They exchange a glance as they wait to be let in and are soon led to the apartment's occupant by his nurse. A gray-haired wheelchair-bound CSM, who speaks wheezily and smokes through a hole in his throat, greets them and shows immediate concern for Krycek, who quickly scorns the CSM by iterating that it was he who had him thrown in jail. The CSM defends himself by stating that the reason he did so was that Krycek had tried to "sell something that belonged to [him]. The CSM describes it as the chance to rebuild the Project but claims that finding it will be complicated.
In the Oregon woods, Gary and Richie search for the craft using flashlights and a Geiger counter. As Gary wanders off, he walks into a forcefield and is shaken at high speed while suspended in mid-air. Richie finds a spot that the light from his torch seems to reflect off and calls out to his friend, receiving no answer.
His flashlight begins to glow and combust, and Richie quickly drops it as it bursts into flames. Terrified by sudden high readings on the Geiger counter, he runs away. The following morning, Mulder and Scully arrive in Bellefleur, where they are greeted by Billy, who is now a deputy having appeared to have put his past behind him.
He tells them that a mid-air collision took place on the night when Deputy Hoese disappeared and that the Navy has recovered their own craft but not the other. Billy also tells them that his father has not been helpful in investigating and doesn't seem interested in finding anything. At this point, Detective Miles drives up and appears to recognize the agents, after Billy informs him of their identities.
The detective reveals his doubts that any UFO will be found, despite Mulder's views, but he recommends that the agents speak to the FAA. With Detective Miles and his son leading, Mulder and Scully travel out to the road where the incidents took place.
Mulder leaves the car that he and Scully are using and immediately notices the cross he left on the road during his original visit to the area. When asked about the cross by Detective Miles, Mulder recalls that he left it as a marker for potential unexplained phenomenon, such as time loss or car engines cutting out, both of which occurred to Miles on the road, although he doesn't mention this. While actively checking the road, Mulder sees a black burnt residue that he examines and Scully finds three bullet casings, indicating that Deputy Hoese fired his weapon before disappearing.
Scully asks Billy about the missing deputy, learning that Hoese was married and had a new baby at the time of his disappearance, but Detective Miles interrupts Scully's questioning and insists that his son brings him the bullet casings. As Mulder and Scully leave, the detective puts the casings in the trunk of his car, next to the body of an unconscious man who looks identical to Detective Miles.
After leaving the crime scene, Mulder and Scully speak with Hoese's wife and are stunned when it turns out to be none other than Theresa Nemman. After speaking with her about her abductions and her husband, she leaves the room to get some medical files, leaving her baby on Scully's lap.
Mulder watches as Scully plays with the young child. Mulder is looking through the medical files in his motel room when Scully arrives there, feeling cold and having been dizzy a short while ago. He asks her if she wants him to call a doctor but she declines, intent only on getting warm, so Mulder helps her into his bed and hugs her tightly.
As Mulder maintains his embrace around her, he tells Scully that he wants her to return home and that he no longer wants her to risk her life and safety, to be with him. Scully quickly refutes this but Mulder insists that she has lost too much and has much more to do with her life than continue to work on the X-Files.
Outside the motel, Krycek waits in his parked car and phones the CSM, informing him that nobody has found the UFO yet and that he believes this is because it is not even in the area. However, the CSM insists that he is certain of its location and that it is "hidden in plain sight". He is then shocked to hear that Mulder and Scully are also there.
After Krycek tells him that the agents are looking for a missing deputy, the CSM replies that this is the key to finding the ship. A frustrated Krycek abruptly ends his call with the CSM. On the same night, Theresa Hoese is awakened by someone at her door and is both delighted and relieved to see that it is apparently her heretofore missing husband, who embraces her as he enters their home.
As Theresa concernedly asks him where he has been, however, her visitor remains silent and simply looks at her, plainly. Realizing that the visitor is not her husband, she runs away from him and flees upstairs. She hides behind a corner, now armed with a knife, and — as her peculiar visitor nears her — she attacks him, repeatedly stabbing his torso. His body consequently begins to ooze green liquid, causing her eyes to swell up.
She desperately tries to reach her child, who is noisily crying in a crib upstairs, but is stopped by the intruder, who then drags her away.
Mulder and Scully arrive at Theresa's house to find a police crime scene, with Billy informing them that she was taken in the night and that nobody knows what happened. Investigating the house, Mulder once again sees the black burned residue and points it out to Scully.
Both agents recognize the scorched substance as a kind of alien blood they have encountered before. Scully suddenly feels nauseous, much to Billy's concern, but she quickly shakes it off.
He also cryptically claims that the ship is the answer to every conceivable possible question and that there is no God besides the alien intelligence that is, according to him, far greater than humanity. When Marita asks the CSM to confirm that the aliens are coming, he simply says that the aliens are merely returning. Outside of Theresa's house, Mulder notices Richie nervously watching the investigators so he approaches the teenager, stopping Richie as he starts to walk away.
Mulder introduces Billy to the situation, asking if he knows Ritchie, and Billy thus intervenes, curious about Ritchie's behavior. After scaring the pair by way of a practical joke, Mulder laughs and reveals that he is in fact fully in control of himself. He passionately kisses Scully admitting to how much he has missed her, and tells her that his initial coldness was a necessary ruse when in front of the guards. Mulder claims that the trial he faces is rigged and that the truth is what is really on trial.
Skinner cites the witness testimony as the strongest evidence against Mulder. Mulder asks Skinner to act as his lawyer much to Skinner's surprise. Doggett and Reyes arrive, and after a brief greeting, Doggett informs them that the government has recovered Knowle Rohrer's body. The news is received with shock.
Some time later, Scully visits Mulder alone. She confesses that she is terrified of what will happen to Mulder and that she doesn't want to lose him yet again. She also admits tearfully to giving William up for adoption, although Mulder confirms that Skinner already told him.
He comforts Scully, telling her that he missed both her and William greatly. Scully asks Mulder where he has been, and Mulder replies New Mexico, where he was "looking for the truth", but he says he can not tell her what it was he found there. The following morning, Skinner arrives at the appointed courtroom and is greeted by Special Agent Kallenbrunner , who will be the main lawyer for prosecution due to his experience as a prosecutor.
The panel enters and includes Kersh and Toothpick Man. They begin proceedings by calling in Mulder and ask Skinner to call his first witness. Skinner states his disapproval for the trial, and asks that it be thrown out, citing that "this is not a court of law".
Kersh rejects this plea, and also denies the right to delay, as Skinner's first witness, Marita Covarrubias , can not be found in order to testify. They move that he call his next witness. When Skinner states that he wants his protest noted in the minutes, he is horrified to hear that the panel is acting as sovereign and that there is no record. Mulder insists that Skinner continue.
Skinner calls Scully as the first witness, and she gives testimony that through her work with Mulder she has learned that a conspiracy to hide the existence of extraterrestrials, and that she believes life was begun by alien matter on a meteor that crashed on earth thousands of years prior.
She goes on to state that a virus, the black oil, infected early man and changed his physiology. She states that information on the alien race was found in the databanks of the crashed UFO at Roswell, and captured its crew for scientific research.
The intelligence stated that colonization of the Earth would begin on 22 December She goes on to claim that her abduction was part of an Alien supported Government operation to create an alien-human hybrid. Skinner finishes his questioning, and hands over to Kallenbrunner, who makes clear his disbelief of Scully's claims and asks for some proof. When Scully doesn't respond to this, Kallenbrunner states that she and Mulder were lovers and that she had his child. Skinner angrily objects, and Kallenbrunner immediately dismisses her.
Jeffrey Spender testifies in defence of Mulder. As the next witnesses, Skinner calls , whose ravaged appearance shocks Kallenbrunner and shames the panel. After sitting down, Mulder looks at him in astonishment, before nodding slightly in respect, a gesture returned by Spender. With Skinner questioning, Spender states that his father shot him in the face after learning of his place at the top of the conspiracy.
Spender states that as part of the syndicate's deal with the colonists, each member was forced to give up a loved one, and that after being taken initially, Mulder's sister lived with CSM and him before dying in after horrendous tests.
He goes on to say that after he survived being shot, he was subjected to the same tests. When a sympathetic Kallenbrunner says that Spender's father should be brought to justice, Spender states that he believes his father is dead.
Kallenbrunner goes on to cite reports made by Spender about Mulder's arrogance and aggression at the FBI as discrediting him. Spender attempts to dismiss these reports, but is unable to do so before he himself is dismissed. In New Mexico, a young man speeds through the desert on a motorbike to a small secluded caravan. He arrives and walks inside, where Gibson Praise is living. Gibson states that Mulder needs his help, and starts making preparations to leave immediately.
X appears to Mulder in his cell. Mulder is visited in his cell once more by Scully, who pleads with him to cut a deal in which he would plead guilty to a lesser charge.
Mulder states that he would rather die then give in to them, horrifying Scully. He says that everything he has ever worked on depends on him sticking to the truth, but he still refuses to admit what he saw.
Scully emotionally tells him that she is fighting for the two of them, before walking out. After she is gone, Mulder is startled by a familiar voice and demands to know who is there. X steps out of the shadows, and asks what Mulder is doing. Mulder defiantly states that he will reveal the truth, which X scorns, stating that the men he is dealing with will not hear it, and that he must do more. X hands Mulder a piece of paper, written on it is Marita Covarrubias's address. When he looks up, X is gone.
At his apartment, Doggett is attempting to get access to Rohrer's body, and is on the phone to an army receptionist who hangs up on him. Reyes worriedly tells him that there is someone in the yard, and Doggett sees someone running round the house. He confronts the person at gunpoint, and it proves to be Gibson's friend.
When Doggett demands an explanation, the boy says that his friend wants to help Mulder but that he can't risk being harmed. Krycek appears to Mulder at the trial, telling him Marita is in danger.
After spending nearly a decade investigating paranormal phenomena and the existence of extraterrestrials in the s, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson took a well-earned break. The ten-episode The X-Files season 10 was an absolute hit with audiences, so Fox ordered another season which aired in However, it wasn't so simple.
It turned out season 10's ending was one of Scully's visions that hadn't happened yet, while the Cigarette Smoking Man was revealed as the father of Scully's child, not Mulder. The season 11 finale ended on a plethora of cliffhangers: the superpowered William was shot by Cigarette Smoking Man yet by the end of the episode looked very much alive; Scully announced that she was pregnant with Mulder's child. These plot threads currently look to never be resolved as, in the months following the end of season 11, Fox announced that they had no plans for The X-Files season Initially, the network claimed the decision for an indefinite hiatus came from Anderson, who had decided she was done portraying Dana Scully prior to the release of The X-Files season Anderson has since clarified the statement , revealing that her exit might have nudged the cancellation but the real reason for no season 12 was the decrease in viewership.
When The X-Files was revived in , the first episode had the highest viewership numbers for the series since The ratings remained steady for season 10, averaging over 13 million viewers which made it the seventh most popular TV that year.
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