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Beach Dream. BoyWilliam has made a huge UFO out of sand. He seems excited to see Mulder, who's still in his gray pectastic t-shirt, and starts jumping up and down. Mulder is impressed and asks the boy what he made. "An unidentified flying object." Then the boy jumps down next to Mulder and starts kicking and tearing it apart. Mulder is confused. "Hey! What are... what are you doing? Why are you destroying your spaceship?" BoyWilliam is angry. "It's your spaceship. You're destroying it." BoyWilliam then throws a handful of sand at Mulder. "You were supposed to help me."

Mulder: That's it! You're grounded, mister!

BoyWilliam: You can't ground me! You're the one who gave me up to some farmers!

Mulder: That was your mother.

BoyWilliam: Yeah well, where is she? Did you abandon her too?

Mulder: Uhhh...

Actually, Mulder has no response and just watches him destroy the ship. Ok, sidebar: I think the boy on the beach represents Mulder's future, his fate, etc. As soon as Mulder buys into the lies and temptations in the other dream, the beach dream that was once a peaceful place starts falling apart. The boy is now sad and angry. These are the choices in front of Mulder. I'm sure Diana and the Jugs have been hanging around in the back of his head since she returned in The End. And Season 6 was kind of rough on Mulder and Scully's relationship. Largely due to Diana doing her part in attempting to thwart their work and undermine their faith in each other. This beach dream, or his fate, is what he must sacrifice to be with the Diana he's romanticized in his mind. However, in the dream Diana does tell Mulder that the real truth he's seeking is becoming a father. It seems as though Mulder is beginning to understand that his search for the truth isn't really about the existence of aliens, which he's already believed for years and years, but something more important. Like having an AlienMiracleBaby with the one person that without which he couldn't live without! Oooh, wait! What if the boy on the beach represents Scully? I guess that would make sense, too. Sort of. Oh, man. My head is really starting to hurt. ["Yours? I have to edit the work of someone whose head is about to explode!" - raceguy]

Scully's Apartment of Indeterminate Lonely Night Booty Calls. Scully walks in and Albert Hosteen is there. He tells her that she's running out of time. "Why do you come to me like this? Why? When I can't find him." Hosteen tells her that she's not looking in the right place. Where has she been looking exactly? I take it Teena "Mother of the Year" Mulder hasn't returned her phone calls. "You don't know where he is?" Hosteen asks. "Even if I did I wouldn't know how to save him. This science makes no sense to me." Oh, dear. Scully needs to realize some truths too, ya'll. Mulder needs to realize, which I think he's starting to, that the truth isn't about proving to the world that aliens exist. And Scully needs to realize that the truth is not found in her freaking science. Well, at least by the opening of Trust No 1, she's finally realized this. Ok, after watching this ep or reading this recap pop in your Season 9 DVD and watch Scully's voice-over. Or head over to TWoP and read Jessica's recap because she transcribed the voice-over. Mulder and Scully eventually found the truth, but it wasn't in outer space and it wasn't in science. Anyhoo, rant over. Hosteen points to Scully's chest, right over her heart and asks "Have you looked for him here?" Scully wants to know if he's asking her to pray. Hosteen pulls her down and they kneel on the the floor. Hosteen then says, one of my favorite quotes of all time, "There are more worlds than the one you can hold in your hand." They pray.

SGMF. Mulder and CSM, heads mere inches apart, are being prepped for surgery. Diana's got her scrubs on. CSM tells Diana that there's "poetry in this." Ok, sure. Diana isn't so enthused. "You're removing genetic material that may kill your son." CSM is all, "next step in evolution" blah "save men" blee. "We're doing God's work, Diana. Without this immunity, everyone would die. This knowledge is God's blessing. I'll carry on for Mulder from here." Aww, man. Now God has to smite you. I suspect in the form of lung cancer and something involving Krycek and a wheelchair. And then possibly some missiles. CSM holds Diana's hand and smiles. I wonder what the exact nature of their relationship was. Ew. That's disturbing. Diana doesn't look too happy. Some time later, Mulder opens his eyes during surgery. Diana is freaked out by this and the doctors comment that Mulder "won't stay under" but they can't push him any further because if he's any flatter, "he'd be circling the drain." Diana looks worried. She looks into his eyes and then leaves the room, using her key card to exit.