Season 1
The beginning of the X-Files and the beginning of Mulder and Scully. Read each episode without timestamps, with dialogue attributed to its speaker and divided into searchable scenes.
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Pilot
September 10, 1993Mulder and Scully’s first investigation, organized scene by scene for research and close reading.
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Deep Throat
September 17, 1993A missing test pilot draws the agents toward Ellens Air Base and a secret informant.
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Squeeze
September 24, 1993An impossible murder case brings the agents face to face with Eugene Victor Tooms.
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Conduit
October 1, 1993A girl’s disappearance forces Mulder to confront the memory of his own sister.
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The Jersey Devil
October 8, 1993A body in the woods leads Mulder toward a creature beyond Atlantic City.
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Shadows
October 22, 1993An unseen force appears to protect a grieving secretary from danger.
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Ghost in the Machine
October 29, 1993A lethal artificial intelligence turns a high-rise office into a system of traps.
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Ice
November 5, 1993Isolation and suspicion consume an Arctic research team after a discovery in the ice.
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Space
November 12, 1993A shuttle mission is threatened by sabotage and an astronaut’s encounter in orbit.
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Fallen Angel
November 19, 1993A secret military recovery operation draws Mulder to a crash site and Max Fenig.
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Eve
December 10, 1993Two identical girls and two identical murders expose a genetics experiment.
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Fire
December 17, 1993A dangerous arsonist and a figure from Mulder’s past ignite a combustible case.
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Beyond the Sea
January 7, 1994In the midst of grief, Scully confronts a death-row inmate who claims psychic powers.
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Gender Bender
January 21, 1994A series of intimate deaths points toward an isolated community with a secret.
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Lazarus
February 4, 1994Scully’s former partner becomes connected to a bank robber after a near-fatal shooting.
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Young at Heart
February 11, 1994A criminal Mulder helped imprison appears to return years later without having aged.
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E.B.E.
February 18, 1994A UFO recovery trail pulls Mulder and Scully into a campaign of disinformation.
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Miracle Man
March 18, 1994A young faith healer becomes the center of a series of mysterious deaths.
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Shapes
April 1, 1994A Montana killing reopens one of the FBI’s earliest unexplained cases.
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Darkness Falls
April 15, 1994An ancient swarm traps a logging crew and the agents in a remote forest.
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Tooms
April 22, 1994Eugene Victor Tooms returns, placing Scully in danger as Mulder races to stop him.
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Born Again
April 29, 1994A child’s impossible knowledge connects a murder investigation to a detective’s death.
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Roland
May 6, 1994A laboratory death draws the agents toward a gifted caretaker and a hidden connection.
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The Erlenmeyer Flask
May 13, 1994Deep Throat leads Mulder and Scully toward evidence that could prove everything.
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