The X-Files: Season 3
20th Century Fox (1996)
Action, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
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IMDB   9.0
1288 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
David Duchovny Special Agent Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson Special Agent Dana Scully
William B. Davis The Cigarette-Smoking Man
John Neville The Well-Manicured Man
Mitch Pileggi Assistant Director Walter Skinner
Nicholas Lea Alex Krycek
Director
Rob Bowman
Chris Carter
Producer Rob Bowman
Chris Carter
Writer Chris Carter
Frank Spotnitz


This long running FOX drama lasted nine seasons and focused on the exploits of FBI Agents Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, John Doggett and Monica Reyes and their investigations into the paranormal. From genetic mutants and killer insects to a global conspiracy concerning the colonization of Earth by an alien species, this mind-boggling, humorous and occasionally frightening series created by Chris Carter has been one of the world's most popular sci-fi/drama shows since its humble beginnings in 1993.
Episodes
 60 mins    9/22/1995  1.  The Blessing Way (2)
Scully finds her career with the FBI in jeopardy as Mulder is still missing and the Cigarette-Smoking Man is pursuing the stolen files. The Navajo elders find Mulder's body in a cave and perform an ancient ceremony to call the spirit back to the empty vessel.
Director:  R.W. Goodwin  Writer:  Chris Carter 
Guest starring:  Alfred E. Humphreys, Dakota House, Forbes Angus, Mitchell Davies, Benita Ha, Ian Victor, Ernie Foort, Lenno Britos, Tim Michael, Stanley Walsh, John Moore, Martin Evans, Melinda McGraw
 60 mins    9/29/1995  2.  Paper Clip (3)
A.D. Skinner and Scully are at a standoff when Mulder bursts in and discovers that Skinner has the digital tape. Reunited, Mulder and Scully travel to a secret vault inside a mine and find an elaborate filing system of medical records which reveals that Mulder's sister may not have been the first choice for abduction. Meanwhile, Skinner deals with the Cigarette-Smoking Man for their safety.
Director:  Rob Bowman  Writer:  Chris Carter 
Guest starring:  Walter Gotell, Melinda McGraw, Robert Lewis, Lenno Britos, Martin Evans, Peta Brookstone, Stanley Walsh, John Moore
 60 mins    10/6/1995  3.  D.P.O.
Mulder and Scully investigate a series of human and cattle deaths by lightning and are led to a teenage boy who is the only survivor out of five people recently hit by lightning strikes.
Director:  Kim Manners  Writer:  Howard Gordon 
Guest starring:  Giovanni Ribisi, Jack Black, Ernie Lively, Karen Witter, Steve Makaj, Peter Anderson, Kate Robbins, Mar Anderson, Brent Chapman, Jason Anthony Griffith, Bonnie Hay, Cavan Cunningham, Aaron Poole
 60 mins    9/22/1996  4.  Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose
In the midst of a psychic sideshow while on a murder case, Mulder and Scully enlist the help of a man who may have a true psychic ability to foresee how people will die to help the agents catch a man killing fortune tellers.
Director:  David Nutter  Writer:  Darin Morgan 
Guest starring:  Peter Boyle, Stu Charno, Frank Cassini, Dwight McFee, Japp Broeker, Greg Anderson, Alex Diakun, Karin Konoval, David McKay, Ken Roberts, Doris Rands
 60 mins    9/29/1996  5.  The List
Nobody takes much notice when a death row inmate vows on the electric chair to come back from the dead and kill five men who have wronged him during his time in prison, until a guard is mysteriously murdered in the former inmate's cell.
Director:  Chris Carter  Writer:  Chris Carter 
Guest starring:  Bokeem Woodbine, Greg Rogers, Mitchell Kosterman, Paul Raskin, Denny Arnold, Craig Brunanski, Joseph Patrick Finn, Bruce Pinard, Don MacKay, Badja Djola, John Toles-Bey, Ken Foree, April Grace, J.T. Walsh
 60 mins    9/29/1996  6.  2Shy
A man with a genetic abnormality who must prey on overweight women in order to suck the fatty tissue from their bodies, begins to meet his victims through internet chat rooms.
Director:  David Nutter  Writer:  Jeffery Vlaming 
Guest starring:  Timothy Carhart, James Hardy, Catherine Paolone, Glynis Davies, Aloka McLean, Kerry Sandomirsky, Suzy Joachim, Randi Lynne, William MacDonald, Brad Wattum, Beverly Elliot, Dean McKenzie, P.J. Prinsloo, Jan Bailey Mattia, Lindsay Bourne
 60 mins    10/6/1996  7.  The Walk
After a suicide attempt and multiple murders at a military hospital, Mulder and Scully meet a quadruple amputee who has gained the power of astral projection and is taking out his personal frustrations on his commanding officers.
Director:  Rob Bowman  Writer:  John Shiban 
Guest starring:  Thomas Kopache, Willie Garson, Paula Shaw, Deryl Hayes, Rob Lee, Andrea Barclay, Beatrice Zeilinger, Brennan Kotowich, Pat Bermel, Paul Dickson, D. Harlan Cutshall, Don Thompson, Nancy Sorel, Ian Tracey
 60 mins    10/6/1996  8.  Oubliette
Mulder seeks the help of a woman who he believes has a special connection with a young girl who has recently been kidnapped by the same man who held her captive many years earlier.
Director:  Kim Manners  Writer:  Charles Grant Craig 
Guest starring:  Tracey Ellis, Michael Chieffo, Jewel Staite, Ken Ryan, Dean Wray, Jacques LaLonde, David Fredericks, Sidonie Boll, Robert Underwood, Dollie Scarr, Bonnie Hay, Alexa Mardon, Eryn Collins
 60 mins    11/26/1996  9.  Nisei (1)
An investigation into a video of an alien autopsy puts Mulder and Scully in the middle of a conspiracy involving WWII Japanese scientists brought to America to continue their experiments which may shed light on Scully's abduction.
Director:  Rob Bowman  Writer:  Chris Carter  / Frank Spotnitz 
Guest starring:  Stephen McHattie,  Raymond J. Barry, Robert Ito, Gillian Barber, Corrine Koslo, Paul McLean, Yasuo Sakurai, Lori Ann Triolo, Roger Allford, Carrie Cain Sparks, Bob Wilde, Warren Takeuchi
 60 mins    11/26/1996  10.  731 (2)
Mulder is trapped inside a train car which contains a suspected alien-human hybrid and also a bomb, while Scully pursues the truth about her abduction and the mystery behind the implant in her neck.
Director:  Rob Bowman  Writer:  Frank Spotnitz 
Guest starring:  Stephen McHattie, Colin Cunningham, Victoria Maxwell, Sean Campbell, Michael Puttonen, Robert Ito
 60 mins    10/13/1996  11.  Revelations
Mulder and Scully swap roles as they pursue a man killing priests that claim to have the wounds of Christ. The agents find and must protect a young boy who may be a real stigmatic. While Scully's faith draws her close to the boy, Mulder is convinced of another explanation.
Director:  David Nutter  Writer:  Kim Newton 
Guest starring:  Kevin Zegers, Sam Bottoms, Kenneth Welsh, Michael Berryman, Hayley Tyson, Leslie Swan, Fulvio Cecere, Nicole Robert, Selina Williams, R. Lee Ermey, Rhys Huber
 60 mins    10/13/1996  12.  War of the Coprophages
Widespread panic is caused in a small community after numerous deaths are linked to killer cockroaches, and a government agricultural agency is discovered to have set up a secret experiment involving insects.
Director:  Kim Manners  Writer:  Darin Morgan 
Guest starring:  Bobbie Phillips, Raye Birk, Dion Anderson, Bill Dow, Alex Bruhanski, Ken Kramer, Alan Buckley, Tyler Labine, Norma Wick, Wren Robertz, Tom Heaton, Bobby L. Stewart, Tony Marr, Maria Herrera, Shaw Allen
 60 mins    10/20/1996  13.  Syzygy
A rare planetary alignment causes strange behavior in the residents of a small town, but particularly in two teenage girls who were born at the exact same moment on that date.
Director:  Rob Bowman  Writer:  Chris Carter 
Guest starring:  Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Wendy Benson-Landes, Lisa Robin Kelly, Garry Davey, Ryan Reynolds, Denalda Williams, Gabrielle Miller, Tim Dixon, Ryk Brown, Jeremy Radick, Russell Porter, Jordan Lee Williams
 60 mins    10/20/1996  14.  Grotesque
A serial killer is captured after a three year manhunt, and he claims an evil spirit is responsible for the crimes. When the killings continue as he sits in jail, Mulder's battle with a former colleague gets more heated when he suggests that something more paranormal may be involved.
Director:  Kim Manners  Writer:  Howard Gordon 
Guest starring:  Greg Thirloway, Susan Bain, Kasper Michaels, Zoran Vukelic, John Milton Brandon, James McDonnell, Paul J. Anderson, Amanda O'Leary, Levani Outchaneichvili, Kurtwood Smith
 60 mins    11/12/1996  15.  Piper Maru (1)
A French salvage ship searching for a lost WWII fighter plane unknowingly surfaces an alien which appears in the form of black oil and has the ability to jump hosts. Mulder heads to Hong Kong to investigate the salvage broker who sold the information to the French and he encounters Krycek, who has been selling information from the MJ documents. As Mulder prepares to take Krycek back to the US, the alien makes its way to Hong Kong and takes control of Krycek.
Director:  Rob Bowman  Writer:  Chris Carter  / Frank Spotnitz 
Guest starring:  Robert Clothier, Jo Bates, Stephen E. Miller, Ari Solomon, Paul Batten, Russell Ferrier, Lenno Britos, Kimberly Unger, Rochelle Greenwood, Joel Silverstone, David Neale, Tom Scholte, Robbie L. Maier, Tegan Moss, Darcy Laurie
 60 mins    11/12/1996  16.  Apocrypha (2)
Mulder pursues Krycek (unaware of the alien that has taken over his body) to get back the DAT tape containing the MJ documents. Meanwhile, the shooting of A.D. Skinner uncovers evidence that could lead Scully to her sister's murderer.
Director:  Kim Manners  Writer:  Chris Carter  / Frank Spotnitz 
Guest starring:  Kevin McNulty, Sue Mathew, Barry Levy, Lenno Britos, Frances Flanagan, Peter Scoular, Jeff Chivers, Martin Evans, Harrison Coe, Craig Warkentin, Richard Hersley, David Kaye, Stanley Walsh, Eric Breker, Dmitry Chepovetsky
 60 mins    10/27/1996  17.  Pusher
Mulder and Scully are asked to help in a case involving Robert Patrick Modell, a murderer possessing the psychic ability to force his will onto people. Due to a brain tumor that is slowly killing him, he is searching for a "worthy adversary" and forces Mulder into a battle of mind over matter.
Director:  Rob Bowman  Writer:  Vince Gilligan 
Guest starring:  Julia Arkos, Roger R. Cross, Steve Bacic, Don MacKay, Brent Sheppard, D. Neil Mark, Meredith Bain Woodward, Ernie Foort, Darren Lucas, Janyse Jaud, Henry Watson, Robert Wisden, Vic Polizos
 60 mins    10/27/1996  18.  Teso Dos Bichos
The unearthing of an ancient Ecuadorian Amaru urn and its removal to America despite protests leads to a series of deaths linked to a shaman spirit released by the urn.
Director:  Kim Manners  Writer:  John Shiban 
Guest starring:  Vic Trevino, Janne Mortil, Tom McBeath, Gordon Tootoosis, Ron Suave, Alan Robertson, Garrison Chrisjohn
 60 mins    11/19/1996  19.  Hell Money
The deaths of several Chinese men found to be missing vital internal organs that were removed prior to death leads Mulder and Scully to a deadly Chinatown lottery where men wager their body parts for a chance to win a cash jackpot.
Director:  Tucker Gates  Writer:  Jeffery Vlaming 
Guest starring:  B.D. Wong, Michael Yama, Lucy Liu, James Hong, Doug Abrahams, Stephen M.D. Chang, Donald Fong, Diana Ha, Paul Wong, Graham Shiels, Ed Hong-Louie
 60 mins    12/3/1996  20.  Jose Chung's From Outer Space
A alien abduction of two teenagers with endless versions of the same story prompts a science-fiction novelist to to write a book about the incident; however, nobody involved with the investigation can tell him the full story with any accuracy.
Director:  Rob Bowman  Writer:  Darin Morgan 
Guest starring:  Charles Nelson Reilly, William Lucking, Larry Musser, Daniel Quinn, Jesse Ventura, Jason Gaffney, Sarah Sawatsky, Allan Zinyk, Alex Diakun, Andrew Turner, Michael Dobson, Japp Broeker, Alex Trebek
 60 mins    11/19/1996  21.  Avatar
During a one-night-stand in the midst of his divorce, A.D. Skinner becomes a murder suspect, and Mulder and Scully return the many favors that he has done for them by analyzing evidence that someone doesn't want uncovered to prove his innocence.
Director:  David Duchovny  / Jim Charleston  Writer:  Howard Gordon 
Guest starring:  Amanda Tapping, Malcolm Stewart, Tasha Simms, Stacy Grant, Janie Woods-Morris, Cal Traversy, Bethoe Shirkoff, Tom Mason, Jennifer Hetrick, Piper Anderson
 60 mins    11/21/1996  22.  Quagmire
Mulder and Scully investigate a series of disappearances and attacks around a lake where Mulder believes that the local legend about a lake monster may be all too real.
Director:  Kim Manners  Writer:  Kim Newton 
Guest starring:  Timothy Webber, Chris Ellis, R. Nelson Brown, Mark Acheson, Peter Hanlon, Tyler Labine, Terrence Leigh, Murray Lowry, Nicole Parker
 60 mins    11/21/1996  23.  Wetwired
After a man kills three people and his wife because he mistook them for a ruthless middle eastern dictator, Mulder and Scully discover a test involving mind control using television signals that make people's worst fears become real in any form.
Director:  Rob Bowman  Writer:  Mat Beck 
Guest starring:  Colin Cunningham, Tim Henry, Linden Banks, Crystal Verge, Joe Maffei, John McConnach, Joe DeSorro, Heather McCarthy, Zinaid Memisevic, Sandy Tucker, André Danylieu
 60 mins    4/3/1997  24.  Talitha Cumi (1)
Mulder and Scully search for a mysterious man with the power to heal. His actions risk exposing the existence of aliens on Earth, while a confrontation between Mrs. Mulder and the Cigarette-Smoking Man leads Mulder to the discovery of the only weapon which can kill the aliens.
Director:  Chris Carter  / David Duchovny  Writer:  Chris Carter 
Guest starring:  Brian Thompson, Angelo Vacco, Hrothgar Mathews, Stephen Dimopoulos, John McLaren, Cam Cronin, Bonnie Hay, Brian Barry, Ross Clarke, Roy Thinnes
Edition Details
Edition Season 3
Series Television
Distributor 20th Century Fox
Release Date 5/8/2001
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned); Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Dolby Digital Stereo [French]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 7

Features
Disc 01 "The Making of..." Documentary Bonus Feature Director's Commentary TV Spots All New Documentary: "The Truth About Season Three"
Chris Carter Talks About 12 Of His Favorite Episodes From Season Three
7 Special Effects Clips with Commentary by Mat Beck
5 Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Chris Carter
Episode Commentary for "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'" by Director Rob Bowman and Writer Darin Morgan
Episode Commentary for "Apocrypha" by Director Kim Manners and Writer Chris Carter
17 "Behind-The-Truth" Spots From F/X
46 Promotional Television Spots
All-New DVD-ROM Game "Mere Worlds"