Mythology

Samantha Mulder's abduction, the impotus for Mulder's research into the paranormal. (TXF: "Little Green Men")

The mythology, or mytharc, is the overarching story developed in a series of episodes of The X-Files where Mulder and Scully investigate and expose an international conspiracy by an organization known as the Syndicate to develop a human/alien hybrid and suppress knowledge of the existence of extraterrestrials who plan to colonize Earth.

Common themes include:

• The continuation of the X-files as well as Mulder's and Scully's assignment to the X-Files Unit
• Revelations about the Mulder and Scully family
• The presence of black oil, Alien Bounty Hunters and/or the Syndicate
• Deaths of, or betrayals by, key supporting characters

It should be noted that some key mythology characters also appear in Monster of the Week episodes; notably, Deep Throat, X and the Cigarette Smoking Man each appear in episodes which involve government activities. Furthermore, as his role expanded, Walter Skinner appears in more Monster of the Week episodes.

Episodes

This list of mythology episodes is taken from official sources, The X-Files Mythology range of DVDs and the book The Complete X-Files: Behind the Series, the Myths and the Movies. Differences between the DVDs and the book are shown, where appropriate.

• Season 1:
  • "Pilot"
  • "Deep Throat"
  • "Conduit"
  • "Fallen Angel"
  • "E.B.E."
  • "The Erlenmeyer Flask"
• Season 2:
  • "Little Green Men"
  • "Duane Barry"
  • "Ascension"
  • "One Breath" (DVD only)
  • "Red Museum"
  • "Colony"
  • "End Game"
  • "Anasazi"
• Season 3:
  • "The Blessing Way"
  • "Paper Clip"
  • "Nisei"
  • "731"
  • "Piper Maru"
  • "Apocrypha"
  • "Talitha Cumi"
• Season 4:
  • "Herrenvolk"
  • "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man"
  • "Tunguska"
  • "Terma"
  • "Memento Mori"
  • "Tempus Fugit"
  • "Max"
  • "Zero Sum"
  • "Demons" (book only)
  • "Gethsemane"
• Season 5:
  • "Redux"
  • "Redux II"
  • "Christmas Carol" (book only)
  • "Emily" (book only)
  • "Patient X"
  • "The Red and the Black"
  • "The End"
• Season 6:
  • "The Beginning"
  • "S.R. 819"
  • "Two Fathers"
  • "One Son"
  • "Biogenesis"
• Season 7:
  • "The Sixth Extinction"
  • "The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati"
  • "Sein Und Zeit"
  • "Closure" (DVD only)
  • "En Ami"
  • "Requiem" (DVD only)
• Season 8:
  • "Within"
  • "Without"
  • "The Gift" (book only)
  • "Per Manum"
  • "This Is Not Happening"
  • "DeadAlive"
  • "Three Words"
  • "Vienen"
  • "Essence"
  • "Existence"
• Season 9:
  • "Nothing Important Happened Today"
  • "Nothing Important Happened Today II"
  • "Trust No 1"
  • "Provenance"
  • "Providence" (DVD only)
  • "Jump the Shark" (book only)
  • "William"
  • "The Truth"
• Miniseries
  • "My Struggle"
  • "My Struggle II"

See Also

• Monster of the Week