Season 11, Episode 1: My Struggle III

Synopsis

Previously on The X-Files: The series resumed with a brief run of episodes, which reminded us of the fun 90s conspiracy theories about aliens and awkwardly shoehorned in the dumbass post-9/11 Alex Jones ones about chemtrails. Also, one of the Cigarette Smoking Man's world-ending plans was finally being put into play.

Mulder and Skinner visit Scully in a hospital and learn that she has abnormal brain activity. Skinner interprets the activity as Morse code for "Find him," and thinks that Scully wants Mulder to find William. Apparently the whole "end of the world" thing was just a vision that Scully was experiencing while hospitalized.

Elsewhere, an assailant tries to run down Jeffrey Spender and demands "the boy." Spender warns Mulder that someone is looking for William and that he might be in danger. Mulder, who figures that Scully's trauma is the result of some external agency, sets out for Spartanburg, South Carolina, where Scully has told him CSM is. CSM comments to Agent Reyes, who is chilling out with him, that Mulder will be looking for him and will kill him if he finds him.

Spender warns Scully about his pursuers and, at her request, breaks his promise to keep William hidden and gives him the name of William's adoptive parents. Spender CSM dismisses Reyes concerns that his plans might leak out, saying facts don't matter in Trump's America. Scully, upon finding that Mulder is heading to confront CSM, is horrified that things are playing out as she envisioned and collapses after suffering another brain cramp.

Mulder arrives at the CSM estate, but finds only some Syndicate folks. Skinner, looking for Scully, is instead found by Reyes and CSM. Scully, trying to drive in her less than healthy state, gets into a car accident.

CSM offers Skinner immunity to the plague in return for William's whereabouts. The Syndicate members say that CSM has been hellbent on exterminating humanity with an alien pathogen; they claim that they want to save mankind by colonizing space. Mulder is suspicious of their claims to try to save the entire race by getting off the planet.

Scully has been brought back to the hospital by Agents Einstein and Miller. Here, the goon who went after Scully tries to smother her, but is killed by Mulder. Scully tells Mulder that CSM won't harm her, and that the goon attack is related to something else. She also tells Mulder to trust that they won't find William, but that he will find them.

Mulder angrily confronts Skinner after he arrives, saying he smells like smoke and wondering whose side he's on. Skinner tells him to leave it alone. In a flashback to their conversation, CSM reveals that he is William's father, not Mulder, having impregnated Scully with alien DNA to create a superchild.

Episode Body Count

Goon: Has his throat cut by Mulder.

Humans: 1
Creatures: 0
Aliens: 0

Cumulative Body Count (202/202 episodes, 2/2 movies, 7/16 reboot episodes)

Humans: 2,346
Creatures: 132
Aliens: 66

Grand Total: 2,544