S2 E9
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Season 2  "Firewalker"  2x9

Aired 30 years ago - Nov 18, 1994

Mulder and Scully, reunited at last, head for an active volcano under a geological study and find a deadly life form that can survive in the searing heat of the crater and is killing the scientists to avoid being discovered.

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Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 1
Firewalker will next week make its first descent into an active volcano.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 2
...where dreams, ambition and... great luck converge.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 3
The temperature readings are upwards of 130º at this depth.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 4
Yeah. We're not exactly proper channels.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 5
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Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 9
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 10
Mulder!
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 11
No one revered the man more than me.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 12
And, uh, this is Jesse O'Neil.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 13
Well, I think Erikson's wife might disagree with that.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 14
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 15
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 16
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 17
- Something's happened! - Oh, my God!
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 18
- What? - An organism existing within the volcano.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 19
This doesn't prove anything.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 20
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 21
Yeah, he said that they were polluting his brain.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 22
Where's home?
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 23
Daily, I fight the urge to sever it completely to stop this descent.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 24
- I'm fine. - Just let her take a look...
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 25
This is Agent Scully with the Firewalker team. Come in, Search and Rescue.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 26
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 27
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 28
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 29
Silicon dioxide. The waste product of a silicon-based organism.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 30
Yeah, but what about us? I mean... we weren't exposed.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 31
Tell them it's a biological agent... of unknown origin.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 32
It could change our understanding of the origin and evolution of life.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 33
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 34
They were transmitted right before Trepkos destroyed his camera.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 35
I just don't want to wait around for Trepkos to do to me what he did to Pierce and Erikson.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 36
- How far does the cave extend? - Three quarters of a mile, to the crater rim.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 37
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 38
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 39
...human tissue, blood and saliva. Even sulphur.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 40
I thought you'd like to know-the chances are good that none of us were infected.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 41
...is an elephant described by three blind men.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 42
That's not why you're here.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 43
- Erikson released the spore? - He discovered a new life form.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 44
- But you weren't infected? - No.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 45
I can't let you leave.
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Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 49
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 50
Erikson was the original host.

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Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 2
...where dreams, ambition and... great luck converge.
#2
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 3
The temperature readings are upwards of 130º at this depth.
#3
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 4
Yeah. We're not exactly proper channels.
#4
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Mulder!
#10
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 11
No one revered the man more than me.
#11
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 12
And, uh, this is Jesse O'Neil.
#12
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 13
Well, I think Erikson's wife might disagree with that.
#13
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- Something's happened! - Oh, my God!
#17
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 18
- What? - An organism existing within the volcano.
#18
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 19
This doesn't prove anything.
#19
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 20 #20 Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 21
Yeah, he said that they were polluting his brain.
#21
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 22
Where's home?
#22
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 23
Daily, I fight the urge to sever it completely to stop this descent.
#23
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 24
- I'm fine. - Just let her take a look...
#24
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 25
This is Agent Scully with the Firewalker team. Come in, Search and Rescue.
#25
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 26 #26 Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 27 #27 Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 28 #28 Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 29
Silicon dioxide. The waste product of a silicon-based organism.
#29
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 30
Yeah, but what about us? I mean... we weren't exposed.
#30
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 31
Tell them it's a biological agent... of unknown origin.
#31
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 32
It could change our understanding of the origin and evolution of life.
#32
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 33 #33 Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 34
They were transmitted right before Trepkos destroyed his camera.
#34
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 35
I just don't want to wait around for Trepkos to do to me what he did to Pierce and Erikson.
#35
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 36
- How far does the cave extend? - Three quarters of a mile, to the crater rim.
#36
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...human tissue, blood and saliva. Even sulphur.
#39
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 40
I thought you'd like to know-the chances are good that none of us were infected.
#40
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 41
...is an elephant described by three blind men.
#41
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 42
That's not why you're here.
#42
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 43
- Erikson released the spore? - He discovered a new life form.
#43
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 44
- But you weren't infected? - No.
#44
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 45
I can't let you leave.
#45
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Erikson was the original host.
#50