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Date Posted: 11:49:13 10/21/00 Sat
Author: devlin
Subject: Krycek and Fowley
In reply to: Islandgirl 's message, "Krycek/Fowley comparisons" on 14:14:22 10/16/00 Mon

I think both Krycek and Fowley came across as having ulterior motives - and I did watch from Day One and saw how Krycek's role unfolded.

I thought Krycek was suspicious because when he first introduced, he had signed up to a case that Mulder expected to be dealing with, before Mulder had had a chance to. Krycek was clever in that he tried to look like he was on Mulder's wavelength and he got under Mulder's skin, playing it like he was offended at Mulder's off-handed treatment.

"I don't appreciate being ditched like someone's bad date" sort of approach.

I thought this attempt to ingratiate himself came across as false behaviour.

With Fowley, I think it comes down to women's intuition. I mean that as a fan and also maybe it explains Scully's reaction to her. I was suspicious that all at once a woman who was super confident, from having a shared past with Mulder, should suddenly re-appear. If you like, it was like what CSM had tried to do with Krycek: to send in an operative whose job was to get close to Mulder. Krycek failed, so Fowley was Plan B. They thought she would be the perfect interloper and would have to make no effort to get into Mulder's good books. This part was right. But they hadn't bargained for Scully's astuteness and intuition. It might have appeared like Scully was jealous (she obviouasly was, a little) but Scully could see how easily led Mulder was, by Fowley and it worried her and made her suspicious. She may have *experienced* jealousy but she *acted* out of an intuitive understanding that Fowley was slick and not be trusted. IMHO.

devlin

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