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SGMF: DoD. An anxious Scully unlocks a door and walks into Mulder's room. The surgery is over and he is alone. His head is bandaged and he's still in his Jesus on a Cross position. Scully gently rubs the side of his head. "Mulder. Mulder, you've got to wake up. I've got to get you out of here. Mulder, can you understand me?" she whispers. Mulder's eyelids flutter and we flash to Old Mulder screaming under his restraints. Dude, Old Mulder must've stopped brushing his teeth because they're as yellow as dandelions. Gross. Scully starts to cry. "Mulder, you've got to get up. I don't know how much time we have. You've got to get up, Mulder." Old Mulder's screaming again. "No one can do it but you, Mulder. Mulder, help me. Please, Mulder." As a tear falls on Mulder's eyelid and rolls down his pretty face, he wakes up as Scully presses her cheek to his. Mulder swallows and Scully lifts her head to face him. "You... help... me" he whispers. Scully lifts him up as he wraps his arm around her. They then run off to Africa and live in a tent; eating fish and drinking coconut milk while they try and decipher those spacecraft rubbings. To fund this project, Mulder runs a small parasailing and jetski operation. Ok, not really. But I would totally watch that show. ["Why am I envisioning an Amazing Race crossover?" - raceguy]

Mulder's Hallway of Partnership Epiphanies. One week later. Scully's sporting her short haircut. Blah. But I can overlook it because I LOVE this scene. She's wearing some fabulous shoes, though. She knocks on Mulder's door. In about a millisecond, he opens it wide and he's very happy to see her. "Scully, what are you doing here? Actually, I was just getting dressed to come see you but I... I couldn't find a tie to go with my victory cap." Wouldn't it have been awesome if, instead of the Yankees, Mulder's "victory cap" was one of those red "Superstar!" ones from Small Potatoes? HA! That would've been hilarious! Scully takes off Mulder's hat and tells him "Mulder, no work. You have to go back to bed." She starts to take his tie but he grabs it first. "Oh, wait. Tie goes to the runner." Mulder laughs. It's nice to know that invasive brain surgery hasn't stilted his ability to crack lame jokes. "Scully, I, um... I was coming down... to work to tell you that Albert Hosteen is dead. He died last night in New Mexico. He'd been in a coma for two weeks. There was... no way he could have been in your apartment." Scully is shocked by this. "He was there -- we... we prayed together. Mulder, I don't believe that. I... I don't believe it. It's impossible." Mulder nods his head and asks "Is it any more impossible than what you saw in Africa or what you saw in me?" Scully looks down and her voice breaks. "I don't know what to believe anymore." Mulder looks sad and steps closer to her. "Mulder, I was so determined to find a cure to save you that I could deny what it was that I saw and now I don't even know... I don't know... I don't know what the truth is... I don't know who to listen to. I don't know who to trust." Scully is crying. "Diana Fowley was found murdered this morning." That sound? X-Philes worldwide rejoicing. "I never trusted her... but she helped save your life just as much as I did." Not true, Scully. She only gave you the key after Mulder had been taken and his head cut open. In other words, the damage was done. Diana didn't save Mulder, you did. "She gave me that book. It was her key that led me to you. I'm sorry... I'm so sorry. I know she was your friend." Mulder looks shocked, but not really all that upset. Scully's face crumples, she reaches up and puts her arms around Mulder's neck. He wraps his arms around her and holds her. "Scully, I was like you once -- I didn't know who to trust. Then I... I chose another path... another life, another fate, where I found my sister. Even though my world was unrecognizable and upside down, there was one thing that remained the same." He cups her face in his hands and gazes at her. "You... were my friend, and you told me the truth." See what I meant earlier when I told you to watch the voice-over from Trust No 1? For Mulder, "the truth" is Scully. For Scully, "the truth" is Mulder. And it warms my shipper heart. ["And makes my noromo heart dry-retch. Feh." - raceguy] Scully wraps her hands around Mulder's wrists. "Even when the world was falling apart, you were my constant... my touchstone." "And you are mine," Scully says. Mulder smiles and nods his head. Mulder leans down towards her and she gives him a nice, long Forehead Kiss of Co-Working Soulmates. The gaze at each other and Scully holds his face in her hands, sliding them down until her thumbs brush his lips very intimately. They're in luuurrvvve, ya'll. She then leaves. Mulder closes his eyes. SQUEE!!!! I. Love. That. Scene.

Beach Dream. Mulder and BoyWilliam are both working on a giant sand UFO. They're smiling and laughing, clearly enjoying themselves.

Whew! I can't believe I got through that. I remember when I watched this ep when it first aired, with my friend who was also a huge X-Files fan. After it ended, I turned to her and ranted something like "It is now completely unrealistic for Mulder and Scully's relationship to remain in stalemate. Diana is dead and gone. Mulder could read minds last week, so he knows how Scully really feels about him. And after that hallway scene... they HAVE to get together now! Keeping them apart no longer makes sense!" etc. And then after watching Rush and The Goldberg Variation, I thought that there was definitely something going on between them. I was like, "They're SO doing it." My friend thought I was crazy. And then we watched all things and she basically had to eat her words.