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The X-Files – Season 10, Episode 2 Founder's Mutation

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When a scientist suddenly kills himself, Mulder and Scully's investigation leads to a laboratory where extreme genetic experimentation has been breeding subjects with dangerous powers.
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The X-Files — Season 10, Episode 2

The X-Files — Season 10, Episode 2

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Critics Consensus

"Founder's Mutation" gains ground and looks more like the original series, but the episode is still guilty of trying to accomplish too much.

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Gillian Anderson

FBI Special Agent Dana Scully

David Duchovny

FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder

Mitch Pileggi

Asst. Dir. Walter Skinner

Doug Savant

Augustus Goldman

Jonathan Whitesell

Kyle Gilligan

Rebecca Wisocky

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Gail Pennington St. Louis Post-Dispatch 02/23/2016
B
Lots of classic X-Files plotting; plus, Mulder and Scully remember their lost son, William. Go to Full Review Tim Martin Daily Telegraph (UK) 02/15/2016
The X-Files seemed in no hurry to give up its secrets. Situation normal, then. Welcome back, you two. Go to Full Review Jeff Jensen Entertainment Weekly 02/04/2016
Like the premiere, it suffered from trying to accomplish too much. Go to Full Review Chris Cabin Collider 02/23/2016
3/5
"Founder's Mutation" feels more like a strong episode of one of The X-Files' major scions, Fringe, where the wildness of the weird is simply accepted as part of the gears of the world. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis When a scientist suddenly kills himself, Mulder and Scully's investigation leads to a laboratory where extreme genetic experimentation has been breeding subjects with dangerous powers.
Director
James Wong
Executive Producer
Chris Carter
Screenwriter
James Wong
Network
Fox
Rating
TV-14 (V|S|D|L)
Genre
Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 25, 2016
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