High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "3" is the seventh episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on November 4, 1994. It was written by Glen Morgan, James Wong and Chris Ruppenthal, directed by David Nutter, and featured guest appearances by Perrey Reeves and Malcolm Stewart. The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series` wider mythology.