 In the season two episode "Ascension", Mulder's superior, Assistant Director Walter Skinner, reopens the cases, aware that the X-Files are what the conspiracy fears most.A short time later, Mulder offered his badge and the X-Files to Skinner, in return for the whereabouts of a certain member of the government conspiracy.In the eighth season (200001), Special Agents John Doggett (played by Robert Patrick) and Monica Reyes (played by Annabeth Gish) are assigned to the X-Files.