Scully contemplates her association with the X-Files and with Mulder. Mulder and Scully admit some truths to each other. Victoria Jensen arrives to help Scully and to knock some sense into all parties involved in the mess chronicled in the episode. Mulder shows up at Scully's place in the middle of the night and the agents end up spending some quality time together. They're stuck in a forest after solving a case.
Questions get personal, and feelings are confronted.
Our agents react to their New Year's Eve kiss. Scully gets sick of playing games with Mulder. Arguing sometimes is the healthiest thing. Mulder's thoughts as Scully holds him in the forest. Scully sits on the beach, thinking.