Episode
The X-Files: Roadrunners
Overview
Scully evades Doggett's help in investigating a vicious murder in a remote area of Utah, and she is trapped in the small town by a religious cult that believe a slug-like creature is the second coming of God who needs a human host to survive.
Details
- Series
- The X-Files
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2000-11-26
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Roadrunners is Episode 4 in Season 8 of The X-Files. It aired on 2000-11-26. The runtime is 45 min.
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