Not yet up for the deep stuff, but when M & S observed the carni chaos at the funeral, that was NOT a wake. It was a funeral. This is proven by one of my favorite lines, uttered by Mulder after everyone has roared off and several chairs have fallen: "I can't wait for the wake."

After Mulder receives the PC lecture from Mr. Nutt, I examined his later babbling about having seen the Conundrum. There's just this hint of "damn, gotta be careful. Could have been, etc."

Darin Morgan hiked the show up several notches. Then he disappeared. Call me, Darin! We could have a romantic relationship based on old movies and never seeing each other.