Familiar (The X-Files)

"**Familiar**"
"Familiar"
The X-Files episode
Episode no.	Season 11; Episode 8
Directed by	Holly Dale
Written by	Benjamin Van Allen
Production code	2AYW09
Original air date	March 7, 2018
Running time	43 minutes
Guest appearances
	Alex Carter as Chief Strong; Erin Chambers as Anna Strong; Jason Gray-Stanford as Officer Rick Eggers; Roger Cross as Officer Wentworth; Ken Godmere as Melvin Peter; Sharon Taylor as Diana Eggers; Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez as Andrew Eggers; Sean Campbell as Officer Sean; Emma Oliver as Emily Strong;
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"Familiar" is the eighth episode of the eleventh season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. The episode was written by Benjamin Van Allen, and directed by Holly Dale. It aired on March 7, 2018, on Fox.

The show centers on FBI special agents who work on unsolved paranormal cases called X-Files; focusing on the investigations of Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) after their reinstatement in the FBI. In this episode, Mulder and Scully investigate the brutal animal attack of a little boy in Connecticut, while suspecting darker forces are at play.