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St. Mark's Medical Center. Openshaw is lying in a plastic tube, semi-crispy fried. CSM approaches him. Openshaw tells him that "Cassandra is a success." CSM is shocked and he's not very happy about this news. The rebels spared Cassandra to expose their work. Openshaw says that "she's the key to everything" and that Cassandra "must be terminated." CSM looks kind of sad about that. Openshaw says that he will be questioned. CSM apologizes and then turns his oxygen off. "A man should never live long enough to see his children or his work destroyed," Openshaw says. Then he dies. Well at least he didn't have to sit through any exposition.

Silver Springs, Maryland. Ok, so I guess this dude is named Second Elder. But what kind of a name is that? Let's call him Pete. So Pete's sitting in his massive house and CSM calls him to tell him about the rebels, the burned up doctors and the loss of Dr. Openshaw. CSM is calling a Syndicate meeting immediately. Pete will be on a plane. After he hangs up there's a knock at his door, and look! It's Dr. Openshaw. Except, we all know he's an alien. Pete opens the door for NotOpenshaw because he's an idiot, then he decides to grab NotOpenshaw's face and said face peels off. Is that normal? I mean, the alien bounty hunters could shapeshift and all, but I don't think you could rip their faces off. Right? But seeing as how these aliens are completely different, let's just go with this. So, NotOpenshaw was really a Rebel Without A Face and he burns up Pete.

FBI Bullpen Of Whiny Babies Named Mulder. Scully walks in and she's surprised to see Mulder there. "Where did you expect to find me?" Didn't Spender offer you an X-File? "It wasn't exactly an offer." Isn't this the opportunity you've been waiting for? "An opportunity made to order for the powers that be." It's a setup? "This is exactly the kind of mistake they've been waiting for to come down on me full force." Didn't Spender personally ask you? "Not exactly. He left me a note and told me to 'suck it.' I'm never going to help him! Never!" Scully notices that Mulder's looking at the pictures of the burned up bodies from the teaser. Scully tells Mulder that they've seen this before and then reminds everyone that she was with Cassandra when she was taken on that spaceship. Or, as Scully says it "when she disappeared." Scully also reminds us of when she was under hypnosis and reached out for Mulder to hold her hand, even though she had no idea he was there. Because they're soulmates! They're cosmically connected! "I was taken to one of those train cars. I was tested, just like Cassandra. What if what she tells us could expose who did this to me? Mulder, Agent Spender doesn't have to know." Mulder looks at her and thinks that maybe that's a good idea. Sidebar: Don't they know by now that it was CSM behind Scully's abduction? I mean, come on! It's not really that hard to figure out.

Hospital. We're greeted with a close up of something green and slimy. It's jello. And Cassandra's eating it. Do you get it? Do you? Are you sure? Should I explain it? Well, I'm not going to because there's enough explaining going on in this episode and if I have to resort to explaining the green jello, I'll kill myself. A random female agent is sitting with Cassandra in the room. Her haircut is terrible. Scully walks in and Cassandra is really excited. Scully hugs her. Scully tells Agent BadHaircut that she and Cassandra are "old friends." Scully says to Cassandra that she'll get a wheelchair and then they can go outside. Cassandra stands up and says that she doesn't need a wheelchair. Scully looks down and Cassandra wiggles her toes. Then she dances a jig. Cassandra would like a cigarette and she skips out of the room. As Cassandra dances down the hall, Agent BadHaircut stares at her and Scully suspiciously. Cassandra babbles to Scully how she just loves walking again, the doctors can't explain it and she can't tell them the reason because they'd just think she's crazy. She's only going to tell somebody she can trust and who will do something about it. She was hoping that Mulder had come with Scully. Scully tells her that she's got a surprise for her.