I think the telephones, in addition to referring to the fact that Scully has been trying to bring herself to call Mulder to tell him about William (as was mentioned), also could serve to remind us that, for the rest of the world, life is going on and people are oblivious to the danger they have just been saved from. (I'm thinking of the beginning where the older woman is waiting to use the payphone because her granddaughter is running late. A mundane worry to contrast with what Scully is going through and with the danger the world has narrowly avoided.) I do wonder who is calling Mulder's telephone at the end.
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I think the telephones, in addition to referring to the fact that Scully has been trying to bring herself to call Mulder to tell him about William (as was mentioned), also could serve to remind us that, for the rest of the world, life is going on and people are oblivious to the danger they have just been saved from. (I'm thinking of the beginning where the older woman is waiting to use the payphone because her granddaughter is running late. A mundane worry to contrast with what Scully is going through and with the danger the world has narrowly avoided.) I do wonder who is calling Mulder's telephone at the end.