The X-Files (season 7)
Episodes
Episodes marked with a double dagger () are episodes in the series' Alien Mythology arc.

The X-Files (season 7)

Section Title: Episodes
Table Section Text: Episodes marked with a double dagger () are episodes in the series' Alien Mythology arc.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)

140	1	"The Sixth Extinction"	Kim Manners	Chris Carter	November 7, 1999	7ABX03	17.82

Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) and Michael Kritschgau (John Finn) work desperately to attempt to discover what is wrong with Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), who is imprisoned by his own frenetic brain activity, but they are unaware of Agent Diana Fowley's (Mimi Rogers) duplicity.

141	2	"The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati"	Michael Watkins	David Duchovny & Chris Carter	November 14, 1999	7ABX04	16.15

Returning to Washington to find Mulder gone, Scully joins Kritschgau and Skinner—who is still being forced into betrayal by Alex Krycek (Nicholas Lea)—to find her partner.

142	3	"Hungry"	Kim Manners	Vince Gilligan	November 21, 1999	7ABX01	16.17

In an episode told from the point-of-view of the "monster", a fast-food employee with unusual cravings becomes the focus of an FBI investigation.

143	4	"Millennium"	Thomas J. Wright	Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz	November 28, 1999	7ABX05	15.09

An associate of the Millennium Group, which believes the apocalypse will happen on the new year of 2000, resurrects the dead for use in the bringing about of the apocalypse, and Mulder and Scully have to ask the help of criminal profiler Frank Black (Lance Henriksen), a man who has former experience with the shadowy group.

144	5	"Rush"	Robert Lieberman	David Amann	December 5, 1999	7ABX06	12.71

When a school student becomes the prime suspect in the bizarre murder of a police officer, Mulder and Scully are sent to investigate.

145	6	"The Goldberg Variation"	Thomas J. Wright	Jeffrey Bell	December 12, 1999	7ABX02	14.49

After being thrown off a building and surviving, Henry Weems (Willie Garson), who appears to be the luckiest man in the world, attracts the attention of Mulder and Scully.

146	7	"Orison"	Rob Bowman	Chip Johannessen	January 9, 2000	7ABX07	15.63

Reverend Orison (Scott Wilson) releases Donnie Pfaster (Nick Chinlund), Scully's former kidnapper, as seen in the second season episode "Irresistible", from jail in the hopes of passing judgment on him.

147	8	"The Amazing Maleeni"	Thomas J. Wright	Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz	January 16, 2000	7ABX08	16.18

The Amazing Maleeni (Ricky Jay), a small-time magician, performs an amazing feat to impress a heckler—he turns his head 360 degrees.

148	9	"Signs and Wonders"	Kim Manners	Jeffrey Bell	January 23, 2000	7ABX09	13.86

When a small town church is the site of a number of ritualistic-like murders, fingers are pointed to the Church of God with Signs and Wonders, a church where the Bible is read literally, and punishment is dealt deftly.

149	10	"Sein und Zeit"	Michael Watkins	Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz	February 6, 2000	7ABX10	13.95

While investigating the bizarre disappearance of a young girl from her home, Mulder becomes obsessed with a number of children who have vanished in similar ways.

150	11	"Closure"	Kim Manners	Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz	February 13, 2000	7ABX11	15.35

As Mulder is forced to accept that his mother's death was by her own hand, he is led by a man whose son disappeared years earlier to another truth—that his sister may be among the souls taken by 'walk-ins', saving the souls of children doomed to live unhappy lives.

151	12	"X-Cops"	Michael Watkins	Vince Gilligan	February 20, 2000	7ABX12	16.56

A filming of an episode of COPS gets in the way of the collaborative effort between the FBI and the local police department.

152	13	"First Person Shooter"	Chris Carter	William Gibson & Tom Maddox	February 27, 2000	7ABX13	15.31

The Lone Gunmen summon Mulder and Scully to the headquarters of a video game design company when the new virtual-reality game, which the Gunmen helped design, is taken over by a bizarre female computer character whose power is much more than virtual.

153	14	"Theef"	Kim Manners	Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz	March 12, 2000	7ABX14	11.91

After a prominent doctor discovers his father-in-law dead and the word "Theef" written on the wall in blood, Mulder suspects hexcraft may be the source of threats against the doctor's family.

154	15	"En Ami"	Rob Bowman	William B. Davis	March 19, 2000	7ABX15	11.99

After a young boy with cancer, whose parents do not believe in medical treatment because it is against God's will, recovers miraculously, Scully is intrigued.

155	16	"Chimera"	Cliff Bole	David Amann	April 2, 2000	7ABX16	12.89

Mulder investigates what appears to be a case of a missing woman from a small town, but soon turns out to be a murder by a spirit summoned from the underworld.

156	17	"all things"	Gillian Anderson	Gillian Anderson	April 9, 2000	7ABX17	12.18

While Mulder is away in England, Scully is led by coincidences, chance, fate and possibly a higher power to a married man with whom she had an affair during medical school, and a look at the life she didn't choose, forcing her to make choices about her future.

157	18	"Brand X"	Kim Manners	Steven Maeda & Greg Walker	April 16, 2000	7ABX19	10.81

While protecting a man due to testify against the Morley cigarette company, Skinner is horrified when the witness dies mysteriously. What the agents soon discover is that a new brand of cigarette has a dangerous secret.

158	19	"Hollywood A.D."	David Duchovny	David Duchovny	April 30, 2000	7ABX18	12.88

Wayne Federman, an entrepreneurial Hollywood producer and college friend of Skinner, picks up the idea for a film based on the X-Files division, however the agents find that the level of realism in their fictional portrayal is somewhat questionable.

159	20	"Fight Club"	Paul Shapiro	Chris Carter	May 7, 2000	7ABX20	11.70

Mulder and Scully cross paths with a pair of doppelgangers whose close proximity yields unlimited mayhem. Splitting up in two, the agents try to find out "why" and "what" they are doing.

160	21	"Je Souhaite"	Vince Gilligan	Vince Gilligan	May 14, 2000	7ABX21	12.79

Mulder and Scully's encounter with a man and his handicapped brother lead them to an indifferent genie whose willingness to grant wishes belies a deeper motive.

161	22	"Requiem"	Kim Manners	Chris Carter	May 21, 2000	7ABX22	15.26

Mulder and Scully return to the site of their first investigation together when a series of abductions take place. However, Scully's failing health, and Mulder's concern that she is in danger, cause him to take her off the case.

Sentence(s)

The season finale, "Requiem", was viewed by 15.26 million viewers, marking a drop in viewers when compared to the season premiere.

final_sentence: The season finale, "Requiem", was viewed by 15.26 million viewers, marking a drop in viewers when compared to the season premiere.