Who is the father of Scully's baby?

But as viewers learned in the season 11 premiere, William was not biologically Mulder's son — he was CSM's, who drugged and medically impregnated an unwilling Scully. (CSM is also Mulder's biological father.)
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Who did Scully get pregnant by?

Over the course of season 11, Scully and Mulder search for William. Skinner learns from the Smoking Man that the Smoking Man, who is Mulder's father, also artificially impregnated Scully, thus is William's father, as well.
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Who is the father of Agent Scully's baby?

That Scully named baby William after Mulder's father seems odd as her own father and brother also had the first-name "William." So one can conclude that by stating William was named after Bill Mulder, Scully was acknowledging Mulder as the father of her baby.
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Did Scully and Mulder have a child?

They learn that the man shares DNA with Fox Mulder (Duchovny), and may possibly even be him. The answers become even more surprising when Scully's son, baby William, is put on the line. "William" marked the return of David Duchovny to the series, after his departure following the eighth season finale "Existence".
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How does Scully become pregnant?

A flashback reveals that Mulder agreed to conceive a child with Scully through in vitro fertilization through Doctor Parenti.
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The X-Files - Scully tells Mulder she wants a baby with him [8x13 - Per Manum]



Did Scully ask Mulder to be a sperm donor?

In another flashback, Scully asks Mulder to be the donor, to which he happily agrees. Scully is warned by Mary that their unborn children are in danger. Scully meets Doggett and Skinner, having requested a leave of absence from the FBI.
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Does Mulder love Scully?

Scully and Mulder have a fully fledged partnership by the time this mid-Season 2 episode comes around. Their initial wariness of each other has disappeared, and their friendship is a pretty solid, if new, thing.
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What happens to scullys baby?

At the end of the episode “William,” Scully gives her son up for adoption, hoping that getting him away from the X-Files would allow him to have a normal life.
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How did Scully get pregnant season 7?

Not only because it revealed that the Cigarette Smoking Man used Scully to create a "superhuman child," but because it took away something precious from Scully: her choice. Scully was actively trying to become pregnant in Season 7. She went through IVF treatments, but they were unsuccessful.
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Does Scully adopt Emily?

Further tests revealed that the mysterious genetic matter that was released could actually be found throughout her body and was slowly but surely killing her with its expansion. Scully even attempted to adopt the girl, but was initially denied and ultimately unable to when Emily died.
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Was Mulder married?

In several shots, Mulder can be seen wearing a wedding band. This was David Duchovny's idea; he explained "That was just me, you know, fooling around. I had recently gotten married, and I wanted to wear it." He later described the situation as "so Mulder to never have mentioned that he was married".
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Why is Scully immortal?

She is informed by the 149-year-old immortal, Fellig, that he will live forever because, when he saw the grim reaper, he looked away. By the end of the episode, Scully turns her head from the bringer of death; if Fellig's theory and logic are accurate, doing this would make her immortal.
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Did Scully and Mulder sleep together?

The moment that some X-Files fans have waited a quarter century for has finally, unquestionably, come: Mulder and Scully have done it. And not only have the done it, they've had sex twice in one episode! The episode in question is “Plus One,” the third episode of The X-Files' currently-airing 11th season.
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What episode Do Scully and Mulder get together?

Millennium served as a crossover with the recently cancelled television series Millennium, also created by Chris Carter, to bring closure to the show. The episode is also notable for featuring the first romantic kiss between Mulder and Scully.
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Does the smoking man love Mulder?

In early 1961, the Cigarette Smoking Man had an affair with Teena Mulder, and would father Fox — (The Truth). Although the CSM kept a close eye on Mulder over the years, Fox was raised to believe his father was William Mulder.
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Why was Mulder not in season 8?

Due to this change, the producers found it difficult to write Duchovny's character out of the script, but also eventually explain Mulder's absence if there were to be an upcoming season. Eventually, it was decided to have the character abducted by aliens.
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Does Scully meet William?

'The X-Files' Recap: Mulder & Scully Find William in Season 11, Episode 5 | TVLine.
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Was Doggett in love with Scully?

Quotes About DSR From TPTB. "I got the pretty clear sense that John Doggett was in love with Dana Scully." "From the beginning Doggett has tremendous respect for Scully and I think that respect has blossomed into something else. That was always our intention, that we would have a sort of triangle."
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How was Emily Scully's daughter?

Mulder is interviewed by a judge, regarding Scully adopting Emily. Mulder explains that Emily was conceived from Scully's ova, which were taken from her during her abduction; the judge is skeptical. Later, Scully and Mulder find that Emily has a fever, and they discover a green cyst on the back of her neck.
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What does Scully whisper to Mulder?

The episode ends with Mulder and Scully lighting candles in church, Scully whispering something inaudible in Mulder's ear, followed by “that's my leap of faith forward, and I'd like to do it together.”
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Are Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny friends?

Duchovny and Anderson aren't friendly, but they are respectful. So far, it seems like everything David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson have had to say about each other over the years has been negative. However, if you asked either actor at any point in time, you'd find that they have an underlying respect for each other.
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How old was Scully in season 1?

Terry Gross asked how she got the job when she was 24, which is younger than most doctors. The actor replied: “Well, I lied. I lied about my age in the first audition, I said I was 27.”
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What season was Scully pregnant in real life?

At the end of the show's seventh season, her fellow agent Fox Mulder, played by David Duchovny, was abducted by aliens as Scully found out she was pregnant by him, despite her own earlier abduction supposedly leaving her 'barren'.
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