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Season 4  "Unrequited"  4x16

Aired 27 years ago - Feb 23, 1997

When a U.S. military general is inexplicably murdered in the back of his limousine, a paramilitary group is suspected. They believe it was a soldier who they liberated from a Vietnam POW camp and is plotting to kill certain corrupt military figures.

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Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 1
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 2
All right! Let's go!
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 3
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 4
FBI Forensics reports the wound was not self-inflicted.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 5
for a rededication of the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 6
Was that for the benefit of the general, or have you been able...
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 7
One misstep and Markham smells a shakedown.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 8
- [Man On intercom] Who is it? - Agents Mulder and Scully with the FBI.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 9
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 10
No way in hell you'll be getting that from me.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 11
Lives will have to be sacrificed, but that day has not yet come.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 12
He says that's who killed General MacDougal.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 13
when we brought him home.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 14
Given the facts of the case, and Private Burkholder's polygraph test,
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 15
Gary's dead.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 16
Oh, my God. Where are you? Where'd you go?
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 17
Markham may have staged this whole thing,
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 18
What if he was telling the truth?
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 19
And how did she reach that emotional state?
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 20
Is there anyway to tell how the teeth were extracted?
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 21
we could make a pretty good guess.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 22
Right.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 23
Thanks.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 24
No, but the ophthalmologist discovered something called a transient scotoma.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 25
Agent Mulder, this is General Steffan.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 26
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 27
Not necessarily. He could have turned and been surprised.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 28
I did everything I could. I put two agents with him.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 29
We've got four miles of crowded streets where 31 military officers...
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 30
He did it again, didn't he?
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 31
But if both those fall through, there is still enough evidence to convict you...
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 32
He's sending a message...
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 33
Driver, prepare to move them out.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 34
- Then why did you come here? - Tell me what you know.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 35
Are you saying that our government wants these officers dead?
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 36
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 37
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 38
You saw him, didn’t you? You saw Teager.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 39
which required silencing the men who made that policy.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 40
All right, people, listen up, because we don't have much time.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 41
Mr. Jan Scruggs.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 42
That's what they told us.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 43
[paper Rustles]
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 44
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 45
Hold on. I think I have him in section four.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 46
This memorial...
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 47
Pick him up, Mulder. He's right in front of you.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 48
Get away from the car. He's in the car. Teager's in the car.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 49
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 50
Sergeant, Green Beret Detachment B-1 1 .

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Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 2
All right! Let's go!
#2 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 3 #3 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 4
FBI Forensics reports the wound was not self-inflicted.
#4 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 5
for a rededication of the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial.
#5 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 6
Was that for the benefit of the general, or have you been able...
#6 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 7
One misstep and Markham smells a shakedown.
#7 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 8
- [Man On intercom] Who is it? - Agents Mulder and Scully with the FBI.
#8 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 9 #9 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 10
No way in hell you'll be getting that from me.
#10 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 11
Lives will have to be sacrificed, but that day has not yet come.
#11 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 12
He says that's who killed General MacDougal.
#12 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 13
when we brought him home.
#13 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 14
Given the facts of the case, and Private Burkholder's polygraph test,
#14 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 15
Gary's dead.
#15 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 16
Oh, my God. Where are you? Where'd you go?
#16 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 17
Markham may have staged this whole thing,
#17 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 18
What if he was telling the truth?
#18 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 19
And how did she reach that emotional state?
#19 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 20
Is there anyway to tell how the teeth were extracted?
#20 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 21
we could make a pretty good guess.
#21 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 22
Right.
#22 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 23
Thanks.
#23 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 24
No, but the ophthalmologist discovered something called a transient scotoma.
#24 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 25
Agent Mulder, this is General Steffan.
#25 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 26 #26 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 27
Not necessarily. He could have turned and been surprised.
#27 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 28
I did everything I could. I put two agents with him.
#28 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 29
We've got four miles of crowded streets where 31 military officers...
#29 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 30
He did it again, didn't he?
#30 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 31
But if both those fall through, there is still enough evidence to convict you...
#31 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 32
He's sending a message...
#32 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 33
Driver, prepare to move them out.
#33 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 34
- Then why did you come here? - Tell me what you know.
#34 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 35
Are you saying that our government wants these officers dead?
#35 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 36 #36 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 37 #37 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 38
You saw him, didn’t you? You saw Teager.
#38 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 39
which required silencing the men who made that policy.
#39 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 40
All right, people, listen up, because we don't have much time.
#40 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 41
Mr. Jan Scruggs.
#41 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 42
That's what they told us.
#42 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 43
[paper Rustles]
#43 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 44 #44 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 45
Hold on. I think I have him in section four.
#45 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 46
This memorial...
#46 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 47
Pick him up, Mulder. He's right in front of you.
#47 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 48
Get away from the car. He's in the car. Teager's in the car.
#48 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 49 #49 Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 16 (S04E16) - 50
Sergeant, Green Beret Detachment B-1 1 .
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