[s4e17] Tempus Fugit (1) -

: The search leads Mulder to dive into a lake near the crash site, where he discovers the wreckage of a downed UFO.

is the 17th episode of Season 4 of the science fiction series The X-Files . It originally premiered on March 16, 1997, and serves as the first part of a two-part mythology story that concludes with the episode "Max". Plot Summary [S4E17] Tempus Fugit (1)

: Mulder and Scully join the NTSB investigation of Flight 549. Mulder quickly suspects the crash was caused by a UFO attempting to abduct Max, rather than mechanical failure or a "repeater" error. : The search leads Mulder to dive into

: The episode ends in a shootout at a bar where Agent Pendrell is critically wounded while protecting Scully from a government assassin. Key Cast and Crew Plot Summary : Mulder and Scully join the

While celebrating Agent Scully’s birthday, Mulder is approached by a woman who informs him that —an alien abductee first introduced in Season 1—has died in a commercial plane crash.

: The agents discover a "missing nine minutes" in the flight's record, suggesting a temporal anomaly during the event.