Yeah its pretty obvious that this episode was heavily influenced by Scorcesi's "The Last Temptation of Christ". I personally choose to not draw direct comparisons to the actual biblical story of Jesus though because then the writer's are literally saying that Mulder is Christ and CSM is God the Father and other stuff that I'm just not too comfortable with. I'm OK with comparing Mulder's mission to that of Christ's however. To a much smaller scale, Mulder's mission is a sort of redemption of mankind. Not exactly an infinite atonement, but still a paramount task. Mulder is shown in a dream, what might happen if he gives up his quest. He is shown an alternate life where he forgets all the sacrifices he has made and relaxes and enjoys life. Kind of similar to the episode where Byers has the dream about being married with a family and Kennedy was never killed. But in the dream, Mulder is married to Fowley and seems to age every time he blinks until everyone he has known is suddenly dead and CSM hides the destruction of the invasion from him. On the outside, Scully is trying to decipher the symbols found on the space ship and also to find Mulder. Albert Hostein makes an appearance or two by popping up like a ghost in Scully's apartment and then disappearing after saying a prayer. Ultimately, someone helps her to find all the things she is looking for and to find Mulder. We then find out that Scully and Mulder are each other's constants or capstones or some other and everyone cries tears of joy. I think... 8 out of 10.
Review of The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati
