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Quonochontaug, Rhode Island. Of course, now they finally decide to give me a screen cap. I already have forgotten how it's pronounced. There are many police officers around, and Scully pulls up and begins speaking with one of the officers observing the house. Apparently Scully called them over there to keep an eye out until she could get there. The officer tells her someone is there, and that a light just went on. She explains that Mulder is armed and dangerous, but in dire need of medical attention and not himself. She says she is going in, and to tell the officers that if Mulder flees that they shouldn't shoot. I'm not entirely sure what their purpose is here. Tackling? Mulder, doped up on animal drugs with several different holes in his head, might be hard to bring down.

Scully warily enters the darkened house. Some sweet Mark Snow score sets the tense mood. Scully calls out for Mulder, who tells her to leave him alone. She, of course, ignores him and enters the room. "Mulder, it's me," she tells him. He again tells her to leave him alone. The flashbacks hit Mulder fast and furious yet again, and then we see Mulder lean back in agony, with his gun in hand pointed in the direction of his head. Mulder seems to be fighting off something, but it's hard to tell whether it's the memories or the suicidal impulses. "It's all falling into place," Mulder says. Scully yells him to put down the gun. "No, don't try to stop me," Mulder tells her. Scully steps closer, and levelly but compassionately says, "Please, Mulder." Mulder sees flashes of Samantha being floating away, followed by his mom's screams and a smash of glass which then reveals the Young CSM. He takes a long drag, as Samantha drifts away. Mulder yells at Scully to get away, and points the gun at her. Scully asks if he is going to shoot her, if it means that much to him. There are quite a few of these scenes throughout the show, with them pointing their guns at each other, and I just eat it up every single time. Like, I could have a really fun marathon consisting only of episodes where they pull their guns on each other. Throw Skinner into the mix, and then you've really got a marathon on your hands. Mulder continues to point the gun at Scully, looking intense.

Scully looks more sad than panicked or worried. She reminds him that he is on a powerful hallucinogen, and that he can't trust his memories as really being his. "This is not the way to the truth, Mulder. You've got to trust me," she pleads. Mulder looks really agitated, and yells at her to shut up. Scully tells him to put down the gun. "Let it go," she soothingly whispers in a deep voice. This does not soothe him, and we pan to the police officers outside as we hear shots fired. Oh, my God, Mulder killed Scully! You bastard!

The gunshots continue as the cops charge in. We get an extreme close up of Mulder's detached, cold face. The camera moves up, and we see Scully. Whoa, he totally just shot the wall! Phew.

Scully is now decked all out in her suit, typing a report as she voiceovers. Apparently, Mulder still doesn't remember the murder-suicide he witnessed. He's had no further symptoms, but Scully is concerned that having holes drilled in his head might cause some complications down the road. Like a fatal mysterious brain disease that can only be cured by aliens, perhaps? Scully psychoanalyzes to finish her report, in the typical voiceover fashion. What it amounts to is that she is concerned that Mulder will forever keep chasing these demons from his past, which is something of an impossible pursuit. Luckily, by the next episode, he will be distracted for a bit with Scully's eminent death.

Recap by kschica