XFiles rewatch: Audrey Pauley
Monica drops Doggett off after they went out for a drink, and they have a FLIRTY AF conversation in her car about how he's a dog person, but they do NOT kiss because they're ridiculous.
Monica drives away and a drunk driver hits her - sending her to a hospital.
(A reminder that Doggett was in a coma IN THE LAST EPISODE. These two, I swear...)
Waking up in a weird alternate universe hospital, Monica realizes she can't leave because theres a spooky electrical void outside (she tests it by dropping a coffee cup and it gets zapped so leaving that way is a nope) and meets two other dudes, Stephen and Barreiro, who are also stuck in this weird place.
Barreiro convulses electrically and then disappears, so Monica and Stephen explore the alt hospital and figure out they're in some sort of limbo.
In the real world hospital, Doggett refuses to believe Monica is brain dead despite Dr. Scully and Monica's Doc repeatedly telling him.
Audrey, played by Tracey Ellis, is a helper at the hospital (she lives there and delivers the flowers) who can travel between the real world and the alt hospital via a dollhouse version of the hospital she made and keeps in her room.
Audrey tells Doggett that he loves Monica, and also that Monica's soul isn't gone. Monica has Audrey tell Doggett that he's a dog person, which was the last thing she told him during their last flirty conversation.
Doggett realizes something XFiles-y is up -- and boom, Agent Doggett is on the case, looking at medical records and putting together that Monica's Doc is a Dr. Death who "likes pulling the plug on patients." He and Scully are too late to save Stephen (who dies in Monica's arms in the alt hospital) and after a nurse who worked on Monica turns up dead (RIP Whitney you were just trying to stop a potential malpractice suit) Doggett knows he's on to something.
Scully explains, without hesitation, how exactly SHE would kill someone and make it look like natural causes. One can only assume she has thought about this before and, like, I don't blame her.
Monica is an organ donor, her parents are on the way from Mexico City to say goodbye, and her time is limited. Doggett breaks down (Geez, Robert Patrick's ability to fall apart is ASTONISHING) and begs Audrey to go into the alt hospital and tell Monica she has to give them a sign because he doesn't know what else to do.
Audrey, a real one, does it. #heroine
Monica realizes its Audrey who built the alt hospital and therefore Audrey can change the rules - and then Dr. Death shows up in Audrey's room with a needle. (Booooo!)
In her last moments, Audrey tells Monica to jump into the void bc she changed it and its okay now. Monica takes the leap of faith, and just as the transplant teams are in place...she wakes up.
Doggett slams the Doc's head against a wall, but is too late to save Audrey.
Doggett takes Monica home (and again, they do NOT kiss) and he watches her go inside.
Its weird. Its sweet. I love this one. Sigh, the Doggett/Reyes show The XFiles could have become would have been pretty special. <3