With Scully's life hanging in the balance, Mulder pursues a death fetishist whose horrifying obsessions could lead to murder.
Engaged in combat the Atlantis team's puddle jumper is hit with an energy wave that leaves them unharmed but destroys their Wraith attackers. Hoping to find the source of the wave the team lands on the planet below. There they find a civilization enjoying the utmost health and happiness untouched by the Wraith. Their leader Chaya refuses to allow anyone other than her own people the sanctuary and safety from the Wraith that would be found by settling on their planet. Unwilling to give up so easily Major Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) asks Chaya to reconsider. After thinking it over Chaya surprises everyone by requesting to accompany them back to Atlantis to discuss the matter further leading the team to suspect they may be caught in a trap.
Kara takes to life in Smallville by getting a job at the Talon, and entering the Miss Sweet Corn Pageant as a contestant, overruling Clark's objections. However, Lex takes an interest in her and three of the other contestants discover she has super-powers and decide to use her to steal a valuable time capsule.
After a series of paranormal deaths occur at a Mexican migrant camp, Mulder and Scully go on the trail of a mythical blood-sucking creature known as "El Chupacabra."
As part of a Phoenix Foundation program to lower the drop-out rate, MacGyver tries to inspire a promising, but unmotivated, high school student, despite the negative efforts of a cynical teacher and the boy's skeptical father.
