. . . "Alpha"@en . . . . "\"Alpha\" is the sixteenth episode of the sixth season of the science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on March 28, 1999 in the United States. The episode was written by Jeffrey Bell, and directed by Peter Markle. The episode is a \"Monster-of-the-Week\" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. \"Alpha\" earned a Nielsen household rating of 10.1, being watched by 17.7 million people in its initial broadcast."@en . "1999-03-28Z"^^ . . "6"^^ . . "16"^^ . . . . .