Melissa Scully

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Melissa Scully (1962-1995) was the sister of Dana Scully and the daughter of Wiliam and Margaret.

Melissa and Dana were two very different people. Melissa believed in new age mysticism, whereas Dana was a firm believer in hard science. Melissa came to see Dana when she had returned to the hospital after her abduction and claimed she could feel Dana's spirit was still inside her body.

She was the one who persuaded Mulder to really talk to Scully before it was too late. (TXF: "One Breath")

After Scully discovered the implant placed in her neck, it was Melissa who suggested her to undertake regression therapy in an attempt to uncover the truth about her abduction. (TXF: "The Blessing Way")

Sadly, Melissa was killed by mistake by Luis Cardinal and Alex Krycek, who were really trying to kill Scully. She was shot in the head as she entered Scully's apartment (TXF: "The Blessing Way")

As Melissa lay dying in hospital, Scully asked for Albert Hosteen to go and pray for her ailing sister, (TXF: "Paper Clip") as he had done for Fox Mulder shortly before. (TXF: "The Blessing Way") However, Melissa soon passed away.

Scully eventually caught Luis Cardinal with Skinner's help. Cardinal later died in his cell, his death made to look like a suicide. (TXF: "Apocrypha")

Some time after her death, Scully began to receive mysterious phonecalls from someone sounding mysteriously like Melissa. (TXF: "Christmas Carol") After discovering Emily Sim, Scully is at first under the impression that the young girl is in fact Melissa's daughter, before discovering that she is in fact the child's mother.

Several years after Melissa's death, Scully remarks to Monica Reyes that she reminds her of her sister. (TXF: "Existence")

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Members of the Scully family
William Scully	Margaret Scully	Melissa Scully
William Scully, Jr.	Tara Scully	Dana Scully
Charles Scully	Matthew Scully	William Scully III

[edit] Appearances

• TXF:
  • "One Breath"
  • "The Blessing Way"
  • "Paper Clip"
  • "Piper Maru" (memory)
  • "Wetwired" (photograph(s))
  • "Christmas Carol" (photos and memory dreams)
  • "all things" (archive footage)

[edit] Additional References

• TXF:
  • "731"
  • "Apocrypha"
  • "Tunguska"
  • "Gethsemane" (implied)
  • "Redux" (implied)
  • "Redux II"
  • "The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati"
  • "Essence" (implied)
  • "Existence"