High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Within" is the 162nd episode and the season 8 premiere of the science fiction television series The X-Files. The episode first aired in the United States on November 5, 2000 on the Fox Network, and subsequently aired in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was written by executive producer Chris Carter, and directed by Kim Manners. The episode continues from the seventh season finale "Requiem", where Fox Mulder was abducted by Aliens who are planning to colonise Earth.