. Mulder: David Duchovny.
Episode 22
Elegy
Sun, May 4, 1997 60 mins
A cryptic message and a 911 call traced to a mental facility are clues in a series of murders of blonde women, two of whom are seen alive at the times they were supposedly being murdered. Harold: Steven M. Porter. Angie: Alex Bruhanski. Hudak: Daniel Kamin. Nurse Innes: Nancy Fish. Scully: Gillian Anderson.
Episode 23
Demons
Sun, May 11, 1997 60 mins
Visions of his family's past plague Mulder when he's suspected in a double murder, after waking up in a motel room with blood on his hands---and no memory of why. Curtis: Jay Acovone. Goldstein: Mike Nussbaum. Mrs. Mulder: Rebecca Toolan.
Episode 24
Gethsemane
Sun, May 18, 1997 60 mins
Part 1 of three. A discovery is made that could give Mulder proof about extraterrestrial life. But it challenges Mulder and Scully's fundamental beliefs about each other---and alien life. Mark Kritschgau: John Finn. Bill Scully Jr.: Pat Skipper. Mulder: David Duchovny.
