The film concerned a character known as the Cigarette Smoking Pontiff, based on Augustine O'Fallon, and his quest to find the Lazarus Bowl, which he would use to raise an army of zombies. Mulder and Scully were attempting to stop his nefarious scheme. The climax of the film took place in a cemetery where the Pontiff's zombies - armed with laser-sighted sniper rifles - had Mulder pinned down while the Pontiff held Scully at gunpoint. Mulder threatened to destroy the Lazarus Bowl and destroy the zombie army, even though he had long sought the ancient relic. The zombies pleaded with Mulder not to destroy the bowl, as they greatly preferred being alive and promised to "dump that ciggy-smoking stooge" and make Mulder "the new king of the dead." Proclaiming that he would "rather serve in heaven