Episode
The X-Files: Paper Clip (3)
Overview
A.D. Skinner and Scully are at a standoff when Mulder bursts in and discovers that Skinner has the digital tape. Reunited, Mulder and Scully travel to a secret vault inside a mine and find an elaborate filing system of medical records which reveals that Mulder's sister may not have been the first choice for abduction. Meanwhile, Skinner deals with the Cigarette-Smoking Man for their safety.
Details
- Series
- The X-Files
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1995-09-29
- Runtime
- 46 min
Episode context
Paper Clip (3) is Episode 2 in Season 3 of The X-Files. It aired on 1995-09-29. The runtime is 46 min.
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Scully finds her career with the FBI in jeopardy as Mulder is still missing and the Cigarette Smoking Man is pursuing the stolen files. The Navajo elders find Mulder's body in a cave and perform an ancient ceremony to call the spirit back to the empty vessel.
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