Rewatch Extra: 2x02 The Host
Mulder's listening to a wiretap! While doodling, eating sunflower seeds, poking holes in his Styrofoam cup and playing seed football. I like that he’s being punished in such a mundane way.
He gets all squinty when they open the door to relieve him of his duty. And he has his tie undone.
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Hee! This made me grin a bit.
You're not kidding though. Mulder totally needed to get the silver spoon out of his mouth and calm the hell down.
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Who on earth thought bangs would complement her pregnancy-round face? She is also wearing what appears to be a tent.
When I was 15, I totally didn't catch on to their mystical, pregnacy-hiding tricks. And I even knew that she was pregnant... but it totally didn't occure to me that Scully was looking different. Now I see the eps and it's so obvious. I apparently didn't think about fashion much as a kid.
You should thank your lucky stars every day for sending you Dana Scully.
Truth!
“Oh, damn you and your sexy science!”
Hee! It's like he knows he wants to be with Scully, but he's sort of forgotten why and now he remembers and is all, 'damn, you're awesome.'
This shot through the round window of the door is great.It's pretty, and I love any time Mulder can show Scully weird shit she can't deny. LOVE IT ( ... )
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I think a large part of it might be that he just resents being told what to investigate. Because things will end up being X-Files, but his natural instinct, when he's told what to do, is to say that it's not worth his time.
It's like he knows he wants to be with Scully, but he's sort of forgotten why and now he remembers and is all, 'damn, you're awesome.'
Yes, exactly!
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Obviously Scully had already been in there.
And second, yes! Speak his language! Say ass!
Hee! That is my favourite thing about Skinner, and I love it when other characters speak that way back to him.
Oh, Fox Mulder, will you ever win?
No.
She is also wearing what appears to be a tent.
A tent with the cuffs rolled up. Apparently NO ONE in the wardrobe department had sleeve-hemming skills.
So right now, he seems a little bit of a petulant child: "But I want to investigate THE PARANORMAL, not dumb regular murders!"I've never thought of it that way before, but you're totally right. He actually does a fair bit of bitching about his assignments for someone who had a whole division (unit? department? whatever) opened up just for him--I'm reminded of his complaint in "Folie à Deux": "...or have I finally reached that magic point in my career where every time somebody sees Bigfoot or the Virgin Mary on a tortilla I get called to offer my special insight on the matter?" I feel like he's complained about ( ... )
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Yes! I knew you would like that.
I was totally thinking of Mulder's "Je Souhaite" faux pas, too. And isn't there a time when Scully does the same thing? Is it in "Triangle," when she's trying to get the coordinates?
I've never thought of it that way before, but you're totally right. He actually does a fair bit of bitching about his assignments for someone who had a whole division (unit? department? whatever) opened up just for him
It's funny, it just hit me when I was writing this up, after I'd watched the episode. I've never really thought about it before because I think as a viewer, you're so firmly on Mulder's side that you just automatically back him up in a fight without thinking about how reasonable (or not) he's being.
And like I was saying to truemyth, I think a large part of it has to do with being assigned cases vs. finding cases on his own. Because he's certainly started out with some flimsy leads on his own--I mean ( ... )
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I did! Probably an unhealthy amount. OH SKINMAN.
And isn't there a time when Scully does the same thing? Is it in "Triangle," when she's trying to get the coordinates?
Yes, when she goes to see Kersh! And then in that same episode, after Skinner slams the door shut in a way that is kind of hot: "Use your head, Scully. It'll save your ass." "Save your own ass, sir. You'll save your head along with it." Hee.
I think a large part of it has to do with being assigned cases vs. finding cases on his own. Because he's certainly started out with some flimsy leads on his own--I mean, "Small Potatoes"? His jumping off point is literally a tabloid.Yeah, I agree. He generally reacts negatively to authority figures (unlike Scully, who wants their approval) and being told what to do, and I think that's the problem here. So he should maybe have started his own paranormal investigation company instead of joining the FBI. Picture it! He and Scully could have ended up investigating the same crime somehow, and then he ( ... )
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*swoons*
She is also wearing what appears to be a tent.
LOL OMG, the Scully pregnancy-"hiding" wardrobe never ceases to amaze me.
So right now, he seems a little bit of a petulant child: "But I want to investigate THE PARANORMAL, not dumb regular murders!"
I'd agree, but the wiretap duty they put him on really IS the Bureau equivalent of mopping floors. Especially for a (former?) expert criminal profiler. It's not quite as bad as the detail Kersh puts them on in S6, but... take my word for it, it's bad. Shut-up-the-rookies work.
Oh, could you imagine? They could both work at Quantico, where they could have lunch together every day, and no one would get abducted or infected and then they could have regular babies without magic powers and live happily ever after…
DON'T TEASE. Is it completely sad that I'm convinced what we do get is somehow better? Probably. Mulder and Scully do these things to me, okay? It's not my fault!
At this point, I happened to pause on a super foxy moment, where he seems to ( ... )
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*swoons*
I know, right? Gorgeous.
I'd agree, but the wiretap duty they put him on really IS the Bureau equivalent of mopping floors. Especially for a (former?) expert criminal profiler.
Right, but when he goes to see Skinner, he's bitching about being sent to NJ. At least it's a case, in the field. (And in the end, it IS an X-File. Although I don't expect him to be psychic and know that or anything.)
I think he is a more effective investigator when he's allowed to go off on his own and do his own thing, but like Scully says, he's not even attempting to work within the system in order to get back to where he wants to be. He'd rather screw himself over than follow orders and be told what to investigate. I love that about him, but on the other hand, I just find myself thinking: MULDER! Use your head!
DON'T TEASE. Is it completely sad that I'm convinced what we do get is somehow better? Probably.No! Not sad! Because as much as I dig the idea of them being cute and normal at Quantico, you can't beat ( ... )
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Mulder seems to have a habit of, once confronted with a hole, digging himself more deeply into it. Scully does this emotionally (while Mulder does whatever he can to exorcise those particular demons), but Mulder does it circumstantially. If that even makes sense.
There are varying degrees of Mulder hotness. In S1 and S2, he's mostly just puppy dog, little boy cute, with surprising jumps of hotness. But from S3 on, oh dear.
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