Long after the shutdown of the X-Files division, Mulder finds his
own belief in the truth waning. So when an old friend gives him a
new reason to believe, he goes alone to an abandoned SETI program site
in Puerto Rico. Concerned, Scully tries to contact him before someone
else does.
A man's decomposed body is found in the sewers of Newark, NJ and
Mulder is given this supposedly routine murder case. But after
Scully's autopsy turns up a parasite living inside the body and a sewer
worker is attacked and bitten by something, it opens up a whole new
can of worms.
A recent rash of killings in the small town of Franklin, PA brings
Mulder to profile the murderers. A task made more difficult by the
fact that none of them had any previous history of violence and all
died at the end of their berserker rages. The only clues he has is
some destroyed electronics and an unknown organic substance.
An audio cassette hidden in his morning paper brings Mulder to
request the case of a scientist's death consistent with burning,
despite the lack of any evidence of any flames or burns. He is given
his request...along with a new partner. But together they must find
the murderer before the case can be laid to rest.
An ex-FBI agent escapes from a mental hospital and holds several
people hostage in a travel agency. Mulder and Krycek are sent in to
help with the negotiations since the man claims to have been a UFO
abductee. Part one of two.
Returning home to find the phone message left by Scully, Mulder
immediately sets off to locate Duane Barry, but is unable to make
any headway until a police video from a traffic violation yields a
clue which lifts his spirits. Part two of two.
Despite Scully's absence, Mulder finds the strength to continue
his work on the recently reopened X-Files. When he recognizes a
Los Angeles killing as the work of the Trinity murderers, a trio of
killers with a fetish for drinking blood, it gives him work in which
to immerse himself.
Scully mysteriously appears in a Washington D.C. hospital, kept
alive almost entirely by machines. Frustrated by his inability to
help her, Mulder drives himself crazy trying to find the people
responsible. Though his quest for vengeance could make him exactly
like those whom he despises.
A malfunction in a robot designed for volcanic exploration yields
evidence of a lifeform living in the caves. When this lifeform
seemingly causes the death of a member of the research team, Mulder
and Scully are flown out to the site to investigate before anyone
else dies.
Several Wisconsin teens are found wandering outside in their
underwear with "He is one" scrawled on their backs. Mulder and
Scully travel to investigate this aberrant behavior, though the
strangest thing in this meat-producing area is a cult of vegetarian
"walk-ins."
Mulder and Scully's latest case begins with the rape and battery
of a nurse in a Massachusetts convalescent home. What makes it an
X-File is her claim that her attacker was invisible. But upon their
arrival, they discover that the unrest is not limited only to the
live-in residents.
In a dream, a policewoman experiences the memory of a serial
killing and unearths the body of the FBI agent sent to investigate
it nearly 50 years ago. When the serial killer strikes again, Mulder
and Scully work with the detective to determine the killer's
identity.
A female corpse, dug-up and mutilated, is brought to Mulder's
attention by a Minnesota agent claiming it as the work of aliens.
Mulder believes otherwise and is vindicated when a similarly mutilated
prostitute is found. Meanwhile Scully has to deal with how this case
seems to be affecting her.
Some teenagers' feign an occult ritual in an attempt to score and
inadvertantly cause the murder of one of their group. When Mulder
and Scully are called to look into the matter, the town's real
worshippers attempt to hide their tracks though they fear that the
boys' attempt to "get some," got them more than they thought.
When a soldiers stationed at a resettlement camp for Haitians
drives himself into a tree, Mulder and Scully are called by the
grieving and fearful wife. Her fears of a voodoo curse seem only to
be reinforced by the beliefs and actions of many of the local
residents, including a few of the other soldiers.
A newspaper ad placed to locate a certain doctor sets off the
murder of several people with the same face. When Scully and Mulder
locate another look-alike, they work to find him before the killer
does. Coming to Mulder's aid is another familiar face, but one he
wasn't expecting. Part one of two.
When Scully is taken captive by the bounty hunter, Mulder must give
up a recently returned loved one in exchange. However, when his trap
goes awry, Mulder tracks the hunter far to the icy north in an effort
to find the one he has lost twice. Part two of two.
The death of a federal construction worker and the destruction of
various property can only be tied to an escaped elephant. Yet the
witnesses claim to have seen no animals which might have caused the
turmoil. So, Mulder and Scully check out the local zoo whose claim to
fame is that they've never had a successful animal birth.
The last known position of the U.S.S. Argent was in the Norwegian
equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle until a boatload of survivors is
found. What particularly catches Mulder's inquisitive eye is that
all of these sailors appear to have aged many decades in the course of
days.
Mulder and Scully must find the paranormal among the abnormal when
they are sent to investigate a long standing series of ritualistic
killings which match no known patterns. The latest of which was the
death of the "alligator man," just one of many sideshow acts around
which the town of Gibsontown, FA is built.
A photograph taken just prior to the death of a two year old boy
yields evidence of some supernatural intervention which piques Mulder's
curiosity. When another death in the family occurs, the grandmother of
the remaining child requests the aid of some Romanian ritualists in
order to cleanse the home of evil.
Mulder and Scully find themselves sent to a penitentiary in order
to participate in the retrieval of two escaped convicts. Confused as
about the reason for FBI involvement, they look a little deeper and
discover an highly contagious and deadly disease has infected many of
the inmates, and possibly the two escapees as well.
An ex-student of Scully's asks Mulder and Scully to help her with
her first investigation concerning a number of disappearances with
very few clues. Mulder ponders the idea of spontaneous human
combustion but rethinks it when they find a man who is afraid of his
own shadow.
Dudley, Arkansas is the site of the latest investigation for Mulder
and Scully, who are sent to find a missing poultry inspector. The
case takes a twist when another poultry worker is shot after she goes
insane, giving Mulder a hunch that the townfolk really are what they
eat.
The trust that Mulder and Scully is sorely tested when Mulder begins
acting strangely. His aberrant behavior is compounded when the Lone
Gunmen direct him to a hacker who managed to break into some very
closely guarded files. So, the Smoking Man quickly takes action while
Scully investigates Mulder's abnormal behavior. Part one of two.
