Mulder contacts the CDC to have them quarantine the site. An autopsy by Scully finds sand ( silicon dioxide) in his lungs, indicating the existence of a silicon-based lifeform she theorizes that the organism infects the nearest hosts or otherwise dies. Tanaka flees into the woods and dies when a tentacle-like ascocarp bursts out of his throat. When he is put on a stretcher for a medivac pickup, Mulder notices a throbbing bulge in his neck. Tanaka breaks into convulsions and displays a high fever, but refuses any help from Mulder or Scully. He finds references to a new silicon-based organism existing inside Mount Avalon Scully, however, doubts his conclusions because of his mental state. Meanwhile, outside, Trepkos strangles Pierce.Īfter the team finds and stores Pierce's body, Mulder reviews Trepkos' fragmented notes. They claim that Trepkos destroyed their lab and disappeared after Firewalker's first descent. They discover the seemingly traumatized team: robotics engineer Jason Ludwig ( Leland Orser), systems analyst Peter Tanaka ( Hiro Kanagawa), and graduate student Jessie O'Neil ( Shawnee Smith). Upon arriving at Mount Avalon, Pierce enters the woods to inspect the project's equipment while the agents search the laboratory. Mulder is reluctant to let Scully come along because of her recent abduction Scully, however, insists that she is ready.
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Pierce goes to Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson), showing them a TV interview of the project's leader, Daniel Trepkos ( Bradley Whitford) Pierce was with the project until he and Trepkos had a falling-out. Firewalker's camera is then destroyed, ending the transmission. He also sees a shadow moving in the cave, an impossibility due to the extremely high temperatures. Firewalker is broadcasting from inside a volcanic cave, where Pierce glimpses the dead body of the chief seismologist, Phil Erickson. Adam Pierce, a scientist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, intercepts a visual transmission from Firewalker, a mobile robot sent by a volcanic research project on Mount Avalon near Bend, Oregon. The episode received poor reviews from critics, being noted as repeating material already familiar to the series.ĭr. "Firewalker" earned a Nielsen household rating of 9, being watched by 8.6 million households in its initial broadcast. The plot of the episode was inspired by NASA's Project Dante. In the episode, Mulder and Scully investigate a death in a remote research base and discover that a new silicon-based ophiocordyceps-like fungus found in the area may be killing the researchers. The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. It was written by Howard Gordon, directed by David Nutter, and featured guest appearances by Bradley Whitford, Leland Orser and Shawnee Smith. It premiered on the Fox network on November 18, 1994.
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" Firewalker" is the ninth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files.
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