Walter Skinner/Relationships

===Romantic Interests===
==== Sharon Skinner ====
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===Associates===
==== Fox Mulder ====
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==== Dana Scully ====
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==== John Doggett ====
In 2000, was placed in charge of the FBI task force to recover Mulder after his abduction. Skinner was questioned for being present at the time of Mulder's disappearance, and both he and Scully were initially distrustful of Doggett, viewing him more or less as Kersh's enforcer. 
==== Monica Reyes ====
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==== Alvin Kersh ====
Skinner and were professionally polite to each other, but there was an undercurrent of animosity between them. This was increased dramatically when Kersh was promoted to Deputy Director in 2000, immediately after Mulder's abduction. 
==== The Lone Gunmen ====
Skinner met through Mulder and dealt with them a number of times, such as when Mulder brought them to the FBI to investigate a crashed UFO in Oregon. 
===Enemies===
==== Cigarette Smoking Man ====
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The Cigarette Smoking Man would be present in Skinner's office on several occasions during his meetings with Mulder and Scully. 
In 2016, the Smoking Man offered Skinner a deal to survive his planned depopulation of humanity, on the condition that Skinner helps him find Scully's son William. 
==== Alex Krycek ====
Skinner and Krycek were in conflict since Krycek had been exposed as a double agent. Krycek was involved in trying to kill Skinner and once assaulted him in a stairway. Mulder once caught Krycek and brought him to Skinner's apartment for safekeeping, whereupon Skinner punched Krycek across the face and handcuffed him to his balcony railing. When Krycek obtained a nanovirus, he infected Skinner with it, only furthering Skinner's intense hatred of him In 2001, Skinner shot Krycek dead. 
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