Where to watch The X-Files Season 5
The X-Files season 5 is streaming in Australia on Prime Video (subscription) and Disney+ (subscription, listed for the whole show). You can also buy it on Apple TV from $24.99. Season 5 was released on 2 November 1997.
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The X-Files Season 5 episodes
S05 E01
Redux (2)
45 mins · Sun, 2 Nov 1997
Scully helps Mulder fake his own death in order for him to go undetected through the Department of Defence and find out the answers to his new questions about the government hoax concerning the existence of extraterrestrial life. Meanwhile, at a joint FBI/DOD inquiry, Scully's attempt to drive out the Conspiracy's informant is halted as her cancer takes a bad turn.
S05 E02
Redux II (3)
45 mins · Sun, 9 Nov 1997
The Cigarette-Smoking Man helps Mulder to obtain Scully's cure and also lets him see his real sister who doesn't turn out to be as happy to see Mulder as he would've liked. In return for this, the Cigarette-Smoking Man asks that Mulder quit the FBI and work for him in the Syndicate where he could have power and respect which Mulder turns down, deciding to stay on the side of justice. While Scully's cure appears to have worked, the Cigarette-Smoking Man faces his own enemies and disappears, presumed dead.
S05 E03
Unusual Suspects
44 mins · Sun, 16 Nov 1997
The origin of the Lone Gunmen is detailed in a flashback to 1989.
S05 E04
Detour
44 mins · Sun, 23 Nov 1997
Mulder and Scully find themselves stranded in the woods with a deadly predator while on their way to an FBI convention in Florida.
S05 E05
The Post-Modern Prometheus
46 mins · Sun, 30 Nov 1997
Mulder and Scully follow the trail of a modern-day Frankenstein after responding to a letter from a single mother in a small town.
S05 E06
Christmas Carol
45 mins · Sun, 7 Dec 1997
Scully returns home for the holidays, and begins to have dreams which seem to be connected to a murdered woman's daughter.
S05 E07
Emily
45 mins · Sun, 14 Dec 1997
Scully tries to protect a girl from the men responsible for her parents' deaths, and Mulder is drawn into a deadly confrontation while probing the girl's origin.
S05 E08
Kitsunegari
45 mins · Sun, 4 Jan 1998
Mulder and Scully race to prevent an old adversary and recent prison escapee from taking revenge.
S05 E09
Schizogeny
45 mins · Sun, 11 Jan 1998
A teenage boy undergoing psychological counselling becomes the prime suspect in his stepfather's murder.
S05 E10
Bunghoney
44 mins · Sun, 8 Feb 1998
While vacationing in a coastal town in Maine, Scully meets a girl with the ability to make people injure themselves.
S05 E11
Kill Switch
45 mins · Sun, 15 Feb 1998
Mulder and Scully investigate a computer genius's death.
S05 E12
Bad Blood
45 mins · Sun, 22 Feb 1998
Mulder and Scully try to explain their roles in a twisted killing that occurred while they were investigating a case in Texas.
S05 E13
Patient X
45 mins · Sun, 1 Mar 1998
Scully confronts a new threat to her life as Mulder probes a series of horrific mass killings, which leads him to evidence of extraterrestrials.
S05 E14
The Red and the Black
45 mins · Sun, 8 Mar 1998
Mulder is drawn into a dangerous confrontation with creatures that could expose the conspiracy surrounding extraterrestrials.
S05 E15
Travellers
45 mins · Sun, 29 Mar 1998
In the 1950s, two FBI agents investigate strange deaths somehow linked to Mulder's father.
S05 E16
Mind's Eye
45 mins · Sun, 19 Apr 1998
Mulder disbelieves evidence that implicates a blind woman in a murder.
S05 E17
All Souls
45 mins · Sun, 26 Apr 1998
A priest asks for Scully's help when a disabled girl dies a mysterious death.
S05 E18
The Pine Bluff Variant
45 mins · Sun, 3 May 1998
The agents investigate a group of anti-government terrorists who are experimenting with biological warfare, and Scully notices a change in Mulder's behaviour.
S05 E19
Folie a Deux
45 mins · Sun, 10 May 1998
Mulder is taken hostage by a man who claims his boss is literally a monster.
S05 E20
The End
46 mins · Sun, 17 May 1998
The agents are drawn into an investigation following an attempted assassination, while someone from Mulder's past conflicts with Scully.