<P> `` Tooms '' is the twenty - first episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files . It premiered on the Fox network on April 22 , 1994 . `` Tooms '' was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong , and directed by David Nutter . The episode featured Mitch Pileggi 's first appearance as Assistant Director Walter Skinner , and saw Doug Hutchison and William B. Davis reprise their roles as Eugene Victor Tooms and the Smoking Man , respectively . The episode is a `` monster - of - the - week '' story , a stand - alone plot which is unconnected to the series ' wider mythology . `` Tooms '' earned a Nielsen household rating of 8.6 , being watched by 8.1 million households in its initial broadcast ; and received positive reviews from critics . </P>
<P> `` Tooms '' is the twenty - first episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files . It premiered on the Fox network on April 22 , 1994 . `` Tooms '' was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong , and directed by David Nutter . The episode featured Mitch Pileggi 's first appearance as Assistant Director Walter Skinner , and saw Doug Hutchison and William B. Davis reprise their roles as Eugene Victor Tooms and the Smoking Man , respectively . The episode is a `` monster - of - the - week '' story , a stand - alone plot which is unconnected to the series ' wider mythology . `` Tooms '' earned a Nielsen household rating of 8.6 , being watched by 8.1 million households in its initial broadcast ; and received positive reviews from critics . </P>
who played eugene tooms in the x files
who played eugene tooms in the x files
Doug Hutchison
Doug Hutchison