Roky Crikenson
Yeah, this is Roky. I checked all the connections. I don't know why all the power is down out here. I'm going to have to come in and get some more equipment. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'll need several of those. All right.
Season 3 · Episode 20
Jose Chung’s From Outer Space
Character-labelled dialogue prepared from the official DVD subtitle track.
Production code3X20Original airdate · April 12, 1996
315 dialogue entries
Scene 01
KLASS COUNTY · WASHINGTON
[ rumbling ]
[ whirring ]
Harold Lamb
Um, I don't want to scare you, but I think I'm madly in love with you. I mean, you're all I think about. You're my whole world.
Chrissy Giorgio
Harold, I like you a lot, too, but this is our first date. We need more time to get to know one another.
[ engine sputters, stops ]
Chrissy Giorgio
What happened?
[ starter cranking ]
[ screams ]
Harold Lamb
[ panting ] oh, god!
Chrissy Giorgio
Harold! What are those things?
Harold Lamb
How the hell should I know?
[ growling ]
[ growling continues ]
Alien
Jack, what is that thing?
Abducted Smoking Alien
How the hell should I know? [ creature roaring ]
[ footsteps approaching ]
Scene 02
X-FILES OFFICE · FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Jose Chung
I had never thought much about it before. I guess that's because I always felt like such an alien myself-- that to be concerned with aliens from other planets... That just seemed so... Redundant.
Dana Scully
I'd never considered it much myself before I started this job.
Jose Chung
If I understand it correctly, your partner is the actual expert?
Dana Scully
Yes, and I must apologize for his refusal to speak with you, mr. Chung. But I probably wouldn't have myself if I wasn't such an admirer of your work.
Jose Chung
Oh!
Dana Scully
The lonely buddha is one of my favorite novels.
Jose Chung
Here I was thinking you were just some brainy beauty. Now I find out you also have good taste.
Dana Scully
What made you decide to write a book on an alien abduction, if you're not that interested in the subject?
Jose Chung
It was my publisher's idea. I was reluctant, until I realized I had an opportunity to create an entirely new literary genre: the nonfiction science fiction. That gimmick alone will guarantee its landing on the best-seller list. In short, to answer your question, money.
Dana Scully
Just as long as you're attempting to record the truth.
Jose Chung
How can I possibly do that?
Dana Scully
What do you mean?
Jose Chung
I spent three months in klass county. Everybody there has a different version of what truly happened. Truth is as subjective as reality. That will help explain why when people talk about their UFO experiences... They always start off with, "I know how crazy this is going to sound, but--"
Dana Scully
So you're here to get my version of the truth?
Jose Chung
Exactly. When did you first find out about the case?
Dana Scully
Well, not right away, of course. Not enough time had elapsed for it to be considered a missing persons case... Before the girl was found the following morning.
Scene 03
KLASS COUNTY · WASHINGTON
Dana Scully
She was suffering from what my partner calls "missing time." she recalled nothing of the previous night... Nor how she had arrived at her present whereabouts. Her body exhibited signs of physical abuse.
Jose Chung
Hmph. Have I had my share of mornings like that. But these are the characteristics of someone who has-- do you prefer the term "abductee" or "experiencer"?
Dana Scully
I prefer neither, but my partner uses abductee.
Jose Chung
My preference is for the other. "I've just had a little alien experience." as opposed to, "I've just been abducted!"
Dana Scully
Regardless, the girl was considered neither at the time. She appeared to be the victim of date rape than anything else. She was given a physical exam, and her statement was taken. Later that night, she received her "visitation."
[ clattering ]
[ clattering ]
[ gasping ]
Harold Lamb
Oh, Chrissy, thank god you're all right.
Chrissy Giorgio
How dare you come here!
Harold Lamb
I did everything I could.
Chrissy Giorgio
Don't I know it, you bastard.
Harold Lamb
Don't you remember?
Father
Who the hell's out there? Damn it!
Harold Lamb
Chrissy, I love you!
Dana Scully
The girl's father informed the police, who apprehended the boy back at his own home.
Harold Lamb
We-- we were abducted by aliens.
Detective Manners
You don't sound so sure of it.
Harold Lamb
It all seems so crazy. And I don't know why Chrissy doesn't remember it.
Detective Manners
You willing to take a lie detector test to prove... You were abducted by creatures from outer space?
Harold Lamb
Yes, I am.
Detective Manners
Well, too bad. I don't need no lie detector to tell me the only thing... You were abducted by were your rampaging hormones, you punk!
Jose Chung
But he did take a test and passed it?
Dana Scully
And he stuck to his story... Until we got there.
Harold Lamb
If she says I raped her, then I guess I raped her.
Fox Mulder
You don't sound so sure of that.
Harold Lamb
It all seems so crazy. I don't know why Chrissy remembers it that way.
Fox Mulder
Would you be willing to take a lie detector test to prove that you raped her?
Harold Lamb
No, I'm not.
Fox Mulder
That's too bad, because the next rape you experience will probably be your own in prison.
Dana Scully
That should have ended our interrogation, but Mulder brought the girl in for questioning.
Fox Mulder
Are you having trouble sleeping? Are you experiencing muscle pains? Vision problems? Nose bleeds? When you look at a particular object, do you receive the sudden flash that you're looking at something else, like an alien's face?
Chrissy Giorgio
Yes!
Dana Scully
So my partner became convinced she was suffering... From what he calls post-abduction syndrome.
Jose Chung
You don't believe in the disorder?
Dana Scully
Stress of any kind can cause all of those ailments. In any case, Mulder convinced the girl and her parents to let her be hypnotized.
Jose Chung
What is your opinion of hypnosis?
Dana Scully
I know it has its therapeutic value, but it has never been proven to enhance memory. In fact, it actually worsens it... Since people in that state are prone to confabulation.
Jose Chung
When I was doing research for my book, the caligarian candidate--
Dana Scully
One of the greatest thrillers ever written.
Jose Chung
Thank you. I was interested in how the c.I.a., when conducting their m-k-ultra-- mind control experiments-- back in the '50s... Had no idea how hypnosis worked... Hmph. Or... What it was.
Dana Scully
No one still knows.
Jose Chung
Still, as a storyteller, I'm fascinated... How a person's sense of consciousness... Can be so transformed by nothing more magical... Than listening to words, mere words.
Dr. Fingers
You are feeling very sleepy, very relaxed. As your body calmly drifts... Deeper and deeper... Into a state of peaceful relaxation, you will respond only to the sound of my voice. Chrissy, can you recall where you are?
Chrissy Giorgio
I'm in a room... On a spaceship... Surrounded by aliens.
Dr. Fingers
What do the aliens look like?
Chrissy Giorgio
They're small, but their heads and their eyes are big. They're gray.
Dr. Fingers
Are you alone?
Chrissy Giorgio
No, Harold's on another table, but he seems really out of it, like he's not really there.
Dr. Fingers
What are the aliens doing now?
Chrissy Giorgio
They seem to be arguing.
[ murmuring ]
Chrissy Giorgio
I sort of hear them, but I can't understand what they're saying.
[ whispering ]
Chrissy Giorgio
Except the leader. I can understand him.
Dr. Fingers
When the leader speaks to you, does his mouth move?
Chrissy Giorgio
No, but I hear him in my head.
Dr. Fingers
What is he saying?
Chrissy Giorgio
He's telling me this is for the good of my planet, but--
Dr. Fingers
But what?
Chrissy Giorgio
I don't like what he's doing. It's like he's inside my mind, like-- like he's stealing my memories.
[ woman chattering ]
Fox Mulder
The description of the aliens, the physical exam, the mind scan, the presence of another human being that appears switched off-- it's all characteristic of a typical abduction.
Dana Scully
That's my problem with it. It's all a little too typical. Abduction lore has become so prevalent in our society... That you can ask someone to imagine what it would be like to be abducted... And they'd concoct an identical scenario.
Fox Mulder
Yeah, if it were only one person, but we have two individuals verifying the other's story.
Detective Manners
Well, thanks a lot. You really bleeped up this case.
Dana Scully
Of course, he didn't actually say "bleeped." he said--
Jose Chung
I'm familiar with detective Manners's... Colorful phraseology.
Fox Mulder
Still going to hold the boy?
Detective Manners
You bet your blankety-blank bleep I am.
Fox Mulder
The victim seems to confirm his alibi.
Detective Manners
The hell she did. Those stories couldn't be more bleepin' different.
Scene 04
UNKNOWN LOCATION
[ man groaning ] [ electricity crackling ]
[ electricity zapping ]
[ groaning continues ]
[ thudding ]
[ electricity crackling ] [ groans ]
Harold Lamb
[ man groaning ] Chrissy? Chrissy?
[ groaning continues ]
[ electricity zapping ]
Fox Mulder
How did the alien respond?
Harold Lamb
Well, all he did was--
[ man groaning ] [ electricity crackling ]
[ groaning continues ]
[ moans ]
[ gasps ]
Chrissy Giorgio
What-- what's happening?
Harold Lamb
Don't worry. It'll be okay. I'm here to protect you. I'll never let anything happen to you.
[ growling ]
[ screams ]
[ screaming ]
Fox Mulder
What was the other alien, the gray? What was it doing during all this?
Harold Lamb
He was just talking.
Fox Mulder
Telepathically?
Harold Lamb
No, in english. He just kept saying the same thing over and over again.
Abducted Smoking Alien
This is not happening. This is not happening. This is not happening. This is not happening.
Harold Lamb
Would you shut up?
[ growling ]
[ growling ]
Harold Lamb
No! [ screaming ]
Abducted Smoking Alien
This is not happening. This is not happening.
Harold Lamb
I don't know where I was taken, because the whole time I was like this... In pain.
Fox Mulder
Because the other alien was conducting tortuous experiments on you?
Harold Lamb
No, it was like-- you know when you're a kid and you tore the legs off a bug for no reason? I guess I was the bug. Anyways, the next thing I remember I was suddenly outside, like I was flying through the air or something.
Fox Mulder
Then what?
Harold Lamb
Then I think I hit the ground. When I came to, I immediately ran to Chrissy's to make sure she was there and she was okay.
Dana Scully
Harold, did you and Chrissy engage... In consensual sexual intercourse that night?
Harold Lamb
If her father finds out, I'm a dead man.
Fox Mulder
He said it happened before the abduction. So what if they had sex?
Dana Scully
So we know it wasn't an alien that probed her. You've got two kids having sex before they're mature enough to know how to handle it.
Fox Mulder
You're saying all this is just a case of sexual trauma?
Dana Scully
It's a lot more plausible than an alien abduction, especially in light of their contradictory stories.
Detective Manners
Hey! I just got a call from some crazy bleep-head, claiming he was an eyewitness to this alien abduction. You feel like talking to this blank-hole?
Scene 05
ROKY CRIKENSON'S HOUSE
Roky Crikenson
I know how crazy all this sounds, but I don't care. What I have to say has to be said.
Dana Scully
Why did you wait till now to tell us this information? Two kids' lives may be affected by it.
Roky Crikenson
It's bigger than a couple of kids. It has to do with the entire planet, the universe, and who knows what all.
Fox Mulder
Why don't you tell us what happened that night?
Roky Crikenson
This. It's all here. After seeing what I saw that night, I rushed right home and wrote it all down-- 48 hours straight-- I didn't want to forget a single detail. But I feel that I should warn you. I don't want to be dramatic, but by looking at this, you're putting your lives in danger.
Fox Mulder
Why is that?
Roky Crikenson
Because last night, the weirdest thing happened.
[ whirring ]
First Man in Black
No other object has been misidentified... As a flying saucer more often than the planet Venus.
Roky Crikenson
Really? That was when I realized something was weird.
Dana Scully
At which point?
Roky Crikenson
Normally, if two strangers drive into my garage, I'd tell them to get the hell off the property, but this time I didn't. It was like I was in a trance.
Fox Mulder
What did these men look like?
Roky Crikenson
Usually I'm really good with faces. This time all I can remember is how they were dressed. They were--
Fox Mulder
All in black?
Roky Crikenson
How'd you know that?
Fox Mulder
Since the '50s, people have had close encounters of reported subsequent visitations... From these unearthly men in black.
Jose Chung
But, you know, myths about men in black garments... Have been recorded throughout history in many different cultures. The celtic legends are filled with trickster men in black... And how anyone who encounters them becomes enchanted.
Dana Scully
Unfortunately, I'm not sure the modern reconstruction of ancient fairy tales... Lends any more credence to Roky's testimony.
First Man in Black
Even the former leader of your united states of america, james earl carter, junior, thought he saw a UFO once. But it's been proven he only saw the planet Venus.
Roky Crikenson
I'm a republican.
First Man in Black
Venus was at its peak brilliance last night. You probably thought you saw something up in the sky other than Venus. But I assure you, it was Venus.
Roky Crikenson
I know-- what I saw.
First Man in Black
Your scientists have yet to discover how neural networks create self-consciousness, let alone how the human brain processes two-dimensional retinal images... Into the three-dimensional phenomenon known as perception. Yet you somehow brazenly declare: "seeing is believing"? Mr. Crikenson, your scientific illiteracy makes me shudder, and I wouldn't flaunt your ignorance... By telling anyone that you saw anything last night... Other than the planet Venus. Because if you do, you're a dead man.
Roky Crikenson
You can't threaten me.
First Man in Black
I just did.
Roky Crikenson
This is what they wanted me not to show anyone. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go pack.
Fox Mulder
If we have any more questions, where can we find you?
Roky Crikenson
You won't find me.
Scene 06
MOTEL ROOM
Fox Mulder
"I sat in my stalled truck, frozen in terror, "watching as this third alien attacked the other two gray aliens. And then it happened, the thing that forever changed my life."
[ growling ]
[ growling ]
[ roaring ]
[ creature ]
Lord Kinbote
Roky! Roky! Be thou not afraid. No harm will come unto thee.
Roky Crikenson
W-what do you want with me?
Lord Kinbote
Your efforts are needed for the survival of all earthlings.
Roky Crikenson
How can I do that?
Lord Kinbote
Come. I shall showeth--
Fox Mulder
"before I knew it, I was aboard the hover vessel... "and was heading, not into outer space, but into inner space, "toward the earth's molten core, "for that is the domain of the third alien, "whose name he soon told me... Was lord Kinbote."
Dana Scully
In short, Roky showed... Signs of being what is known as a fantasy prone personality.
Jose Chung
Agent Scully, you are so kindhearted. He's a nut. I just read his manifesto.
Dana Scully
how did you get a copy? -
Jose Chung
One was sent to my publisher's. I don't know what was most disturbing: his description of the inner core... Reincarnated souls' sex orgy... Or the fact that the whole thing is written in screenplay format.
Dana Scully
It definitely was peculiar.
Jose Chung
Surely your partner didn't believe any of it.
Dana Scully
Well, Mulder's had his share of peculiar notions. He's not inclined to dismiss anything outright. You're nuts!
Fox Mulder
I'm not saying he isn't delusional. I'm suggesting his delusional state was triggered by something he witnessed that night. The first part of his story verifies the boy's version. The only account that doesn't add up is the girl's.
Dana Scully
Who are you calling?
Fox Mulder
I'm going to arrange to have her rehypnotized.
Dana Scully
What for?
Fox Mulder
To see if what she remembers is really what she remembers.
Dr. Fingers
You are feeling very sleepy, very relaxed. As your body calmly drifts deeper and deeper... Into a state of peaceful relaxation, you will respond only to the sound of my voice.
Dana Scully
So the girl was put under again... To see if she could confirm any of the boy's story. As I suspected she might under such conditions, she did.
Chrissy Giorgio
The whole time it's beating me, I'm like this. A-and then I'm-- I'm flying through the air.
Dr. Fingers
Now what's happening?
Chrissy Giorgio
Some men are lifting me off the ground. Men in air force uniforms.
Fox Mulder
Air force?
Dr. Fingers
Where are you now, Chrissy?
Chrissy Giorgio
I'm in a room, in an office. I'm surrounded by men. Some are in uniforms. Some are in suits. The one closest to me looks like a doctor. He's talking to me.
Dr. Fingers
What is he saying?
Dr. Hand
You're feeling very sleepy, very relaxed.
Chrissy Giorgio
I don't remember.
Dr. Fingers
What are the other men doing?
Chrissy Giorgio
They seem to be arguing.
Air Force Man #1
Ask her if this third alien had a russian accent.
CIA Man 1
This is way beyond their capabilities. This is way beyond our capabilities.
CIA Man 2
Ask if she knows where the gray alien's saucer went to.
CIA Man 1
How is she gonna know that?
Air Force Man #1
Have we located any of the others?
CIA Man 2
We're combing the area, but this weather makes it tough.
CIA Man 1
All right. Go rinse her out... And give her the usual abduction rigamarole.
Dr. Fingers
What is the doctor doing now?
Chrissy Giorgio
He's telling me this is for the good of my country. I don't like what he's doing. He's stealing my memories.
Dana Scully
Mulder, you and the hypnotherapist were leading her. There was more confabulation in the second version than in the first.
Fox Mulder
I think you're wrong about that. But you're right about one thing. This case might not have anything to do with aliens.
Detective Manners
Hey, I just got a call from some crazy blankety-blank, claiming he found a real-live dead alien body.
Scene 07
BLAINE FAULKNER'S ROOM
Blaine Faulkner
I know how crazy this is going to sound, but I want to be abducted by aliens.
Jose Chung
Why? Whatever for?
Blaine Faulkner
I hate this town. I hate people. I just want to be taken away to someplace where I-- I don't have to worry about finding a job.
Jose Chung
So you were out in the field that night?
Blaine Faulkner
Looking for UFOs. There'd been recent sightings in that area, so I was just hoping to stumble across one.
[ screams ]
Blaine Faulkner
I've read every book written about UFOs and aliens. Not because I had to, but because I wanted to. [ gasps ] I should have known to go get my video camera then, instead of notifying the proper authorities.
Jose Chung
What was wrong with doing that?
Blaine Faulkner
Because the proper authorities showed up with a couple of men in black. One of them was disguised as a woman, but wasn't pulling it off. Like, her hair was red, but it was a little too red. And the other one, the tall lanky one-- his face was so blank and expressionless. He didn't even seem human. I think he was a mandroid. The only time he reacted was when he saw the dead body.
Detective Manners
[ screams ] yep, that's a bleeping dead alien body... If I ever bleeping saw one.
Dana Scully
Wrap it up.
Officer
You got him? Watch your step. Careful.
Dana Scully
[ gasping ] you never saw this. This didn't happen.
[ whimpers ]
Dana Scully
You tell anyone, you're a dead man. He said I said what?
Jose Chung
When I interviewed him, he claimed you threatened him.
Dana Scully
That's ridiculous. I'm-- and besides, we allowed him to view the autopsy.
[ footsteps running ]
Blaine Faulkner
Whoa!
Detective Manners
Hey! Hey!
Blaine Faulkner
You can't suppress the truth! The people have a right to know. Roswell! Roswell!
Fox Mulder
Hey! Does that camera work?
[ whirring ]
Yappi
Is this actual footage of an alien autopsy... Or simply a well-made hoax?
[ clicking, rewinding ]
Jose Chung
So this is footage of the actual autopsy you performed?
Dana Scully
It's so embarrassing.
Yappi
Who is that mysterious man who seems to be overseeing the proceedings? What secret government agency does this autopsy doctor work for?
Dana Scully
But, see, whoever got ahold of this footage edited it... In such a way as to delete all the significant findings. There appear to be two layers of epidermis. There's a metal strip... That runs just under the top layer down the-- it's a zipper.
Blaine Faulkner
You mean, it's-- it's just a dead human being?
[ gagging ]
Blaine Faulkner
Well-- well--
Detective Manners
Well, then who is this bleep?
Fox Mulder
I don't know, but I bet we can find his ID from the military database. Have you seen our video cameraman?
Dana Scully
No, but I found our alien's ID
Air Force Man
Agent Mulder? We were notified one of our officers was confined here under your custody?
Fox Mulder
Who notified you?
Air Force Man
Major vallee is awol, sir. Our orders are to escort him back to the base.
Dana Scully
The major is dead. His body is being detained for further investigation.
Air Force Man
Investigation into what?
Fox Mulder
Possible kidnapping.
Air Force Man
May we at least view the body for verification?
Dana Scully
I don't see why not--
Fox Mulder
No, but you can talk to the other awol pilot brought in with him.
Air Force Man
Lieutenant jack sheaffer is also in your custody?
Fox Mulder
He's right down here. Oh. He was here just a few minutes ago. I guess he's still awol. You want to take a look at vallee?
Air Force Man
Hmph. Guess he's still awol.
Dana Scully
So what else is new?
Fox Mulder
I've got to find that video guy.
Dana Scully
The wound is situated left of the midline of the abdomen.
[ knocking ]
Dana Scully
The edges of the tissue appear to be torn apart--
Blaine Faulkner
Who is it?
[ gasping ]
Blaine Faulkner
Hey! You can't-- what do you think you're doing?
[ clicking ]
Blaine Faulkner
Hey, I-- hey. You have no right to suppress this. Roswell! Roswell! [ gasps ] no. I was unconscious for-- I don't know how long. The only reason I came to was--
Fox Mulder
Where's the tape?
Blaine Faulkner
They took it.
Fox Mulder
Who?
Blaine Faulkner
The other men in black.
Fox Mulder
If I find out you lied to me, you're a dead man.
Blaine Faulkner
And then he left. I never saw any of them again.
Jose Chung
Aren't you nervous telling me all this after receiving all those death threats?
Blaine Faulkner
I didn't spend years playing dungeons and dragons and not learn something about courage.
[ chuckles ]
Jose Chung
Oh. Hmph.
Scene 08
KLASS COUNTY · WASHINGTON
Dana Scully
After not recovering the tape, Mulder was heading back to the motel. That's when his account of things gets a little... Odd.
[ tires screeching ]
Fox Mulder
Lieutenant jack sheaffer?
Jack Schaffer
This is not happening. It's not happening! This is not happening. It's not happening. It's not happenin'. The germans used to project the image of the virgin mary... Over the french trenches in world war I. The enemy's always willing to fire upon an invading force, but on a holy miracle?
Fox Mulder
Or on visitors from outer space?
Jack Schaffer
Yeah, the enemy sees an american recon plane, they start shootin'. They see a flying saucer from another galaxy, they hesitate. You know what happens to most people after seeing a UFO?
Fox Mulder
They experience missing time.
Jack Schaffer
Any number of soft-option kills will do it: nerve gas, low frequency infra-sound beams. Hell, with high powered microwaves, we can not only cut enemy communications, we can cook internal organs.
Fox Mulder
But abductions?
Jack Schaffer
Don't know as much about 'em. I'm just the pilot. You ever flown a flying saucer? Afterwards, sex seems trite.
Fox Mulder
But what do you do with the abductees?
Jack Schaffer
Take them back to the base. Let the doctors work on them. Nothing physical. They just mess with their minds.
Fox Mulder
Hypnosis.
Jack Schaffer
At the base, I've seen people... Go into an ordinary room with an ordinary bunch of doctors... And then come out absolutely positive they were probed by aliens.
Fox Mulder
But if abductions are just a covert intelligence operation... And UFOs are merely secret military airships piloted by aliens, such as yourself, then what were you abducted by?
Jack Schaffer
Don't you get it? I'm absolutely positive. Me, my copilot and those two kids were abducted! But I can't be absolutely sure it happened. I can't be sure of anything anymore.
Fox Mulder
What do you mean?
Jack Schaffer
I'm not sure we're even having this conversation. I don't know if these mashed potatoes are really here. I don't know if you even exist.
Fox Mulder
I can only assure you that I do.
Jack Schaffer
Well, thanks, buddy. Unfortunately, I can't give you the same assurance about me.
[ door opens, footsteps approaching ]
Jack Schaffer
Well, looks like I'm a dead man.
Fox Mulder
Wait. It can't all be fake memory implantation. What about that third alien? What was that thing?
Jack Schaffer
Who? Lord Kinbote?
Soldier
[ man ] all right. Come on.
Jose Chung
That is odd. Because almost every day I was there I ate lunch at that diner... And became dear friends with the cook. He told me a story about the night you're talking about. A man came into his place--
Fox Mulder
Sweet potato pie.
Jose Chung
Sat down, ordered sweet potato pie. Identified himself as FBI agent Mulder. He then questioned my friend.
Fox Mulder
You ever seen a UFO in these parts?
Jose Chung
He then ordered piece after piece, each time asking another question.
Fox Mulder
You ever experienced a period of missing time? You ever have the suspicion that you've been abducted by aliens? Have you ever found a metal implant in your body? Have you checked everywhere?
Jose Chung
He ate a whole pie in that fashion, then got up and left. My friend never saw him again. The cook never mentioned lieutenant sheaffer, let alone any other air force personnel. You seem non-nonplussed by these contradictions.
Dana Scully
No, not after what happened when Mulder left the diner and got back to the motel.
Scene 09
SCULLY'S MOTEL ROOM
Fox Mulder
Scully? Where's Scully?
First Man in Black
Oh, she, uh, she went to get some ice.
Fox Mulder
Where is she? What's going on?
Dana Scully
Mulder, these gentlemen have something important to tell you.
First Man in Black
Some of these hoaxes are intentionally revealed to manipulate the truth seekers... Who become discredited if they disclose the deliberately absurd deception.
Fox Mulder
Similar things are said about the men in black. They purposely dress and behave strangely, so if anyone tries to describe an encounter with them, they sound like a lunatic.
First Man in Black
I find no reason why anyone would think you crazy if you described this meeting of ours.
Second Man in Black
You're feeling very sleepy, very relaxed.
Jose Chung
Alex Trebek? The game show host?
Dana Scully
Mulder didn't say that it was alex Trebek. It was just someone that looked incredibly like him.
Jose Chung
Did he? I mean, you were there.
Dana Scully
Well, not exactly. I'm-- I don't have any recollection of this. I... Was surprised to wake up the next morning to find Mulder asleep in my room.
Jose Chung
Oh.
Dana Scully
But, Mulder, I don't even remember letting you in.
Fox Mulder
I told you. You didn't let me in. They were already here.
[ phone rings ]
Dana Scully
Scully. We'll be right there. That was detective Manners. He said they just found your bleepin' UFO
Police Officer
That's correct, sir. Sergeant said go ahead and transport. All right.
Scene 10
WRECKAGE SITE
Detective Manners
Apparently that was the cause of all those UFO sightings three nights ago. They refused our assistance because it's some kind of top secret experimental plane.
Fox Mulder
They don't want our assistance. They want witnesses to their alibi.
Officer
Excuse me, ma'am.
Detective Manners
Hey! That was the guy that was-- bleep!
Scene 11
X-FILES OFFICE · FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Dana Scully
I know it probably doesn't have the sense of closure that you want. But it has more than some of our other cases.
Scene 12
JOSE CHUNG'S OFFICE
[ typewriter keys clacking ]
[ men talking ]
[ door opens ]
Man
[ man ] will you tell him?
Jose Chung
Agent Mulder?
Fox Mulder
Thanks.
Jose Chung
What can I do for you, agent Mulder?
Fox Mulder
Don't write this book. You'll perform a disservice to a field of inquiry... That has always struggled for respectability. You're a gifted writer, but no amount of talent could describe... The events that occurred in any realistic vein, because they deal with alternative realities we're yet to comprehend. When presented in the wrong way, in the wrong context, the incidents and the people involved can appear foolish, if not downright psychotic. I also know that your publishing house is owned by warden white, incorporated, a subsidiary of macdougall-kesler, which makes me suspect a covert agenda... For your book on the part of the military-industrial- entertainment complex.
Jose Chung
Agent Mulder, this book will be written. But it can only benefit if you can explain something to me.
Fox Mulder
What's that?
Jose Chung
What really happened to those kids on that night?
Fox Mulder
How the hell should I know?
Jose Chung
Agent Mulder, I appreciate this little visit, but I have deadlines to face. Evidence of extraterrestrial existence remains as elusive as ever. But the skies will continue to be searched by the likes of Blaine Faulkner, hoping to someday find not only proof of alien life, but also contentment on a new world. Until then, he must be content with his new job--
[ gasps ]
Jose Chung
Others search for answers from within. Roky relocated to el cajon, California, preaching to the lost and desperate.
Roky Crikenson
And so at each death, the soul descends further into the inner earth, attaining ever greater levels of purification, reaching enlightenment at the core. Assuming, of course, that your soul is able to avoid... The lava men.
Jose Chung
Seeking the truth about aliens means a perfunctory... 9:00 to 5:00 job to some, for although agent "diana lesky" is noble of spirit and pure at heart, she remains nevertheless a federal employee. As for her partner, "raynard muldrake," a ticking time bomb of insanity, his question to the unknown has so warped his psyche, one shudders to think how he receives any pleasures from life. Chrissy Giorgio has come to believe her alien visitation was a message... To improve the condition of her own world, and she has devoted herself to this goal wholeheartedly.
[ clattering on window ]
Chrissy Giorgio
Oh, it's you. What do you want?
Harold Lamb
I just wanted to tell you I still love you.
Chrissy Giorgio
Love. Is that all you men think about?
Jose Chung
Then there are those who care not about extraterrestrials, searching for meaning in other human beings. Rare or lucky are those who find it. For although we may not be alone in the universe, in our own separate ways, on this planet, we are all... Alone.
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