Case 8.5, File 10: Tango De Los Pistoleros

 AKA: Did They Coordinate Having Two Spanish Titled Episodes At The Same Time?

The Lone Gunmen are idiots. They may be brilliant hackers and decent reporters, but they are also massive dumbasses. And I don't consider those two ideas to be contradictory; If I can believe that Mulder is a soulful genius at the same time I believe he's a complete moron who would die if Scully left him alone for 20 minutes, I can believe the Lone Gunmen are dumbasses at the same time as they're genius computer experts. Yves, on the other hand, is not a dumbass, she actually knows what she's doing, so one of the most solid character dynamics they've seized upon is letting the Lone Gunmen fuck up her plans. By being dumbasses.

Case 08, File 18: Vienen

AKA: Maybe Don't Name An Episode "Coming"

The series has been so busy bringing Mulder back into the show, and so giddy that he's back that they've by and large forgotten that he's not going to be around for that long. Duchovny was only signed on to be in a handful of episodes in Season 8 and while Season 9 was basically assumed at this point, it wasn't certain if Duchovny was going to be willing to pop in for that season. So with limited time with him in the show left, they needed to do something they hadn't actually managed to do yet; Pass the torch.