. "The Rain King"@en . . . "\"The Rain King\" is the eighth episode of the sixth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on January 10, 1999. \"The Rain King\" was written by Jeffrey Bell and directed by Kim Manners. The episode is a \"Monster-of-the-Week\" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. \"The Rain King\" earned a Nielsen household rating of 12.5, being watched by 21.2 million people in its initial broadcast."@en . . . . "1999-01-10Z"^^ . . . . "6"^^ . "8"^^ . .