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The coroner reads out preliminary results, and Scully listens, all ready to slice and dice. I love Autopsy Scully! Now that's the action figure that would have made me happy, at least as a wardrobe choice for the action figure. Though I might have wanted to go ahead and give her heels anyhow, even if it would be wildly impractical. Anyhow, Scully immediately sees something on the victim's head, and the coroner asks her what she is looking for. "I'm not sure," she Mulders. She picks at what looks like a scab on Amy's head, and then gets out a magnifying glass to look at the wound closer. Scully tells the coroner she wants to do more than an autopsy. She wants a craniotomy and some other exam that I am going to assume has to do with the head. The coroner points out that the cause of death seems pretty clear, with those bullet holes and all. Scully tells him she agrees, but that she is interested more in why they died as opposed to how. They pan away then, but somehow I feel like the coroner might have been wondering why he's left doing all this on her whim. It really was a nice Mulder sort of move on her part. I love how she's totally willing to be Mulder when his ass is on the line.

We go to Mulder laying his head on the table at the police station, looking glum. The officer walks in, carrying a bag. For a second, I thought he was giving Mulder lunch. But, it apparently is evidence. And not the good kind. He asks Mulder if he wants to change his story. Mulder says no. In typical, police show banter, the officer eventually makes his point. The murder weapon is Mulder's gun, and that it had been fired at point blank range, execution style. To me the scene didn't look terribly like execution style, but whatever. The officer says he would like to believe Mulder when he says he had this memory lapse, and killed them in a blind rage. Finally he lets Mulder look in the bag. Inside is Mulder's shirt, which apparently has the blood of the two victims on it. Mulder says he can't explain it. He then asks about the prints, and whether they were his. The officer merely sits in silence. Mulder tells him that he can't give a confession because he can't remember. The officer decides to read him his rights. Mulder closes his eyes, and opens them slowly with the officer's voice fading out.

We fade to Mulder coming in with the orange jumpsuit. I'm trying to recall how many times we've seen Mulder in prison. I wonder if Scully's been abducted more times than Mulder's been thrown in prison. Of course, Scully has also been in prison once and Mulder has been abducted a few times. There really are no winners in these contests. Anyhow, Scully says she'll get Mulder out. Mulder points out that she's a doctor and not a lawyer. Though given the gravity of what's going on, I'm not sure I get why a real live attorney hasn't been called. Scully decides to continue to play lawyer and asks Mulder if he confessed, and he assures her he didn't. Scully turns to the officer and advises him that he might not want to rush into booking Mulder so soon. She explains that new medical information should be considered, as Amy Cassandra had a substance called ketamine in her system. Mulder says that this is a veterinary drug, because between them Mulder and Scully pretty much know everything. Scully says yes, but that when ingested by humans it can cause hallucinations. The officer thus far is unimpressed. Scully goes on to explain that Mulder also has this in his system. Mulder asks how it would have gotten there. Scully says likely through injection. She says another exam of Mulder would probably show such an injection. And that she and Mulder need some time alone for her to look everywhere. Well, that last part went unsaid. Scully says that the presence of the drug could explain the memory loss and blackouts, thus clearing Mulder. Scully really does seem to like the "I was drugged!" defense. The officer doesn't buy it, and decides to keep Mulder anyhow.

Scully tells Mulder that she doesn't feel there is enough proof here, especially with the drugs involved. She feels the narrative is too convenient, what with Mulder voluntarily leading the investigation to find victims of a double murder after he woke up covered in blood. I'm honestly not sure what an outsider is supposed to make of this. Luckily Scully is not an outsider, and feels confident that Mulder didn't do it. Mulder doesn't seem quite as convinced, but makes a joke that maybe the other explanation is that he is suddenly partying with senior citizens. Then the officer walks up to take Mulder away, and Scully tells him that he's jailing an innocent man. She says this in a tone like the officer is being a real hardass, which he is to some extent, but I'm not sure what person with half a brain wouldn't hold Mulder at this point. But God bless Scully's loyalty and conviction. The officer says that at least he knows Mulder won't disappear for two days and do something else he won't remember.