Walter Skinner is accused of murder when he wakes up in a hotel room next to a prostitute with her neck broken.

Mulder and Scully try their best to clear his name but as they try to get evidence to support their investigation, they instead get increasingly more worried of the fact that he really could have killed the woman when they find that he doesn't remember what happened to the woman, his marriage has just ended in a divorce and he is seeing a psychiatrist for a sleep disorder. The only thing that could clear his name is something paranormal, the old woman that visits him at night. The problem being that someone at the government is framing Skinner to try to get him fired.