After the body of a decapitated EMT disappears from the morgue and an identical man starts work at the same hospital, Mulder believes that the man has the ability to regrow parts of his body, including his head. The agents soon discover that Betts' body is riddled with cancer and he is able to live in that condition but needs to feed on cancerous tumors to keep up his strength.
Quest roles:
Bill Dow(Charles Burks), Brad Loree(Security Guard), Sean Campbell(Local Cop), Paul McCrane(Leonard Morris Betts), Jennifer Clement(Michele Wilkes), Lucia Walters(EMT (uncredited)), Marjorie Lovett(Elaine Tanner), Greg Newmeyer(New Partner (uncredited)), Don Ackerman(Night Attendant (uncredited)), Laara Sadiq(Female EMT), J. Douglas Stewart(Male EMT), Peter Bryant(The Uniformed Cop), Ken Jones(Bearded Man (uncredited)), Dave Hurtubise(Pathologist)