X-Files Book Club

It's not so much that I think it unlikely that Scully would call Mulder, I agree with what you say about partners and the nature of their partnership at that time in particular. I just felt the timing was too contrived - a let out clause, if you will - as if Syntax6 hadn't quite decided what she wanted to do with Mulder/Melinda and needed an escape route, or alternatively, wanted a red herring that wasn't going to spoil the Mulder/Scully development. Perhaps it's just a little disappointment on my part because, at that point, I would have found a fling between them quite believable and was a little sad to see Melinda's role fizzle out. I thought as a character she deserved to be more than just a plot device...