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In 1990, Billy Underwood goes missing at a school fair in [[Oklahoma|Dexter, Oklahoma]]. Ten years later, Billy's mother Lisa Underwood is called to the local [[elementary school]]. She learns that Billy has mysteriously re-appeared at the school, but does not seem to have aged in the decade he was missing.
[[Dana Scully]] ([[Gillian Anderson]]) and [[John Doggett]] ([[Robert Patrick]]) arrive at the police station to see Billy. Doggett interviews the boy, who seems to be [[Muteness|mute]]. In attempt to get Billy to speak, Doggett keeps his backpack from him. This infuriates Lisa and leads Scully to question Doggett’s expertise in [[child abduction]] cases. Scully suggests that Billy is an [[alien abduction|alien abductee]], but Doggett believes Ronald Purnell, a local [[:wikt:delinquent|delinquent]], may have been involved in the boy's disappearance. Doggett questions Purnell, who expresses confusion when the agent suggests that he should meet Billy. As Doggett sits in his car, he pulls out a school photo of
When Billy is returned home, his brother and father are uneasy about his presence; Lisa is blind to these problems. While Lisa and her husband Doug argue about Billy, he wanders into his brother’s room holding a knife. Lisa finds a bloody knife in Josh's bed the next morning, although the boy is unscathed. Billy stands in the room staring at Josh. [[Forensic]] analysis shows the blood to be Billy's, although there are no injuries on him. The knife bears a crude star-like symbol that Billy drew while being interrogated by Doggett,
Scully and Doggett bring the psychic, Sharon Pearl, to meet Billy. After touching Billy, Pearl says that she feels powerful forces acting through him, and that she senses emanations from Doggett as well, claiming he lost someone just like Billy. She then
After interrogation by Doggett, Purnell confesses to snatching Billy in 1990 on behalf of someone else. Doggett recognizes Purnell was also a victim, and with enough prodding, gets a name: Cal Jeppy. The police and the two FBI agents go to Jeppy’s home and find Josh in a compartment under the floor of his horse trailer. Doggett chases Jeppy into the woods, catches him, and discovers the skull of Billy that Purnell dug up earlier. As the Underwoods stand over the shallow grave of their long
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