How would you describe the relationship between Mulder and Scully?
I think the first thing, the most obvious thing, to say about their relationship is it�s a Yin and Yang. It�s the believer and the sceptic. Yet it�s flipped from the beginning because the women is the sceptic and the man is the believer. That is a clear switch on gender stereotypes.
The man has the more emotional, intuitive position and the woman�s got the more cold, irrational approach. That immediately made it interesting. Then they�re both fiercely intelligent, very smart and very interesting.
Secondly, as the years have gone on, there is this unspoken bond between them. It is evident in the way they look at each other, the way they treat each other, and this is very rarely spoken of.
That�s an interesting thing too because these episodes are so plot-driven that you�re hungry for character detail. You want to know more but the show doesn�t give it to you. When it does come, and something personal happens in one of their lives, it�s like a cool drink of water. At last you get more about them.
The last thing I would say is, the sexual tension. It�s there for two reasons - One, because they�re both very attractive people and two, because these two actors just have this chemistry, this electricity that is a gift from God for all of us.
It�s just there, and I don�t� know how to explain that. You see them off screen as private individuals and they cannot be more different. They get along fine, but they�re not close personal friends off-screen
When the camera turns on I think both of them are aware of this connection between them that audiences react to.
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Mulder's Habits
