Season 7 · Episode 17

all things

Character-labelled dialogue prepared from the official DVD subtitle track.

Production code7ABX17Original airdate · April 9, 2000

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Scene 01

Dana Scully

Time passes in moments-- moments which rushing past... Define the path of a life... Just as surely as they lead towards its end. How rarely do we stop to examine that path-- to see the reasons why all things happen. To consider whether the path we take in life is our own making, or simply one into which we drift with eyes closed. But what if we could stop, pause to take stock... Of each precious moment before it passes? Might we then see the endless forks in the road that have shaped a life? And seeing those choices, choose another path?

♪♪ [ soft rock ] [ slides shifting in projector ]

Music

[ man speaking over music ] I see the storm has broken...

Scene 02

63 HOURS EARLIER

Music

In the middle of the night. Nothing left here for me. It's washed away. The rain pushes the buildings aside.

Dana Scully

I got the lab to rush the results of-- the sky turns-- I said, I got the lab to rush the results of the Szezesny autopsy, if you're interested.

Fox Mulder

I heard you, Scully.

Dana Scully

Szezesny did indeed drown. But not as the result of the inhalation of ectoplasm as you so vehemently suggested.

Fox Mulder

What else could she have possibly drowned in?

Dana Scully

Margarita mix. Upchucked with about 40 ounces of corcovado gold tequila, which... As it turns out, she and her friends rapidly consumed in the woods... While trying to reenact the blair witch project.

Fox Mulder

I think that demands a little deeper investigation, don't you?

Dana Scully

No, I don't.

Fox Mulder

Well, it doesn't matter, 'cause we got bigger fish to fry. Have a seat, Scully. Check this out. Is that beautiful or what?

Dana Scully

Crop circles, Mulder?

Fox Mulder

Computer-generated crop circles. It's a fractal image predicted by a computer program using data... Of every known occurrence of the phenomena over the past 40 years. What most people don't realize is that since 1991... There's been a dramatic increase... In size and complexity of circle designs. That's when the mandlebrot set appeared in England-- a series of geometrically perfect rings appearing almost impossibly overnight... In a field near cambridge. But that was merely prelude of what was to come. Three years later in 1994, even more complex formations occurred simultaneously... On opposite ends of the english countryside with the mandlebrot set, where it's still there at its center. Then in 1997, even more complex formations occurred. And I'm not wearing any pants right now.

Dana Scully

Hmm?

Fox Mulder

You're not listening.

Dana Scully

I am. I guess I just don't see the point.

Fox Mulder

The point is that a computer program has shown us... That these are not just random happenstance coincidental occurrences. And that same program has predicted that in just 48 hours... Even more complex formations are gonna be laid down in a field near avebury. Forty-eight hours, Scully, but I wouldn't mind getting there earlier, if you don't mind.

Dana Scully

Getting where?

Fox Mulder

England. I got two tickets on a 5:30 flight.

Dana Scully

Mulder, I still have to go over to the hospital and... Finish the final paperwork on that autopsy you had me do. And to be honest, it's saturday. And I wouldn't mind, I don't know, taking a bath.

Fox Mulder

What the hell does that mean?

Dana Scully

What it means is that I'm not interested... In tracking down some sneaky farmers who happened to ace geometry in high school. And besides, what could you possibly get out of this? Or learn? I mean, it's not even remotely FBI related.

Fox Mulder

I'll just cancel your ticket. Thanks for lunch.

Dana Scully

Mulder. Look, we're always running. We're always chasing the next big thing. Why don't you ever just stay still?

Fox Mulder

I wouldn't know what I'd be missing.

Scene 03

WASHINGTON NATIONAL HOSPITAL

Dana Scully

My name is Dana Scully... And I was told I could pick up a postmortem folder for a miss Szezesny here. It's for the FBI

Nurse 2

Let's see. Oh. And just sign here, please.

Dana Scully

Thank you. Hi. Um, I was given the wrong test results. This x Ray marked d. Waterston was in the envelope marked Szezesny. I was expecting autopsy results.

Nurse 2

I'm sorry. They must have gotten switched. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Dana Scully

Thank you. Is the, um-- is the d. Waterston that was on the x Ray, is that a dr. Daniel Waterston?

Nurse

Waterston, Waterston. Yes, it is. Admitted yesterday, coronary care unit, room 306.

Dana Scully

Thank you.

Dr. Kopeikan

I'm sorry. I don't know what else to say. Everything appears to be as it should, under the circumstances. So, don't worry. If you'd like, I could show you the hospital cafeteria.

Maggie Waterston

Uh, I guess-- yeah, okay. Are there phones down there too? I need to make some phone calls.

Dr. Kopeikan

Yes.

[ heart monitor beeping ]

[ beeping stops ]

Dr. Kopeikan

[ beeping resumes ] excuse me. Can I help you with something?

Dana Scully

Uh, I'm sorry. I'm dr. Scully. I was just in the hospital and--

Dr. Kopeikan

Can we step into the hallway?

Dana Scully

Yeah.

Dr. Kopeikan

I'm dr. Waterston's cardiologist, paul Kopeikan. You say your name was Scully?

Dana Scully

Uh, yes, Dana Scully.

Dr. Kopeikan

Dr. Waterston's mentioned you.

Dana Scully

I'm sorry. You must be mistaken.

Dr. Kopeikan

You were a student of his, right?

Dana Scully

He has a heart condition?

Dr. Kopeikan

Dr. Waterston came in yesterday with severe chest pains. And he ordered us to do an echocardiogram... And a biopsy because he'd had symptoms... Of an upper respiratory infection the week before. Fortunately, it was the right call.

Dana Scully

Then it's serious.

Dr. Kopeikan

But treatable. I have to wake him up soon if you'd care to--

Dana Scully

No. That's all right. But thanks for your time.

Dr. Kopeikan

He must have been a wonderful teacher. I've been following his work on constrictive pericarditis for years now.

Dana Scully

Yes. He's a remarkable man.

[ door opening ]

[ ringing ]

Scene 04

Dana Scully

Hello?

Maggie Waterston

You came to see him.

Dana Scully

I'm sorry. Who is this?

Maggie Waterston

Margaret Waterston.

Dana Scully

Maggie. Is everything all right?

Maggie Waterston

Well, that depends, doesn't it?

Dana Scully

I'm sorry?

Maggie Waterston

Whatever. Dr. Kopeikan told my father you were here, and now he wants to see you.

Dana Scully

About what?

Maggie Waterston

Look. He asked me to call, so I'm calling.

Dana Scully

I don't know, Maggie. I-I-- I don't know if I've got time.

Maggie Waterston

Don't know if you have the time. [ line beeps ]

Dana Scully

Maggie, can you hang on a second? I have another call.

Maggie Waterston

Listen. It's your choice, but if you come, it doesn't mean I accept you being in his life.

[ phone beeps ]

Dana Scully

Hello?

Man (on television)

I'll never see you again.

Dana Scully

Hello?

Fox Mulder

Hey, you're there? Hey.

Dana Scully

Mulder, aren't you supposed to be on a plane?

Fox Mulder

I got a 5:30 flight, remember?

Dana Scully

Right. I guess I lost track of time.

Fox Mulder

Listen, the reason I called-- am I catching you at a bad time?

Dana Scully

No, I just walked in. Why?

Fox Mulder

There's this group in D.C. That is researching crop circles, and they've got a totally different set of coordinates from the one I got already.

Dana Scully

Mulder, I'm not going.

Fox Mulder

I gotta ask you a favor. One of the researchers lives out near the hospital... And they've got these sensitive photos and data and stuff that they won't fax to me. So I was wondering if you would go over there and, you know, and get it and put it in--

[ soft banging ]

Fox Mulder

Speak to me, Scully.

Dana Scully

I'm out for the evening, Mulder.

Fox Mulder

Well, why didn't you just say so in the first place?

Dana Scully

Look. Why don't you leave that address on my answering machine... And, uh, I'll try it for you.

[ soft banging continues ]

[ people chattering ]

Scene 05

Dana Scully

I'm sorry. I-- I have the wrong room.

Red-Haired Woman

That's okay.

Dana Scully

Hi.

Daniel Waterston

Do I have to lock eyes with the devil for you to grace me with your presence?

Dana Scully

Surely not the devil. How are you feeling, Daniel?

Daniel Waterston

It's a real drag when the body doesn't wanna play anymore.

Dana Scully

You're extremely lucky you called that diagnosis.

Daniel Waterston

Luck has nothing to do with it, Dana. That's what doctors do every day. You may have forgotten that.

Dana Scully

Daniel. So, how did you happen to be here in Washington?

Daniel Waterston

That's a long story. How's the FBI?

Dana Scully

Is that why you wanted to see me? To remind me once again what a bad choice I made?

Daniel Waterston

Believe me, my motivation is far more selfish than that.

Dana Scully

You scare me, Daniel.

Daniel Waterston

I know. I scare you... Because I represent that which is ingrained, not only in your mind, but in your heart-- that which you secretly long for.

Dana Scully

You never accepted my reason for leaving.

Daniel Waterston

It wasn't a reason. It was an excuse.

Dana Scully

But you understood why.

Daniel Waterston

I can't believe the FBI is a passion. Not like medicine.

Dana Scully

I'm sorry I came. I just wanted to make sure you were okay.

Daniel Waterston

I know how difficult it must have been for you, just walking through that door. But you wouldn't have come if you didn't want to. That says something, doesn't it?

[ cell phone ringing ]

Dana Scully

Scully.

Fox Mulder

I was just about to leave you a message. I got that address that I wanted you to go to for me. It's a woman you're gonna be dealing with. She's affiliated with American daoist healing center.

Dana Scully

She researches crop circles?

Fox Mulder

Don't roll your eyes, Scully.

Dana Scully

Mulder. You want me to--

[ tires screeching ]

[ truck horn blowing ]

[ clicking continues ]

Fox Mulder

Scully? Scully, are you there?

[ buzzing ]

Scene 06

Dana Scully

Hi. I'm-- you were--

Woman

At the hospital today.

Dana Scully

Right. That's strange. I'm agent Scully. I'm here on behalf of my partner.

Woman

About my research.

Dana Scully

For the FBI, as odd as that may sound.

Woman

I'm Colleen Azar. Would you like to come in?

Dana Scully

No, thank you. I'm-- I think I need some fresh air.

Colleen Azar

Are you all right?

Dana Scully

Yes, I-- I mean, yes, I-- I'm just a little shaken. A near car accident, I think. It's nothing, really.

Colleen Azar

A car accident isn't nothing.

Dana Scully

I'm sorry?

Colleen Azar

In my experience, they're often the end results of us not paying attention to something.

Dana Scully

Look, I don't mean to be rude, but I really don't have much time.

Colleen Azar

Sure. I'll go get my papers. You think what we do is a little ridiculous, don't you?

Dana Scully

Uh, to be honest, I don't exactly know what it is that you do.

Colleen Azar

But you've already formed a judgment about it.

Dana Scully

I really should be going.

Colleen Azar

There is a greater intelligence in all things. Accidents, or near accidents, often remind us that we need to keep our mind open... To the lessons it gives. You may wanna slow down.

[ scoffs ]

[ cell phone ringing ]

Dana Scully

Hello?

Scene 07

Daniel Waterston

Ah, hurricane Scully has arrived.

Dana Scully

I was summoned.

Daniel Waterston

Would you please tell the doc why he should listen to me.

Dr. Kopeikan

We've already agreed to doses of digoxin that are far beyond what I normally recommend.

Daniel Waterston

I guarantee you, doctor, you're doing it right.

Dr. Kopeikan

But I can't be responsible for treatment that might exacerbate your illness. There hasn't even been a double-blind analysis of prednisone's effect.

Dana Scully

Prednisone? That won't complicate cardiac arrhythmia, not if it's just a short burst.

Daniel Waterston

There. An informed opinion.

Maggie Waterston

You come off so rational, but maybe you know less than you think.

Daniel Waterston

She's, uh, been through some difficult times. And she's very angry.

Dana Scully

How did she even find out?

Daniel Waterston

There are things you don't know-- things I'm not proud of.

Dana Scully

What things?

Daniel Waterston

I screwed up, Dana. Things got bad at home after--

Dana Scully

Bad how?

Daniel Waterston

I haven't been completely honest with you. It was hard for me... When you walked away. I shut down from my family. Needless to say, it was very difficult for barbara.

Dana Scully

You divorced.

Daniel Waterston

Only after an interminable period of discomfort for us both.

Dana Scully

Where did you go?

Daniel Waterston

Here. Washington.

Dana Scully

When?

Daniel Waterston

Almost ten years ago.

Dana Scully

Daniel, you didn't move here for me?

Daniel Waterston

I didn't mean for it to happen this way, of course.

Dana Scully

Oh, god. You've come at such a strange time.

Daniel Waterston

I know. I know. You-- you have a life.

Dana Scully

I don't know what I have. Your x rays were in the wrong envelope. I never would have even known you were here if it wasn't for a mix-up. It's just-- [ sighs ]

Daniel Waterston

What do you want, Dana?

Dana Scully

I want everything I should want at this time of my life. Maybe I want a life I didn't choose.

[ heart monitor beeping ]

[ erratic beeping ]

[ beep sustaining ]

Dana Scully

Nurse! We have a code in here! Nurse!

Intercom Voice

Code blue, c.c.u. Code blue, c.c.u.

Dana Scully

He's in v-fib. Get his head.

[ sustained beep continues ]

Dana Scully

In!

Nurse

In.

Dana Scully

Two hundred joules! Two hundred. All clear?

Nurse

Clear. No pulse, no resps.

Dana Scully

Three hundred joules.

Nurse 3

Three hundred charge.

Dana Scully

Clear!

Nurse

Clear. No pulse, no resps.

Dana Scully

Epinephrine, one milligram, I.v. Push! Now! Who's paying attention?

Nurse 3

Ready.

Dana Scully

Clear!

Nurses

Clear.

Dana Scully

We have a pulse. Okay. [ panting ] thank you.

[ buzzing ]

Scene 08

Carol

Hi. Can I help you?

Dana Scully

Uh, I'm looking for Colleen.

Carol

You wanna come in?

Dana Scully

I just need to speak with her, that's all.

[ rhythmic pinging ]

Carol

I have to go. Call me if anything interesting happens.

Colleen Azar

Okay. Bye. Bye. I'm surprised to see you again.

Dana Scully

I'm sorry I was rude before. I'm a medical doctor and a scientist. And you're right, I don't know what it is that you do. But there was something that you said that I wanted to ask you about.

Colleen Azar

About slowing down. Would you like to sit down? Please.

Dana Scully

I have a friend who's ill. And, uh, I had a strange feeling today, just a short while ago, actually, that he may be dying from a more serious condition than anyone realizes.

Colleen Azar

You sense something. Holistic practitioners believe, as do many eastern religions, that living beings exist beyond the physical dimensions of time and space. That we're composed of layers of energy and consciousness. You've probably heard it referred to as an aura.

Dana Scully

Mmm, yes.

Colleen Azar

Witness this energy field... And truths come out that have little to do with scientific proof... And much to do with faith.

Dana Scully

What are you saying that I saw?

Colleen Azar

Pain. And where there's pain, there's a need for healing-- physically, mentally or spiritually.

Dana Scully

But he has a heart condition.

Colleen Azar

When we hold onto shame and guilt and fear, it creates imbalance. It makes us forget who we are. This is difficult for you to accept.

[ teapot whistling ]

Colleen Azar

Would you like to have some tea? Have you ever had moments when everything gets incredibly clear? When time seems to expand?

Dana Scully

Yes. That's so strange.

Colleen Azar

You may be more open to things than you think. It's just a matter of what you do with it. I used to be a physicist. I was successful in my field working 80 odd hours a week. I thought I was happy. Truth is I was cut off from the world... And from myself. I was literally dying inside. I was in a relationship with Carol, who you met, but I was so afraid of what the world and my family... And my fellow scientists would think that I told no one. Then two years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Dana Scully

I'm sorry.

Colleen Azar

Don't be. It's the cancer that got my attention. It stopped me from being on the self-destructive path I was on. It made me realize I was in a field that had little meaning for me... And it's what's allowed me to be happy for what feels like the first time in my life.

Dana Scully

Huh. But how?

Colleen Azar

I was introduced to a Healer who helped me see the disease for what it was. It wasn't until I began releasing shame and telling the truth... That my cancer went into remission. You still aren't sure. You came here looking for answers and you want something to take back with you. Everything happens for a reason.

Scene 09

Maggie Waterston

Are you happy?

Dana Scully

I'm sorry. I-- I was just going up to see your father.

Maggie Waterston

You can't. He's in a coma.

Dana Scully

Since when?

Maggie Waterston

Since about two minutes after you supposedly saved his life. Do you have any idea the hell you've created in our lives?

Dana Scully

Maggie, to be honest, I left so there wouldn't be hell in your lives.

Maggie Waterston

Don't try to be reasonable with me. I am so sick of being reasonable. You moved on, but we've had to live with what you left behind.

[ hinges creaking rhythmically ]

[ bell rings ]

[ people talking indistinctly ]

[ heart beating ]

[ gasps ]

Scene 10

Healer

What I try to do is clear the body's energy channels, what we call chakras, which can become barriers to a doctor's ability to effectively heal the patient. When these channels are working improperly, whether from poor physical or emotional health, the block serves to create conditions for disease. If I can unblock the energy early on, then I can prevent the onset or escalation of an illness--

Dr. Kopeikan

What's going on here? Dr. Scully, who do you think you are?

Dana Scully

We have nothing but dr. Waterston's welfare in mind here.

Dr. Kopeikan

You're not his doctor.

Dana Scully

I understand that. What's taking place here is an alternative approach.

Dr. Kopeikan

What's taking place here is a waste of time, dr. Scully. And I think dr. Waterston would be the first to agree with me. Have you considered that?

Dana Scully

I just wanted to help him. It seemed like nothing else was working.

Dr. Kopeikan

All due respect, that is not for you to assess. That is for me or dr. Waterston's family to decide.

Maggie Waterston

Then let him continue. If it isn't hurting him, we should at least be open to it.

Healer

I'm afraid there's really nothing more I can do at this time. This man, quite frankly, is ready to move on. But something seems to be holding him back. Unfinished business is binding him to the physical plane. Something he needs to release... Before he can let go.

Music

♪♪ [ soft rock ] [ man speaking over music ] broken up. Pushing us.

Scene 11

Music

Hear the rain fall. See the wind come to my eyes. See the storm broken. Now nothing. Speak to me, baby, in the middle of the night. Speak to me.

[ gasps ] [ phone ringing ]

Dana Scully

Hello.

Maggie Waterston

It's Maggie. I need you to come to the hospital right away.

Dana Scully

Maggie, what's--

[ line disconnects ]

Scene 12

Dana Scully

Daniel.

Daniel Waterston

You think I'd give up so easily?

Dana Scully

You were slipping away. No one thought you'd come out of this. I'm still in shock.

Daniel Waterston

Imagine my shock... When the doctor told me the voodoo ritual you'd arranged for last night.

Dana Scully

I was afraid it didn't work.

Daniel Waterston

Of course it didn't work. Don't be absurd. Where'd you get this crap?

Dana Scully

Daniel, that crap may have just saved your life, whether you're open to it or not.

Daniel Waterston

It doesn't matter. I don't wanna talk about that. Look at me. I'm gonna get well. And we need to talk about what happens next for us.

Dana Scully

I spoke at length to Maggie. It's time... That you took responsibility for the hurt you caused in your family. It's no accident that you got sick, Daniel. You've been running from the truth for ten years.

Daniel Waterston

Dana, it was only to be with you. You were all I lived for.

Dana Scully

Maybe the reason you're alive now is to make up for that-- to make it up to Maggie.

Daniel Waterston

That's Maggie talking, not you.

Dana Scully

No. I'm not the same person, Daniel. I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't seen you again. Excuse me!

Fox Mulder

Hey.

Dana Scully

Mulder?

Fox Mulder

I was just looking for you.

Dana Scully

But you're supposed to be in England.

Fox Mulder

I'm back.

Dana Scully

What happened?

Fox Mulder

Nothing. There was no event, no crop circles. Big waste of time. [ sighs ]

Dana Scully

Maybe sometimes nothing happens for a reason, Mulder.

Fox Mulder

What is that supposed to mean?

Dana Scully

Nothing. Come on. I'll make you some tea.

Scene 13

Fox Mulder

I just find it hard to believe.

Dana Scully

What part?

Fox Mulder

The part where I go away for two days, your whole life changes.

Dana Scully

I didn't say my whole life changed.

Fox Mulder

You speaking to god in a buddhist temple. God speaking back?

Dana Scully

Now, I didn't say that god spoke back. I said that I had some kind of a vision.

Fox Mulder

Well, for you that's like saying you're having david crosby's baby. What is it?

Dana Scully

I once considered spending my whole life with this man. What I would have missed.

Fox Mulder

I don't think you can know. I mean, how many different lives would we be leading if we made different choices? We-- we don't know.

Dana Scully

What if there was only one choice... And all the other ones were wrong... And there were signs along the way to pay attention to?

Fox Mulder

Then all the... Choices... Would then lead to this very moment. One wrong turn and... We wouldn't be sitting here together. Now, that says a lot. It says a lot, a lot, a lot. I mean, it's probably more than we should be getting into at this late hour.

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The dialogue comes from the official DVD subtitle track supplied by Boggsfiles. Speaker and scene attribution was cross-checked against character-labelled reference material. Subtitle wording is preserved while capitalization and spacing are standardized for easier reading.