"Piper Maru" is a 1996 episode of The X-Files television series. It was the fifteenth episode broadcast in the show's third season. Piper Maru introduces the alien black oil and features the return of Alex Krycek.
On a French vessel in the Pacific Ocean a diver, Gauthier, heads down into the water, finding a sunken plane from World War II. He is shocked to find a living man in the cockpit of the plane, with a black oil like substance in his eyes....
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"Piper Maru" is a 1996 episode of The X-Files television series. It was the fifteenth episode broadcast in the show's third season. Piper Maru introduces the alien black oil and features the return of Alex Krycek.
On a French vessel in the Pacific Ocean a diver, Gauthier, heads down into the water, finding a sunken plane from World War II. He is shocked to find a living man in the cockpit of the plane, with a black oil like substance in his eyes. Gauthier is later brought back to the surface, with the same black oil within his eyes.
Assistant Director Skinner calls agent Dana Scully to see him, telling her that it has been five months since any leads in the case involving the murder of her sister Melissa, and that the case has been made inactive. Scully is upset, given the evidence that had been recovered. She goes down to the basement to see partner Fox Mulder who tells her about the french ship the Piper Maru, which was brought into port in San Diego at the same coordinates as the...
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