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* In 'Obliette', Mulder is heavily invested in the abduction case and was distraught when Lucy died. While it was never mentioned in the episode itself, it is clear that he relates to the victims because his sister was also an abduction victim who was never found.
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* Mulders first name, Fox. When we first meet him, he is on a wild goose chase.
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* Quite a bit, but the most notorious example might be from ''Fight the Future'': how did Mulder and Scully get back to civilization from the crashed spaceship in the Antarctic? (There's a joke about this later in the TV series.)
* Okay, "Home" is a great and chilling episode, but does anyone else think the writers didn't put much thought into that ending? The surviving Peacock family hit the road with plans to start over their grotesque family elsewhere, but how in blazes do they hope to pull that off? The only way they had managed to hide from society for so long was because of their ancestral farmhouse, which they no longer have by the end, and in the course of the episode they had ''murdered two law-enforcement officers and one's innocent wife'', so there's no doubt whatsoever that police will be actively looking for them. Since they aren't supernatural villains with any reality-bending powers, it's a pretty safe bet that the minute their car runs low on gas or they need to find food, Peacock Jr. and his incestuous potato-sack of a momma are '''fucked'''.
** They're also going to have some problems raising another family. Sure, Momma just had another baby, but it most likely would have died naturally anyway, and she's getting pretty old to be having more....
** On the other hand, it's fair to say that these people aren't exactly completely rational or psychologically healthy, and the whole point of the episode is that they've become locked in a very unhealthy and awful cycle. They're starting again and doing the exact same thing because, horrible it may be, it's the only way of life they know, not because it's a foolproof idea that's guaranteed to work out. We only see that they're trying again, there's nothing to suggest that they absolutely definitely succeed.
*** The "police are actively searching for them" forest seems a tad more pertinent than the few "can they still make babies" trees. The ending presents them as {{Karma Houdini}}s free to continue their horrific lifestyle, but they absolutely don't have the smarts or resources to outwit authorities that are definitely pissed off and hunting them down.
* EasyLogistics played for the RuleOfCool: Mulder never ever has any qualms about commandeering any resource from the [=FBI=], regardless the cost, which strikes as unrealistic when everyone knows he is acting on suspicions, insignificant clues and in most cases outside the rule of law, full stop. Airplane (possibly ''military'') transport, all-terrain tracked vehicle, supplies by ton for the Antarctic trip. No higher [=FBI=] official batted an eyelash on such extravagances ever.
** The girl handling the agents' finances was later revealed to be a huge fan of the agents, so she probably didn't treat any of Mulder's actions as unnecessary.
** Mulder is also implied to have come from a wealthy family; he grew up on Martha's Vineyard, his parents owned a summer house in Connecticut, he went to Oxford for college, and he "rents" a Congressman for his own uses. In season 8, he's unconcerned about his own unemployment and doesn't try to get another job. After that, he's able to easily slip into hiding and support himself while doing so. It could be that he's ''not'' using FBI channels or money at all, but his own money to fund some of his more ambitious expeditions and his friends in high places (see the rented Congressman) to grease the wheels.
* "Darkness Falls" episode (1994) does it at least twice. The Monsters of the Week, basically [[BugWar vicious blood-sucking bugs]], are "afraid" of light in Mulder's words, in practice they are inactivated by light. Our heroes and a few others are caught at night in stranded cars, but with fully operational engines and electrical systems. Why didn't they turn on the headlights and interior dome lights? And how could the bugs after killing a 70-90 kg (155-200 lbs) man raise his body onto a tree? (Although the last one [[FridgeBrilliance can be explained]] by the fact the victim could have been killed while he was already up in the tree, since he was a logger).
** There was supposed to be critically short fuel supplies, making escape (or even cabin lighting) via the vehicles impossible. What struck me as odd is why they didn't maintain a small to medium reserve to use as an extreme form of lighter-fluid, and use it to start campfires that, once going, would have the unlimited fuel of the forest.
*** Speaking as someone who's grown up in UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest, at that location and time of year, any wood they didn't have chopped and stacked under cover was probably too damp to burn. Even lighter fluid sometimes isn't enough to keep a fire going, if it's too soggy.
* Scully giving William up for adoption in season 9 is a source of FridgeLogic for a lot of fans. In the first place, it goes directly against Scully's character, who only four seasons before had fought tooth-and-nail to adopt a three-year-old daughter she'd never met and had only known three days. All this despite knowing that the child was conceived to be experimented on and that both mother and daughter would likely be hunted by the conspiracy. In the second place, it doesn't make sense from a common sense standpoint. Scully gives William away to an anonymous couple in order to keep him safe. Never mind that she is taking the baby away from at least ''five trained FBI agents'' who know the details of the situation and have the weapons, knowledge, and training to at least try to keep him safe and giving him to a couple who know nothing about the baby's paranormal background, the conspiracy, or the fact that they now have a huge bulls-eye painted on their backs. To make it worse, this is a ''closed'' adoption--there is nothing Scully can do to check on her baby after she gives him up. Doesn't this just make it easier for the conspiracy to kill of William and his adoptive parents?
** With The revival is heavily implied that this was Chris plan all along. William was conceived right after Mulder discovered the truth about Samantha taking away any personal stake he had on the X-files. So losing him gives him and Scully a new crusade besides fighting the invasion. Specially if you take in account that Cancer Man "dies" in the same episode Scully announces her pregnancy and reappears right after she gave him up for adoption, showing he has been manipulating Mulder behind scenes for God only knows how long. In fact he might had sent the note that made Mulder get away so a vulnerable Scully could be convinced that adoption was the only way to keep their baby safe now that Mulder was M.I.A. Did Spender ever explained how he got away from his torturers? Those tears might not had been about being happy to met his nephew but about tricking Scully to save his neck.
* The season five episode "Folie à Deux" has a nice little whammy. A guy in an office building can see a bug monster disguised as his boss (which no one else can see) turning his co-workers into zombies (which no one else can see either). He sends a tape to a radio station containing a warning telling everyone to band together and hunt down the monster that 'hides in the light.' Eventually, he gets desperate enough that he pulls out an assault rifle and takes everyone hostage, separating out the 'zombies' from the real people and even getting his bug boss singled out on the floor right in front of him. He then... threatens to start shooting real people unless he gets on TV. He has both the bug and the zombies RIGHT THERE, why doesn't he just shoot them now?
** Because he wanted to prove that he wasn't mad rather than being remembered as the psycho who killed his colleagues for no apparent reason. Sure, one might argue that the true nature of Pincus would be [[ThisWasHisTrueForm revealed once he died]]. On the other hand, he is able to trick ''cameras'' into depicting him as human, so who knows whether these effects would not persist after death?
* So, the premise for "Firewalker" is that a) a team of geologists was infected with a silicoid fungus living inside an active volcano, and b) the only one who wasn't tries to kill the others to prevent its spread. Yet, we later see the man burn the body of his most recent victim. It's like, I know that fluid he used might burn hotter than the volcanic surroundings they're in, but still, he should figure the fungus could be able to handle some heat.
* The RetCon in the reboot that CSM is really Jackson/William's father makes zero sense. For one, the timeline about when this could happen and when Scully gave birth do not line up. While solid dates are hard to come by, if Chris Carter meant to exploit the missing time in "En Ami," that episode takes place before "Chimera," which is investigated just after Easter 2000. Mulder's e-mail in [="TrustNo1"=] is dated January 2002. William is simply too young in season 9 to have been conceived in "En Ami." For another, are we to believe that Scully, a medical doctor who was canonically neurotic about her pregnancy and paranoid her baby might not be human, wouldn't have run a DNA test? Or, for that matter, that she wouldn't have had genetic testing as par for the course, given her age?
** Even within the reboot, it relies on Scully holding the IdiotBall for it to actually work. CSM tells Scully he's Jackson/William's father in "My Struggle III," several episodes before a body is found that ''might'' be Jackson/William. Scully runs a DNA test to confirm she's his mother (and therefore his identity), but doesn't run one to check if CSM, the manipulative BigBad of the series, might be lying through his teeth about paternity?
* Quite a bit, but the most notorious example might be from ''Fight the Future'': how did Mulder and Scully get back to civilization from the crashed spaceship in the Antarctic? (There's a joke about this later in the TV series.)
* Okay, "Home" is a great and chilling episode, but does anyone else think the writers didn't put much thought into that ending? The surviving Peacock family hit the road with plans to start over their grotesque family elsewhere, but how in blazes do they hope to pull that off? The only way they had managed to hide from society for so long was because of their ancestral farmhouse, which they no longer have by the end, and in the course of the episode they had ''murdered two law-enforcement officers and one's innocent wife'', so there's no doubt whatsoever that police will be actively looking for them. Since they aren't supernatural villains with any reality-bending powers, it's a pretty safe bet that the minute their car runs low on gas or they need to find food, Peacock Jr. and his incestuous potato-sack of a momma are '''fucked'''.
** They're also going to have some problems raising another family. Sure, Momma just had another baby, but it most likely would have died naturally anyway, and she's getting pretty old to be having more....
** On the other hand, it's fair to say that these people aren't exactly completely rational or psychologically healthy, and the whole point of the episode is that they've become locked in a very unhealthy and awful cycle. They're starting again and doing the exact same thing because, horrible it may be, it's the only way of life they know, not because it's a foolproof idea that's guaranteed to work out. We only see that they're trying again, there's nothing to suggest that they absolutely definitely succeed.
*** The "police are actively searching for them" forest seems a tad more pertinent than the few "can they still make babies" trees. The ending presents them as {{Karma Houdini}}s free to continue their horrific lifestyle, but they absolutely don't have the smarts or resources to outwit authorities that are definitely pissed off and hunting them down.
* EasyLogistics played for the RuleOfCool: Mulder never ever has any qualms about commandeering any resource from the [=FBI=], regardless the cost, which strikes as unrealistic when everyone knows he is acting on suspicions, insignificant clues and in most cases outside the rule of law, full stop. Airplane (possibly ''military'') transport, all-terrain tracked vehicle, supplies by ton for the Antarctic trip. No higher [=FBI=] official batted an eyelash on such extravagances ever.
** The girl handling the agents' finances was later revealed to be a huge fan of the agents, so she probably didn't treat any of Mulder's actions as unnecessary.
** Mulder is also implied to have come from a wealthy family; he grew up on Martha's Vineyard, his parents owned a summer house in Connecticut, he went to Oxford for college, and he "rents" a Congressman for his own uses. In season 8, he's unconcerned about his own unemployment and doesn't try to get another job. After that, he's able to easily slip into hiding and support himself while doing so. It could be that he's ''not'' using FBI channels or money at all, but his own money to fund some of his more ambitious expeditions and his friends in high places (see the rented Congressman) to grease the wheels.
* "Darkness Falls" episode (1994) does it at least twice. The Monsters of the Week, basically [[BugWar vicious blood-sucking bugs]], are "afraid" of light in Mulder's words, in practice they are inactivated by light. Our heroes and a few others are caught at night in stranded cars, but with fully operational engines and electrical systems. Why didn't they turn on the headlights and interior dome lights? And how could the bugs after killing a 70-90 kg (155-200 lbs) man raise his body onto a tree? (Although the last one [[FridgeBrilliance can be explained]] by the fact the victim could have been killed while he was already up in the tree, since he was a logger).
** There was supposed to be critically short fuel supplies, making escape (or even cabin lighting) via the vehicles impossible. What struck me as odd is why they didn't maintain a small to medium reserve to use as an extreme form of lighter-fluid, and use it to start campfires that, once going, would have the unlimited fuel of the forest.
*** Speaking as someone who's grown up in UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest, at that location and time of year, any wood they didn't have chopped and stacked under cover was probably too damp to burn. Even lighter fluid sometimes isn't enough to keep a fire going, if it's too soggy.
* Scully giving William up for adoption in season 9 is a source of FridgeLogic for a lot of fans. In the first place, it goes directly against Scully's character, who only four seasons before had fought tooth-and-nail to adopt a three-year-old daughter she'd never met and had only known three days. All this despite knowing that the child was conceived to be experimented on and that both mother and daughter would likely be hunted by the conspiracy. In the second place, it doesn't make sense from a common sense standpoint. Scully gives William away to an anonymous couple in order to keep him safe. Never mind that she is taking the baby away from at least ''five trained FBI agents'' who know the details of the situation and have the weapons, knowledge, and training to at least try to keep him safe and giving him to a couple who know nothing about the baby's paranormal background, the conspiracy, or the fact that they now have a huge bulls-eye painted on their backs. To make it worse, this is a ''closed'' adoption--there is nothing Scully can do to check on her baby after she gives him up. Doesn't this just make it easier for the conspiracy to kill of William and his adoptive parents?
** With The revival is heavily implied that this was Chris plan all along. William was conceived right after Mulder discovered the truth about Samantha taking away any personal stake he had on the X-files. So losing him gives him and Scully a new crusade besides fighting the invasion. Specially if you take in account that Cancer Man "dies" in the same episode Scully announces her pregnancy and reappears right after she gave him up for adoption, showing he has been manipulating Mulder behind scenes for God only knows how long. In fact he might had sent the note that made Mulder get away so a vulnerable Scully could be convinced that adoption was the only way to keep their baby safe now that Mulder was M.I.A. Did Spender ever explained how he got away from his torturers? Those tears might not had been about being happy to met his nephew but about tricking Scully to save his neck.
* The season five episode "Folie à Deux" has a nice little whammy. A guy in an office building can see a bug monster disguised as his boss (which no one else can see) turning his co-workers into zombies (which no one else can see either). He sends a tape to a radio station containing a warning telling everyone to band together and hunt down the monster that 'hides in the light.' Eventually, he gets desperate enough that he pulls out an assault rifle and takes everyone hostage, separating out the 'zombies' from the real people and even getting his bug boss singled out on the floor right in front of him. He then... threatens to start shooting real people unless he gets on TV. He has both the bug and the zombies RIGHT THERE, why doesn't he just shoot them now?
** Because he wanted to prove that he wasn't mad rather than being remembered as the psycho who killed his colleagues for no apparent reason. Sure, one might argue that the true nature of Pincus would be [[ThisWasHisTrueForm revealed once he died]]. On the other hand, he is able to trick ''cameras'' into depicting him as human, so who knows whether these effects would not persist after death?
* So, the premise for "Firewalker" is that a) a team of geologists was infected with a silicoid fungus living inside an active volcano, and b) the only one who wasn't tries to kill the others to prevent its spread. Yet, we later see the man burn the body of his most recent victim. It's like, I know that fluid he used might burn hotter than the volcanic surroundings they're in, but still, he should figure the fungus could be able to handle some heat.
* The RetCon in the reboot that CSM is really Jackson/William's father makes zero sense. For one, the timeline about when this could happen and when Scully gave birth do not line up. While solid dates are hard to come by, if Chris Carter meant to exploit the missing time in "En Ami," that episode takes place before "Chimera," which is investigated just after Easter 2000. Mulder's e-mail in [="TrustNo1"=] is dated January 2002. William is simply too young in season 9 to have been conceived in "En Ami." For another, are we to believe that Scully, a medical doctor who was canonically neurotic about her pregnancy and paranoid her baby might not be human, wouldn't have run a DNA test? Or, for that matter, that she wouldn't have had genetic testing as par for the course, given her age?
** Even within the reboot, it relies on Scully holding the IdiotBall for it to actually work. CSM tells Scully he's Jackson/William's father in "My Struggle III," several episodes before a body is found that ''might'' be Jackson/William. Scully runs a DNA test to confirm she's his mother (and therefore his identity), but doesn't run one to check if CSM, the manipulative BigBad of the series, might be lying through his teeth about paternity?
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* The funeral home in "Bad Blood" is called 'PEACEFUL SLUMBERS FUNERAL HOME'. Well, they sell their coffins to vampires to sleep in, so peaceful slumber is more of an advertisement for their comfy coffins than an euphemism for a dignified burial.
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* The funeral home in "Bad Blood" is called 'PEACEFUL ''PEACEFUL SLUMBERS FUNERAL HOME'.HOME''. Well, they sell their coffins to vampires to sleep in, so peaceful slumber is more of an advertisement for their comfy coffins than an euphemism for a dignified burial.
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* In "Bad Blood", a lot of time is spent describing Hartwell's teeth, with Mulder and Scully fighting about the look of them. Turns out, aside from a small overbite, they look totally normal. Also turns out, this is usual for vampires, and he is one, with Ronny and his veneers being the odd one out.
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* In "Bad Blood", a lot of time is spent describing Hartwell's teeth, with Mulder and Scully fighting about the look of them. Turns out, aside from a small overbite, they look totally normal. Also turns out, this is usual for vampires, and he is one, with Ronny Ronnie and his veneers being the odd one out.
* The funeral home in "Bad Blood" is called 'PEACEFUL SLUMBERS FUNERAL HOME'. Well, they sell their coffins to vampires to sleep in, so peaceful slumber is more of an advertisement for their comfy coffins than an euphemism for a dignified burial.
* The funeral home in "Bad Blood" is called 'PEACEFUL SLUMBERS FUNERAL HOME'. Well, they sell their coffins to vampires to sleep in, so peaceful slumber is more of an advertisement for their comfy coffins than an euphemism for a dignified burial.
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* In "Bad Blood", a lot of time is spent describing Hartwell's teeth, with Mulder and Scully fighting about the look of them. Turns out, aside from a small overbite, they look totally normal. Also turns out, this is usual for vampires, and he is one, with Ronny and his veneers being the odd one out.
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* An [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories all-powerful evil conspiracy]]... could not oust rogue Agent Mulder and sympathetic Assistant Director Skinner from the FBI, or at least remove them to some insignificant bureaucratic duty? Explained (rather poorly) by the back story of Mulder having been regarded as a hero who aided in the capture of a vicious serial killer early in his career, and therefore any action against him would be a public relations pain in the backside. Not explained by the fact the [[TheSyndicate Evil Conspiracy]] had already ousted people far more important and powerful.
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* An [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories all-powerful evil conspiracy]]...conspiracy... could not oust rogue Agent Mulder and sympathetic Assistant Director Skinner from the FBI, or at least remove them to some insignificant bureaucratic duty? Explained (rather poorly) by the back story of Mulder having been regarded as a hero who aided in the capture of a vicious serial killer early in his career, and therefore any action against him would be a public relations pain in the backside. Not explained by the fact the [[TheSyndicate Evil Conspiracy]] had already ousted people far more important and powerful.
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** And, to say that the female Jersey Devil deserved to [[spoiler:die]] (like some critics who reviewed the episode) is just cruel. She was trying to ''escape'', and was not actively attacking Mulder, Scully or anyone else. Despite her, ahem, [[ImAHumanitarian dietary preferences]], Mulder's shock at the fact the resident CorruptCop [[spoiler: killed]] her is entirely justified. And makes us hate the CorruptCop more.
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** And, to say that the female Jersey Devil deserved to [[spoiler:die]] (like some critics who reviewed the episode) is just cruel. She was trying to ''escape'', and was not actively attacking Mulder, Scully or anyone else. Despite her, ahem, [[ImAHumanitarian dietary preferences]], Mulder's shock at the fact the resident CorruptCop [[spoiler: killed]] her is entirely justified. And makes us hate the CorruptCop more.
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* "The Jersey Devil"'s ending; both of that... child's (I refuse to use the word "creature") parents are dead. That means she's either going to starve to death or a pack of passing coyotes will decide "ooh, easy lunch" and eat the poor child alive. [[TearJerker Poor kid]].
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* "The Jersey Devil"'s ending; both of that... child's (I refuse to use the word "creature") creature’s parents are dead. That means she's either going to starve to death or a pack of passing coyotes will decide "ooh, easy lunch" and eat the poor child alive. [[TearJerker Poor kid]].
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** Take it even further, actually: the Cigarette-Smoking Man ''always'' paid close attention to wherever and whatever Mulder went and did, and there are several hints throughout the series that, when it didn't interfere with their specific projects, the "cabal" had no problems implementing whatever safety procedure suggestions he would make regarding dangerous unexplained phenomena. To put it another way, Mulder was half a whistle-blower, half Wiki/{{SCP|Foundation}} agent. They would've been fools to have actually gotten rid of him completely, and they knew it.
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** Take it even further, actually: the Cigarette-Smoking Man ''always'' paid close attention to wherever and whatever Mulder went and did, and there are several hints throughout the series that, when it didn't interfere with their specific projects, the "cabal" had no problems implementing whatever safety procedure suggestions he would make regarding dangerous unexplained phenomena. To put it another way, Mulder was half a whistle-blower, half Wiki/{{SCP|Foundation}} Website/{{SCP|Foundation}} agent. They would've been fools to have actually gotten rid of him completely, and they knew it.
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* The show's tagline ("The truth is out there") has a double meaning. On one hand, Mulder is seeking the truth about the alien conspiracy and the disappearance of his sister, but he doesn't know where to find this truth. Therefore, the truth is out there, as the answers he seeks are out in the world somewhere. On the other hand, the truth about the world is that many supernatural or otherworldly things exist and "normal" is just an illusion. Therefore, the truth is out there, as in what's real is actually very weird.
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* By the time of "Field Trip", Mulder has been partners with Scully for six years, making him used to her skepticism. However, she accepts seeing the alien in his apartment as real so easily that he ''himself'' begins to doubt his own reality; ironically, this [[SwappedRoles role reversal]] allows him to save them both from their MushroomSamba.
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* By the time of "Field Trip", Mulder has been partners with Scully for six years, making him used to her skepticism. However, she accepts seeing the alien in his apartment as real so easily that he ''himself'' begins to doubt his own reality; ironically, this [[SwappedRoles role reversal]] him being the skeptic for once]] allows him to save them both from their MushroomSamba.
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* By the time of "Field Trip", Mulder has been partners with Scully for six years, making him used to her skepticism. However, she accepts seeing the alien in his apartment as real so easily that he ''himself'' begins to doubt his own reality; ironically, this [[SwappedRoles role reversal]] allows him to free save them out both from their MushroomSamba.
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* The show's tagline ("The truth is out there") has a double meaning. On one hand, Mulder is seeking the truth about the alien conspiracy and the disappearance of his sister, but he doesn't know where to find this truth. Therefore, the truth is out there, as the answers he seeks are out in the world somewhere. On the other hand, the truth about the world is that many supernatural or otherworldly things exist and "normal" is just an illusion. Therefore, the truth is out there, as in what's real is actually very weird.
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* The show's tagline ("The truth is out there") has a double meaning. On one hand, By the time of "Field Trip", Mulder is seeking the truth about has been partners with Scully for six years, making him used to her skepticism. However, she accepts seeing the alien conspiracy and the disappearance of in his sister, but apartment so easily that he doesn't know where ''himself'' begins to find doubt his own reality; ironically, this truth. Therefore, the truth is [[SwappedRoles role reversal]] allows him to free them out there, as the answers he seeks are out in the world somewhere. On the other hand, the truth about the world is that many supernatural or otherworldly things exist and "normal" is just an illusion. Therefore, the truth is out there, as in what's real is actually very weird.from their MushroomSamba.
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* In "Audrey" Mulder wonders if he likes sunflower seeds because his father likes them, thus making it genetic. Scully argues that no one is born liking them, it's all a combination of nurture. Mulder recounts that he would wake up, afraid to be the only person on earth, but he could hear his father eating sunflower seeds, which would calm him down. The environmental factor influencing mulder's love for the seeds was the feeling on contentment after hearing his father eating them.
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* In "Audrey" Mulder wonders if he likes sunflower seeds because his father likes them, thus making it genetic. Scully argues that no one is born liking them, it's all a combination of nurture. Mulder recounts that he would wake up, afraid to be the only person on earth, but he could hear his father eating sunflower seeds, which would calm him down. The environmental factor influencing mulder's Mulder’s love for the seeds was the feeling on contentment after hearing his father eating them.
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** With The revival is heavily implied that this was Chris plan all along. William was conceived right after Mulder discovered the truth about Samantha taking away any personal stake he had on the X-files. So losing him give him and Scully a new crusade besides fighting the invasion. Specially if you take in account that Cancer Man "dies" in the same episode Scully announces her pregnancy and reappears right after she gaves him up for adoption showing he has been manipulating Mulder behind scenes for God only knows how long. In fact he might had sent the note that made Mulder get away so a vulnerable Scully could be convinced that adoption was the only way to keep their baby safe now that Mulder was M.I.A. Did Spender ever explained how he got away from his torturers? Those tears might not had been about being happy to met his nephew but about tricking Scully to save his neck.
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** With The revival is heavily implied that this was Chris plan all along. William was conceived right after Mulder discovered the truth about Samantha taking away any personal stake he had on the X-files. So losing him give gives him and Scully a new crusade besides fighting the invasion. Specially if you take in account that Cancer Man "dies" in the same episode Scully announces her pregnancy and reappears right after she gaves gave him up for adoption adoption, showing he has been manipulating Mulder behind scenes for God only knows how long. In fact he might had sent the note that made Mulder get away so a vulnerable Scully could be convinced that adoption was the only way to keep their baby safe now that Mulder was M.I.A. Did Spender ever explained how he got away from his torturers? Those tears might not had been about being happy to met his nephew but about tricking Scully to save his neck.
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* The RetCon in the reboot that CSM is really Jackson/William's father makes zero sense. For one, the timeline about when this could happen and when Scully gave birth do not line up. While solid dates are hard to come by, we do know that "En Ami" took place before "Chimera," which was investigated just after Easter 2000 (so, early spring) and that the e-mails in "TrustNo1" are dated early January 2002. William is simply too young in season 9 to have been the result of CSM's insemination. Not to mention, are we ''really'' to believe that Scully, a ''doctor'' who was canonically neurotic about her pregnancy and ensuring everything was okay, would ''not'' have run a DNA test on her fetus that miraculously appeared after being told she couldn't conceive? Or, you know, ''after'' CSM told her he was the father--she ran a DNA test to see if Jackson was her son, are we really to believe she wouldn't also check to make sure the manipulative BigBad of the series wasn't just lying through his teeth?
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* The RetCon in the reboot that CSM is really Jackson/William's father makes zero sense. For one, the timeline about when this could happen and when Scully gave birth do not line up. While solid dates are hard to come by, we do know that if Chris Carter meant to exploit the missing time in "En Ami" took Ami," that episode takes place before "Chimera," which was is investigated just after Easter 2000 (so, early spring) and that the e-mails 2000. Mulder's e-mail in "TrustNo1" are [="TrustNo1"=] is dated early January 2002. William is simply too young in season 9 to have been the result of CSM's insemination. Not to mention, conceived in "En Ami." For another, are we ''really'' to believe that Scully, a ''doctor'' medical doctor who was canonically neurotic about her pregnancy and ensuring everything was okay, would ''not'' paranoid her baby might not be human, wouldn't have run a DNA test on her fetus test? Or, for that miraculously appeared after being told she couldn't conceive? Or, you know, ''after'' CSM told her he was the father--she ran a DNA test to see if Jackson was her son, are we really to believe matter, that she wouldn't also have had genetic testing as par for the course, given her age?
** Even within the reboot, it relies on Scully holding the IdiotBall for it to actually work. CSM tells Scully he's Jackson/William's father in "My Struggle III," several episodes before a body is found that ''might'' be Jackson/William. Scully runs a DNA test to confirm she's his mother (and therefore his identity), but doesn't run one to checkto make sure if CSM, the manipulative BigBad of the series wasn't just series, might be lying through his teeth?
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** Even within the reboot, it relies on Scully holding the IdiotBall for it to actually work. CSM tells Scully he's Jackson/William's father in "My Struggle III," several episodes before a body is found that ''might'' be Jackson/William. Scully runs a DNA test to confirm she's his mother (and therefore his identity), but doesn't run one to check
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* The RetCon in the reboot that CSM is really Jackson/William's father makes zero sense. For one, the timeline about when this could happen and when Scully gave birth do not line up. While solid dates are hard to come by, we do know that "En Ami" took place before "Chimera," which was investigated just after Easter 2000 (so, early spring) and that the e-mails in "TrustNo1" are dated early January 2002. William is simply too young in season 9 to have been the result of CSM's insemination. Not to mention, are we ''really'' to believe that Scully, a ''doctor'' who was canonically neurotic about her pregnancy and ensuring everything was okay, would ''not'' have run a DNA test on her fetus that miraculously appeared after being told she couldn't conceive? Or, you know, ''after'' CSM told her he was the father--she ran a DNA test to see if Jackson was her son, are we really to believe she wouldn't also check to make sure the manipulative BigBad of the series wasn't just lying through his teeth?
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* In "One Breathe," Maggie Scully tells Mulder a childhood story about Dana that exemplifies her compassion. The framing device, however, is her brothers taking her out in the woods to shoot BB guns, which explains why Scully is the one with ImprobableAimingSkills despite being the scientist in this partnership and the one with less field experience.
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* In "One Breathe," Maggie Scully tells Mulder a childhood story about Dana that exemplifies her compassion. The framing device, however, is her brothers taking her out in the woods to shoot BB guns, which explains why Scully is the one with has ImprobableAimingSkills despite being the scientist in this partnership and the one with less field experience.
