German title: Heimsuchung
translation: The Haunting, Affliction or Visitation
French title: Le Visiteur
translation: The Visitor
Italian title: Visite in sogno
US Airdate: April 26, 1996
Story by: David Duchovny and Howard Gordon
Teleplay by: Howard Gordon
director: James Charleston
STARRING:
David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully
Guest Cast:
MITCH PILEGGI as Assistant Director Walter Skinner
TASHA SIMMS as Jay Cassal
AMANDA TAPPING as Carina Sayles
BETHOE SHIRKOFF as Old Woman
TOM MASON as Detective Waltos
CAL TRAVERSY as the Young Detective
STACY GRANT as Judy Fairly
JANIE WOODS-MORRIS as Lorraine Kelleher
JENNIFER HETRICK as Sharon Skinner
MALCOLM STEWART as Agent Bonnecaze
BRENDAN BEISER as Dr. Rick Newton
WILLIAM B. DAVIS as The Cigarette-Smoking Man
MICHAEL DAVID SIMMS as Senior Agent
MORRIS PAYNCH as the Gray-Haired Man
DID WALTER SKINNER KILL THE STRANGE WOMAN IN HIS BED? NOT EVEN HE KNOWS, AS MULDER AND
SCULLY WORK TO CLEAR HIM WHEN A MURDER INVESTIGATION TARGETS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
When Assistant Director Walter Skinner wakes up in bed next to a murdered prostitute,
Mulder and Scully go to work trying to prove his innocence. But the more evidence they
uncover, the worse things look for their boss. He is separating from his wife, seeing a
psychiatrist for a dangerous sleep disorder, and refused to cooperate with the murder
investigation. Perhaps Skinner's unstable frame of mind is linked to the dissolution of
his 17 year marriage. And when his wife is run off the road and nearly killed, it looks
like Skinner may be responsible. Scully tries to hold off her own suspicions even as
Skinner confesses his bewilderment to Mulder. Only Mulder, convinced that Skinner has been
visited by an apparition known to medieval scholars, can clear his superior of the charge.
His investigation uncovers new layers of deceit in the case against Skinner, leading him
to a frightened call girl, a deflated air bag, and a connection to a deeper conspiracy
involving Skinner.
Notes
An avatar is an earthly representation of a godlike being
or deity.
Reports on the newsgroup swear that Gillian's daughter, Piper, can be seen looking out
of a window on the bus that sped in front of Skinner as he was trying to cross the street.