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Season Two
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Season Three
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Season Four
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Season Five
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Season Six
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Season Seven
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Season Eight
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Season Nine
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Episode #/ Title/ Plot Synopsis |
Adaptations |
Continuity Notes |
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| 5x01 Unusual Suspects |
Origin of the Lone Gunmen and Mulder's involvement with them. |
5/19/89 |
G/X |
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| 5x15 Travelers |
Internal dates provided. Flashback portion begins 6/24/52. |
11/21/90 11/22/90 |
G/X |
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| Comic: X-Files #35: N.D.E. (pt. 1) (flashback only) | Flashback portion only (shown in b&w). Year is based on date shown on pilot (1992). I've changed it to reflect the changed premise (see below) |
3/5/93 3/6/93 |
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Book: #1 ('95): X Marks the Spot Comic: Season One: Pilot #0a Special Collectors Item #0b Special Collectors Item Special Edition #1 Special Ashcan Edition |
Internal dates provided. Despite the year provided, the CD-Rom Unauthorized Access (UA) and several episodes (4x05, 4x07) which seem to confirm the 1992 date, the end of Season 4, opening of Season 5 and other later evidence strongly suggests a 1993 date. See my introduction for more info. |
3/6/93 3/22/93
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| Novel: Goblins | Month and day indicated in text. This must be in 1993 despite other evidence to the contrary (which makes Mulder right when he says the 5th is Wednesday, not the narrative which says Thursday). It cannot be May 5th '94 as Episode 1x23 begins on 5/8/94 and the X-Files are not shut down until the 25th |
5/5/93 5/9/93 |
E/K |
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Book: #4 ('95) Squeeze Comic: Season One: Squeeze |
Internal date provided on computer screen. |
7/20/93 7/28/93 |
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Comic: Season One: Deep Throat |
Close inspection of FBI file (UA) indicates 8/93. |
8/16/93 8/18/93 |
X |
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Comic: Season One: Conduit |
The original FBI file dates as shown for Mulder & Samantha are erroneous and have been superseded by later information. Internal date taken from fax machine report. |
8/25/93 8/29/93 |
X |
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Toe tag states death date @ 8/29/93. The investigation begins Friday (Mulder is locked up for the weekend). The Jersey Devil's DOD is 9/23/93 (as seen in UA). |
9/17/93 9/23/93 Epilogue: 9/25/93 |
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Book: X-Files #15 ('97): Haunted Comic: Season One: Shadows |
Date on video footage of ATM display. Continuity error in the gravestone of Howard Graves dated October 5 (he died 8/18) |
9/25/93 9/30/93 |
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Comic: Season One: Fire |
According to a fax Scully receives on day 4 of the episode, the date is 10/05/93. Day 1, however, must be a weekday as they are in court. |
10/1/93 10/6/93 |
K/M |
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Comic: Season One: Space |
No specific dates indicated. Dates given are speculative. |
10/8/93 10/13/93 |
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No specific dates indicated. Dates given are speculative. |
10/17/93 10/20/93 |
X |
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Book: #11 ('95): Ghost in the Machine |
Scully types her report on what is likely Day 3 that is 10/24 (which is a Sunday) |
10/21/93 10/29/93 |
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Book: #2 ('97): Eve |
Book indicates early November. 1st murder on a Saturday (which is the 6th). |
11/7/93 11/9/93 |
E/K |
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Comic: Season One: Ice |
Transmission dated 11/5/93. As their arrival is on a Wednesday, it must be the 11/10. (which sets the events after the show aired! See introduction for further info) |
11/10/93 11/13/93 |
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Book: #2 ('95): Darkness Falls |
No specific dates indicated. Dates given are speculative, based on start of logging season. Mulder and Scully hospitalized. |
11/29/93 12/6/93 |
B |
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Scully states she is born on 2/23/64. She tells Mulder that the b'day card he gives her is two months early. An auto-requisition form confirms the month and year. |
12/21/93 12/26/93 |
K/R |
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Comic: Season One: Beyond the Sea |
Scully's father dies. Mulder is shot. No specific dates given. Dates are speculative (Scully's father chides her about Christmas decorations still up after Boxing Day). |
12/31/93 1/7/94 |
P/K |
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No specific dates indicated. Dates given are speculative based on Winter season. |
1/10/94 1/11/94 |
C/K |
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No specific dates indicated. Dates given are speculative based on Football season and winter month. |
2/7/94 2/11/94 |
E/K |
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Book: #9 ('95): E.B.E. |
Pitcher and Catcher Spring training begins in mid-Feb. Introduction of The Lone Gunmen. |
2/14/94 2/18/94 |
X |
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Book: X-Files #16 ('97): Miracle Man |
Scully dates her autopsy (on the 2nd day) as 3/7. Book contains a continuity error dating a headstone 1997. |
3/6/94 3/8/94 |
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Sequel to "Squeeze." Skinner's 1st appearance. No specific dates indicated. Dates given are speculative but occurs "months" after July '93 |
3/14/94 3/17/94 |
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Book: #6 ('95): Shapes |
Dental reports (UA) indicate most recent exam on 3/19. |
3/21/94 3/23/94 |
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Date indicated on sign-in log. Events of "Tooms" referenced as having occurred relatively recently. |
3/27/94 3/31/94 Epilogue: 4/19/94 |
R/S |
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| 1x22 Roland |
Date obtained from computer screen. |
4/24/94 4/29/94 |
P/N |
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Deep Throat killed. X-Files shut down on 5/25/94. |
5/8/94 5/12/94 Epilogue: 5/25/94 |
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Episode Theme Codes
A: Artificial Intelligence, technology and machines gone bad B: Bugs, creepy-crawlers and parasitic pests C: Cults, tribal practices and bizarre religious rites D: Drama E: Evil experiments and other scientific blunders F: Fantasy, Philosophic theory, and Time paradoxes G: Government conspiracies (unrelated to the mythology) H: Humor K: Killers (serial & spree), psychopaths; the human monster L: Local legends: Bigfoot, lake monsters, ghosts & goblins
M: Monsters, mutants and malformed menaces N: Nightmares, Dreams and Visions P: Psychic manifestations (telepathy, telekinesis, etc.,) R: Reincarnation, transmigration and other pagan beliefs S: Spirits, spiritism, devil worship, demons and dark forces U: UFO's (unrelated to the mythology) V: Viruses, bacteria and other nasty microbial matter W: Werewolves, vampires and the undead X: The Alien/Conspiracy main plot thread of the mythology ?: Unknown
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