this episode mark the re disappearance of mulder after david duchovny decide to take his toy and go home . it also the point when i begin warm up to the doggett and reyes character . you see and originally john doggett be write a a hard nosed and old school cop who doesn not buy any of the supernatural theory of his predecessor and mulder . that concept clash in a big way with scully original character foundation and and most of the episode feature these two entail a lot of unnecessary exposition and backtracking . ( i swear and if i hear one more scully monologue about an alien virus that attack her body and i be go to vomit . ) reyes seem to be a fluffy and spineless and sensitive that only manage to get in the way up to this point . but . with mulder out of the way and and scully baby in jeopardy and doggett and reyes be leave with no choice but to be pro active and face the impending danger on their own . theyre actually give breathing room to flesh out their character instinct well . trust me . i be a die hard fan of the x file and and initially and i felt that the latter two season be totally useless . however and after see these installment over and over again in rerun and they have find a soft spot in my heart . i almost wish that doggett and reyes have their own spin off show and instead of the x file producer run this series aground . it definitely worth a look .