Release

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A particularly adept student from Scully's class at the FBI Academy helps to finally solve the murder of Agent Doggett's son.

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Agent Doggett works on a case that may hold a connection to the murder of his son. With the help of an FBI cadet named Rudolph Hayes, Doggett acquires information to help his current case as well as establish the link between the present, his Jane Does and the past - his son, Luke. The link is a man named Nicholas Regali, an organized crime participant who has an association with Bob Harvey, the only suspect in Luke's case. Though the cadet, Hayes, is not who he says he is, his information proves invaluable in Doggett's search for release from his son's death.

[edit] Background Information

The woman playing Doggett's wife in this episode is Robert Patrick's real wife, Barbara Patrick. She previously appeared in the same role in "John Doe".

In this episode, The Washington Post is mentioned. In real life, the managing editor of that newspaper in the 1970s, Howard Simons, is credited with dubbing Watergate informant W. Mark Felt (whose identity, at the time, was kept secret) "Deep Throat". The use of this alias was Chris Carter's original inspiration for having a character known merely as "Deep Throat" in The X-Files.

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Series:	The X-Files
Original Airdate:	05-05-2002
Production Number:	9x16
Date(s):	Spring 2002
Teleplay by:	David Amann
Story by:	John Shiban & David Amann
Directed by:	Kim Manners