The X-Files (1993–…): Season 3, Episode 2 - Paper Clip - full transcript
Mulder returns to Skinner and Scully while the deadly pursuit is still at hand. Led by an old photograph of his father and a group of scientists, he and Scully discover more than they could imagine in an old West Virginia warehouse. The truth, of course, may kill everyone.
[ Man ]
TO THE NAVAJO,
THE EARTH AND ITS CREATURES...
HAVE GREAT INFLUENCE
OVER OUR EXISTENCE.
THE STORIES PASSED
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION...
HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE REASON
FOR OUR TEARS OF SADNESS...
AND TEARS OF JOY.
ANIMALS LIKE THE BEAR,
THE SPIDER AND THE COYOTE...
ARE POWERFUL SYMBOLS
TO OUR PEOPLE.
WHEN THE FBI MAN MULDER
WAS CURED BY THE HOLY PEOPLE,
WE WERE REMINDED OF THE STORY
OF THE GILA MONSTER,
WHO SYMBOLIZES
THE HEALING POWERS
OF THE MEDICINE MAN.
IN THIS MYTH, THE GILA MONSTER
RESTORES A MAN...
BY TAKING ALL HIS PARTS
AND PUTTING THEM BACK TOGETHER.
HIS BLOOD IS GATHERED BY ANTS,
HIS EYES AND EARS BY SUN,
HIS MIND BY TALKING GOD
AND POLLEN BOY.
THEN LIGHTNING AND THUNDER
BRING THE MAN BACK TO LIFE.
[ Thunder Crashes ]
AT THE END OF THE CEREMONY,
WHEN THE FBI MAN
HAD BEEN HEALED,
WE HEARD THE NEWS
FROM OTHER NATIVE AMERICANS
IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS...
THAT A GREAT EVENT
HAD TAKEN PLACE.
LIKE THE NAVAJO, THESE PEOPLE
HAVE THEIR OWN STORIES
AND MYTHS.
ONE OF THESE STORIES TELLS
OF THE WHITE BUFFALO WOMAN...
WHO CAME DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS
AND TAUGHT THE INDIANS...
HOW TO LEAD VIRTUOUS LIVES...
AND HOW TO PRAY
TO THE CREATOR.
SHE TOLD THE PEOPLE
SHE WOULD RETURN ONE DAY.
THEN SHE TURNED INTO
A WHITE BUFFALO AND ASCENDED
INTO THE CLOUDS,
NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.
BUT ON THIS DAY,
WHEN THE HOLY PEOPLE HAD GIVEN
THE FBI MAN A MIRACLE,
A WHITE BUFFALO WAS BORN.
AND EVERY NATIVE AMERICAN KNEW,
WHETHER HE BELIEVED
THE STORY OR NOT,
THAT THIS WAS
A POWERFUL OMEN...
AND THAT GREAT CHANGES
WERE COMING.
- I'VE GOT THE DIGITAL TAPE.
- YOU'RE LYING.
I'VE GOT IT IN MY POCKET.
I TOOK IT OUT OF
MULDER'S DESK.
[ Footsteps Approaching ]
DROP YOUR WEAPON !
- PUT IT DOWN, SCULLY !
- NO WAY.
- I SAID PUT IT DOWN !
- I SAID NO !
- YOU'RE SETTING ME UP !
- I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU.
THEN PUT YOUR WEAPON DOWN
AND SIT DOWN ! YOU SAID YOU
WEREN'T HERE TO KILL ME.
I DIDN'T COME HERE TO HAVE
A GUN SHOVED IN MY FACE EITHER.
DAMN IT, SKINNER !
- DROP YOUR WEAPON !
I SAID DROP IT !
- BACK OFF !
PUT IT DOWN !
- WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ?
WHAT ARE YOU PULLING HERE ?
- YOU OKAY, SCULLY ?
- YEAH.
- GET HIS GUN.
GIVE HER THE GUN !
- GIVE IT TO HER !
- ALL RIGHT.
NOW I WANT AN EXPLANATION.
I WAS WARNED THAT SOMEBODY
WOULD KILL ME.
SOMEONE I TRUSTED.
I AM GONNA REACH
INTO MY COAT POCKET AND END
THIS CHARADE, ALL RIGHT ?
I PRESUME YOU BOTH
KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
NOW, I WANT AN EXPLANATION.
YOUR CIGARETTE-SMOKING FRIEND
KILLED MY FATHER FOR THAT TAPE,
AND THEN HE KILLED ME.
- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ?
- I WAS A DEAD MAN.
NOW I'M BACK.
WHAT IS ON THIS TAPE ?
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT FILES THAT
WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO EXIST.
THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT'S
INVOLVEMENT IN A GLOBAL
CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE...
ABOUT THE EXISTENCE
OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE.
- GIVE ME THAT TAPE.
- UH-UH. THIS TAPE
STAYS WITH ME.
GIVE HER THE TAPE.
IF WHAT YOU SAY
IS TRUE,
IF THE INFORMATION ON THIS TAPE
IS VALUABLE ENOUGH TO KILL FOR,
THEN IT'S THE ONLY LEVERAGE
WE'VE GOT TO BRING
THESE MEN TO JUSTICE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO DO US
ANY GOOD IF IT FALLS
BACK INTO THEIR HANDS.
THEN YOU BETTER
MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T.
- COME ON, SCULLY.
LET'S GO.
- WHERE ?
THERE ARE TRUTHS OUT THERE
THAT AREN'T ON THAT TAPE.
MULDER, I--
SCULLY, WHATEVER YOU'RE
GOING TO SAY--
I WENT TO
YOUR FATHER'S FUNERAL.
I TOLD YOUR MOTHER THAT YOU
WERE GONNA BE OKAY.
HOW DID YOU KNOW ?
[ Elevator Bell Dings ]
I JUST KNEW.
[ Chattering, Indistinct ]
UH, MY DAUGHTER
WAS BROUGHT HERE.
I'M TRYING TO FIND HER.
ALL RIGHT.
WHAT'S HER NAME ?
UH, SCULLY. DANA SCULLY.
MELISSA SCULLY ?
NO--
THAT'S HER SISTER.
WELL, WE JUST HAD
A MELISSA SCULLY IN SURGERY
WITH A CRANIAL GUNSHOT WOUND.
MISSY ?
IT'S MOM.
WE TOOK DRASTIC
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES...
DUE TO THE NATURE
OF THE HEAD WOUND.
WE'VE INDUCED COMA
TO TRY AND RELIEVE
THE TRAUMA ON THE BRAIN.
IS SHE GONNA BE OKAY ?
WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING
WE CAN RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL BE MONITORING HER
AROUND THE CLOCK.
NURSE, WHY DON'T WE GET
MRS. SCULLY A COMFORTABLE CHAIR.
- [ Mulder ]
THAT'S MY FATHER ON THE LEFT.
- THIS WAS TAKEN WHEN ?
ABOUT 1973.
AMAZING.
LANGLEY, TAKE A LOOK.
DO YOU RECOGNIZE
ANY OF THOSE MEN ?
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH
A POST-WORLD WAR II PROJECT
KNOWN AS OPERATION PAPER CLIP ?
OUR DEAL WITH THE DEVIL.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
PROVIDED SAFE HAVEN...
FOR CERTAIN NAZI WAR CRIMINALS
IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE.
I KNOW WHO THIS MAN IS.
VICTOR KLEMPER.
THE MAN STANDING
NEXT TO YOUR FATHER
IS ONE OF THOSE CRIMINALS,
THOUGH NOT THE MOST
FAMOUS OF THE BUNCH.
WERNER VON BRAUN, DESIGNER
OF THE V2 ROCKETS
THAT LEVELED LONDON...
MAY BE THE MOST NOTORIOUS,
BUT VICTOR KLEMPER CERTAINLY
TAKES THE PRIZE...
FOR THE MOST EVIL NAZI
TO ESCAPE THE NUREMBERG TRIALS.
WHAT DID HE DO ?
EXPERIMENTED
ON THE JEWS.
DROWNED THEM, SUFFOCATED THEM,
PUT THEM IN PRESSURE CHAMBERS.
ALL IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE.
TOGETHER WITH VON BRAUN,
KLEMPER HELPED US
WIN THE SPACE RACE.
USING HIS SCIENTIFIC DATA
ON THE EFFECTS OF
HIGH-ALTITUDE FLYING,
WE WERE ABLE TO PUT
ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON
BEFORE THE SOVIETS.
ONE GIANT STEP
FOR MANKIND.
WHAT WOULD HE BE
DOING IN A PHOTO
WITH YOUR FATHER ?
I DON'T KNOW.
DO YOU RECOGNIZE
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH ?
NO.
OPERATION PAPER CLIP...
WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN
SCRAPPED IN THE 1950s,
BUT IF THIS IS 1973--
WHATEVER HAPPENED
TO KLEMPER ?
HE'S STILL HERE,
LIVING VERY WELL
AT THE EXPENSE OF
THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER.
[ Door Opens ]
UNBELIEVABLE !
WE THOUGHT YOU
WERE HISTORY.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT
A LITTLE LONGER FOR MY
VIDEO COLLECTION, FROHIKE.
WHERE WERE YOU ?
WE WERE LOOKING ALL OVER.
DOWN AT D.C. GENERAL.
I WAS SCANNING
THE POLICE FREQUENCY...
WHEN I HEARD THE REPORT
OF A SHOOTING.
AGENT SCULLY.
WHAT ? WHAT IS IT ?
YOUR SISTER'S
IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
SCULLY !
SCULLY, WAIT !
SCULLY !
SCULLY, WAIT !
SCULLY !
I HAVE TO GO THERE, MULDER.
THAT BULLET WAS
MEANT FOR ME.
IF THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL YOU,
THAT'S THE FIRST PLACE
THEY'RE GONNA LOOK.
THOSE BASTARDS.
WE'RE GONNA CALL SOMEONE
I THINK CAN HELP.
THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO
FOR HER RIGHT NOW IS TO TRY
TO CRUCIFY THEM.
THIS IS
A SERIOUS MISTAKE.
AN INNOCENT WOMAN
HAS BEEN SHOT.
[ Man ] CAN THIS BE TRACED ?
[ Man #2 ]
THIS IS YOUR MAN.
THERE WAS A MISTAKE.
IT WILL BE RECTIFIED.
BY WHOM ?
BY WHOM WILL THIS
BE RECTIFIED ?
YOUR RIDICULOUSLY
INEFFECTUAL ASSASSINS ?
THESE MEN
ARE PROFESSIONALS.
THIS IS NOT A PROFESSION
FOR MEN WHO MAKE MISTAKES.
MY GOD, YOU PRESUME
TO MAKE US BELIEVE...
YOU CAN SIMPLY FIX IT
WITH ENOUGH BULLETS ?
NO.
THIS WOMAN--
SCULLY--
YOU KNOW, SHE BELIEVES
HER PARTNER IS STILL ALIVE.
MULDER'S DEAD.
I TOOK CARE OF IT MYSELF.
AND THE COMPUTER TAPE
CONTAINING THE STOLEN FILES...
YOU TELL US
WAS RECOVERED--
YOU CAN SHOW IT TO US ?
I WASN'T AWARE THAT MY HONESTY
WAS IN QUESTION OR DOUBT.
YOU HAVE THE TAPE ?
- OF COURSE I HAVE IT.
- I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE IT.
SO WOULD I.
I HAVE VOUCHSAFED IT
FOR REASONS OF SECURITY.
I'LL HAVE IT HERE
FOR YOU TOMORROW.
BY WHICH TIME
THIS WHOLE MATTER
WILL BE CLEARED UP.
[ Door Opens, Closes ]
[ Door Opens ]
[ Mulder ]
VICTOR KLEMPER ?
YES.
MY NAME IS FOX MULDER.
THIS IS DANA SCULLY.
- YOUR NAME IS MULDER ?
- YES.
- I THINK YOU KNEW
MY FATHER.
- WHAT'S THIS ABOUT ?
WHEN YOU CAME TO THIS
COUNTRY, YOU DID SOME WORK
FOR OUR GOVERNMENT.
I'M AN OLD MAN NOW.
HISTORY BORES ME.
[ Scully ]
BECAUSE IT ESCAPED YOU ?
- OR BECAUSE YOU ESCAPED IT ?
- FREUD, SALK, CRICK, WATSON.
THESE WILL BE THE NAMES
THEY CELEBRATE AT THE END
OF THE MILLENNIUM.
GREAT SCIENTISTS.
AND KLEMPER ?
HE WILL BE REMEMBERED
ONLY AS A BUTCHER.
HISTORY MAY BE
THE ONLY JUSTICE
YOU'LL EVER KNOW.
DO YOU KNOW MY WORK ?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
WE ACCOMPLISHED ?
AS A NAZI OR FOR
THE BLOOD MONEY
WE PAID YOU ?
WE WERE YOUNG MEN
CAUGHT IN A FERVOR.
BUT OUR EXPERIMENTS
CHANGED THE WORLD.
FOR A LOT OF
INNOCENT JEWS.
PROGRESS DEMANDS SACRIFICE,
AND I--
I HAVE CONFRONTED
MY DEMONS.
AND SOON I WILL DIE TOO.
[ Mulder ]
LIKE MY FATHER.
THEY KILLED HIM,
AND I BELIEVE YOU KNOW WHY.
I BELIEVE THEY WOULD KILL ANYONE
IF IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST
OF THE WORK.
WHAT IS THIS "WORK"
THAT MY FATHER
WAS INVOLVED IN ?
- I HAVE NO ANSWER FOR YOU.
- WELL, YOU KNEW HIM !
WAS HE A MURDERER TOO ?
THERE ARE SOME THINGS
YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW.
NO, I NEED TO KNOW.
I NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
ISN'T THAT
WHAT YOU WANT ?
FOR THE TRUTH
TO BE KNOWN ?
- DO YOU KNOW THE FORMULA
OF NAPIER'S CONSTANT ?
- YES. WHY ?
THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN
AT THE STRUGHOLD MINING COMPANY
IN WEST VIRGINIA,
AND THAT IS ALL
I WILL TELL YOU.
THE REST YOU CAN
FIND OUT YOURSELF.
LET'S GO, SCULLY.
[ Ringing ]
[ Beeps ]
HELLO ?
[ Indistinct ]
YES, ONE MOMENT.
IT'S FOR YOU, SIR.
YES.
IT'S KLEMPER.
- VICTOR.
- HOW ARE YOU, OLD FRIEND ?
IT'S BEEN
FAR TOO MANY YEARS.
- WHAT IS IT, VICTOR ?
- I WAS JUST PAID A VISIT...
BY THE SON OF ONE OF OUR
OLD COLLEAGUES.
WHAT DID YOU
TELL HIM, VICTOR ?
I TOLD HIM THAT YOU WERE
THE MOST VENAL MAN
I'VE EVER MET.
BEYOND THAT,
I TOLD HIM NOTHING.
[ Hangs Up ]
[ Phone Beeps ]
MULDER IS ALIVE.
I THINK IT'S TIME
THAT WE CALL OUR FRIENDS,
WHO WILL HANDLE THIS MATTER
MORE SATISFACTORILY.
[ Machinery Beeping ]
- ARE YOU EXPECTING
ANY VISITORS ?
- IS IT DANA ? IS DANA HERE ?
NO, IT'S A MAN.
HE SAYS HE WAS ASKED
TO COME HERE.
MY NAME IS
ALBERT HOSTEEN.
- I WAS ASKED TO COME HERE
AND HELP WITH YOUR DAUGHTER.
- THERE MUST BE SOME MISTAKE.
IS YOUR DAUGHTER
THE FBI WOMAN ?
- DANA ?
- YES. SHE'S VERY SORRY...
SHE CAN'T COME HERE
TO COMFORT YOU.
- YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS ?
IS SHE OKAY ?
- YES. I BELIEVE SO.
SHE IS WEAK.
SHE'S GETTING BETTER.
SHE HAS THE BEST DOCTORS.
THEY'RE WATCHING HER
AROUND THE CLOCK.
IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, I WOULD
LIKE TO PRAY OVER HER HERE.
[ Wings Flapping ]
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR FATHER
WOULD HAVE BEEN DOING HERE ?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT HE NEVER
CAME HOME WEARING A MINER'S CAP.
MULDER, TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK ?
- I'D LIKE TO TRY
DOOR NUMBER ONE, MONTY.
[ Beeping ]
- [ Beeping ]
- [ Beeping ]
I'M TRYING 27828.
IT'S NOT WORKING.
IT'S NOT WORKING HERE EITHER.
YOU SURE THAT'S
THE RIGHT NUMBER ?
POSITIVE. NAPIER'S CONSTANT
IS THE BASIS OF ALL
NATURAL LOGARITHMS.
[ Mulder ]
I THINK WITH A CROWBAR AND
A SMALL NUCLEAR DEVICE...
WE MIGHT BE ABLE
TO GET THROUGH
ONE OF THESE THINGS.
[ Beeping ]
[ Latch Turns ]
MULDER.
NO, WAIT.
HANG ON A SECOND.
WHATEVER WE FIND IN HERE,
I DON'T THINK YOU'VE HAD TIME
TO PROCESS EVERYTHING
THAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH.
I'M OKAY, SCULLY.
YOU WEREN'T EVEN ABLE TO GO
TO YOUR FATHER'S FUNERAL,
AND IF SOMETHING IN HERE
WAS TO CAST DOUBT
ON THE KIND OF MAN HE WAS--
I JUST KNOW HOW
IT WOULD AFFECT ME.
YOU CALLED ME.
YES, I DID.
ABOUT ?
I MAY HAVE LOCATED
THE DIGITAL TAPE THAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
YOU MAY HAVE LOCATED IT ?
YES, THOUGH THERE'S
A GREAT CHANCE...
IT MAY FALL INTO THE HANDS
OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT USE IT
FOR PURPOSES NOT YOUR OWN.
YOU WANT TO
WORK A DEAL ?
IS THAT WHAT THIS IS ?
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
I DON'T WORK DEALS.
I JUST THOUGHT
YOU SHOULD KNOW
OF CERTAIN POTENTIALITIES.
DO YOU HAVE THE TAPE ?
AS I SAID, I MAY HAVE
LOCATED IT.
DO YOU HAVE
THE DAMN TAPE ?
I'LL KNOW MORE
WHEN WE NEXT MEET.
I DO NOT NEGOTIATE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ?
YES, SIR.
I DON'T THINK YOU DO.
I DON'T THINK YOU
UNDERSTAND AT ALL.
NO, I'M QUITE AWARE
OF YOUR POLICIES
IN THOSE REGARDS.
THEN I HOPE YOUR NEXT
COURSE OF ACTION WILL BE MORE...
CAUTIOUS AND INFORMED.
[ Door Closes ]
MULDER, LOOK AT THIS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
STORING RECORDS.
OF WHAT ?
MEDICAL FILES,
BY THE LOOK OF IT.
GOT NAMES, ALPHABETIZED.
LOTS OF FILES.
LOTS AND LOTS
OF FILES.
WHAT'S IN THESE FILES ?
STANDARD MEDICAL FORMS.
THESE ARE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
SMALLPOX VACCINATION
CERTIFICATE.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS.
WHAT IS THIS ?
IT'S AN OLD TISSUE
COLLECTION CASSETTE.
THE NEW ONES ARE PLASTIC.
DO ALL THESE FILES CONTAIN
THE SAME MATERIALS ?
YES, EXACTLY.
WHAT YEAR WAS
THIS PERSON BORN ?
1955.
ALL OF THESE FILES
ARE 1955.
WHAT YEAR WERE YOU BORN ?
1964. WHY ?
LET'S GO FIND 1964.
YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR A FILE ON ME ?
DANA CATHERINE SCULLY.
WHAT ?
THAT'S A RECENT
TISSUE SAMPLE.
WHAT THE HELL IS
GOING ON HERE, MULDER ?
I DON'T KNOW, SCULLY.
THAT'S YOUR SISTER'S FILE.
YEAH.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ?
I DON'T KNOW.
LOOK AT THIS, SCULLY.
- THIS FILE WAS
ORIGINALLY MINE.
- I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
- WAIT HERE, SCULLY.
- MULDER, WHERE ARE YOU GOING ?
MULDER ?
MULDER !
[ Cocks Weapon ]
[ Man ]
LET'S GO !
- THERE !
-[ Gunshots ]
[ Shells Clattering ]
FIND THE WOMAN TOO !
[ Beeping ]
[ Shouting, Indistinct ]
[ Scully ]
MULDER !
SCULLY ?
MULDER, DOWN HERE !
YOU OKAY, SCULLY ?
I HEARD GUNSHOTS.
-I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU.
- WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU ?
GOT A SMALL ARMY OUTSIDE.
I THINK THEY GOT US TRAPPED.
I THINK THERE'S
A WAY OUT DOWN HERE.
THIS PLACE
ISN'T EVEN ON THE MAP.
HOW'D YOU GET HERE ?
YOU'D BE SURPRISED WHAT'S NOT
ON THE MAP IN THIS COUNTRY...
AND WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT
WILL DO TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
HOW'S THAT ?
LAST NIGHT WE WERE CHASED
BY SOME KIND OF HIT SQUAD...
DRIVING WHAT LOOKED
AN AWFUL LOT LIKE
CIA FLEET SEDANS.
WELL, I MAY BE ABLE
TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL THAT WOULD
GUARANTEE YOUR SAFETY.
- WHAT KIND OF DEAL ?
- I'LL TURN OVER
THE DIGITAL TAPE...
IN RETURN FOR YOUR
REINSTATEMENT.
[ Mulder ] NO, SIR.
I NEED THAT TAPE.
I NEED THOSE FILES.
I'M TALKING ABOUT A WAY
TO SAVE YOUR LIVES.
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT
AN ELABORATE CONSPIRACY
AGAINST THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
WE FOUND LAST NIGHT ?
- WHAT ?
- AN EXTREMELY ELABORATE FILING
SYSTEM OF MEDICAL RECORDS.
- LOCKED INSIDE
A MOUNTAIN VAULT.
- FOR THE PURPOSE OF ?
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THE ANSWER'S GOTTA BE
ON THAT TAPE, IN THOSE FILES.
- IS THAT WORTH YOUR LIVES ?
- IT'S OBVIOUSLY WORTH
KILLING US FOR.
IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS,
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO FIND,
AGENT MULDER ?
WHY THEY
KILLED MY FATHER.
AND WHAT HAPPENED
TO MY SISTER.
AND WHAT THEY DID
TO AGENT SCULLY.
I THINK WE SHOULD LET HIM
MAKE THE DEAL, MULDER.
LOOK, THOSE ANSWERS MEAN NOTHING
IF WE'RE GONNA BE HUNTED DOWN
LIKE ANIMALS.
WE ARE OPERATING SO FAR
OUTSIDE OF THE LAW
RIGHT NOW,
WE'VE GIVEN UP
ON THE VERY NOTION
OF JUSTICE.
WE HAVE TURNED OURSELVES
INTO OUTSIDERS. WE HAVE LOST
OUR ACCESS AND OUR PROTECTION.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
THERE'S ANY SUCH THING
AS JUSTICE, SCULLY ?
THEN WHAT GOOD ARE THOSE ANSWERS
TO ANYBODY BUT YOU, MULDER ?
WHAT WE FOUND LAST NIGHT--
LOOK, I WANT EXACTLY
WHAT YOU WANT.
BUT I NEED
TO SEE MY SISTER.
I SUPPOSE YOU ALREADY TRIED
TO MAKE A BACKUP
OF THE TAPE.
WHOEVER DOWNLOADED THOSE FILES
PUT A COPY PROTECTOR ON THEM.
I COULDN'T GET A HARD COPY
TO PRINT EITHER.
- WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THEY'LL
EVEN HONOR THIS DEAL ?
- BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T,
I'LL GO STATE'S EVIDENCE
AND TESTIFY.
OR THEY'LL HAVE TO
KILL ME TOO.
IT'S UP TO YOU, SCULLY.
[ Door Opens, Closes ]
[ Car Door Closes ]
I TOLD SKINNER
TO MAKE THE DEAL,
BUT NOT TO HAND OVER
THE TAPE UNTIL YOU
AGREED TO IT.
I'M SORRY ABOUT
YOUR SISTER, SCULLY.
I JUST NEED TO KNOW
SHE'S GONNA BE OKAY.
[ Engine Starts ]
[ Albert ]
FOR TWO DAYS I HAD PRAYED
FOR THE FBI WOMAN'S SISTER.
HER DOCTORS SAID
SHE WAS GETTING BETTER,
AND HER MOTHER, WHO WOULD NOT
LEAVE HER BEDSIDE,
WAS ABLE TO SLEEP.
BUT WORD HAD COME
FROM MY BROTHERS IN THE NORTH...
THAT DID NOT
GIVE ME HOPE.
THE WHITE BUFFALO CALF
HAD SURVIVED.
BUT AFTER A DAY,
IT WOULD NO LONGER DRINK
ITS MOTHER'S MILK.
[ Speaking Native American
Language ]
ON THE THIRD DAY,
THE MOTHER BUFFALO LAID DOWN
IN HER STALL...
AND WOULD NOT GET UP.
THEY SAID THE MEN COULD DO
NOTHING FOR HER.
THAT NIGHT, SHE DIED.
MY FATHER TAUGHT ME
WHEN I WAS A BOY...
THAT THIS IS
HOW LIFE IS,
THAT FOR SOMETHING
TO LIVE,
ANOTHER THING MUST
OFTEN BE SACRIFICED.
THIS WAS MY FEAR NOW
FOR THE YOUNG WOMAN.
[ Footsteps Approaching ]
I'M HERE TO SEE
MELISSA SCULLY.
MY NAME IS WALTER SKINNER.
I'M AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
AT THE FBI.
I'M VERY SORRY
ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER.
DANA ASKED ME TO COME HERE
TO DELIVER A MESSAGE.
- YOU'VE BEEN IN CONTACT
WITH HER ?
- YES.
I WANT TO KNOW WHERE SHE IS
AND IF SHE'S OKAY.
SHE'S OKAY, BUT SHE'S IN A VERY
SERIOUS SITUATION WHICH PREVENTS
HER FROM BEING HERE.
WHAT KIND OF SITUATION ?
ONE THAT WE HOPE
TO REVERSE...
SO THAT DANA CAN
COME BACK TO WORK.
THAT MAN YOU JUST SAW, HE'S BEEN
VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THIS ROOM.
- WHO ARE YOU ?
- MY NAME IS ALBERT HOSTEEN.
I WAS ASKED TO COME HERE.
ALL RIGHT, ALBERT.
DO NOT LEAVE THIS ROOM.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ?
YES.
[ Grunts ]
I COULD USE A BEER.
DO YOU WANT ANYTHING ?
NO.
ARE YOU SURE ?
YEAH.
[ Gasps ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Mulder ]
MR. KLEMPER ?
MR. KLEMPER ?
[ Thunder Rumbling ]
HELLO AGAIN,
YOUNG LADY.
- WHERE'S VICTOR KLEMPER ?
- OH. POOR KLEMPER.
THEY FOUND HIM YESTERDAY
HERE AMONG HIS FLOWERS.
APPARENTLY HIS HEART
HAD GIVEN OUT.
YOU KILLED HIM, DIDN'T YOU ?
YOU'RE ONE OF THE MEN
IN THIS PHOTO.
YOU KNEW MY FATHER.
YES.
SINCE WE WERE YOUNG MEN.
YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THIS
PROJECT. YOU KNOW WHY THE DATA
WAS BEING COLLECTED.
YES, I DO INDEED.
IN 1947, A SPACECRAFT
WAS REPORTEDLY RECOVERED
IN NEW MEXICO.
NO DOUBT YOU KNOW OF THIS,
AND OF THE REPORTED RECOVERY
OF A BODY AT THE SITE.
THESE INCIDENTS COINCIDED
WITH NOT ONLY THE END
OF WORLD WAR II...
BUT AN IGNOMINIOUS PROJECT
WHICH BROUGHT NAZI SCIENTISTS
AND WAR CRIMINALS...
TO THIS COUNTRY
TO EXPLOIT THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
OPERATION PAPER CLIP.
YES. YOU KNOW
OF IT ALREADY.
AND YOU MUST ALSO
KNOW OF THE WORK
OF DR. JOSEPH MENGELE,
THE NAZI ANGEL OF DEATH.
MENGELE THOUGHT THAT HE COULD
PRODUCE A SUPER RACE
THROUGH GENETIC ENGINEERING.
AS DID MANY
OF HIS COLLEAGUES...
AT THE INSTITUTE
OF HEREDITARY BIOLOGY
AND RACIAL HYGIENE.
- LIKE VICTOR KLEMPER ?
- POOR VICTOR.
HE LOVED HIS ORCHIDS.
DID YOU KNOW THAT HE WAS
ABLE TO CREATE SOME OF
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HYBRIDS ?
KLEMPER WAS TRYING TO CREATE
AN ALIEN-HUMAN HYBRID.
THAT'S WHAT I SAW
IN THE BOXCAR. HE WAS
USING HUMAN TEST SUBJECTS.
MULDER, WAIT.
MY FATHER WAS
INVOLVED IN THIS ?
THE TECHNOLOGY WASN'T THERE,
MULDER. DNA WASN'T EVEN
IDENTIFIED UNTIL 1944.
- THIS IS ALL A LIE.
- WHEN YOUR FATHER REALIZED...
WHAT THE MEDICAL DATA
WAS BEING USED FOR,
HE OBJECTED STRENUOUSLY.
HE COLLECTED
THOSE FILES ?
WITH THE THREAT
OF NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST
IN THE 1950s,
THE GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTED
MEN LIKE YOUR FATHER
TO GATHER GENETIC DATA...
ON THE GENERAL POPULACE
FOR THE PURPOSES...
OF POST-APOCALYPTIC
IDENTIFICATION.
THE VACCINATION RECORDS.
THEY TOOK TISSUE
FROM EVERYONE WHO RECEIVED
A SMALLPOX INOCULATION.
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
OF AMERICANS.
SO THAT VICTOR KLEMPER
HAD ACCESS TO A DNA DATABASE...
OF NEARLY EVERYONE
WHO WAS BORN SINCE 1950.
MULDER, THIS MAN IS TELLING YOU
EVERYTHING THAT YOU
WANT TO HEAR.
BUT IT IS A FABRICATION.
IT IS PURE SCIENCE FICTION.
- THERE WERE NO EXPERIMENTS
WITH ALIENS.
- WHY WOULD I LIE TO YOU ?
LIKE YOU SAID BEFORE,
TO PROTECT YOURSELF...
AND THE CONTINUATION
OF THE NAZI AGENDA--
HUMAN TESTS.
WHY WAS YOUR FILE
THERE, SCULLY ?
I DON'T KNOW.
THERE WERE CURRENT
RECORDS ON FILE.
YES, BUT RECORDS
OF WHAT, MULDER ?
OF ABDUCTIONS !
OF ABDUCTEES !
THEY TOOK MY SISTER.
WHY ?
THEY TOOK HER AS INSURANCE
BECAUSE YOUR FATHER...
THREATENED TO EXPOSE
THE PROJECT.
WHY HER ?
WHY NOT ME ?
IT'S NOT FOR ME TO SAY.
BUT YOUR LIFE
IS IN DANGER NOW TOO.
YOU ALSO THREATEN
TO EXPOSE THE PROJECT.
YOU HAVE BECOME YOUR FATHER.
WHY ARE YOU
TELLING ME THIS ?
IT'S WHAT
YOU WANT TO KNOW,
ISN'T IT ?
IS THERE MORE ?
MORE THAN YOU'LL
EVER KNOW.
[ Ringing ]
YES.
[ Indistinct ]
YES, HE'S JUST ARRIVED.
ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.
YOU HAVE A CALL, SIR.
THANK YOU.
HELLO ?
I'M ALIVE.
- ISN'T THAT A SURPRISE ?
- YES. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.
WHERE ARE YOU ?
SOMEWHERE THAT YOU WILL NEVER
FIND ME, YOU DOUBLE-CROSSING
SON OF A BITCH.
ARE YOU SURE ?
I'M SURE OF THIS--
IF I SO MUCH
AS FEEL YOUR PRESENCE,
I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU
A VERY, VERY FAMOUS MAN.
- YOU UNDERSTAND ?
- YES. THANK YOU.
- I'M GOING TO REPORT THAT
TO THE GROUP.
- [ Slams Phone ]
[ Beeps ]
I'VE JUST RECEIVED CONFIRMATION
THAT THE DIGITAL TAPE...
CONTAINING THE STOLEN FILES
WAS DESTROYED IN A CAR BOMB
EXPLOSION,
WHICH KILLED AGENT SCULLY'S
WOULD-BE ASSASSIN.
WHAT ABOUT
MULDER AND SCULLY ?
I HAVE A MEETING WITH THE FBI.
THEY, UH-- THEY WANT TO
MAKE A DEAL.
FOR WHAT ?
FOR NOTHING.
THERE'LL BE NO DEAL.
THERE'S NO DEAL TO MAKE.
FOX ?
YEAH.
WHAT TIME IS IT ?
IT'S AFTER 2:00.
DID YOU DRIVE UP HERE ?
WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL ?
I NEEDED TO SEE YOU
IN PERSON.
I NEED TO ASK YOU
SOMETHING.
I NEED TO ASK YOU ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED
A LONG TIME AGO.
OH, FOX.
I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING.
I TOLD YOU BEFORE.
MOM, LISTEN TO ME.
WHEN SAMANTHA--
BEFORE SHE WAS GONE,
DID DAD EVER ASK YOU
IF YOU HAD A FAVORITE ?
DID HE EVER
ASK YOU THAT ?
FOX, PLEASE.
MOM, DID HE EVER ASK YOU
TO MAKE A CHOICE ?
DON'T DO THI--
MOM, LISTEN TO ME !
I NEED TO KNOW !
DID HE MAKE YOU
MAKE A CHOICE ?
NO. I COULDN'T CHOOSE.
IT WAS
YOUR FATHER'S CHOICE.
AND I HATED HIM FOR IT.
EVEN IN HIS GRAVE
I HATE HIM STILL.
[ Sobbing ]
NOW, YOU WANTED
TO SEE ME ?
I HAVE THE TAPE
YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.
REALLY ?
I'M PREPARED TO HAND IT OVER
OR DESTROY IT IN EXCHANGE FOR
MULDER AND SCULLY'S SAFETY...
AND FOR THEIR
REINSTATEMENT HERE.
WHAT DID I TELL YOU,
MR. SKINNER ?
I DON'T NEGOTIATE.
ESPECIALLY WITH PUNKS LIKE YOU
WHO THINK THEY CAN BLUFF ME.
BLUFF YOU ?
YOU HAVEN'T GOT ANY TAPE,
AND YOU HAVEN'T GOT
ANY DEAL.
YOU CAN'T PLAY POKER
IF YOU AREN'T HOLDING
ANY CARDS, MR. SKINNER.
YOU EVER WONDERED
WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE
TO, UH,
DIE IN A PLANE CRASH ?
OF BOTULISM ?
EVEN A HEART ATTACK'S NOT
UNCOMMON FOR A MAN YOUR AGE.
THINK I'M BLUFFING ?
I'M NOT FINISHED YET.
ALBERT.
[ Speaking Native
American Language ]
- WHAT IS THIS ?
- THIS IS WHERE YOU
PUCKER UP AND KISS MY ASS.
NOW, LISTEN, YOU--
YOU LISTEN TO ME,
YOU SON OF A BITCH.
THIS MAN'S NAME
IS ALBERT HOSTEEN.
YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT,
BECAUSE IF AGENTS MULDER AND
SCULLY COME DOWN WITH SO MUCH
AS A CASE OF THE FLU,
ALBERT IS PREPARED TO RECITE,
CHAPTER AND VERSE, EVERYTHING
ON YOUR PRECIOUS TAPE.
THAT'S A NICE TRY, SKINNER.
I'M SURE YOU'RE THINKING
ALBERT IS AN OLD MAN,
AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF WAYS
YOU MIGHT KILL HIM TOO.
WHICH IS WHY, IN THE ANCIENT
ORAL TRADITION OF HIS PEOPLE,
HE'S TOLD 20 OTHER MEN
THE INFORMATION ON THOSE FILES.
SO UNLESS YOU KILL
EVERY NAVAJO LIVING
IN FOUR STATES,
THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
WITH A SIMPLE PHONE CALL.
WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD
OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY.
YOU'RE BLUFFING.
AM I ?
[ Door Opens, Closes ]
IT HAPPENED
THREE HOURS AGO.
SHE WENT INTO SURGERY,
AND THE DAMAGE TO HER BRAIN
WAS WORSE THEN THEY HAD HOPED.
HER BLOOD PRESSURE
STARTED TO RISE,
AND, UM,
SHE SLIPPED AWAY.
SHE DIED FOR ME,
AND I TRIED TO TELL HER
THAT I WAS SORRY, BUT I DON'T
THINK SHE'LL EVER REALLY KNOW.
OH, SHE KNOWS.
MELISSA KNOWS.
YOU WERE RIGHT.
THERE IS NO JUSTICE.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS
ABOUT JUSTICE, SCULLY.
THEN WHAT IS IT ABOUT ?
I THINK IT'S ABOUT SOMETHING
WE HAVE NO PERSONAL CHOICE IN.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT FATE.
SKINNER TOLD ME
THAT HE TALKED TO YOU,
THAT YOU WERE INSISTENT
ABOUT COMING BACK TO WORK.
NOW, IF MELISSA'S DEATH IS--
I NEED SOMETHING TO
PUT MY BACK UP AGAINST.
I FEEL THE SAME WAY.
WE BOTH LOST SO MUCH.
I BELIEVE THAT
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR...
IS IN THE X-FILES
AND MORE CERTAIN THAN EVER
THAT THE TRUTH IS IN THERE.
I'VE HEARD THE TRUTH,
MULDER.
NOW WHAT I WANT
ARE THE ANSWERS.
[ Boy ]
I MADE THIS.
TO THE NAVAJO,
THE EARTH AND ITS CREATURES...
HAVE GREAT INFLUENCE
OVER OUR EXISTENCE.
THE STORIES PASSED
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION...
HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE REASON
FOR OUR TEARS OF SADNESS...
AND TEARS OF JOY.
ANIMALS LIKE THE BEAR,
THE SPIDER AND THE COYOTE...
ARE POWERFUL SYMBOLS
TO OUR PEOPLE.
WHEN THE FBI MAN MULDER
WAS CURED BY THE HOLY PEOPLE,
WE WERE REMINDED OF THE STORY
OF THE GILA MONSTER,
WHO SYMBOLIZES
THE HEALING POWERS
OF THE MEDICINE MAN.
IN THIS MYTH, THE GILA MONSTER
RESTORES A MAN...
BY TAKING ALL HIS PARTS
AND PUTTING THEM BACK TOGETHER.
HIS BLOOD IS GATHERED BY ANTS,
HIS EYES AND EARS BY SUN,
HIS MIND BY TALKING GOD
AND POLLEN BOY.
THEN LIGHTNING AND THUNDER
BRING THE MAN BACK TO LIFE.
[ Thunder Crashes ]
AT THE END OF THE CEREMONY,
WHEN THE FBI MAN
HAD BEEN HEALED,
WE HEARD THE NEWS
FROM OTHER NATIVE AMERICANS
IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS...
THAT A GREAT EVENT
HAD TAKEN PLACE.
LIKE THE NAVAJO, THESE PEOPLE
HAVE THEIR OWN STORIES
AND MYTHS.
ONE OF THESE STORIES TELLS
OF THE WHITE BUFFALO WOMAN...
WHO CAME DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS
AND TAUGHT THE INDIANS...
HOW TO LEAD VIRTUOUS LIVES...
AND HOW TO PRAY
TO THE CREATOR.
SHE TOLD THE PEOPLE
SHE WOULD RETURN ONE DAY.
THEN SHE TURNED INTO
A WHITE BUFFALO AND ASCENDED
INTO THE CLOUDS,
NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.
BUT ON THIS DAY,
WHEN THE HOLY PEOPLE HAD GIVEN
THE FBI MAN A MIRACLE,
A WHITE BUFFALO WAS BORN.
AND EVERY NATIVE AMERICAN KNEW,
WHETHER HE BELIEVED
THE STORY OR NOT,
THAT THIS WAS
A POWERFUL OMEN...
AND THAT GREAT CHANGES
WERE COMING.
- I'VE GOT THE DIGITAL TAPE.
- YOU'RE LYING.
I'VE GOT IT IN MY POCKET.
I TOOK IT OUT OF
MULDER'S DESK.
[ Footsteps Approaching ]
DROP YOUR WEAPON !
- PUT IT DOWN, SCULLY !
- NO WAY.
- I SAID PUT IT DOWN !
- I SAID NO !
- YOU'RE SETTING ME UP !
- I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU.
THEN PUT YOUR WEAPON DOWN
AND SIT DOWN ! YOU SAID YOU
WEREN'T HERE TO KILL ME.
I DIDN'T COME HERE TO HAVE
A GUN SHOVED IN MY FACE EITHER.
DAMN IT, SKINNER !
- DROP YOUR WEAPON !
I SAID DROP IT !
- BACK OFF !
PUT IT DOWN !
- WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ?
WHAT ARE YOU PULLING HERE ?
- YOU OKAY, SCULLY ?
- YEAH.
- GET HIS GUN.
GIVE HER THE GUN !
- GIVE IT TO HER !
- ALL RIGHT.
NOW I WANT AN EXPLANATION.
I WAS WARNED THAT SOMEBODY
WOULD KILL ME.
SOMEONE I TRUSTED.
I AM GONNA REACH
INTO MY COAT POCKET AND END
THIS CHARADE, ALL RIGHT ?
I PRESUME YOU BOTH
KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
NOW, I WANT AN EXPLANATION.
YOUR CIGARETTE-SMOKING FRIEND
KILLED MY FATHER FOR THAT TAPE,
AND THEN HE KILLED ME.
- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ?
- I WAS A DEAD MAN.
NOW I'M BACK.
WHAT IS ON THIS TAPE ?
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT FILES THAT
WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO EXIST.
THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT'S
INVOLVEMENT IN A GLOBAL
CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE...
ABOUT THE EXISTENCE
OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE.
- GIVE ME THAT TAPE.
- UH-UH. THIS TAPE
STAYS WITH ME.
GIVE HER THE TAPE.
IF WHAT YOU SAY
IS TRUE,
IF THE INFORMATION ON THIS TAPE
IS VALUABLE ENOUGH TO KILL FOR,
THEN IT'S THE ONLY LEVERAGE
WE'VE GOT TO BRING
THESE MEN TO JUSTICE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO DO US
ANY GOOD IF IT FALLS
BACK INTO THEIR HANDS.
THEN YOU BETTER
MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T.
- COME ON, SCULLY.
LET'S GO.
- WHERE ?
THERE ARE TRUTHS OUT THERE
THAT AREN'T ON THAT TAPE.
MULDER, I--
SCULLY, WHATEVER YOU'RE
GOING TO SAY--
I WENT TO
YOUR FATHER'S FUNERAL.
I TOLD YOUR MOTHER THAT YOU
WERE GONNA BE OKAY.
HOW DID YOU KNOW ?
[ Elevator Bell Dings ]
I JUST KNEW.
[ Chattering, Indistinct ]
UH, MY DAUGHTER
WAS BROUGHT HERE.
I'M TRYING TO FIND HER.
ALL RIGHT.
WHAT'S HER NAME ?
UH, SCULLY. DANA SCULLY.
MELISSA SCULLY ?
NO--
THAT'S HER SISTER.
WELL, WE JUST HAD
A MELISSA SCULLY IN SURGERY
WITH A CRANIAL GUNSHOT WOUND.
MISSY ?
IT'S MOM.
WE TOOK DRASTIC
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES...
DUE TO THE NATURE
OF THE HEAD WOUND.
WE'VE INDUCED COMA
TO TRY AND RELIEVE
THE TRAUMA ON THE BRAIN.
IS SHE GONNA BE OKAY ?
WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING
WE CAN RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL BE MONITORING HER
AROUND THE CLOCK.
NURSE, WHY DON'T WE GET
MRS. SCULLY A COMFORTABLE CHAIR.
- [ Mulder ]
THAT'S MY FATHER ON THE LEFT.
- THIS WAS TAKEN WHEN ?
ABOUT 1973.
AMAZING.
LANGLEY, TAKE A LOOK.
DO YOU RECOGNIZE
ANY OF THOSE MEN ?
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH
A POST-WORLD WAR II PROJECT
KNOWN AS OPERATION PAPER CLIP ?
OUR DEAL WITH THE DEVIL.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
PROVIDED SAFE HAVEN...
FOR CERTAIN NAZI WAR CRIMINALS
IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE.
I KNOW WHO THIS MAN IS.
VICTOR KLEMPER.
THE MAN STANDING
NEXT TO YOUR FATHER
IS ONE OF THOSE CRIMINALS,
THOUGH NOT THE MOST
FAMOUS OF THE BUNCH.
WERNER VON BRAUN, DESIGNER
OF THE V2 ROCKETS
THAT LEVELED LONDON...
MAY BE THE MOST NOTORIOUS,
BUT VICTOR KLEMPER CERTAINLY
TAKES THE PRIZE...
FOR THE MOST EVIL NAZI
TO ESCAPE THE NUREMBERG TRIALS.
WHAT DID HE DO ?
EXPERIMENTED
ON THE JEWS.
DROWNED THEM, SUFFOCATED THEM,
PUT THEM IN PRESSURE CHAMBERS.
ALL IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE.
TOGETHER WITH VON BRAUN,
KLEMPER HELPED US
WIN THE SPACE RACE.
USING HIS SCIENTIFIC DATA
ON THE EFFECTS OF
HIGH-ALTITUDE FLYING,
WE WERE ABLE TO PUT
ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON
BEFORE THE SOVIETS.
ONE GIANT STEP
FOR MANKIND.
WHAT WOULD HE BE
DOING IN A PHOTO
WITH YOUR FATHER ?
I DON'T KNOW.
DO YOU RECOGNIZE
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH ?
NO.
OPERATION PAPER CLIP...
WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN
SCRAPPED IN THE 1950s,
BUT IF THIS IS 1973--
WHATEVER HAPPENED
TO KLEMPER ?
HE'S STILL HERE,
LIVING VERY WELL
AT THE EXPENSE OF
THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER.
[ Door Opens ]
UNBELIEVABLE !
WE THOUGHT YOU
WERE HISTORY.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT
A LITTLE LONGER FOR MY
VIDEO COLLECTION, FROHIKE.
WHERE WERE YOU ?
WE WERE LOOKING ALL OVER.
DOWN AT D.C. GENERAL.
I WAS SCANNING
THE POLICE FREQUENCY...
WHEN I HEARD THE REPORT
OF A SHOOTING.
AGENT SCULLY.
WHAT ? WHAT IS IT ?
YOUR SISTER'S
IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
SCULLY !
SCULLY, WAIT !
SCULLY !
SCULLY, WAIT !
SCULLY !
I HAVE TO GO THERE, MULDER.
THAT BULLET WAS
MEANT FOR ME.
IF THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL YOU,
THAT'S THE FIRST PLACE
THEY'RE GONNA LOOK.
THOSE BASTARDS.
WE'RE GONNA CALL SOMEONE
I THINK CAN HELP.
THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO
FOR HER RIGHT NOW IS TO TRY
TO CRUCIFY THEM.
THIS IS
A SERIOUS MISTAKE.
AN INNOCENT WOMAN
HAS BEEN SHOT.
[ Man ] CAN THIS BE TRACED ?
[ Man #2 ]
THIS IS YOUR MAN.
THERE WAS A MISTAKE.
IT WILL BE RECTIFIED.
BY WHOM ?
BY WHOM WILL THIS
BE RECTIFIED ?
YOUR RIDICULOUSLY
INEFFECTUAL ASSASSINS ?
THESE MEN
ARE PROFESSIONALS.
THIS IS NOT A PROFESSION
FOR MEN WHO MAKE MISTAKES.
MY GOD, YOU PRESUME
TO MAKE US BELIEVE...
YOU CAN SIMPLY FIX IT
WITH ENOUGH BULLETS ?
NO.
THIS WOMAN--
SCULLY--
YOU KNOW, SHE BELIEVES
HER PARTNER IS STILL ALIVE.
MULDER'S DEAD.
I TOOK CARE OF IT MYSELF.
AND THE COMPUTER TAPE
CONTAINING THE STOLEN FILES...
YOU TELL US
WAS RECOVERED--
YOU CAN SHOW IT TO US ?
I WASN'T AWARE THAT MY HONESTY
WAS IN QUESTION OR DOUBT.
YOU HAVE THE TAPE ?
- OF COURSE I HAVE IT.
- I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE IT.
SO WOULD I.
I HAVE VOUCHSAFED IT
FOR REASONS OF SECURITY.
I'LL HAVE IT HERE
FOR YOU TOMORROW.
BY WHICH TIME
THIS WHOLE MATTER
WILL BE CLEARED UP.
[ Door Opens, Closes ]
[ Door Opens ]
[ Mulder ]
VICTOR KLEMPER ?
YES.
MY NAME IS FOX MULDER.
THIS IS DANA SCULLY.
- YOUR NAME IS MULDER ?
- YES.
- I THINK YOU KNEW
MY FATHER.
- WHAT'S THIS ABOUT ?
WHEN YOU CAME TO THIS
COUNTRY, YOU DID SOME WORK
FOR OUR GOVERNMENT.
I'M AN OLD MAN NOW.
HISTORY BORES ME.
[ Scully ]
BECAUSE IT ESCAPED YOU ?
- OR BECAUSE YOU ESCAPED IT ?
- FREUD, SALK, CRICK, WATSON.
THESE WILL BE THE NAMES
THEY CELEBRATE AT THE END
OF THE MILLENNIUM.
GREAT SCIENTISTS.
AND KLEMPER ?
HE WILL BE REMEMBERED
ONLY AS A BUTCHER.
HISTORY MAY BE
THE ONLY JUSTICE
YOU'LL EVER KNOW.
DO YOU KNOW MY WORK ?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
WE ACCOMPLISHED ?
AS A NAZI OR FOR
THE BLOOD MONEY
WE PAID YOU ?
WE WERE YOUNG MEN
CAUGHT IN A FERVOR.
BUT OUR EXPERIMENTS
CHANGED THE WORLD.
FOR A LOT OF
INNOCENT JEWS.
PROGRESS DEMANDS SACRIFICE,
AND I--
I HAVE CONFRONTED
MY DEMONS.
AND SOON I WILL DIE TOO.
[ Mulder ]
LIKE MY FATHER.
THEY KILLED HIM,
AND I BELIEVE YOU KNOW WHY.
I BELIEVE THEY WOULD KILL ANYONE
IF IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST
OF THE WORK.
WHAT IS THIS "WORK"
THAT MY FATHER
WAS INVOLVED IN ?
- I HAVE NO ANSWER FOR YOU.
- WELL, YOU KNEW HIM !
WAS HE A MURDERER TOO ?
THERE ARE SOME THINGS
YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW.
NO, I NEED TO KNOW.
I NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
ISN'T THAT
WHAT YOU WANT ?
FOR THE TRUTH
TO BE KNOWN ?
- DO YOU KNOW THE FORMULA
OF NAPIER'S CONSTANT ?
- YES. WHY ?
THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN
AT THE STRUGHOLD MINING COMPANY
IN WEST VIRGINIA,
AND THAT IS ALL
I WILL TELL YOU.
THE REST YOU CAN
FIND OUT YOURSELF.
LET'S GO, SCULLY.
[ Ringing ]
[ Beeps ]
HELLO ?
[ Indistinct ]
YES, ONE MOMENT.
IT'S FOR YOU, SIR.
YES.
IT'S KLEMPER.
- VICTOR.
- HOW ARE YOU, OLD FRIEND ?
IT'S BEEN
FAR TOO MANY YEARS.
- WHAT IS IT, VICTOR ?
- I WAS JUST PAID A VISIT...
BY THE SON OF ONE OF OUR
OLD COLLEAGUES.
WHAT DID YOU
TELL HIM, VICTOR ?
I TOLD HIM THAT YOU WERE
THE MOST VENAL MAN
I'VE EVER MET.
BEYOND THAT,
I TOLD HIM NOTHING.
[ Hangs Up ]
[ Phone Beeps ]
MULDER IS ALIVE.
I THINK IT'S TIME
THAT WE CALL OUR FRIENDS,
WHO WILL HANDLE THIS MATTER
MORE SATISFACTORILY.
[ Machinery Beeping ]
- ARE YOU EXPECTING
ANY VISITORS ?
- IS IT DANA ? IS DANA HERE ?
NO, IT'S A MAN.
HE SAYS HE WAS ASKED
TO COME HERE.
MY NAME IS
ALBERT HOSTEEN.
- I WAS ASKED TO COME HERE
AND HELP WITH YOUR DAUGHTER.
- THERE MUST BE SOME MISTAKE.
IS YOUR DAUGHTER
THE FBI WOMAN ?
- DANA ?
- YES. SHE'S VERY SORRY...
SHE CAN'T COME HERE
TO COMFORT YOU.
- YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS ?
IS SHE OKAY ?
- YES. I BELIEVE SO.
SHE IS WEAK.
SHE'S GETTING BETTER.
SHE HAS THE BEST DOCTORS.
THEY'RE WATCHING HER
AROUND THE CLOCK.
IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, I WOULD
LIKE TO PRAY OVER HER HERE.
[ Wings Flapping ]
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR FATHER
WOULD HAVE BEEN DOING HERE ?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT HE NEVER
CAME HOME WEARING A MINER'S CAP.
MULDER, TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK ?
- I'D LIKE TO TRY
DOOR NUMBER ONE, MONTY.
[ Beeping ]
- [ Beeping ]
- [ Beeping ]
I'M TRYING 27828.
IT'S NOT WORKING.
IT'S NOT WORKING HERE EITHER.
YOU SURE THAT'S
THE RIGHT NUMBER ?
POSITIVE. NAPIER'S CONSTANT
IS THE BASIS OF ALL
NATURAL LOGARITHMS.
[ Mulder ]
I THINK WITH A CROWBAR AND
A SMALL NUCLEAR DEVICE...
WE MIGHT BE ABLE
TO GET THROUGH
ONE OF THESE THINGS.
[ Beeping ]
[ Latch Turns ]
MULDER.
NO, WAIT.
HANG ON A SECOND.
WHATEVER WE FIND IN HERE,
I DON'T THINK YOU'VE HAD TIME
TO PROCESS EVERYTHING
THAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH.
I'M OKAY, SCULLY.
YOU WEREN'T EVEN ABLE TO GO
TO YOUR FATHER'S FUNERAL,
AND IF SOMETHING IN HERE
WAS TO CAST DOUBT
ON THE KIND OF MAN HE WAS--
I JUST KNOW HOW
IT WOULD AFFECT ME.
YOU CALLED ME.
YES, I DID.
ABOUT ?
I MAY HAVE LOCATED
THE DIGITAL TAPE THAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
YOU MAY HAVE LOCATED IT ?
YES, THOUGH THERE'S
A GREAT CHANCE...
IT MAY FALL INTO THE HANDS
OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT USE IT
FOR PURPOSES NOT YOUR OWN.
YOU WANT TO
WORK A DEAL ?
IS THAT WHAT THIS IS ?
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
I DON'T WORK DEALS.
I JUST THOUGHT
YOU SHOULD KNOW
OF CERTAIN POTENTIALITIES.
DO YOU HAVE THE TAPE ?
AS I SAID, I MAY HAVE
LOCATED IT.
DO YOU HAVE
THE DAMN TAPE ?
I'LL KNOW MORE
WHEN WE NEXT MEET.
I DO NOT NEGOTIATE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ?
YES, SIR.
I DON'T THINK YOU DO.
I DON'T THINK YOU
UNDERSTAND AT ALL.
NO, I'M QUITE AWARE
OF YOUR POLICIES
IN THOSE REGARDS.
THEN I HOPE YOUR NEXT
COURSE OF ACTION WILL BE MORE...
CAUTIOUS AND INFORMED.
[ Door Closes ]
MULDER, LOOK AT THIS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
STORING RECORDS.
OF WHAT ?
MEDICAL FILES,
BY THE LOOK OF IT.
GOT NAMES, ALPHABETIZED.
LOTS OF FILES.
LOTS AND LOTS
OF FILES.
WHAT'S IN THESE FILES ?
STANDARD MEDICAL FORMS.
THESE ARE BIRTH CERTIFICATES,
SMALLPOX VACCINATION
CERTIFICATE.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS.
WHAT IS THIS ?
IT'S AN OLD TISSUE
COLLECTION CASSETTE.
THE NEW ONES ARE PLASTIC.
DO ALL THESE FILES CONTAIN
THE SAME MATERIALS ?
YES, EXACTLY.
WHAT YEAR WAS
THIS PERSON BORN ?
1955.
ALL OF THESE FILES
ARE 1955.
WHAT YEAR WERE YOU BORN ?
1964. WHY ?
LET'S GO FIND 1964.
YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR A FILE ON ME ?
DANA CATHERINE SCULLY.
WHAT ?
THAT'S A RECENT
TISSUE SAMPLE.
WHAT THE HELL IS
GOING ON HERE, MULDER ?
I DON'T KNOW, SCULLY.
THAT'S YOUR SISTER'S FILE.
YEAH.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ?
I DON'T KNOW.
LOOK AT THIS, SCULLY.
- THIS FILE WAS
ORIGINALLY MINE.
- I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
- WAIT HERE, SCULLY.
- MULDER, WHERE ARE YOU GOING ?
MULDER ?
MULDER !
[ Cocks Weapon ]
[ Man ]
LET'S GO !
- THERE !
-[ Gunshots ]
[ Shells Clattering ]
FIND THE WOMAN TOO !
[ Beeping ]
[ Shouting, Indistinct ]
[ Scully ]
MULDER !
SCULLY ?
MULDER, DOWN HERE !
YOU OKAY, SCULLY ?
I HEARD GUNSHOTS.
-I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU.
- WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU ?
GOT A SMALL ARMY OUTSIDE.
I THINK THEY GOT US TRAPPED.
I THINK THERE'S
A WAY OUT DOWN HERE.
THIS PLACE
ISN'T EVEN ON THE MAP.
HOW'D YOU GET HERE ?
YOU'D BE SURPRISED WHAT'S NOT
ON THE MAP IN THIS COUNTRY...
AND WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT
WILL DO TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
HOW'S THAT ?
LAST NIGHT WE WERE CHASED
BY SOME KIND OF HIT SQUAD...
DRIVING WHAT LOOKED
AN AWFUL LOT LIKE
CIA FLEET SEDANS.
WELL, I MAY BE ABLE
TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL THAT WOULD
GUARANTEE YOUR SAFETY.
- WHAT KIND OF DEAL ?
- I'LL TURN OVER
THE DIGITAL TAPE...
IN RETURN FOR YOUR
REINSTATEMENT.
[ Mulder ] NO, SIR.
I NEED THAT TAPE.
I NEED THOSE FILES.
I'M TALKING ABOUT A WAY
TO SAVE YOUR LIVES.
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT
AN ELABORATE CONSPIRACY
AGAINST THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
WE FOUND LAST NIGHT ?
- WHAT ?
- AN EXTREMELY ELABORATE FILING
SYSTEM OF MEDICAL RECORDS.
- LOCKED INSIDE
A MOUNTAIN VAULT.
- FOR THE PURPOSE OF ?
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THE ANSWER'S GOTTA BE
ON THAT TAPE, IN THOSE FILES.
- IS THAT WORTH YOUR LIVES ?
- IT'S OBVIOUSLY WORTH
KILLING US FOR.
IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS,
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO FIND,
AGENT MULDER ?
WHY THEY
KILLED MY FATHER.
AND WHAT HAPPENED
TO MY SISTER.
AND WHAT THEY DID
TO AGENT SCULLY.
I THINK WE SHOULD LET HIM
MAKE THE DEAL, MULDER.
LOOK, THOSE ANSWERS MEAN NOTHING
IF WE'RE GONNA BE HUNTED DOWN
LIKE ANIMALS.
WE ARE OPERATING SO FAR
OUTSIDE OF THE LAW
RIGHT NOW,
WE'VE GIVEN UP
ON THE VERY NOTION
OF JUSTICE.
WE HAVE TURNED OURSELVES
INTO OUTSIDERS. WE HAVE LOST
OUR ACCESS AND OUR PROTECTION.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
THERE'S ANY SUCH THING
AS JUSTICE, SCULLY ?
THEN WHAT GOOD ARE THOSE ANSWERS
TO ANYBODY BUT YOU, MULDER ?
WHAT WE FOUND LAST NIGHT--
LOOK, I WANT EXACTLY
WHAT YOU WANT.
BUT I NEED
TO SEE MY SISTER.
I SUPPOSE YOU ALREADY TRIED
TO MAKE A BACKUP
OF THE TAPE.
WHOEVER DOWNLOADED THOSE FILES
PUT A COPY PROTECTOR ON THEM.
I COULDN'T GET A HARD COPY
TO PRINT EITHER.
- WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THEY'LL
EVEN HONOR THIS DEAL ?
- BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T,
I'LL GO STATE'S EVIDENCE
AND TESTIFY.
OR THEY'LL HAVE TO
KILL ME TOO.
IT'S UP TO YOU, SCULLY.
[ Door Opens, Closes ]
[ Car Door Closes ]
I TOLD SKINNER
TO MAKE THE DEAL,
BUT NOT TO HAND OVER
THE TAPE UNTIL YOU
AGREED TO IT.
I'M SORRY ABOUT
YOUR SISTER, SCULLY.
I JUST NEED TO KNOW
SHE'S GONNA BE OKAY.
[ Engine Starts ]
[ Albert ]
FOR TWO DAYS I HAD PRAYED
FOR THE FBI WOMAN'S SISTER.
HER DOCTORS SAID
SHE WAS GETTING BETTER,
AND HER MOTHER, WHO WOULD NOT
LEAVE HER BEDSIDE,
WAS ABLE TO SLEEP.
BUT WORD HAD COME
FROM MY BROTHERS IN THE NORTH...
THAT DID NOT
GIVE ME HOPE.
THE WHITE BUFFALO CALF
HAD SURVIVED.
BUT AFTER A DAY,
IT WOULD NO LONGER DRINK
ITS MOTHER'S MILK.
[ Speaking Native American
Language ]
ON THE THIRD DAY,
THE MOTHER BUFFALO LAID DOWN
IN HER STALL...
AND WOULD NOT GET UP.
THEY SAID THE MEN COULD DO
NOTHING FOR HER.
THAT NIGHT, SHE DIED.
MY FATHER TAUGHT ME
WHEN I WAS A BOY...
THAT THIS IS
HOW LIFE IS,
THAT FOR SOMETHING
TO LIVE,
ANOTHER THING MUST
OFTEN BE SACRIFICED.
THIS WAS MY FEAR NOW
FOR THE YOUNG WOMAN.
[ Footsteps Approaching ]
I'M HERE TO SEE
MELISSA SCULLY.
MY NAME IS WALTER SKINNER.
I'M AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
AT THE FBI.
I'M VERY SORRY
ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER.
DANA ASKED ME TO COME HERE
TO DELIVER A MESSAGE.
- YOU'VE BEEN IN CONTACT
WITH HER ?
- YES.
I WANT TO KNOW WHERE SHE IS
AND IF SHE'S OKAY.
SHE'S OKAY, BUT SHE'S IN A VERY
SERIOUS SITUATION WHICH PREVENTS
HER FROM BEING HERE.
WHAT KIND OF SITUATION ?
ONE THAT WE HOPE
TO REVERSE...
SO THAT DANA CAN
COME BACK TO WORK.
THAT MAN YOU JUST SAW, HE'S BEEN
VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THIS ROOM.
- WHO ARE YOU ?
- MY NAME IS ALBERT HOSTEEN.
I WAS ASKED TO COME HERE.
ALL RIGHT, ALBERT.
DO NOT LEAVE THIS ROOM.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ?
YES.
[ Grunts ]
I COULD USE A BEER.
DO YOU WANT ANYTHING ?
NO.
ARE YOU SURE ?
YEAH.
[ Gasps ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Mulder ]
MR. KLEMPER ?
MR. KLEMPER ?
[ Thunder Rumbling ]
HELLO AGAIN,
YOUNG LADY.
- WHERE'S VICTOR KLEMPER ?
- OH. POOR KLEMPER.
THEY FOUND HIM YESTERDAY
HERE AMONG HIS FLOWERS.
APPARENTLY HIS HEART
HAD GIVEN OUT.
YOU KILLED HIM, DIDN'T YOU ?
YOU'RE ONE OF THE MEN
IN THIS PHOTO.
YOU KNEW MY FATHER.
YES.
SINCE WE WERE YOUNG MEN.
YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THIS
PROJECT. YOU KNOW WHY THE DATA
WAS BEING COLLECTED.
YES, I DO INDEED.
IN 1947, A SPACECRAFT
WAS REPORTEDLY RECOVERED
IN NEW MEXICO.
NO DOUBT YOU KNOW OF THIS,
AND OF THE REPORTED RECOVERY
OF A BODY AT THE SITE.
THESE INCIDENTS COINCIDED
WITH NOT ONLY THE END
OF WORLD WAR II...
BUT AN IGNOMINIOUS PROJECT
WHICH BROUGHT NAZI SCIENTISTS
AND WAR CRIMINALS...
TO THIS COUNTRY
TO EXPLOIT THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
OPERATION PAPER CLIP.
YES. YOU KNOW
OF IT ALREADY.
AND YOU MUST ALSO
KNOW OF THE WORK
OF DR. JOSEPH MENGELE,
THE NAZI ANGEL OF DEATH.
MENGELE THOUGHT THAT HE COULD
PRODUCE A SUPER RACE
THROUGH GENETIC ENGINEERING.
AS DID MANY
OF HIS COLLEAGUES...
AT THE INSTITUTE
OF HEREDITARY BIOLOGY
AND RACIAL HYGIENE.
- LIKE VICTOR KLEMPER ?
- POOR VICTOR.
HE LOVED HIS ORCHIDS.
DID YOU KNOW THAT HE WAS
ABLE TO CREATE SOME OF
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HYBRIDS ?
KLEMPER WAS TRYING TO CREATE
AN ALIEN-HUMAN HYBRID.
THAT'S WHAT I SAW
IN THE BOXCAR. HE WAS
USING HUMAN TEST SUBJECTS.
MULDER, WAIT.
MY FATHER WAS
INVOLVED IN THIS ?
THE TECHNOLOGY WASN'T THERE,
MULDER. DNA WASN'T EVEN
IDENTIFIED UNTIL 1944.
- THIS IS ALL A LIE.
- WHEN YOUR FATHER REALIZED...
WHAT THE MEDICAL DATA
WAS BEING USED FOR,
HE OBJECTED STRENUOUSLY.
HE COLLECTED
THOSE FILES ?
WITH THE THREAT
OF NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST
IN THE 1950s,
THE GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTED
MEN LIKE YOUR FATHER
TO GATHER GENETIC DATA...
ON THE GENERAL POPULACE
FOR THE PURPOSES...
OF POST-APOCALYPTIC
IDENTIFICATION.
THE VACCINATION RECORDS.
THEY TOOK TISSUE
FROM EVERYONE WHO RECEIVED
A SMALLPOX INOCULATION.
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
OF AMERICANS.
SO THAT VICTOR KLEMPER
HAD ACCESS TO A DNA DATABASE...
OF NEARLY EVERYONE
WHO WAS BORN SINCE 1950.
MULDER, THIS MAN IS TELLING YOU
EVERYTHING THAT YOU
WANT TO HEAR.
BUT IT IS A FABRICATION.
IT IS PURE SCIENCE FICTION.
- THERE WERE NO EXPERIMENTS
WITH ALIENS.
- WHY WOULD I LIE TO YOU ?
LIKE YOU SAID BEFORE,
TO PROTECT YOURSELF...
AND THE CONTINUATION
OF THE NAZI AGENDA--
HUMAN TESTS.
WHY WAS YOUR FILE
THERE, SCULLY ?
I DON'T KNOW.
THERE WERE CURRENT
RECORDS ON FILE.
YES, BUT RECORDS
OF WHAT, MULDER ?
OF ABDUCTIONS !
OF ABDUCTEES !
THEY TOOK MY SISTER.
WHY ?
THEY TOOK HER AS INSURANCE
BECAUSE YOUR FATHER...
THREATENED TO EXPOSE
THE PROJECT.
WHY HER ?
WHY NOT ME ?
IT'S NOT FOR ME TO SAY.
BUT YOUR LIFE
IS IN DANGER NOW TOO.
YOU ALSO THREATEN
TO EXPOSE THE PROJECT.
YOU HAVE BECOME YOUR FATHER.
WHY ARE YOU
TELLING ME THIS ?
IT'S WHAT
YOU WANT TO KNOW,
ISN'T IT ?
IS THERE MORE ?
MORE THAN YOU'LL
EVER KNOW.
[ Ringing ]
YES.
[ Indistinct ]
YES, HE'S JUST ARRIVED.
ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.
YOU HAVE A CALL, SIR.
THANK YOU.
HELLO ?
I'M ALIVE.
- ISN'T THAT A SURPRISE ?
- YES. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.
WHERE ARE YOU ?
SOMEWHERE THAT YOU WILL NEVER
FIND ME, YOU DOUBLE-CROSSING
SON OF A BITCH.
ARE YOU SURE ?
I'M SURE OF THIS--
IF I SO MUCH
AS FEEL YOUR PRESENCE,
I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU
A VERY, VERY FAMOUS MAN.
- YOU UNDERSTAND ?
- YES. THANK YOU.
- I'M GOING TO REPORT THAT
TO THE GROUP.
- [ Slams Phone ]
[ Beeps ]
I'VE JUST RECEIVED CONFIRMATION
THAT THE DIGITAL TAPE...
CONTAINING THE STOLEN FILES
WAS DESTROYED IN A CAR BOMB
EXPLOSION,
WHICH KILLED AGENT SCULLY'S
WOULD-BE ASSASSIN.
WHAT ABOUT
MULDER AND SCULLY ?
I HAVE A MEETING WITH THE FBI.
THEY, UH-- THEY WANT TO
MAKE A DEAL.
FOR WHAT ?
FOR NOTHING.
THERE'LL BE NO DEAL.
THERE'S NO DEAL TO MAKE.
FOX ?
YEAH.
WHAT TIME IS IT ?
IT'S AFTER 2:00.
DID YOU DRIVE UP HERE ?
WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL ?
I NEEDED TO SEE YOU
IN PERSON.
I NEED TO ASK YOU
SOMETHING.
I NEED TO ASK YOU ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED
A LONG TIME AGO.
OH, FOX.
I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING.
I TOLD YOU BEFORE.
MOM, LISTEN TO ME.
WHEN SAMANTHA--
BEFORE SHE WAS GONE,
DID DAD EVER ASK YOU
IF YOU HAD A FAVORITE ?
DID HE EVER
ASK YOU THAT ?
FOX, PLEASE.
MOM, DID HE EVER ASK YOU
TO MAKE A CHOICE ?
DON'T DO THI--
MOM, LISTEN TO ME !
I NEED TO KNOW !
DID HE MAKE YOU
MAKE A CHOICE ?
NO. I COULDN'T CHOOSE.
IT WAS
YOUR FATHER'S CHOICE.
AND I HATED HIM FOR IT.
EVEN IN HIS GRAVE
I HATE HIM STILL.
[ Sobbing ]
NOW, YOU WANTED
TO SEE ME ?
I HAVE THE TAPE
YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.
REALLY ?
I'M PREPARED TO HAND IT OVER
OR DESTROY IT IN EXCHANGE FOR
MULDER AND SCULLY'S SAFETY...
AND FOR THEIR
REINSTATEMENT HERE.
WHAT DID I TELL YOU,
MR. SKINNER ?
I DON'T NEGOTIATE.
ESPECIALLY WITH PUNKS LIKE YOU
WHO THINK THEY CAN BLUFF ME.
BLUFF YOU ?
YOU HAVEN'T GOT ANY TAPE,
AND YOU HAVEN'T GOT
ANY DEAL.
YOU CAN'T PLAY POKER
IF YOU AREN'T HOLDING
ANY CARDS, MR. SKINNER.
YOU EVER WONDERED
WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE
TO, UH,
DIE IN A PLANE CRASH ?
OF BOTULISM ?
EVEN A HEART ATTACK'S NOT
UNCOMMON FOR A MAN YOUR AGE.
THINK I'M BLUFFING ?
I'M NOT FINISHED YET.
ALBERT.
[ Speaking Native
American Language ]
- WHAT IS THIS ?
- THIS IS WHERE YOU
PUCKER UP AND KISS MY ASS.
NOW, LISTEN, YOU--
YOU LISTEN TO ME,
YOU SON OF A BITCH.
THIS MAN'S NAME
IS ALBERT HOSTEEN.
YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT,
BECAUSE IF AGENTS MULDER AND
SCULLY COME DOWN WITH SO MUCH
AS A CASE OF THE FLU,
ALBERT IS PREPARED TO RECITE,
CHAPTER AND VERSE, EVERYTHING
ON YOUR PRECIOUS TAPE.
THAT'S A NICE TRY, SKINNER.
I'M SURE YOU'RE THINKING
ALBERT IS AN OLD MAN,
AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF WAYS
YOU MIGHT KILL HIM TOO.
WHICH IS WHY, IN THE ANCIENT
ORAL TRADITION OF HIS PEOPLE,
HE'S TOLD 20 OTHER MEN
THE INFORMATION ON THOSE FILES.
SO UNLESS YOU KILL
EVERY NAVAJO LIVING
IN FOUR STATES,
THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
WITH A SIMPLE PHONE CALL.
WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD
OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY.
YOU'RE BLUFFING.
AM I ?
[ Door Opens, Closes ]
IT HAPPENED
THREE HOURS AGO.
SHE WENT INTO SURGERY,
AND THE DAMAGE TO HER BRAIN
WAS WORSE THEN THEY HAD HOPED.
HER BLOOD PRESSURE
STARTED TO RISE,
AND, UM,
SHE SLIPPED AWAY.
SHE DIED FOR ME,
AND I TRIED TO TELL HER
THAT I WAS SORRY, BUT I DON'T
THINK SHE'LL EVER REALLY KNOW.
OH, SHE KNOWS.
MELISSA KNOWS.
YOU WERE RIGHT.
THERE IS NO JUSTICE.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS
ABOUT JUSTICE, SCULLY.
THEN WHAT IS IT ABOUT ?
I THINK IT'S ABOUT SOMETHING
WE HAVE NO PERSONAL CHOICE IN.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT FATE.
SKINNER TOLD ME
THAT HE TALKED TO YOU,
THAT YOU WERE INSISTENT
ABOUT COMING BACK TO WORK.
NOW, IF MELISSA'S DEATH IS--
I NEED SOMETHING TO
PUT MY BACK UP AGAINST.
I FEEL THE SAME WAY.
WE BOTH LOST SO MUCH.
I BELIEVE THAT
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR...
IS IN THE X-FILES
AND MORE CERTAIN THAN EVER
THAT THE TRUTH IS IN THERE.
I'VE HEARD THE TRUTH,
MULDER.
NOW WHAT I WANT
ARE THE ANSWERS.
[ Boy ]
I MADE THIS.