Deep beneath the frigid waters of the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic Circle, crewmen aboard a
submarine investigate sonar readings that indicate a huge, unidentified craft is floating
nearby. The submarine’s captain receives orders to destroy the vessel without further
investigation. Before torpedoes are launched, however, a powerful shock wave disables the
submarine’s reactors.
Meanwhile, a bewildered Scully receives a telephone call from Mulder as,
simultaneously, a man who appears to be Mulder (the Alien Bounty Hunter from the previous
episode) shows up at her motel room. The doppelganger overpowers Scully, and demands
to know where he can find Mulder. When Scully refuses to cooperate, the doppelganger
throws her across the room.
The real Mulder and his sister, Samantha, arrive at the motel some time later. Scully is
gone, but signs of a struggle are evident. Samantha tells Mulder that the bounty hunter is
interested in her, not Scully. Samantha explains that the only way the bounty hunter can be
killed is to pierce the base of his skull. She warns, however, that his blood is toxic, and
exposure to humans is fatal.
Samantha assures her brother that the bounty hunter will contact them. As they await
word, Samantha explains that aliens have been attempting to establish a colony on Earth
since the late 1940s. Their experiments with cloning was not sanctioned, and others of
their race considered it a dilution of the species. A bounty hunter was dispatched to
terminate the colony.
Scully, held at gun point, telephones Mulder and arranges a rendezvous at a bridge.
Mulder informs Skinner of the situation, and an FBI sharpshooter is positioned nearby. The
exchange is made, and the bounty hunter walks Samantha toward an awaiting van.
Suddenly, the sharpshooter’s bullet rings out. The bounty hunter is struck in the neck. He
falls backwards over the bridge, still clinging to Samantha. The pair plummet into the dark,
icy waters below.
Mulder relays news of his sister’s apparent death to his father. Mr. Mulder gives his son
an envelope, which Samantha had left behind during her visit. Mulder opens it and finds a
key and address inside. Mulder travels to the address, which turns out to be an abortion
clinic. Inside, Mulder is shocked to discover alien clones who look like his sister. Suddenly,
the bounty hunter appears and knocks Mulder unconscious. A fire races through the
building, but Mulder is saved by firefighters.
X tells Mulder that all the clones, save the original “Samantha,” were killed in the fire. He
also admits that the bounty hunter is inside a vessel beneath the Beaufort Sea. Meanwhile,
pathologists tell Scully that a strange retrovirus found in Agent Weiss’s blood is inhibited by
extreme cold. This leads Scully to conclude that the bounty hunter may have survived his
fall into the icy river.
Mulder makes the trip to Alaska by himself in secret. He finds the submarine’s conning
tower protruding from the ice. Inside, he encounters the bounty hunter. During a stuggle, the
bounty hunter bleeds green ooze onto Mulder. Mulder is pushed outside the sub, and shortly
thereafter the vessel descends beneath the ice. Mulder’s body is rushed to a military field
hospital. Scully arrives at the scene. She realizes that Mulder has been infected with the
alien retrovirus. She convinces physicians to lower Mulder’s body temperature to counteract
the virus. Her efforts are successful, and Mulder’s life is saved.
THE X-FILES “END GAME”
Part 2 of 2
#2X17
Original Air Date: 02/17/95
CAST:
DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully
GUEST CAST:
BRIAN THOMPSON as the Alien Bounty Hunter
MEGAN LEITCH as Samantha Mulder
PETER DONAT as William Mulder
COLIN CUNNINGHAM as Lt. Wilmer
MITCH PILEGGI as Assistant Director Walter Skinner
STEVEN WILLIAMS as X
GARRY DAVEY as the Captain
ANDREW JOHNSTON as Special Agent Weiss
ALLAN LYSELL as Gardner
J.B. BIVENS as the Sharpshooter
OLIVER BECKER as the 2nd Doctor
BEATRICE ZEILINGER as the Paramedic
BONNIE HAY as the Field Doctor
WRITTEN BY:
FRANK SPOTNITZ
DIRECTED BY:
ROB BOWMAN
