Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley) and Rhys Darby (Flight of the Concords) are among the guest stars in the third episode of FOX’s reopened X-Files, airing on February 1.
The episode is written and directed by Darin Morgan, and the title of the episode is “Mulder & Scully Meet The Were-Monster.” Here’s how they describe it:
When a dead body is found in the woods, Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate whether it was an animal attack, a serial killer or just maybe a strange creature as described by eyewitnesses. Meanwhile, Mulder is able to confront some of his own demons about feeling disillusioned with his life’s work in the all-new “Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-monster” episode of THE X-FILES airing Monday, Feb. 1 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (XF-1003) (TV-14 D, L, S, V)
You can find some preview images below.
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The X-Files stars Gillian Anderson as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully, David Duchovny as FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder and Mitch Pileggi as FBI Asst. Dir. Walter Skinner
Guest stars in “Mulder & Scully Meet The Were-Monster” include Kumail Nanjiani as Pasha, Rhys Darby as Guy Man, Richard Newman as Dr. Rumanovitch, Tyler Labine as Stoner #1, Nicole Parker-Smith as Stoner #2, Alex Diakun as Manager, and D.J. “Shangela” Pierce as Annabelle.
