Robert Patrick Modell
Let's get this show on the road.
Season 3 · Episode 17
Pusher
Character-labelled dialogue prepared from the official DVD subtitle track.
Production code3X17Original airdate · February 23, 1996
329 dialogue entries
Scene 01
MT. FOODMORE SUPERMARKET · LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
♪♪ [ "misty" on p.a. ]
♪♪ [ humming ]
♪♪ [ continues humming ]
♪♪ [ continues humming ]
Agent #1
Federal agents! Get down!
Agent #2
Get down!
[ chuckling ]
Robert Patrick Modell
Turn this thing off.
Frank Burst
You're pusher, I presume.
Robert Patrick Modell
You must be frank Burst. You know, I gotta tell you. You got the greatest name.
Frank Burst
Agent Collins, read him his rights and let's get him out of here.
Agent Collins
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
Robert Patrick Modell
Think you're gonna hold me?
Frank Burst
I want him in a waist chain and leg irons. I want him in a car with a cage. Loudoun county unit whatever. I'll ride shotgun. You know, it'd really help me out if you gave us your name.
Robert Patrick Modell
Pusher is good enough. You know, deputy, I just gotta say... That your uniform is really the most soothing shade of blue. I'm not kidding you. I notice those things. It's a sky blue. Very calming. Very tranquil. I think the word for that particular shade is "cerulean," actually. Cerulean blue.
Frank Burst
Okay, we get it. It's a nice shade of blue.
Robert Patrick Modell
Cerulean blue. Cerulean makes me think of a breeze, a gentle breeze.
Frank Burst
Hey, mr. Blackwell, put a sock in it.
Robert Patrick Modell
Cerulean is a gentle breeze. Cerulean, a gentle breeze.
[ horn blaring ]
Frank Burst
Stop!
Scene 02
FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Frank Burst
I was knocked unconscious. Deputy scott kerber was mortally injured. Before he succumbed, he managed to pull himself out of the car, dig his keys out of his pocket, and his last breath was spent unlocking my prisoner... Who, despite his own injuries, managed to escape on foot. He calls himself pusher.
Fox Mulder
What's his story?
Frank Burst
He cold-called me about a month ago. He confessed to a series of contract killings going back over the course of two years.
Dana Scully
He wanted to turn himself in?
Frank Burst
No. It was a game. He was bragging. See, the thing about these murders is nobody considers them murders. They went down in the books as suicides.
Dana Scully
So you think he was just a crank?
Frank Burst
No. He knows too much about each case, too many details that were only in the police reports.
Dana Scully
What connection did this dead deputy have with him?
Frank Burst
None, as far as I can tell. Kerber was a good cop.
Dana Scully
Then why did he free him?
Frank Burst
Pusher kept rambling about cerulean blue-- kept saying how it reminded him of a breeze or something. "cerulean blue is like a gentle breeze." over and over. And then kerber pulled into the truck and blammo.
Fox Mulder
So you think that pusher somehow talked him into doing this? He willed him into doing that?
Dana Scully
Willed him? How?
Frank Burst
No kidding. How? You're guess is as good as mine on this one. See, pusher likes to leave clues. "ro nin." ronin.
Fox Mulder
It's a samurai without a master. What, you never saw yojimbo?
Dana Scully
Still, what does it mean?
Fox Mulder
It means I bet I know ten to one what this guy's got stacked on the back of his toilet.
Holly
Agents, here's volume ten. Oh, thanks.
Dana Scully
I'm sorry. I couldn't help noticing.
Holly
I was in georgetown this weekend. A guy knocked me down and stole my purse.
Fox Mulder
They get him?
Holly
Do they ever? No offense. Excuse me.
Dana Scully
Mulder, I'm still not sure what we're looking for.
Fox Mulder
Samurais without masters have to advertise.
Dana Scully
Yes, but advertise for what? I mean, how-- how did this pusher... Convince an otherwise honest deputy sheriff to free him? I mean, I'm sure you have a theory.
Fox Mulder
Suggestion is a powerful force. The science of hypnosis is predicated on it as are most TV commercials. I mean, they're designed to plant thoughts in your head.
Dana Scully
Inducing someone to buy hair color is a little different... Than inducing them to drive in front of a speeding truck.
Fox Mulder
But the mechanism of suggestion is the same. It's just a lot more powerful in this case. I mean, this guy calls himself pusher. Can't we take that to mean that he pushes his will onto other people?
Dana Scully
Well, even if he could push his will, why would he cause an accident when he himself was in the car?
Fox Mulder
Maybe he really didn't want to go to jail. Look at this. "I solve problems. O.s.u."
Dana Scully
Ohio state university?
Fox Mulder
No. It's a northern virginia area code. I've seen this add in all these magazines dating back to april, 1994.
Dana Scully
The time span of the murders.
Fox Mulder
O.s.u. O.s. U. Osu. It's a japanese word. It means, "to push."
Dana Scully
I say we run down those telephone numbers.
Scene 03
BELTWAY COMMUTER LOT · FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA
[ ringing ]
[ continues ringing ]
[ phone beeps ]
Fox Mulder
Hey, I think you drooled on me.
Dana Scully
Sorry. What time is it?
Fox Mulder
Twenty to 3:00.
Dana Scully
No luck, I take it.
Fox Mulder
No. Nothing here, nothing at the other two pay phones. I checked in with Burst. He's beginning to think it's a wild-goose chase.
[ pay phone ringing ]
[ continues ringing ]
Fox Mulder
Hello?
Robert Patrick Modell
Are you two just gonna sit there all night? Don't bother hunting around for me. I'm far away. Although I was watching you up until about an hour ago. They're on the trace. You and your pretty partner seem awfully close. Do you work well together?
Fox Mulder
Who is this? What's your name?
Robert Patrick Modell
Sorry, g-man. It's not that easy. You have to follow my little bread crumb trail. Prove your worth. So far, you're doing all right.
Fox Mulder
Why do I have to prove my worth to you? You think this is a game? What, do you want to be found? All right. Where's my next bread crumb?
Robert Patrick Modell
Right in front of you.
[ dial tone ]
Robert Patrick Modell
Let your fingers do the walking, g-man.
Dana Scully
Okay. Not a complete trace. They think he was using a digital scrambler.
Fox Mulder
Let your fingers do the walking.
Dana Scully
Phone book.
Fox Mulder
You know, what if pusher was the last person to use this phone? Can you redial on these kind of phones?
Dana Scully
Hang on a second. [ man on phone, indistinct ] yeah, it's me again. We want the last number dialed out from this location. Okay. Just ring it on through. Give me a second. Okay. [ phone beeps ]
[ rings twice ]
Woman
Hi. You've reached teetotalers golf driving range and pro shop. Our hours of operation are 7:00 a.m. To midnight monday through saturday... And 7:00 a.m. To 10:00 p.m. On sunday.
Dana Scully
So he's a killer and a golfer.
Fox Mulder
Rings a bell, huh? Let's go, g-woman.
Scene 04
TEE-TOTALLERS GOLF DRIVING RANGE AND PRO SHOP
Robert Patrick Modell
Oh, yeah. Strong shot. Good shot. Whoo-hoo! All right, gentlemen, I'm using this here non-sanctioned ball. It's got a core of uranium-- or some damn thing. I don't know what. It gets up there like sputnik. Yeah. About time. Konnichiwa, gentlemen. I was never here.
Agent Collins
Get down!
Robert Patrick Modell
Okay. Okay. Relax. Relax. Let me see your face. Take it easy. Come on. That's right. That's right. Hey, Collins. Listen. I need you to do something for me. Will you do something for me?
[ man sobbing ]
Dana Scully
Mulder.
Frank Burst
Collins?
[ sobbing ]
Frank Burst
What the hell? Collins, what the hell are you doing?
Fox Mulder
Collins, let it go.
Agent Collins
Stop me!
Frank Burst
Collins!
Fox Mulder
Put that down.
[ grunting ]
[ screaming ]
Agent Collins
Light up. Light up. Light up. Light up.
Frank Burst
Come in. This is Burst. Get a burn unit over here. Light up. Light up. Yeah, Collins is down. Bad. Yeah, real bad.
Agent Collins
Light up. Light up.
Frank Burst
I don't know what happened. Get over here!
Agent Collins
Light up. Light up.
[ horn blaring, distant ]
Frank Burst
Yeah, get somebody over here. Now!
Dana Scully
Collins, it's all right. It's all right. Take it easy.
[ horn continues blaring ]
Fox Mulder
Federal agent!
Robert Patrick Modell
Light up. Light up. Light-- light up. [ sighs ] bet you five bucks I get off.
Scene 05
HEARING ROOM A
Bailiff
Rise and state your name and address for the court.
Robert Patrick Modell
Robert patrick Modell, 3083 roseneath avenue, apartment nine. Alexandria, virginia.
Judge
Agent Mulder, does the FBI believe that this defendant... Is responsible for 14 murders?
Fox Mulder
That is correct, your honor.
Judge
Well, in each of the cases, the coroner's office ruled suicide.
Fox Mulder
We believe that they were indeed murders, your honor.
Judge
You believe? But do you have any evidence?
Fox Mulder
We have the defendant on audiotape... Confessing to the murders on several separate occasions-- he clearly identifies them as such. Furthermore, the defendant knows crime scene details... That were only available to the police.
Defense Attorney Brent
Your honor, one of these so-called murder victims threw herself under a commuter train. This was a crowded platform. A hundred witnesses. Nobody pushed her. No one was within 30 feet of her.
Fox Mulder
But your client was present.
Defense Attorney Brent
Which is how he knew your crime scene details.
Judge
Make your point, agent Mulder.
Fox Mulder
I believe that these people died... Because it was the defendant's express will that they do so.
Judge
His will?
Fox Mulder
This man admitted to being a killer for hire. I believe he has a unique suggestive ability which makes for the perfect m.o. He is able to talk his victims into injuring themselves.
Defense Attorney Brent
I can't believe this.
Judge
Do you want to run that by me one more time, agent Mulder?
Fox Mulder
Yesterday a federal law enforcement officer... Was induced to self-immolation by the defendant. I witnessed it. All these other officers witnessed it.
Frank Burst
Your honor, we have Modell's confession. All we're asking is--
Prosecutor
Your honor, the evidence chain to this case has been rather difficult to establish. We're asking the court's indulgence while we complete our investigation... And we'd like to have mr. Modell held for trial... Based on the strength of his taped confession.
Judge
What about this audiotape, mr. Modell? Did you confess to 14 murders?
Robert Patrick Modell
Unfortunately, yes, your honor. Not that I remember any of it.
Defense Attorney Brent
This was, uh, basically a drunken phone prank... On the part of my client, your honor.
Fox Mulder
A phone prank? He had the details of every case, your honor.
Defense Attorney Brent
And robert deeply regrets the distress and confusion this situation has caused.
Judge
Do you deny these charges?
Robert Patrick Modell
Absolutely, your honor. I'm not guilty. Excuse me for a minute. I believe you owe me five dollars.
Fox Mulder
Hey, your shoe's untied. I made you look. How do you do it?
Frank Burst
Hey, Modell. I know your name now. I know where you live.
Scene 06
FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Dana Scully
I dug up a few more things on our robert patrick Modell.
Fox Mulder
Let me guess. He was an average student. He attended an average community college. He did an average stint in the military.
Dana Scully
Which branch of service?
Fox Mulder
Not his first choice. He wanted to be a navy seal and then he wanted to be an army special forces, green beret. Promptly washed out of both, though not for lack of intelligence. He ended up being a supply clerk at fort bragg. Served two years, general discharge.
Dana Scully
Did you know that he applied to the FBI? He didn't even come close to passing the psych screening.
Fox Mulder
You got a copy of that?
Dana Scully
Yeah. They found him to be "acutely ego-centered." he has no regard for the feelings of others, instead perceiving people as objects. He is extremely suspicious of governments and authority.
Fox Mulder
Yet he wants to be in authority.
Dana Scully
The screener caught him in a dozen self-aggrandizing lies. Saying that he was a master of martial arts, that he had been trained by gurkhas in nepal and ninjas in japan.
Fox Mulder
And ninjas are said to have the ability to cloud the minds of their opponents.
Dana Scully
Now, are we talking kung fu movies, Mulder?
Fox Mulder
He certainly clouded the mind of that judge, Scully.
Dana Scully
Even if Modell could, he didn't need to. We barely had a case.
Fox Mulder
Oh, we had enough to get past a simple preliminary hearing. Modell psyched the guy out. He put the "whammy" on him.
Dana Scully
Please explain to me the scientific nature of the "whammy."
Fox Mulder
I don't know. Maybe it's some mental aspect of some eastern martial art. You know, the temporary suppression of the brain's chemistry... Produced by a specific timbre or cadence in Modell's voice. His voice seems to be the key.
Dana Scully
Mulder, Modell's last known employment was as a convenience store clerk. He has never been trained by ninjas. He has never even been out of the u.s. He is just a little man who wishes that he were someone big. And we're feeding that wish. That failed psych screening, if Modell could actually control people's minds, right now he'd be an FBI agent, right? He'd be a green beret, a navy seal.
Fox Mulder
Maybe the ability came to him more recently, like in the last two years. Well, okay. What's your big theory? How do you explain what agent Collins did? This is a sane man, a family man, with no prior history of psychological problems. Sets himself on fire. You witnessed that. How does that happen?
Dana Scully
What do you need me to say, Mulder, that I believe that Modell is guilty of murder? I do. I'm just looking for an explanation a little more mundane than the "whammy."
Fox Mulder
Well, he's laughing at us, Scully.
[ beeping ]
Robert Patrick Modell
Excuse me. Where might I find the computer records section?
Lobby Guard
Fourth floor, west wing.
Robert Patrick Modell
Thank you very much.
[ machine beeps ]
Holly
Can I help you?
Robert Patrick Modell
I need to know some things. Holly. Great. Just let me have the keyboard for a minute. I'd love a printout of this. And a cup of coffee when you get a chance. I wish I could get my hands on the guy that did that to you. I'd make him pay.
[ Modell speaking, indistinct ]
Walter Skinner
Can I help you?
Robert Patrick Modell
No. No, thanks. We're, uh-- we're just fine. Look. We're in the middle of something here, so--
Walter Skinner
Who are you and what are you doing here?
Robert Patrick Modell
Take a walk, mel cooley. [ grunting ] let me go. Let me go.
Walter Skinner
Shut up! Holly, call security.
Robert Patrick Modell
Holly. He's the one. He's the one who mugged you.
Walter Skinner
Holly, call security now!
Robert Patrick Modell
Make him stop hurting me.
Walter Skinner
Shut up! Holly, now!
Robert Patrick Modell
Holly.
Walter Skinner
Holly!
Man
Security.
Walter Skinner
I've got a situation in here, fourth floor-- [ screaming ] ah, god!
Robert Patrick Modell
Hurt him back.
[ grunting ]
Holly
Sir, I'm so terribly, terribly sorry. I don't know why I-- oh, god. I'm so sorry.
Walter Skinner
All right, let's hit the bricks, huh?
Dana Scully
Holly, can you tell us anything more that might help us understand... Why you attacked assistant director Skinner?
Holly
It's like suddenly I was watching myself from across the room... Doing these things. It's like he was with me inside my head.
Dana Scully
Modell?
Holly
That's the only way I know how to put it.
Fox Mulder
Excuse me, sir. Can we speak outside?
Walter Skinner
Yeah, sure. Uh, holly, excuse us for a minute, please.
Fox Mulder
I reviewed the building security tapes. Modell can clearly be seen entering and leaving unnoticed. He had the word "pass" on his lapel. Guards that waved him by don't even remember seeing him at all.
Walter Skinner
And you're saying this strange mysterious phenomenon... Is the reason I have a size-seven heel mark on my face?
Dana Scully
I have to agree with agent Mulder, sir. I can't even begin to explain how, but I think that Modell is responsible for your injuries.
Walter Skinner
Why is this guy so interested in you?
Fox Mulder
what do you mean? -
Walter Skinner
He left with one file-- yours. He didn't access any others.
Dana Scully
Now he knows where you live.
Walter Skinner
And you know where he lives. Go pick him up.
Fox Mulder
Yeah, for what? About the only thing we got on him now is criminal trespass.
Walter Skinner
That's enough for a warrant.
Scene 07
3083 ROSENEATH AVE., APT. 9 · ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
Man #1
Police! Hands up!
[ shouting ]
Man #2
Modell!
Dana Scully
Lights coming on.
Man (television)
Look me right in the eyes. Right in the eyes.
[ woman on TV ]
Woman (television)
No, please. Let me go.
Dana Scully
Svengali.
Man #2
All clear. No one's home.
Fox Mulder
Search the whole building.
Dana Scully
And nearby buildings too. We know that Modell likes to watch from a distance.
Frank Burst
Check the place out. I'll talk to the neighbors.
Fox Mulder
Hey, Scully, check this out. Mango kiwi tropical swirl. Now we know we're dealing with a madman.
Dana Scully
Right. Thank you very much. Tegretol.
Fox Mulder
What's that?
Dana Scully
It's to relieve Modell's seizures. He has temporal lobe epilepsy. I just talked to his doctor's office. They wouldn't give me much over the phone. Just that that prescription dates back to april, 1994.
Fox Mulder
What causes epilepsy this late in life?
Dana Scully
A head injury, neurological disease, brain tumor or lesion.
Fox Mulder
A tumor? The growth of brain tumors has been linked with the reported occurrence of psychic ability.
Dana Scully
Mulder, those reports are completely unsubstantiated.
Fox Mulder
Just bear with me for a second. What if Modell's suggestive ability is really a form of psychokinesis?
Dana Scully
Brought on by the brain tumor?
Fox Mulder
Well, it fits. All those protein drinks in his fridge. Maybe he's gotta replenish the metabolic energy... That he uses in the process of controlling somebody's will.
Dana Scully
Mulder, more to the point, if Modell did have a brain tumor, the effects on his health would be more debilitating. It's likely that he simply wouldn't be well enough... To play these cat and mouse games with us.
Fox Mulder
Maybe he isn't. Maybe that's the whole point.
Dana Scully
What do you mean?
Fox Mulder
His exhaustion at the driving range. He didn't let us capture him. He was too sick to escape, too tired, too wiped out. Why would a killer who's so proficient confess to murders... That he'd already gotten away with? Maybe he's dying.
Dana Scully
And he wants to go out in a blaze of glory.
Fox Mulder
Not with a whimper but a bang.
[ phone ringing ]
Frank Burst
[ continues ringing ] get the tracing gear. Hello.
Robert Patrick Modell
Hey, hey, hey, what do you say?
Frank Burst
What's up, Modell? How you doing? Long time no see. Told you I know where you live. Nice apartment, Modell. Who does your decorating, the grinch that stole christmas?
[ chuckling ]
Robert Patrick Modell
Agent frank Burst, the guy with the great name. Say, frank, are agents Mulder and Scully there?
Fox Mulder
Yeah, we're here.
Robert Patrick Modell
Perfect. Frank, how much do you weigh?
Frank Burst
Excuse me?
Robert Patrick Modell
About how much do you weigh?
Frank Burst
Anything to keep you talking you piece of-- I don't know, about 190, 195.
Robert Patrick Modell
Bah, 215 if you're a day. You're totally the wrong weight for your height. I mean-- no offense, frank, but you're built like a fireplug.
Frank Burst
Yeah, and I got stubby legs that are gonna kick you in the ass. You goin' somewhere with this?
[ chuckles ]
Robert Patrick Modell
It's just that it can't be healthy. And you look like maybe you're a smoker. You probably take a little drink now and then. You eat greasy fried food-- sausage, bacon, eggs over easy,
Fox Mulder
Frank.
Robert Patrick Modell
Onion rings that soak those dark stains through the cardboard. And I'm guessing you shake on that salt like a maraca.
Fox Mulder
Frank. Frank, hang up the phone. How about it?
Frank Burst
What are you talking about, Modell? What's your point?
Robert Patrick Modell
You know what that's doing to your arteries? Terrible things, frank. Terrible.
Fox Mulder
Frank.
Robert Patrick Modell
Waxy yellow chunks of plaque are tumbling through your bloodstream, sticking like glue to your arterial walls.
Fox Mulder
Hang up the phone.
Frank Burst
Keep talking, you bastard.
Robert Patrick Modell
Can you feel it, frank?
Fox Mulder
Come on, man. Hang up the phone. Frank, hang up the phone!
Frank Burst
Back off!
Robert Patrick Modell
Can you feel your aorta squeezing shut?
Fox Mulder
Frank, hang up the phone!
Frank Burst
I said, "back off"!
Fox Mulder
Hang it up!
Frank Burst
Finish the trace!
Dana Scully
Mulder.
Fox Mulder
Somebody hang up the phone!
Robert Patrick Modell
Ever hear of a medical condition called pachyemia? It's when the blood thickens up in your veins like strawberry jam.
Frank Burst
[ gasping ] finish the trace!
Fox Mulder
Frank, hang it up! Hang up!
Robert Patrick Modell
Your heart flatlines.
[ humming steady tone ]
[ gasping ]
Fox Mulder
Frank.
Robert Patrick Modell
You die, frank. Frank? Yo, frank.
Dana Scully
No pulse. Get an ambulance.
SWAT Team Leader
We need an ambulance to 3083 roseneath ave., apartment nine. A possible cardiac arrest.
Fox Mulder
Modell?
Robert Patrick Modell
Hey, Mulder. How's frankie boy?
Fox Mulder
What is it, Modell, really, that you want?
Robert Patrick Modell
A worthy adversary. It's obviously not that fat lump lying at your feet. No, I'm hoping it's you.
Fox Mulder
Why me?
Robert Patrick Modell
I've read all about you. You're a top criminal profiler. Oxford university grad, all-around bright young man. You know what makes guys like me tick, right? You think you see right through old bob Modell.
Fox Mulder
Sick old bob Modell, right? You're dying, aren't you, bob? What, do you want to take a few innocent people with you before you go?
Robert Patrick Modell
Biology tells us we're all dying, and original sin tells me ain't nobody innocent.
Fox Mulder
Yeah, and some are more innocent than others. Why don't you just tell me where you are?
Robert Patrick Modell
You want the phone number? Sure, just, uh-- it's 555-0197. You know, it's just a pay phone. In two minutes, I'll be gone.
Fox Mulder
You mean you killed this man for nothing, you sick bastard?
[ chuckling ]
Robert Patrick Modell
Me? No, haven't you caught on, Mulder?
[ line clicks ]
Robert Patrick Modell
They all kill themselves.
Fox Mulder
Where's Modell calling from?
SWAT Lieutenant
A gas station parking lot. 1200 block, chain bridge road. It's a pay phone, just like he said.
Fox Mulder
Fairfax mercy hospital is right down the street from there, huh?
Dana Scully
[ whispering ] fairfax mercy pharmacy. "fairfax mercy pharmacy." he must need regular treatment, Mulder.
Fox Mulder
Well, let's go find out.
Scene 08
FAIRFAX MERCY HOSPITAL
[ man on radio ]
Man #1
Keep moving in. Two is ready.
[ man on radio ]
SWAT Officer
Here they go.
[ man on radio ]
Man #1
We found Modell's car. The engine's still warm. He's probably in the building.
[ man #2 on radio ]
Man #2
All entrances covered. Do we hold or go in?
Fox Mulder
Hold.
[ man on radio ]
SWAT Lieutenant
Hold. Roger.
Dana Scully
The outpatient office says Modell is scheduled for a 2:30 m.r.I. That's right now.
SWAT Lieutenant
How do you want to play this?
Fox Mulder
I think I should go in alone.
Dana Scully
Why?
SWAT Lieutenant
My team can flush him out.
Fox Mulder
What if Modell turns one of your men against the others in a crowded hospital? I think we should give him what he wants.
Dana Scully
You.
Fox Mulder
We stand a better chance if we're separated. I'll go in miked. That way you'll know what he's doing, where he is at all times. You got a radio, something to keep my hands free?
SWAT Lieutenant
I got just what you need. Two lux video camera. It can practically see in the dark. It's designed for bomb disposal wards to keep only one officer at risk. See?
Fox Mulder
Think I can get the playboy channel?
[ chuckles ]
Fox Mulder
Smile, Scully.
Dana Scully
Take it.
Fox Mulder
No. I wouldn't want to end up pointing it at anybody except Modell. Let's get the show on the road. Federal agent. Go about your business as usual. Scully, do you read me?
Dana Scully
I'm with you, Mulder.
Fox Mulder
Nothing out of the ordinary.
SWAT Lieutenant
Swat team, hold outside.
[ man on radio ]
Man
Swat team still holding.
[ gunshot ]
Dana Scully
Mulder.
[ gunshot ]
Fox Mulder
Two shots fired.
SWAT Lieutenant
Swat team--
Fox Mulder
No, not yet. Everybody keep moving. Federal agent. Let me see what the hell is going on in there.
Dana Scully
Mulder, I'm losing you.
SWAT Lieutenant
Damn. Mulder. Agent Mulder. Wait. Agent Scully.
[ static ]
Fox Mulder
Are you, uh-- you getting this back there?
Dana Scully
Mulder, what happened?
Fox Mulder
Looks like the guard shot the technician, then he shot himself. His gun is missing.
SWAT Lieutenant
Swat team, suspect is armed and is possibly making his way out of the building.
[ man on radio ]
Man #1
We copy. We're ready for him.
Dana Scully
Mulder, wait-- wait. Get closer to the computer monitor.
Fox Mulder
Over here?
Dana Scully
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right there. There. That light mass in his temporal lobe.
Fox Mulder
Right here.
Dana Scully
You were right, Mulder. Now check around you. Modell's chart should be somewhere around there.
Fox Mulder
We're batting a thousand, Scully. Modell's dying. He's got nothing to lose.
Dana Scully
Mulder, just get out of there. Go. Mulder. Mulder!
SWAT Lieutenant
We think they're three doors down. We've got both ends sewn up tight, but there're six critical care rooms we can't get to. If we gas the halls, we might kill those patients. Why do we keep giving this guy exactly what he wants?
Dana Scully
Just wait for a signal from me.
SWAT Officer
You're clear.
Dana Scully
Mulder.
Robert Patrick Modell
Thanks for joining us.
Dana Scully
We've got a dozen law enforcement officers outside in the hall, another 30 in the parking lot.
Robert Patrick Modell
A regular convention.
Dana Scully
So whatever you've got planned, it's not going to work out the way you want it to.
Robert Patrick Modell
You don't know what I got planned. Two warriors of equal skill fight to the death. One is a student of japanese budo-- the way of war. Budo teaches the warrior to leave himself outside the battle. In other words, to disregard his own death. Because of that, the budo warrior always wins. I am that warrior. I don't fear my death. So I-- I'm gonna give you... One pull of the trigger against me. A one-in-six chance. One. One pull.
Dana Scully
Wait. Mulder, look. There's pure oxygen in this room. There's no telling what could happen if you pull that trigger.
Robert Patrick Modell
Piece of cake. Your turn.
Dana Scully
Mulder, no.
Robert Patrick Modell
Mulder, yes. Go.
Dana Scully
Mulder, listen to me. Give me the gun. We can stop this thing right now. You and I can just walk outside of this room. No! Damn you! You bastard! Mulder, hand me the gun-- Mulder, you don't have to do this. You're stronger than this.
Robert Patrick Modell
Your turn, Scully. Gotta play by the rules. Pull the trigger, Mulder.
Dana Scully
Mulder, fight him. You can fight this.
Robert Patrick Modell
Come on. Pull the trigger, Mulder. She shot you. I read it in her files. Payback time. Shoot the little spy!
Fox Mulder
I'm gonna kill you, Modell.
Robert Patrick Modell
Yeah. Pull the trigger. You get another crack at me.
Fox Mulder
Scully, run! [ whispering ] Scully.
[ alarm ringing ]
SWAT Lieutenant
Federal agent. Get down! Get down! Get down!
Dana Scully
There's no telling how long he'll hang on, but he'll never regain consciousness.
Fox Mulder
You know how we thought he was undergoing treatment? We were wrong.
Dana Scully
What do you mean?
Fox Mulder
Read his chart. The m.r.I.s were a way to gauge how much life he had left, but he consistently refused treatment. The tumor remained operable right up until the end, but he refused to have it removed.
Dana Scully
Why?
Fox Mulder
I think it's like you said, he was always such a little man. This was finally something that made him feel big.
Dana Scully
I say we don't let him take up another minute of our time.
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