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The X-Files Found The Weirdest Way To Write Gillian Anderson’s Pregnancy In

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Anderson announced she was pregnant towards the end of season one of The X-Files, and rather than hiding her baby belly, the writers made her character Scully get abducted by aliens and artificially inseminated.

This led to one of the most iconic scenes, where the audience got to watch Scully’s stomach get blown up like a balloon.