The Best Episodes Written By James Wong

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   #1 - Protect Them from the Truth

   S1:E310/4/2010

   The administration unveils a tough new strategy to force Sophia to reveal the detainees' plan; Vicky and Carter possess a crucial hostage.

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   #2 - Cut Off the Head

   S1:E174/18/2011

   Vice President Jarvis vocalizes his lack of faith in President Martinez's leadership and agrees to meet with an adversary. Senator Catherine Lewis reports the findings of her surreptitious blood testing of the White House staff only to find one holdout, someone very close to the President. Sophia pushes forward in her search for a super weapon. And, after witnessing injustices within the Sleeper community, Leila begins to question where she belongs. Elsewhere, Sean and Vicky find whom they've been hunting for, but it may be too late.

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   8.8/10(5 votes)

   #3 - Ghost of a Second Chance

   S7:E75/9/2024

   Maddie and Athena investigate a case surrounding an abducted mother and child as Hen and Karen learn more about Mara’s family history. Meanwhile, Eddie grapples with unresolved feelings for someone from his past.

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   8.4/10(49 votes)

   #4 - Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man

   S4:E711/17/1996

   The Lone Gunmen reveal the (possibly fake) secret history of the Cigarette Smoking Man to Mulder and Scully; from a young captain in the U.S. Army recruited to assassinate President Kennedy, to becoming the mysterious man in the shadows at the height of a global conspiracy.

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   8.4/10(93 votes)

   #5 - Ice

   S1:E811/5/1993

   In the claustrophobic isolation of a remote outpost in Alaska, Mulder and Scully investigate the horrifying deaths of scientists.

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   8.2/10(98 votes)

   #6 - Squeeze

   S1:E39/24/1993

   Mulder and Scully search for a killer whose savage murder spree reoccurs every thirty years, where there appears to be no tangible method for the murderer's entrance and escape.

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   8.1/10(71 votes)

   #7 - Tooms

   S1:E214/22/1994

   Eugene Tooms is released from the sanitarium, and Mulder becomes personally involved to ensure that he is caught in the act of getting the last human liver he needs to go into hibernation for another 30 years.

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   8.1/10(69 votes)

   #8 - E.B.E.

   S1:E172/18/1994

   Mulder and Scully receive information from Deep Throat about a UFO that was shot down over Iraq and has been secretly transported to the US. However, Deep Throat then intentionally misleads the agents to prevent them from discovering the truth.

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   8.1/10(57 votes)

   #9 - Home

   S4:E210/11/1996

   A baby is found buried alive in shallow ground and appears to have birth defects resulting from generations of inbreeding, leading Mulder and Scully to a reclusive family who have a history of inbred children.

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    8.0/10(67 votes)

    #10 - One Breath

    S2:E811/11/1994

    Scully mysteriously appears in a Washington hospital, alive but in a coma, and Mulder must fight to keep her alive in order to find out what happened to her and who did it to her. Meanwhile, Scully fights her own personal battle as she decides whether to stay or go on to the next world.

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    7.9/10(31 votes)

    #11 - Slashdance

    S9:E310/2/2019

    Imitation is the best form of tragedy. Coming clean can be pretty messy.

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    7.9/10(45 votes)

    #12 - Orphans

    S4:E1012/17/2014

    The death of a Freak sparks troubling behavior in Pepper. Elsa reveals the history of the Freak Show. Desiree grows suspicious of Maggie.

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    7.9/10(78 votes)

    #13 - Beyond the Sea

    S1:E131/7/1994

    When death row inmate Luther Lee Boggs claims to be psychic and can lead Mulder to a serial killer in return for a lesser sentence of life in prison, Scully becomes an unwilling believer when Boggs tells her that she can communicate through him with her recently deceased father.

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    7.8/10(74 votes)

    #14 - Smoldering Children

    S1:E1012/7/2011

    Violet learns about the rules of the house. The truth about Larry's condition is explained. Constance is interrogated by the police.

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    7.8/10(78 votes)

    #15 - Halloween (2)

    S1:E511/2/2011

    Tate comes face to face with his past, and Ben and Vivien are haunted by a new houseguest before Halloween night comes to an end.

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    7.7/10(59 votes)

    #16 - Die Hand Die Verletzt

    S2:E141/27/1995

    The ritualistic murder of a teenager in a small town gets Mulder and Scully caught up in a secret occult practice within the local school's PTA and a substitute teacher with strange powers.

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    7.7/10(50 votes)

    #17 - The Replacements

    S3:E310/23/2013

    Fiona takes on an unlikely protégé; a guilt-ridden Zoe tries to give Kyle his old life back; Madison has a fiery exchange with Joan Ramsey.

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    7.7/10(66 votes)

    #18 - Little Green Men

    S2:E19/16/1994

    With the X-Files closed, Scully has been assigned as an instructor at the FBI Academy while Mulder is doing menial surveillance work. After meeting with Senator Matheson, one of his supporters in regards to the X-Files, Mulder disobeys orders and heads to an abandoned SETI site in Puerto Rico which has inexplicably reactivated itself and could provide proof of contact with extra-terrestrial life.

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    7.6/10(83 votes)

    #19 - Halloween (1)

    S1:E410/26/2011

    The line between the living and the dead blurs on Halloween. Two of the house's previous residents give the Harmons decorating advice.

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    7.6/10(69 votes)

    #20 - Tricks and Treats

    S2:E210/24/2012

    An exorcist is called to Briarcliff to help save a troubled farm boy; Sister Jude's darkest secret is revealed.

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    7.6/10(59 votes)

    #21 - Unholy Night

    S2:E812/5/2012

    A murderous Santa wreaks havoc on Briarcliff; Sister Jude faces off with the devil; Arden has a shocking encounter in the death chute.

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    7.6/10(48 votes)

    #22 - The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks

    S3:E101/8/2014

    Fiona attempts to out the new supreme with a visit from Stevie Nicks; Cordelia learns the truth about Hank and the witch hunters; Madison tries to eliminate her competition for the supremacy.

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    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #23 - The Thin White Line

    S1:E142/14/1997

    Frank enters a hospital emergency room looking for Catherine, who is working the night shift in child counseling. Suddenly, paramedics rush in with a bloodied woman on a gurney. Frank is inexplicably drawn to the stranger, and as he moves closer, notices a curved slash on her palm. He raises his own right hand, revealing a thin white scar which matches exactly the slash on the victim's hand. The woman dies from her injuries.

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    7.5/10(10 votes)

    #24 - The Curse of Frank Black

    S2:E610/31/1997

    On Halloween, Frank experiences eerie visions and strange events that spark flashbacks to his youth—and a telling encounter with a troubled World War II veteran.

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    7.4/10(19 votes)

    #25 - Neighbors from Hell

    S7:E39/19/2017

    The community turns on Ally after she shoots and kills a Hispanic man. At home tensions between Ally and Ivy grow worse, and Kai may be Ally's only hope.

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