THE X-FILES RECAPS: 7x06 - THE GOLDBERG VARIATION
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7x06: THE GOLDBERG VARIATION

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St. Patricia's Hospital. Mulder's sitting in his white undershirt getting his arm bandaged up. He's looking mighty hot here, people. Mighty hot. Henry asks him if it hurts and Mulder says that it stings a little, "but I'll live." Except for that part where your brain is dying, which you're apparently aware of, although this doesn't coincide at all with your behavior in Season 7 and... you know what? Forget it. Scully appears with a deck of cards she probably bought down at the gift shop and hands it to Mulder. Mulder and Henry then play Top Card, or whatever it's called, and Henry beats Mulder each time. Scully wants to know what that proves. I think her patience is wearing out. Well take a seat next to me, sister. Mulder says that it proves that Henry is incapable of losing. "How does it feel to be the luckiest man in the universe, Henry?" Henry says that it blows. Mulder spins his You Can't Have One Without The Other theory and Henry says that when something goes right for him, "everybody else has to take it in the keister." Mulder comments on Henry keeping a low profile until recently, when he played poker with the Mob because he doesn't care if they take it in keister. Henry says that those "goombah jerks" have got "issues." Henry knows he shouldn't have played the lottery but he needs the money. Scully guesses that the money is for Shia. Apparently, Shia has hepatitis and he needs a new liver, but his blood is B- and he's also CNV-, and finding a donor is impossible. Impossible, I tell you! Scully looks at her feet, realizing that Shia is basically a goner. Henry needs the $100,000 to get Shia into an experimental treatment program in England. Henry asks if he'll be arrested. He won't but he'll still need protection from Cutrona's henchmen. Henry says that the Mob needs protection from him and then takes a melodramatic exit, but not before flipping another card. It's a King of hearts. Scully then scolds Mulder for being "utterly irresponsible" blah "feeding the delusions" blee "supposed to be talking him into protective custody" blah blah blee blee. How is getting Henry to testify their job? Are they working Cutrona's case now? Isn't it about time they started chasing Donnie Pfaster? Why in the world are they still in Chicago? Sigh. Moving on. Mulder doesn't believe that Henry's life is in danger. Henry's leaving the hospital as Joe "Jimmy, Not Joey" Cutrona and Tony Longo get out of a car in front. Tony follows Henry down the street. Scully tells Mulder that he's putting too much faith in luck and he's risking Henry's life on it. She says that lucky streaks come to an end, flips a card to reveal an Ace of hearts and our Immortal Blessed Saint Scully has beaten The Luckiest Man in the World. Mulder takes this as a sign that Henry needs protection and runs out of the hospital. Tony is following Henry down the sidewalk, carrying a blade and Mulder calls out to Henry. Henry forgets to look both ways and runs out into the street in front of a truck. Tony walks away and Mulder feels Henry for a pulse as Scully approaches. Henry's fake eye is lying on the pavement.

Shia LaBeouf's Bedroom of Hepatitis Hopefully Contracted By An Accidental Bad Blood Transfusion, And Not By Cocaine, Unprotected Sex or Poopy Food. Shia's sitting on the floor playing with that toy contraption Henry made. Shia's Mom comes in and gets him back into bed. Shia comments that Henry said that playing with that toy machine was educational. Shia's Mom doesn't want him to believe everything Henry says, especially since the police are looking for him and all. As Shia's Mom gets a good look at him, we see that his skin is more jaundiced than before, his lips are gray and his eyes look as though someone pissed in them (Ed Note: Eww! - Starbucket).

St. Patricia's Hospital. Henry's alive and lying in a bed. Scully tells Mulder that Henry has a bruised rib and a black eye. Which I'm guessing is the real one. "And don't tell me he just got lucky," Scully says. Mulder says that maybe Henry's lucky streak has just about run out. Scully says that getting hit by that truck knocked some sense into him and he's agreed to testify against Cutrona. Case solved! Now let's get the heck out of here.

Cutrona's Tea Party. Cutrona puts down his teacup as Tony tells him that their guy from the Justice Department called to tell them about a warrant being issued. Cutrona is less than thrilled to learn that the "mook Weems" is still alive. Tony thought he was dead. "Maybe he has some special ability. He's impervious or something." As if Tony would even know the word impervious. Don't point vocabulary at people if you haven't been properly trained. Tony says that they can't get to Henry because the cops are all over the hospital. "Who says we have to get to him?" Cutrona asks cryptically. Whatever. Henry is their big threat? The skinny dude with one eye they threw off a roof? This is the worst Mob in the history of the Mafia. The fellas on the East Coast would be ashamed.

Home of Shia & Shia's Mom. The paramedics are there to pick up Shia. Shia wants to bring Henry's toy to the hospital. The paramedics wheel Shia out of the apartment as his mom goes into his bedroom to get the toy and a bag of clothes. Tony enters the apartment. Sidebar: How does the Mob even know about Shia and his mom? The Mob knows that Henry, the building super, has a somewhat unrealistic and kind of creepy relationship with the son of this single mother living in the building? What the heck?

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