Episode
The X-Files: Zero Sum
Overview
After a swarm of bees mysteriously kill a postal worker in an enclosed restroom, Assistant Director Skinner covers it up by destroying the evidence. In order to complete the task he poses as Agent Mulder, however his deception backfires. When Mulder finds out and confronts him, Skinner reveals that he is working for the Cigarette-Smoking Man in order to obtain a possible cure for Scully's cancer.
Details
- Series
- The X-Files
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 1997-04-27
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Zero Sum is Episode 21 in Season 4 of The X-Files. It aired on 1997-04-27. The runtime is 45 min.
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