The X-Files

Soft Light - S2-E23

Stupidity: After Mulder requests a fingerprint check on light bulb, Scully wipes it down with a napkin, removing any such evidence with no possible useful outcome. (00:06:00)

Ice - S1-E8

Stupidity: Everyone is trying to figure out who among them is infected by a psychosis-causing worm. Physical symptoms are not reliable indicators, seeming to come and go. Near The End of the episode, the scientists are using infected blood to develop a test or cure, and see that larvae in one sample attack larvae in the other sample. If an infected person develops larvae in their blood, why not just do a blood test on everyone to determine who is infected?

Ice - S1-E8

Stupidity: Scully is a trained professional and ultimately has authority (and a degree of responsibility) over everyone at the research base. The idea that she would disarm herself just to make someone feel better by throwing out the pistol magazines is ridiculous and negligent especially given that there have been numerous deaths/murders at the base already. (00:33:15)

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Travelers - S5-E15

Stupidity: When Mulder is watching the hearing video in his apartment and spots his father, he is wearing a gold wedding band for the duration of the scene. (00:07:35)

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Trivia: Scully's father, Scully's older brother, and the man Mulder thought was his biological father were both named William. (The father who raised Mulder went by "Bill, " as did Scully's brother.) Mulder's actual biological father, Cancer Man, was played by William B Davis (who also goes by "Bill"). Scully and Mulder's son was also named William (before being adopted and having his name changed to Jackson).

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Chosen answer: Yes.

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