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Episode # and/or Title

 

Adaptations

Continuity Notes

Dates

Code
3x01 The Blessing Way (part 2)   Well-manicured man and Consortium debut. 4/16/95 – 4/22/95 X
3x02 Paper Clip (part 3)     4/22/95 – 4/25/95  X
Comics Digest: X-Files #1: Big Foot, Warm Heart

Trade pb: Dead to the World (UK)

                 The X-Files Volume 2

No internal dates provided.  Dates my own based on provided days. 5/22/95 – 5/26/95 L/K
Comic: X-Files #13: One Player Only

Reprint: Special Edition #5

Trade pb: The Haunting (UK)

                The X-Files Volume 1

Dates shown on computer screen. 6/1/95 6/6/95 A/K
Comic: X-Files Annual #1: Hallow Eve

Reprint: Special Edition #5

Trade pb: The X-Files Collection Vol. 2

                The Haunting (UK)

No internal dates provided.  Dates my own 6/7/95 – 6/12/95

 

E/S

 

Comic: X-Files #14: Falling

Reprint: The Haunting (UK)

Trade pb: The X-Files Volume 1

No internal dates provided.  Dates entirely my own.  Must be summer or spring. 6/14/95 6/15/95 U/K
Comic: X-Files #15: Home of the Brave: pt. 1: The New World

Reprint: The Haunting (UK)

Trade pb: The X-Files Volume 1

No internal dates provided.  Dates entirely my own (based on Friday of the month). 6/16/95 U/K
Comic: X-Files #16: Home of the Brave: pt. 2: A Question of Ownership

Reprint: The Haunting (UK)

Trade pb: The X-Files Volume 1

No internal dates provided.  Dates entirely my own (based on Fri-Sat). 6/16/95 – 6/19/95 U/K
3x05 The List   No internal dates provided.  Must be summer '95.   Dates my own. 6/21/95 6/24/95 R/K

2x24 Our Town

Book: X-Files #4 ('97): Our Town

Takes place over 10 weeks after victim disappeared in 4/12/95 (as per the Missing Persons Report).  Confirmed by date of fax sent to Mulder from FBI offices (UA).

6/27/95 – 6/28/95

C
3x07 The Walk   Post-date on mail. 7/6/95 – 7/7/95 P/K
Comic: X-Files #7: Trepanning Opera

Reprint: Special Edition #3

Trade pb: The X-Files Collection 2

                Project Aquarius (UK)

Internal dates provided.

 

7/13/95 7/17/95 K
Comic: TV Guide July 15-21, 1995: Circle Game   Internal dates provided. 7/17/95 7/19/95 L
Novel: Whirlwind   Month confirmed. Must take place after the reopening of the X-Files. Late July  
Comics Digest: X-Files #2: Dead to the World Trade pb: Dead to the World (UK) No internal dates provided.  Dates entirely my own. 8/1/95 8/10/95 K
Comic: X-Files #8: Silent Cities of the Mind pt. 1

Reprint: Special Edition #3

Trade pb: The X-Files Collection 2

                Project Aquarius (UK)

Internal dates provided. 8/15/95 8/18/95 X
Comic: X-Files #9: Silent Cities of the Mind pt. 2

Reprint: Special Edition #3

Trade pb: The X-Files Collection 2

                Project Aquarius (UK)

Internal dates provided. 8/18/95 – 8/20/95 X
3x19 Hell Money

Book: X-Files #9 ('97): Hungry Ghosts

The Festival of the Hungry Ghosts (Yue Lan) ran from July 27th to August 25th of that year (must be 1995).  Festival has just ended. 8/25/95 – 8/28/95 K
3x06 2Shy   Scully dates her autopsy on 8/29. The lab report from the FBI gives a 10/27 date which must be ignored as it conflicts with other events. 8/29/95 – 8/30/95 M/K
3x03 D.P.O. Book: X-Files #8 ('95): Voltage Dates from video-game screen.  Book indicates 4 days pass. 9/13/95 – 9/16/95 K/P
3x20 Jose Chung's "From Outer Space"   No internal dates given.  Must be mid-to-late '95 to allow for book publication in mid-March '96.  Dates entirely my own. 10/2/95 – 10/5/95

 

H/X
3x04 Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose   Dates provided (9/19/95 – 9/21/95), however, lottery ticket indicates Monday 10/9/95 (as the script itself confirms), and the winning numbers are announced on TV. Scully acquires Queequeg.

 

10/8/95 – 10/10/95

H/P
3x09 Nisei (pt. 1)   Date on fax report (UA) (11/21) should be ignored (see below). 1st appearance of Agent Danny Pendrell. 10/12/95 – 10/14/95 X
3x10 731 (pt. 2)   Scully notes that President made public apology for radiation testing two weeks earlier (on 10/3/95) which provides dates. 10/14/95 – 10/17/95 X
3x15 Piper Maru (pt. 1)   Letter indicating date of January 16th (UA) should be ignored (see below). 10/18/95 – 10/19/95 X
3x16 Apocrypha (pt. 2)   Both Skinner and CSM indicate that five months have elapsed since the investigation into Melissa's killer and Krycek's disappearance (which occurred late April/early May).  10/19/95 – 10/23/95 X
Comic: X-Files #10: Feelings of Unreality pt. 1: Wheels within Wheels

Reprint: Special Edition #4                   Trade Pb: The X-Files Collection 2

                Project Aquarius (UK)

Internal dates provided. 10/24/95 – 10/30/95 X
Comic: X-Files #11: Feelings of Unreality pt. 2: Ancient of Days

Reprint: Special Edition #4                   Trade Pb: The X-Files Collection 2

                Project Aquarius (UK)

Internal dates provided. 10/31/95 – 11/21/95 X
Comic: X-Files #12: Feelings of Unreality pt. 3: Nightmare of History

Reprint: Special Edition #4                   Trade Pb: The X-Files Collection 2

                Project Aquarius (UK)

Internal dates provided. 11/21/95 – 11/27/95

 

X
3x11 Revelations   Date of 11/10 appears on fingerprint report, but this should be ignored as the medication log indicates 11/28.  11/27/95 12/1/95 C
3x8 Oubliette Book: X-Files #5 ('97): Empathy Dates my own.  Wanted poster reveals November (UA).   12/2/95 – 12/4/95 K/P
Comic: X-Files #12: Feelings of Unreality pt. 3: Nightmare of History (Epilogue)

Reprint: Special Edition #4                   Trade Pb: The X-Files Collection 2

                Project Aquarius (UK)

Internal dates provided. Epilogue: 12/6/95 X
3x12 War of the Coprophages

Book: X-Files #10 ('95): Die, Bug, Die!

No internal dates provided.  Dates my own (Mulder's computer indicates Thurs-Fri). 12/7/95 12/8/95 B
Magazine: X-Files Magazine #1: The Pit (Winter 1996) Reprint: X-Files -2: The Pit

Trade pb: Project Aquarius (UK)

Date provided (11/15/95)  contradicts the dates of issues #10-12. Moved up one month. 12/15/95 ?
Novel: Ruins   Days provided.  Must be after Episode 3-4 and before 3-22. 12/19/95 – 12/31/95 L/U
3x13 Syzygy Book: X-Files #3 ('97): Bad Sign Internal dates provided.  Scully's comment about working with Mulder "2 years" should be chalked up to the weirdness in Comity. 1/11/96 – 1/12/96 P/H
3x14 Grotesque Book: X-Files #12 ('97): Grotesque No internal dates given.  Dates my own.

1/15/96 – 1/18/96

Epilogue: 2/1/96

K/L
3x17 Pusher Book: X-Files #7 ('97): Control No internal dates given other than year.  Newspaper gives possible date of February.  2/12/96 – 2/14/96 K/P
Comic: X-Files #22: The Kanashibari

Trade pb: Internal Affairs (UK)

                The X-Files Volume 2

Internal dates provided 2/17/96 2/19/96 L
3x18 Teso Dos Bichos   No internal dates given other than year (UA). Dates my own. 2/20/96 – 2/22/96 C
3x21 Avatar   Internal dates provided. 3/8/96 – 3/10/96 N/X
3x22 Quagmire   No internal dates provided.  Dates my own. Starts Saturday.  Scully loses Queequeg. 3/17/96 3/19/96 L
Comic: X-Files #17: Thin Air

Trade pb: Night Lights (UK)

                The X-Files Volume 1

Internal dates provided. 3/19/96 – 3/21/96 L/G
3x99 Home Video Game: The X-Files Game Book: Prima's Official Strategy Guide: The X-Files Game Internal dates provided. 3/28/96 4/8/96 X
Comic: X-Files #27: Remote Control (pt 1)

Trade pb: Remote Control (UK)

Internal dates provided. 4/14/96 – 4/16/96 X/P
Comic: X-Files #28: Remote Control (pt 2)

Trade pb: Remote Control (UK)

Internal dates provided.  Closing date (4/24) is in error (as the following issue bears out) 4/22/96 – 4/23/96 X/P
Comic: X-Files #29: Remote Control (part 3): Conclusion

Trade pb: Remote Control (UK)

Internal dates provided.

4/23/96 – 4/24/96

Epilogue: 4/29/96

X/P
3x23 Wetwired   Internal dates provided.

4/29/96 – 5/2/96

Epilogue: 5/10/96

A/X
3x24 Talitha Cumi (pt. 1)   See 4x01: Herrenvolk 5/7/96 – 5/10/96 X

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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