The Gift is another solid season 8 episode. I really enjoy the teaser and I love the rest of the episode just as much. Season 8's redeeming quality for me is the Doggett centric episodes. Even the ones that are about Mulder. This one is about a creature that eats people's diseases by completely consuming their bodies and then vomiting everything out again into a pit where they then reform into a new person without their previous ailment. The teaser suggests that Mulder may have been involved in the murder of the man that possesses this ability; however, we later find out the reason Mulder killed him was because he saw the pain and suffering the creature was going through by having to take all the ailments onto himself. Doggett finds this out and also take compassion on the creature but tries to save him by taking him away. He is confronted by the town and much to our surprise is shot through the chest with a shotgun. But don't worry, he too gets healed by this powerful creature. I love the interaction between Skinner and Doggett in this episode and I enjoy the backstory into Mulder's final months before his abduction. I give The Gift a 9 out of 10.
