The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
My Struggle (Episode 1) 6.8
Writer: Chris Carter
Air date: 2016-01-24
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Agents Mulder and Scully return after 13 years to investigate a government conspiracy at the behest of a popular web-TV-show host, who introduces them to a woman who claims she's an alien abductee and shares startling news with them.
Founder's Mutation (Episode 2) 6.9
Writer: James Wong
Air date: 2016-01-25
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: When Mulder and Scully try to discover what unseen force may have driven a scientist to commit suicide, they turn up a laboratory where extreme genetic experimentation has bred subjects possessing dangerous powers.
Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster (Episode 3) 7.5
Writer: Darin Morgan
Air date: 2016-02-01
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Mulder and Scully investigate a dead body in the woods, and try to determine whether it was the work of a serial killer, an animal or a mysterious creature seen by eyewitnesses. Meanwhile, a disillusioned Mulder confronts some of his own demons.
Home Again (Episode 4) 6.8
Writer: Glen Morgan
Air date: 2016-02-08
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Mulder and Scully investigate the murder of a city official, a crime that doesn't appear to have been committed by human hands. Meanwhile, Scully faces deeply emotional feelings about the child she gave up for adoption.
Babylon (Episode 5) 5.7
Writer: Chris Carter
Air date: 2016-02-15
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Scully and Mulder investigate when an art gallery displaying offensive artwork is bombed, and need to discover a way to communicate with the comatose perpetrator to try and prevent a future attack.
My Struggle II (Episode 6) 6.2
Writer: Chris Carter
Air date: 2016-02-22
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The season concludes with people all across the country falling gravely ill. A widespread panic develops and Scully looks within to find a cure. Meanwhile, Mulder confronts the man he believes to be behind it all, but another figure from Mulder and Scully's past may prove to be the key to their salvation.