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Chicago, Illinois. 9:17am. Scully is getting out of a taxi. She's looking fabulous! She's got this really nice and expensive-looking dark pants suit on. Ok, sidebar: So it's 9:17 in the morning, right? So how early must she have gotten up to get to the Dulles airport, fly to Chicago, go through security in the Chicago airport (which is absolutely the worst, IMO), get a cab downtown by 9:17am and then look as phenomenal as she does? Special Agent Fox "Sorry Son of a Bitch" Mulder must've called her at 3am! That man better take notice! Anyhoo, Scully's walking on the sidewalk and she takes out her cell phone, from God knows where. Her bra, I'm guessing. So she's calling Mulder and is basically like, "Well I'm here. So where the heck are you?" A grate on the sidewalk opens behind Scully and up comes Mulder, peeking out at her. He's wearing this dark brown suit and a blue shirt. Not the Cornflower Blue Shirt. A dark blue shirt. He looks as though he's trying to dress like a mobster. Mulder says that he's "around." Scully thinks it's way too early in the morning to be playing his retarded games. Mulder hangs up the phone. "Hey, nice outfit," he says. Thank you! Scully turns around and grins at Mulder. As she walks towards him, he grins moonily and waggles his eyebrows at her. They are so doing it! It's written all over them. Throughout this whole episode they've got the distinct air of two people who are well-laid. So, Scully wants to know what's down in the basement. Mulder wants her to check out what's "up there." He points to the top of a skyscraper and tells her that the top two floors are leased to someone named Jimmy Cutrona. Sidebar: IMDB lists Head Henchman from the teaser as being named Joe Cutrona. So, who the heck is Jimmy? Is Jimmy a nickname for Joe? And if so, that's retarded because his nickname should be Joey. Moving on. Scully recognizes the name as being associated with organized crime and the FBI's been trying to build a case against him for years. Mulder tells her that two agents were parked outside the building last night and witnessed Roach's Free For All and subsequent survival. Mulder and Scully get onto the platform and head on down to the basement.

Basement That Is Neither Lush Nor Containing An Office. Mulder and Scully break out their flashlights and start checking the place out. Scully asks who it was that was thrown off the roof. Mulder doesn't know because the agents never caught up with Roach. Scully wants to know if the basement was searched. Mulder says it wasn't because falling off a roof isn't a crime. Scully asks what Mulder's theory is. "What if this man had some kind of special capability? Some kind of genetic predisposition towards rapid healing, or tissue regeneration?" Scully's wondering why the heck they're there. So am I. How is this an obvious X-File, exactly? Maybe he just wanted an excuse to get Scully to Chicago? I don't know. Scully asks him if he's looking for someone "invulnerable", like "Wile E. Coyote." Mulder starts to agree but then stops himself. Heh. Scully tells him about a British soldier whose parachute malfunctioned, he fell 4,500 feet and only broke a rib. Mulder wants to know what Scully's point is. Hmm. This might be a clue that Mulder is really going brain dead. Maybe that Mysterious Brain Disease wasn't so stupid and fake after all. Well, yes it was stupid but not necessarily fake. "My point is that if there's a wind gust, or a sudden updraft and, plus, if he landed in exactly the right way, I mean, I don't know. Maybe he just got lucky." Mulder's rolling his eyes and sarcastically comments on Scully's "scientific explanation" of luck while Scully flashes her light in Mulder's face. I'd like to take this moment to say that Scully was RIGHT! Oops. Well, I hinted at it in the teaser, people. It's not like you've been deprived of some big reveal later. This isn't even a real X-File. But I'm willing to make an attempt to overlook it simply because Mulder and Scully look freaking hot in this episode. Scully notices a laundry cart with Grayson's Linen Service printed on the side. All its wheels are broken. She brings it to Mulder's attention and hypothesizes that if the laundry cart had been on the platform, it could've saved Roach's life. It would explain the broken wheels. But they have to find him to ask him about it. Mulder's looking through the laundry cart. Why? I have no idea. Maybe he thinks Roach dropped some ID or something.

Mulder does not find ID, but instead finds a prosthetic eye. "Looks like maybe we've found part of him already," Mulder says.

Melrose Park, Illinois. Mulder and Scully have arrived at an apartment building. Let's just say that it ain't The Plaza. Throughout this little scene, they both are looking really relaxed. Really laid back. Like, well-laid back. I'm just sayin'. Mulder buzzes the intercom on apartment 313. Scully tells Mulder that he's "taking a flier" and that there's probably hundreds of people in the Chicago area with prosthetic eyes. Mulder tells her that this guy they're seeing, Henry Weems, was the only one who made an appointment to get a new one this morning. Mulder buzzes again. "Maybe he can't see his way to the door," Scully cracks. HA! She made a funny! Mulder gives her a big smile. Aw. A lady comes out of the building and Mulder catches the door. "Come on, Scully. I'm feeling lucky." I bet he is, the world mutters.