The X-Files (1993–…): Season 6, Episode 1 - The Beginning - full transcript

Hurry up!
Next time, maybe take a leak before we leave work, OK, dipwads?
Can you read sign language, guy?
Is that your IQ or the number of dipwads your mother had?
Not you too, Sandy.
Sorry, man. You gotta hold it till you get home.
I'll see you tomorrow, Sandy.
Hey, Sandy, chop chop!
Hey, Sandman?
Hey! Hot dog, come on. Came diem.
By restoring moisture to the documents, and by a reassembling of fragments,
I can recover a large percentage of the case material
that was destroyed in my office fire several months ago.
While this process is tedious, what I've already recovered
will allow Agent Scully and I to begin work on the X-Files immediately.
Agent Mulder...
Agent Mulder, I'm reading here a very pie-in-the-sky report
about global domination plans by vicious long-clawed spacelings.
Is there going to be data to back this vague omnibus account?
Yes.
I see your renowned arrogance has been left quite intact.
You're asking us to accept this report
of a spaceship buried under polar ice and your death-defying escape from it?
The ice became superheated by the ship as it rose beneath us, causing it to collapse.
This story is unintelligible and encourages unintelligible analysis.
I hoped you'd look closely at the reports of mine and Scully’s medical conditions.
These spacelings, Agent Mulder...
They weren't something I saw in Men in Black?
- I didn't see Men in Black. - Well, it's a damn good movie.
This may sound like science fiction,
but we can and will prove the validity of our report.
So the plot... I'm just trying to get this straight.
The plot is for these spacelings to take over the planet,
aided by a group of men on Earth...
A conspiracy within our own government.
..who are growing corn in the desert, which features pollen,
which was genetically altered to hold a virus,
which will be taken away by bees whose sting transmits the virus,
causing the growth of an extraterrestrial biological entity inside the human host?
Which we will prove how that the X-Files have been reopened.
Your presumption, Agent Mulder, is far greater than the case you make.
I don't understand.
You justify your reassignment on the X-Files
with little more than a rattletrap account of high adventure in the Antarctic.
Not to mention some questionable travel expenses.
Let us remind you that the FBI is not a school for science
or for the grinding of personal axes.
Hopefully, you can present us with some material evidence
to support an investigation.
Agent Scully was assigned to the X-Files as a scientist,
was stung by a bee, and was infected with this virus.
She is here today with hard and incontrovertible evidence.
Scientific proof that the virus she was infected with is in fact... extraterrestrial.
Next time I'll wear a clown suit and do tricks.
I hoped it wouldn't come up.
I was there because you assured me there was a scientific basis for what we saw.
Let me remind you once again that what I saw was very little.
That excuse is not gonna work.
You were there and you were infected with that virus.
Yes, there is a scientific basis for what happened to me. I was exposed to a virus.
But as it turns out, Mulder, that virus is not what you thought.
Look, I can't identify it, Mulder. I have run three separate tests.
But I can tell you that that virus's DNA and proteins are very much of this world.
I saw what that virus did. I saw it generate a new being.
An alien being inside a human body.
It attacks and destroys human cells, but that is all it does, Mulder.
It creates nothing.
Look, I don't like telling you this. And I know that you don't wanna hear it.
You can question me and what I saw, but what you can't question is the science.
There was sloppiness in Phoenix where they found the body.
The local PD got involved. These were taken at the scene by a crime reporter.
These were run in the press?
I trumped up a story about a crazy Indian on the loose.
Never underestimate the public's willingness to blame the red man for...
what they can't explain.
- How did this happen? - He was one of ours.
It took just 12 hours for the creature to gestate.
- This thing's alive? - Yes.
- It's killed a man. - It's out there somewhere?
As far as I know.
Lord Almighty! We can't have this thing running loose.
I'm managing the situation.
- Someone's gotta find this thing. - Someone has to kill it.
The response must be equal to the threat.
Can you dispose of this problem?
Yes.
Wasting your time.
You need evidence. I've just got to bring it back from the ashes.
Nothing you might restore is gonna help you, Agent Mulder. It's over and done.
Your reassignment has been denied.
How can it be denied? We're the only reason the X-Files were reopened in the first place.
- I'm not arguing with you. - Well, who is?
When will you accept that no amount of reason
will bring to heel a conspiracy whose members walk these halls with impunity?
Was there a vote?
Unanimous against.
Excuse me.
I'm no help to you outside the majority, Mulder.
I don't see that there's a damn thing you can do for me.
You can break their backs with proof about this virus.
- Proof that what you say it does is true. - I don't have that proof yet.
Maybe I can give it to you.
There's a file folder.
It's on the desk in your old office.
Is that something for me?
Agent Mulder?
- Yeah, if you're doing my filing. - Your filing?
Why are you in my office, Agent Spender?
I think there's been a miscommunication. I think someone failed to inform you.
If you're saying you were sent to work on the X-Files, the failure is simple judgment.
I don't care what patronage got you this job. I put my life in here.
I'm not gonna let some brown-nose take it all away from me.
I don't believe in the paranormal mumbo jumbo,
- so don't presume I'm taking your place. - No? Who is?
- Fox. - Diana. Back on your feet.
I guess that's the only way you can stab me in the back.
I need the patient bandaged and dressed. We'll be taking a trip.
You want him what?
I'm sure I don't need to repeat myself.
Please get the boy ready.
- But doing that now could kill him. - Let me put it to you simply.
It's him or it's us.
I wanna remind you that by not informing local PD
we are in technical violation of state laws prohibiting contamination of a crime scene.
Why do I bother?
Scully, come here and take a look at this.
Ever seen anything like this?
- What are they? - According to the investigator's notes,
they're from an attack by a Native American man on a scientist.
- With what kind of weapon? - It says in the file he used his bare hands.
His bare hands?
- This is hardwood. - Uh-huh.
This kind of gouging didn't happen with anybody's bare hands.
Not without the use of some kind of an implement.
What is that?
Ah... Somebody broke a nail.
- Is it animal? - It ain't RuPaul.
The body of the other victim was found on the sofa, his viscera torn from his torso.
The ME's report says the times of death were hours apart,
which means that this victim was dead hours before the second attack.
- So the attacker never left. - It wasn't an attack.
I think it was celebrating its birthday.
The first victim was infected with the virus. Right here is where the creature was born.
- Mulder... - It accounts for the violence to his torso.
The virus producing an extraterrestrial entity
that ripped away his chest as it birthed itself right here. Look.
Given that scenario, the rate of gestation would have been less than a day.
It would've been about 12 hours.
OK, forgive the scientific argument.
But you're saying that this was done by something newborn?
That's exactly what I'm saying.
It was here.
But it's gone now.
- I should take a look. - It's not here.
Why don't you believe me when you're so afraid of me?
I'm not afraid.
You think I can destroy you for what I know, cos of what I am.
You're thinking you could've destroyed me, too.
And if I don't find this creature, you will.
He'll find it.
I don't see there's any argument here.
You admit yourself the crime report is a lie.
Mulder, that doesn't mean that I can just accept your theory.
What does it take? For this thing to bite you on the ass?
I saw these creatures. I saw them burst to life.
You would have seen them too, but you were passed out over my shoulder.
Mulder, I know what you did. I know what happened to me.
But without ignoring the science, I can't...
Listen, Mulder. You told me that my science kept you honest,
that it made you question your assumptions, that by it I'd made you a whole person.
If I change now, it...
it wouldn't be right... or honest.
I'm talking about extraterrestrial life alive on this planet in our lifetime.
Forces that dwarf and precede all human history.
I'm sorry, Scully, but this time your science is wrong.
Wake up, Homer.
I was awake.
- I was just thinking. - Yeah, that'd be a first.
You're late on your systems check.
If there was a problem, we would've heard about it.
Like Arizona's gonna go without air conditioning for ten minutes.
Hey, Homer. Got something here in the bleed cooling system.
See that?
- Five degrees off. I'll be... - Might be in the core reactor.
Nah, nah, nah. It's gotta be a monitoring glitch.
Phone could start ringing any minute. You might wanna check it out.
All right.
Brush off the clouds and cheer up
Put on a happy face
Put on a happy face
Start spreading sunshine all over the place...
I want this place sealed off.
Authorized officers only. This is a closed area,
- What happened? - You'll have to leave.
We had a call that a man was killed.
A call from whom? Assistant Director Skinner?
- Let us through. - You are unauthorized to be here.
You've come here without cause or permission.
I'm gonna get you censured and demand a review of AD Skinner's actions.
Diana, let us in here.
I can't. This facility has been sealed off by the NRC.
A man was murdered.
He was killed in an accident in a reactor where there was a systems failure.
Why are you here?
Because of a possible connection to two previous deaths
from a case file that was stolen from our office.
- There is a connection. - Let's get outta here, Mulder.
I hope you know what you're doing, Diana.
I hope you know whose errands you're running.
I think I do.
We weren't getting anywhere. It was making it worse.
It's here, Scully, and they know it.
How do they know? Mulder, how do you know?
Give me the keys and get in the car.
Oh, my God.
Gibson.
Sorry, sweetie.
Gibson? Gibson?
Gibson, sweetheart? Oh, God.
Frankenstein? Really?
No.
No, you've been worked on by some good doctors.
They did a fine job of your stitches.
You think they were butchers.
They were butchers.
They should've changed your bandages, Gibson.
You've got some swelling and some infection.
And you've got a fever.
- Why did they do this to you? - Cos I can read people's minds.
- How did you get in our car? - When they weren't looking, I snuck away.
It's easy when you know what they're thinking.
Why are you here?
They were using me, cos I can communicate with it.
Communicate with what?
You already know. You just don't wanna believe it.
The kid could find this thing.
- Mulder, he belongs in a hospital. - We could get his fever down.
Mulder, you can't just take him on some snipe hunt.
He belongs in a bed under constant medical care.
Listen to me. What I'm saying is in your best interest, OK?
We have to take every precaution to ensure that nothing happens to this boy,
because, whatever he is, whatever gives him the ability to do what he does,
he's your scientific evidence. It's just like we said.
- He could be the key to all the X-Files. - We don't have the X-Files,
No. But what if he could corroborate everything that you're saying?
This boy could be our last best chance.
Agent Mulder?
Fox, I'm going to get out of the car. I'm alone, all right?
- What are you doing here? - I couldn't say anything to you earlier.
I was given this assignment, Fox, OK? They offered it to me. I took the chance.
I'm listening.
To make sure someone served your interests, someone who believes in the work,
Hey, you and I found the X-Files together. Don't forget that.
- Who sent you? - I'm here on my own.
- Why? To convince me of your intentions? - Listen to me.
That thing is inside the No.4 reactor building.
We can let them find it and destroy it, or go find it ourselves.
You need proof, Fox.
You're so close. Why can't you see that?
Mulder, what's going on?
- You take Gibson. - Where are you going?
To find this thing.
Agent Spender and I got a call. We were on a plane within an hour in constant contact.
- With who? - The nuclear regulatory people.
NRC was first on the scene. They found the victim.
When we got there, it had been removed. We never saw the body.
- Who removed it? - I don't know. Couldn't get a straight answer.
Then the NRC sealed off the No.4 reactor
due to a problem with the heat transfer systems. I believe that was legitimate.
Maybe that's why it's there. It wants heat. It needs heat.
This thing gestated abnormally fast. What if heat activates it?
It could spur on the virus and the development of the entity.
- But it's still seeking heat. Why? - What if it's still developing?
You don't think what we're looking for makes sense in any conventional way?
No.
You're gonna be fine, Gibson. You're gonna be OK.
Let's get a bed ready.
- You're gonna run more tests. - We're gonna get you well.
You say that, but you're gonna run more tests, like the other doctors.
We have to run this one test, Gibson.
You wanna make me well, but you're thinking about yourself
and what you can learn from me.
You're a very special boy, Gibson. You know that yourself.
I'm a very special lab rat.
According to what we could gather, the victim's body was found near here.
- It's hot in here. - We're right above the core reactor.
This is part of the heat transfer cooling system.
- Looks organic. - Maybe somebody's got the flu.
What? What is it?
There's something in there.
Yeah?
Mulder, I found something you're not gonna believe.
Ditto.
We did blood tests on Gibson. Mulder, there's evidence of the virus in his system.
- The same virus you were exposed to? - I'm almost positive.
What does that mean?
I don't know, but I think we're onto something.
- We're onto something huge, a link. - I'll call that bet and raise you.
- What? - Never mind. Just take care of Gibson.
There was a little boy in that room and he's gone.
Does anybody know what happened to that little boy?
His name is Gibson Praise! He was just in that room!
Does anybody know what the hell is going on?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's just calm down.
- That little boy I brought in is missing. - He can't be. He should be in his bed.
He's not here!
- He's here. - Where?
Somewhere.
Open the door, you son of a bitch!
Open the door, damn it! Open it!
Open the door, you...
Fox! I'm gonna go see if there's some other way in!
Open it! Open this door!
I told you it was here.
Gibson! Gibson!
Gibson!
Gibson! Gibson!
Gibson! Gibson!
As I said, and as I am forced to reiterate, Agent Mulder,
the FBI is not here for vendettas or for the grinding of personal axes.
This holds not just for you, but for everyone at the Bureau.
You force us to put a point on this, to make some hard changes.
You and Agent Scully will cease all material association with the X-Files.
Refusal to do so will end in immediate dismissal.
A probationary period will be set.
You will now report to Assistant Director Kersh.
You're not supposed to come here.
It's what was agreed to. It's the deal you made.
I had to congratulate you, commend how you handled things.
How you handled Mulder.
I did what I was asked.
You did well, son. He's on very thin ice now, you know.
Mulder will be back. As long as he lives, he won't give up.
Well, there are solutions, of course.
Simple but extreme solutions.
I've used these methods. They have their place.
But not here.
You've killed men.
You can kill a man.
But you can't kill what he stands for.
Not unless you first break his spirit.
That's a beautiful thing to see.
If you shut the door, it'd be harder to see that I'm disregarding everything I was told.
Everything we were told, Mulder.
They can't take away the X-Files, Scully. They tried.
You know, Agent Fowley's report to OPR painted the facts in an interesting way.
I hope you weren't betrayed.
Agent Fowley's report was a means to an end:
trying to protect the work, protect the X-Files.
Agent Fowley's report states that the man you saw attacked
was bludgeoned by an unknown subject.
She makes no mention of a little boy who is nowhere to be found.
It would seem that her report protects everything but you.
Agent Fowley took me to that plant at great risk to herself,
where I saw something that you refuse to believe in. Saw it again.
And though it may not say it in her report, Diana saw it, too.
She's certainly not gonna go around saying
that just because science can't prove it, it isn't true.
I don't doubt what you saw, Mulder.
I don't doubt you.
I'm willing to believe, but not in a lie and not in the opposite of what I can prove.
It comes down to a matter of trust.
I guess it always has.
- You're asking me to make a choice? - I'm asking you to trust my judgment.
To trust me.
I can't accept that if it refutes what I know to be true.
Mulder, these are test results. DNA from the claw nail we found,
matching exactly the DNA from the virus you believe is extraterrestrial.
That's the connection.
Which matches exactly DNA that was found in Gibson Praise.
I don't understand. You're saying that Gibson is infected with the virus?
No. It's a part of his DNA. In fact, it's a part of all of our DNA.
It's called a genetic remnant.
It's inactive junk DNA, except in Gibson it's turned on.
So if that were true, that would mean that Gibson is in some part extraterrestrial.
It would mean that all of us are.
I made this!