John Fitzgerald Byers is a fictional character portrayed by Bruce Harwood in the TV series The X-Files.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled E.B.E. (season 1), they were 30 years old.
They appear in 38 episodes out of a total of 217 aired and have accumulated 2420 positive votes.
The character of John Fitzgerald Byers is mainly associated with Fox Mulder, Dana Scully and Richard 'Ringo' Langly.
Episodes38
E.B.E.
episode S1.E17 february 1994Mulder and Scully become the focus of a disinformation campaign when they attempt to trace the government's secret transport of an alien life form.
Blood
episode S2.E3 september 1994Mulder and Scully investigate a series of violent killings committed by seemingly normal residents of a small town.
One Breath
episode S2.E8 november 1994Scully's comatose body is discovered at a local hospital and her life is hanging in the balance. When Mr. X shows Mulder the high price he'd have to pay if he truly wants justice for Scully, Mulder must choose between hope and revenge.
Fearful Symmetry
episode S2.E18 february 1995In a small town in Idaho, a man is killed by what seems to be an invisible elephant. Mulder's investigation into the local zoo, its owners and a local animal rights group uncovers evidence of insidious alien experiments.
Anasazi
episode S2.E25 may 1995Mulder receives an encrypted computer tape containing the defense department's top secret files on extraterrestrial life and becomes a target. Scully takes him to a Navajo family that unearthed a buried secret to decipher the files.
Paper Clip
episode S3.E2 september 1995As a government hit squad closes in on the agents, Mulder searches for clues about his father's involvement in a top secret project.
Nisei
episode S3.E9 november 1995An "alien autopsy" videotape and a murder spark Mulder's search for a strange creature. Scully looks for information about her disappearance.
Apocrypha
episode S3.E16 february 1996Mulder uncovers clues about a cover-up involving an alien entity and a sunken World War II aircraft. Scully pursues the man who murdered her sister.
Wetwired
episode S3.E23 may 1996Mulder and Scully investigate a series of murders linked to a mysterious device that alters television signals causing paranoid hallucinations. One of them falls victim to it.
Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man
episode S4.E7 november 1996The Lone Gunmen reveal the (possibly fake) secret history of the Smoking Man to Mulder with focus on three episodes from his life - the assassination of JFK, his attempts at becoming a novelist and one of his UFO cover ups.
Memento Mori
episode S4.E14 february 1997Scully attempts to come to terms with her inoperable cancer. Meanwhile Mulder and the Lone Gunmen break into a high-security research lab to find the cure that could save her life.
Redux
episode S5.E1 november 1997Mulder accesses a facility that may hold a cure for Scully's illness. Scully performs an experiment in hopes of determining the origin of the disease.
Redux II
episode S5.E2 november 1997Scully is hospitalized after collapsing, while Mulder receives help from a most unlikely source as he continues to search for a cure for Scully's illness.
Unusual Suspects
episode S5.E3 november 1997In May 1989, the Lone Gunmen meet for the first time when they assist a woman who claims the government plans to use civilians in a secret experiment.
Kill Switch
episode S5.E11 february 1998The brutal murder of a renowned computer programmer leads Mulder and Scully to investigate an artificial intelligence program loose on the Internet that has begun evolving on its own.
The End
episode S5.E20 may 1998A government assassin is caught trying to kill child chess prodigy Gibson Praise during an international chess tournament. Mulder's old flame Agent Diana Fowley arrives to help on the case but Scully is suspicious of her.
Triangle
episode S6.E3 november 1998Mulder boards the wreck of a legendary missing WWII ship that suddenly appeared in the Bermuda Triangle. The ship turns out to be a time portal. Now Scully must use all of her wits to try and get the unwilling FBI to help her save him.
Dreamland II
episode S6.E5 december 1998Scully begins to suspect that her partner's strange behavior is more than it appears to be, while Mulder fights to return his life to normal before it's too late.
One Son
episode S6.E12 february 1999Everyone prepares in their own way for the alien rebels' bloody endgame after which nothing will ever be the same again. Mulder and Scully try their best to stop the bloodshed and save Spender's mother.
Three of a Kind
episode S6.E20 may 1999While infiltrating a defense contractor conference in Las Vegas, The Lone Gunmen are reunited with Susanne Modeski, the mysterious woman who disappeared 10 years earlier after the trio first came together to help her.
Field Trip
episode S6.E21 may 1999The skeletal remains of a young couple are found after they have been missing for only three days in an area known for UFO activity. Mulder and Scully have different experiences in the investigation but nothing is quite as it seems.
First Person Shooter
episode S7.E13 february 2000A murder inside the high-tech world of a virtual reality game leads Scully to battle a deadly digital character in order to save Mulder's life.
En Ami
episode S7.E15 march 2000Agent Scully lets sympathy cloud her better judgment when she accompanies the Cigarette Smoking Man on a road trip and wonders if he's as evil as she always thought.
Requiem
episode S7.E22 may 2000Seven years after their first case, Mulder and Scully return to Bellefleur, Oregon to see Billy Miles and investigate a new series of abductions in the local forest, risking their partnership and lives.
Within
episode S8.E1 november 2000New Deputy Director Kersh has Agent John Doggett investigate the missing Mulder case. Doggett's skeptical treatment of Mulder's disappearance puts a thorn in Scully and Skinner's sides.
Via Negativa
episode S8.E7 december 2000While Scully tends to her secret, Doggett and Skinner team up to find and somehow stop a cult leader who can kill people in their dreams.
The Gift
episode S8.E11 february 2001Skinner and Doggett investigate a case Mulder was working on before he disappeared involving a family and a monster straight from Native American lore.
Deadalive
episode S8.E15 april 2001Three months after Mulder's funeral, another dead alien abductee comes back to life. Skinner exhumes Mulder hoping that he too can be revived. Skinner faces an impossible decision when Krycek offers him a vaccine that can save Mulder.
Three Words
episode S8.E16 april 2001Mulder requests reassignment to the X-Files but is denied by Kersh. When a man with information about an alien invasion is killed on the White House lawn, Mulder conducts his own investigation to find further evidence of colonization.
Existence
episode S8.E21 may 2001Agents Mulder, Doggett and Skinner investigate (along with Alex Krycek) the Super Soldier conspiracy, while Scully goes into hiding to have her child.
Nothing Important Happened Today
episode S9.E1 november 2001While Doggett's investigation of Deputy Director Kersh hits difficulties, the agents encounter a beautiful woman with the ability to remain submerged underwater.
Nothing Important Happened Today II
episode S9.E2 november 2001Doggett attempts to uncover the truth about a woman with superhuman abilities who is somehow connected to scientific experiments being conducted in a lab aboard a secret ship that stays at sea year round.
Provenance
episode S9.E9 march 2002A man is chased from the Canada/US border and reportedly burned alive though his body is not found. Meanwhile, in the burned remains, the FBI finds papers with the same UFO markings Scully found in Africa.
Providence
episode S9.E10 march 2002Scully's baby becomes a bargaining chip for a psychotic UFO cult that feels the baby is ultimately connected to a UFO they have uncovered.
Jump the Shark
episode S9.E15 april 2002The Lone Gunmen, with the (unwanted) aide of Morris Fletcher, must stop a destructive virus from entering the populace.
The Truth
episode S9.E19 may 2002Mulder's return leads to him being tried for murder before a military tribunal where he seeks to prove the very existence of an alien conspiracy and justify the maintenance of the X-Files.
Babylon
episode S10.E5 february 2016When a terrorist ends up in a coma, a pair of younger FBI agents ask Mulder and Scully for help communicating with the man, resembling them when their adventure first began and reminding them of just how far they have come.
The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat
episode S11.E4 january 2018Exploring the idea of The Mandela Effect, in which large groups of people remember an alternate history, Mulder and Scully find out how the X-Files themselves may really have originated.
- E.B.E.
- Blood
- One Breath
- Fearful Symmetry
- Anasazi
- Paper Clip
- Nisei
- Apocrypha
- Wetwired
- Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man
- Memento Mori
- Redux
- Redux II
- Unusual Suspects
- Kill Switch
- The End
- Triangle
- Dreamland II
- One Son
- Three of a Kind
- Field Trip
- First Person Shooter
- En Ami
- Requiem
- Within
- Via Negativa
- The Gift
- Deadalive
- Three Words
- Existence
- Nothing Important Happened Today
- Nothing Important Happened Today II
- Provenance
- Providence
- Jump the Shark
- The Truth
- Babylon
- The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat
Best moments6
- In May 1989, the Lone Gunmen meet for the first time when they assist a woman who claims the government plans to use civilians in a secret experiment.
- While infiltrating a defense contractor conference in Las Vegas, The Lone Gunmen are reunited with Susanne Modeski, the mysterious woman who disappeared 10 years earlier after the trio first came together to help her.
- The Lone Gunmen, with the (unwanted) aide of Morris Fletcher, must stop a destructive virus from entering the populace.
- A man is chased from the Canada/US border and reportedly burned alive though his body is not found. Meanwhile, in the burned remains, the FBI finds papers with the same UFO markings Scully found in Africa.
- While Scully tends to her secret, Doggett and Skinner team up to find and somehow stop a cult leader who can kill people in their dreams.
- Skinner and Doggett investigate a case Mulder was working on before he disappeared involving a family and a monster straight from Native American lore.
- Unusual Suspects
- Three of a Kind
- Jump the Shark
- Provenance
- Via Negativa
- The Gift