Woman
We're so sorry, becky. If there's anything we can do for you, anything at all, just let us know.
Season 7 · Episode 4
Millennium
Character-labelled dialogue prepared from the official DVD subtitle track.
Production code7ABX05Original airdate · November 28, 1999
246 dialogue entries
Scene 01
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
Widow
Thank you so much. That would have meant a lot to him. Oh, thank you. Thank you for coming.
Man
Mrs. Crouch, I'm sorry for your loss.
Widow
Thank you, mr.--
Man
Johnson. I worked briefly with your husband. I was impressed by him... Very much so.
Widow
Thank you.
Man
Sorry.
Widow
Hell of a christmas, Raymond.
Funeral Director
He's at peace now. That's one small comfort to be drawn.
Widow
He didn't even leave a note.
Man
"I am the resurrection and the life. "he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." "I am the resurrection and the life. "he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." "I am the resurrection and the life. "he that believeth in me--
[ grunts ]
Man
"though he were dead, yet shall he live. "and whosoever liveth and believeth in me... Shall never die." "I am the resurrection and the life. [ beeps ] "he that believeth in me--
[ grunts ]
Man
"though he were dead, yet shall he live. "and whosoever liveth and believeth in me... Shall never die." "he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live."
[ ringing ]
[ ringing continues ]
[ ringing continues ]
[ police radio chattering ] yeah, four units and-- [ continues, indistinct ]
Scene 02
DECEMBER 30, 1999
Young officer
Thank you, ma'am.
Funeral Director
Are you with the FBI too?
Dana Scully
Yes, sir.
Funeral Director
Look, I know my job. The man was deceased.
Dana Scully
I'm sorry?
Funeral Director
I understand... That he was one of your own. But these rumors I'm hearing that I put a living human being into the ground? You people better get your facts straight real fast.
Dana Scully
Mulder? You been spreading rumors?
Fox Mulder
Why? You hear any good ones lately?
Dana Scully
Not particularly. [ flies buzzing ] so what do you have here?
Fox Mulder
Merry christmas, by the way, Scully.
Dana Scully
Thank you. Merry christmas to you too.
Fox Mulder
Grave robbery with a twist. Check out the headliner, Scully.
Dana Scully
Well, it looks like someone on the inside was trying to get out.
Fox Mulder
Indeed it does. And to answer your question, no, I haven't been spreading any rumors. The local p.d.'s been doing a pretty good job of that, ever since they matched the fingerprints on the dead man to these. And to those up there on that headstone. There's a big juicy handprint on the back.
Dana Scully
What about the person, or persons, who did the digging?
Fox Mulder
Well, we've got one pile of dirt. I'm guessing one man with a shovel. Other than that, last night's rain hasn't left us much to go on. Well, go ahead, Scully. Nay say me. The body of an FBI agent gets disinterred, only to climb out on its own and disappear into the yuletide night.
Dana Scully
See, you had me up until there.
Fox Mulder
Did I?
Dana Scully
I think it's what you said before. I think it's a grave robbery with a twist. You've got the fingerprints and the torn casket liner. Most likely, it's rigged evidence that's been faked by whoever exhumed the body.
Fox Mulder
Faked for what effect?
Dana Scully
Publicity. Fear. Rumors. I mean, I don't know what specific effect, but nonetheless, it's-- what?
Fox Mulder
Looks like blood.
Scene 03
Scene 03
Man
"and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." "I am the resurrection and the life. "he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die."
[ pounding ]
Man
"I am the resurrection and the life. "he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." "I am the resurrection and the life."
Scene 04
FBI HEADQUARTERS
Dana Scully
Special agent Raymond crouch. Age 56. Married, no children. After a sterling 21-year career with the bureau, he retired in 1993. And then earlier this month, he was found in the garage of his tallahassee home, service weapon in hand.
Walter Skinner
Definitely self-inflicted?
Dana Scully
I read over the report, and there's no indication otherwise.
Walter Skinner
How about a motive for the grave robberies?
Male Agent
Well, we've gone through all the cases crouch had a hand in, and he doesn't seem to have made any enemies.
Female Agent
Same thing with his personal life. No large debts, no feuds with neighbors, never a bad word against him.
Walter Skinner
Nothing stands out?
Fox Mulder
Should something stand out?
Walter Skinner
Agent Mulder, what's your take on this?
Fox Mulder
Well, only that I don't think it was grave robbery per se. It was necromancy-- the summoning of the dead. It's a form of magic dating back to primitive shamanism... With a long tradition in the christian church. Through it, the dead are brought back to life for the purposes... Of divulging arcane knowledge or performing ritual tasks.
Male Agent
So that's what this wacko thought he was doing-- raising the dead?
Fox Mulder
That's what he was doing. This is a, uh-- that's a magic circle drawn in goats' blood. The rain washed most of it away. The blood attracts the spirits of the undead, while the circle focuses the necromancer's power... While protecting him from the spirits that he's conjuring.
Male Agent
Okay.
Fox Mulder
He may also desire to wear the clothes of the dead man to create a bond between them. You would not want to be this man's dry cleaner.
Dana Scully
Obviously, there are clear ritualistic elements to this crime. But the question is, why were they directed at Raymond crouch?
Fox Mulder
That is the question.
[ knocking ]
Walter Skinner
Well, let's come up with an answer. Mulder, Scully, a word, please? Necromancy aside, this magic circle you mentioned, what if it looks something like this?
Fox Mulder
It's an oroboros. Possibly. Definitely a mystical symbol. The alchemists favored it. They believe that it represented all of existence.
Walter Skinner
I'm thinking more of the millennium group. It was their symbol as well. Are you familiar with them?
Dana Scully
Yeah, somewhat. They were, uh, former FBI agents who offered consulting services to law enforcement. Somehow, they fell into disrepute.
Walter Skinner
They operated in extreme secrecy. Rumors abounded that they had their own agenda, which was less than altruistic, if not improper or illegal.
Fox Mulder
That it was, in fact, a cult based upon... Judeo-christian end time prophecies... Concerning the coming millennium. Was Raymond crouch a member?
Walter Skinner
I can't seem to find out. Apparently, the group dissolved several months ago. They left no paper trail, nothing. However, I do have three other grave desecrations, all within the last six months. Long island, northern California, arizona. All three graves contained the bodies of former FBI agents. All three were recent suicides.
Fox Mulder
How long were you gonna sit on this?
Walter Skinner
Owing to the millennium group's former ties with the bureau, this matter is sensitive, to say the least. Investigate them. Keep a low profile.
Fox Mulder
I think I know where to start.
Scene 05
HARTWELL PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
Dana Scully
How well do you know this man?
Fox Mulder
Only by reputation. [ door buzzes ] he left vicap before I got there. But he's been called the greatest criminal profiler that quantico ever produced.
Dana Scully
What's he doing here?
Fox Mulder
Good morning. Apparently, he, uh, checked himself in for a 30-day observation. I gather the last few years haven't been very kind to him. But if there's anybody that can tell us about the millennium group, it's him. He used to consult for 'em. Later, he fought to bring 'em down... At the expense of his own career and reputation.
Dana Scully
Single-minded. Sounds like someone I know. Yeah.
Tv Announcer
Twelve yard line. They are threatening.
Fox Mulder
Frank Black? Hi, my name is Fox Mulder. This is my partner, Dana Scully. It's a pleasure to meet you. You mind if we sit down?
Tv Announcer
Higgins tries the middle, and he gets... [ groans ] nowhere!
Fox Mulder
Who's playing?
Frank Black
Uh, it's notre dame and boston college.
Fox Mulder
Ah, the fighting irish and the golden eagles, huh?
Frank Black
What can I do for you, agents?
Fox Mulder
Well, we're working on a case that, uh, we feel that you might have some particular insight to. The deaths of four FBI agents. Do you recognize these men?
Frank Black
I do.
Dana Scully
All four committed suicide in the last six months. All were exhumed from their graves in a ritual desecration. They were members of the millennium group. Is that correct? Sir, we've been having a really difficult time... Gleaning any information whatsoever about the group. About its membership, its practices. I believe you can help us.
Frank Black
No, thank you. I'm retired. I think you can tell by the circumstances... That I'm trying to put my life back together. I can't get involved in this.
Fox Mulder
We're not asking you to get involved. I'm just asking you to take a look at the case file.
Frank Black
No, thank you.
Fox Mulder
Mr. Black, the day after tomorrow is january 1, 2000. That's the significant date for these people. That doesn't leave us much time. Don't you wanna see them stopped?
[ announcer on TV continues, indistinct ]
Fox Mulder
Well, mr. Black, you are not what I was expecting.
Frank Black
Agent Mulder?
Fox Mulder
Yes?
Frank Black
It's first and eighteen. Just let me watch this game in peace.
Fox Mulder
It's third and ten. Notre dame.
Frank Black
Happy new year.
Fox Mulder
Same to you.
[ police radio chattering ]
Scene 06
RURAL MARYLAND
Deputy
Evening.
Man
Hi.
Deputy
Could I, uh, give you a hand?
Man
Oh, no, I'm about done. But thanks. Guess I ran over a nail or something.
Deputy
Well, I can help you see, at least.
Man
Yeah. I've been driving all night. It'll be good to get home.
Deputy
I hear ya. [ sniffing ] man! Whew! What is that? Uh--
Man
I think a deer maybe must've died out there in the woods.
[ flies buzzing ]
Deputy
Sir? What's in the truck?
Man
Nothing.
Deputy
Mind if I take a look?
Man
There's nothing in there, so--
Deputy
Drop that, take two steps back. Drop it.
[ crowbar hits ground ]
[ flies buzzing ]
Man
"and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." "I am the resurrection and the life.
Unidentified speaker
"he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die."
Deputy
Oh, lord. Stand up there! Stand up! Let me see your hands! [ continues reciting prayer ] what? Speak up!
[ growling ]
[ deputy screaming ]
Scene 07
DECEMBER 31, 1999
Dana Scully
Hey. I've got the men concentrating on the woods.
Fox Mulder
Our necromancer was definitely here. It's salt. Heavy magic.
Dana Scully
Well, if you're gonna tell me that he, uh, stopped by the side of the road to raise the dead, which I hope you're not, I've got two things to say to you. One is that his previous circles were made of blood, not salt. And two--
Fox Mulder
And they were large enough to contain a body. This is just a protective circle. It's just big enough for one man to stand inside.
Dana Scully
Protecting himself against what?
Fox Mulder
Whatever it was that did that.
Sheriff
Agents! Over here! I saw a lump in the ground. My god.
Fox Mulder
Bite marks. They look human.
Dana Scully
More salt.
Fox Mulder
"I am he that liveth and was dead. "and behold, I am alive for evermore, amen, and have the keys of hell and of death."
Young officer
Book of revelations, chapter 1, verse 18.
Fox Mulder
Go fighting irish.
Scene 08
Scene 08
Fox Mulder
"first and eighteen." it's not football. It's revelations. You wanted to tell us something, Frank. Why don't you just come out and say it.
Frank Black
I don't know what you're talking about. I told you. I cannot get involved in this.
Fox Mulder
Right. So you'll occasionally drop the little arcane hint? A police officer was murdered, Frank. Why do you want to play around? Your denials aside, you obviously know something about that. You knew that we'd find this. What are you afraid of?
Dana Scully
Losing your daughter. You're in a custody battle with the parents of your late wife. I just spoke with your doctor. That's why you're here.
Frank Black
They claimed I was an unfit father-- that I was obsessed with conspiracy, the end of the world. That my work meant more to me than my daughter, Jordan. The thing is, they were right.
Dana Scully
And so you retired.
Frank Black
I will sell insurance. I'll do whatever it takes. I'll get well and jump through whatever hoops they want, but I will not mention the millennium group again.
Fox Mulder
But you obviously want to help. You... Dropped that clue on us. Look, Frank, nobody needs to know about this. We're just three people sitting around talking.
Frank Black
The book of revelations describes the end of the physical world... In a battle between heaven and hell-- good against evil. The millennium group believed that that time was upon us. These four represent a schism in the group. They believe that for the end time to come as it must, man must take an active hand in bringing that about.
Dana Scully
And to that end, they committed suicide?
Frank Black
Yeah.
Fox Mulder
With the express purpose of being brought back to life. The four horsemen of the apocalypse. These four men bring with them... War, pestilence, famine and death.
Frank Black
So that all the dead of the earth will rise. Armageddon. It must begin with the dawn of the millennium, or not at all. That's what they believe. The man you're looking for, your necromancer, he exhumed these men in accordance with their wishes.
Fox Mulder
So is he a member of the millennium group as well?
Frank Black
No. They sought him out. He believes he's doing god's work. But he's mistaken.
Dana Scully
Could you tell us a little bit more about this man?
Frank Black
Well, he's a white male, 45 to 50. He's a religious man. No police record. No fulfilling relationship. You would pass him without giving him a glance.
Fox Mulder
So this is the one event that will give his life meaning?
Frank Black
Yeah. He needs privacy for this. He'll live alone. Possibly in the house he grew up in. Most likely it's a large, rural property away from prying eyes. He'll own a truck or a van. He needs it to transport the bodies. There'll be high fences, "no trespassing" signs. It's a solitary existence. He's worked around death all his life in some capacity. A Funeral parlor or a cemetery. Death comforts him.
Tv News Announcer
A rice county deputy missing--
Frank Black
He took great care in burying the deputy, in preparing the body, despite the fact that he feared being caught. He stapled the lips, sealed the mouth shut. It was to prevent the man from coming back to life. He believes that if disturbed, the deputy will rise from the dead. It's too soon for that, which is why... When he realizes the deputy has been discovered, he'll feel a need to take action. He'll return to the body the first chance he gets.
Dana Scully
Rice county morgue.
Frank Black
I think you'll catch him there.
Fox Mulder
These four members of the millennium group, the ones that "truly liveth who are dead," there are the ones we have to catch.
Nurse
Mr. Black?
Frank Black
Yeah?
Nurse
You've got a phone call. I think it might be your daughter.
Frank Black
Thank you. My daughter. Excuse me.
Dana Scully
Mulder, you're telling me it's more important... To track down four dead bodies than one live murderer?
Fox Mulder
He's not our murderer, and those four dead bodies aren't dead. And the millennium is 14 hours away. [ door buzzing ]
Dana Scully
Mulder, these people, even when they were alive, mangled biblical prophecy to the extent that it's unrecognizable. And the year 2000 is just their artificial deadline. And besides, 2001 is actually the start of the new millennium.
Fox Mulder
Nobody likes a math geek, Scully.
Dana Scully
Anyway, I think that Frank's profile is sound.
Fox Mulder
I do too.
Dana Scully
And I think with it, we have the best chance of finding this necromancer, as you call him. So I'm going down to the county morgue.
Fox Mulder
I absolutely think you should.
Dana Scully
And what are you gonna do?
Fox Mulder
Follow the profile. The deputy was killed... On a road that connects from the north with no major highway. I'm thinking our necromancer lives nearby. I'm gonna do a rundown on all single landowners in the area, see where the bodies are buried. Oh, Scully, will you do me a favor? Don't let anybody remove the staples from the deputy's mouth, okay? Please? Just humor me? Thanks.
Scene 09
RICE COUNTY MORGUE
Coroner
Proceeding with the visual examination of the mouth.
[ telephone ringing ]
Coroner
Geez. [ Answering Machine picks up ] what appears to be salt... Is packed into the victim's mouth. [ sully leaving message, indistinctly ] god only knows why. I'm removing it.
[ telephone ringing ]
[ ringing continues ]
Answering Machine
You've reached rice county morgue. No one can come to the phone.
Scully’s Voice
This is agent Dana Scully with the FBI please do not autopsy the murder victim that was brought in earlier-- the sheriff's deputy. If you've already started, stop now. I'll be there shortly, and I'll explain when I arrive.
[ Machine beeps ]
[ woman screaming ]
Dana Scully
Hello?
[ busy signal ]
[ gasping ]
Scene 10
Scene 10
Walter Skinner
Where is she?
Dana Scully
Sir?
Walter Skinner
How you feeling?
Dana Scully
All things considered?
Walter Skinner
What the hell happened here? Who is that man?
Dana Scully
The sheriff's deputy. The man we found this morning. He was dead. And then somehow, he wasn't. He attacked me.
Walter Skinner
You shot him?
Dana Scully
Three rounds, center of mass into his chest. No effect.
Walter Skinner
There's a gunshot wound to his head as well.
Dana Scully
Yeah, this man, uh, Mulder calls the necromancer, our suspect, he was here too. He fired that shot with my gun. He saved me. I have no idea why. He got away, but I was in no shape to follow. Look, sir, I can't even begin to offer an explanation for what happened. But I have to say it is exactly what Mulder feared.
Walter Skinner
Yeah, which is why I would like to talk to him. Why isn't he Answering his phone?
Scene 11
Scene 11
Fox Mulder
Well, welcome to the boondocks.
[ beeps ]
[ lock rattling ]
Music
♪ in the sweet by and by ♪ ♪ we will meet on that beautiful shore ♪♪
[ growling ]
Fox Mulder
Hey! Open the door! Open the door! Open up! Let me out!
Unidentified speaker
Hey!
[ gunfire ]
Scene 12
9:17 PM
Frank Black
I haven't heard from him. He didn't go to the morgue with you?
Dana Scully
No, he went looking for our suspect's home. No one's been able to contact him since. I've got task force agents canvassing the northwestern Maryland area, but it's a large territory to cover, and we're running out of time. Sir, I'm just afraid that Mulder may have found what he's looking for. I need your help in finding him.
Frank Black
Now, you respected my reasons in the past, agent Scully. Please respect them now.
Dana Scully
I'm not sure that I really understand your reasons, sir. And I'm starting to wonder what this is all about, and how much you know about it. Mulder mentioned the four millennium members... "who liveth and were dead." now, this morning in the morgue, I saw what he was talking about.
Frank Black
You did?
Dana Scully
One of them attacked me.
Frank Black
I'm sorry.
Dana Scully
Now, as crazy as this sounds, I have to ask. Do you believe that the millennium group... Is actually capable of bringing about the end time? Armageddon?
Frank Black
I understand their beliefs. I've spent years trying to unravel them, make sense of them. It doesn't mean I believe them myself.
Dana Scully
But what if it were true? Good and evil-- which would prevail?
Frank Black
I'm sorry. Octavia? I'm gonna check myself out.
Nurse
You'd like a day pass?
Frank Black
I won't be coming back.
[ zombies growling ]
[ branches snapping ]
Scene 13
Scene 13
Man
Who's there?
Frank Black
It's me.
Man
You came.
Frank Black
I almost didn't.
Man
We'd given up on you. Thank god. Thank god. There's someone in the basement. A policeman. He killed one of the members. He shot him in the head. But you're here. Now we'll have four.
Frank Black
I'm here.
Man
I can't tell you how happy I am. You were meant to be the fourth. I always knew that. I so hoped you'd come around.
Frank Black
I didn't want to. The man in the basement-- I told him how to find this place.
Man
You-- why?
Frank Black
I was trying to walk the straight and narrow, leave the millennium group behind. But I know I can't do that anymore, now that I know you've succeeded.
Man
You didn't believe the dead would arise.
Frank Black
No.
Man
You see what the future holds, Frank. You know you can't run from it.
Frank Black
No, I can't run.
Man
You've paid so dearly. They've taken your daughter from you, murdered your wife. There's no justice in this world. But there will be in the next. The hour is near. Are you ready, Frank?
Frank Black
I'm ready.
Man
"I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, though he were dead--"
Frank Black
"... Yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die."
[ cell phone ringing ]
Dana Scully
Scully.
Walter Skinner
This is Skinner. We back-checked Frank Black as you asked.
Dana Scully
And?
Walter Skinner
He took no calls at hartwell psychiatric... Other than from his daughter. But the staff took messages, including one from a rice county number.
Dana Scully
Rice county? That's where I am right now.
Walter Skinner
We ran the phone records for agent crouch and the other desecration victims. All four received calls from this same number in the weeks before their deaths.
Dana Scully
I'm gonna need an address.
Man
Don't do this. I'm begging you, please. You know what the world is. Evil goes unpunished. The good suffer. There's no future here but uncertainty and pain. Let the judgment come! You're damning yourself, Frank!
Frank Black
Agent Mulder? Can you hear me? Agent Mulder?
Fox Mulder
Yeah. I'm down here. They're all around. You armed?
Frank Black
Oh, yeah.
Fox Mulder
Shoot for the head. That seems to stop 'em. There's three more of 'em.
Frank Black
Where?
Fox Mulder
I don't know. They're hiding.
[ growling softly ]
Frank Black
Mulder, can you get up?
Fox Mulder
Uh, I think so. Look out!
[ roaring ]
[ growling ]
[ clicking ]
Scene 14
Scene 14
Dick Clark
Well, there's another shot... Of that beautiful millennium crystal ball all lit up. And they're getting ready to bring in the new year. Boy, are they packed in tonight. The body heat alone is keeping 'em warm. And look at 'em, all the way up past 52nd street. That is that x-shaped thing I was talking about before. This is times square-- the crossroads of the world.
Dana Scully
Mr. Black.
Unidentified speaker
Hey.
Dana Scully
Mark johnson's been taken for psychiatric evaluation. He'll be put under suicide watch, just as you asked.
Frank Black
[ TV continues ] good.
Dana Scully
And, um--
Frank Black
What?
Dana Scully
There's someone here to see you.
Jordan Black
Hi, daddy!
Frank Black
Hi ya, little one.
Unidentified speaker
Wow.
Frank Black
Oh, I missed you, sweetheart.
Jordan Black
I missed you too, daddy.
Frank Black
Let's get out of here.
Fox Mulder
Frank, good luck with everything.
Frank Black
Agent Mulder, agent Scully. I guess this is it, huh?
Dana Scully
You're not gonna stay and watch?
Frank Black
No, we just wanna go home. Take care of yourselves.
Dick Clark
[ Clark continues ] thirty seconds now. Get ready... For the loudest cheering you'll ever hear in your whole life. Hug your friends and loved ones tight, and whoever that person is next to you. No time like the present. Are you ready? Here we go. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! Happy new year 2000!
♪♪ [ "auld lang syne" ]
Fox Mulder
The world didn't end.
Dana Scully
No, it didn't.
Fox Mulder
Happy new year, Scully.
Dana Scully
Happy new year, Mulder.
Unidentified speaker
[ Clark continues ] happy new year!
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