Continuity mistake: The pencil on Dr Sanjay's folder is in a different position when the footage is taken from behind him. (00:02:24)
Continuity mistake: Soon after Dr. Sanjay falls, the blood flows down his cheek. However, when Mulder examines the scene, Dr. Sanjay's cheek is clean and the blood spot is on his forehead. (00:03:37 - 00:04:10)
Continuity mistake: Both the X-ray image and Mulder's statement suggest that the letter opener has penetrated Dr. Sanjay's head at an acute angle. However, during the autopsy, Scully removes the object as if it had been shoved horizontally. The latter position is confirmed by the suicide scene itself at the start of the episode. (00:08:25 - 00:10:10)
Continuity mistake: As Lindquist holds the bag of evidence, it is hanging down in the fingers of his right hand. The next shot shows him holding the evidence bag in the palm of his right hand.
Continuity mistake: The remote control, close to the TV, changes position in between shots near the start. (00:05:03 - 00:05:29)
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