My
partner was convinced she was suffering from what he calls post
abduction syndrome
A pair of teenagers in their car are captured by a pair of grey aliens who
are soon confronted by a giant third alien from another race. Agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) is
interviewed concerning the case by author Jose Chung, who is seeking to write a
book about alien abduction. Scully claims that the girl, Chrissy, was found with
all her clothes inside out, appearing to be the victim of rape. Her boyfriend,
Harold, is brought in by the police, claiming that they were abducted by aliens.
The foul mouthed local detective, Manners, doesn't believe him, but agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) has
Chrissy undergo hypnosis in which she remembers being on an alien ship. Harold
claims to have encountered a cigarette smoking alien on the ship stating "This
is not happening." Scully thinks that the two had sex and that Harold is making
things up.
A man named Roky claims he witnessed the event, having written his witness
account as a screenplay. He claims to have been visited by a pair of men in
black who said they'd kill him if he told anyone. Roky claims that the giant
third alien, calling himself Lord Kinbote brought him to the center of the
Earth. Chrissy is hypnotized again, this time claiming that she was captured by
the military, not aliens, and that they brainwashed her. Chung speaks to a
science fiction fanatic, Blaine, who found an alien body that was recovered by
the agents and Detective Manners. Blaine claims that Mulder shrieked like a
woman when they saw it and Scully threatened him not to say anything. Blaine
video tapes Scully performing an autopsy on the alien, which is quickly released
as a video labeled "Dead Alien! Truth or Humbug?" that is narrated by the
Stupendous Yappi (from Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose).
The autopsy reveals that the alien is actually a dead Air Force pilot, in a
costume. His superiors arrive to claim the body, but find it missing.
Mulder encounters another missing Air Force pilot and talks to him at a
diner. The pilot, who was dressed as an alien, states that he and his partner
were piloting a UFO but got abducted themselves by real aliens. His superiors
soon come to take him away. A diner cook however claims that Mulder was there by
himself and asked him questions while ordering pie. Mulder, returning to the
hotel finds the Men in Black, one of whom is Alex Trebek, in his room. The
agents later head to a site where the reported UFO crashed, where the bodies of
the two Air Force pilots are recovered. Mulder visits with Chung, pleading with
him not to publish the book since it will further discredit aliens. Chung
publishes the book, which Scully reads in her office. Mulder watches footage of
Bigfoot. Harold visits Chrissy, who tells him to leave her alone.
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Episode
no. |
Season 3 Episode 20 |
Directed by |
Rob
Bowman |
Written by |
Darin Morgan |
Guest
Stars |
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Original
Airdate |
April 12, 1996 |
Theme(s) |
Alien
Abduction |
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