Gibson Praise
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Gibson Andrew Praise (played by Jeff Gulka) was a chess prodigy who first met FBI Agents Mulder and Scully in 1997. For reasons unknown, he carried within him alien DNA and was capable of reading others' minds. (TXF: "The End")
Following the abduction of Mulder in 2000, John Doggett was made head of the FBI task force charged with his recovery. However, Doggett and Alvin Kersh were dead set against the possibility of there being alien involvement despite the objections of Scully and Walter Skinner. With help from the Lone Gunmen, they were able to deduce a pattern of alien appearances in the days after Mulder's disappearance and realized that the evidence suggested that Mulder was collecting the evidence for some reason. Scully suddenly remembered Gibson Praise, the only person who could provide definitive proof of the existence of aliens.
Scully and Skinner traveled to Arizona, where the alien appearances had occurred, and were able to locate Praise at a school for the deaf. However, Doggett had been provided a file on Praise that was stolen from Mulder's office and arrived at the school alongside Scully and Skinner. Praise realized he was being sought and fled, only to be grabbed by Mulder himself and hauled away. ("Within")
Doggett tried to stop Mulder, who let Praise go free before walking backwards over a cliff and falling. However, Mulder's body was not found and Scully realized that they were not dealing with Mulder at all: it was actuall the alien bounty hunter who was collecting evidence. Praise fled to an underground shelter where he and his friend, Thea Sprecher sometimes went Scully followed Sprecher and found Praise with a broken leg. Scully returned to the school where Doggett and the FBI agents were still convened. She and Skinner returned to Praise, who said he could hear Mulder's thoughts and that was near. Unknown to any of them, Mulder was indeed nearby inside a spacecraft that was cloaked. Skinner drove Praise to a local hospital for emergency care to mend his broken leg.
The bounty hunter was not to be deterred, though. In the guise of Thea Sprecher, he entered the hospital, knocked out Skinner and made off with Praise. He was then rescued by Agent Scully, who killed the bounty hunter. ("Without")
Gibson Praise returned to testify on Mulder's behalf when Mulder was on trial for his life. It is also revealed that Mulder spent a year living with Gibson Praise in Arizona after he left Washington D.C. while on the run from supersoldiers and the New Syndicate. ("The Truth")
Praise also identified the Toothpick Man as a supersoldier, although this was already known to the audience, as the ending of the episode ("Per Manum") displayed the bumps found on the backs of the necks of all supersoldiers.
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