High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "The Calusari" is the twenty-first episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. It originally aired on the Fox network on April 14, 1995. It was written by Sara B. Charno and directed by Michael Vejar. "The Calusari" is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series` wider mythology, or fictional history. It earned a Nielsen household rating of 8.3, being watched by 7.9 million households in its initial broadcast. Due to perceived inconsistencies in the plot, "The Calusari" received mixed reviews from television critics.