"Young at Heart" is the sixteenth episode of the first season of The X-Files. This episode features a murderer from Mulder's past returning to haunt him.
At the Tashloo Federal Correctional Facility in 1989, an inmate, Joe Crandall, hears screaming from the prison's infirmary. Inside, he finds prison doctor Joe Ridley amputating the hand of fellow prisoner John Burnett. Despite Ridley telling Crandall that Burnett is dead, Burnett blinks at him.
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"Young at Heart" is the sixteenth episode of the first season of The X-Files. This episode features a murderer from Mulder's past returning to haunt him.
At the Tashloo Federal Correctional Facility in 1989, an inmate, Joe Crandall, hears screaming from the prison's infirmary. Inside, he finds prison doctor Joe Ridley amputating the hand of fellow prisoner John Burnett. Despite Ridley telling Crandall that Burnett is dead, Burnett blinks at him.
Four years later, Agent Mulder is notified by his former supervisor, Reggie Purdue, about a note from a jewelery store robbery mocking Mulder by name. Mulder recognizes the message as being from John Burnett, the man whom he helped capture on his first case. Even though Burnett supposedly died in prison, the note seems to bear his handwriting.
Purdue shows Agent Scully a video of Burnett's capture years earlier. The video shows that Mulder didn't fire on Burnett due to him having a hostage, violating FBI regulations. Mulder's hesitancy...
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