While Mulder and Scully prepare to defend Mister X against charges trumped up by the Consortium, they discover that the shape-shifting aliens have taken an unusual interest in recycling. Mulder's mother and stepfather make discoveries about Samantha that eventually require both Mulder's and Scully's investigative abilities to understand. The Cigarette-Smoking Man prepares to engineer his own return to power, and we discover just why Senator Matheson has been so helpful to the X-team.

Rated R