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The X-Files Season 6 Episodes
Season 6 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1998 - 1999
Episode 1
The Beginning
Sun, Nov 8, 199845 mins
An new, violent kind of alien that developed from a mutated alien virus is on the loose in Arizona. Mulder and Scully get reassigned from the x-files while Agents Spender and Fowley become the new agents in charge of the x-files. Mulder and Scully go to Arizona without permission to search for this new alien.
Episode 2
Drive
Sun, Nov 15, 199845 mins
A man tormented by a piercing sound that could make his head explode unless he heads west as fast as possible takes Mulder hostage to drive for him, while Scully rushes to find the cause of this affliction that also killed the man's wife.
Episode 3
Triangle
Sun, Nov 22, 199845 mins
Mulder goes in search of the Queen Anne, a British luxury liner, that mysteriously disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle in 1939. After being shipwrecked, he gets pulled aboard the Queen Anne by a crew that believes they are still in 1939. Meanwhile, at the FBI, Scully tries to get the Lone Gunmen and Skinner to help her locate the lost Mulder.
Episode 4
Dreamland
Sun, Nov 29, 199845 mins
Mulder and Scully travel to the secretive Area 51 to meet a contact who has inside information on UFOs. Before they arrive, they get stopped by military personnel who tell them to turn back. A weird event occurs that results in Mulder switching bodies with Morris Fletcher, a "man in black" from Area 51, without anyone else knowing. Mulder takes advantage of this perfect disguise to infiltrate Area 51, while Fletcher uses the opportunity to escape the life he hates.
Episode 5
Dreamland II
Sun, Dec 6, 199845 mins
As Scully becomes increasingly suspicious of the "new" Mulder, the real Mulder works to find a way to switch things back to normal. Holding Mulder back from trying to switch things back is an investigation into his abnormal behavior by his colleagues. When Scully discovers the truth about the switch, Fletcher reluctantly helps her and Mulder to try and set things straight.
Episode 6
How the Ghosts Stole Christmas
Sun, Dec 13, 199844 mins
On Christmas Eve, Mulder and Scully stakeout a house that is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of two lovers who killed each other in a lovers' pact 81 years before. Inside, the agents find two apparitions who are more than willing to give insight into the relationship and personalities of Mulder and Scully.
Episode 7
Terms of Endearment
Sun, Jan 3, 199945 mins
Mulder suspects demon fetal harvesting when a woman claims her unborn child had a horn and tail and was taken by a devil while she slept. While others conclude that the woman killed her own baby, Mulder suspects that her husband is involved and that he may be the devil in disguise.
Episode 8
The Rain King
Sun, Jan 10, 199945 mins
The mayor of a small Kansas town asks Mulder and Scully to investigate Daryl Mootz, a man who apparently can make it rain at will. The mayor believes Mootz is responsible for causing a local drought so that he can charge individuals for rain on their farms.
Episode 9
S.R. 819
Sun, Jan 17, 199945 mins
Skinner comes down with a mysterious condition that puts him on the verge of death. An unknown voice on the phone tells Skinner that he has 24 hours to live. Mulder and Scully rush to find a cure for his condition. His impending death is somehow linked to S.R. 819, a Senate resolution that will supply money and medical supplies to the World Health Organization.
Episode 10
Tithonus
Sun, Jan 24, 199945 mins
Agent Scully gets paired with a new partner to investigate a singular case. Alfred Fellig, a freelance crime photographer, has a knack for arriving at crime scenes shortly after the murder and long before the police arrive. Local authorities suspect Fellig may be killing the victims himself before photographing them.
Episode 11
Two Fathers
Sun, Feb 7, 199944 mins
After being gone for almost a year following her abduction, Cassandra Spender reappears, in perfect physical condition as the first successful alien/human hybrid. The consortium scrambles as the faceless alien rebels seek to expose their conspiracy with the colonizing aliens. Mulder and Scully try to discover the identity of the Cigarette Smoking Man and protect Cassandra from the consortium who want her dead.
Episode 12
One Son
Sun, Feb 14, 199944 mins
Cassandra Spender is taken back by the consortium. Mulder learns the truth of the conspiracy from Marita Covarrubias who has been used as a test subject for the alien vaccine. Scully suspects Diana Fowley is in league with the Cigarette Smoking Man, but Mulder doesn't believe it. The consortium agrees to hand over Cassandra to the aliens to begin colonization.
Episode 13
Agua Mala
Sun, Feb 21, 199945 mins
At Arthur Dales' request, the agents go to Florida during a hurricane to investigate the disappearance of Mr. Dales' neighbors, two marine biologists and their son. During the storm, Mulder and Scully get stranded in an apartment building where a sea monster is on the loose.
Episode 14
Monday
Sun, Feb 28, 199945 mins
A bank robbery gone wrong turns into disaster for Mulder and Scully. Mulder gets shot by the bank robber, and he and Scully, along with everyone else in the bank are blown up by a bomb strapped to the bank robber's chest. However, this same day continues to repeat in an endless cycle always ending in the same result.
Episode 15
Arcadia
Sun, Mar 7, 199945 mins
Three couples have mysteriously disappeared from a prestigious planned community over a number of years. After the latest disappearance, Mulder and Scully go undercover as a couple to discover the truth about the community. They find that the planned community has strict regulations, with dire consequences for those who do not follow them.
Episode 16
Alpha
Sun, Mar 28, 199945 mins
Two men are found mauled to death inside a locked cargo container that was supposed to be carrying a extremely rare breed of dog from China to the United States. The dog is now on the loose and killing more people. Mulder and Scully's interest in this case is in the unique human behavior that this killer dog is exhibiting.
Episode 17
Trevor
Sun, Apr 11, 199945 mins
An escaped convict, who seems to have gained the ability to pass through solid objects as well as people, which kills them, appears to be looking for the $90,000 he hid somewhere after the bank robbery for which he was imprisoned. In protecting his ex-girlfriend Mulder discover the deadly convict is searching for his son.
Episode 18
Milagro
Sun, Apr 18, 199945 mins
An introverted writer, Philip Padgett, develops an obsession with Scully and moves into Mulder's building in order to be closer to her. Inspired by her, Padgett writes his magnum opus: a story of secret love and serial murder, featuring Scully and Padgett as main characters. However, the murders in his story begin occurring exactly as written. As he struggles to finish his novel, Padgett realizes that only Scully's death can produce the perfect ending.
Episode 19
The Unnatural
Sun, Apr 25, 199945 mins
Searching through an FBI reference book, Mulder finds a photograph of Arthur Dales with a baseball team and the alien bounty hunter. Mulder goes to Arthur Dales' house to ask him about the photograph. There he finds Arthur Dales' brother, also named Arthur.
Episode 20
Three of a Kind
Sun, May 2, 199945 mins
The Lone Gunmen are at a defense contractors convention in Las Vegas trying to get inside information on military secrets. When Byers spots Susanne Modeski at a casino, he convinces the other lone gunmen to trick Scully into coming to Las Vegas to help them investigate why Susanne Modeski is there and what she is up to.
Episode 21
Field Trip
Sun, May 9, 199945 mins
A young married couple's skeletons are found together on a field in the mountains after only being reported missing for three days. The area where their skeletons were found is known for UFO activity, so Mulder and Scully go there to investigate it. Mulder finds the couple alive and all signs point to an alien abduction. But everything is not as it seems.
Episode 22
Biogenesis
Sun, May 16, 199945 mins
An artifact with strange engravings on it is found off of the coast of Africa. When a rubbing of these engravings is shown to Mulder, confusing noises happen inside his head. The agents look to uncover the origin of this mysterious artifact and to find out why it is having a singular effect on Mulder.
