Episode
The X-Files: Empedocles
Overview
Special Agent Reyes enlists Mulder's help in investigating a supernatural killer's connection to the unsolved murder of Agent Doggett's son, Luke.
Details
- Series
- The X-Files
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2001-04-22
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Empedocles is Episode 17 in Season 8 of The X-Files. It aired on 2001-04-22. The runtime is 45 min.
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