Brianna
Hello?
Season 11 · Episode 5
Ghouli
Character-labelled dialogue prepared from the official Blu-ray subtitle track.
Production code2AYW05Original airdate · January 31, 2018
302 dialogue entries
Scene 01
The Abandoned Ferry · Night
[SCREAMS]
Sarah
Hello?
[METAL THUMPS]
Sarah
Who is that?
[PANTING]
Brianna
Are you Ghouli?
Sarah
No. You are.
Brianna
No-- I'm not, I swear.
Sarah
That's what Ghouli would say. You're trying to trick me.
Brianna
Look, I can prove it. Just stay where you are. I'll come find you.
Sarah
Not if I find you first.
[SCREAMS]
[SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING]
[GRUNTING]
Brianna
No! Aah!
Sarah
Ugh.
[GIRLS BREATHING HEAVILY]
Scene 02
Scully's Vision · The Van de Kamp House
Dana Scully
Most people believe sleep and wakefulness. But there is a third state, hypnagogia... characterized by dreamlike visions and strange sensory perceptions. It was in this borderland that I found myself frozen on a stranger's bed.
[PANTING]
[PANTING]
Dana Scully
What the hell is going on?
Fox Mulder
Sounds like sleep paralysis. REM atonia.
Scene 03
FBI Headquarters · The X-Files Office
Fox Mulder
Did you hear hissing or buzzing? Did you feel an electric current running through your body?
Dana Scully
No, it was different, Mulder. I mean, after the initial jolt of fear, I felt compelled to follow the dark figure.
Fox Mulder
Dark figures are usually meant to be avoided. Where was it leading you?
Dana Scully
There. That's the same boat.
Fox Mulder
That's an open X-file, Scully. Chimera.
Scene 04
Norfolk · The Drive
Fox Mulder
“Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions." That's a quote from Edgar Cayce. He was called The Sleeping Prophet. Like you, he received visions in a hypnagogic state. He believed those visions were messages sent.
Dana Scully
He also believed in the lost city of Atlantis.
Fox Mulder
Another reason to love the guy. You've been receiving visions through seizure. Maybe this is an evolution of the form. No, but you're onto something, Scully, I'm sure of it.
Dana Scully
We're being followed.
Fox Mulder
Since the airport.
Scene 05
The Shipyard · Detective Costa
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Detective Costa
Detective Costa.
Dana Scully
Agent Scully.
Fox Mulder
Agent Mulder.
Detective Costa
Pleasure.
Fox Mulder
So the victims and the perpetrators were two female high school seniors.
Detective Costa
Different schools, no past criminal history. They were good students. We talked to their families and checked their social media. No indications that the girls knew each other before the attack.
Scene 06
The Abandoned Ferry
Dana Scully
Crime scene photos indicate that the wounds were made with a sharp blade.
Detective Costa
We found two knives at the scene. They cut each other up pretty bad.
Dana Scully
What's the condition of the girls now?
Detective Costa
Both lost a lot of blood. The one, Brianna Stapleton, was a millimeter away from having her carotid artery severed. Both girls are unconscious in the hospital, but doctors are confident they'll pull through.
Fox Mulder
Who reported the attack?
Detective Costa
Anonymous 911 call. Didn't leave a name. But the voice was male, and sounded panicked. Forensics has a complete workup with pictures and measurements... but this was left otherwise untouched.
Dana Scully
There's no blood leading to or from the spot where they were discovered. Seems like once they started, they were gonna finish.
Fox Mulder
Hmm.
Dana Scully
Mulder, the way they attacked each other indicates an extreme emotional response.
Fox Mulder
It suggests that they did know each other. If they didn't know each other, that response could be an indication of extreme fear... like a lizard brain thing.
Dana Scully
Either way, this meeting was surely not a coincidence.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Fox Mulder
All right. Okay, thanks.
Detective Costa
Hey, guys, there was one other thing. The EMT said that he heard something when he was treating the victims. He said that the girls asked him if he found Ghouli.
Fox Mulder
Is that Ghouli with an H?
Dana Scully
It looks typical. The teeth, the mucous.
Fox Mulder
Ghouli probably feeds on human flesh.
Dana Scully
Yawn.
Scene 07
Coffee Shop
Dana Scully
The site's only been active for the last couple of months. Mostly fan fiction.
Fox Mulder
This is my problem with modern day monsters. There's no emotional investment. You know, like Frankenstein or the Wolf Man. Not only did they inspire bowel-clenching fear, but there was pathos. Frankenstein, he was afraid of fire and he just wanted a friend. You know?
Dana Scully
There's a lot of money to be made in scaring people.
Fox Mulder
Maybe the girls were manipulated to attack each other in order to goose traffic.
Dana Scully
Most of the stories are written by an @Rever.
[CELL PHONE BUZZES]
Dana Scully
Oh. The girls have regained consciousness. We can talk to them at the hospital now.
Barista
Bob. Double shot cappuccino, extra foam.
Fox Mulder
Thank you.
Barista
No worries, buddy.
Dana Scully
Bob?
Fox Mulder
Like I wanted to explain "Fox" for the millionth time.
Brianna
Ghouli's real.
Scene 08
Hospital · Brianna and Sarah
Brianna
I saw it. It was closer than you are to me. I was scared. I had to defend myself. The thing was an inch from my face. So close, I could smell its breath.
Sarah
It had rows of sharp teeth, and this goo was dripping from its mouth.
Fox Mulder
What did it smell like, its breath?
Sarah
Like...cinnamon.
Dana Scully
And how did you find this Ghouli?
Brianna
I fell into this hole into its lair, I guess. I heard something jump down, and when I turned around, it was screaming.
Fox Mulder
What about Brianna Stapleton?
Sarah
I didn't see anybody else.
Dana Scully
She was on the floor, next to you. Also injured.
Brianna
I don't know any Sarah. Okay? All I saw was Ghouli.
Dana Scully
So how did you know to go to the ferry?
Sarah
You're gonna think I'm crazy.
Brianna
I had a dream. But it wasn't a dream. It felt real, like I was really living it. At first it was scary because I couldn't move. Like I was in bed, but it wasn't my own bed. Someone was next to me.
Sarah
I couldn't see him. It was a dark figure. And I jumped out of bed and chased him.
Brianna
It wasn't even my own house. I would run through the hallways and try to get to the living room to get outside. I would just end up back inside again.
Fox Mulder
Like a maze. Where no matter which door you open, you end up in the same place. Was there something you were supposed to see?
Sarah
A souvenir.
Brianna
Yeah. You shake it and it snows.
Dana Scully
What was inside your snow globe?
Brianna
A ferry.
Sarah
Everybody knew where it was. Kids would get stoned on it in the summer. Not me.
Fox Mulder
Have you ever experienced a dream like that before?
Sarah
Kind of. My boyfriend and I did this fun house thing at the fair.
Dana Scully
You have a boyfriend?
Brianna
I'm not supposed to. My parents don't approve. They're really lame, but he's cool.
Dana Scully
What's his name?
Sarah
Jackson Van de Kamp.
Brianna
Jackson Van de Kamp.
Scene 09
Hospital · Hallway
Fox Mulder
The sleep paralysis, the labyrinth, the snow globe. You share the same story.
Dana Scully
And the girls apparently the same boyfriend. Jackson Van de Kamp.
Fox Mulder
Scully.
Dana Scully
I know. Mulder, it has to be a coincidence.
Fox Mulder
No, it's not. You were sent here. We are meant to be here.
Dana Scully
We gotta find out where this kid lives.
Scene 10
The Van de Kamp House
Dana Scully
I feel like I'm gonna fall off a cliff.
[GUNSHOTS]
Dana Scully
Mulder, this is the house in my vision.
Fox Mulder
The door's open. Scully.
[GUNSHOT]
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Scene 11
The Van de Kamp House · Police
Detective Costa
All right, so you said you heard three shots? Murder-suicide. Jackson Van de Kamp killed his parents. When he heard you and Scully break into the house... he realized he was gonna get caught and killed himself.
Fox Mulder
That's a rather convenient explanation.
Detective Costa
The kid had two girlfriends who tried to kill each other.
Fox Mulder
There's something dirty in the water. The back door was open.
Detective Costa
Maybe he left it open. I don't think you worry about those details... when you're looking to commit murder-suicide. I mean, you were here. There was nobody else when he killed himself. I appreciate your expertise, but I think you're trying to answer questions nobody is asking. I appreciate your input.
Scene 12
Jackson's Room
Fox Mulder
Scully? Scully? Scully?
[SIGHS]
Dana Scully
This is his room. I recognize it from my dream. You were right, Mulder. Whoever he is, he wanted me to be here. Look. Birthday, Halloween, vacation. Baseball. It's a whole life.
Fox Mulder
It's full. And still cold. Odd choice to crack open a can of soda before you decide to kill your parents.
Dana Scully
Look at this.
Fox Mulder
Memoirs of a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. At least he had his priorities straight.
Dana Scully
He was troubled. Maybe even schizophrenic. He was seeing a psychiatrist. Clozapine. That's an antipsychotic, and Diazepam is to treat seizures. They were prescribed two months ago, and they're still full... so he was off his medication.
Fox Mulder
I have grave doubts about what appears to have happened here, Scully. Aha. Malcolm X. “The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."
Dana Scully
Was that his hero?
Fox Mulder
We don't know that that body is William, Scully.
Dana Scully
Mm. Malcolm Little took the last name X... because he wouldn't take the slave name given to his ancestral family. Was Jackson's identity so adrift... that he couldn't see himself as being a part of a family? Is that why he killed his parents and then himself? Why would he call you here just to see him die? I need to get proof of his identity, Mulder. I need answers.
Scene 13
Outside the House · The DOD Men
Fox Mulder
I'll get you one.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Fox Mulder
Who are you with, and why are you following me?
Mr. Paulsen
Take it easy. Nobody's following you.
Mr. Green
We're just curious onlookers.
Mr. Paulsen
We saw the police cars. Something bad happened here.
Fox Mulder
What agency are you with? Judging by your crappy rental car, I'm guessing the DOD.
Mr. Paulsen
You make a lot of assumptions.
Fox Mulder
I also assume it's no coincidence you're here on the night the Van de Kamps are killed.
Mr. Paulsen
Wow. Three bodies. What a tragedy.
Fox Mulder
Yeah.
Mr. Paulsen
Keep cracking wise. You have no idea my state of mind.
[SIGHS]
[GASPS]
Scene 14
Hospital Morgue
Dana Scully
I don't know If you are who I think you might be. But if you are William... This is what I'd say. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry... that I didn't get a chance to know you. Or you get a chance to know me, or your father. I gave you up for adoption not because I didn't want you... or because you were any less loved. I was trying to keep you safe. I hope you know that. And maybe.... Maybe I should have had the courage to stand by you. But I thought I was being strong, because it was the hardest thing I have ever done. I mean.... To let go... and to know that I was gonna miss your whole life. But it turns out that this is the hardest thing. To see the outcome. And how I failed you. I need you to know that I never forgot you. And I thought... I felt... even recently that we were gonna somehow be reunited. I wish I could have been there to ease your pain. Oh, my God, this is so inadequate. I'm just so sorry. I'm so sorry.
[SIGHS]
Dana Scully
Have you been there the whole time?
Fox Mulder
No, but I heard enough. You have nothing to apologize for.
[DANA SIGHS]
Dana Scully
[WHISPERS] This is torture, Mulder. I need to get the results.
Fox Mulder
Okay. We can get a DNA comparison at the lab here.
Dana Scully
Okay.
Fox Mulder
We'll be back in two hours.
Dana Scully
Yeah.
[DOOR OPENS, THEN CLOSES]
Scene 15
Hospital · Night
[BONES CRACKLING]
Woman
WOMAN [OVER PA]: Respiratory therapist to the ICU. Any available respiratory therapist to the ICU, stat.
[GASPS]
Dana Scully
William.
[PANTING]
[PANTING]
Dana Scully
[WHISPERING] Is this a message for me? Or am I sending a message to you?
Dr. Harris
Agent Scully?
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Scene 16
Hospital · The Missing Body
Dr. Harris
I'm Dr. Harris, the coroner.
Dana Scully
Where did you put the body?
Dr. Harris
There's no sign anyone was ever in here.
Fox Mulder
Scully, can I have a word?
[WHISPERING]
Dana Scully
It's okay, Mulder.
Fox Mulder
It's not good news.
Dana Scully
I know. It's William.
Dr. Harris
His body's missing. There's no way anyone could've taken the body out of here.
[IN NORMAL VOICE]
Fox Mulder
Are there any windows anywhere? No sign of damage on the outside.
Dr. Harris
That window is always locked.
Fox Mulder
Well, then it must've been opened from the inside. Scully.
Scene 17
Hospital · Hallway
Fox Mulder
Can I talk to you?
Dana Scully
[WHISPERING] Yeah.
[WHISPERING]
Fox Mulder
I know what you're thinking. And I want him to be alive, every bit as much as you do. And in my heart, I never thought that we'd have to face this moment. But here we are. And hope is not a fact. And I'm always the first to jump to extreme possibilities, but this is not as simple as that.
Dana Scully
Mulder, I had another vision. And I saw this.
Fox Mulder
Did you take that from his room?
Dana Scully
I don't know why I did. I just needed to hold on to something tangible.
Fox Mulder
All right, I'll check the video surveillance. But this doesn't change anything.
Dana Scully
Not yet. He wants us to find him, Mulder.
Fox Mulder
I know it.
Scene 18
Hospital · Parking Lot
Dana Scully
Oh. Aah! I'm sorry.
Stranger
Aah! Oh. I'm sorry.
Dana Scully
It cracked. The stuff leaked out. No, it's my fault. I'm sorry.
Stranger
It's okay. You were distracted. You like windmills? I like this one.
Scene 19
Jackson's Room · Day
Dana Scully
Who are you?
Stranger
Don't give up on the bigger picture.
Fox Mulder
Nothing on the surveillance cameras and nothing here. No history on ghouli.net, no porn. How many 17-year-olds with two girlfriends have a search history that clean?
Dana Scully
Maybe he wiped his history.
Fox Mulder
I got this from the dark web. It retrieves the browser history from the hard drive. If we can find the right computer. He's hiding it here somewhere. I think our investigation is about to get hijacked.
Dana Scully
Got it. Teenage girls have secrets too.
[COMPUTER BEEPS]
Fox Mulder
Look at that. Hundreds of posts to ghouli.net. And a back door to some files at the DOD.
Scene 20
The Van de Kamp House · The DOD
Mr. Paulsen
Agents Mulder and Scully. We are commanding you to cease all activity and exit the property immediately.
Fox Mulder
The FBI has jurisdiction over this investigation.
Dana Scully
I suggest you leave the premises until I can get an order from a countermanding authority.
Mr. Green
That's straight from the DOJ.
Dana Scully
Now scram.
Mr. Green
Step away from the desk.
Mr. Paulsen
Everything in this house is now under the jurisdiction of the DOD.
Fox Mulder
Oh! Never a good idea to keep an open beverage by electronics.
Scene 21
Skinner's Office
Walter Skinner
Mulder, how is it the only updates I've received about what you're doing... come through complaints by other agencies in the government?
Scene 22
Coffee Shop · Skinner Calls
Fox Mulder
Let me guess, the DOD.
Walter Skinner
And the DOJ. They filed a memo documenting obstruction and tampering with evidence.
Fox Mulder
Nothing will come of those complaints... because the DOD is involved in a conspiracy they're trying to cover up.
Walter Skinner
Does it have anything to do with a missing dead body, a Jackson Van de Kamp?
Fox Mulder
I'll tell you more when I know more.
Walter Skinner
You need to come back so we can discuss your activities.
Fox Mulder
No, actually you're gonna need to come here.
Walter Skinner
I'm not going to Norfolk.
Barista
Bob?
Fox Mulder
Skinner, you're breaking up. I can't--
Barista
Bob?
Walter Skinner
Mulder....
Barista
Double cappuccino, extra foam?
Fox Mulder
Yeah. Yeah.
Scene 23
Skinner's Office · The Smoking Man
Walter Skinner
Mulder, I can hear you perfectly. I'm gonna have to call you back when I get a better connection. Hello? Mulder?
Cigarette-Smoking Man
Mulder is close. I suspect he'll be interested in Project Crossroads. We'll be able to find what we've been looking for.
Scene 24
The Abandoned Ferry · Skinner
Walter Skinner
Mulder, why did you wanna meet out here? It's cold and it smells.
Fox Mulder
This is where it all started. When two young girls were attacked by a monster only they could see.
Walter Skinner
You're wrong. This is the end of the road. It started decades ago. When they decided to combine alien and human DNA to create hybrids. Listen to me, I came out here to warn you and Scully. Drop this investigation.
Fox Mulder
I'm listening.
Walter Skinner
After the crash at Roswell... our government's interest in alien technology exploded in all directions. And finally, in the '70s, our science caught up to our ambition. A eugenics program was initiated by a Dr. Masao Matsumoto... using components of alien technology, hybrid DNA.
Fox Mulder
Project Crossroads. I read the report. It was ultimately deemed a failure because they couldn't predict... what attributes the test subjects would get from the hybrid DNA.
Walter Skinner
That's correct. The project was defunded 15 years ago. Dr. Matsumoto burned all the files pertaining to the subjects to save their lives... and then he disappeared.
Fox Mulder
The DOD has tried to track them down ever since. That's why they were following us. We found one of their own for them. Jackson Van de Kamp. Now do you understand? Jackson Van de Kamp was our son, Skinner. He was named William before he was adopted. I checked his DNA against Scully's.
Walter Skinner
Oh, my God. I am so sorry. Mulder, I--
Fox Mulder
Thank you. For your warning. It just came too late.
Scene 25
Dr. Scholz's Office
Dr. Scholz
I find it hard to believe Jackson would harm anyone, much less his parents. He loved them very much. And we never discussed any suicidal ideation. Your claims don't describe the patient I know.
Dana Scully
You prescribed medication for seizures.
Dr. Scholz
Jackson had symptoms that coincided with extreme electrical activity in the brain.
Dana Scully
But can you tell me, did he have... visions?
Dr. Scholz
What he saw was specific and detailed. That's all I'm willing to say, Agent Scully, unless you come back with a court order. His visions were apocalyptic. A pandemic was spreading across America.
Dana Scully
Hospitals were overwhelmed. People were panicking. A vaccine was needed. One that had to be created with a combination of human and alien DNA. And Jackson himself was the key. It ends with a UFO, hovering over the 14th Street Bridge. That's what he saw, Dr. Scholz.
Dr. Scholz
How is it possible you know?
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Scene 26
Coffee Shop
Fox Mulder
So you think a shared vision means that it's more likely to come true?
Dana Scully
What if I didn't get a glimpse of the future? What if I was just a receptacle for his message to me? Just like my dream to come here.
Barista
Hey, Bob.
Fox Mulder
It's an alternate reality. Fox doesn't exist in coffee shops.
Dana Scully
No.
Fox Mulder
It's a false reality, Scully. Just like everything we've seen so far. I've been going over the forensics of the case.
Dana Scully
The police think Jackson killed his parents, then himself.
Fox Mulder
But the spatter pattern tells me different. It tells me there were two shooters.
[SCREAMS]
Scene 27
The Van de Kamp House · What Happened
Fox Mulder
Her body was moved after she was shot to make it look like there was one shooter. Scully, I believe that through the Smoking Man... You were an unwitting participant in a eugenics program called Project Crossroads... Spearheaded by Dr. Masao Matsumoto. He disappeared two years after William was born. I believe our son was one of his test subjects. Let's go. Jackson knew he was being hunted.
Scene 28
Coffee Shop
Fox Mulder
So he hid the only way he knew how. He created an alternate reality playing dead.
Dana Scully
So he made us hear the shot... and see the hole in his head.
Fox Mulder
Yes. And those two girls thought they saw a monster.
Dana Scully
And so, Mulder?
[FOX SIGHS]
Dana Scully
Where is he now?
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Scene 29
Hospital · Brianna's Room
[BRIANNA GASPS, THEN MOANS]
Brianna
Heh. Jackson. Thank God. They told me you were dead.
Jackson Van De Kamp
Not yet.
Brianna
Oh, babe.
Jackson Van De Kamp
These look sick. It's horrible. I'm so sorry.
Brianna
Where have you been?
Jackson Van De Kamp
I've been hiding. There's these people, they're after me. I-- Look, I just came to apologize. I didn't mean for any of this to happen. I didn't think anyone would get hurt. I thought it'd be funny.
Brianna
Like a prank. Like, you'd see the Ghouli and you just run away. Are you Ghouli?
Jackson Van De Kamp
No. There's no such thing as Ghouli. I made up everything on the website.
Brianna
No, Jackson. That thing attacked me. And the other girl. You attacked each other.
Jackson Van De Kamp
You saw what I projected into your head. All right, it's like... .. .this.... This power, I was learning to control it, okay? I just couldn't stop it in time. There was so much blood. It was all just a blur.
Brianna
That's really messed up.
Jackson Van De Kamp
It is. All right, it started when I had my seizures. I-- I'd see things. Terrifying things like UFOs. And it would hurt like hell.
Brianna
And....
Jackson Van De Kamp
But when I was in pain, I could share it. Kind of. Like mentally.
Brianna
With who?
Jackson Van De Kamp
This woman. I don't know, she was... maybe my birth mother. Look, I came back, because... everyone around me is in danger. My parents are dead, Bree. But I wanted to say goodbye. Okay?
Brianna
Okay.
Jackson Van De Kamp
Oh, no.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Jackson Van De Kamp
They found me.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Scene 30
Hospital · Parking Lot
Detective Costa
Take it easy, agents. You guys can relax. You can relax. It's under control.
Fox Mulder
You have Jackson Van de Kamp in custody?
Detective Costa
Not yet. I don't understand how a dead guy can be up on his feet. But he's in there, exits are covered.
Fox Mulder
How do you know he's inside?
Detective Costa
I got a text from Sarah Turner. That's him.
Dana Scully
I'd like to ask you to keep your officers outside so we can be the first to go in.
Detective Costa
Agents from the Department of Defense are already inside.
Dana Scully
Excuse me.
Jackson Van De Kamp
Gee, Sarah.
Sarah
You were kissing her.
Scene 31
Hospital · Sarah's Room
Sarah
So I wanted to hurt you. So I-- And I texted them. I'm so sorry.
Jackson Van De Kamp
I should be the one saying sorry.
Sarah
Are you gonna be in trouble?
Jackson Van De Kamp
They-- They wanna kill me.
Sarah
It's my fault. This is-- This is all my fault.
Jackson Van De Kamp
No, no, no. Look. I'm gonna be all right. Okay?
[GASPS]
Scene 32
Hospital · The Chase
Mr. Paulsen
He's coming your way.
[ALL GRUNTING]
[PANTING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
[PANTING]
[GUNSHOTS]
Fox Mulder
Evacuate the floor.
[CROWD CLAMORING]
[ALARM BLARING]
Mr. Green
Subject is heading your way.
[PANTING]
Fox Mulder
Hey, don't move.
[CLAMORING]
Man
Move!
Dana Scully
FBI. Put your weapon down.
Mr. Green
Stay out of my way. I know you're here, boy.
Dana Scully
Stop.
[GASPS]
Fox Mulder
They shot each other.
Dana Scully
Well, who were they shooting at?
Fox Mulder
He's here. Jackson. It's safe. It's over.
Dana Scully
Jackson, we just wanna talk to you.
Fox Mulder
Make sure you're okay.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Scene 33
Hospital · Outside
Dana Scully
Anything?
Fox Mulder
He's disappeared.
Dana Scully
Oh, boy.
Man
Yeah, I'm sorry....
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING CONTINUES]
Scene 34
The Drive Home
Dana Scully
Do we need gas?
Fox Mulder
I could use a bathroom.
[DOORBELL RINGING]
Dana Scully
Mm.
Scene 35
Gas Station
Stranger
Are you following me?
Dana Scully
Hey.
Stranger
Didn't I see you at the hospital? It must be kismet. Heh. But I doubt we'll be seeing each other again. I'm driving across country.
Dana Scully
Oh. Anywhere in particular?
Stranger
No. I just wanna see the world.
Dana Scully
Things are about to change.
Stranger
Hey.
Dana Scully
Are you Dr. Masao Matsumoto?
Stranger
A doctor? Heh. No. I never finished high school.
Dana Scully
You seemed like a nice person.
Stranger
I wish I could know you better.
Dana Scully
Well, safe travels.
Stranger
If you don't stand for something... you'll fall for anything.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Scene 36
Gas Station · Mulder
Fox Mulder
Who's that?
Dana Scully
Just a friendly old guy. But he seems so familiar. The Pick Up Artist.
Fox Mulder
What are you talking about?
Dana Scully
That book in Jackson's room. I think he’s the author.
Fox Mulder
What did he say?
Dana Scully
He gave me a piece of advice. He said.... He said, "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything."
Fox Mulder
That's a Malcolm X quote, Scully. Scully.
Scene 37
Gas Station · The Surveillance Video
Fox Mulder
We need to see your surveillance video now.
Dana Scully
Right there. Are you Dr. Masao Matsumoto?
Jackson Van De Kamp
A doctor? No, I never finished high school.
Dana Scully
You seemed like a nice person. Heh.
Jackson Van De Kamp
I wish I could know you better.
Dana Scully
Well, safe travels.
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