Ed Jerse (played by Rodney Rowland) was a down-on-his luck man in Philadelphia who had recently - and unwillingly - divorced his wife. Following a night of drinking, he impulsively got a tattoo called "Betty" with the words "Never Again." Betty began speaking to Ed in his mind, prompting him to yell at coworkers, costing him his job, and even murder one of his neighbors. Betty called him a loser and constantly nagged at his self-esteem. When Agent Scully arrived in Philadelphia while Mulder visited Graceland, she met Ed in the tattoo parlor while investigating a Russian gangster. Ed offered to take her to dinner, which she initially declined. While on the phone with Mulder, Scully said that the case was being transferred to the local FBI office and that it was not an X-File. Mulder was ups