Okay, so it worked in the end, and Fox Mulder finally ended up copping off with the most beautiful woman in the history of the FBI – Dana Scully, obviously, no matter what you apologists for Monica Reyes and Diana Fowley might say – but his skill at flirting with his glamorous fellow agent was right up there with those of the cavemen when it came to subtlety.

From the sledgehammer awkwardness of these clips, it’s a wonder they ever got beyond the ‘I want to believe’ stage…