In 1993, creatorChris Carter’s sci-fi passion project,The X-Files, debuted on the fledgling Fox internet.
Audiences tentatively tuned in, with viewership growing exponentially, ultimately becoming one of the best series on TV.
ThroughoutThe X-Files’eleven-season run, the agents navigate a barrage of unbelievable events, conspiracies, and personal growth.
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Mulder and Scully’s ability to bend and stretch is part of what makes the series dynamic.
Here are a few examples of Mulder’s best lines.
Meanwhile,Scully is fully exasperated by their summonsto a live TV show and wants no part in it.
Unsurprisingly,Vince Gilliganwrote the (often hysterical) experimental episode.
Dramatic eye-roll, cut.
When Mulder’s having fun, we’re all having fun.
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8"Stupid a** haircut!"
7"…And it’sMr.
Mulderto you, you peanut-picking bastard!"
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6"Come on Scully, get those little legs moving!"
Facts become murky through the fog of memory-erasing drugs administered by the fanged townspeople.
Mulder and Scully regale each other with an independent recall, interrupting periodically with objections and amendments.
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In Scully’s memory, Sheriff Hartwell (Luke Wilson) is a smoke show.
A jealous Mulder remembers him differently and strongly disagrees with Scully’s experience.
He never even knew your first name!"
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5"Dear Diary, today my heart leapt as Agent Scully suggested spontaneous human combustion."
Supernatural or hypothetical theories regarding causes of death are Mulder’s specialty.
Upon hearing her assessment of the warden’s body, Mulder can’t believe his ears.
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After five seasons of counterarguments and alternate plausible hypotheses based on facts, Scully finally offered something wild.
4"Scully?
Poor Scully; she just wanted to get away from the supernatural slog.
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Duchovny makes “Chinga” worth watching.
Skip the doll stuff and stay for the undeniable Mulder-Scully “shipper” content.
3"No, I was just never sure your little feet could reach the pedals."
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The cosmic conundrum mysteriously evokes disgruntled discord in anyone entering or inhabiting the town, including the agents.
Mulder can’t read the room to save his life and gets into the liquor cabinet.
Amid murder and angry mob mayhem, Mulder and Scully are engrossed in a private soap opera.
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Annoyed, Scully fires back, “Why do you always have to drive?
Because you’re theguy?
Because you’re the big, macho man.”
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Pencils down, this concludes the battle of wills.
2"Scully, this is a classic case of ‘Demon Fetal Harvest’."
Wayne gaslights his wife when she awakens to discover her child is missing.
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Meanwhile, Mulder and Scully learn that Wayne has an additional pregnant wife nearby.
Mulder and Scully are sidelined and technically off of the X-Files, but Mulder shan’t be contained.
Luckily, Mulder loves puzzles and owns Scotch tape.
1"Scully, youhaveto believe me.
Nobody else on this whole damn planet does or ever will.
You’re my one in five billion."
Mulder arrives on the scene, which escalates into a hostage situation with Gary at the helm.
In his current state, Mulder sidelines Scully and sets off to slay the “monster” himself.
Unfortunately, Mulder’s cavalier dismissal of the murdering insect results in his hospitalization in a psychiatric facility.
In a plea delivered with earnest vulnerability, Mulder says, “Scully, youhaveto believe me.
Nobody else on this whole damn planet does or ever will.
You’re my one in five billion.”
His feelings for his partner couldn’t be any clearer.
Scully and Mulder ‘shippers’ around the world reach for a Kleenex.
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