Watch The X-files — 9x01

The episode picks up 48 hours after the events of the Season 8 finale. While Agent Scully is on maternity leave with her newborn son, William, Agent Doggett (Robert Patrick) finds himself under internal investigation by Deputy Director Kersh.

: The case begins with the suspicious death of an EPA official, whose car was forced off a bridge by a mysterious woman he picked up at a bar. Watch The X-Files 9x01

** Mulder's Absence**: Although Fox Mulder has gone into hiding to protect Scully and William, the episode highlights the anxiety and "panic" his absence leaves behind among his former colleagues. The episode picks up 48 hours after the

: The episode introduces Shannon McMahon (played by Lucy Lawless), a genetically modified "Super Soldier" who can breathe underwater. ** Mulder's Absence**: Although Fox Mulder has gone

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