Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) entertains her parents, William (Don Davis) and Margaret Scully (Sheila Larken), shortly after Christmas. After they leave, she falls asleep on her sofa. Several hours later, she wakes up to see her father sitting across from her, speaking silently. The telephone rings, and she answers the call—from her mother, who tells her that her father died of a heart attack an hour earlier. Confused, she looks again at the chair again and sees that it is empty.