♬∞ Punch♏︎Tsubasa ☉☯

i love how they both do it to each other in the same episode

Mulder, you passed me today within a foot, but you were miles away. THE X FILES | S02E01, ’Little Green Men’

the x-files, “firewalker” (1994)

“Are you hurt? [Mmm.] Are you okay?”

THE X-FILES 1.17 — 2.01

You're the only one I trust.

Mulder and Scully show how much they trust each other through the seasons.

The X Files 1x17 // 2x01 // 2x13 // 3x23

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The X-Files 2.08 | “One Breath”

Later, he was executed for mansplaining.

“I was sent here by one of those people. Deep Throat said ‘Trust no one.’ And that’s hard, Scully... suspecting everyone, everything. It wears you down. You even begin to doubt what you know is the truth. Before, I could only trust myself. Now, I can only trust you... and they've taken you away from me. My life up to this point has been about the need to see her again. To see them. But what would I do if they really came?”

just mulder not gazing at scully

THE X FILES 2.19 – "Død Kalm"

THE X FILES | 2.05 — Duane Barry

THE X-FILES | 2.15 — “Fresh Bones”

With no context this looks like Mulder seeing a cat for the first time

THE X-FILES (1993-2018) | S02E23 ‘Soft Light’

Sometimes I think The X-Files is such a timeless and relevant show I forget it takes place in the 90s, and then I see a scene where Scully buys a whole bag of groceries for $11.14 and pays with a check