When an Army general is attacked in D.C., Mulder and Scully are on the case to track what they think is a mad man. As the case plays out, they come to realize that the General and a former Army Private had many things in common, even though they had never met. One man is seemingly blessed while the other is cursed.

The team is called to investigate the shooting of a sailor in a park, however they must put together who the real target is and the motives for the seemingly random crime while putting together the seedy past of many people involved.