The “Scully Effect” And Other Things You Never Knew About The X-Files

Anderson’s Pregnancy Almost Lost Her The Job

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This is unsurprising to most women, but Anderson almost lost her job after becoming pregnant in the second season of The X-Files. The executives at FOX had already lost their battle with Carter when they wanted him to cast Pamela Anderson in the role, so when she got pregnant, they used it as a reason to tell Carter to write her out of the show.

Once again, Carter stood by his original vision for Scully. Instead of writing her off, Scully’s character is abducted and experimented on by aliens, which allowed for her to remain in the show but she got to be off her feet and in scenes alone.