Episode
The X-Files: The End
Overview
The Cigarette-Smoking Man returns as Mulder investigates the attempted assassination of a young boy with psychic powers who may be the proof that he has looked for all his life.
Details
- Series
- The X-Files
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 1998-05-17
- Runtime
- 47 min
Episode context
The End is Episode 20 in Season 5 of The X-Files. It aired on 1998-05-17. The runtime is 47 min.
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