Fox Mulder
We wanted... To believe. We wanted to call out. On august 20 and september 5, 1977, two spacecrafts were launched... From the kennedy space flight center, florida. They were called voyager. Each one carries a message. ♪♪ [ classical ]
Season 2 · Episode 1
Little Green Men
Character-labelled dialogue prepared from the official DVD subtitle track.
Production code2X01Original airdate · September 16, 1994
188 dialogue entries
Scene 01
Kurt Waldheim (recorded)
I send greetings on behalf of the people of our planet. ♪♪ [ continues ] we step out of our solar system into the universe, seeking--
Fox Mulder
A gold-plated record depicting images, music and sounds of our planet, arranged so that it may be understood if ever intercepted... By a technologically mature extraterrestrial civilization. [ greetings, foreign languages ]
Child
Hello from the children of planet earth.
Fox Mulder
Thirteen years after its launch, voyager I passed the orbital plane of neptune... And, essentially, left our solar system. Within that time, there were no further messages sent. Nor are any planned. We wanted to listen. On october 12, 1992, NASA initiated the high resolution microwave survey:
ARECIBO IONOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY · ARECIBO, PUERTO RICO
Fox Mulder
A decade-long search by radio telescope scanning ten million frequencies... For any transmission by extraterrestrial intelligence. Less than one year later, first-term nevada senator richard bryan... Successfully championed an amendment which terminated the project. I wanted to believe, but the tools had been taken away. The X-Files had been shut down. They closed our eyes. Our voices have been silenced. Our ears are now deaf to the realms of extreme possibilities.
[ beeping ]
[ computer whirring, beeping ]
♪♪ [ classical ]
Kurt Waldheim (recorded)
I send greetings on behalf of the people of our planet. [ continues, static ] we step out of our solar system into the universe, seeking only peace and friendship--
Man #1
Joint.
WATERGATE HOTEL & OFFICE COMPLEX
Man #2
Yeah ? You treat yourself ?
Man #1
Oh, man, let me tell you. You know that one, tuesday ?
Man #2
Wait, wait. You went on tuesday ?
Man #1
No, that's the stripper's name. Tuesday.
Man #2
Oh, yeah. I know her.
Man #1
Anyway, she's on stage, dancing to that offspring song, "come out and play."
Man #2
Nice touch.
NOVEMBER 27, 1973 · CHILMARK, MASS. · 8:53 P.M.
Man #1
Very hot.
MULDER’S APARTMENT
Man #2
Keep going.
Man #1
So I'm tipping her big-- no ones, five spots. I'm laying them down on the rail: boom, boom, boom.
OFFICE OF SENATOR RICHARD MATHESON
Man #2
You're liking it.
Man #1
By the end of the song, I had like $40 laid out on the rail.
Man #2
It's not a long song, is it ?
Dana Scully
It is advantageous to begin an autopsy... With removal of the cranium. The cranium is opened with a horizontal division... An inch above the eyebrow ridges.
MULDER’S APARTMENT
Morris
Is something wrong ?
Dana Scully
What this man imagined... His dreams, who he loved, saw, heard, remembered... What he feared-- somehow, it's... All locked in this small mass of tissue and fluid.
Female Student
Are you okay, agent Scully ? You sounded a little spooky.
Dana Scully
Good afternoon, agent Mulder.
[ phone ringing, other agents chattering ]
[ door opens, footsteps approaching ]
Fox Mulder
Four dollars for the first hour of parking is criminal. What you got better be worth at least 45 minutes.
[ sighs ]
Dana Scully
You know, Mulder, from... From back there, you looked like him.
Fox Mulder
"him" ?
Dana Scully
Deep throat.
Fox Mulder
He's dead, Scully. I attended his funeral at arlington through eight-power binoculars... From a thousand yards away. Now, the picture frame was turned down. You wanted to talk. What have you found ?
Dana Scully
I wanted to talk, but I haven't found anything.
Fox Mulder
[ car starts ] it's dangerous for us just to have a little chat, Scully. We must assume we're being watched.
Dana Scully
Mulder, I haven't seen any indication-- no, no, of course not.
Fox Mulder
These people are the best.
Dana Scully
I've taken all of the necessary precautions. I have doubled back over my tracks to make sure I haven't been followed. And no one has ever followed me. The X-Files have been terminated, Mulder. We have been reassigned.
[ sighs, scoffs ]
Dana Scully
What makes you think they care about us anymore, anyway ?
Fox Mulder
So why have you bothered to come here covertly ?
Dana Scully
Because I realized it was the only way that you would see me.
Fox Mulder
So what do you want ?
Dana Scully
To know that you're all right. Mulder, you passed me today within a foot, but you were Miles away.
Fox Mulder
They've got me on electronic surveillance: white bread cases, bank fraud, insurance fraud, health care swindles.
Dana Scully
I know that you feel... Frustrated... That without the bureau's resources it's impossible for you to continue--
Fox Mulder
No.
Dana Scully
What then ? When the bureau first shut us down, you said you would go on for as long as the truth was out there. But I no longer feel that from you.
Fox Mulder
Have you ever been to san diego ?
Dana Scully
Yeah.
Fox Mulder
Did you check out the palomar observatory ?
Dana Scully
No.
Fox Mulder
From 1948 until recently, it was the largest telescope in the world. The idea and design came from a brilliant and wealthy astronomer... Named george ellery hale. Actually, the idea was presented to hale one night... While he was playing billiards. An elf climbed in his window and told him to get money... From the rockefeller foundation for a telescope.
Dana Scully
And you're worried that all your life you've been seeing elves ?
Fox Mulder
In my case... Little green men.
Dana Scully
But, Mulder... During your time with the X-Files, you've seen so much.
Fox Mulder
That's just the point. Seeing is not enough. I should have something to hold onto. Some solid evidence. I learned that from you.
Dana Scully
Your sister's abduction. You've held onto that.
Fox Mulder
I'm beginning to wonder if... If that ever even happened.
Dana Scully
Mulder... Even if george hale only saw elves in his mind, the telescope still got built. Don't give up.
[ sighs ]
Dana Scully
And next time... [ sighs ] we meet out in the open.
[ sighs ]
Tv Reporter
She had erased a conversation between president nixon...
Man
And h. R. Haldeman while transcribing the subpoenaed tape. Woods testified that she erased only about five minutes of the conversation, but the tape contained an 18-minute gap. Under investigation from senator howard baker, scout. H.r. Haldeman reiterated the white house explanation that rosemary woods mistakenly--
Samantha Mulder
-do we have to watch this, Fox ? -leave it.
Fox Mulder
I'm watching the magician at 9:00.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WALTER SKINNER'S OFFICE · FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Skinner
Mom and dad said I could watch some movie, butt-munch.
Fox Mulder
They're next door at the galbrands, and they said I'm in charge.
[ TV continues, indistinct ]
Fox Mulder
Hey ! Get out of my life !
[ screams ]
[ watergate proceedings continue ]
Fox Mulder
I'm watching the magician. [ TV stops ] now, look, the fuse is blown.
[ rattling ]
Samantha Mulder
Fox.
[ rattling ]
[ glass shatters ]
[ rattling continues ]
[ high-pitched frequency ]
[ rattling continues ]
[ frequency continues ]
[ frequency continues, louder ]
[ sister screams ]
Fox Mulder
Samantha ! Samantha ! [ slow motion ] samantha ! Samantha !
[ gasps ]
Man
We're going to the hill.
♪♪ [ classical ]
♪♪
Fox Mulder
Senator matheson ?
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
Richard Matheson
Do you know this, Fox ?
Fox Mulder
It's bach. ♪♪ [ continues ] Brandenburg concerto number 3.
♪♪
Richard Matheson
♪♪ two.
Fox Mulder
♪♪ good thing it wasn't a double jeopardy question.
♪♪
Richard Matheson
Do you know the significance of this piece ?
Fox Mulder
Well, recalling music appreciation with professor ganz, bach had a genius for polyphonic--
Richard Matheson
This is the first selection of music on the voyager spacecraft. Four and a half billion years from now, when the sun exhausts its fuel... And swells to engulf the earth, this expression will still be out there, traveling four and a half billion years. That is if it's not intercepted first. Imagine, Fox... If another civilization out there were to hear this. They would think what a wonderful place the earth must be.
♪♪ [ continues ]
Richard Matheson
I would want this to be the first contact... With another life-form.
[ liquid pouring ]
♪♪
Fox Mulder
I know I've let you down.
♪♪
Fox Mulder
You've supported me at great risk to your reputation. I realize when they shut us down, there was nothing you could do. All I can say is I think we were close. To what, I don't know.
♪♪ [ concluding ]
Fox Mulder
What ?
♪♪ [ ends ]
Richard Matheson
Do you like bach, Mulder ?
Fox Mulder
I live for bach.
Richard Matheson
Then let's hear it again.
♪♪ [ restarts concerto ]
♪♪
Richard Matheson
I take it you are familiar with the high resolution microwave survey ?
Fox Mulder
The search for extraterrestrial radio signals. They shut it down.
Richard Matheson
You have to get to the radio telescope at arecibo, puerto rico. I'll try to delay them as long as I can, but my guess is you'll have at least 24 hours. After that, I can no longer hold off... The blue beret UFO retrieval team. And they have been authorized to display terminal force.
Fox Mulder
What am I looking for ?
♪♪
Richard Matheson
Contact.
♪♪
Skinner
When did you last see agent Mulder ?
Dana Scully
Yesterday. Where ?
Dana Scully (recorded)
In the bull pen hallway.
Walter Skinner (recorded)
Did you speak with him ?
Dana Scully (recorded)
No. Is he in some kind of trouble ?
Walter Skinner (recorded)
Agent Mulder failed to appear at his assignment this morning. His whereabouts are unknown.
Dana Scully (recorded)
Sir, I'll volunteer my time to assist in any search.
Walter Skinner (recorded)
No, agent Scully, the bureau can handle--
Skinner
She doesn't know where he is.
Cigarette-Smoking Man
How can you be so sure ?
Skinner
If she knew, she wouldn't be so worried about him. I don't smoke.
Cigarette-Smoking Man
She'll find him.
Man
Gracias. De nada.
[ turns on recorder ]
Fox Mulder
No trace evidence immediately apparent... Around the exterior of the control room, which is locked with chains. [ turns on recorder ] power's been turned off, although the control panel lights are still on. The room is about 30 by 15. I see no signs of any recent occupation. There's quite an odor of mildew in the air. The air is stale. If anyone's been here recently, I see no indications.
[ whirring ]
[ whirring ]
[ whirring continues ]
Woman
[ woman on answering machine ] Mulder, you hounded me to have lunch with you today, and then you don't show. You're a pig.
[ beeping ]
[ beeping stops ]
[ beeping ]
[ beeping ]
Dana Scully
Galactic latitude ?
[ keys jingling ]
[ printer whirring ]
Morris
May I ask what you're doing here, agent Scully ?
Dana Scully
Are you following me ?
Morris
Agent Mulder's residence is under surveillance.
Dana Scully
I was told by the assistant director that Mulder was gone.
Morris
So ?
Dana Scully
So whenever he's away, I feed his fish.
Man
What the hell is this ?
Morris
Looks like a self-test the computer does.
Dana Scully
Damn.
Morris
Just dump it in the tank.
Dana Scully
That would be bad for the fish.
Fox Mulder
[ sighs ] hmm.
[ screaming spanish ]
Fox Mulder
Who are you ? Who are you ? What are you doing here ? [ spanish continues ]
[ sobbing ]
Fox Mulder
It's all right. Settle down.
[ continues sobbing ]
Fox Mulder
Settle down. ¿ hablo ingles ?
[ whimpering ]
Fox Mulder
Name. ¿ nombre ? ¿ nombre ?
Jorge Concepcion
Jorge. Me llamo jorge concepcion.
Fox Mulder
Jorge, why are you so afraid ? What have you seen ?
[ continues ]
[ continues ]
[ continues ]
[ continues ]
[ continues ]
[ crying, yelling spanish ]
Fox Mulder
Jorge, no comprende.
[ continues crying ]
Fox Mulder
Did you say "men" ? ¿ hombres ?
Troisky
It looks like the wow signal.
Dana Scully
"the wow signal" ?
Troisky
Ohio state has a radio telescope... That conducts electronic searches for extraterrestrial intelligence. In august 1977, my buddy, jerry ehman, found a transmission on the printout like this. He was so excited, he wrote "wow" in the margins.
Dana Scully
What was there ?
Troisky
A signal 30 times stronger than galactic background noise. It came through on the 21-centimeter frequency, which no satellite transmitters are allowed to use. The signal was intermittent, like morse code. More importantly, the signal seemed to turn itself on while in the telescope's beam. The wow signal is the best evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence. But this-- this is better. Where did you get this ?
Dana Scully
Maybe you can tell me. Is that from ohio state ?
Troisky
Can't tell. There are a few nickel-and-dime seti projects around. U.c. Berkeley has one. The planetary society has one at harvard and in argentina. NASA was working out of goldstone in california and arecibo in puerto rico.
Dana Scully
Mulder.
Fox Mulder
[ turns on recorder ] the signal from 0630 tuesday: the narrowband and exact matching of the antenna pattern... Indicates that it originated from beyond lunar distance. But the same message is trans-- [ machinery beeping ] no ! Jorge, don't touch that red button. No-jo on the rojo. Thanks. The same message is transmitted four hours later on a wideband, which puts its point of origin very close; just Miles away.
[ recorder turns on, plays voyager recording ]
Kurt Waldheim (recorded)
♪♪ [ classical ] I send greetings on behalf of the people of our planet.
Fox Mulder
[ spanish, panicked ] it's just a tape machine, jorge.
[ continues ]
Fox Mulder
Where are we gonna go ? There's a storm outside. You can't be afraid, jorge.
[ high-pitched frequency continues ]
[ turns off recorder, frequency stops ]
LONGSTREET MOTEL · WASHINGTON, D.C. · WIRETAP #5A21147
Fox Mulder
Don't be afraid.
Kurt Waldheim (recorded)
You can't be afraid.
[ thunder crackling ]
Fox Mulder
Jorge !
Kurt Waldheim (recorded)
Jorge ! [ thunder continues ] jorge ! Jorge !
Woman Over P.A. System
Passengers holding tickets,
Woman On P.A. System
Please proceed immediately to gate number 16.
[ repeating announcement, spanish ]
[ spanish continues ]
Woman On P.A. System
Attention, please. This is a gate change announcement.
[ continues, indistinct ]
[ dropping coins in phone, dialing ]
[ phone ringing ]
Fox Mulder (recorded)
[ answering machine ] hello, this is Fox Mulder. Leave a message, please.
[ beeps ]
Dana Scully
C.a. 519. 705. 950.
Operator
At the tone,
Message
Eastern daylight time will be 5:47 and 40 seconds.
Woman Over P.A. System
Attention all passengers.
Woman On P.A. System
Flight 235 is now boarding at gate number 2.
[ indistinct ]
Male Agent
Relax. We know where she's going: saint croix. Caribbean air flight 519. Takes off at five after 7:00. Gate's in the other terminal.
Dana Scully
I'd like a ticket on the 6:30 flight to san juan.
[ thunder rumbling ]
Fox Mulder
Today is-- the time is 10:30. Although not a qualified pathologist, I will record my observations of the body... In case at some future time decomposition should obscure forensic evidence. The subject, perhaps victim, is hispanic male, undetermined age. There are no overt external injuries apparent. There are no indications of any lightning strikes. No singeing of the hair or burns of any kind. There are no-- there are no puncture wounds... Due to needles or probes commonly associated with cases of alien abduction. The subject was discovered in a sitting position, rigor mortis having set in, although less than half an hour had elapsed. The skin is strikingly affected by gooseflesh. The body shows signs of intense cadaveric spasm. The expression reflects-- my god, Scully, it's as if he's been frightened to death.
[ turns on recorder ]
Fox Mulder
Again, Scully, nothing but evidence. And again, no evidence at all. The printouts of received transmission indicate contact with another life-form, and yet I cannot see them. Even if I could see them, would they really be there ? How do I know this isn't some classified military satellite ? These transmissions are from the voyager, for god's sake. Could extraterrestrials really have intercepted them ? Or is this just some elaborate joke played on those who want to believe ? I was sent here by one of those people. Deep throat said, "trust no one." that's hard, Scully. Suspecting everyone, everything. It wears you down. [ thunder rumbling ] you even begin to doubt what you know is the truth. Before... I could only trust myself. Now I can only trust you. And they've taken you away from me. My life up to this point has been about the need to see her again, to see them. But what would I do if they really came ?
[ rattling ]
[ rattling continues ]
[ rattling subsiding ]
[ frequency continues ]
[ printer whirring ]
[ distorted recording ]
[ continues ]
[ recording continues distorting ]
[ continues, indistinct ]
[ rewinding tape ]
Player
[ recording in slow-motion ] deep throat said, "trust no one."
Fox Mulder
I was sent here by one of those people.
Fox Mulder (recorded)
Deep throat said, "trust no one." [ recording ] trust no one.
[ high-pitched frequency becomes louder ]
Fox Mulder
No !
[ gasps ]
[ frequency continues ]
[ continues ]
Dana Scully
[ gasps ] I was sure you were dead. Mulder, it's Scully. Dana Scully. Do you know where you are ?
Fox Mulder
They came, Scully. The ones that took her-- they were here.
Dana Scully
Here... Or here ?
Fox Mulder
On the tapes. The tape. Evidence. Proof. The transmissions-- it's all here.
Dana Scully
Proof of what ? Contact.
Fox Mulder
These printouts-- it's here. And the man-- we'll have to examine the body. There will be more proof.
[ rattling ]
Dana Scully
Is that them ?
Fox Mulder
No, this isn't it. It's the blue beret crash retrieval team. They'll kill us. Help me with the body. We don't have time. Help me !
Dana Scully
We'll never be able to get the body out of the country. Mulder, we have to go. Evidence is worthless if you're dead !
Man
Let's go !
Commander
Hold your fire ! Get this truck to the bottom of the hill ! Yes, sir. Move ! Soldiers, move !
Dana Scully
Mulder !
Commander
Damn it.
Skinner
You left your off-site setup. Another agent had to cover your ass. The entire surveillance-- all the months of work on this case-- gone. Just like you. Gone. This has four-bagger all over it, Mulder. Censure, transfer, suspension, probation.
Fox Mulder
I understand that leaving my assignment warrants disciplinary action, and I'm willing to accept those measures.
Skinner
But ?
Fox Mulder
But I had enough on that surveillance... To arrest those suspects after three days. I could have nailed them on 40 counts of bank fraud, but you left me there. I'm surprised you even noticed I was gone, let alone wiretap my phone, an illegal procedure without a court order.
Cigarette-Smoking Man
Your time is over, and you leave with nothing.
Skinner
Get out. I said get the hell out.
[ door opens, closes ]
Skinner
Report back to your assignment.
Fox Mulder
A minute ago I was a four-bagger. Do you want me to make the arrests ?
Skinner
I think we need more to go on. Continue the surveillance.
Fox Mulder
It should be right here.
[ stops, rewinds tape ]
[ stops, rewinds ]
Fox Mulder
The entire tape is blank.
Dana Scully
An electrical surge in the outlet during the storm... May have degaussed everything, erasing the entire tape. You still have nothing.
Fox Mulder
I may not have the X-Files, Scully, but I still have my work. And I still have you. And I still have myself.
Wiretap Man #1
Wh-what's the difference between a lap dance and a table dance ?
Man #2
A lap dance, they're all over you.
Fox Mulder
A lap dance costs more ? All right, all right. Tell me the best spot. Where ? Paramount, but you got to spend money. I'm there. Wednesday is she dancing ? No, don't go wednesday. That's amateur night. Amateur night ? Nice touch. They're not really amateurs, but who knows the difference ? Yeah, sure, sure. If you don't mind spending the money, girls are all over you.
[ man continues, indistinct ]
Fox Mulder
I'll get a pen and write down directions.
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