Episodes >>> Season 3 >>> 03.03 Light Years

First aired: 14 October 2004

This time, the team searches for a delusional appearing Sci-fi fanatic who disappeared from his appartment after ranting on about those "out to get him" (before peeling back the tinfoil covering his windows). Jack also has to deal with the consequences of his actions in the affair and how it affected the rest of the team.

While searching for a missing 37-year-old x-ray technician, the team discovers that the man has long believed that he was abducted by aliens as a child.

The team is intrigued when the missing Teddy Cota's pregnant ex-girlfriend explains that she broke up with him when he told her he feared the extraterrestrials would return for him and their baby. After a friend at Teddy's alien abductees' support group claims they'd recently been trailed by two menacing "Men in Black," it seems the team's only normal lead is from a neighbor who saw Teddy let an agitated man into his apartment the night he disappeared. Meanwhile, while dealing with the awkwardness of displacing Vivian as the team's leader, Jack's lawyer tells him that his estranged wife is planning to use his affair with Samantha to prove he's an unfit parent in their custody battle.

Guest Appearances:
Ivar Brogger .... Dr. Bedford
Timothy Busfield .... Ed Felder
Margaret Easley .... Sonya Trammel
David Eigenberg .... Teddy Cota
Julian Fleischer .... Dr. McCann
Christopher Gerzeli .... Young Teddy
Joseph Hodge .... Pat Burke
Nathan Norton .... Kevin Burke
Peter John Pastore .... Process Server
Navi Rawat .... Ms. Tompkeller
Marcie Lynn Ross .... Nurse
Raphael Sbarge .... Leo Cota
Chad W. Smathers .... Young Leo (as Chad Smathers)
T.J. Thyne .... Duncan