Deputy Wright
We got a fire off county road d-7 two Miles west of the canyon ridge intersection. Suggest we dispatch fire crews. Over.
Season 1 · Episode 10
Fallen Angel
Character-labelled dialogue prepared from the official DVD subtitle track.
Production code1X09Original airdate · November 19, 1993
304 dialogue entries
TOWNSEND, WI
(static)
Deputy Wright
This is deputy wright. Do you copy?
Male Officer
Off connecticut's coast.
US SPACE SURVEILLANCE CENTER
Male Officer
But we've picked up an unidentified bogey.
Male Officer
It tripped the fence at 2317
Captain Koretz
Initial trajectory, north by northwest. Then it went crazy.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Any other aircraft in the area?
Captain Koretz
No known aircraft can maneuver like this. Well, whatever it was dropped off the screen at 2418, sir. Hit ground west of lake michigan outside townsend, wisconsin. The tracking prediction team calculated impact at over 800 Miles per hour. I've instructed chief koretz to start her report...
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Negative. She tracked a meteor.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Was due to instrument malfunction.
Captain Koretz
But, sir...
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Your report will reflect these facts. Is that clear? Yes, sir. Good. Code indigo-delta-echo-niner. I have a confirmed fallen angel in sector 87. Mobilize operation falcon immediately.
Scene 03
Deputy Wright
Hello?
(screaming)
BUDGET-REST MOTEL
Fox Mulder
Son of a...
Television Reporter
Government officials remain vague about the toxic cargo that has caused the immediate evacuation
Television Reporter
Speculation here has centered on
Fox Mulder
Then what happened out there if wasn't a train wreck?
Deep Throat
Mr. Mulder, the continental united states is surrounded by an electronic fence that reaches 15,000 Miles into space. We use it to track and monitor the 7,087 man-made objects that orbit the earth. Last night at 2317 that fence was breached. This morning at o100 operation falcon went into effect led by colonel calvin henderson the air force's reclamations expert.
Fox Mulder
Reclamations?
Deep Throat
During the cold war, his job was to prevent technologies from downed u.s. Aircraft from getting into soviet hands.
Fox Mulder
He's part of a crash retrieval unit.
Deep Throat
Mm-hmm. Quick response. I'd say you have 24 hours before the entire area is sanitized.
(chattering)
(soldiers chattering)
(helicopter whirring)
OPERATION FALCON
Male Officer
Sir?
Soldier
Alright, get the trucks rolling.
Soldier
Get 'er rolling! Let's go! Let's go!
Colonel Calvin Henderson
You're late, lieutenant. It will be dark in a half hour.
Lieutenant
We had a flat, sir.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
There's a briefing at 2200 hours. Go to headquarters for live rounds.
Lieutenant
Live rounds, sir?
Colonel Calvin Henderson
You got a problem with that?
Lieutenant
We were told this was a drill.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
They told you wrong.
Lieutenant
Okay, everyone out!
(indistinct chattering)
Man
Uh, roger, this is charley-delta-seven squad.
Lieutenant
We're continuing the search, but at this time, it's negative.
(men yelling)
(whooshing noises)
(shutter clicking)
(shutter clicking rapidly)
Scene 07
Male Officer
Sorry to disturb you, sir
Male Officer
I think you should see the replay for yourself.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
You just made the worst mistake of your life, agent Mulder.
Fox Mulder
I think you knocked out a filling.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
You'll pay the price for putting my men at risk.
Fox Mulder
Since when does taking pictures put lives at risk?
Colonel Calvin Henderson
You violated a u.s. Government quarantine and that's a federal crime.
Fox Mulder
A quarantine? That's what you call this?
Colonel Calvin Henderson
We're trying to contain an ecological disaster.
Fox Mulder
That's a lot of firepower to protect mother nature.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
I have my orders and the license to execute them as I see fit. I suggest you forget what you saw or what you think you saw for your own well-being.
Fox Mulder
You've got a downed craft in those woods, sir and troops carrying live rounds. We both know what's out there!
Scene 08
Max Fenig
Are you mufon or kufos? Do you mind if I sit down? Let me guess. You're wh that new group, csicop, right? Say no more. You're a cautious man. Trust no one-- very wise. After what happened to j.f.k., I understand completely. Let me introduce myself. My name is max fenig. I'm with the national investigative committee of aerial phenomenon-- nicap. Pleased... Pleased to make your acquaintance. I wish we could shake on it, you know. Firm grip, look right in the eye-- you learn a lot about a guy that way.
Max Fenig
Can I ask you a question?
Fox Mulder
Go ahead.
Max Fenig
Did you see anything? Did you get close? Me, I saw nothing. I didn't see anything! Nada, zip. A hundred yards past the roadblock they nailed me. I have no idea how they did it. I'm telling you it's like the Roswell cover-up all over again.
Fox Mulder
What makes you so sure there's something out there?
Max Fenig
Same thing that makes you so sure?
Scene 09
Fox Mulder
I didn't order room service.
Dana Scully
This isn't funny, Mulder.
Fox Mulder
Did you meet max?
Dana Scully
Who?
Fox Mulder
Max from nicap. Oh. They must have released him. Another intrepid soul in search of a close encounter.
Dana Scully
Is that what this is about?
Fox Mulder
What else?
Dana Scully
Try explaining that to section chief mcgrath. He's ordering a full inquiry with a recommendation... Mulder, he wants to shut down the X-Files and he wants you out of the bureau.
Fox Mulder
What else is new?
Dana Scully
I don't understand you, Mulder-- why you're always defying protocol ignoring jurisdiction.
Fox Mulder
Because I know what I saw, Scully. There weren't train tracks anywhere near that site so how could have been a derailed container?
Dana Scully
Because it wasn't. What you saw was not a toxic spill. But it wasn't a UFO, either.
Fox Mulder
Okay, I'm all ears. What was it?
Dana Scully
It was a downed libyan jet with a nuclear warhead.
(chuckling)
Dana Scully
Over u.s. Airspace? They've been picking up radiation indicating that the plutonium casing may have cracked. So to avoid mass panic...
Fox Mulder
You really believe that story?
Dana Scully
That story happens to be highly classified.
Fox Mulder
A highly classified lie.
(helicopter whirring)
Fox Mulder
They're searching for someone, Scully.
Dana Scully
Probably the pilot.
Fox Mulder
You think they'd roll out all this material for one libyan fighter jock? Besides, no human pilot walked away from that wreckage.
Dana Scully
Well, maybe he ejected.
Fox Mulder
Maybe.
MULDER and SCULLY walk from car to motel door.
Dana Scully
You can't be serious.
Fox Mulder
As long as we're here in townsend, why not?
Dana Scully
The hearing is tomorrow morning.
Fox Mulder
That gives us 24 hours to investigate.
Dana Scully
My assignment is to bring you back-- not to help you dig yourself in deeper.
Fox Mulder
The last detail starring Dana Scully.
(phone off the hook)
Dana Scully
What's going on?
Fox Mulder
Looks like housekeeping hasn't been here yet.
Dana Scully
Who would..?
(banging)
Fox Mulder
Shh.
(banging)
Fox Mulder
Max?
Dana Scully
Get your hands up!
Max Fenig
Whoa, don't shoot! Don't shoot!
Fox Mulder
Max?
Max Fenig
Ahem. My apologies. Forgive me. I'm a curious man. I had to know.
Fox Mulder
Know what?
Max Fenig
If it was really you.
Fox Mulder
You don't know me. We just met last night.
Max Fenig
We at nicap have been following your career closely since your involvement with X-Files.
Fox Mulder
Following my career? How?
Max Fenig
The freedom of information act. Your travel expenses are a matter of public record. So this must be the enigmatic agent Scully.
Fox Mulder
How did you recognize me?
Max Fenig
I saw your picture in a trade publication once and I read your article in omni about the gulf breeze sightings.
Fox Mulder
I published that under a pseudonym.
Max Fenig
M.f. Luder. I know. It's an anagram for f. Mulder. You really didn't think that would fool us, did you?
Fox Mulder
I didn't think anybody was paying attention.
Max Fenig
Somebody is always paying attention, mr. Mulder.
Max Fenig
Amazing? Hardly. You want to see something amazing come with me.
Fox Mulder
Enigmatic dr. Scully.
Scene 12
Max Fenig
This is my, uh... Right this way.
Max Fenig
Okay. Where's those, uh... Let me turn this off. They were right here. Oh, here they are. The latest crop circle photos from project argus. Huh? Your opinion-- fact or fraud?
Fox Mulder
Fraud.
Max Fenig
Explain the anomalous blisters on the plants.
Fox Mulder
Some unreported weathering effect common to wheat or a systematic reaction by the plant tissue to being lodged in one position.
Max Fenig
You've read the literature.
Fox Mulder
I try to keep up. You said you had something to show us.
Max Fenig
Oh, yeah. The wolf's ear 2000. Ever hear of this?
Dana Scully
Yeah. Wolf industries supplies the c.I.a. With all of its surveillance equipment.
Max Fenig
State-of-the-art search and intercept-- up to 100 channels per second. I'm jacked into local fire and police departments cellular phone pathways and when the weather's right air traffic control from whitmarsh air force base.
Fox Mulder
What have you got, max?
Max Fenig
Mobile unit broadcast in scan mode townsend sheriff's department two nights ago. We got a fire off county road d-7 two Miles west of the canyon ridge intersection. Suggest we dispatch fire crews. Over. This is deputy wright. Do you copy? And then this, 35 minutes later presumably from the fire crew. Reception got wiggy for some reason. This is unit 53. Man down. Request medevac. I said request medevac. You're breaking up. Barely... Bad... Very bad. Wait a second. What the hell? Charlie, we got a situation here.
Scene 13
Colonel Calvin Henderson
It's aberrant movement
Colonel Calvin Henderson
We put up a tight net. Yes, sir, every inch of ground is being covered dug up, squeezed, and sifted. No, sir. It will not get away. Not this time.
MILLS ROAD HIGH SCHOOL
Fox Mulder
Mrs. Wright? Hi. I'm Fox Mulder. This is Dana Scully. We're from the FBI we'd like to ask you about your husband.
Mrs. Wright
He's dead. What else is there to know?
Dana Scully
I'm sorry about your husband.
Mrs. Wright
Oh, please.
Dana Scully
Mrs. Wright, we want to help you.
Mrs. Wright
Then leave me alone.
Fox Mulder
Let us help you.
Mrs. Wright
I don't know anything. Don't you understand? They won't even release the body so I can give him a proper burial, okay?
Dana Scully
The government can't do that. I'm sure if we appealed... No! You can't. You're entitled to the truth.
Mrs. Wright
I can't afford the truth. They said if I spoke to anyone they would withhold my husband's pension and I have a child to take care of.
(static screeching)
US MICROWAVE SUBSTATION B21
Military Policeman
Picking up extremely high frequency signal-- 200,000 megahertz. Sir, target
Military Policeman
Foot speed-- seven Miles per hour, sir.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Beta team...
Beta Team Leader
Copy.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Target entering your section from the southwest. Search and destroy. Repeat-- search and destroy.
Beta Team Leader
Yes, sir. Jackson?
Jackson
Nothing.
Beta Team Leader
Must have been an animal.
COUNTY HOSPITAL
Dr. Oppenheim
I'm sorry, but unless you have a subpoena I can't discuss patient information.
Dana Scully
Does that mean jason wright was your patient?
Dr. Oppenheim
It means I have nothing more to say.
Fox Mulder
What about to his wife and child, doctor? Would you have anything to say to them? Because whoever got to you also got to her. They must have made some pretty big threats. What did they hold over your head-- your medical license, the I.r.s.?
Dr. Oppenheim
I hate fascists.
Fox Mulder
Excuse me?
Dr. Oppenheim
The men who came in here-- the way they pushed us all around.
Fox Mulder
Dr. Oppenheim, tell us about the deputy. You saw him that night didn't you?
Dr. Oppenheim
Yes. And three others from a fire crew. They were all d.o.a. With fifth- and sixth-degree burns over 90% of their bodies. But they weren't like any burns I've ever seen. They took the bodies away before we could perform any pathology.
Dana Scully
Did you note any cadaveric heat rigor or stiffening?
Dr. Oppenheim
Quite a bit of flexion in the limbs. How do you know so much about it? I did my residency in forensic medicine.
Fox Mulder
In your opinion could those burns have been caused by ionizing radiation?
Dr. Oppenheim
Well, I hadn't thought. I suppose it's possible if the exposure was sufficiently intense.
Scene 17
Dana Scully
Let's say those men died from radiation exposure. Couldn't it have been from the cracked core of a nuclear warhead?
Fox Mulder
I've read about these kinds of burns.
Dana Scully
So have I-- in hiroshima at ground zero.
Fox Mulder
I'm talking about close encounter mortalities. I have a stack of X-Files reporting the same results.
Dana Scully
I don't claim to know all the answers but if we don't make the o.p.r. Inquest by tomorrow morning there may not be any more X-Files.
(moaning)
(moaning)
Scene 18
Dr. Oppenheim
Start an I.v. Here, stat.
Fox Mulder
Tell us what happened.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Whatever happened has nothing to do with you.
Fox Mulder
Wrong, colonel. We want the same thing, only you want it dead. Can't you see that chasing it down leaves it no choice but to defend itself? How many more have to die before you rethink your approach?
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Listen to me 'cause I'm not wasting another breath on this. If you and your partner aren't out of here in 30 seconds...
Dr. Oppenheim
Agent Scully stays here. We're undermanned, she's a doctor-- she stays. If that's okay.
Dana Scully
Of course.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
If you don't mind you just take care of my men and let me do my work.
Dr. Oppenheim
Outside this emergency room you can do whatever you want but in here I call the shots-- assuming, of course you want me to take care of your men.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Get this man out of my sight.
Dana Scully
Where do I scrub up?
Scene 19
Television Reporter
They will have no comment
Fox Mulder
Max. Hey, max. Max. Hey... Max.
Max Fenig
Who are... Who are you?
Fox Mulder
Max, it's me, Fox Mulder. You okay?
Max Fenig
What are you doing here?
Fox Mulder
You were having some kind of seizure.
Max Fenig
Seizure? That's impossible.
Fox Mulder
You were lying on the floor unconscious, convulsing.
Max Fenig
That's odd. I haven't had an episode in seven years-- not since I went on medication.
Fox Mulder
Let's get you to the hospital.
Max Fenig
No. I mean, I mean it's not necessary.
Fox Mulder
You sure?
Max Fenig
Yeah. I lived with epilepsy all my life. I'm not in any danger. Yeah, it started in South Dakota when I was ten. The doctor said I must have incurred a head injury. I don't remember ever hitting my head.
Fox Mulder
You have no memory of your seizures?
Max Fenig
As a kid I used to wake up in strange places with no idea where I was or how I got there.
(sighs)
Max Fenig
Sorry. I... I got to, I got to go to sleep.
(sighing)
Scene 20
Television Reporter
Until the government investigation now under way is completed.
Dana Scully
All right.
Fox Mulder
Rough night, huh?
Dana Scully
It was terrible. We lost all but two and they're still in critical condition on their way to the burn unit at johns hopkins.
Fox Mulder
So what do you think, Scully? What's going on out there?
Dana Scully
I don't know, and under other circumstances I would like to find out but we have a plane to catch in just over an hour.
Fox Mulder
I want you to take a look at something first.
Dana Scully
What?
Fox Mulder
Max. There's an unusual incision behind his left ear. I've seen this incision twice before. Two women-- a thousand Miles apart no way of knowing each other, no relation. Both claim to have been abducted by aliens.
Dana Scully
Are you saying max fenig is an abductee? Mulder the man is taking powerful antipsychotic drugs. I saw them in his r.v.
Fox Mulder
They're for his epilepsy.
Dana Scully
Dilantin is an anti-convulsant but mellaril is used exclusively to treat schizophrenia. More than likely, max is delusional.
Fox Mulder
You don't seem to understand, Scully. Max doesn't believe he was abducted by aliens. I believe he was. Now, could you at least take a look at the scar and give me your medical opinion?
Dana Scully
Okay. You pack. I'll take a look at max on the way to the airport.
US SPACE SURVEILLANCE CENTER
Captain Koretz
Sir, I have flash traffic at 24-18. Repeated calls for ID go unanswered and it's not in the orbital or sub-orbital inventory. 24-18-- isn't that where..? Same exact spot, sir though I am reading a much larger craft. Meteor, ms. Koretz. A much larger meteor, sir. Hold on a second. We have a confirm. Whitmarsh air force base is tracking. Where is it? Well, sir, the meteor seems to be hovering over a small town in eastern wisconsin.
Scene 23
Dana Scully
Come on, Mulder, let's get this over with.
Fox Mulder
Hey, max. Max. Max? Hey, max. Max?
Dana Scully
Mulder, look at this.
Fox Mulder
What is that? Blood?
Scanner
Falcon patrol reporting unidentified trespass. Repeat. Falcon patrol reporting unidentified trespass at the waterfront.
Scene 24
Television Reporter
Of townsend, wisconsin's, 12,000 residents.
Television Reporter
A shipment of toxic waste.
Dana Scully
Mulder!
Fox Mulder
Come on.
Dana Scully
Where do you think you're going? If we go to the airport now, we might make the plane which would give you half a chance of defending yourself.
Fox Mulder
Think about it. Max is a gypsy, nomad, right?
Dana Scully
Yes. So what?
Fox Mulder
He intercepted wright's last call to his dispatcher which means he was here in townsend, wisconsin the night of the crash. Of all the places he could have been, he was here. If max was abducted that would go a long way to explaining his obsessions. If we figure that out, you can be sure henderson has. Do you have the keys?
(panting)
LAKE MICHIGAN WATERFRONT, MI
Max Fenig
Don't do this.
Army Man 1
Sir, we've apprehended the target, a civilian.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Negative, falcon patrol. Take him with extreme caution.
Dana Scully
They're dead.
(max groaning)
Scene 26
Max Fenig
It hurts. Stop. Why? Why? Why? It hurts.
Fox Mulder
Max?
Max Fenig
It hurts. Stop. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts.
Fox Mulder
It's all right.
Max Fenig
Stop it! ...it hurts. No, no, it's me they... They're coming for me.
Max Fenig
They're coming for me.
(helicopter whirring)
Max Fenig
It hurts.
(moaning)
Scene 27
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Alpha team, secure the roof.
Soldier
Hold it right there!
Offcamera
Put your hands up and come with us!
Alpha Team Leader
Alpha team, ready on the roof.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Roger, alpha. Delta team, report.
Delta Team Leader
Delta team in position, sir.
Dana Scully
What are you doing? You have a very sick man in there.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
We're not in the hospital now, dr. Scully. Omega team, report.
Dana Scully
He's a delusional schizophrenic.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Keep her clear.
Alpha Team Leader
Sir, this is alpha team leader. I'm picking up three forms inside the structure.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Did you say three forms? That's affirmative.
Alpha Team Leader
The third approaching from 40 meters.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
All teams prepare for go in 30 seconds.
Scene 28
Max Fenig
After that, it would be like nothing ever happened.
Fox Mulder
Come on. Come on, max.
Max Fenig
Why... Stop. Why...
Fox Mulder
I'm here to help you.
Max Fenig
I'm scared.
Fox Mulder
I know.
Max Fenig
Don't let them take me.
Fox Mulder
I won't let them take you. Come on, max. Come with me.
Max Fenig
No!
Fox Mulder
Max! Max! Max! Max!
Scene 29
Soldier
Keep 'em going!
Alpha Team Leader
Sir, this is alpha team leader. Except for our men I'm only picking up one figure inside.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
I do not copy that.
Alpha Team Leader
We indicate only one figure inside the building.
Dana Scully
What?
Soldier
Blow the door!
(soldiers chattering)
Soldier
That's your unit, sir.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Where is he?
Fox Mulder
He's gone. They got to him first. They beat us, colonel.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Arrest him. And keep looking.
Scene 30
Soldier
Thank you, sir. Thank you.
Section Chief McGrath
Agent Scully to the best of your knowledge, was agent Mulder ever assigned to investigate matters related to the evacuation of townsend, wisconsin?
Dana Scully
No, sir.
Section Chief McGrath
At any time were you aware of his submitting a form 302 requesting said assignment or travel expenses?
Dana Scully
No, sir.
Section Chief McGrath
While in wisconsin did agent Mulder drive a blue ford taurus registered to the state car rental agency?
Dana Scully
Yes, sir.
Section Chief McGrath
Thank you, agent Scully.
Dana Scully
Sir, request permission to make a statement.
Section Chief McGrath
Request denied.
Dana Scully
Sir, it's unfair to judge Mulder by the same criteria...
Section Chief McGrath
You're dismissed.
Dana Scully
But, sir...
Section Chief McGrath
That will be all.
Scene 31
Soldier
Alright, clear the road!
Fox Mulder
You hear that noise, Scully? Hammer and nails. They're building a gallows in the town square. Don't worry. It was only a matter of time. I'm surprised I lasted this long.
Dana Scully
Good luck.
Fox Mulder
I'll break a leg.
Scene 32
Section Chief McGrath
...as well as insubordination and misconduct. How do you respond to these allegations, agent Mulder?
Fox Mulder
Over a dozen men lost their lives and you want me to respond to issues of protocol?
Section Chief McGrath
You failed to obtain proper authorization for your actions.
Fox Mulder
I knew it wouldn't be forthcoming.
Section Chief McGrath
You also violated a federal quarant...
Fox Mulder
A cover-up was underway...
Section Chief McGrath
Exposing yourself and possibly others to toxic contamination!
Fox Mulder
Oh, toxic contamination. Are we back in that? You read my report. Explain max fenig's disappearance.
Section Chief McGrath
Your report is not the subject of this inquiry.
Fox Mulder
X rays taken while mr. Fenig was institutionalized showed an object lodged in his cerebellum.
Section Chief McGrath
That is irrelevant, agent Mulder.
Fox Mulder
The man was abducted. Everybody in this room knows it.
Section Chief McGrath
Colonel henderson's written testimony states that fenig's body was found two hours later in a cargo container.
Fox Mulder
Then what can I say? How can I disprove lies that are stamped with an official seal?
Section Chief McGrath
That will be all, mr. Mulder.
(sighing)
Fox Mulder
You can deny all the things I've seen all the things I've discovered, but not for much longer 'cause too many know what's happening out there and no one, no government agency has jurisdiction over the truth.
Scene 33
Section Chief McGrath
Sir.
Deep Throat
Come on, people, light a fire!
Max Fenig
Can I, um..?
Deep Throat
Amazing.
Max Fenig
Excuse the mess.
Military Policeman
On the northeast side.
Max Fenig
No, I know that... That's why they're here.
Colonel Calvin Henderson
Take him!
Section Chief McGrath
Why did you countermand our decision? Mulder's conduct was in clear violation not only of bureau procedures, but of federal law.
Deep Throat
Yes.
Section Chief McGrath
I don't understand. The committee's case was airtight. You've ruined the last best chance we had to get rid of him.
Deep Throat
I appreciate your frustration but you and I both know that Mulder's work-- his, uh... Singular passion-- poses a most unique dilemma but his occasional insubordination is in the end far less dangerous.
Section Chief McGrath
With respect, sir-- less dangerous than what?
Deep Throat
Than having him exposed to the wrong people-- what he knows... What he thinks he knows.
(sighing)
Deep Throat
Always keep your friends close, mr. Mcgrath but keep your enemies closer.
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