The Amazing Maleeni


Mulder proudly displays his stolen treasure.

Scully:  We'd like to have a word with you, Mr. Pinchbeck.

[Mulder walks around behind Pinchbeck.]

Pinchbeck:  I'm fairly busy, actually.

Mulder:  I'll bet.

[Mulder pulls Pinchbeck away from his desk.]

Pinchbeck:  Hey!  W-what...?

Mulder:  Let's take a little spin, shall we?

Now that was rather rude!

General Punkesque Behavior

Why was Mulder talking like Tony Randall?  He should never do that again.  It was annoying.

Mulder didn't look as though he enjoyed LaBonge's trick because he snatches his badge out of LaBonge's hand.  He also looked as though he had sucked a lemon which is not an attractive look for him.

What was the point of messing up Alvarez's pool game?  He could have easily picked up the evidence bag without disturbing the pool balls on the table.

No fair picking on a man in a wheelchair!  If anyone else had dismissed Mulder in the manner that Pinchbeck did he wouldn't have forced them against their will (without a warrant) to accompany him to another room.

Tossing Pinchbeck out of the wheelchair:  Surely there was another way to prove that Pinchbeck still had his legs.  Besides which, if Mulder had been wrong he would have had serious egg on his face.

Mulder is such a child.  When Scully doesn't tell him how she did her trick he starts talking about how it's not the same and pesters her to watch his next trick just like a little boy.

Unprofessional Behavior

Why did Mulder put the handcuffs on Pinchbeck?  He obviously didn;t feel as though he were in danger because after Pinchbeck took the cuffs off Mulder never replaced them.  And why didn't he cuff Pinchbeck's hands in front of him?  When one cuffs a suspect's hands their hands are usually cuffed behind said suspect.  So was Pinchbeck under arrest at that time or what?  If he was then why didn't Mulder cuff his hands behind him and read him his rights?  If Pinchbeck wasn't under arrest then why cuff him at all?

Criminal Activity

Theft:  Mulder did admit that he pilfered Pinchbeck's wallet from the property room.


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