<P> When Mulder interrogates Barry, he becomes so enraged that he nearly strangles him, only to stop himself . When he leaves the room, he orders Krycek to not let anyone inside; however, he finds Krycek talking to Barry when he returns . When Skinner arrives minutes later, Barry breaks into convulsions and dies . Later, at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Mulder attempts to question the doctor who performed Barry's autopsy; she refuses to provide details since it was performed by the military instead of the FBI, claiming no other doctors were available . </P> <P> Krycek meets with the Smoking Man, and suggests that they kill Mulder . However, the Smoking Man orders that Mulder be left alive, unless they want to risk "turning one man's religion into a crusade". Mulder and Krycek are ordered to take a polygraph test about Barry's death . A desperate Mulder tries to visit Senator Matheson, a patron of his work, only to be discouraged from doing so by his secretive informant, X (Steven Williams). In Krycek's car, Mulder finds spent cigarettes from the Smoking Man's meeting with Krycek . Realizing his role in Scully's abduction, Mulder submits a report to Skinner accusing Krycek of impeding his investigation and killing Barry . Skinner summons Krycek to his office, only to learn that he has disappeared . Skinner then announces to Mulder that he is officially re-opening the X-Files . </P> <P> Mulder meets with Margaret Scully in a park, and tries to give her Scully's necklace . Margaret returns the necklace to Mulder, asking that he give it to Scully when he finds her . Margaret also says that she had the dream again about losing her daughter; Mulder takes this as a hopeful sign that Scully may still be alive . A mournful Mulder later returns to Skyland Mountain, to the field where Scully was abducted . Seemingly alone without her, he looks up into the stars . </P> <P> The idea to have Scully abducted originated when Gillian Anderson became pregnant in the middle of the first season . While initially upset, those in charge of the show never considered dropping the actress from the show . Ideas such as having Scully give birth to an alien baby were dismissed and ultimately the writers decided to work around the pregnancy by closing the X-Files, separating Mulder and Scully, and eventually having her be abducted . This permitted the producers to have an explanation for Scully's absence (she appears in only two scenes in "Ascension" and not at all in the next episode, "3"). Series creator Chris Carter commented that both the censors and the producers were reluctant on showing Scully in the trunk, but he "fought for that image" as he considered it conveyed the sense of danger to the character . Carter added the scenes of the experiment were meant to be ambiguous on whether Scully was abducted by aliens, the military, or both . </P>

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