I have watched the X-files episode "Fight Club" yesterday, it was pretty great and it's been a long time since I had seen it last time.
I have noticed a couple of things but one thing I found very intriguing and beautiful is how you can basically feel how Mulders spirit or presence somehow just extends over Scully protectively. I found that very interesting and maybe you can see it in season 7 more than in the earlier seasons but if you're a bit empathic/ energy sensitive, you notice how she's under his care and his watch even if he's not physically touching her. It's a very grounded and reassuring feeling and I completely understand why she would gladly hold onto it. That's two people who have spent a lot of time together intimately (and I'm not speaking of this in a sexual sense). They just have a real deep connection with lots of unspoken kinship. I think that might be between the actors too, that chemistry they had right from the beginning and what David described as "somehow joined at some significant level forever". It's a big part of why people feel so attracted and touched by their relationship and interaction on and off screen, I believe. Although they definitely have this dynamic most when they come together as Mulder and Scully. 👫
It is perceivable to a certain extent in the pilot here already:
I wish I had some decent screen captures where I could show exactly what I mean but I just have a variety of photos here that might be able to illustrate a little bit what I mean. I'm sure some of my fellow X-files fans might feel what I'm trying to convey. 😉
You can see it most when Scully is speaking to or interacting with someone else. It's like there is this certainty in the air that she does whatever she does and he lets her do her thing freely. But it is also implicitly clear that if anyone oversteps or does anything that could hurt her, he's not going to wait a second to break people's kneecaps.
