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: The episode introduces Shannon McMahon (played by Lucy Lawless), a genetically modified "Super Soldier" who can breathe underwater.

** Mulder's Absence**: Although Fox Mulder has gone into hiding to protect Scully and William, the episode highlights the anxiety and "panic" his absence leaves behind among his former colleagues. Watch The X-Files 9x01

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: The case begins with the suspicious death of an EPA official, whose car was forced off a bridge by a mysterious woman he picked up at a bar. Watch The X-Files 9x01