With the airing of Amor Fati there has been much talk about Fowley's redemption. How in the end she made it possible for Scully to find Mulder. And after much thought I must say, where are people getting this? Fowley may be dead but she's hardly redeemed unless death = redemption.
Diana Fowley was until the very end willing to allow Mulder to be sacrificed for CSM's dubious plans, her last minute attack of conscience notwithstanding. What we saw was not a woman who had decided at the last minute to do the right thing but rather a woman who, having gotten into bed with the devil, saw for the first time up close and personal the consequences of her actions. For the first time she saw how what she'd done affected someone she knew and claimed to care for rather than some anonymous name on a list or a woman [Scully] who had replaced her as the object of her former beau's affections. That is why she left the room. However, I have no doubt that she would have pulled herself together and continued to stand by CSM's side.
Now we all heard Scully tell Mulder about how sorry she was about the death of his friend and how she did help her in the end but exactly what was the basis for this statement? Scully knew that Fowley had information and wasn't sharing. Scully knew that Fowley was in league with CSM. So when Fowley was found murdered and the key "magically" appeared under her door she assumed that it was placed there by Fowley. Scully assumed incorrectly.
Naturally, this premise begs the question: How did the keycard get under Scully's door and why was Fowley killed? The key card was placed under the door by no other than Alex Krycek. No, I am not crazy, well not that crazy, but yes I do think that Krycek left the key card under Scully's door. Krycek knows that CSM cannot be allowed to succeed so he knows that Scully has to get to Mulder. Now Fowley isn't helping and Skinner doesn't seem to be of much help. At any rate I have a feeling that Krycek has other plans for Skinner which necessitates having him stay out of this drama for the time being. Krycek cannot go to Scully hand her the keycard and say here, this will get you to Mulder. First of all Scully would never accept his help. She would think he was lying and want to know what his game was. This would not fit in with Krycek's plan. So he has to play anonymous informant.
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Here is a screen capture of the feet under the door. You will see that those are not Fowley's high heeled shod feet. The feet belong to a man. Now I can call Fowley a lot of things but a man in woman's clothing is not one of them. |
| Not convinced? Here's a shot of the person walking away. |
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Of course, after Krycek disappeared in One Son, I doubt he's on the Consortium's list of favored people. He's not likely to have a keycard of his own. Even if he were still on the Consortium's good side he wouldn't be stupid enough to give it to Scully. To have Scully use his keycard would be a dead giveaway that he was the one who led Scully to Mulder which would permanently keep him out of the loop. (Not to mention the fact that such a move was likely to end up putting him in the ground.) Either way he needs to get his hands on someone's keycard. So he kills Fowley and takes it. Scully credits Fowley with giving her the card because she doesn't know better. Scully hasn't seen Krycek since season 4 when he still had two arms. I'm not counting the picture from SR 819 because she apparently didn't recognize him. She has no reason to think that Krycek is still around lurking in the shadows. It was natural for her to assume that Fowley helped her and was killed as a result as opposed to Fowley being killed in order to get the card in the first place. As for Krycek, he did his part in trying to put a crimp in CSM's plan. Scully finds Mulder, the chances that CSM's machinations will fail increase and he goes back to lurking in the shadows where he does his best work. For Krycek it's a win win situation. And for all of us who couldn't stand Fowley, we get to dance on her grave. Metaphorically speaking. And Fowley, in all her foulness, remains completely unredeemed.
