Hollywood A.D.


Mulder can't resist making an ass out of himself by making a big stink at the premiere of the movie starring a character loosely based on yet named after himself. No one would think it bothered you if you'd just pretend to enjoy and move on!

Scully:  Do you think it's at all possible that Hoffman is really Jesus Christ?

Mulder:  Are you making fun of me?

Scully:  No.

Mulder:  Well, no, I don't.  But crazy people can be very persuasive.

Scully:  Well, yes, I know that.

[They both smile.]

Scully:  Maybe true faith is really a form of insanity.

Mulder:  Are you directing that at me?

Not everything is about you Mulder.  But while we're on the subject I wonder why that hit so close to home?  Could it be because of the numerous of insane things you've done in your search for the truth?

General Punkesque Behavior

Calling Federman a hindrance and a burden while in Skinner's office.  Forgetting the fact that the man is a friend of Skinner's and such remarks are best said out of Skinner's earshot, it's too early in their "relationship" for him to know that Federman is well a pest even if that is exactly what the man is.

Putting Scully on hold to talk to Federman:  Serves him right that Gary Shandling was chosen to play him!

Do I detect a whiff of the guilty conscience with that "are you directing that at me" comment to Scully's pondering about whether or not faith was a form of insanity?  If he's not insane he certainly does a good impression of it.

Lying to Scully and Skinner about what he was doing while he was on the phone with them:  What?  Is admitting that he's taking a bubble bath a slight against his masculinity?  Skinner seemed to have no problem with it and he's a manly man!

One should always verify which line one is on when speaking to two people on the phone.  Especially when one intends to talk about the third person with the second.  It saves one from the embarrassing situation that Mulder gets himself into when he means to tell Scully about Skinner's bubble bath but ends up talking to Skinner.

Standing up declaring that he can't take it anymore in the theater during the premiere:  It's rude to be both noisy and an obstruction to the view in a movie theater.

Unprofessional Behavior

Asking Skinner if he [Mulder] had pissed him off lately.  If he hadn't asking that question certainly might have.

Criminal Activity

Breaking and Entering:  And in the presence of a civilian no less.  How many times do I have to say this:  If one enters a building without a warrant or permission it's a crime.


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