This story is moving and unsettling in much the same way that Jess Mabe's "The Other Man" is...the idea of a Mulder who is not Mulder, yet appears essentially to be, leaves a sense of displacement and disbelief that is not easily forgotten. The comments that have been written highlight the strengths and the brilliance of this story, but I must be stupid because I still don't understand a crucial aspect, and is what left me confused about it when I first read it: in Chapter 2 they use their names for the first time and the "FBI man" addresses the woman as Scully...fine. But then she refers to him as Mulder...I thought the whole point is that he is NOT Mulder, or have I just missed an elementary point somewhere? (I guess I must have)
I need to understand
The comments that have been written highlight the strengths and the brilliance of this story, but I must be stupid because I still don't understand a crucial aspect, and is what left me confused about it when I first read it: in Chapter 2 they use their names for the first time and the "FBI man" addresses the woman as Scully...fine. But then she refers to him as Mulder...I thought the whole point is that he is NOT Mulder, or have I just missed an elementary point somewhere? (I guess I must have)