always moments [12/?] ⤷ 5.08 — “After Hours”

EMILY PRENTISS criminal minds 3.15

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2016 - 2019)

GILLIAN ANDERSON as DANA SCULLY ➟ The X-Files 1.17 E.B.E.

I firmly believe that lonely bookworm military brat Dana Scully’s first best friend was Mulder. We need to talk about this more.

Scully comes off as the more "normal" of the two, but we see so many times throughout the show that her social skills are just as limited as Mulder's (if not more), she just doesn't have as many outrageous theories (and if she does, she's not as loud about them). And to me that's so important because it adds this sense of relief she feels in getting to know Mulder. Someone who is just as smart and just as strange, just in different ways.

Scully always knew she was loved, but I think Mulder was the first person to make her feel not just loved, but seen and understood.

i like it when people compliment me. i like it... when people like me. (looks around to make sure nobody is about to shoot me)

Anne Hathaway | "The Odyssey" New York Premiere | July 14, 2026