 The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny ) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson ) who work on cases linked to the paranormal , called X @-@ Files . In the episode , Mulder and Scully are called in when a boatload of survivors from a U.S. Navy destroyer escort are found . What particularly catches Agent Mulder 's attention is that all of these sailors appear to have aged many decades in the course of a few days . Mulder and Scully travel to Norway where they find a civilian fisherman who is willing to take them to the ship 's last known position . 
