Field Trip
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Mulder: Sounds like crap when you say it. I'm
just wondering if there's a connection, Scully. I mean,
the conditions of these bodies are reminiscent of certain
southwestern cattle mutilations. Those are cases where
there's no physical evidence and they've long been
associated with UFO activity.
Scully: Mulder, can't you just for once, just... for
the novelty of it, come up with the simplest explanation, the
most logical one, instead of automatically jumping to UFOs or
Bigfoot or...?
Mulder: Scully, in six years, how... how often have I
been wrong? [Scully scoffs.] No, seriously. I
mean, every time I bring you a new case we go through this
perfunctory dance. You tell me I'm not being
scientifically rigorous and that I'm off my nut, and then in
the end who turns out to be right like 98.9% of the time? I
just think I've... earned the benefit of the doubt here.
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That is so typical of Mulder. He wants Scully
to give him the benefit of the doubt but he doesn't cut her
any slack. He seems to have conveniently forgotten that it
is her science that keeps him from looking like a complete
whacko.
This episode was a bit difficult to do because frankly most if
it isn't real. Everything after they get into the field
is a hallucination (until the rescue.) Surprisingly enough
though Mulder acts like a Punk in his own hallucinations so
there's still material to work with.
General Punkesque Behavior
Pardon my French, but Mulder can be such an asshole.
When Scully asks why for once Mulder can't come up with
a logical explanation without one of his jumps and he declares
that he's been right 98.9% of the time and deserves the
benefit of the doubt. The speech cannot be described as
anything but smug. His tone is so nasty that I'm
surprised Scully didn't slap him. I certainly
was tempted to.
Once again Mulder acts like a jackass. After he gets the
directions to Brown Mountain from the Medical Examiner he moves
to leave expecting Scully to follow him. He never considers
that Scully may want to stick around and run some tests on her
own.
Chasing after what he ought to know is not Wallace
Shiff into some kind of cave: now maybe it's just me
but I don't think it's a good idea to go into strange
caves alone without anyone knowing where you are.
That's what the buddy system is for.
Ditching Scully in North Carolina then calling her back to
D.C. with no explanation: Typical Mulder insensitive
behavior.
Criminal Activity
Abducting the alien: Taking the alien to D.C. against
its will is as bad as the aliens abducting people. Plus the
alien was in the country illegally.
Shooting Skinner during the joint hallucination: Not
exactly exemplary F.B.I. behavior.
