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X-Files Episode Guide - Season 4

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4X01 - Herrenvolk Part 2 of 2
Original Air Date: October 4, 1996
Writer: Chris Carter
Director: RW Goodwin
Summary: Having found Jeremiah Smith, Mulder must choose between saving his mother's life or finding the answer to some of his questions about his sister, all the while trying to stay ahead of the alien assassin. Scully meanwhile turns to her science to analyze some data recovered from Jeremiah's files.

4X02 - Unruhe
Original Air Date: October 27, 1996
Writer: Vince Gilligan
Director: Rob Bowman
Summary: An abducted woman turns up after being lobotomized and the only clue left behind seems to be a photograph which appears to Scully to have been misdeveloped. However, Mulder does not believe the photo to be an error, but rather a peek into the criminal's mind which he attempts to interpret before the abductor lobotomizes his next victim.

4X03 - Home
Original Air Date: October 11, 1996
Writers: Glen Morgan & James Wong
Director: Kim Manners
Summary: A shallow grave holding a deformed baby bring Mulder and Scully to a small town in Pennsylvania. There they are met with residents who treat each other like family. But the murder case introduces them to some of the townspeople who take that concept a little too far

4X04 - Teliko
Original Air Date: October 18, 1996
Writer: Howard Gordon
Director: James Charleston
Summary: Scully's assistance as a medical investigator is requested by the Center for Disease Control when a black man's corpse is found, but completely lacking in pigmentation. But when Mulder joins the case, he suspects that their suspected disease carrier may not be carrying a disease at all, but rather the prime suspect in a murder case.

4X05 - The Field Where I Died
Original Air Date: November 3, 1996
Writers: Glen Morgan & James Wong
Director: Rob Bowman
Summary: The storming of a religious cult nearly results in failure until Mulder inexplicably discovers a civil war bunker where the cultists have hidden themselves. However, unable to turn up any evidence against the cult, it is up to Mulder to come up with some even if it means speaking with one of the cultist's past lives.

4X06 - Sanguinarium
Original Air Date: November 10, 1996
Writers: Valerie Mayhew & Vivian Mayhew
Director: Kim Manners
Summary: The plastic surgery unit of a hospital becomes the gruesome site of a patient's murder by their doctor. Mulder and Scully come to determine the credibility of his story that he was possessed when he did it. Their investigation turns up a nurse who seems to be a practitioner of magic who knows the price some will pay for beauty.

4X07 - Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man
Original Air Date: November 17, 1996
Writer: Glen Morgan
Director: James Wong
Summary: Mulder and Scully uncover what may be the true identity of the Cigarette-Smoking Man.

4X08 - Paper Hearts **Megan's Season 4 Pick**
Original Air Date: November 17, 1996
Writer: Vince Gilligan
Director: Rob Bowman
Summary: A serial killer imprisoned by Agent Mulder exerts a strange influence over him.

4X09 - Tunguska Part 1 of 2
Original Air Date: November 24, 1996
Writers: Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter
Director: Kim Manners
Summary: A smuggler carrying deadly cargo involves Agents Mulder and Scully in a dangerous web of intrigue.

4X09 - Terma Part 2 of 2
Original Air Date: November 24, 1996
Writers: Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter
Director: Rob Bowman
Summary: A smuggler carrying deadly cargo involves Agents Mulder and Scully in a dangerous web of intrigue.

4X11 - El Mundo Gira
Original Air Date: November 24, 1996
Writer: John Shiban
Director: Tucker Gates
Summary: Deadly rain in a migrant workers camp sends Agent Mulder and Scully on the trail of a mythical beast.

4X12 - Kaddish
Original Air Date: February 16, 1997
Writer: Howard Gordon
Director: Kim Manners
Summary: A murder in a Jewish community leads to the deaths of the killers, forcing Mulder and Scully to determine whether vengeance or larger forces are at work.

4X13 - Never Again
Original Air Date: February 2, 1997
Writers: Glen Morgan & James Wong
Director: Rob Bowman
Summary: Reluctantly pursuing one of Mulder's leads alone, Agent Scully finds her life in danger when she becomes involved with a man bearing a deadly tattoo.

4X14 - Leonard Betts
Original Air Date: January 26, 1997
Writers: Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz
Director: Kim Manners
Summary: The disappearance of a man's body from a hospital morgue leads Mulder and Scully to investigate the strange circumstances surrounding the man's death.

4X15 - Memento Mori
Original Air Date: February 9, 1997
Writers: Chris Carter & Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz
Director: Rob Bowman
Summary: Fear for Scully's health sends Mulder and Scully to investigate the bizarre circumstances that may explain her mysterious abduction two years ago.

4X16 - Unrequited
Original Air Date: February 23, 1997
Original Story: Howard Gordon
Writers: Howard Gordon & Chris Carter
Director: Michael Lange
Summary: The mysterious assassin of a high-ranking military official has Mulder and Scully racing against the clock to stop a seemingly unstoppable assassin.

4X17 - Tempus Fugit Part 1 of 2
Original Air Date: March 16, 1997
Writers: Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz
Director: Rob Bowman
Summary: When the victims of a plane crash include a well-known alien abductee, Agents Mulder and Scully begin to suspect a cause for the crash no one imagined.

4X18 - Max Part 2 of 2
Original Air Date: March 23, 1997
Writers: Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz
Director: Kim Manners
Summary: The official explanation of an airline disaster leaves unanswered questions that force Agents Mulder and Scully to risk their lives searching for the real cause of the crash.

4X19 - Synchrony
Original Air Date: April 13, 1997
Writers: Howard Gordon & David Greenwalt
Director: James Charleston
Summary: Mulder and Scully investigate a murder for which the suspect presents an incredible alibi - that the death was foretold by an old man able to see into the future.

4X20 - Small Potatoes
Original Air Date: April 20, 1997
Writer: Vince Gilligan
Director: Cliff Bole
Summary: A spate of bizarre pregnancies sends Mulder and Scully to a small town where they encounter a suspect who proves nearly impossible to identify.

4X21 - Zero Sum
Original Air Date: April 27, 1997
Writers: Howard Gordon & Frank Spotnitz
Director: Kim Manners
Summary: Agent Mulder launches a criminal investigation into a bizarre death in which the chief suspect appears to be his very own superior - Assistant Director Skinner.

4X22 - Elegy
Original Air Date: May 4, 1997
Writer: John Shiban
Director: James Charleston
Summary: Mulder and Scully track a series of murders that lead to a home for the mentally ill and a clue that makes no sense - each victim had a purported warning from the dead.

4X23 - Demons
Original Air Date: May 11, 1997
Writer: RW Goodwin
Director: Kim Manners
Summary: Scully is concerned for Mulder's well-being when he suffers from a memory loss while investigating a case -- and is the only suspect in a brutal double murder.

4X24 - Gethsemane Part 1 of 3
Original Air Date: May 18, 1997
Writer: Chris Carter
Director: RW Goodwin
Summary: Agent Mulder discovers the ultimate proof of extraterrestrial life while Scully is forced to confront her own mortality.

Transcripts courtesy of Vic, Caro, CarriK, Leigh M., JoLayne, Princess Leia, Dave Fox, Starrrbuck & Al Ruffinelli


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