Two Fathers

Infobox Television episode | Title = Two Fathers
Series = The X-Files
Season = 6
Episode = 6X11
Airdate = February 7, 1999 (Fox)
Production = 6ABX11
Writer = Chris Carter
Frank Spotnitz
Director = Kim Manners
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Prev = Tithonus
Next = One Son

"Two Fathers" was the eleventh episode of the sixth season of "The X-Files" science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter, and the first of a "To Be Continued" two-parter continued in "One Son".

Plot

The Cigarette Smoking Man recounts the dealings of the Syndicate over the last fifty to years to an unknown listener, all the while attempting to sway this stranger to aide him. Meanwhile, Cassandra Spender has reappeared and is instantly hunted down by scientists who seek to destroy her and the knowledge she possesses. She escapes from the hospital where she is kept and demands that Mulder shoot her, because she is the embodiment of fifty years of work by the Syndicate -- an alien/human hybrid that will trigger colonization if the aliens find out of her existence.

Notes

*Veronica Cartwright was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role in this episode and "One Son".
*This two-parter earned the Emmy for Outstanding Makeup for a Series

Guests

*William B. Davis as The Cigarette Smoking Man
*Chris Owens as Special Agent Jeffrey Spender
*Nicholas Lea as Alex Krycek
*Mitch Pileggi as Assistant Director Walter Skinner
*George Murdock as 2nd Elder
*Don S. Williams as 1st Elder
*Mimi Rogers as Special Agent Diana Fowley ("Uncredited")
*Brian Thompson as Alien Bounty Hunter
*Veronica Cartwright as Cassandra Spender
*Nick Tate as Dr. Openshaw
*Al Ruscio as 3rd Elder
*Frank Ertl as 4th Elder

External links

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* [http://www.tv.com/the-x-files/two-fathers/episode/618/summary.html Two Fathers] at TV.com