The X-Files
Pilot
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1993-09-10
Synopsis
Special Agent Dana Scully is partnered with Special Agent Fox Mulder to validate his work on a special project called The X-Files. While he is a believer in the paranormal, fueled by a lost memory where his sister was abducted by aliens; she is a scientist and prefers to look for rational, logical explanations. Their first case takes them to Oregon, to investigate the unsolved deaths of several high school classmates, which Mulder believes are linked to an alien abduction.
From the desk: The X-Files opens its catalog run with “Pilot” (1993-09-10). Ship culture, conspiracy TV, and Fox identity in one trench coat. Mulder/Scully will-they, creator control battles, revival mixed blessings.
In the series
This episode is part of The X-Files (1993–2002) on Fox.
Trust no one — monster nights and mythology Sundays.
Key cast
- David Duchovny as Fox Mulder
- Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully
- Mitch Pileggi as Walter Skinner
- Robert Patrick as John Doggett
- Annabeth Gish as Monica Reyes