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Season 8  "Patience"  8x3

Aired 25 years ago - Nov 19, 2000

While tackling his first X-File case about a series of gruesome murders surrounding a bat-like creature, Doggett quickly learns that his investigative techniques are somewhat dissimilar to Scully's.

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Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 1
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- So, where do we get started? - Homicides: Two... in Idaho.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 5
I mean, some seriously screwed up stuff, but, uh...
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 6
Hi. Agent Scully. This is Agent Doggett.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 7
...separating the various shoe prints and pulling these.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 8
Maybe this print can help explain those bite marks.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 9
I'm going to go take a look around.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 10
And one more thing:
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 11
Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 12
Unless you have a simple explanation as to how a killer...
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 13
Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 14
You ever carry one of these?
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 15
I saw those on the porch, too.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 16
Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 17
What I thought were marks left by human molars are now inconclusive...
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 18
...by something with sharp teeth and four-toed claws.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 19
You see those marks, right?
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 20
The victim's daughter-- Ariel-- her dead body was pulled...
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 21
Honest to god. You just jump at whatever explanation...
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 22
Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 23
In my experience leaps only get people killed.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 24
Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 25
Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 26
Let's get this down to the morgue. I think the sooner, the better.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 27
Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 28
Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 29
Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 30
Look, it kills like an animal, but with purpose.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 31
Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 32
I fished it out of the river.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 33
Leave it alone! Leave me alone!
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 34
Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 35
You know, I'm not Oxford educated.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 36
Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 37
Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 38
Stop right there!
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 39
How's a man supposed to live...
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 40
...so might a man, sprung from a bat.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 41
I forbade her to tell her mother.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 42
- My brother? - Your brother's okay, Ernie.
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 43
Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 44
What's that?
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 45
The moment you stepped foot here...
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 46
...children and spend your life terrorized by a monster?
 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 47
Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 48
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Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 2 #2 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 3 #3 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 4
- So, where do we get started? - Homicides: Two... in Idaho.
#4 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 5
I mean, some seriously screwed up stuff, but, uh...
#5 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 6
Hi. Agent Scully. This is Agent Doggett.
#6 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 7
...separating the various shoe prints and pulling these.
#7 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 8
Maybe this print can help explain those bite marks.
#8 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 9
I'm going to go take a look around.
#9 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 10
And one more thing:
#10 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 11 #11 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 12
Unless you have a simple explanation as to how a killer...
#12 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 13 #13 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 14
You ever carry one of these?
#14 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 15
I saw those on the porch, too.
#15 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 16 #16 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 17
What I thought were marks left by human molars are now inconclusive...
#17 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 18
...by something with sharp teeth and four-toed claws.
#18 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 19
You see those marks, right?
#19 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 20
The victim's daughter-- Ariel-- her dead body was pulled...
#20 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 21
Honest to god. You just jump at whatever explanation...
#21 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 22 #22 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 23
In my experience leaps only get people killed.
#23 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 24 #24 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 25 #25 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 26
Let's get this down to the morgue. I think the sooner, the better.
#26 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 27 #27 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 28 #28 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 29 #29 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 30
Look, it kills like an animal, but with purpose.
#30 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 31 #31 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 32
I fished it out of the river.
#32 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 33
Leave it alone! Leave me alone!
#33 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 34 #34 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 35
You know, I'm not Oxford educated.
#35 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 36 #36 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 37 #37 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 38
Stop right there!
#38 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 39
How's a man supposed to live...
#39 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 40
...so might a man, sprung from a bat.
#40 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 41
I forbade her to tell her mother.
#41 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 42
- My brother? - Your brother's okay, Ernie.
#42 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 43 #43 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 44
What's that?
#44 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 45
The moment you stepped foot here...
#45 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 46
...children and spend your life terrorized by a monster?
#46 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 47 #47 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 48 #48 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 49 #49 Recap of The X-Files Season 8 Episode 3 (S08E03) - 50 #50