Detour


Upon being questioned about his past attendence at teamwork builiding seminars, Mulder says no siting a hemorrhoidal condition. I'm sure the captive audience wishes he kept that bit of info to himself.

Jeff Glaser:  This is nuts.  This is loony tune, man.  We got to go back out of the woods before it gets dark.

Mulder:  Okay.  You're right.  You go back.  You leave me the FLIR and you go back.

Jeff Glaser:  We got to go together.

Mulder:  We have to find her.

Jeff Glaser:  Yeah, but if we stay here, they may not find any of us.

And do you know why that is?  Because you're in the woods and you don't know what you're doing nature boy!  Mulder can be such a pinhead.

General Punkesque Behavior

Leave it to Mulder to give more details than is necessary to answer a question.  He just had to go into his alleged hemorrhoidal condition when a simple yes or no answer would have sufficed.

Wasn't Mulder supposed to be on his way to a seminar?  Instead he inserts himself into an investigation.

A twist on the Mulder ditch:  He just up and leaves with no explanation.  He didn't even come up with one of his lame ass excuses.

Not for nothing, but could Mulder just once occasionally not take his partner for granted?  The woman packed his suitcase for him, something I for one wouldn't do for a man with whom I'm not sleeping, and what does he do?  He just takes the bag and rushes Scully out of the room.  Do the words "Thank you" leave his lips?  Of course not!  Why would he do such a thing?

Just Plain Dumb

Let's assess the situation:  The only person who had the water and who was also coincidentally, the only person who knew anything about roughing it disappears so what does hiking novice Mulder want to do?  He wants to go looking for the woman with no gear or know-how.  Is Mulder a knucklehead or what?


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