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No. No.in
overall season
25

Title
"LittleGreenMen"

Directed
by

Writtenby

David
Nutter

GlenMorgan&
JamesWong

Originalairdate

Prod.
code
[33]

September16,1994 2X01

U.S.
viewers
(millions)
16.1[35]

WiththeXFilesshutdown,FBIagentFoxMulder(DavidDuchovny)findshisownbeliefinthetruthwaning.
Sowhenanoldpoliticalally(RaymondJ.Barry)giveshimanewreasontobelieve,hegoesalonetoan
abandonedSETIprogramsiteAreciboObservatoryinArecibo,PuertoRico.Concernedforhissafety,fellow
FBIagentDanaScully(GillianAnderson)hastotrackdownhiswhereaboutsbeforesomeoneorsomethingelse
does.
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"TheHost"

Daniel
Sackheim

ChrisCarter

September23,1994 2X02

15.9[36]

Whenaman'sdecomposedbodyisfoundinthesewersofNewark,Mulderisgiventhesupposed"grunt"work.
ButafterScully'sautopsyturnsupaparasitelivinginsidethebodyandasewerworkerisattackedandbittenby
something,itopensupawholenewcanofworms.GueststarringDarinMorgan.

27

"Blood"

David
Nutter

Storyby:Darin
Morgan
Teleplayby:Glen
Morgan&James
Wong

September30,1994 2X03

14.8[37]

Promptedbymessagesfromdigitalapplianceswithinstructionstokill,severalresidentsofasmallfarming
communitysuddenlyturnviolentanddangerous.GueststarringWilliamSandersonandJohnCygan.
28

"Sleepless"

Rob
Bowman

HowardGordon

October7,1994

2X04

13.4[38]

AnaudiocassettehiddeninhismorningpaperbringsMuldertorequestthecaseofascientist'sdeathconsistent
withburning,despitethelackofanyevidenceofanyflamesorburns.Heisgivenhisrequestalongwithanew
partner,AgentAlexKrycek(NicholasLea).GueststarringTonyTodd.
29

"DuaneBarry"

Chris
Carter

ChrisCarter

October14,1994

2X05

13.9[39]

AnexFBIagent(SteveRailsback)escapesfromamentalhospitalandholdsseveralpeoplehostageinatravel
agency.MulderandKrycekaresentintohelpwiththenegotiationssincethemanclaimstohavebeenaUFO
abductee.
30

"Ascension"

Michael
Lange

PaulBrown

October21,1994

2X06

15.5[40]

Continuingfromthepreviousepisode,MulderracestoScully'shouseafterlisteningtotherecordingofherattack
onhisansweringmachine.DuaneBarry(SteveRailsback)haskidnappedScully,determinedtoofferhertothe
aliensinhisplace.MuldergoestogreatlengthstoattempttolocateScully.
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"3"

David
Nutter

ChrisRuppenthaland
GlenMorgan&
November4,1994 2X07
JamesWong

15.0[41]

WalterSkinner(MitchPileggi)reopenstheXFiles,butMulderisfindingitdifficulttoworkwithoutthemissing
Scully.WhenherecognizesaLosAngeleskillingastheworkoftheTrinitymurderers,atrioofkillerswitha
fetishfordrinkingblood,itgiveshimworkinwhichtoimmersehimself.GueststarringPerreyReeves.
32

"OneBreath"

R.W.
Goodwin

GlenMorgan&
JamesWong

November11,1994 2X08

15.3[42]

WhenScullymysteriouslyreappearscomatoseinahospital,Mulderfixateshimselfonfindingthepeople
responsible,thoughhisquestforvengeancecouldmakehimexactlylikethosehedespises.
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"Firewalker"

David
Nutter

HowardGordon

November18,1994 2X09

15.2[43]

Amalfunctioninarobotdesignedforvolcanicexplorationyieldsevidenceofalifeformlivinginthecaves.
Whenthislifeformseeminglycausesthedeathofamemberoftheresearchteam,Mulderandanewlyrecovered
ScullyareflownouttothesiteinTheCascadestoinvestigatebeforeanyoneelsedies.GueststarringBradley
WhitfordandLelandOrser.
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10

"RedMuseum"

WinPhelps

ChrisCarter

December9,1994 2X10

16.1[44]

SeveralWisconsinteensarefoundwanderinginthewoodsintheirunderwearwith"HeIsOne"scrawledontheir
backs.MulderandScullytraveltoinvestigatethisaberrantbehavior,thoughthestrangestthinginthismeat
producingareaisamysteriouscultofvegetarian"walkins."TheCrewCutMan(LindseyGinter)returns,this
timeworkingalone.SeveralrelicsfromthemythologylikepuritycontrolandDeepThroat(JerryHardin)are
revisitedhere.
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11

"ExcelsisDei"

Stephen
Surjik

PaulBrown

December16,1994 2X11

14.2[45]

MulderandScully'slatestcasebeginswiththerapeandbatteryofanurse(TerylRothery)inaMassachusetts
nursinghomewhatmakesitanXFileisherclaimthatherattackerwasinvisible.However,upontheirarrival,
theyuncoverstrangesecretsaboutthehomeanditsresidents.
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"Aubrey"

Rob
Bowman

SaraB.Charno

January6,1995

2X12

16.2[46]

WhenadetectivemysteriouslyuncoverstheremainsofanFBIagentwhodisappearedinthe1940swhile
investigatingamurdercaseeerilysimilartoamoderndayonesheisinvestigating,MulderandScullybelieve
thattheoriginal1940skillerpassedhisgenetictraitofviolencetohisgrandchild.GueststarringTerryO'Quinn
andDeborahStrang.
37

13

"Irresistible"

David
Nutter

ChrisCarter

January13,1995

2X13

14.7[47]

SomeoneisexcavatinggravesinMinneapolis,removingbodypartsfromthecorpses.MulderandScullyare
contactedbecausetheagentonthecasebelievesitistheworkofalienshoweverMulderquicklydismissesthe
idea,profilingtheperpetratorasafetishist.LaterkeyevidenceshowsupandScullyrealisesthecaseismore
personalthanshethought.GueststarringNickChinlundandBruceWeitz.
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"DieHandDie
Verletzt"

Kim
Manners

GlenMorgan&
JamesWong

January27,1995

2X14

17.7[48]

NewHampshireteenagersfeignanoccultritualinanattemptto"score"andinadvertentlycausethemurderand
mutilationofoneoftheirgroup.WhenMulderandScullyarecalledtolookintothematter,thetown'sreal
worshippersattempttohidetheirtracks,thoughitseemsthereisamysteriousforceatworkthateventhe
worshippersareafraidof.GueststarringSusanBlommaert.
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"FreshBones"

Rob
Bowman

HowardGordon

February3,1995

2X15

17.8[49]

Onemorning,aftertwogruesomehallucinations,PrivateJackMcAlpincrasheshiscarintoatreethathasa
voodoosymboldrawnonittheseconddeathofamarineintwoweeksthathasfeaturedthatsymbol.The
marinesinquestionwereguardingaprocessingcentreforHaitianrefugees,andwhenMulderandScullyvisitthe
centretheyfindthedeathswerenotasunexpectedastheyseemed.

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16

"Colony"

NickMarck

Storyby:David
Duchovny&Chris
Carter
Teleplayby:Chris
Carter

February10,1995 2X16

15.9[50]

Atthebeginning,afrozenMulderisbroughttoahospital.Theepisodeflashesbacktoascenetwoweeksbefore,
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wherethecrewofaresearchvesselfindthewreckageofaUFOintheBeaufortSea.Thepilotwhosurvivesthis
crashwalksoutofthehospitalandkillsidenticallookingdoctorsinvariousabortionclinics.GueststarringPeter
Donat,BrianThompson,MeganLeitchandDanaGladstone.
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"EndGame"

Rob
Bowman

FrankSpotnitz

February17,1995 2X17

17.5[51]

AnalienbountyhunterkidnapsScullyandwantstotradeherforMulder'ssister,SamanthaMulder(Megan
Leitch).MulderasksforSkinner'shelpinmakingthetrade,andhastheFBIDirectorsetupasnipertotakedown
thebountyhunter.GueststarringPeterDonat,BrianThompsonandMeganLeitch.
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18

James
"FearfulSymmetry" Whitmore,
Jr.

SteveDeJarnatt

February24,1995 2X18

16.5[52]

Thedeathofafederalconstructionworkerandthedestructionofvariouspropertycanonlybetiedtoanescaped
elephant,yetthewitnessesclaimtohaveseennoanimalswhichmighthavecausedtheturmoil.Soon,Mulderand
Scullydiscoverthelocalzoowhoseclaimtofameisthatthey'veneverhadasuccessfulanimalbirth.

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19

"DdKalm"

Rob
Bowman

Storyby:Howard
Gordon
Teleplayby:Howard
Gordon&Alex
Gansa

March10,1995

2X19

17.1[53]

MulderandScullyarecalledinwhenaboatloadofsurvivorsfromaU.S.Navydestroyerescortarefound.What
particularlycatchesAgentMulder'sattentionisthatalloftheseSailorsappeartohaveagedmanydecadesinthe
courseofafewdays.MulderandScullytraveltoNorwaywheretheyfindacivilianfishermanwhoiswillingto
takethemtotheship'slastknownposition.GueststarringJohnSavage,DavidCubittandVladimirKulich.
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20

"Humbug"

Kim
Manners

DarinMorgan

March31,1995

2X20

15.7[54]

MulderandScullymustfindtheparanormalamongtheabnormalwhentheyaresenttoinvestigatealong
standingseriesofritualistickillingswhichmatchnoknownpatterns.Thelatestofwhichwasthedeathofthe
"AlligatorMan",justoneofmanysideshowactsaroundwhichthetownofGibsonton,Florida,isbuilt.
45

21

"TheCalusari"

Michael
Vejar

SaraB.Charno

April14,1995

2X21

12.9[55]

Aphotographtakenjustbeforethedeathofatwoyearoldboyyieldsevidenceofsomesupernaturalintervention
whichpiquesMulder'scuriosity.Whenanotherdeathinthefamilyoccurs,thegrandmotheroftheremaining
childrequeststheaidofsomeRomanianritualists(called"cluari"or"horsemen")inordertocleansethehome
ofevil.GueststarringHeleneClarkson,JoelPalmer,RicReid,LilyanChauvinandKayE.Kuter.
46

22

"F.Emasculata"

Rob
Bowman

ChrisCarter&
HowardGordon

April28,1995

2X22

14.0[56]

Afterseveralmeninaprisondieofamysteriousillness,ScullytriestodiscoverthecausewhileMulderattempts
tofindtwoescapeeswhocouldpotentiallyspreadthedisease.
47

23

"SoftLight"

James
Contner

VinceGilligan

May5,1995

2X23

12.9[57]

AnexstudentofScully's(KateTwa)askstheagentstohelpherwithherfirstinvestigationconcerninganumber
ofdisappearanceswithveryfewclues.Mulderponderstheideaofspontaneoushumancombustionbutrethinksit
whentheyfindaman(TonyShalhoub)whoisafraidofhisownshadow.ThemanisDr.Banton,ascientist
researchingdarkmatter.GueststarringTonyShalhoub,KevinMcNultyandStevenWilliamsasX.
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"OurTown"

Rob
Bowman

FrankSpotnitz

May12,1995

2X24

14.5[58]

Dudley,Arkansas,isthesiteofthelatestinvestigationforMulderandScully,whoaresenttofindamissing
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poultryinspector.Thecasetakesatwistwhenanotherpoultryworkerisshotaftershegoesinsane,givingMulder
ahunchthatthetownsfolkreallyarewhattheyeat.

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25

"Anasazi"

R.W.
Goodwin

Storyby:David
Duchovny&Chris
Carter
Teleplayby:Chris
Carter

May19,1995

2X25

16.6[59]

ThetrustthatMulderandScullyhaveissorelytestedwhenMulderbeginsactingstrangely.Hisaberrantbehavior
iscompoundedwhentheLoneGunmendirecthimtoahackerwhomanagedtobreakintosomeveryclosely
guardedfiles.ThefilesareencryptedinNavajoandneedtobedecodedbyaformerNavajocodetalker.

Reception
Ratings
ThesecondseasonofTheXFilesdebutedwith"LittleGreenMen"onSeptember16,1994.Theepisodeearneda
Nielsenhouseholdratingof10.3,witha19share,meaningthatroughly10.3percentofalltelevisionequipped
households,and19percentofhouseholdswatchingtelevision,weretunedintotheepisode.[60]Theepisodewas
viewedby9.8millionhouseholds,anincreasefromthefirstseason'sfinale,"TheErlenmeyerFlask",whichwas
viewedby8.3millionhouseholds.[60]"LittleGreenMen"was,atthetime,thehighestratedepisodeofTheXFiles
toair.[60]Astheseasoncontinued,ratingsbegantogrow.[60]Theseasonhitahighwiththefifteenthepisode,
"FreshBones",whichwasviewedby10.8millionhouseholds.[60]Theseasonhitalowwiththetwentyfirst
episode,"TheCalusari",whichwasviewedby7.9millionhouseholdsandreceivedaratingof8.3/16.[60]The
seasonfinale,"Anasazi",earnedaNielsenratingof10.1,withan18share,andwasviewedby9.6million
households,[60]markinga13.5percentincreaseinhouseholdswhencomparedtothepreviousseasonfinale.[nb2]
Theserieswasrankedasnumber63duringthe199495televisionseason,[61]asignificantincreaseinratings
whencomparedtothefirstseason,whichfinishedatnumber111.[62]

Reviews
TheDVDJournalgavetheseasonfouroutoffourstars,callingita"memorableseason".Thereviewhighlighted
"TheHost","DuaneBarry"and"Ascension",thecliffhangerfinale"Anasazi",the"unforgettable""Humbug",and
meetingMulderandScully'sfamiliesin"Colony"and"OneBreath".[63]IGNgavetheseasonaratingof9outof
10,withthereviewernotingitwasanimprovementuponthefirstasithad"startedtoexplorealittle"andthe
"evolutionofthecharactersmakestheproductshineeventhoughtheplotlineshavebeguntoseemfamiliar".[64]
RobertShearmanandLarsPearson,intheirbookWantingtoBelieve:ACriticalGuidetoTheXFiles,Millennium
&TheLoneGunmen,ratedseveralepisodesacrosstheseasonhighly,awardingfivestarsoutoffiveto"Little
GreenMen","DuaneBarry","OneBreath","Irresistible","DieHandDieVerletzt",and"Anasazi".However,
severalepisodesratedpoorly,with"3","ExcelsisDei",and"TheCalusari"beingconsideredparticularlypoor.[65]
Manycriticsconsideredthe"DuaneBarry"/"Ascension"/"OneBreath"storyarctobethebestpartoftheseason.
Shearmansingledoutthethreeparterasthehighlightoftheseason,notingthatthe"intimacy"and"sincerity[of]
theemotion"oftheepisodesallowedthemythologyofTheXFilestoplayoutforafurthersevenseasons.[65]Tom
Kessenich,inhisbookExamination:AnUnauthorizedLookatSeasons69oftheXFilesnamedthestoryarcthe
topepisodeofTheXFilesandwrote,"tothisday,thisremainsthedefiningmomentintheseriesrun.Somuch
sprangforthfromthistrioofepisodes....Sensational."[66]
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