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After the commercial, Mark Snow's strings of If I'd Never Met Mulder, I Could Have A Normal Vacation Like Everyone Else play in the background while Scully and Bonsaint get out of the patrol car in front of Mommy's house. Bonsaint knocks, but no one answers. Scully looks through the window and notices that the back door is wide open, so they go around the back. They let themselves into the house and head up to Polly's room, where Scully notices the windows have been nailed shut, and rather shoddily at that. She comments that Mommy must have been afraid of something, but either way, there's no sign of anyone in the house now. Bonsaint says that Mommy's a well-known local who used to be married to a fisherman before he died in a boating accident last year. He doesn't know if Polly ever understood because she had "toys in the attic", which Scully immediately understands to mean she must have autism. Uhh, let me Google this here. So, all I'm getting is the name of an Aerosmith album and the name of a 1963 film with Dean Martin and Geraldine Page. Someone? Anyone? Okay, I'm moving on. Anyhow, Bonsaint tells Scully that last year at school, the worker slapped Polly across the face but the next thing anyone knew, the worker was the one on the floor, saying Polly beat the shit out of her. Everyone called Melissa a witch and gave Polly a hard time, so they took her out of school and she'd never been a day since. Interesting. Scully asks after Dead Dave but Bonsaint explains that he probably gave her the wrong impression-- Mommy and Dave were never actually in a relationship, it was all one-sided (on Dave's end). Scully wondered if it was so unrequited that Mommy would nail the windows shut, but Bonsaint dismisses that and instead suggests that maybe Mommy wasn't afraid of something getting in, but afraid of something getting <i>out</i>. "Like what?" Scully asks, probably intrigued but also sounding a little bored. She's probably thinking, "Dude, you know what? If I had a penny for every time I've heard weird shit like that, I'd have enough to send to my child's father while he's out on the lam so he could buy himself some of those sunflower seeds he loves so much." Except, yknow, Scully's not pregnant yet and Mulder's still around and they probably haven't even had sex yet-- or have they? "Just a thought," Bonsaint shrugs.

Officer Buddy's taken Mommy and Polly out to some fast food joint and he's bought Polly a sundae. "Whaddaya thinka that?" he asks her, setting it down. Polly doesn't answer, just pulls the cherry from the top and clutches that evil doll of hers. Buddy touches her head, then goes to sit with Mommy, who looks pretty distraught. He suggests she leave town, but she doesn't have anywhere to go. Then he goes into some long, boring confession of undying love and how he missed his chance first time around by waiting in the wings and how she needs someone who can provide, but she keeps telling him no, she can't, etc. "Because you don't want to, or because you're too proud?" he asks. Dude, because her daughter has an evil doll that will kill your ass, that's why. Seriously, lay off. Mommy tells him that he doesn't understand, that what happened in the supermarket was out of her control. She saw Dave's death before it happened but she couldn't stop it, and that's not the first time. She also saw her husband's death before it happened, too. While this is going on, Polly's up at the service counter giving the worker major 'tude about wanting more cherries. The worker gives her 'tude right back and tells her to ask Mommy for more money cos she can't just give cherries away. Yes you can, lady, get a grip. It's not like it's gonna come out of your paycheck, and methinks if Polly asked you for cherries in oh, say, five minutes, you might change your tune. Polly gives her an evil look and Doll de Polly opens her eyes and declares her desire for fun once more. Just as a bit of foreshadowing, I should tell you that the worker has a very long ponytail, and she's working in front of a machine that mixes milkshakes. Are you picking up what I'm putting down?

Polly turns around to tell her mom that she wants more cherries, and that sends up the red flags for Mommy, who tells her they have to go. She grabs the doll and her jacket and tries to collect Polly while the worker behind the counter fills a cup with vanilla milkshake. Man, it's about to get painful. In the meantime, Buddy gives Mommy a key to some place he's got out of town and tells her there'll be trouble if she doesn't use it. Polly's yelling and Mark Snow's strings of "Cancel My Shake, There's Hair In That There Machine" vibrate in the background. Suddenly, the worker screams while her scalp is pretty much ripped out. Can't say I didn't warn you, lady. Buddy finally manages to shut off the machine while Mommy and Polly run out.