Episode
The X-Files: Paper Hearts
Overview
Mulder's dreams help him in finding the body of a little girl which reopens one of his old cases in the Violent Crimes Unit. This leads him to believe that the killer he captured had more victims and that Mulder's sister Samantha may have been one of them.
Details
- Series
- The X-Files
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1996-12-15
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Paper Hearts is Episode 10 in Season 4 of The X-Files. It aired on 1996-12-15. The runtime is 45 min.
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