I keep thinking about how much of a statement they make about Mulder being a runner.
It's in the first episode. In the second. We see him jogging. He invites Scully to come with him. And then the sprints when he's chasing down a suspect. This man can outrun a horse.
This man is a runner. And he's stupidly fast.
And then there are all of those scenes where he and Scully are getting chased. and it's such an unspoken, yet deliberate, thing cinematically that he matches his stride to hers always. He never rushes her, never pushes her. He just matches her. And even with his long legs he's always a step behind, always a step in front. Wherever he needs to be to stay between Scully and danger.
Because it's so ingrained in his entire personality that Scully has to be safe.
That her life is the one thing he can't risk
