overcoming the biases of her scientific background and natural skepticism. Their relationship is overtly business, but does have a great deal of romantic undertones as they spend countless hours together and clearly care about each other a great deal.Ĭhallenge. Scully has various short-lived romances, always leading to not-so-subtle jealousy from partner, Mulder. She feels the need to explain everything through scientific reasoning and is frightened by the concept of not being able to, even when something seems completely unexplainable. Scully is driven by these values and puts them higher than anything else. However, the events that they witness together, usually requiring more than just a scientific explanation, make it pretty difficult for Dana to remain a skeptic. Scully is brought in as a foil to the eccentric Mulder to keep in check his conspiracy theories and belief in extraterrestrial life. FBI agent partnered with Fox Mulder to investigate the X-Files, cases featuring paranormal activity labeled as "unsolvable" by the rest of the bureau. in a little mentioned apartment, presumably used only for sleeping and other purely functional purposes. To demonstrate her beliefs, she always wears a gold cross necklace as part of her work “uniform.” But she maintained her religious faith despite it often being challenged by science and, especially, the paranormal activity she witnesses. She was attracted to science at a very early age, studying physics and eventually going to medical school. in a close-knit Catholic home in Maryland.
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