The Squeezing is the third episode of The X-Files (2014 Series). "The Squeezing" was written by and directed by Joss Whedon. The episode featured the first of two guest appearances by Andrew Garfield as the mutant serial killer Eugene Victor Tooms, a role he would reprise in "Tooms". "The Squeeze" is the first "monster-of-the-week" episode of The X-Files, a stand-alone plot which is unconnected to the series' overarching mythology.