#Scully coma x files series#

She fears that Skinner may have unwittingly killed Sayles in his sleep. Scully learns that Skinner had been receiving treatment for a sleep disorder, in which he apparently had dreams about being suffocated in bed by an old woman. The agents talk to Sharon, who says that the marriage failed because of Skinner's emotional distance. However, when he pursues the old woman, he instead finds Sharon. Skinner sees the old woman looking at him on a city street. Mulder finds out that Sayles was a prostitute and interviews her madam, who claims that Skinner's credit card number was collected the previous night. Agent Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson) examines Sayles' corpse, finding a phosphorescent glow around her nose and lips. He refuses to take a polygraph test and is viewed as a suspect. He awakens to find Sayles dead, her head twisted completely around.Īs the murder investigation unfolds, Skinner tells agent Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny) not to get involved. However, after the tryst, Skinner has a nightmare of an old woman in bed with him. At a bar, he meets an attractive woman named Carina Sayles ( Amanda Tapping) the two engage in a one night stand. The episode title refers to the incarnation of a deity in Sanskrit.įBI assistant director Walter Skinner ( Mitch Pileggi) is given divorce papers from his wife, Sharon, after seventeen years of marriage. Skinner's popularity amongst fans had risen with his increased role in the episodes ' The Blessing Way' and ' Paper Clip' and these episodes helped re-establish the ground rules regarding where Skinner stood in regard to the X-Files.

'Avatar' was developed after Duchovny initially suggested having a Skinner-centric episode as a way to give himself a break. In this episode, when Assistant Director Walter Skinner ( Mitch Pileggi) is accused of murdering a prostitute, Mulder and Scully investigate to determine the truth behind what happened. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal, while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work. 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. The episode received mixed reviews from television critics. 'Avatar' earned a Nielsen household rating of 9.3, being watched by 14.62 million viewers in its initial broadcast. The episode is a 'Monster-of-the-Week' story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. The story for the episode was developed by David Duchovny and Howard Gordon, the teleplay was written by Gordon, and it was directed by James Charleston.

It premiered on the Fox network in the United States on April 26, 1996.

#Scully coma x files series#

' Avatar' is the twenty-first episode of the third season of the science fiction television series The X-Files. Janie Woods-Morris as Lorraine Kelleher.21st episode of the third season of The X-Files ' Avatar'