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| Who is the mysterious and dangerous man who alternately warns and informs Fox Mulder? Is he stringing Mulder along in a complex and devious campaign of disinformation, or is he an ally in the search for the truth? He has more than once admitted that he is afraid of getting killed like his predecessor, Deep Throat, and will not risk his neck for Mulder. He went head-to-head with Assistant Director Skinner after he refused Scully's request for information on Mulder's whereabouts in "Endgame." In "Soft Light" he took an even more active role, stepping out of the shadows to intervene directly in Scully and Mulder's case, spiriting away a key figure under Mulder's very nose. Angrily, Mulder told X he wanted nothing more to do with the man, and X warned him,"You're choosing a dangerous time to go it alone." In "Wetwired" X played an even more dangerous game using Mulder and other agents as pawns. And like chess pawns, they were expendable. Mulder was allowed to live, still with no clue as to whose side X was on. It was revealed however, that X worked for The Cigarette-Smoking Man, but may have his own agenda. Following this mysterious agenda in "Talitha Cumi", he takes surveillance photos of a meeting between The Cigarette-Smoking Man and Mulder's mother. Unknown to X, The Cigarette-Smoking finds out about these pictures and lays a trap for what he has learned is a leak in their organization. In "Herrenvolk" this trap is sprung and X is tricked into revealing his betrayal, which leaves him shot to death on Mulder's doorstep. With the last moments of his life, X leaves a message for Mulder SRSG, four initals that lead Mulder to a new player in the game, Marita Covarrubias. Just whose side is she on and why did X lead Mulder to her? With his death, X may have left more questions than answers |
