High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Ice" is the eighth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on November 5, 1993. It was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong, directed by David Nutter, and featured guest appearances by Felicity Huffman, Xander Berkley and Steve Hytner. The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series` wider mythology. "Ice" earned a Nielsen household rating of 6.6, being watched by 6.2 million people in its initial broadcast. The episode was inspired in part by the film The Thing, and received positive reviews, with critics praising its tense atmosphere.