-We've always known Scully does good autopsy, but she's even more impressive than usual in "Our Town" since she's able to get a slice of Paula Gray's brain out without even cutting into her head. The body just lies there completely intact from every angle as they look at this miracle brain tissue.
SCULLY: I think we’ve got something here, Mulder. Take a look at this.
MULDER: What am I looking at?
SCULLY: It's a specimen from Paula Gray's brain. She suffered from a rare degenerative disorder called Creutzfeldt- Jacob disease. It's characterized by the formation of spongelike holes in the braintissue.
MULDER: Why didn't this show up on any of her charts?
SCULLY: Short of an autopsy it's very difficult to diagnose. Outside of a textbook I’ve only seen infected tissue once and that was back in medical school.
MULDER: Could this be the reason she attacked Jess Harold?
SCULLY: Absolutely. Victims of Creutzfeldt-Jacob suffer from progressive dementia, severe seizures...
MULDER: Is it fatal?
SCULLY: This girl would have been dead in months.
MULDER: Except that Paula Gray was no girl. This is her personnel file, Scully. Check it out. It says here that Paula Gray was born in 1948, which means that this woman-- Chaco’s granddaughter-- was 47 years old.
SCULLY: There’s got to be some kind of a mistake.
MULDER: Let's find out. Her birth certificate should be on file at the Seth County courthouse. Who knows, Scully? This could be *even* more interesting than foxfire.
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