High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Deep Throat" is the second episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on September 17, 1993. It was written by series creator Chris Carter, directed by Daniel Sackheim, and featured the first of several guest appearances by Jerry Hardin as the eponymous Deep Throat. The episode received a strong Nielsen household rating compared to other season one episodes. It has received generally positive reviews, and introduced several elements which would become staples of the series` mythology.