well?

With all her telekinetic power, you wouldn't expect Terri Roberts to be so easily subdued and stuffed into a closet by Mulder.

I know small towns; I've lived in several throughout my life, and based on the locations we see throughout the ep, as well as the behavior of the towns-people, the population of Comity doesn't make sense to me. Phil points out in the guide that if this fictional place is indeed in NH than it would be in the top-five most populated cities, so why give it 38k+ people? 8k would be a lot closer to the mark IMHO.

Why is it every time some mystical force gives regular people powers they always turn bad?

Featuring: a young Ryan Reynolds, before what must be dental implants now

Sure, fine... whatever.