After all, she works for the men who have targeted him for death. A coincidental late-nightmeeting at a popular greasy spoon results in a strange conversationand some cheesy occurrences. Mulder is injured on a case,which complicates his love life more than he could ever have imaginedwhen he didn't have one, and Skinner, as a consequence, gets a chanceto lose the rest of his hair. Denny's Family Restaurants gets an imagemakeover. Deputy By DanielleCulverson Walter Skinner returns to FBI headquarters after a two monthbreak, concerned about how his deputy will have coped in hisabsence.
Skinner comes up with a rather unusual way toreprimand a beautiful, insubordinate agent.
Skinner experiences nightmares where Scully is in danger and Mulder attempts to help him work through them. When Park Rangers disappear in some Virginia woods, Mulder suspects foul play. With his new partner, he tries to discover what happened to them and why his new partner seems to be having dreams about Samantha. This is set after Gethsemane. Mulder is dead and Scully is dying.