The X-Files s02e17 Episode Script

It's going to crash.
These men are cloned? Unless you protect us, we are already dead.
- Who was Mom talking to? - Your sister.
I'm in danger, Fox.
- Scully.
It's me.
Where are you? Scully? Are you there? Scully? Sir.
Captain.
Aye, sir.
- What have you got? - I'm not sure.
We picked up some paint approximately two minutes ago.
Looks like the damn thing's just hanging there.
Yes, sir.
It's 200 meters below the ice.
Looks to be about 80 meters across.
And it's noisy.
- Noisy? How? - It's emitting radio signals across the spectrum.
But it's just random noise.
We can't detect any pattern.
Get me Pacific Command on the satellite uplink.
Yes, Admiral.
I don't know what we've found, but it appears to be some kind of craft.
Yes, sir, that's correct.
We're on a cartography mission.
My crew isn't prepared to Yes, sir.
Understood, sir.
Set a course, heading 0-4-7.
Toward the object, sir? - Weapons Room.
- Aye, sir.
Lock torpedoes on target.
Prepare to fire on command.
Shouldn't we attempt to identify this object first? - We have our orders.
- But, sir - The reactor's gone down.
- Nothing here.
- Engine Room! - That won't work.
We've only got battery power.
I'm going down there.
Prepare to surface at once! Surface into what? We're under 32 feet of glacial ice.
Scully? Are you there? Scully, what's going on? No, sorry.
Who was that? It's a wrong number.
Where have you been? I've been trying to get ahold of you.
I was trying to reach you.
I went by your house, but you weren't there.
I got here as quickly as I could.
Why didn't you call when you got my message? I, I did call.
I couldn't get through.
- Put your hands against the wall.
- What are you doing? I said put your hands against the wall! - What's wrong? - Do it! Scully, it's me.
- I don't know who you are.
- I'm gonna take my left hand, reach into my pocket and get my I.
D.
, okay? Don't shoot me.
Got shot once.
I didn't much care for it.
Keep your hands up.
Where is he? That was him on the phone, wasn't it? Tell me where he is.
I don't know what you're talking about.
He's been here.
- Your partner is alive.
- How do you know? - He took her to get me.
- There's no sign of a break-in.
She wouldn't let him in.
She might not have known who he was.
She might have thought it was you.
He's gonna contact you.
He's gonna say he wants to make a trade: Your partner's life for mine.
- Why does he want to kill you? - Because I know how to kill him.
- How? - By piercing the base of his skull.
- That would kill anybody.
- But this is the only way to kill him, and it must be precise.
- I'm fairly sure it'll work.
- Fairly sure? He's got powers I've never seen before.
If it doesn't work, you could die.
- From what? - Their blood is toxic.
Human exposure to it is fatal.
- This must seem incredible to you.
- No, no, no.
That's just it.
It doesn't seem incredible.
How do we find him? We don't.
He'll find us.
- He'll call.
- You're sure? - I know what he wants.
- And if he doesn't get it? - I know this is hard for you.
- No, it's not hard.
It's unbelievable.
- You don't believe me.
- After 22 years, why come back? - I've explained to you.
- No, you've explained only what you had to.
I know nothing about these people you call your parents, or the man who wants to kill them.
The men you've been seeking are the progeny of two original visitors.
Clones who've been attempting to establish a colony here since the late 1940s.
- A colony? - Loosely.
The community, by necessity, is dispersed.
There are clones identical to my parents living in every part of the country.
What are they trying to accomplish? It's their belief that our stewardship of the planet is being forsaken, and that by default, they'll someday become the heirs.
And in the meantime? Through hybridization, they've been working to erase that aspect which has forced the community to scatter: Their identical natures.
All the clones worked in abortion clinics.
Why? Access to fetal tissue.
Though the biologies are incompatible, they finally found a way to combine human DNA with alien DNA.
And this man Why has he been sent to kill them? The experiments weren't sanctioned.
It was considered a dilution of their species, a pollution of their race.
So a bounty hunter was dispatched to destroy them and terminate the colony.
That's a good story.
But I've heard a lot of good stories lately.
I've got no reason to lie to you.
I'm your sister, Fox.
You have to trust me.
Who is it? Skinner.
- Mulder? - The door's open.
Make yourself at home.
What's going on here? Why are the lights out? Orders from my ophthalmologist.
- You all right? - Yeah, I'm fine.
I've been trying to reach you and Agent Scully.
I haven't checked my messages.
Are you aware Scully incarcerated four men with the Federal Marshal's Office? Those men are now missing.
It's all right.
It's not him.
What the hell is going on here? - This is my sister, Samantha Mulder.
- What? - I haven't had time to explain.
Agent Scully is missing.
- What do you mean "missing"? Hello.
Mulder, it's me.
- Scully, where are you? - I don't know.
I'm in a phone booth.
He's got my gun.
He says he's gonna kill me if you don't give him what he wants.
- What does he want? - A woman who's with you.
He says you'll know what I'm talking about.
- Tell him we'll negotiate.
- He doesn't want to negotiate.
He wants to make a trade.
Let me speak to him.
He wants you to be at Memorial Bridge in Bethesda in one hour.
- I need more time than that.
- Mulder Where is she? What's this about a negotiation? We don't have time.
If I ever needed your help, your trust, I need it now.
Mulder's in position.
We need to get him out of the car, make him think we're gonna make a trade.
One shot.
- To the base of the neck.
- These guys can hollow out a dime at 200 yards.
Samantha, do not take any unnecessary risks out there.
Scully? Bring her out.
Take your shot when you've got it.
Step close.
Right up close.
- You all right? - Yeah.
- Yeah? - I'm okay.
Samantha! I lost the shot.
There's no way out.
We got both sides of the bridge covered.
Let her go.
- Tell me where she is.
- Let her go! Samantha! Samantha! Spread it out.
Clear.
There's some debris under the bridge.
Mulder.
You should be in the hospital.
I was discharged an hour ago, and I asked to come here.
Have they found anything yet? Nothing yet.
Do you think she could've survived? Maybe, but the water's 36 degrees.
Maybe she went into hypothermic shock.
I've heard about people that've lived in water like this eight to ten hours.
Why didn't you tell me it was her? I couldn't tell you.
Why not? 'Cause you'd never let me go through with it.
Are you sure it's your sister? Why would you question me on that? - Because back at the motel it was you, but it wasn't you.
- It was her! - Then who is this man - He's an alien.
Is that what you're gonna tell Skinner? I already told Skinner.
That was the easy part.
Now I gotta tell my father.
You didn't have me come all this way to give me good news.
What is it, Fox? Samantha's gone, Dad.
I lost her.
What do you mean you lost her? There was a man.
He was holding my partner hostage in exchange for Samantha.
You let this man take your sister.
Isn't that what you're trying to tell me? I can't explain it to you, but I believed I was doing the right thing, Dad.
Was this your decision? Yes.
I'll tell Mom.
Do you realize what losing her again is going to do to your mother? Do you? I'm sorry, Dad.
I'm sorry.
I'm I'm sorry.
Your sis Samantha left this at the house for you.
- Mulder.
- Mulder, it's me.
She left a path in case we got separated.
I think she's alive.
I think you should come back as soon as you can.
Why? What'd you find? It's your sister.
We just pulled her body out of the river.
Mulder, I'm so sorry.
Are you sure? Yeah.
You know, whatever you're feeling, you can't blame yourself.
What about a second body? Did you find a second body? No, not yet.
I'll be there as soon as I can.
- Agent Scully, something you need to see.
- What is it? It's the body we pulled from the water.
Something strange is happening.
Federal agent.
Keep your hands where I can see them, and turn around slowly.
Who are you? - She's dead, isn't she? - What the hell is going on? Come, please.
There's not much time.
- Who are you? - Please.
It was all a lie.
We needed your help.
We knew you could be manipulated.
He'll be coming.
We must hurry.
Who? The man who's been sent to kill us.
He's dead.
- How do you know? - He was shot in the back of the neck.
How did he die? He fell off a bridge with one of you.
Then we don't know for sure.
You could've been followed.
Come with me.
This way, Agent Mulder.
The rest of us are dispensable.
She was the first, the one from which we all came, the one you must save.
I'm not your savior.
You must help us.
You have no choice.
No, I do have a choice.
And my choice is to walk out of here.
We know where your sister is.
Ask yourself how else would we know so much about her? He's here.
I found one.
Sir, we're gonna get you out of here.
- What about the others? - We got lucky.
There are no others.
No, wait.
There were women in here.
- Relax.
You're the only one here.
- No, you've got to keep looking.
After being treated for smoke inhalation, Agent Mulder was released from Samaritan Hospital in satisfactory condition.
At his request, the abortion clinic where he was found has been searched repeatedly, but the bodies of the women he insists perished there were not found.
My report on this case remains incomplete.
Many aspects continue to defy explanation, including the identities of the identical men and women.
Agent Mulder's claim of alien origins cannot be substantiated.
The man suspected in their disappearances is still at large and has now been charged with the death of F.
B.
I.
Special Agent Barrett Weiss, whose body has been quarantined at the U.
S.
Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Weiss's cause of death involved a thickening of the blood.
It is now believed he was subjected to a virulent strain of virus whose origin and behavior are also unexplainable.
It is my hope that further analysis of this contagion will aid in the solution of this case.
This is a retrovirus? Yes, but none of us have ever seen anything like it.
Do you recognize it? Was the thickening of Agent Weiss's blood an immunological response to the virus? Apparently.
When the body's exposed, it triggers a massive production of red blood cells.
Take a look at this.
We took a second culture, and were able to control its growth.
What did you do to it? All we did was lower the temperature by five degrees Fahrenheit.
- So the virus is inhibited by cold.
- Knocked out by it.
For some reason, this retrovirus goes dormant at cold temperatures.
We pulled a body from the river that was chilled near freezing.
- When it started to thaw, it began to corrode.
- Corrode? If you find out anything else, let me know as soon as possible.
You wanted to see me? - How was the opera? - Wonderful.
I've never slept better.
I don't like these hasty public meetings, Mulder.
I'm sorry.
I need your help.
It's over.
The fat lady is singing.
- I need to know what you know.
- Okay.
They're all dead.
No.
One of them is alive.
The one who was sent to kill them.
Where is he? A nuclear submarine located his craft in Beaufort Sea five days ago.
They were ordered to destroy it, but they were disabled.
An attack fleet left port from Anchorage this morning to make sure this man does not leave.
I've got to get up there.
You'll only win the war if you pick the right battles, Agent Mulder.
This is a battle you can't win.
Mulder, it's me.
Are you there? When you get this message, I'll be too far away for you to stop me, but where I'm going, I can't allow you to follow.
I won't let you jeopardize your life and career for reasons purely personal to me.
You were right, Scully.
You said a line has to be drawn somewhere, and I'm drawing it for you here.
I'll contact you when I can.
Sir? I'm sorry to come unannounced, but your assistant wasn't at her desk.
What is it, Scully? May we speak off the record, sir? About? Agent Mulder.
He's gone.
Where? I don't know.
I was hoping you could tell me, or help me to find out.
I spoke to Mulder day before yesterday.
Said he was gonna take time off.
He told me the same thing, but I don't think this matter with his sister is settled.
Sir, is there any way you can reach him through unofficial channels? - I can't help you, Scully.
- Please! You and I both have a greater responsibility to consider, and that is to the F.
B.
I.
Agent Mulder's actions are in violation of his duties, oath of trust and protocol.
- His risked my position, your life - Agent Mulder saved my life! If he wanted or expected you to do the same, he would've told you where he was going.
Please close the door on your way out, Agent Scully.
Where's Mulder? Sorry.
I must have the wrong apartment.
Where's Mulder? I need to know, damn it! I'm sorry.
You've mistaken me for someone else.
I'm losing time.
I'm sorry.
I can't help you.
- Excuse me.
- Did you tell her what she needed to know? How hard do you want to make this? No harder than it has to be.
I've killed men for far less.
You pull that trigger, you'll be killing two men.
I want to know where Mulder is.
Agent Mulder took a commercial flight to Tacoma, Washington.
From there he caught a military plane to Deadhorse, Alaska.
He used his F.
B.
I.
Credentials to charter an all-terrain vehicle.
It's still a ten-mile hike across the ice.
These are the coordinates of his final destination.
How did you get this? Unofficial channels.
Hey! Stop! - Who are you? - Lieutenant Terry Wilmer.
Step out of there! Come out! What happened here? I don't know.
We, uh We just lost power.
We drifted under the ice for days.
Then, um Then we hit a Don't look at me! Face forward! We hit a shallow patch and punched through.
Okay? That's what happened.
So why did you run? A man came.
He, um He sealed most of the men below decks without any air.
And then he started to execute the rest of us.
And they're all dead.
I thought you were him.
I didn't know if you were him.
How is it you managed to survive? I hid under the body of the chief petty officer.
Okay? I, um I played dead.
What's this for? What, are you crazy? No, I'm just tired.
And you're not getting back your ship until I get the truth.
- Tell me where my sister is.
- I don't know what you're talking about.
Base of the neck! Tell me how I can find her and I'll let you get back to your ship before it's destroyed.
Please! You're making a really big mistake.
If I wanted to, I could have killed you many times before.
Where is she? Is the answer to your question worth dying for? Is that what you want? Where is she? Just tell me where she is.
She's alive.
Can you die now? No change in B.
P.
Or pulse.
I'm Dana Scully, Agent Mulder's partner.
What are his vitals? He suffering from extreme hypothermia.
- You've got to get him out of the tub.
- He's lost all his body heat.
Listen to me.
If you keep him in there, you're gonna kill him.
- The cold is the only thing that's keeping him alive.
- His heart stopped.
Give me one amp of epinephrine and a cannula.
You don't know what you're dealing with.
Agent Mulder has been exposed to a retrovirus resulting in hyperviscosity syndrome.
I want you out of my E.
R.
Right now.
Nurse! - Ma'am.
- His blood has thickened.
That's why his heart is failing.
His heart is failing because he's lost all his body heat.
The only thing saving him is the hypometabolic state induced by the cold.
If you don't do what I'm saying, you are going to kill him! Get him out of that tub now.
Charged and ready.
- Clear.
- Clear.
- No rhythm.
- No.
- Clear.
- Clear.
I'm picking up a faint pulse.
I want a Digoxin Hang a Heparin drip at 1,000 units per hour and get him two units of fresh frozen plasma now.
- The patient's not even - He's going to make it.
Transfusions and an aggressive treatment with antiviral agents have resulted in a steady, gradual improvement in Agent Mulder's condition.
Blood tests have confirmed his exposure to the still unidentified retrovirus whose origin remains a mystery.
The search team that found Agent Mulder has located neither the missing submarine nor the man he was looking for.
Several aspects of this case remain unexplained, suggesting the possibility of paranormal phenomena.
But I am convinced that to accept such conclusions is to abandon all hope of understanding the scientific events behind them.
Many of the things I have seen have challenged my faith and my belief in an ordered universe.
But this uncertainty has only strengthened my need to know, to understand, to apply reason to those things which seem to defy it.
It was science that isolated the retrovirus Agent Mulder was exposed to.
And science that allowed us to understand its behavior.
And ultimately, it was science that saved Agent Mulder's life.
Hey.
How you feeling? Like I got a bad case of freezer burn.
How did I get here? A naval reconnaissance squad found you.
They choppered you to Eisenhower Field.
Thanks for ditching me.
I'm sorry.
I couldn't let you risk your life on this.
Did you find what you were looking for? No.
No.
But I found something I thought I'd lost.
Faith to keep looking.