Plot Summary:The agents become involved in the case of a shooting in a fast food restaurant. What interest them the most is the story of a patron who tried to talk the shooter into giving himself up. After several patrons are shot, the man heals them by laying his hands on their wounds. He also has the ability to change his appearance at will. In the middle of the investigation, Mulder learns that his mother has suffered a stroke after a visit by the Cigarette Smoking Man who, it turns out, has known her since before Mulder was born. The man from the fast food restaurant isn't the only shape-shifter however and someone is clearly out to kill him.
When the victims of a fast food restaurant shootout are miraculously healed and the healer vanishes without a trace, Mulder and Scully investigate. At the same time, Mulder's Mother is taken ill and an old source confronts him with photos pertaining to a long-repressed past.