10 Times The X-Files Mythology Confused Fans
6. Krycek’s Pointless Nano Plot
SR-819 is a fantastic entry from the show’s sixth season that deals with a plot to murder F.B.I. Assistant Director Walter Skinner.
After a boxing match, Skinner finds strange bruises on his stomach and blue veins begin spreading all over his body. The situation worsens when a computerized voice tells him he has 24 hours to live. Mulder helps put the pieces together and discovers Skinner has been infected with nanobots.
By the time they wrap up their investigation, the man behind the plot is still at large and just before the credits roll, Alex Krycek appears and informs Skinner he’s controlling the nanobots and can end his life at any time. Skinner demands to know what he wants but Krycek’s cryptic “all in good time.” response had fans eager to learn what the double agent had up his sleeve.
But Wait...
The plot went nowhere. Krycek’s agenda turned out to be nothing more than having Skinner tape a few conversations with Mulder and Scully. It seemed silly that a bad guy like Krycek would waste the potential of having power over an Assistant Director of the F.B.I by only using him to spy on the two agents.
Bizarrely; they never mentioned the nanotechnology after series seven and the storyline had no resolution by the time Skinner executed Krycek in the F.B.I parking lot.