Yes, but... -- X-PHILES WORLD-Season 8 Discussion

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Date Posted: 10:54:21 02/08/00 Tue
Author: G-WW
Subject: Yes, but...
In reply to: detoured 's message, "Good points by Islandgirl" on 03:23:05 02/08/00 Tue

...didn't Mulder's Mom just say in this last ep that she hoped Mulder would "someday" understand why she did some things earlier on?

I guess I stand firm in believing that Mrs. Mulder has been conveying an "angst-ridden" person from square one, whatever her reasons, and who are we to judge whether or not her resulting mistreatment of Mulder were justified or not?

To me...she brings "reality" to the show...someone who has had issues to deal with, and wasn't able to come through them "smelling like a rose". It seems to me, that we are used to seeing the main XF characters working through all their issues, and moving on. Well, that doesn't always happen in real life, IMHO.

I am not defending her (although, I am sure it sounds like it!), I am just trying to understand her. She DID treat Mulder badly, but he never seemed to want to lash out at her for it, so maybe he understood something we don't.

Well, that's enough from me, I guess...I will watch to read the "counter punches" from you all about Mrs. Mulder!!

G-WW

>
> I agree Scully was just being there for Mulder and
> letting him deal with things the way he needed to. I'm
> sure she thought he shouldn't even be on the case at
> all but she knows after all this time she can't stop
> him when he's determined to do something.
>
> I think so too on the criticism. She will tell him
> what she thinks to his face but sill defend him to the
> hilt to anyone else. I think she's always been that
> way. Like a mother protecting her cub. :-)
>
> As for Mrs. Mulder, well if she wanted to cling to
> Mulder why didn't she spend more time with him? It
> doesn't even look like she invited him for Christmas
> the year he talked Scully into going to the haunted
> house. And then we see her talking to CSM and letting
> him take her son out of the hospital to some strange
> place. Why didn't she take him herself to her own home?
>
> I have litrle sympathy for Teena either! She's treated
> her son terribly over the years and I don't care if
> she'd been strong armed by the consortium and couldn't
> do anything about it. She could have told Mulder the
> truth from the beginning! (Then i guess we wouldn't
> have had a show would we? ;-) )

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Good Points G-WW -- kenamom, 17:56:02 02/08/00 Tue
Mulder lets them push him around -- detoured, 03:16:53 02/09/00 Wed