Continuity mistake: When Scully gets out of the car, it is parked much closer to the curb than in the previous shot. (00:30:35)
Continuity mistake: In the shot where Dorlund sits in the background his right hand presses on his throat, but in the next shot his throat is totally exposed. (00:40:30)
Continuity mistake: During the car crash, when the shot is taken from the outside of the car, Mulder keeps his head turned left, while in the shot from the car interior his head is turned right towards Scully. (00:15:10)
Continuity mistake: While filmed from behind, Darlene lowers her hands, but in the next front shot her hands are still kept crossed on her chest. (00:38:50)
Continuity mistake: When filmed from the back, Tom is stopping Mulder from entering the crime scene by laying his hand on Mulder’s chest, while in the front shot his left hand remains free. (00:23:00)
Deep Throat - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When complaining about the lack of connection in the first take Scully holds the handset directed downwards, but in the next shot she holds it upwards. (00:33:40)
Deep Throat - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: Face-on Scully rests her elbow on the car side window frame with her wrist waving freely, while in the back shot she grabs the handle over the window (this error repeats at least three times in a row every time the shot changes). (00:20:20)
Deep Throat - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Mulder gives Scully the map obtained from the bartender, she holds it in her hand in different ways in each consecutive shot. (00:14:40)
Continuity mistake: Filmed from the front, Scully nods down but in the next shot when filmed from the back she still keeps her head straight and only after a while she nods it down. (00:34:20)
Continuity mistake: The place Mulder and Scully find the “X” sign is different from the place Mulder originally painted it (e.g. leafy bush, no fence etc.). (00:23:55)
Continuity mistake: When Mulder, Scully, and Dr Glass stop, in the first shot Mulder’s hands hang down and the doctor’s are in his pockets, while in the next shot Mulder’s hands are rested on his waist and the doctor’s hang loosely. (00:17:05)
Continuity mistake: In the shot taken from the front of the car Scully touches her hair with her right hand, while in the next shot her right hand rests on the car’s door. (00:10:00)
Deep Throat - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Scully is holding the guy's airbase security ID badge it changes between shots.
Continuity mistake: While Mulder and Scully are in the woods, in some shots it is raining, while in others there is no sign of the rain. (00:21:00 - 00:23:15)
Answer: As he stated many times throughout the series, Mulder needed Scully to be sober and skeptical. Whenever Scully's skepticism wavered and she started questioning her own rationality, Mulder would try to restore her sense of skepticism, because he needed her to be clear-thinking.
Charles Austin Miller