![]() ![]() She is distracted when Skinner tells her they've found Mulder's body in the woods. Scully runs into the compound and, identifying Smith by his Nike shoes, tells him she knows who he is and what he's doing. Doggett is stunned, and the agents realize that Smith is still in the compound. Examining video of the compound raid, Scully, Reyes and Doggett watch Smith step through a doorway and transform into Doggett. Absalom tells Scully and Doggett that he has been saving abductees who had been left for dead by the aliens. The FBI storms the cult's compound and arrests Absalom, but Smith is not found. It is later revealed that it belongs to Absalom, real name Travis Clayton Moberly, the leader of a doomsday cult. Reyes is able to retrieve the license plate number on the truck used to kidnap the abductee. Stopping, she sees Smith and Absalom taking a body she also finds Gary's body. Reyes' car stalls just before she sees a UFO. In a derelict compound, Smith cures Theresa of her injuries, as observed by a man called Absalom. Reyes assists in the investigation, believing that Mulder may have joined a UFO cult. Having learned of Theresa's disappearance, Doggett calls Agent Monica Reyes ( Annabeth Gish). Meanwhile, Jeremiah Smith has assumed the form of a doctor and arranges for Theresa to be transferred. Doggett reports that fresh footprints from Nike shoes were noted in the area Theresa was found, making Doggett skeptical about Richie's claims. Later in a motel, the agents interrogate Richie, whose friend Gary had been abducted just before Mulder he was investigating UFO reports in Montana in an attempt to find him. Walter Skinner ( Mitch Pileggi), John Doggett ( Robert Patrick) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson) visit Theresa in the hospital to get information about Mulder's whereabouts. The woman is later revealed to be Theresa Hoese, who was abducted at the same time as Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny). As the UFO stops, it dumps a naked woman and cloaks itself. In Helena, Montana, Richie Szalay is chasing a UFO. Gish's character was introduced as a possible replacement for Anderson, who was considering leaving the series after the end of the season. In addition, the episode introduced the character Monica Reyes ( Annabeth Gish), who would become a main character in season nine. "This Is Not Happening" was a story milestone for the season, returning Mulder from his alien abduction which started with " Requiem". Scully's fears about finding Mulder come to a head with the sudden recovery of one of the abductees seized at the same time. Doggett calls on another agent, Monica Reyes ( Annabeth Gish), to assist the case. In this episode, Scully, Doggett, and Walter Skinner ( Mitch Pileggi) discover several returned alien abductees. The series centers on FBI special agents Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson) and her new partner John Doggett ( Robert Patrick)-following the alien abduction of her former partner, Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny)-who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. "This Is Not Happening" was received positively by television critics. The episode received a Nielsen household rating of 9.7 and was watched by 16.9 million viewers, making it the highest-rated episode of the season. It was written by executive producers Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz, and directed by Kim Manners, and forms part of the series' overarching mythology. The episode first aired in the United States on February 25, 2001, on the Fox Network, and subsequently aired in the United Kingdom. " This Is Not Happening" is the fourteenth episode of the eighth season and the 175th episode overall of the science fiction television series The X-Files. The episode, featuring the return of David Duchovny, was praised by critics. Fox Mulder is returned to Earth, deceased. ![]()
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