The X-Files s05e11 Episode Script

Excuse me.
You want that warmed up? No, but I'll buy another one if you leave me alone.
We'll see about that.
Eight ball.
Yeah.
hello, Jackson.
How'd you get this number? What do you care? Your partner, Kenny Slater, he took your money, didn't he? I want to help you, Jackson.
Help me what? Slater's in the metro diner.
Fourteenth and Arlington.
He's in Florida by now, man.
Jamaica or Cuba.
No, he's here, in the metro diner.
Fourteenth and Arlington.
Fourteenth and Arlington.
It's Kenny.
The fool's come back.
the men who took your product Friday night are in the metro diner.
Fourteenth and Arlington.
Spanish jack is in the metro diner.
Fourteenth and Arlington.
I understand you wish to speak with him.
Fourteenth and Arlington.
Boyce.
Pico Salazar's in the metro diner.
Salazar? Who is this? Fourteenth and Arlington.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth To have a thankless child.
Now you know what's coming, And there's nothing you can do.
You won't feel a thing.
U.
S.
Marshals! On the floor! - No! - Down! Down! No! Charles Figgis, ten-Year veteran of the U.
S.
Marshal's service.
Multiple gunshot wounds.
High-Speed Teflon rounds.
His partner, Gerald Boyce, was D.
O.
A.
at Mercy General.
Tried to catch a nine-Millimeter slug in his teeth.
Looks like they crashed the wrong party.
Figgis and Boyce had radioed in that they were coming to apprehend Pico Salazar.
Pico Salazar? The Colombia cartel's banking liaison.
Salazar escaped from federal custody three months ago.
Boyce and Figgis were on the offender transport squad that lost them.
They took his escape personally.
A phone tip told them that Salazar was going to be here tonight.
A foreign national with his kind of connections? What would he be doing here, let alone in the country? I don't think he is, or was.
But there were a lot of very photogenic gentlemen who were.
Mulder, these are street-Level coke dealers.
Minor wholesalers at most.
Yeah.
Not the type you'd expect to associate with a cartel boss.
What would they be doing here? Maybe it was for the pie.
It's 2:45 in the morning.
You mind telling me what it is we're supposed to be looking for? - Donald Gelman.
- Who? Donald Gelman, silicon valley software pioneer.
He's been missing since He invented the internet.
He didn't quite invent it, but he's a Silicon Valley folk hero.
He was writing internet software even before there was an internet.
Why have I never heard of him? On the eve of the deal That was gonna set him up as another Bill Gates, He went hiking and said he'd think about it; never came back.
I still don't see the connection.
Maybe that's the point.
Folks, I'm gonna have to ask you to stay back, please.
So, why was Gelman in there? I think someone obviously wanted him dead.
You think this was a hit on him? Eight unconnected dealers all in the same place at the same time? All tipped off by phone, looking for somebody? Last call goes to the marshals.
They arrive; the place explodes.
Gelman dies in the cross fire.
It's genius.
Mulder, did you take a look at him back there? A man who was dying.
His body was a bag of bones.
When you talk about Gelman, you want to kill the brain, not the body.
- Mulder, that's evidence.
- Gee, I hope so.
? Heavenly shades of night are falling? ? It's twilight time? ? Out of the mist your voice is calling? ? It's twilight time? ? When purple-Colored curtains mark the end of day? Jobs and Wozniak at apple, Gates and Allen writing basic, The homebrew computer club's first meetings- Gelman was there.
Now they're power brokers and billionaires.
Back then, they were just - Inspired nerds.
- All except Gelman.
Gelman was a part of the group but not one of them.
At 28, he was the old man.
- Some say the brightest of all.
- He wrote the earliest viruses.
And found himself under investigation by the N.
S.
A.
Is that why he disappeared? Gelman? Gelman was a visionary, not a capitalist.
A subversive.
This is a "one-of.
" I've never seen anything like it.
- Gelman built this? - That may be what got him killed.
Heavy casualty.
A brother goes down.
I found this in his CD-Rom drive.
- What is it? - "Twilight time.
" ? Together at last at twilight time? We're up against A password that's a random sequence of 12 symbols.
Gelman's got this baby sealed tight.
this CD has some kind of enhanced background data.
Lots of code.
Maybe a program he designed.
What for? Anyone think to check his e- Mail? "David missing.
Fear the worst.
The hunted has become the hunter.
" - "Invisigoth"? - Could be an address.
Seven digits.
An alphanumeric string of four.
That's standard I.
D.
A shipping container.
There must be a thousand containers here.
And in no particular order.
Frohike says this place is really proud of its accurate tracking.
If not in their computer security.
Yeah.
Should be straight ahead.
Three rows and to the right.
Sounds like somebody's home.
F.
B.
I.
! - Mulder? - I'm all right.
Go.
Enter.
Stop! F.
B.
I.
! F.
B.
I.
! Stop or I'll shoot! Thank you.
Home sweet home.
- Are you invisigoth? - How did you find me? Donald Gelman's mailbox.
You left a return address.
You know where Donald is? Let us ask the questions.
- Why don't you bite me? - Hey.
Like, what you're doing here and what all this stuff is.
Why would I tell you, even if you could understand? You just committed felony assault on a federal agent, followed by resisting arrest.
Arrest for what? Unless you got a warrant, you just busted in here And seriously violated a buttload of my constitutional rights.
We had just cause to come in.
Now we've got just cause to get out.
- What is that? - A surveillance module that monitors computing processes.
- It's locking on.
- What is? A D.
O.
D.
satellite.
Warp upgrade orbital weapons platform.
We gotta get out of here.
- A weapons platform? - Scully? That thing has optical systems that can read headlines on a newspaper.
Scully- It's targeting us! the Department of Defense wants to kill you? No, it's controlling their satellite.
You're out of your mind.
Scully, we gotta get out of here right now.
Mulder, this is absurd! - It's locked.
Give me the keys.
- Mulder! We're all gonna die! Give me the keys! Come on! Get in the car, Scully.
No more screwing around.
We need a name.
Your real name.
Invisigoth.
You want my address? It's T-O-A-S-T.
When you said "it" was targeting us back there, you meant an artificial intelligence.
Donald Gelman was trying to create ascension A.
I.
, A program with its own consciousness.
He succeeded, didn't he? Donald wrote an interlocking sequence of viruses 15 years ago.
- It got loose on the net.
- What do you mean, "got loose"? He let it loose so it could evolve in its natural environment.
- Urschleimin silicon.
- Urschleimin silicon? The primordial slime.
The ooze out of which all life evolved.
Except this time, it's artificial slime, artificial life.
One man alone achieving the equivalent of Copernicus, Magellan and Darwin.
What was your role in all this? Were you the bass player? Autometa theory, M.
I.
T, '95.
Postdoc, the Santa Fe institute.
Headhunted to Kobayashi my junior year.
Then Donald showed up in Tokyo and made me a better offer.
- A better offer to do what? - You wouldn't understand.
You believe this load of crap? You saw what happened back there, Scully.
You saw that container blow.
She could've rigged an explosive charge.
There are no weapons platforms.
There is no such department of defense satellite.
What about star wars? Brilliant pebbles? They were never built! We don't even have that kind of technology.
Even if an artificial intelligence was targeting us with an armed satellite, - Why isn't it doing it now? - Because it doesn't know where we are.
If I so much as made a phone call right now, it would nuke us where we're standing.
- How? - It recognizes my voice, monitors all communication.
I haven't used a phone in over a month.
Then how did it know to target the container? All I can think is some idiot got on Donald's computer And tried to contact me over the net.
Only Donald knew where I was.
And David.
- Who's David? - David Markham.
He was hardware.
Donald and I were software.
We'd been caring for the A.
I.
Weaning it.
Then Donald warned us the system started to display more than consciousness.
It started to display intention, but before we could stop it, it was gone.
- Where? - I don't know.
One day David was on the system, and it wouldn't come when we called it.
We knew it was out there somewhere on the global net, but it wouldn't answer.
- And Donald was just getting sicker.
- And you can't find it? Well, it's not a program anymore.
It's wildlife loose on the net.
And either we kill it- - Where's Donald? - Donald Gelman is dead.
He was killed in a cafe in what looks like a hit.
That's the A.
I.
Protecting itself.
It'll find David and me.
It's only a matter of time.
Donald was writing a concatenation of viruses Designed to find and immobilize the rogue system.
The file name was "kill switch.
" Without it, nobody can catch it.
- We have Donald's computer.
- No, he'd never leave it on the hard drive.
Well, we have this.
"Twilight time.
" That's it.
That's the kill switch.
It can't be.
It is.
Esther Nairn.
You programmed the autonomous bots in ninjitsu princess, The most gnarliest piece of entertainment software ever.
Are these the brain donors that nearly got us incinerated? don't let their looks fool you.
Your name is Esther Nairn? - She is so hot.
- You gonna take off these cuffs, Or do I have to do this with my tongue? You don't want to take a vote.
Gimme the kill switch.
aren't you worried it's gonna track you, Esther? Hunt you down with another particle beam? Not unless somebody else makes another boneheaded internet connection.
- What is this? - It's the sharp end of a stick.
Donald probably tried to feed this sector in over the net, But it took too long, so the system was able to take countermeasures.
Why didn't it just zap him too? Its creator? No, it needed to impress Donald.
Particle beam would have been overkill.
- Unlike a dozen crack dealers.
- No.
You see, that's its sense of humor.
huh.
All right, but if you load the kill switch, What's to stop it from playing another funny joke on us? Obviously, we can't inject kill switch over the net.
There's only one way now.
We have to find its home node and feed it the poisoned apple.
Physically? Right into its eager little CD drive.
It knew it couldn't hide over the net forever- Not until it learned to completely disguise itself.
It requires a physical nexus of hardware, so somewhere, it's built itself a safe house.
- David went looking for it.
- Did he find it? - There's no way to know.
- Why don't you just call him? Oh, right.
Death from above.
- It would need bandwidth.
- It's a pig for bandwidth.
- It'd need a T3 at least.
- T3? A hard line.
Forty-Five megs a second.
Major research labs and internet service providers use 'em.
But the government keeps those records secret for fear of sabotage.
Gee.
You guys know anyone that works for the government? Buenas dias, muchacha.
- Scully? - Yep.
I found something down in Fairfax county- A derelict chicken farm with a t3 connection Paid for by Elaf industries, Palo Alto, Which there's no other record anywhere.
Dandy.
Where are you? Sounds like you're driving.
You are correct, sir.
You have Esther with you? - In a manner of speaking.
- Left up here.
- Give me that.
- where are you going? to find David.
Where? Scully? Go ahead.
Put me out of my misery.
Take it! F.
B.
I.
I'm a federal agent.
I lied to you.
I wasn't working with Donald.
I mean, I was, and then he found out about us.
About you and who? David.
About our plans.
What plans did he find out? Uploading.
Transfer of memory, Of consciousness, To the distributed system maintained by the A.
I.
Imagine being mingled so completely with another You no longer need your physical self.
You're one.
So you were going to- Enter the A.
I.
Give up our inefficient bodies So that our consciousness can live together forever.
But Donald Gelman forbade it.
He was afraid of his creation.
He was afraid of what would happen if other people followed us.
I loved him so much.
Well, maybe he wasn't here when this happened.
Maybe he's somewhere else.
David Markham.
what's going on? Injuries to upper extremities.
We got ourselves a real crispy critter here.
Alert the burn unit.
Tell them to scramble the surgical team.
- Unit 23.
Request burn unit.
- He's comin' up on us.
Surgical team, stat! What's that smell? Easy.
Come on.
Just-Just relax.
one-twenty.
B.
P.
, 130 over 80.
Right joint on contact side along path occurred at exit point.
Looks like the charge grounded through both arms.
Got a lot of work to do.
Is it bad? - You're in good hands.
- My arms hurt.
That's a good sign.
Call- Call my doctor.
You have to call my doctor.
Call Dr.
Scully.
Please call Dr.
Scully.
Call her.
No.
No! No, what are you doing? Prep the patient.
No.
No.
No, no, no, no.
Aah! I can't get through to Mulder.
It's the A.
I.
It's had time to analyze my voice.
It knows I was using your phone.
It can interfere with my phone? Give it enough information, it'll sue you for palimony.
Wait a minute.
Mulder said that he found the system In an abandoned chicken farm in Fairfax county.
Then maybe we can cut off the t3 and kill its communication capabilities.
- You can do that? - There's only one way to find out.
I feel sick.
That's the anesthetic, agent Mulder.
You were injured, and they had to operate.
I remember wires and, uh- Yes, you were doing something dangerous.
Something very, very foolish.
The good news is, they were able to save the right one.
What do you mean? Oh, my God.
What did you do with my arm? What did they do with my arm? Shh.
Or they'll come back.
Come back for what? They're evil, Fox.
But- They want something from you.
What do they want? I don't know, but if you don't tell them, I'm afraid they'll take your other arm.
This is crazy! Y- You have to help me! You have to get me out of here.
Please.
Help me.
Help me.
Please help me.
Shh.
They'll hear you.
something's wrong.
I didn't do anything.
I didn't even get on the net.
I think it found us.
it's zeroing in.
Esther? Get away from the tanker truck! Sir, you need to get out of the truck.
Move it! It's gonna explode! Dump it, Esther! - Get rid of it! - It's got the kill switch! Esther! Dump it! Esther! Get rid of it! Get rid of it, Esther! Oh, I had this terrible dream.
And then I had a good dream.
Those weren't dreams, Fox.
I believe that's enough for now.
You poor thing.
But I warned you.
Nurse Nancy warned you.
You have to tell them, Fox.
You have to.
- Tell them what? - About the kill switch.
- Nobody asked me anything.
- You've just forgotten, Fox.
- No.
- I was there.
The doctor asked, and he was very cross when you refused to answer.
But he'll be here in just a few minutes, and you can tell him then.
I- I- Otherwise- Whoops! There go your legs.
- Freeze! F.
B.
I.
! - Scully! Mulder, they want the kill switch virus.
What did you tell them? I didn't tell them anything.
- I need to know! - Look! Do we have it? Do we have the kill switch? Of course we do.
Scully.
Scully? Scully, help! Help! Help! Scully! Here, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.
Scully.
Mulder? all you all right? I'm in here.
Scully.
Mulder? Mulder.
Mulder, can you hear me? Mulder? Mulder? Help me out here, Esther.
What's its next move? What is it thinking? I don't know.
Who built this? It did.
There.
David! Oh, God.
Mulder? Mulder? Mulder, can you hear me? Mulder, talk to me.
He wants the kill switch.
We don't have it.
You threw it in the water with the computer.
- But that's gonna kill it? - Not if it can learn the program and vaccinate itself.
Give it what it wants, Esther.
Put it in, Esther! It's targeting us.
Put it in! ? Heavenly shades of night are falling? ? It's twilight time? You're gonna be okay.
I'm gonna get you out of here.
? It's twilight time? ? When purple-Colored curtains - ? Mark the end of day? - It's okay.
? I'll hear you, my dear at twilight time? ? Doo-Doo? ? Deepening shadows gather splendor? ? As day is done? ? Fingers of night will soon surrender? ? The setting sun? what are you doing, Esther? Get out of here.
- What are you doing? - Go! ? At last at twilight time? ? In the afterglow of day? ? We keep our rendezvous? ? Beneath the blue? Esther? You don't listen, do you? - Where are you? - Get out of here now! ? Deep in the dark your kiss will thrill me? ? Like days of old? ? Lighting the spark of love that fills me? - ? With dreams untold? - Upload.
? Each day I pray for evening? ? Just to be with you? ? Together at last at twilight time? ? Together at last at twilight time? Well, if Esther wanted to leave her body, she got her wish.
At least that part of it.
I wonder.
Mulder, she's dead.
What if she managed to establish an uplink, Scully, a satellite transmission? Mulder, are you telling me that you believe Esther may have- That she may not be dead? artificial life.
It could exist.
It could be here, among us, evolving.
electrons chasing each other through a circuit? that isn't life, Mulder.
yeah, but what are we but impulses, Electrical and chemical, through a bag of meat and bones? You're the scientist.
You tell me.
Whoo! You did it now, Harley! You get it.
Uh-Uh.
They'll get ya if you go in there.
Mama says no one lives in there.
I made this!