Wayne is so sympathetic that there are moments of “Phrases of Endearment” when it’s Mulder who comes off wanting like a jerk.
“Phrases of Endearment” is a monster-of-the-week episode divorced from the present’s bigger UFO mythology, however its story continues to be impacted by Mulder and Scully’s seek for “the reality.”
It’s set throughout a time when the pair have been thrown off the X-Recordsdata and changed with the Smoking Man’s son, Agent Spender. Their substitute places the case within the shredder when he will get it, however Mulder finds it by choosing by means of his rubbish.
So for many of “Phrases of Endearment,” Mulder is with out the moderating presence of Scully in Roanoke, and he does the sorts of issues his associate would possibly usually be capable to cease him from doing.
Specifically, he harasses Wayne. As Laura is being arrested, Mulder—already satisfied that Wayne is a satan—turns to Wayne as he leaves his home, saying, “I do know what you’re.”
Later Mulder teases Wayne as he trails him in his automotive, forcing the satan in disguise to do some fast considering to not reveal his second secret household to the agent.
