<Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> Prod . code </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers ( millions ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 25 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Little Green Men '' </Td> <Td> David Nutter </Td> <Td> Glen Morgan & James Wong </Td> <Td> September 16 , 1994 ( 1994 - 09 - 16 ) </Td> <Td> 2X01 </Td> <Td> 16.1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> With the X-Files shut down , FBI agent Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny ) finds his own belief in the truth waning . So when an old political ally ( Raymond J. Barry ) gives him a new reason to believe , he goes alone to an abandoned SETI program site -- Arecibo Observatory -- in Arecibo , Puerto Rico . Concerned for his safety , fellow FBI agent Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson ) has to track down his whereabouts before someone or something else does . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 26 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` The Host '' </Td> <Td> Daniel Sackheim </Td> <Td> Chris Carter </Td> <Td> September 23 , 1994 ( 1994 - 09 - 23 ) </Td> <Td> 2X02 </Td> <Td> 15.9 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> When a man 's decomposed body is found in the sewers of Newark , Mulder is given the supposed `` grunt '' work . But after Scully 's autopsy turns up a parasite living inside the body and a sewer worker is attacked and bitten by something , it opens up a whole new can of worms . Guest starring Darin Morgan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 27 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Blood '' </Td> <Td> David Nutter </Td> <Td> Story by : Darin Morgan Teleplay by : Glen Morgan & James Wong </Td> <Td> September 30 , 1994 ( 1994 - 09 - 30 ) </Td> <Td> 2X03 </Td> <Td> 14.8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Prompted by messages from digital appliances with instructions to kill , several residents of a small farming community suddenly turn violent and dangerous . Guest starring William Sanderson and John Cygan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 28 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Sleepless '' </Td> <Td> Rob Bowman </Td> <Td> Howard Gordon </Td> <Td> October 7 , 1994 ( 1994 - 10 - 07 ) </Td> <Td> 2X04 </Td> <Td> 13.4 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> An audio cassette hidden in his morning paper brings Mulder to request the case of a scientist 's death consistent with burning , despite the lack of any evidence of any flames or burns . He is given his request along with a new partner , Agent Alex Krycek ( Nicholas Lea ) . Guest starring Tony Todd . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 29 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> `` Duane Barry '' </Td> <Td> Chris Carter </Td> <Td> Chris Carter </Td> <Td> October 14 , 1994 ( 1994 - 10 - 14 ) </Td> <Td> 2X05 </Td> <Td> 13.9 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> An ex-FBI agent ( Steve Railsback ) escapes from a mental hospital and holds several people hostage in a travel agency . Mulder and Krycek are sent in to help with the negotiations since the man claims to have been a UFO abductee . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 30 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> `` Ascension '' </Td> <Td> Michael Lange </Td> <Td> Paul Brown </Td> <Td> October 21 , 1994 ( 1994 - 10 - 21 ) </Td> <Td> 2X06 </Td> <Td> 15.5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Continuing from the previous episode , Mulder races to Scully 's house after listening to the recording of her attack on his answering machine . Duane Barry ( Steve Railsback ) has kidnapped Scully , determined to offer her to the aliens in his place . Mulder goes to great lengths to attempt to locate Scully . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 31 </Th> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> `` 3 '' </Td> <Td> David Nutter </Td> <Td> Chris Ruppenthal and Glen Morgan & James Wong </Td> <Td> November 4 , 1994 ( 1994 - 11 - 04 ) </Td> <Td> 2X07 </Td> <Td> 15.0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Walter Skinner ( Mitch Pileggi ) reopens the X-Files , but Mulder is finding it difficult to work without the missing Scully . When he recognizes a Los Angeles killing as the work of the Trinity murderers , a trio of killers with a fetish for drinking blood , it gives him work in which to immerse himself . Guest starring Perrey Reeves . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 32 </Th> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> `` One Breath '' </Td> <Td> R.W. Goodwin </Td>
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