 " Død Kalm " is the nineteenth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series The X @-@ Files . It premiered on the Fox network on March 10 , 1995 . The story was written by Howard Gordon , the teleplay was written by Gordon and Alex Gansa , and the episode was directed by Rob Bowman . The episode is a " Monster @-@ of @-@ the @-@ Week " story , unconnected to the series ' wider mythology . " Død Kalm " earned a Nielsen household rating of 10 @.@ 7 , being watched by 10 @.@ 2 million households in its initial broadcast . The episode received mostly mixed @-@ to @-@ positive reviews . 
