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Potomac Yard. We're treated to scenes similar to the ones from that last two-parter with Cassandra. I can only remember one was called The Red and the Black. I can't think of the other one right now and I'm too lazy to check. But you know what I'm talking about. ["Patient X, for those of you playing along with this week's installment of Name That Bad Episode." - raceguy] There are bodies in yellow bags and general law enforcement running around, as well as medical staff. Skinner takes Spender into a train car, where Skinner tells him basically what happened in the teaser. Then Skinner tells him that his mother was found alive. "Where is she?" Skinner tells him that she's outside. Not that I don't love the Skinman and all, but why didn't he take Spender to his mother immediately? Why waste his time yapping about doctors burnt to a crisp when Spender doesn't care about that "mumbo jumbo"? So Spender runs outside and over to an ambulance where an EMT is taking care of Cassandra. He asks her what happened and he gets a little choked up when he says that he thought he'd never see her again. She tells him not to cry. Spender wants to know where she's been and who did this to her. Cassandra needs to speak to someone. "You can tell me." Sorry, sonny. She needs Mulder. Spender then channels Jan Brady and is all, "Mulder, Mulder, Mulder!" and stomps away from the ambulance. He tells Skinner that he doesn't want Mulder talking to his mother because he's forbidden from the X-Files. Skinner says she asked for him. "She's my mother!" Spender whines. "My daddy doesn't love me! My mom is a crazy freakshow! And everyone compares me to Mulder! WAAAH!" Spender just wants to know what happened to his mother and why. Skinner tells him to use every resource available. Spender says that he'll send him a progress report. Oh, SNAP!

For crying out loud, when are we gonna get to Scully?

Office Of CSM: Cumbersome Spiel of Malice. He's still yapping away at... somebody. "My son refused to believe" blah "I schemed to put him in charge of the X-Files" blee "Fox Mulder had amassed so much evidence" blah blee "when he did come to believe" blee blah "he turned, not to me" blah blee blah "but to the man I ruined" blee "the man I'd chosen for him to replace" blahbity blah HA HA! ["Maritacakes." - raceguy]

Gym Basketball Court. Mulder's playing with some guys and he's wearing a Knicks t-shirt with the sleeves torn off so he can show off his muscles. Mulder makes a basket and then sees Scully walk in the gym. Finally! He's gazing at Scully until some dude calls him "Milk" and "Homestyle" to get his attention. Mulder gets this look on his face, grabs the ball, pivots, and scores a basket. "Game." The other guys are not happy about this. But Mulder is pleased that he got to show off his manly self for Scully. ["Now why can't he show off his, uh, "manly self" for the rest of us?" - raceguy]

Mulder: Thank God you're here, Scully. Now the episode can start without anymore exposition.

Scully: ...

Mulder: ...

Mulder and Scully: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Mulder calls Scully "Homegirl" and asks what's up. Scully tells Mulder she thinks he cheated and that he's not coming into work today. Mulder says that he's got game. Scully thinks he's got so much game he ain't got much work left. "No, I'm ready to J-O-B just not on some jagoff shoeshine tip." Scully smiles and she doesn't quite get what Mulder's saying. Mulder smiles. "No background checkin' jagoff shoeshine tip." They smile some more. Sidebar: Appreciate this scene while it lasts, people. Because when One Son comes around, there will be no more smiles. And I'm including the viewers in that as well. Anyways, Scully tells Mulder that someone's been trying to reach Mulder about an X-File and they want him back at the FBI "ASAP."

FBI Bullpen Of Jagoff Shoeshine Tips. Mulder walks in and finds Spender sitting at his desk. Mulder offers to shove some of his work down Spender's throat. Spender was writing him a note.

Dear Mulder,

Suck it!

Yours Truly,

Spender

P.S. Could you talk to my mother?

Anyways, so Spender tells Mulder that his mama wants to talk to him. Mulder didn't hear the magic word. "Look, Agent Mulder I'm not going to get down on my knees here." Insert your own joke here. ["Okay. Uh, 'not for you. Krycek, sure. Skinner, maybe. But not you.'" - raceguy] Mulder wants to know if Spender has come gravelling at his feet for assistance. Spender's mother has been gone for almost a year! She was found in a traincar! She's been operated on! Her doctors were burned alive! He wants the truth! But he can't handle the truth! "The truth is out there, Agent Spender." Clunk. "Maybe you should find it for yourself." Spender walks away. They are twelve year olds.