Francis organises a hunger strike to get back the academy's TV, taken away by Spangler. Malcolm is hospitalised with appendicitis, leaving the family obsessing over a board game.
Sam is overprotective of his goddaughter Joyce, the niece of the late and beloved Coach. To protect Joyce during her visit to Boston, Sam arranges for her to be escorted by a "safe" date: Woody.
When a religious cult operating in Canada unearths a spacecraft similar to the one Scully discovered in Africa, a plot is set in motion to kill baby William.