The X-Files (1993–…): Season 7, Episode 22 - Requiem - full transcript

Unit Four, I got a fire
out on the highway at the 20-mile mark.

Unit Four, confirmation
of downed aircraft burning.

All units,
we've got a 10-13.

Unit Four,
this is Detective Miles.

I'm coming right at you, Ray.

Now, you wait for backup
before you head out, all right?

Unit Four, come back, Deputy.

Deputy Hoese.

- Ray?

Oh, my God.

Lariat car rentals totals...



Would you like
to see the figure?

- Is that a lot?
- A lot?

Gas, expenses,
the motel rooms alone...

By F.B.I. standards,
these numbers are out of control.

We could start sharing rooms.

You're under evaluation.
There has to be a point when we say no.

You can't really compare what we do
to other departments in the bureau.

- Right. This business with aliens.
- There's more to it than that.

But at the end of the day,
you'd say aliens are your real focus?

That's the reason
I got started, yeah.

Investigating
your sister's abduction...

and the government conspiracy
around it.

Both of which have
been resolved, correct?

Nothing has been resolved,
exactly.



In this case report here,
it's concluded your sister is dead,

as well as
the men who took her.

This is your handwriting
here on the report, Agent Mulder?

Yeah.

So, what exactly is left
to investigate?

Your release
has been arranged.

Marita Covarrubias.

Last time I saw you,
I left you for dead.

Alex, if it was
strictly up to me,

I'd leave you here
to rot too.

I see the money bleed out,

but it just doesn't seem to make
the results of your work any better.

So many of the cases you investigate
are left unexplained.

Makes it hard
to justify the expense.

So much of the work that we do
cannot be measured in standard terms.

- How would you measure it?
- We open doors...

with the X-Files
which lead to other doors.

Doors leading to...

a conspiracy of men who
cooperated with alien beings...

"to create
human/alien hybrids...

so we could all become slaves
of an alien invasion."

I believe that
there was once a conspiracy.

I believe I was taken by men...

who subjected me
to medical tests...

which gave me cancer
and left me barren.

But you don't
believe in aliens?

I've seen things
that I cannot deny.

Who sent you?

- The Smoking Man.

He's dying.

You said you were finished.

I turned in my report and was asked
to go over a few things.

As you know, the times we live in,
the world is changing fast.

I'm missing your point.

As I said, this is an evaluation,
Agent Mulder, to understand what you do,

so if you go forward,
you can do so more responsibly.

That sounds more
like a threat.

Cost benefit analysis.

But if you want the truth, I really
don't care one way or the other.

You mostly record bizarre facts
on bizarre cases.

In other words,
information gathering.

Something, it seems to me,
you can easily do on the Internet.

I can't do my job from an office.
I promise you.

Nowadays, the most advanced
space exploration...

is done sitting in an office,
Agent Mulder.

Why? It's just too damn expensive
putting men in outer space.

- I'm not looking in outer space.
- Bringing us to the point.

If you spend so much time
and money looking for aliens,

responsibly you should
narrow your search.

- To where?
- Wherever they are.

It's not unreasonable.

It's just a matter
of reducing your vision.

Hey, you all right?

What's the problem?

- Isn't that your car, Mr. Miles?
- Yeah.

A small accident.

Everything's all right.
What are you boys doing out here?

Well, we heard
there was a plane crash.

Military jet fighter
collided midair with a U.F.O.

Navy found their plane
about three miles away.

We've seen no evidence
of any other crash.

But we heard a sheriff say
he saw a fire burning...

off the highway
at the 20-mile mark.

There's nothing out here.
No fire. No sign of fire.

Now, you boys go on home.

There's nothing
to see here.

I think I'm in big trouble.

How many times have they tried
to shut us down?

Yeah, but I never actually
assaulted an auditor before.

- Did you hurt him?
- I reduced his vision a little bit.

- Mulder.

- Agent Fox Mulder?
- Speaking.

My name is Billy Miles.
I don't know if you remember me.

Yeah, Oregon,
seven years ago.

You had multiple abduction experiences.
I'm here with Agent Scully.

- Billy, are you all right?
- Yeah.

This may seem weird,
me calling like this,

but, uh, I don't know
where else to turn.

- Is it happening again, Billy?

Yeah, but not to me this time.

More alien abductions, Scully.

Mmm.

I don't know how we could
possibly justify the expense.

We'd probably
turn up nothing.

Let's go waste some money.

Hi. He's anxious to see you.

- I was worried about you, Alex.
- Cut the crap, old man.

I heard about
your incarceration.

You had me thrown
in that hellhole.

For trying to sell something
that was mine, was it not?

I hope we can
all move forward,

put the past behind us.

We have a singular
opportunity now.

- "Singular opportunity"?
- There's been a crash in Oregon.

An alien ship has collided
with a military aircraft.

Recovery is all important.

It's Roswell and Corona
all over again...

50 years later.

It's our chance
to rebuild the project.

How do you know someone
hasn't already recovered it?

It's never quite so easy.

- I'm getting something here, Gary.
- I told you, Richie.

Hey, man, look at this.

Gary!

Gary?

Come on, man.

My dad got them to fudge
the psych qualifications.

- You're married, Billy.
- Uh, divorced.

I live back
with my dad now.

You've never, um...

Have you ever been able
to get over the abductions?

Well, I have, but people haven't.
No one really believes it.

My dad still denies it ever happened...
that any one of us was taken.

Does he deny
that it's happening now?

There was a crash.

A navy pilot hit an unidentified
aircraft outside of town.

Now, the military
found their jet,

but the other craft
hasn't been recovered.

- Why not?
- Well, it's our county,

and we're in charge
of coordinating efforts.

But my dad has really been no help,
even though we have a deputy missing.

You find the U.F.O.,
and he won't be able to deny the truth.

I hope that's all it is.

What's going on, Bill?

Just talking to some people
you might remember, Dad, from the F.B.I.

- Agent Scully, Agent Mulder.
- Oh.

What brings you folks
out here?

You're not thinking this incident's
some kind of U.F.O.?

The crash of
an unidentified craft.

Well, I've been on with the F.A.A.
You might want to follow up.

Looks an awful lot
like there was no crash at all.

Deja vu all over again.

That was there already, in case
you're wondering at all about it.

I watched Agent Mulder
paint that there seven years ago.

- What for?
- To mark an anomalous electrical disturbance,

the kind where time
gets bent or goes missing...

or where your car loses power
and dies in the middle of the road.

These skid marks are mine.

That was the deputy's car up there
sitting there without his lights on?

If they'd been on,
I would have seen him.

Good point.

Detective?

Did the, uh,
deputy carry a.38?

.38 super. Why?

Three shells were discharged.

I imagine they could've
rolled from up there.

- What was he shooting at?
- Probably nothing.

- Nothing?
- Nothing's all you seem to find out here.

Was the missing deputy
a good cop?

Yeah, sure, I guess.

Married? Single?

Bill!

- Come on over here with those.
- He was married. New baby.

You know, they only
want to solve this.

Get in the car, Bill.

- Yes?
- Sorry to bother you, Mrs. Hoese.

- We're with the F.B.I.
- Is this about my husband?

Are... You're Teresa?
Teresa Nemman?

Yes.

Seven years ago you came to
Agent Scully and I for help.

- You were afraid of being abducted.
- Oh, my God.

- Uh...

Please come in.

I'm sorry.

I sort of lost it
when I realized who you were.

We, uh, came to see if there's
anything that you can tell us...

that might help us
find your husband.

We had no idea
you were his wife.

I don't know
if it's important.

Maybe I just hope
it's not, but...

Ray and I have a connection...

that's even deeper for us.

He's an abductee too?

He kept it a secret
from almost everyone.

It doesn't make you
real popular around here.

His experiences were
a lot more terrifying than mine.

He was taken many times
and tested.

I have extensive
medical records on him...

and photos of his scars.

I'll get you the files.
Can you hold him?

It's okay. Thank you.

What do you see?
What do you see?

What's that?

Once upon a time
there was a little baby

- Who is it?

It's me.

- What's wrong, Scully? You look sick.
- I don't know what's wrong.

Come in.

I, um...

I was starting to get ready for bed,
and I started to feel really dizzy.

Vertigo or something. And then
I just... I started to get chills.

You want me
to call a doctor?

No, I just...

I just want to get warm.

Oh, good.

Thank you.

It's not worth it,
Scully.

What?

- I want you to go home.
- Mulder, I'm gonna be fine.

No, no, I've been thinking
about it.

Looking at you today
holding that baby and...

knowing everything's
that been taken away from you...

a chance for motherhood
and your health...

and that made me...

think that...
maybe they're right.

Who's right?

The F.B.I.

Maybe what they say is true,
but for all the wrong reasons.

It's the personal costs
that are too high.

There's so much more
you need to do with your life.

There's so much more
than this.

There has to be an end,
Scully.

In spite of a great deal of effort, no one
seems to be able to find this U.F.O. of yours.

Of course they can't.

You know why?
'Cause it's not here.

It's there, Alex.

I'm certain of it.

Hidden in plain sight.

You listen to me.

If you're gonna play games, Mulder
and Scully, they're gonna beat me to it.

Are you saying that Mulder and Scully
are there looking for the U.F.O.?

They're looking for
a missing deputy.

Well, they're looking for
the right thing, but in the wrong place.

You sent me
looking for a ship.

Find the deputy,
find the ship.

Who is it?

Ray?

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

I was so worried.

I-I was so sure...

What did they do
to you this time?

Ray, talk to me.

You're not my husband.

No! No!

What happened, Billy?

Teresa's gone.
She's been taken. They took her.

How do you know?

The door was open.

Scully.

The floor.

What do you see?

The same thing as out on the road.
We've seen it before.

Yeah.

I have. We both have.

What is it?

It's a biological toxin...

emitted as a gas
through the bloodstream.

- From who?
- From what is arguably...

an alien.

Oh.

- You okay?
- Yeah.

You sure?

Yeah, I'm fine.
Thanks.

Thank you, Greta.

Why the trouble to bring Krycek here
and then toy with him?

Do you trust Alex, Marita?

- Then why bring him here at all?
- You misunderstand.

I've great faith that Alex
will find the ship.

But if I told him how,

he'd be tempted
to sell the information.

- And you're certain it's there?
- Oh, yes.

But it won't be there forever.

It's rebuilding itself.

If he finds the ship,
then what?

To possess it...

is to possess
the answer to all things.

Every possible
imaginable question.

To God?

There's no God, Marita.

What we call God
is only alien...

an intelligence
much greater than us.

They're coming here,
aren't they?

They're only coming back.

Mulder?

Hey!

- Hey, what are you doing?
- I was just standing there. Is that against the law?

- You know this guy?
- Yeah.

- What are you doing, Richie?
- They took him.

They took Gary.
He-He was just gone.

- Relax. Slow down.
- They're out there!

- I don't care what your dad says, Billy.
- My dad?

He was out there too.
He knows.

I was shining my flashlight
in the dark, looking for the U.F.O.,

and, uh,

the beam hit this spot
in space,

like it bent the light.

- And then what happened?
- Well, I yelled, "Gary!"

And I looked, but he wasn't there.
He wasn't anywhere, man.

And then the flashlight got really hot,
and I dropped it.

Uh, it was right around
here somewhere.

Oh, hey, here it is.

Scully?

Scully?

- Scully.

- You want some water?
- What happened to her?

- Can you just get her some water?

I just... I just...

I just hit the ground.

Here, lie still.

Why is this
happening to me?

It's okay. It's okay.

- What the hell's going on, Mulder?
- I don't know.

But these aren't just
random abductions, Scully.

- We've gotta warn Billy Miles of that.
- Of... Of what?

These abductees aren't just
systematically being taken.

They're not coming back.

Dad?

Billy?

- What are you doing?
- You stay where you are.

- Billy, it's me.
- I said, stay where you are!

- Damn it, Billy, listen to me.
- No.

I don't know who you are,
but you are not gonna take me.

I'm your father.

Are you gonna
shoot your father?

If you're my father,

then why won't
you believe me?

I believe you, Billy. I...

I just want it
all to go away.

Give me the gun, son.

Billy?

Billy!

- Agent Mulder?
- What's our punishment this time?

Thumb screws or 40 lashes?

Come on in, Walter.
Sit a spell.

This could be the last time you
take a trip down to these offices.

You went to Oregon.

Guilty as charged.

And if they're coming down on you
for that, I'm sorry. I truly am.

Fortunately, they think that I make
a contribution to the bureau.

Oh, well, yeah.

Stick to a budget, and they say
you're making a contribution.

But push the limits of your profession,
and they say you're out of control.

You could bring home a flying saucer and have
an alien shake hands with the president.

What it comes down to, Agent Mulder,
is... they don't like ya.

Well, we didn't bring home
a flying saucer or an alien.

Yeah. So I've been told.

Agent Mulder! I think
you should listen to him.

You've got every reason
to wanna see me dead,

but you gotta
listen to me now.

You're the singular
opportunity.

- Here, or do you want to step outside?
- Agent Mulder.

Cancer Man is dying.

His last wish
is to rebuild his project,

to have us revive
the conspiracy.

It all begins in Oregon.

The ship that collided with
that navy plane... it's in those woods.

- There's no ship in those woods.
- Yeah, it's there,

cloaked in an energy field
while he mops up the evidence.

- Who?
- The alien bounty hunter.

Billy Miles, Teresa Hoese,
her husband.

He's eliminating proof
of all the tests.

See, we're asking ourselves... We're
asking ourselves, "Where are they?"

They're right there.
They're right under our noses.

But I'm giving you
the chance to change that...

to hold the proof.

Why me? And why now?

I wanna damn the soul of that
cigarette-smoking son of a bitch.

Mulder?

What's amazing is that even
the military satellites don't see this.

ButJ.P.L. 's TOPEX/Poseidon
shows it only as waveform data.

And here it appears simply as
a microburst of transmission error...

on the European Space Agency's
ERS-2.

- In other words?
- In other words, you'd never know it's a U.F.O.

If you didn't know what you
were looking at or looking for.

- No wonder we couldn't see them.
- It is not gonna be there forever.

As we all stand here talking,
it's rebuilding itself.

Mulder, if any of this
is true...

If it is or if it isn't,
I want you to forget about it.

- Forget about it?
- You're not going back out there.

- I'm not gonna let you go back out there.
- What are you talking about?

It has to end sometime.
That time is now.

- Mulder...
- You have to understand. They're taking abductees.

You're an abductee.

I'm not gonna risk...

losing you.

I won't let you go alone.

This is starting to feel like
the snipe hunt I was afraid of.

There's no such thing
as a snipe, sir.

My ass is on the line here too,
Agent Mulder.

I know that.

This just can't be.

What are you looking at?

Medical records.
Billy Miles...

and other known abductees
in Bellefleur, Oregon.

- They all experience anomalous brain activity.
- Electroencephalitic trauma.

Which is exactly what Mulder
experienced earlier this year.

- I don't understand.
- There was something out there in that field.

It knocked me back
because it didn't want me.

Mulder thinks that it's me
that's in danger of being taken.

When it's Mulder
who's in danger.

Scully?

- Scully!
- Are you okay?

How's it
supposed to work?

Not exactly sure, sir.

- But, um,

budgetarily, I'd say
we're looking pretty good.

Agent Mulder.!

Mulder!

Mulder!

Mulder.

We failed.

Perhaps you never meant
to succeed.

Anyway,

the hour is at hand,
I presume.

What are you doing?

Sending the devil
back to hell.

As you do to Mulder
and to me,

you do to
all of mankind, Alex.

Agent Scully.

- Hi.
- Hi.

How are you feeling?

I'm feeling fine.

They're just running
some tests on me.

Uh...

I already heard.

I lost him. I don't know
what else I can say. I lost him.

I'll be asked...

what I saw.

And what I saw
I can't deny.

I won't.

We will find him.

I have to.

Sir, um,

there's something else
I need to tell you.

Something that I need
for you to keep to yourself.

I'm having a hard time...

explaining it...

or believing it,

but, um,

I'm pregnant.