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The X-Files

Season released 5th Nov, 2000Rated TV-1421 episodes

Where to watch The X-Files Season 8

The X-Files season 8 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 8 was released on 5 November 2000.

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The X-Files Season 8 episodes

  1. S08 E01

    Within

    44 mins · Sun, 5 Nov 2000

    Scully and Skinner are under the threat of being fired if they mention aliens.

  2. S08 E02

    Without

    44 mins · Sun, 12 Nov 2000

    Scully and Doggett continue the search for Mulder, while undeniable evidence challenges Doggett's scepticism about the paranormal.

  3. S08 E03

    Patience

    44 mins · Sun, 19 Nov 2000

    While tackling his first X-File case, about a series of gruesome murders surrounding a bat-like creature, Doggett quickly learns that his investigative techniques are somewhat dissimilar to Scully's.

  4. S08 E04

    Road Runners

    44 mins · Sun, 26 Nov 2000

    Scully evades Doggett's help in investigating a vicious murder in a remote area of Utah. She becomes trapped in the small town by a religious cult that believe a slug-like creature is the second coming of God, and needs a human host to survive.

  5. S08 E05

    Invocation

    44 mins · Sun, 3 Dec 2000

    In 1990, a little boy inexplicably disappeared from his crowded school playground and was never seen again, that is until now, 10 years later, and he hasn't aged a day since.

  6. S08 E06

    Redrum

    44 mins · Sun, 10 Dec 2000

    A lawyer finds himself in prison awaiting prosecution for his wife's murder.

  7. S08 E07

    Via Negativa

    44 mins · Sun, 17 Dec 2000

    Working without Scully's input, Doggett and Skinner try to avert the mysterious murder spree of a drug-induced religious cult leader, and it becomes clear that the man can enter the dreams of the people he knows and can kill them in their sleep.

  8. S08 E08

    SureKill

    44 mins · Sun, 7 Jan 2001

    When a real-estate agent is shot inside a prison cell by someone who apparently fired from the roof, Scully and Doggett track him to two exterminators, one of whom has X-ray vision.

  9. S08 E09

    Salvage

    44 mins · Sun, 14 Jan 2001

    A man whose blood is rapidly changing into metal alloy enacts revenge on those who caused his condition.

  10. S08 E10

    Badlaa

    44 mins · Sun, 21 Jan 2001

    An Indian mystic, whose son died in a chemical plant accident, smuggles himself into the US and takes his revenge on two families in suburban Washington.

  11. S08 E11

    The Gift

    44 mins · Sun, 4 Feb 2001

    Doggett comes upon an old case that Mulder kept secret from Scully, and he follows up the investigation hoping to find a possible connection to Mulder's disappearance.

  12. S08 E12

    Medusa

    44 mins · Sun, 11 Feb 2001

    Scully and Doggett must race against the clock to investigate, and fight off, a contagion lurking in the subway tunnels of Boston.

  13. S08 E13

    Per Manum

    44 mins · Sun, 18 Feb 2001

    When Scully and Doggett are contacted by a man who claims his wife was murdered shortly after giving birth to an alien baby, Scully digs deeper into reports of alien fertilisation on humans, and begins to question her own pregnancy.

  14. S08 E14

    This Is Not Happening

    44 mins · Sun, 25 Feb 2001

    Teresa Hoese is found in a desert, returned from tests done on her by aliens.

  15. S08 E15

    Deadalive

    44 mins · Sun, 1 Apr 2001

    Shortly after Mulder's funeral, Skinner and Skully discover that he might be buried alive.

  16. S08 E16

    Three Words

    44 mins · Sun, 8 Apr 2001

    Mulder's request for reassignment to the X-Files is denied by Kersh.

  17. S08 E17

    Empedocles

    44 mins · Sun, 22 Apr 2001

    Special Agent Reyes enlists Mulder's help in investigating a supernatural killer's connection to the unsolved murder of Agent Doggett's son, Luke.

  18. S08 E18

    Vienen

    44 mins · Sun, 29 Apr 2001

    Mulder and Doggett are reluctantly thrown together to investigate several deaths on board an oil rig, and Mulder becomes convinced that the rig is carrying the black-oil alien.

  19. S08 E19

    Alone

    44 mins · Sun, 6 May 2001

    Doggett and a new agent get into trouble when they pursue a reptilian creature.

  20. S08 E20

    Essence

    44 mins · Sun, 13 May 2001

    Mulder, Doggett and Skinner try to protect Scully and her foetus from alien rampage.

  21. S08 E21

    Existence

    44 mins · Sun, 20 May 2001

    Mulder, Doggett, Skinner and Reyes work together to protect Scully's unborn child.

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