Witnessing
AD Skinner witnesses Mulder and Scully's relationship evolve on the sidelines through a series of yearly reviews. These are strictly Skinner's POV so even though there are important things that may have happened in each season, it is what Skinner deems important at that time to think about.
1993-94 Review
Agent Fox Mulder and Agent Dana Scully
My head aches from that vial cigarette smell that permeates my office. This is happening more often than not and its because of my pair of agents who happen to be assigned to The X Files.
I have to be a hard ass to them right now just to get the smoking man's heat off of me for the time being. Agent Mulder shows up first followed seconds by Agent Scully. We sit and have a formal yearly review that takes longer than any other agents just because of the paranormal aspect. I like these agents. Their honesty and stubbornness is something that I actually find interesting. They are newly paired partners, but I can tell they trust each other more than some would think were possible in such a short time. I have had the pleasure and pain of being in charge of Agent Mulder for a while now and seeing him be so comfortable with this partner had me titillated. I had to remind myself to ask Agent Scully if she was still refusing the open door policy for grief counseling after her father's death. She turned it down. I'm suspecting Agent Mulder is the reason she doesn't feel the need to talk to anyone else. Ending the review, I watch them turn away. They leave the exact same way they come.