The most elaborate attempt to give one of these characters an outside love interest occurred in “Fire,” and the attempt went (ahem) up in flames. British cop Phoebe Greene is introduced as one of Mulder’s old girlfriends who returns to help him work on a case, and the script includes plenty of material fleshing out their previous relationship. That relationship was supposed to provide the emotional throughline of the entire episode, but because of the visible lack of chemistry between these characters, Greene was edited out of the episode as much as she possibly could be.
Later, the show would try to give Mulder and Scully other romances: we meet Mulder’s old flame (and possible former wife!) in season 5, and Scully hooks up with a bad boy who convinces her to get a bad tramp stamp tattoo in Season 4. At this point, though, the show was simply delaying the inevitable because most fans wanted to see their favorite characters exploring each others’ bodies rather than the latest UFO rumors.
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