The X-Files (1993–…): Season 6, Episode 20 - Three of a Kind - full transcript

While infiltrating a defense contractor conference in Las Vegas, The Lone Gunmen are reunited with Susanne Modeski, the mysterious woman who disappeared 10 years earlier after the trio first came together to help her.

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My name is John Fitzgerald Byers.

I was named after our 35th president.

And I keep having this beautiful dream.

(girls giggling)

In my dream, the events of
November 22nd, 1963, never happened.

In it, my namesake was never assassinated.

Other things are different, too, in my dream.

My country is hopeful
and innocent... young again.

Young in spirit.

My fellow citizens trust their elected oflicials,



never once having been betrayed by them.

My government is truly of the people,
by the people, for the people.

All my hopes for my country
for myself all are fulHIIed.

I have everything a person could want.

Home and family.

And love.

E velything that counts for anything in life...

I have it.

But the dream ends the same way every time.

I lose it all.

The game is Texas Hold 'Em, gentlemen.

You bring your wife?

You think I'm sitting here, I'd bring my wife?

Dumb ass brought his wife.



I'm the man.
I say I'm playing poker, I play poker.

Meanwhile, your wife is back
in Plano boinking the mailman.

- Hey, what was your name again?
- Funston. Stewart Funston. Hi.

You bring the little lady, Stewart?

- I'm not married.
- Smart man.

100.

You guys come to this every year? Def-Con?

Every year. Fold.

- Wouldn't miss it.
- Yeah. Out!

So, you guys working on
anything interesting these days?

Same old black ops crapola.
You know what it's like.

We're doing some neat stuff
with neutron bombardment.

You can cook somebody's brain
in their skull, like hard-boiling an egg.

- it's neat stuff.
- Speaking of crapola___ Fold.

- Thank you.
- Oh.

A man of distinction.

- So, you in, Mr Funston?
- Yeah.

Looks like it's just... you and me.

Another 200.

I'll see your 200,

and raise you one... thousand.

Ho-ho!

- He's buying the pot, Stew.
- Three clubs showin'_

Could be a flush.

'l,OOO...

And I raise you 1,000_

What stones he has.

I see you work for Conglomerated.

You guys make a great AE-135 unit.

Oh, man. Don't freak.

Don't freak. I'm on it. AE-135.

Searching...

Bingo! 442J/AE-135.
Air conditioning units for B-2 bombers.

- Talk air conditioners.
- Oh, yeah. The AE-1 35's a beauty.

Keeps the B-2s frosty.
You can practically see your breath.

- How did you get all the bugs out of it?
- Oh, you Know ....

- Trade secrets.
- Come on, Stewart.

You're among friends.

Seriously, now'd you get
past the delamination thing?

(Langly) Delamination.

- I'm searching.
- Oh, I'm sorry.

I'll see your thousand...

And...

Raise you... all that you've got.

System test, air rates... nothin'.

Stall him. And fold!

You wanna know how we fixed
the delamination problem?

We subcontracted the whole
damn thing to the Japanese,

then triple-billed the government.
Same thing we always do.

Queen high flush.

King high.

AI, call security.

Have 'em pick up Mr Funston here.

- And his partner.
- Delamination_ You made that up.

My advice to you, Stewart -
whatever your name really is -

poker is not your game.

Hey, man, you wanna thunderdome? Let's go!

$3,000. I told you to fold.
It should've been me in there playing.

- Why does Byers get to do the undercover?
- Cos this ain't Woodstock.

Did we at least get
usable prints off the glasses?

What? Are you kidding?
I had to leave them all behind.

- How are we gonna salvage this?
- We're not.

This convention's a bust.

Five days and three grand invested
and we got bupkes to show for it.

Who was that player, anyway? The guy who
made us wasn't wearing a convention badge.

- No one said his name.
- He's worth looking into.

(knock on door)

CIA! Open up!

Hey!

Jimmy and Timmy.

Hey. Where were you guys today?

- Around.
- Oh, yeah? Snooping for some hot 411?

- On the sneak tip?
- Maybe.

- Well, maybe we were, too.
- And maybe we got some.

Well, maybe we did, too.

We got bupkes_ Bunch of
tight-lipped defence contractors.

I'm gonna go way out on a limb here
and say "It's the T-shirt."

Yeah. Maybe both of you could
wear one that says "I'm with Stupid."

You just don't get it, man.
This says that I'm onto them.

This says that I comprehend
the military-industrial power dynamic.

That's what this whole thing is about.
Wet works, political assassination.

- That's this year's theme.
- Where did you hear that?

Oh, yeah! Like I'm gonna reveal my sources.

Suffice it to say there's some big,
new stealth assassination technology

that's supposed to be unveiled here.
And I will be there. Front row.

- For now we're hittin' the restaurant.
- Lobster buffet.

Free floor show.
Plenty of boobage You guys down?

You go ahead.

I'll catch up.

- You're one hell of a sad sack, Byers.
- Lay off about the poker game.

No, that's not what I'm talkin' about.

You're the one who pushes the hardest
for us to come to these conventions.

Then you get all squirrely once we get here.

You're still lookin' for her, aren't you?

- Susanne Moclesl

Scully, wake up. Are you OK?

What happened?

I think you got a little queasy
and took a header.

Blood and guts can bother some people.

Yeah... I guess.

Are you gonna be all right?

Sure, cutie.

So... you're done with Jimmy?

Done,done,done_

- How do you roll this thing?
- Uh, Scully?

What... killed him?

My medical opinion?

Beep...

- And that's all you found?
- That's all I know.

Sullyi>

- What did you find out?
- Autopsy was negatory.

- Jimmy squished himself.
- And where is the scrumptious Agent Scully?

She said she had somethin' important to do.
Man, she is seriouslyjet-lagged.

- You got product already?
- No. An earlier bird got the worm.

(Susanne) All this waiting. I feel like
they're keeping tabs on us, watching us.

(man) Honey you worry too much.

The plan is still on schedule.
E verything's falling into place.

We've worked so long and so hard for this.

It's not her.
They're making her do this somehow.

Buddy, now, I know
something about the fairer sex.

Trust me. You can bring a horse to water,
but you can't make her drink.

- She would not marry that man!
- You don't know him like I do.

How'd you get in here?

One of you left this in my room.

Grant Ellis saved my life.
He saved the lives of thousands.

Huh!

I need to talk to you, John.
I need to try and explain everything.

Come on. Let's hit the slots.

Watch your back.

Mata Hari.

(sighs)

You said something about
a friend being murdered.

Not that I can prove it.

But I think he saw something he was
not supposed to see at your conference.

- You may be in danger.
- I am... always.

So is Grant.

I have thought about
this moment so many times.

All the things I would say to you
if I ever saw you again.

And then there you were, at my door.

And I...

They took me 10 years ago.

They did things to me.

And it was like drowning every day.

Underwater, struggling to breathe.

And one day, a hand broke the surface,
reached down and pulled me up.

I wanted it to be you, John.

It was Grant.

He worked for them at the project.

I didn't trust him. Not for years.

Not until I realised that he was
working against them in his own way.

Stalling them, sabotaging their tests.

He reminded me of you.

- You're just lucky I got a conscience.
- How's that?

If I unleashed my true kung fu
on this casino, I could break the bank.

Yeah. Find yourself buried
under six feet of desert dirt.

- Hey, guys.
- Hey, Timmy.

I'm sorry about Jimmy.

Hey, Langly. The guys are all up in my room
for a round of Dungeons and Dragons

in honour of Jimmy.

Lord Ivlanhammer will be in attendance.

- I'm gonna go play a little D&D in memoriam_
- That's touching, man.

(woman laughing raucously)

(laughing continues)

- Scully?
- Oh, hey.

Long time no see.

(whispers)

No, that's not nice. I like Hike.

Cigarette?

You don't smoke.

But who's got a match?

Well...

I just can't decide who lights my fire.

That's it. All right, jim-dandies, back off.
This is Special Agent Dana Scully of the FBI.

If you so much as touch her,
you may be committing a federal of fence.

Come on. Come on.

Could've been stardust.

Maybe next time.

I hope you brought your wallet.
Just because this is a memorial game...

- What's this?
- Oh, we have got a game for you.

(Ellis) Trust me. This is gonna work.

- You didn't tape this?
- No.

Which means they surveilled us.
They know our plans, they know everything.

- What is your plan?
- To escape.

This conference was our chance to slip out
on the last day, go public with our files,

3ll OUFWSHDODS FSSS3FCl”l.

We could finally make it happen this time.

We'd gathered up enough proof.

The public is ready to believe,
now more than ever.

They know everything.

They'll kill us, John, Grant and me both.

- (Scully giggles)
- Come on.

- Come on. Settle down, settle down.
- OK, OK.

I found Agent Scully Golightly
holding court at the bar.

I've never seen her drunk before.

God, this can't be.

- Please.
- Hi.

She's not drunk. Look at this.

That was made by an injector gun.

What the hell was she injected with?

It's a derivative of E-H gas.
A-H, anoetic histamine, my latest creation.

I could have developed it
years ago, but I held off.

I wasn't about to let those bastards
I work for get their hands on it.

Grant thought if we developed a small batch,
then destroyed the notes,

that we would have
the proof we needed to go public.

And a weapon to use against them.

Who else has access
to this anoetic histamine?

Grant and I are the only
two people that have...

That have the samples.

This will counteract the anoetic effect.

Hey, cutie.

OW.

Just a little prick.

- Bad trip?
- She'll be fine.

- She just needs to sleep it off.
- I don't understand.

Why would the government
want to turn Scully into a bimbo?

That's just a potential side effect. Anoetic
histamine impedes higher-brain functions.

- It promotes suggestibility
- Mind control, brainwashing.

That explains Jimmy.
They told him to commit suicide.

And Scully. They made her
forget her autopsy findings.

But what is their larger purpose?

What are they planning?

Well, whatever it is, we better find out fast.

(knock on door)

Right on time.

This is your weapon.

All you do is pull the trigger.

You will enter the Saguaro Room at 10_05am_

This badge will give you access.

Take a seat toward the back and wait.

At 10.15, a break will be called. Rise,
approach the target and fire three shots.

This brings us to the notion
of acceptable risk.

Of course, risk is defined as exposure

during both utilisation
and post-project evaluation.

In a secure proving ground, i.e. a domestic
engagement, we have had great success.

Now, offshore utilisations can afford a more
comprehensive definition of acceptable risk.

Proper target appraisal
can provide a risk-free trial environment.

Political instability and lack of efficient
infrastructure can offer a target area

of nearly zero-risk potential.

- Authorised attendees only.
- I'm an FBI agent.

Authorised attendees.

Of course, risk management goes hand
in hand with operational preparedness.

And that's our topic
for the remainder of this session.

AI, this would be a good time to take a break.

Oh, yeah.

Let's take five, everybody.
Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

Oh, my God.

(man) Somebody help her! Somebody!

- Susanne.
- Federal Agent.

- Call for help.
- We need an ambulance.

A woman's been shot. She's bleeding. Hurry!

We're on our way.

- Who did this? Who did this?!
- The shooter got away.

Detain this man. Get him outta here.

Good work, party girl.

(Scully) I'll take him from here.

Wait a minute. Where are you taking me?

Susanne?

Can we have a moment alone, please?

- I'll be fine.
- We'll be right down the hall.

OK.

Thanks for the tip.

Big surprise, huh?

- Since you programmed my friend to kill me.
- No, Susanne. It wasn't my idea.

You knew about it. You gave it to them.

The A-H?

If I hadn't thought to check Langly,
if I hadn't given him the antidote...

I don't understand.

Why save me? Why save
my life just to take it away?

- You know why.
- You were done with me.

- You had what you wanted.
- They had what they wanted.

The project was over.

Honest to God, it wasn't my idea.

All those years you spent gaining my trust.

You pretended that you loved me.

What could they possibly give you for that?

What was it worth to you, Grant?
What was your price?

What did you get?!

My life. They'¢l Kill me.

(door shuts)

Hello.

So sorry, Susanne.

The county death records,
then the state tax rolls.

Then the morgue.
List that they misplaced the body.

Jawohl, Herr Kommandami Why don't you
just zap me and brainwash me again?

- Do it. Then we can make him cut his hair.
- (knock on door)

- Can you answer that?
- Why me? She's your little chickadee.

Hurry up. Come on.

Come on in, Mata Hari.

CIA. Freeze.

- Let her go.
- Sure.

No!

You know the best thing
about killing you three?

Now I won't have to dress like you any more.

Oh! Get him off me!

Hi, cutie.

What do you wanna do with him?

Police conHrm an arrest has been made.

This man, Timothy Landau,
of Alamogordo, New Mexico,

has confessed to the murders
of Grant Ellis and Susanne Modeski.

Hello? Mulder? Can you hear me?

I'm at the hotel. Where are you?

What do you mean, what hotel? Las Vegas.

I'm in Las Vegas. Aren't you?

You called me.

What do you mean, you didn't call me?

Oh, man. I am gonna kick their asses.

(Byers) Susanne Modeski is dead.

Every computer at every county,
state and federal office knows it.

This is who you are now.

Come with me.

- You'll be safer without me.
- I told you, I'm going public.

No, you're not.

You've done more than enough.
Leave it to us now.

It's what we do.

This was meant for Grant.

I want you to have it.

Someday.

So, you wanna hit the slots?

You know, Byers,
growing old with us ain't so bad.

Oh, shut up, Langly_
You really want him to kill himself?

(Langly) Got any quarters?

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