The X-Files
Piper Maru
Season 3, Episode 15 · Aired 1996-02-09
Synopsis
A French salvage ship searching for a lost WWII fighter plane unknowingly surfaces an alien which appears in the form of black oil and has the ability to jump hosts. Mulder heads to Hong Kong to investigate the salvage broker who sold the information to the French and he encounters Krycek, who has been selling information from the MJ Documents. As Mulder prepares to take Krycek back to the US, the alien makes its way to Hong Kong and takes control of Krycek.
In the series
This episode is part of The X-Files (1993–2002) on Fox.
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Key cast
- David Duchovny as Fox Mulder
- Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully
- Mitch Pileggi as Walter Skinner
- Robert Patrick as John Doggett
- Annabeth Gish as Monica Reyes