19 X-Files Character Biographies: Dana Scully
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19 X-Files Character Biographies: Dana Scully
Dana Katherine Scully is a medical doctor with an undergraduate degree
in physics from the University of Maryland [Jersey Devil]. She was
recruited for the FBI right out of medical school, and had been teaching
at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va. She was assigned by Section Chief
Scott Blevins to be Mulder's partner in order to keep an eye on him and
determine whether he is perhaps too obsessed with the X files.
Scully is skeptical of anything paranormal, believing that
everything has a logical, scientifically-quantified explanation. Though
in most of the cases she and Mulder have been on she has not witnessed
any overt paranormal activities, she has had brushes with unexplainable
phenomena that may have her start questioning her beliefs [Beyond the
Sea; Lazarus; Born Again; Erlenmeyer Flask; Fresh Bones; Colony; End
Game; The Calusari]. However, she is determined to uncover the science
behind the phenomena [End Game].
At the end of Season 1, the X Files division was shut down and
Scully was reassigned, returning to the FBI academy at Quantico, Va. to
instruct new agents on the basics of forensic medicine [Little Green
Men].However, Mulder called upon her expertise in violent crime cases to
which he had been assigned [The Host, Blood]. Scully was abducted by
escaped mental patient Duane Barry and disappeared [Ascension]. After a
three-month absence, she showed up at a Georgetown hospital in a coma
[One Breath]. She revived and recovered, and is back as Mulder's
partner.The missing memories during her disappearance may be surfacing,
however, and a piece of metal resembling a computer chip found in her
shoulder may also provide a clue. [Irresistible, The Blessing Way].
At the end of Season 2, Scully went into hiding with Mulder,
missing a scheduled meeting with Skinner and putting her career in
jeopardy.[Anasazi] Upon her return to D.C., she was suspended and asked
to turn in her badge and gun, and she sought solace with her mother and
sister. At Mulder's father's funeral, she was warned that her life was
in danger.Scully suspected Skinner, but found that instead he was on
their side. In a case of mistaken identity, her sister Melissa was
fatally shot in Scully's apartment by Krycek. Scully and Mulder have
since been reinstated.
In Season 3, Scully has discovered another group of potential
abductees, all MUFON members, who recall seeing her during her abduction
[Nisei]. She was directed to a dilapidated compound in West Virginia,
which looked familiar to her [731]. She was also affected by a signal
sent over television cable wires, causing violent and aggressive
behavior.
Scully, born Feb. 23, 1964, [Lazarus, One Breath] is a middle
child; she has one older and one younger brother [Born Again], and an
older sister, Melissa, now deceased [One Breath, Paper Clip]. Her father
died early in 1994; they were apparently close at one time (she called
him Ahab; he called her Starbuck), but her family disapproved of her
joining the Bureau. [Beyond the Sea] She had a yearlong relationship
with an instructor at the Academy, Jack Willis, with whom she shared the
same birthdate. [Lazarus] She is just as much a workaholic as Mulder,
and is currently not seeing anyone [Jersey Devil].
Scully drinks her coffee with cream, no sugar [E.B.E.]. She was
raised as a Catholic [Miracle Man, Revelations]. She usually wears a
necklace bearing a small cross, which was left behind in the car in
which she was abducted [Ascension] and was returned to her by Mulder
[One Breath].
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