Founder's Mutation

"Founder's Mutation"
The X-Files episode
Episode no.	Season 10 Episode 2
Directed by	James Wong
Written by	James Wong
Production code	1AYW05
Original air date	January 25, 2016
Running time	44 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Doug Savant as Augustus Goldman Jonathan Whitesell as Janitor Rebecca Wisocky as Jackie Goldman Chris Logan as Dr. Sanjay Omari Newton as Rogers Nikolai Witschl as Dr. Hill Alison Wandzura as Cynthia Aaron Douglas as Lindquist Vik Sahay as Gupta Ryan Robbins as Murphy Christine Willes as Sister Mary Kacey Rohl as Agnes Craig March as Detective Gordon Megan Peta Hill as Molly Goldman
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"Founder's Mutation" is the second episode of the tenth season of The X-Files. It was written and directed by James Wong, and aired on January 25, 2016 on the Fox network. Guest stars include Doug Savant, Rebecca Wisocky, Omari Newton, Aaron Douglas, Vik Sahay, Ryan Robbins, Christine Willes, and Kacey Rohl.

At the headquarters of Nugenics Technology, researcher Dr. Sanjay arrives to work in a troubled state, hearing a mysterious high-pitched noise in his head. At a staff meeting, the noise becomes so overwhelming that he flees and locks himself inside a server room, where he begins frantically deleting data. Desperate to stop the noise, he shoves a letter opener through his eardrum and into his brain, killing himself. Before doing so, he writes something on the palm of his left hand.

With the X-Files now re-opened by the FBI, agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are dispatched to investigate the incident. Receiving little cooperation from Nugenics in the investigation, Mulder steals Sanjay's mobile phone and contacts the last person he called. At a Washington bar, Mulder meets a man named Gupta, who is soon revealed to be Sanjay's secret lover. Gupta tells Mulder that Sanjay had been distant and expressed concern that his "kids" were dying. Meanwhile, Scully performs an autopsy on Sanjay and discovers the words "founder's mutation" written on Sanjay's left palm, a reference to Nugenics' reclusive owner Dr. Augustus Goldman, an individual known to employees as "The Founder". Upon searching Sanjay's apartment in Dupont Circle, the agents discover several photographs of horribly disfigured children. Police arrive, and Mulder suddenly becomes overwhelmed by a high pitched noise which only he can hear, mirroring the incident that ultimately lead to Sanjay's suicide. The sound somehow conveys the message "find her" to Mulder.

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