This little exchange might be funnier than the love child one: “I found it.” “What?” “What’s going to get you off.” I’m sorry, I’m apparently a seventh grader.
Well, then so am I!
Oh, I’m so homesick for early and middle seasons Mulder and Scully.
And you can watch them now!
I love the kiss on the cheek before he gets out of the car to pee. I know, I’m easy like Sunday morning, but I love the way he looks at her when she’s sleeping. It’s so reverent.
I wish I remembered this (and the courtroom scenes) so I could comment on it, because it sounds great.
I do remember that the first time I watched it, when they got to the pueblo, my reaction was "What the FUCK is going on here?" It seems like they're taking it in a whole bizarre new direction all of a sudden at the last minute and it confused me. I'm easily confused, apparently.
but I’d just like to express my adoration for the way he hitches his leg up over her
I knowwwwww, I love that part. It's so intimate and wonderful.
If you don’t think about tomorrow and the next day, what their life has become, if you just look at them together, perfectly together, in this one moment, it’s bittersweet and beautiful.
Yeah, it is. It was a nice way to end it and I don't think the last shot could have been better any other way.
I wish Mulder kissed her when they’re reunited (again) by the roadside.
Me too! Actually I just wish they had spent the whole episode making out. THAT would have been a finale. No, wait! We could have had NEW flashbacks to all the sexy times they had in season 7 and maybe season 8, or at least all the other stuff we missed out on.
perhaps Scully was waiting, subconsciously, to allow herself to grieve with Mulder, instead of alone.
Although now that I think about it some more, it's not like she knew she was going to see him again so soon. Would she have just carried on like that indefinitely? I don't think she could have--I think she would have broken down eventually. So it's probably good that she was reunited with Mulder so soon.
I feel like the end of “Irresistible” is the pinnacle of that symbiosis: “I’m fine,” looking away, until he forces her to meet his gaze.
Yes! That's perfect and I love that there's a canonical example of what I was trying to get at. Because that's when she breaks down and starts crying--when she connects with him. She's okay as long as she's ignoring it, but when she looks at him, all her emotion comes flooding out. When I was coming up with that theory I was actually thinking about how sometimes when you're a kid and you fall off your bike or whatever, you're all tough and fine with it until you see your mom and then you lose it. But yours is a much more relevant example, ha. I'd have to watch the end of "Elegy" again but I wonder if that fits too--she's brave-little-soldiering along until Mulder prods at her with his "I hope that's the truth," and she barely makes it to her car before she starts crying.
The LOSS of William is the only part of their child that belongs only to the two of them.
Yeah, good point. And I think this: Maybe she doesn’t even feel like she deserves to grieve, you know? To grieve for their lost son before Mulder even knows could feel like she’s getting an unfair headstart. could be true too--she's just given up their son, and she hopes she made the right decision but she doesn't know if Mulder will forgive her, so maybe she's paralyzed with that fear and unable to move forward in her grief until she's with him and knows it's okay and they can both let it out.
With “Then we believe the same thing,” she firmly and finally cements it. Seriously, saying “then we believe the same thing” on this show is as good as exchanging rings and saying “I do.”
I do remember that the first time I watched it, when they got to the pueblo, my reaction was "What the FUCK is going on here?" It seems like they're taking it in a whole bizarre new direction all of a sudden at the last minute and it confused me. I'm easily confused, apparently.
No, I totally agree. It's like Chris Carter was like, "Wait, HOW many pages is this supposed to be? Oh, SHIT." I especially dislike the fact that they have what seems to be a final send-off with Doggett and Reyes and the rest of the gang, but then they run into D&R at the pueblo again. It makes the nighttime, side of the road scene lose any gravity that it had. Also, I'm not entirely sure what going to see CSM even does, or what Mulder thinks it will do. I guess he doesn't know that's who it is, so maybe he thinks the alleged "wise man" will give him helpful advice.
Me too! Actually I just wish they had spent the whole episode making out. THAT would have been a finale. No, wait! We could have had NEW flashbacks to all the sexy times they had in season 7 and maybe season 8, or at least all the other stuff we missed out on.
I wish that was the movie: "The X-Files: Season Seven Sexy Times." They're both still totally hot. It would work!
Although now that I think about it some more, it's not like she knew she was going to see him again so soon. Would she have just carried on like that indefinitely? I don't think she could have--I think she would have broken down eventually. So it's probably good that she was reunited with Mulder so soon.
A good point. Although maybe she would've tried to get in contact with him and have him come back or meet him where he was. I have to believe, if he hadn't gotten into trouble so soon, that she wouldn't have been able to continue on her own without contacting him for that much longer.
I'd have to watch the end of "Elegy" again but I wonder if that fits too--she's brave-little-soldiering along until Mulder prods at her with his "I hope that's the truth," and she barely makes it to her car before she starts crying.
I haven't watched "Elegy" in awhile, but I do think it works with that, too. I'm sure there are more examples. And if it's true for those things, then I'm sure it's magnified when the grief is for their son. So I think it's a combination of Mulder being the one she's emotionally honest with, plus her fear that she's made the wrong choice. She can't move forward with it unless she's with him. It's kind of beautiful, but so sad.
No, I totally agree. It's like Chris Carter was like, "Wait, HOW many pages is this supposed to be? Oh, SHIT."
Oh good, because that's the feeling I had too.
I wish that was the movie: "The X-Files: Season Seven Sexy Times." They're both still totally hot. It would work!
And I know I personally would see it enough times to make up for at least eight non-fans who aren't interested! It's a foolproof plan! And maybe they could throw in some other stuff we missed out on, like "Mulder, I'm pregnant and you're the father."
I have to believe, if he hadn't gotten into trouble so soon, that she wouldn't have been able to continue on her own without contacting him for that much longer.
I agree. She was desperate to see him in "Trust No 1," and that has to have been intensified tenfold by the loss of William.
Well, then so am I!
Oh, I’m so homesick for early and middle seasons Mulder and Scully.
And you can watch them now!
I love the kiss on the cheek before he gets out of the car to pee. I know, I’m easy like Sunday morning, but I love the way he looks at her when she’s sleeping. It’s so reverent.
I wish I remembered this (and the courtroom scenes) so I could comment on it, because it sounds great.
I do remember that the first time I watched it, when they got to the pueblo, my reaction was "What the FUCK is going on here?" It seems like they're taking it in a whole bizarre new direction all of a sudden at the last minute and it confused me. I'm easily confused, apparently.
but I’d just like to express my adoration for the way he hitches his leg up over her
I knowwwwww, I love that part. It's so intimate and wonderful.
If you don’t think about tomorrow and the next day, what their life has become, if you just look at them together, perfectly together, in this one moment, it’s bittersweet and beautiful.
Yeah, it is. It was a nice way to end it and I don't think the last shot could have been better any other way.
I wish Mulder kissed her when they’re reunited (again) by the roadside.
Me too! Actually I just wish they had spent the whole episode making out. THAT would have been a finale. No, wait! We could have had NEW flashbacks to all the sexy times they had in season 7 and maybe season 8, or at least all the other stuff we missed out on.
perhaps Scully was waiting, subconsciously, to allow herself to grieve with Mulder, instead of alone.
Although now that I think about it some more, it's not like she knew she was going to see him again so soon. Would she have just carried on like that indefinitely? I don't think she could have--I think she would have broken down eventually. So it's probably good that she was reunited with Mulder so soon.
I feel like the end of “Irresistible” is the pinnacle of that symbiosis: “I’m fine,” looking away, until he forces her to meet his gaze.
Yes! That's perfect and I love that there's a canonical example of what I was trying to get at. Because that's when she breaks down and starts crying--when she connects with him. She's okay as long as she's ignoring it, but when she looks at him, all her emotion comes flooding out. When I was coming up with that theory I was actually thinking about how sometimes when you're a kid and you fall off your bike or whatever, you're all tough and fine with it until you see your mom and then you lose it. But yours is a much more relevant example, ha. I'd have to watch the end of "Elegy" again but I wonder if that fits too--she's brave-little-soldiering along until Mulder prods at her with his "I hope that's the truth," and she barely makes it to her car before she starts crying.
The LOSS of William is the only part of their child that belongs only to the two of them.
Yeah, good point. And I think this: Maybe she doesn’t even feel like she deserves to grieve, you know? To grieve for their lost son before Mulder even knows could feel like she’s getting an unfair headstart. could be true too--she's just given up their son, and she hopes she made the right decision but she doesn't know if Mulder will forgive her, so maybe she's paralyzed with that fear and unable to move forward in her grief until she's with him and knows it's okay and they can both let it out.
With “Then we believe the same thing,” she firmly and finally cements it. Seriously, saying “then we believe the same thing” on this show is as good as exchanging rings and saying “I do.”
Aw, so true.
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No, I totally agree. It's like Chris Carter was like, "Wait, HOW many pages is this supposed to be? Oh, SHIT." I especially dislike the fact that they have what seems to be a final send-off with Doggett and Reyes and the rest of the gang, but then they run into D&R at the pueblo again. It makes the nighttime, side of the road scene lose any gravity that it had. Also, I'm not entirely sure what going to see CSM even does, or what Mulder thinks it will do. I guess he doesn't know that's who it is, so maybe he thinks the alleged "wise man" will give him helpful advice.
Me too! Actually I just wish they had spent the whole episode making out. THAT would have been a finale. No, wait! We could have had NEW flashbacks to all the sexy times they had in season 7 and maybe season 8, or at least all the other stuff we missed out on.
I wish that was the movie: "The X-Files: Season Seven Sexy Times." They're both still totally hot. It would work!
Although now that I think about it some more, it's not like she knew she was going to see him again so soon. Would she have just carried on like that indefinitely? I don't think she could have--I think she would have broken down eventually. So it's probably good that she was reunited with Mulder so soon.
A good point. Although maybe she would've tried to get in contact with him and have him come back or meet him where he was. I have to believe, if he hadn't gotten into trouble so soon, that she wouldn't have been able to continue on her own without contacting him for that much longer.
I'd have to watch the end of "Elegy" again but I wonder if that fits too--she's brave-little-soldiering along until Mulder prods at her with his "I hope that's the truth," and she barely makes it to her car before she starts crying.
I haven't watched "Elegy" in awhile, but I do think it works with that, too. I'm sure there are more examples. And if it's true for those things, then I'm sure it's magnified when the grief is for their son. So I think it's a combination of Mulder being the one she's emotionally honest with, plus her fear that she's made the wrong choice. She can't move forward with it unless she's with him. It's kind of beautiful, but so sad.
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Oh good, because that's the feeling I had too.
I wish that was the movie: "The X-Files: Season Seven Sexy Times." They're both still totally hot. It would work!
And I know I personally would see it enough times to make up for at least eight non-fans who aren't interested! It's a foolproof plan! And maybe they could throw in some other stuff we missed out on, like "Mulder, I'm pregnant and you're the father."
I have to believe, if he hadn't gotten into trouble so soon, that she wouldn't have been able to continue on her own without contacting him for that much longer.
I agree. She was desperate to see him in "Trust No 1," and that has to have been intensified tenfold by the loss of William.
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