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Nuclear Plant Of Alien Attacks, Special Connections, And Blatantly Obvious Betrayals. Mulder and Diana "My Hoo Hoo Is" Fowley are still looking around when they see CSM's driver and Gibson up on some walkway inside the plant. Mulder and Diana go to follow them. Gibson and CSM's driver enter one of the rooms with pipes coming out of a heated water tank. Gibson tells him that the alien is in the room somewhere. Mulder then comes down the stairs and the door is locked. He starts yelling at CSM's "son of a bitch" driver to open the door. Diana tells "Fox" that she's going to go try and find another way in. Sure she is. Mulder continues to pound on the door when Gibson and the driver see the alien in the corner. "I told you it was here." The alien leaps out and attacks the driver, smearing blood all over the small glass window in the door. Mulder freaks and starts yelling for Gibson. The alien and Gibson are looking at one another. They're probably communicating telepathically.

Gibson:

I won't hurt you. My name is Gibson.

Alien:

What's happenin' Gibson? My name is A-Dawg. You down with my peoples?

Gibson: Yeah, I think so.

A-Dawg:

I can't find my family, yo.

Gibson:

I can't remember if I have a family.

A-Dawg:

Who's that cracker outside bangin' on the door?

Gibson:

Nobody. He'll go away soon. That chick he's got with him is playing him for a fool.

A-Dawg:

That ain't right.

Gibson:

Why are you in Arizona?

A-Dawg:

There's some primetime drugs down here, yo. I got some paper and some fine weed over there in the corner. Maybe later we can get some hookers and blow. You dig?

Gibson:

Sure.

A-Dawg:

Fo'shizzle.

Anyhoo, alarm bells are going off and then here comes a bunch of guards led by Diana, who pulls her gun on Mulder. He looks at her and then turns around to continue pounding on the door and yelling for Gibson. Mulder can't see him because he's off in the corner sparking up some doobies.

OPR Conference Room. Mulder and Scully have assumed the usual position. Diana "Chickadee From The Coop That Smells" Fowley is sitting in the back. We see that Skinner's seat is empty. Uh oh! A.D. Maslin is handing down the punishment. "As I said and as I am forced to reiterate, Agent Mulder, the FBI is not here for vendettas or for the grinding of personal axes. Now, this holds not just for you but for everyone at the Bureau. You force us to put a point on this. To make some hard changes. You and Agent Scully will cease all material association with the X-Files. Refusal to do so will end in immediate dismissal. A probationary period will be set. You will now report to Assistant Director Kersh." Scully gives Mulder a nervous look. The camera pans over to Kersh. Here marks the beginning of a long relationship with inappropriately over-emphasized words. Mulder and Scully are in for a real treat!

Basement Office That Was Once Lush But Now Reeks Of Cigarettes. CSM and Spender are having a nice get together. Except, Spender is pissed that his dad is there and apparently they had agreed to have no contact. CSM is there to congratulate Spender for how he "handled Mulder." Spender was just doing as he was asked. CSM comments on how Mulder's on thin ice now. Spender knows Mulder will be back and that he'll never give up. "Well there are solutions, of course. Simple but extreme solutions. I've used these methods. They have their place. But not here." So, was CSM planning an "extreme solution" concerning Mulder? Because if he was, he never went through with it. Or did he? Spender asks CSM if he's killed before. "You can kill a man but you can't kill what he stands for... Not unless you first break his spirit. That's a beautiful thing to see." Ok, so CSM is out to break Mulder's spirit. He's taking him away from his life's work and he's using Diana to drive a wedge in his relationship with Scully. I think this will tie in with Two Fathers/One Son, with CSM and Diana trying to get Mulder to give up and join their side. But what exactly was the "extreme solution"? Did 1013 decide to burn up the Syndicate just so they didn't have to tie up these conspiracy storylines? Whatever.