I quite agree. I am sorry to be depressing you. I have been thinking a lot about the end of the series, I suppose, because of the second movie filming. I keep trying to come up with a plausible scenario for M&S to be reinstated (and to have retrieved William) but none comes to mind, unfortunately. They really did a number on my head with the adoption. I can't imagine Scully going on after that, either. I can imagine, though, the torment she was in. She wasn't able to keep William safe. She tried contacting Mulder and only ended up nearly getting him killed in the process. She was between a rock and a hard place. Stupid writers. She was betrayed by her creators.