 Other reviews were more mixed . Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club said that most of " Aubrey " was " fun " , although Tillman was not " particularly interesting " . He stated that things got " dicey " for him around the revelation about Thibedeaux 's child and that he did not buy Mulder 's genetic impulse theories . He criticised the ending , writing that it " [ sacrificed ] whatever mood and character development the previous thirty had spent establishing for cheesy theatrics , and the whole thing lands with a resounding thud . There are too many problems with the concept ; the nature / nurture debate has been going on for decades , and this ep throws the whole thing out the window in about two minutes . No other cause for BJ 's actions is ever given ... That 's some lazy writing right there . " Meghan Deans from Tor.com gave the episode a mixed review and wrote that it was " sort of good [ but ] sort of a terrible idea " . She cited the theme of " breaking the cycle of abuse " as a plus for the entry , noting that it was a " revenge story [ of ] a woman righting the wrongs of her male ancestors and breaking the cycle of violence outside the family " . However , Deans was critical of various elements of the episode , most notably , the genetic theory conceit and the idea of a " activator baby " that caused Morrow 's past ancestors to work through her . 
