The X-Files (season 3)
Episodes
Episodes marked with a double dagger () are episodes in the series' Alien Mythology arc.

The X-Files (season 3)

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)

50	1	"The Blessing Way"	R. W. Goodwin	Chris Carter	September 22, 1995	3X01	19.94

The Cigarette Smoking Man works quickly to recover the stolen computer files, but finds himself thwarted by a man who he hoped was dead.

51	2	"Paper Clip"	Rob Bowman	Chris Carter	September 29, 1995	3X02	17.20

Mulder and Scully search for answers regarding the old photograph with his father and other unnamed men. Their search takes them to the abandoned Strughold Mining Facility where they uncover a dangerous secret.

52	3	"D.P.O."	Kim Manners	Howard Gordon	October 6, 1995	3X03	15.57

Mulder is skeptical over a coroner's report regarding the fifth person to be struck by lightning in a small Oklahoma town.

53	4	"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"	David Nutter	Darin Morgan	October 13, 1995	3X04	15.38

Skeptical of a famous psychic's predictions regarding the death of several prognosticators, Mulder instead finds someone whom he believes truly can predict the future.

54	5	"The List"	Chris Carter	Chris Carter	October 20, 1995	3X05	16.72

A death row inmate makes good on his promise to come back from the dead and kill the five people involved in his death.

55	6	"2Shy"	David Nutter	Jeffrey Vlaming	November 3, 1995	3X06	14.83

Meeting insecure women through an on-line service, a serial killer seduces his prey with the right words. However, Mulder and Scully determine these killings are far from ordinary by the presence of a strange substance coating the victims, a substance which seems to digest the fatty acids in flesh.

56	7	"The Walk"	Rob Bowman	John Shiban	November 10, 1995	3X07	15.91

Another suicide attempt by a patient in a military hospital interests Mulder with the talk of a "phantom soldier" which has prevented the man's death.

57	8	"Oubliette"	Kim Manners	Charles Grant Craig	November 17, 1995	3X08	15.90

When a young teenage girl is kidnapped from her home, a fast food worker miles away collapses on the job, apparently experiencing exactly what the child is feeling.

58	9	"Nisei"	David Nutter	Chris Carter & Howard Gordon & Frank Spotnitz	November 24, 1995	3X09	16.36

A mail order videotape of an alien autopsy blossoms into a much more complicated investigation when Mulder and Scully find the distributor of the tape killed in his own home apparently by a high-ranking Japanese diplomat.

59	10	"731"	Rob Bowman	Frank Spotnitz	December 1, 1995	3X10	17.68

Mulder is trapped on a train carriage that could be wired with a bomb, according to a killer who claims to be an NSA agent.

60	11	"Revelations"	David Nutter	Kim Newton	December 15, 1995	3X11	15.25

Mulder tracks a series of religiously motivated homicides. Each of the eleven victims claims to have been stigmatic but all turned out to be frauds.

61	12	"War of the Coprophages"	Kim Manners	Darin Morgan	January 5, 1996	3X12	16.32

A small town is plagued by deaths in which the bodies are found covered in cockroaches. Working from home, Scully has scientific explanations for all of them but Mulder—at the crime scene with an attractive bug expert—suspects the insects may not be organic, or earthly.

62	13	"Syzygy"	Rob Bowman	Chris Carter	January 26, 1996	3X13	16.04

Mulder and Scully investigate strange homicides in New Hampshire that may be due to a rare planetary alignment that affects people's behavior.

63	14	"Grotesque"	Kim Manners	Howard Gordon	February 2, 1996	3X14	18.32

Agents Mulder and Scully join Mulder's former mentor, the FBI's chief profiler, on a case involving a serial killer who claims to be possessed by a demonic force.

64	15	"Piper Maru"	Rob Bowman	Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter	February 9, 1996	3X15	16.44

When a French salvage ship sends a diving crew to recover a mysterious wreckage from World War II, the crew falls prey to a bizarre illness and Agents Mulder and Scully join the investigation.

65	16	"Apocrypha"	Kim Manners	Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter	February 16, 1996	3X16	16.71

While Mulder continues to investigate a bizarre illness that originated with the discovery of a mysterious World War II wreckage buried at sea, several government figures try to thwart their efforts.

66	17	"Pusher"	Rob Bowman	Vince Gilligan	February 23, 1996	3X17	16.20

Agents Mulder and Scully's assistance is requested for a case involving a man seemingly capable of bending people to his will.

67	18	"Teso Dos Bichos"	Kim Manners	John Shiban	March 8, 1996	3X18	17.38

A series of deaths occurs immediately after an ancient artifact is brought to Boston from an excavation site in Ecuador. According to Scully, the deaths appear to be the result of political terrorism, but Mulder suspects something more improbable.

68	19	"Hell Money"	Tucker Gates	Jeffrey Vlaming	March 29, 1996	3X19	14.86

A string of mysterious deaths of recent Chinese immigrants brings Agents Mulder and Scully to San Francisco's Chinatown. The Agents team up with a Chinese-American detective to better understand the language and customs of the Chinese culture, but one thing remains frighteningly clear—all of the bodies are missing various internal organs.

69	20	"Jose Chung's From Outer Space"	Rob Bowman	Darin Morgan	April 12, 1996	3X20	16.08

When a couple claims to have been abducted by aliens, Agents Mulder and Scully try to get at the truth but everyone has a different version of the story, including the "aliens" themselves.

70	21	"Avatar"	James Charleston	Story by : David Duchovny & Howard Gordon Teleplay by : Howard Gordon	April 26, 1996	3X21	14.62

During a difficult time in assistant director Skinner's life, he meets a woman in a bar and spends the night with her.

71	22	"Quagmire"	Kim Manners	Kim Newton	May 3, 1996	3X22	16.00

When a series of mysterious deaths and disappearances are reported near a lake in a small town, Agents Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate.

72	23	"Wetwired"	Rob Bowman	Mat Beck	May 10, 1996	3X23	14.48

As the agents investigate a series of homicides committed by ordinary citizens angered after seeing illusory images, Scully's trust in Mulder is put to the ultimate test.

73	24	"Talitha Cumi"	R. W. Goodwin	Story by : David Duchovny & Chris Carter Teleplay by : Chris Carter	May 17, 1996	3X24	17.86

Agents Mulder and Scully search for a man who seems to possess strange powers, which leads to the discovery of a dangerous secret from Mulder's past.

Sentence(s)

After the season premiere, the final episode was "Talitha Cumi", which was viewed by 17.86 million viewers.

final_sentence: After the season premiere, the final episode was "Talitha Cumi", which was viewed by 17.86 million viewers.