Cop 1
Let's do it! Hey, how ya doin'?
Season 5 · Episode 3
Unusual Suspects
Character-labelled dialogue prepared from the official DVD subtitle track.
Production code5X01Original airdate · November 16, 1997
329 dialogue entries
Scene 01
Opening scene
Police Officer
Quite a little party. What do you know?
Cop 1
We have reports of at least a dozen shots fired. Door looks like it's been jimmied, but the alarm wasn't tripped.
Police Officer
You see anybody come out?
Cop 1
Not a soul. Whoever it is, they're still in there.
Cop 2
Move! Move!
Cop 1
Go.
Cop 2
Lieutenant, over here. Looks like someone got hit.
Cop 1
So where'd he go? Stay low, keep looking.
[ moaning ]
[ moaning ]
Cop 1
Davis! Gonzales!
Officers Davis and Gonzales
Yeah!
[ moaning ]
[ moaning ]
Officers Davis and Gonzales
Easy, Buddy.
Cop 1
Take it easy. You hurt?
Fox Mulder
They're here. They're here.
Police Officer
Who's here?
Fox Mulder
They're here. They're here. They're here. They're here.
Cop 1
Talk to us. Who's here? Come on.
Fox Mulder
They're here. They're here. They're here.
Cop 2
Get down! Police! Get down! Freeze!
Richard Langly
Don't shoot! Don't shoot!
Police Officer
Turn around, slowly!
Melvin Frohike
We didn't do it.
Cop 2
Do what?
John Fitzgerald Byers
Whatever.
Cop 2
Face down on the floor. Now! Get down! Get down! Get down! Okay, cuff 'em! Spread 'em! Oh, man.
[ grunting ]
Fox Mulder
They're here! They're here! They're here! They're here! They're here! They're here!
[ people chattering ]
Prisoners
I told 'em I wasn't there. You was drivin', though.
Scene 02
HOMICIDE UNIT
Richard Langly
We're screwed. Thank you so much for getting me involved in this, doohickey.
Melvin Frohike
Frohike, you hippy jerk. Doohickey! You know, with that long blond hair, you'll be the first one in here that gets traded for cigarettes. I'm gonna be laughin' my ass off.
Richard Langly
Oh, yeah? You wanna cha-cha?
Melvin Frohike
Anytime, anyplace.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Both of you, relax.
Richard Langly
Shut up, you narc!
Melvin Frohike
It's your fault we're here.
Guard
You, in the suit. You first.
Scene 03
INTERROGATION ROOM
Detective John Munch
Detective Munch, Baltimore homicide.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Did they find her?
Detective John Munch
And a good evening to you. Sorry, no sign of your mystery lady.
John Fitzgerald Byers
She is real. The FBI agent saw her.
Detective John Munch
Yeah, well, special agent... Mulder... Is currently being held in five-point restraints and jabbering like a monkey, and the FBI's not talkin' either. So what I'm lookin' at here is a warehouse break-in with nothing stolen, a shootout but no guns, lots of blood but no bodies... And an FBI agent who likes to take off all his clothes and talk about space aliens. Fill me in. From the top. Start with your name and birth date.
John Fitzgerald Byers
John fitzgerald Byers, 11/22 in '63.
Detective John Munch
Seriously.
John Fitzgerald Byers
I was named after jfk. Before the assassination, my parents were gonna call me bertram.
Detective John Munch
Lucky you. Occupation?
John Fitzgerald Byers
I work for the government, for the moment.
Detective John Munch
what do you do for the government, for the moment? -
John Fitzgerald Byers
I'm a public affairs officer... For the federal communications commission. It was in that capacity that I was attending... The computer and electronics show at the Baltimore convention center.
John Fitzgerald Byers (voice-over)
It was where this whole thing started, just this morning.
Scene 04
BALTIMORE CONVENTION CENTER - COMPUTER AND ELECTRONICS SHOW
John Fitzgerald Byers (voice-over)
We at the f.c.c. Enjoy forging... Positive ties with the American public. It's our way of saying, "communication is just another word for sharing."
John Fitzgerald Byers
Hi, guys. You like a button?
Hippies
Up yours, narc.
John Fitzgerald Byers (voice-over)
Of course, some people don't see it like that. At any rate, that was where I first saw her.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Would you like a but-button?
John Fitzgerald Byers (voice-over)
Uh-- I'm still not sure why I did what I did next. It was so unlike me. There was just something about her.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Ken, I'm gonna take a short break, okay?
Ken
Whatever.
[ beeping, chirping ]
Scene 05
FROHIKE'S BOOTH AT COMPUTER AND ELECTRONICS SHOW
Melvin Frohike
Hello, pretty lady. Picture this. Crystal-clear television. Thirty-three channels' worth, with no monthly cable Bill.
Susanne Modeski
Excuse me?
Melvin Frohike
Now, I know what you're thinkin'. "Melvin, are you outta your mind? No cable Bill?" but that's exactly what I'm saying, and I'm talkin' premium channels here too. You got your hbo, you got your cinemax, you got your showtime, all courtesy of this modestly priced marvel, designed and built... By the Frohike electronics corporation.
Richard Langly
There's a name that inspires consumer confidence.
Melvin Frohike
Shut up, punk. Where were we?
Richard Langly
If you wanna watch matlock with andy griffith all blue and squiggly, buy from this guy. If you want quality bootleg cable, you talk to me.
Melvin Frohike
If you want a converter that'll short out and burn your house down, definitely talk to this guy.
Richard Langly
That was a one-time fluke. I heat-sink every breadboard.
Melvin Frohike
Yeah, what about co-ax loss? Do you use the rg-6u or the 52-ohm rg-8?
Richard Langly
Trick question. It's a 99-13.
[ fake cough ]
Melvin Frohike
Big man.
Richard Langly
Narc!
John Fitzgerald Byers
Oh! Ah-- oh, God. Sorry. I'm sorry. She's very cute.
Susanne Modeski
Yes, she is. Thank you.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Wait. Um, uh-- you just look like you could use some help.
Susanne Modeski
So my daughter turned three years old last week. Last tuesday was her birthday. I hope he remembered that.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Her-- her father took her from you?
Susanne Modeski
My former boyfriend. He kidnapped her. It's a long story. Basically, I got involved with a man who turned out to be a complete psychotic.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Yeah?
Susanne Modeski
We were only together a few months. I was attracted to him because he was dark and mysterious, and then he just kept getting darker and more mysterious. I got pregnant, and he left. [ sniffles ] and then he suddenly came back... And took her about six months ago.
John Fitzgerald Byers
That's terrible. Did you call the police?
Susanne Modeski
Of course. [ sniffles ] the police, then private investigators. They were surprisingly unhelpful.
John Fitzgerald Byers
That's unbelievable.
Susanne Modeski
Yeah. Well-- [ sniffles ] at least I managed to get a couple of leads. I was told he's in the Baltimore area. So here I am.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Well, that's a start.
Susanne Modeski
Yeah. Except he now knows that I'm looking for him... And the closer I get, the more dangerous he becomes.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Are you... Worried he might harm your daughter?
Susanne Modeski
Let's just say I wanna find her, not him.
[ sniffles ]
Susanne Modeski
This is the only other lead I've got. That's why I'm here today. This has something to do with computers. Doesn't it? With the internet?
John Fitzgerald Byers
Actually, the arpanet. It's a government network created by the defense advanced research projects agency. You can access it through the internet, though.
Susanne Modeski
Somehow this means something to my ex-boyfriend. I was hoping it might be a means of finding my daughter.
John Fitzgerald Byers
If you want, I can go on-line, try and find out for you.
Susanne Modeski
Would you? Oh, that w-- I would really, really appreciate that.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Uh, by the way, my name's John. Holly.
Susanne Modeski
It's nice to meet you.
[ chuckles ]
John Fitzgerald Byers
Holly. Just like the sugar.
Susanne Modeski
Yeah. Just like the sugar.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Funny.
[ beeping, chirping ]
Scene 06
FCC BOOTH BEHIND CURTAIN
John Fitzgerald Byers
Ken, could you maybe go take a short break?
Ken
Whatever.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Okay. [ sighs ] let's see here. So your ex-boyfriend is into computers?
Susanne Modeski
I don't really know. I know very little about him, except that he's psychotic.
[ computer beeps ]
[ keys clicking ]
[ beeps ]
John Fitzgerald Byers
Somehow this kicked us into the defense data network. I'm sorry. I think this is the end of the line.
Susanne Modeski
Isn't there something you could-- I mean, how do you say it-- hack into?
John Fitzgerald Byers
"hack into"? No! Um-- I mean, technically, yes, I probably could, but-- but this belongs to the Department of Defense. This is a secured site. I mean, I work for the f.c.c. This is the kind of thing we're trying to stop.
Susanne Modeski
Thank you, John. I appreciate your time.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Wait. You didn't see this.
[ keys clicking ]
[ computer beeps ]
Susanne Modeski
What did you do?
John Fitzgerald Byers
It's a government system. I know a couple of log-in/out tricks with the vms version five. Never mind.
Susanne Modeski
Can you look up Susanne Modeski? That's my daughter.
John Fitzgerald Byers
I'll try. There's just no way of telling.
[ beeps ]
Susanne Modeski
Whew. What is that?
John Fitzgerald Byers
It's an encrypted file. Why would your three-year-old have an encrypted file... In a secret defense department database?
Susanne Modeski
Can you decode it?
John Fitzgerald Byers
I'd need some help.
Susanne Modeski
Can you print it out for me? My God! Hide.
John Fitzgerald Byers
What?
Susanne Modeski
My ex-boyfriend is out there.
John Fitzgerald Byers
The psychotic?
Susanne Modeski
He must have tracked me here. H-he's looking for me. Damn it! There he is.
Scene 08
FROHIKE'S BOOTH
Melvin Frohike
You look like a gentleman who'd appreciate 33 channels of crystal-clear television.
Fox Mulder
No, thanks, handsome.
Melvin Frohike
Ah, a man of distinction. Punk ass.
John Fitzgerald Byers (voice-over)
It was at this point we enlisted the help of one Melvin Frohike... Computer hacker.
Melvin Frohike
Oh, hello, pretty lady. Oh, yeah. What's with the narc?
Scene 09
INTERROGATION ROOM
John Fitzgerald Byers
We proceeded to tell him the entire story. I hoped he could assist me in deciphering the encrypted file.
Scene 10
FROHIKE'S BOOTH
John Fitzgerald Byers (voice-over)
It was at this point, however, that mr. Frohike raised... An interesting question.
Melvin Frohike
I don't understand. Why don't you just kick this guy's ass?
John Fitzgerald Byers
What?
Susanne Modeski
No. I just want these pages decoded. Can you do that?
Melvin Frohike
Sure, baby. My kung fu is the best, but it could take hours. I say, cut to the chase. If pretty boy can tell us where your daughter is, we just beat it out of him.
Susanne Modeski
Bad idea. He's very dangerous.
Melvin Frohike
Lady, I'm dangerous. All right. So we'll just follow him. For all we know, he's got the girl here somewhere.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Holly, it makes sense.
Susanne Modeski
No. Just stay away from him.
Melvin Frohike
We'll stay back a ways. Just wait for us here. Come on, f.c.c.
John Fitzgerald Byers
But-- uh-- uh--
Melvin Frohike
What's he doin'?
John Fitzgerald Byers
Talking to somebody.
Melvin Frohike
This dude doesn't look so tough. Act casual.
Convention Recording
They're here. Alien invaders are among us. Detect their presence with high-tech, modern electronics.
Fox Mulder
[ beeping ] oh! Sorry.
Convention Recording
They're here. Alien invaders...
Melvin Frohike
He's moving.
Convention Recording
Are among us. Detect their presence with high-tech, modern electronics.
Fox Mulder
What's up, fellas?
Scene 11
BASEMENT
Fox Mulder
You looking for somebody?
John Fitzgerald Byers
Just, um, the bathroom.
Fox Mulder
I don't think it's down here. Hey, you with the f.c.c.?
Melvin Frohike
What's it to you?
Fox Mulder
I think we share the same credit union. Special agent Fox Mulder. I'm with the federal Bureau of investigation. I was hoping maybe you could help me. I'm looking for a girl. I was wondering if you'd seen her. This is her here. You seen her?
Melvin Frohike
Sorry. Hmm?
John Fitzgerald Byers
What did she do?
Fox Mulder
What's it to you? Thanks, guys. All right? [ phone ringing ] yeah, Mulder. Oh, hey, reggie. What's up?
Melvin Frohike
What was that all about?
John Fitzgerald Byers
Her ex-boyfriend is with the FBI?
Scene 12
CONVENTION CENTER
[ man #1 ]
Melvin Frohike
Where'd she go?
Federal Agent
Okay, stand back, folks!
Military Police Officer
Hey, guys, just wait a minute. Excuse us here.
[ man #1 ]
Ken
Hey, come on!
Military Police Officer
Let us through.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Ken?
Ken
All I did was play dig dug. I didn't hack into anybody's computer.
Federal Agent
Excuse us, please.
Ken
Seriously, guys, I've got, like, a circulatory problem. I have a tendency to fall down a lot.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Wait. It was me.
Melvin Frohike
What are you doing?
John Fitzgerald Byers
I hacked into their computer.
Melvin Frohike
So you're gonna turn yourself in? Are you crazy? A hacker never turns himself in.
John Fitzgerald Byers
I am not a hacker.
Melvin Frohike
Listen. We got FBI agents running around, military police. Whatever the hell is going on around here, it's big, and your lady friend is somehow at the center of it all.
John Fitzgerald Byers
She needs my help. How can we learn what's going on?
Melvin Frohike
The FBI are looking for her. Hack into the FBI mainframe. I know just the guy who can do it.
John Fitzgerald Byers
You're talking about a premeditated crime... Against the united states government.
Melvin Frohike
Hey. Your second one today. Welcome to the dark side.
Scene 13
DARK ROOM - LOCATION UNKNOWN
Richard Langly
Okay, ladies, who's down for 50? Fifty bucks. Anyone? Fifty bucks. Oh, man. My diaper-wearing granny would bet 50. Come on. [ scoffs ] there's no game here.
Man
All right. Fifty.
Richard Langly
Elron the druid bets 50. Cash only, elron. I don't take no personal checks from the bank of middle earth.
[ creaking ]
Richard Langly
Come on, natural 20. Daddy needs a new sword of wounding. What's the big idea bringin' the narc in here?
Melvin Frohike
Me and the narc have a proposition for you.
Richard Langly
What proposition?
Melvin Frohike
The coolest hack in the world.
Another Man
Lord manhammer?
Richard Langly
Say it. Say it.
Melvin Frohike
Your kung fu is the best.
[ chuckling ]
Scene 14
HOTEL ROOM
Richard Langly
Here. Make yourself useful.
John Fitzgerald Byers
What does this do?
Melvin Frohike
Besides overheat and burn the hotel down?
Richard Langly
It's a loop-line shunt. Anyone who tries to trace us will get bounced around... By c and p's call-forwarding software. My personal invention.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Oh, God. I'm gonna get fired. I'm gonna go to jail. I deserve to go to jail.
Melvin Frohike
Shut up already. What do you need me to do?
Richard Langly
Just watch and learn. Bingo. Government hack is a snap. Last week I got into the Maryland d.m.v. Changed my endorsement so I could handicap park. I got tinnitus. What now?
Melvin Frohike
Look up the FBI agent. What'd he say his name was?
John Fitzgerald Byers
Mulder.
Richard Langly
[ beeps ] is that your boy?
Melvin Frohike
"Fox william Mulder, born 10/13/61. "degree in psychology from Oxford university, top of his class at Quantico." commendations out the ying-yang. "currently attached to the violent crimes unit. Single." there's nothing in here about him being a psycho or having a daughter.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Try, under active cases, Holly Modeski.
Richard Langly
[ computer beeps ] nada. No case file.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Try the daughter. Susanne Modeski. She's Susanne Modeski?
Melvin Frohike
"employee at the army advanced weapon facility at whitestone, New Mexico."
John Fitzgerald Byers
Whitecorps.
Richard Langly
Oh, man. Look at this. Says here she blew up one of their labs, killed four people, including the m.p. Who tried to stop her at the gate.
Melvin Frohike
"subject Modeski is considered unstable and delusional. "intellectually brilliant, yet prone to confabulation... And fits of violent behavior."
Richard Langly
"psychotic and profoundly paranoid."
Melvin Frohike
"armed and extremely dangerous. Do not approach. Call immediately for backup."
[ clattering ]
Melvin Frohike
Oh, no! Oh.
Susanne Modeski
You've been reading about me.
[ sighs ]
Susanne Modeski
My name is Susanne Modeski, not Holly. I'm-- I was an organic chemist... For the advanced weapons facility, but I never blew up any lab, and I certainly never killed anybody. All I did was try to quit. I don't have a job you just quit.
John Fitzgerald Byers
What about your daughter?
Susanne Modeski
I don't have one. I'm sorry.
John Fitzgerald Byers
The photo?
Susanne Modeski
Came with the wallet. You wouldn't have believed the truth, obviously, and I desperately needed your help.
John Fitzgerald Byers
For what, exactly?
Susanne Modeski
To get this. I still need it deciphered. This has in it everything I need... To expose the united states government's plot against its own people! One I unwittingly... Helped to forward by developing the ergotamine-histamine gas.
Richard Langly
Ergotamine-hista--
Susanne Modeski
E-h, for short. It's an aerosolized gas which in small doses... Causes anxiety and paranoia in its subject.
Melvin Frohike
Paranoia? Gotcha.
Susanne Modeski
Secret forces within the government plan to test this gas... On the American people right here in Baltimore! I am not making this up. Don't you get it? Nobody is safe. Look what they did to jfk.
John Fitzgerald Byers
What did they do to jfk?
Susanne Modeski
Dallas? 1963? Hello! They want to control every aspect of our lives, from the cradle to the grave. They practically do already.
[ panting ]
Susanne Modeski
Hotel bible. Who do you think put this here?
Richard Langly
The government?
Susanne Modeski
One in every hotel room in America. It's the perfect vessel for electronic surveillance. No one ever questions its presence.
Melvin Frohike
Now, I'm sorry. You're telling me that the u.s. Government-- the same government that gave us amtrak--
Richard Langly
Not to mention the susan b. Anthony dollar.
Melvin Frohike
Is behind some of the darkest, most far-reaching conspiracies on the planet? That's just crazy!
Richard Langly
I mean, like, this guy works for the government.
Susanne Modeski
I'll prove it to you. Just help me decipher this. What do you say, guys?
John Fitzgerald Byers (voice-over)
Of course, at that point, we didn't feel like we had much choice.
Scene 15
LATER
Melvin Frohike
Get it off me! Langly, what's taking so long?
Richard Langly
Should be up any second.
Melvin Frohike
Oh, yeah. Here we go. Far out. Thank God for supercomputers.
John Fitzgerald Byers
"the surprise defection of dr. Susanne Modeski... "is a blow to the program, but not a fatal one. "the timetable remains unchanged. "the first e.b.o. Will occur... In the Baltimore-Washington corridor within one week's time."
Richard Langly
What's an e.b.o.?
Susanne Modeski
Engineered biological operation. Toxic organic agents used on humans.
John Fitzgerald Byers
"security risks are being attenuated. "dr. Modeski's team has been processed... And plausible denial constructed."
Susanne Modeski
Which is another way of saying... That they've murdered my research associates and placed the blame on me. Now do you understand? Wait. Here it is. "e-h product is presently warehoused... "at 204 fells point road. Lot number a-9000, awaiting e.b.o." this is it.
John Fitzgerald Byers
"subject Modeski currently monitored around the clock. Covert electronics installed per dr. Michael kilbourne, 11/6/88." who's dr. Michael kilbourne?
Susanne Modeski
My dentist. Excuse me.
John Fitzgerald Byers
What do you think?
Richard Langly
That thing about her dentist.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Dr. Modeski? Get in here! My God! What did you do?
[ muffled ]
Susanne Modeski
Look at it. Look at it!
Melvin Frohike
Am I seeing what I think I'm seeing?
John Fitzgerald Byers
What's the address of that warehouse?
Scene 16
INTERROGATION ROOM
Detective John Munch
Where's the tooth?
John Fitzgerald Byers
We flushed it. We were afraid it would give away our location. So, we broke into the warehouse.
Scene 17
WAREHOUSE
Richard Langly
Here it is! A-9000, right?
John Fitzgerald Byers
Asthma medicine?
Susanne Modeski
This is how they plan on distributing the gas. In asthma inhalers. This is their random test. Now we've got proof.
Fox Mulder
Stay where you are! I'm a federal agent! Susanne Modeski, you are under arrest... For the murders of four people at whitestone army base.
John Fitzgerald Byers
She didn't do it.
Melvin Frohike
She's innocent.
Richard Langly
Yeah.
Fox Mulder
You three are under arrest also. Ma'am, stay where you are.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Just listen. There's more going on here than meets the eye.
Fox Mulder
You three, get on the ground now! Ma'am, stop moving. I'm not gonna ask you again.
[ footsteps approaching ]
Man
Dr. Modeski, please come with us.
Fox Mulder
Federal agent. Identify yourself.
Man
Ma'am, come with us.
Fox Mulder
Step forward and identify yourselves now!
[ gasping ]
[ groaning ]
Fox Mulder
Oh, man.
John Fitzgerald Byers
[ Mulder gasps ] Susanne!
X
Sanitize it.
Clean-Up Team
Keep it coming. That's it. Come on.
Lone Gunmen
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Fox Mulder
Ahh! [ groaning ]
[ men shouting, audio distorted ]
Fox Mulder
They're here.
[ groaning ]
[ gagging ]
Man
I'm alive. I'm alive.
[ muffled ]
Man
I'm alive!
John Fitzgerald Byers
Who are you people?
[ engine rumbling ]
Melvin Frohike
Whoa!
John Fitzgerald Byers
What authority do you have to do this?
Richard Langly
Shut up, Byers.
Clean-Up Guy
Bag him?
X
No one touches this man.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Excuse me.
Richard Langly
Byers.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Sir. Why are you doing this? You people framed Susanne Modeski, you planned to test that chemical on an unwitting public. Why? For what possible reason?
Melvin Frohike
Byers, shut up!
John Fitzgerald Byers
Who gives you the authority?
X
No bags.
[ Byers gasps ]
Lone Gunmen
Whoa! Whoa, whoa! Guys!
[ cylinder clicking rapidly ]
[ clicks ]
[ gasps ]
X
Behave yourselves.
John Fitzgerald Byers
That's it? You're just trying to intimidate us? To scare us so we'll keep quiet?
Melvin Frohike
Byers, I swear to God, I'll shoot you myself.
John Fitzgerald Byers
It's all true what Susanne said about you people, isn't it? About John f. Kennedy? Dallas?
X
I heard it was a lone gunman.
[ sirens wailing in distance ]
X
And
John Fitzgerald Byers (voice-over)
That was the last we saw of him.
Scene 18
INTERROGATION ROOM
John Fitzgerald Byers
Almost immediately, the police got there. We... Panicked and hid. You know the rest.
Detective John Munch
Do I look like geraldo to you? Don't lie to me like I'm geraldo. I'm not geraldo!
[ gasping, exhaling ]
Scene 19
CELL
Richard Langly
Oh, man. It's not all a bad dream. I am in hell.
Melvin Frohike
Oh. Women.
Richard Langly
Ain't it the truth.
John Fitzgerald Byers
What do you mean, "women"?
Richard Langly
You know exactly what he means. Your molar-pullin' girlfriend roped us in and left us swingin' in the breeze.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Is that what you meant?
Melvin Frohike
Look. She is hot. But you gotta admit, we're here because of her.
John Fitzgerald Byers
I'm here because I wanted to learn the truth. I assume that was the same for you. Susanne opened my eyes to it. She doesn't owe me anything. If there was some way I could help her still, I'd-- I'd do it in a second.
[ door opening ]
Detective John Munch
Apparently agent Mulder came to and verified your warehouse story, at least what little he seems to recall of it. Three cheers for the FBI you guys are free to go. Come on. Let's go. Here's a tip: aluminum foil makes a lovely hat... And it blocks out the government's mind-control rays. Keep you guys outta trouble.
Cop
One green nylon wallet containing $38 in cash. One... Whatever in the hell this is.
Other Cop
Detective? We got a stolen car that turned up at the train station. It's the one that the FBI agent was driving.
Richard Langly
Okay.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Susanne must have taken Mulder's car last night. She left it at the train station.
Richard Langly
So?
John Fitzgerald Byers
So maybe we can catch up with her.
Melvin Frohike
Where? She took a train.
John Fitzgerald Byers
No. She's too smart for that. Don't you see? She just meant to throw them off.
Richard Langly
She said she wanted to go public.
Melvin Frohike
The Baltimore guardian is only a couple of blocks down from the train station.
Scene 20
SIDEWALK OUTSIDE BALTIMORE GUARDIAN
John Fitzgerald Byers
Susanne!
Melvin Frohike
Are you okay? John.
Susanne Modeski
They didn't believe my story. Not a word of it. Who in their right mind would?
Melvin Frohike
What are you gonna do now?
Susanne Modeski
Try other newspapers, TV stations, not give up. Keep trying to find people who will listen. People like you. I appreciate what you did for me. All three of you.
John Fitzgerald Byers
We still want to help.
Susanne Modeski
You already have.
[ phone ringing ]
[ ringing ]
Richard Langly
Guys?
[ ringing ]
Susanne Modeski
[ ringing continues ] no matter how paranoid you are, you're not paranoid enough. [ ringing continues ] tell the truth. Reach as many people as you can with it. That's your weapon.
[ phone ringing ]
[ tires screeching ]
[ tires screeching ]
John Fitzgerald Byers
[ Byers ] Susanne?
Melvin Frohike
You feelin' better?
Scene 21
CONVENTION CENTER
Fox Mulder
Yeah, I am. Thank you. I just, um-- I have these weird ideas in my head that I can't seem to shake.
Melvin Frohike
What kinda ideas?
Fox Mulder
Weird ones.
Richard Langly
Y-you gonna bust us?
Fox Mulder
I'm not sure. I just spoke with my a.s.a.c., and he tells me that dr. Susanne Modeski... Is no longer wanted by the FBI she's still missing, but the case is suddenly closed. What I need from you guys is to tell me what the hell happened last night.
John Fitzgerald Byers
You want the truth?
Fox Mulder
Yeah, I want the truth.
John Fitzgerald Byers
You might want to sit down. This is gonna take a while. The truth is none of us is safe. Secret elements within the united states government... Seek to surveil us and control our lives.
Fox Mulder
What?
Richard Langly
Tell him about the hotel room bibles.
John Fitzgerald Byers
Yeah, I'm coming to that. It all started with Susanne Modeski.
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