where Father Joe had earlier discovered the bodies turned out to be their dumping ground. Mulder enters the building to find that the team has been using the organs and body parts to keep Tomczeszyn alive. At that moment, they attempt to place Tomczeszyn's head on the body of the second abducted woman. Mulder tries to save her from the gruesome fate, but a doctor comes from behind and injects him with a tranquilizer. Helpless, Mulder is taken outside to be murdered by Dacyshyn. Scully, unable to reach Mulder on his cell phone, contacts her old FBI superior, Assistant Director Walter Skinner, for help. They trilaterate the phone's location and find Scully's wrecked car, eventually making their way through the snow to find the compound as Mulder is about to be axed by Dacyshyn. Scully attacks him in an ensuing confrontation, incapacitating him, while Skinner breaks up the medical procedure before the young woman is beheaded. Later, Mulder is at home when Scully tells him Father Joe has died. It happened at the same moment, Mulder notes, that Scully disconnected the life support to Tomczeszyn's severed head. Somehow, he surmises, the two men's fates were linked by more than just visions. In a post-credits scene, Mulder and Scully head across the sea towards a tropical island in a rowboat, waving to the camera above. Cast David Duchovny as Fox Mulder Gillian Anderson as Dr. Dana Scully Amanda Peet as Special Agent in Charge Dakota Whitney Billy Connolly as Joseph "Father Joe" Crissman Xzibit as Special Agent Mosley Drummy Mitch Pileggi as Assistant Director Walter Skinner Callum Keith Rennie as Janke Dacyshyn Adam Godley as Father Ybarra Xantha Radley as Special Agent Monica Bannan Fagin Woodcock as Franz Tomczeszyn Nicki Aycox as Cheryl Cunningham Alex Diakun as Gaunt Man Production Development In November 2001, the creators of the TV series The X-Files decided to pursue a second feature film adaptation of the series, following the 1998 film. Carter was expected to collaborate with Spotnitz, who had co-written the first film, on a script for the follow-up. Production of the film was slated to begin after the completion of the ninth season of the TV series, with a projected release in December 2003. In April 2002, Carter reiterated his desire and the studio's desire to do a sequel film. He planned to write the script over that summer and begin production in