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Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Skinner's sitting on a bench or something with his head in his hands, contemplating his life and thinking maybe he should search the personal ads for a blue-eyed ex-cop with some dead son issues who wouldn't mind relocating to Vermont. ["And who likes pie. Don't forget the Pie." - raceguy] Scully approaches Skinner and is surprised that Mulder's in the Special Psychiatric Unit. Should she be really surprised, though? I mean, she must've thought that there was a likely chance he'd end up there one day. Skinner tells Scully that no one knows what Mulder's problem is. Skinner says that he knew she'd want to see Mulder and talk to the doctors. Skinner then holds Scully's hand and she looks as though her heart just fell into her stomach. Scully goes to the observation room, where The Fowl One is watching Mulder on some monitors. He's wearing a hospital gown and basically acting crazy: holding his head, mumbling indistinctly, etc. Diana thanks Scully for coming and tells her that Mulder was asking for her last night. Yeah, I bet he was. As soon as he saw Diana's jugs in his face, he probably started screaming for Scully and then Diana had to take him to the hospital. ["Psych ward, no less." - raceguy] The doctor walks in and tells them they can't be there. Scully wants to know what's wrong with Mulder. As soon as Scully says his name, Mulder starts screaming at the camera. I think he knows his Scully's there, ya'll. The doctor has no idea what's wrong with Mulder and they have no idea how to treat him. Mulder has extremely abnormal brain function but he hasn't had a stroke and they're waiting to run more tests. Scully wants to know what they're waiting for. The doctor tells Scully that Mulder's extremely violent and that they've given him so much drugs that he should be in a "barbituate coma," but there's brain activity they've never seen before. Scully wants to talk to Mulder but the doctor tells her that he's dangerous. "Not to me," she says. Diana wants to speak to Scully privately. "About what?" Scully spits. Then there's this Look of Death face-off between them. Hee! Skinner gets them into the hall. As Skinner opens the door, Mulder screams "SCULLY!" into the camera and directly at her. He knows she's there! He needs her! Even when he's whacked out on drugs and aliens have taken over his brain, he needs the one person that without which he cannot live without!

Hallway Showdown. Diana asks Scully when did Mulder start getting sick. Scully tells her that it was when Skinner gave them this case. Diana wants to know the nature of the case and Scully tells her that it's a murder investigation. Diana wants to know who was murdered and then Skinner butts in and says that the case has nothing to do with Mulder's condition. Diana trusts Scully's judgement. Well, at least there's one positive thing about Diana. Diana wants to help, based on her background into the paranormal blah psychiatric wards blee, and her work on the X-Files. Skinner once again butts in and says that the X-File is a fraud, Scully has proof of a scholar de-bunking it. Basically, the conversation in the LBO between Scully, Mulder and Chuck. Scully eyeballs Skinner and he makes a "Busted!" face. "I never sent you that report," she tells him. Skinner ignores this and tells Diana that the case is being resolved. Diana's all, "Not as far as Agent Mulder's concerned." Diana then asks Scully that if she knows what's happening, why she won't tell her. Why? Because Scully doesn't trust you Diana. At all. And she knows who you're really working for. She may not be able to prove it, but she knows. Scully wants to get down to business, however, and asks Diana why she was with Mulder last night. Oooh, Mulder's in trouble when he gets out of the hospital. ["You heard the lady, Mulder. Scully's gonna go all dominatrix on yo' ass. Why couldn't that have been a DVD extra? And why couldn't Krycek show up in that episode?" - raceguy] Diana tells Scully that Mulder called her, she found him in the Stairwell of Brain Pain and he could barely speak. But he did manage to get out that the only one who would believe him about an artifact was Diana. God, I hate her. Sure, I can buy that Mulder called her since Scully was in New Mexico and all. But he did not say that Diana was the only one who'd believe him. I mean, Scully's his one in 5 billion. And I'd bet my life on the fact that if Scully had been in the D.C. area, he would've called her. Scully rightfully calls Diana a liar and turns to leave. Skinner grabs her arm she says that they're both liars. Scully gives them one giant eyebrow before walking away. ["And anotherrr *hic* thinnng!" - raceguy]

New Mexico. Hosteen's healing ceremony is still going strong. Sandoz looks as though he's had a revelation and walks out of the tent.

LBO. Scully starts searching the office for a camera. Isn't this something they should've been doing, like, every week since they started working together? Scully notices the smoke alarm on the ceiling and she stands on a chair to check it out. There's definitely a camera in there. But before she can discover it, her phone starts ringing. Foiled! It's Sandoz. She warns him that the line may not be secure but he doesn't care. He tells her that the random letters that Hosteen was trying to translate on the other artifact are gene clusters. Sandoz then notices the horses freaking out and then Scully hears a gunshot. Sandoz is dead, ya'll. Killed by Krycek. What is he up to? I don't think he's working for CSM. I mean, he saw Mulder in the Stairwell of Brain Pain. But based on Diana's phone call to CSM, that was the first he heard of Mulder's condition. Right? Unless it was really Krycek who called Diana. Does that even make any sense? Am I thinking too much about this? ["Yes." - raceguy] I should just be happy that Krycek is alive.

Ivory Coast, West Africa, 36 hours later. Scully's on the beach wearing a really nice beige dress. The Africans lead Scully to the water where she finds an alien spacecraft. I guess Scully has finally gotten the solid proof she needed. I mean, I can't really see her trying to deny this. Now Scully is equipped to become the "believer" to Doggett's "skeptic." But let's not speak of such things. Happy thoughts, people. Happy thoughts.

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