With Scully reassigned to the Quantico training acedemy, Doggett and Reyes investigate their first X-File together -- a series of satanic ritual murders whose victims may include the agents themselves.

original airdate--December 2,2001                           rating--8.7  million

music--theme song "X-Files" by Mark Snow"

Goofs:Doggett suggests to Reyes the killer might use human flesh to fertilise his garden - an in-joke referencing the movie The Last Supper (1995/I), which starred Annabeth Gish.

• The Guard outside Dr. Kobolds room is reading an American Ronin magazine previously seen in the episode Pusher.