Episode
The X-Files: Gender Bender
Overview
A series of sexually-oriented murders, which are identical except that the killer appears to be both male and female, draws Scully and Mulder to an Amish-type community of people called the Kindred.
Details
- Series
- The X-Files
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1994-01-21
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Gender Bender is Episode 14 in Season 1 of The X-Files. It aired on 1994-01-21. The runtime is 45 min.
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