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By 11:46 p.m. the place is swarming with cops and the media. Inside the apartment, Mrs. Scully is telling Mulder that she had a dream that Scully was going to be taken away. He puts his hand on her shoulder and leads her to the couch, and Mrs. Scully tells Mulder that she was going to call Dana to tell her about it, but that Dana would have laughed because she doesn't believe about those sorts of things. Oh, just you wait Margaret; your little daughter will be believing all that and then some in a few years, like having a miracle alien baby son WHO WE STILL DON'T KNOW IS MULDER'S OR NOT!!!! Just sayin'.

Back at FBI headquarters the next day at 8:30 a.m., the Cigarette Smoking Man is puffing away in the background while Skinner briefs a group of Fibbie suits (including Krycek and Mulder) at a table in his office about Duane's mental state, and asks Mulder if he agrees with the operational opinion. Mulder seems out of it, so Krycek steps up and says yes, and that Duane also thinks he's going to be abducted by aliens. Mulder hasn't shaved and is looking really scruffy, like he hasn't slept, but at least he changed his suit. He's wearing a light gray suit with a light blue shirt underneath, and a red tie with tan diamonds on it. Krycek however, is in the same exact suit he was wearing when we saw him last. I realize that Nick didn't do all that much work on these two episodes, but at least have the character change his damn suit. Jeez. Krycek tells Skinner and the rest of the agents that Duane thinks that if he brings someone else to the abduction site, he won't be taken. Skinner asks Mulder if he thinks Duane is acting this way because of the alien voices in his head.

Mulder says that the more important question is how Duane got to her in the first place. This scene is shot so that the CSM is in the background behind Mulder. Interesting. Mulder says that Scully was carrying the alien tracking device with her when she was taken, and Mulder seems to be inferring that the implant brought Duane to her. An FBI superior says that Scully's report mentions Mulder making a miscalculation when it came to Duane's psychosis. Mulder says that he did, but that it still doesn't explain how Duane could have found Scully. Well, would you look at that, Krycek glances over at the CSM when Mulder says that. Even more interesting: as Skinner wonders where Duane could be taking her, and Mulder replies that Duane said something about a mountain, we see Krycek swallow like he's nervous. Skinner then reports that Duane has Scully's car and weapon, and orders Mulder to turn over his files to HRT. Mulder wants to brief them himself, but Skinner growls that Mulder has been up all night and should go home to get some sleep.

Mulder protests of course, telling the Skin-Man that he's been inside Duane's head, but Skinner orders him to go home. Then Skinner turns to Krycek and tells him to make sure Mulder gets home safely. Krycek puts his head down and gets this oddly nervous look when Skinner tells him that, like he's either worried about being alone with Mulder for whatever reason, or that he's worried about being entrusted to take care of the guy he's been spying on this whole time. That little moment is very telling if you assume it's the latter, and Krycek is having conflicting feelings about his work for the CSM. Awwww. I personally think Skinner should have ordered Krycek to fluff Mulder's pillow while he was at it, if you get my double entendre, and I think you do, because your mind is as dirty as mine. Krycek gets up and the two men lock eyes. I mean, they really do, and I'm not even being remotely slashy here. Alex looks like he's really concerned about Mulder. Krycek then [mouths words], according to the closed captioning, "C'mon," and opens the door for Mulder.

A car driven by Duane is speeding along Route 229 in Rixeyville, Virginia at 11:23 a.m. that same morning. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds' "Red Right Hand" is blasting over the car stereo, and I can recall that when I first heard that song being played during this scene, I was like, "What the hell kind of weird-ass song is that?" I have since come to appreciate Nick Cave's strange singing talent and know this whole song by heart. This song is also available on the very first X-Files soundtrack album from 1996, "Songs in the Key of X," which was followed by Mark Snow's instrumental music from the series on "The Truth and the Light," and then in 1998 we got the XF motion picture soundtrack by Mark Snow, as well as "The X-Files: The Album - Fight the Future." Soul Coughing's tracks are the best on the music albums, and did you know the frontman of Filter (also featured on the two music albums) is Robert Patrick's brother? Now you can win an X-Files trivia quiz.