High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Darkness Falls" is the twentieth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on April 15, 1994. "Darkness Falls" was written by series creator Chris Carter, and directed by Joe Napolitano. It featured guest appearances by Jason Beghe and Titus Welliver. The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, a stand-alone plot which is unconnected to the series` wider mythology. "Darkness Falls" earned a Nielsen household rating of 8.0, being watched by 7.5 million people in its initial broadcast; and received positive reviews, earning an Environmental Media Award for its treatment of illegal logging.