Where in the world were Mulder and Scully?
I'm sure someone else has already made this list, but I've decided to keep track of how many U.S. states (and DC) (and Puerto Rico) Mulder and Scully investigate an incident in. Not counting other locations where part of the incident happens but Mulder and Scully never go to (like England in 1:12). (edited 3/27/24 after watching 2:19) This started as a list of US states and I continue to be interested in counting US states and territories, but the time has come to set up the list for other locations as well. This list includes places that Mulder and/or Scully go to during the episode to investigate a case. Action in DC that is not related to a case in DC does not count. If the action is in DC and spills over to Maryland and/or Virginia, I just count DC, but if the thing starts in VA and then things also happen in DC, I count both. I don't know, it's not an exact science, and the DC area is fluid to me. So far we have...
US States & Territories:
Oregon (1:1, 7:22)
Idaho (1:2, 2:18, 7:10)
Maryland (1:3, 1:15, 1:21, 1:24, 2:16, 2:17, 3:7, 3:16, 3:23, 4:8, 4:9, 4:16, 4:21, 5:3, FtF, 6:6, 6:12, 7:4; 8:6, 8:10, 8:13; 8:20)
Iowa (1:4)
New Jersey (1:5, 2:2)
Pennsylvania (1:6, 2:3, 2:16, 3:9, 4:2, 4:3, 4:12, 4:13, 4:14, 5:13, 5:14, 5:18, 7:15, 8:7, 8:11)
Virginia (1:7, 2:5, 2:6, 2:21, 2:22, 2:23, 3:7, 3:17, 3:24, 4:8, 4:10, 4:16, 4:21, 4:24, 5:1, 5:11, 5:13, 5:17, FtF, 6:7, 6:11, 6:18, 7:4, 7:5, 7:15, 8:16)
Alaska (1:8, 2:17)
Texas (1:9, 5:12, FtF, 8:18*)
Wisconsin (1:10, 2:10)
Connecticut (1:11, 2:4)
California (1:11, 2:7, 3:15, 3:19, 4:11, 5:6, 5:7, 6:2, 6:15, 6:16, 7:3, 7:8, 7:10, 7:11, 7:12, 7:13, 7:14, 7:19)
Massachusetts (1:12, 1:14, 2:11, 2:16, 3:12, 3:18, 4:10, 4:19; 8:8)
North Carolina (1:13, 2:15, 6:21, 7:18, 8:15)
Washington, DC (1:16, 2:8, 2:21, 3:14, 3:16, 3:21, 4:16, 4:22, 4:24, 5:1, 5:2, 5:11, 5:18, 6:9, 6:14, 6:22, 7:1, 7:2, 7:7, 7:17, 7:19, 8:7, 8:10, 8:16, 8:20, 8:21)
Tennessee (1:17, 1:18, 4:5, 7:9)
Washington State (1:17, 1:20, 1:23, 2:9, 3:8, 3:20)
Montana (1:19, 8:14)
New York (1:22, 2:4, 2:16, 3:16, 4:3, 4:8, 4:9, 4:15, 4:17, 4:18, 6:10; 8:19)
Puerto Rico (2:1)
Missouri (2:12, 7:21)
Nebraska (2:12)
Minnesota (2:13, 3:4)
New Hampshire (2:14, 3:13)
Florida (2:20, 3:5, 4:9, 5:4, 6:13, 7:4)
Arkansas (2:24)
New Mexico (2:25, 3:1, 6:22)
West Virginia (3:2, 3:9, 3:10, 4:20)
Oklahoma (3:3, 8:5)
Ohio (3:6, 3:11, 5:18)
North Dakota (3:16)
Georgia (3:22; 8:21)
Rhode Island (3:24, 4:1, 4:23)
Michigan (4:4, 5:9)
Illinois (4:6, 4:19, 7:6, 7:7)
South Carolina (only Skinner 4:21)
Indiana (5:5, 8:9)
Maine (5:10)
Delaware (5:16, 5:18)
Arizona (6:1)
Nevada (6:2, 6:4, 6:5, 6:20)
Kansas (6:8, 7:20)
Mississippi (6:17)
Vermont (7:16)
Utah (8:4)
Places Outside the US:
Norway (2:19)
Hong Kong (3:15)
Canada (Alberta - 4:1, 4:9; Yukon - 4:24)
Russia (4:8; 4:9)
Antarctica (FtF)
Sargasso Sea (6:3)
Côte d'Ivoire (6:22, 7:1)
*in 8:18 Mulder and Doggett were in the Gulf of Mexico, actually






















