Episode
The X-Files: The Beginning
Overview
Mulder is less than thrilled when an Office of Professional Conduct board refuses to reassign him and Scully to The X-Files and even more so when he learns that Agent Spender and Agent Fowley have become their successors. When Gibson Praise reappears and comes to them for help, Mulder and Scully attempt to continue their quest undercover despite having fewer friends and less access and protection than ever before.
Details
- Series
- The X-Files
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1998-11-08
- Runtime
- 46 min
Episode context
The Beginning is Episode 1 in Season 6 of The X-Files. It aired on 1998-11-08. The runtime is 46 min.
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