. . . "12"^^ . "7"^^ . . . . "2000-02-20Z"^^ . "\"X-Cops\" is the twelfth episode of the seventh season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. Directed by Michael Watkins and written by Vince Gilligan, the installment serves as a \"Monster-of-the-Week\" story\u2014a stand-alone plot unconnected to the overarching mythology of The X-Files. Originally aired in the United States by the Fox network on February 20, 2000, \"X-Cops\" received a Nielsen rating of 9.7 and was seen by 16.56 million viewers."@en . . . "X-Cops"@en .