Tony
Max? Max, you there?
Season 7 · Episode 5
Rush
Character-labelled dialogue prepared from the official DVD subtitle track.
Production code7ABX06Original airdate · December 5, 1999
309 dialogue entries
Scene 01
PITTSFIELD, VIRGINIA
[ gasps ]
Max Harden
You're late, kid. You get lost?
Tony
Sorry. I had to wait till my mom took off.
Chastity
It's way past his bedtime, Max. He's not cut out for this.
Tony
Cut out for what?
Max Harden
Oh, there's more here than just trees. Before you can find out what, I gotta know that you're not gonna tell anyone about this place.
Tony
I won't. I swear.
Max Harden
It's a vow, Tony. Don't make it if you're gonna break it.
Tony
I won't break it, man. Not ever.
Max Harden
No matter what? Even if someone dies tonight?
[ car approaching ]
[ siren wails ]
Deputy Foster
Anthony Reed. Got any outstanding warrants?
Tony
No, of course not.
Deputy Foster
Well, I'm gonna have to check it out for myself. So, put your hands on the vehicle.
Tony
Look, I was just taking a walk.
Deputy Foster
Uh-huh. Right past all those big "no trespassing" signs? Now you just stand there for a minute.
Tony
Come on, man. I didn't do anything.
Deputy Foster
I wish I had a nickel for every time I had to drag you kids out of these woods. It'd be a lot of nickels. Do you have any calls from dispatch?
[ policeman screams ]
Tony
Sir?
Woman On Radio
Dispatch to Foster. I didn't copy your last transmission.
Tony
Officer?
Woman On Radio
Dispatch to Foster, do you copy? Deputy Foster, this is dispatch. Do you copy? Deputy Foster, sir, what's your 20?
[ elevator bell dings ]
Scene 02
ST. JUDE'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Fox Mulder
Oh. There you are. Heavy traffic?
Dana Scully
Slow going. Let's just say I had ample time to read the police report you faxed me.
Fox Mulder
Thoughtfully provided by the local authorities, even though it doesn't tell the whole story.
Dana Scully
A sheriff's deputy is slain during a routine patrol. It's a tragic occurrence, but I don't see the mystery here, Mulder.
Fox Mulder
Except said that the deputy was beaten to death by an invisible assailant.
Dana Scully
Yes, but that's according to the young man who's accused of his murder.
Fox Mulder
One Tony Reed, and I'm guessing wrongfully accused. He's an "a" student, moved here a few months ago from philadelphia. He's never been in trouble in his life.
Dana Scully
Tell me you've got more than s.a.t. Scores to show that Tony Reed didn't commit this crime.
Fox Mulder
Maybe. Take a look at the body. The former deputy ronald Foster. As you can see, the report doesn't quite do it justice.
Dana Scully
Oh, my god. It looks like he was hit with a sledgehammer.
Fox Mulder
Police flashlight. One blow.
Dana Scully
Damage to the maxilla facial bones and the cranium... Is consistent with a blunt force trauma, but... I'd say that Tony eats his wheaties.
Fox Mulder
Check out the back of his head.
[ gasps ]
Dana Scully
His eyeglasses.
Fox Mulder
Penetrated to the back of his skull. Babe ruth couldn't hit this hard, let alone a high school sophomore.
Dana Scully
Well, maybe if he was under the influence of p.c.p. Or some kind of stimulant.
Fox Mulder
No, his tox screen came back negative.
Dana Scully
Well, even so, I mean, stress and fear may have triggered an adrenalin response which is known to... Enable feats of near super human strength.
Sheriff Harden
Agent Mulder? How long you plannin' on bein' down here?
Fox Mulder
Sheriff Harden, this is my partner, agent Scully.
Sheriff Harden
How long you plan on bein' down here? I'd like ron left in peace. I don't know what there is to see anyway. We got the kid who did it.
Dana Scully
Sheriff, we don't mean to second-guess you. We're just hoping to be of some assistance.
Sheriff Harden
Well, I don't need it. I got the murder weapon with bloody fingerprints, and once the state crime lab matches that up with Tony Reed, it's open and shut.
Fox Mulder
Well, uh, we're done here, right? Mm-hmm. But, sheriff Harden, you won't mind if I talk to Tony Reed, do you? I mean, it won't hurt your case. And if he did do it, you'll wanna know why.
Scene 03
PITTSFIELD SHERIFF'S STATION
Fox Mulder
What? Well, Tony, this must be your lucky day for visitors. -this is agent Scully with the FBI-- -
Tony
I'm not talkin' anymore, okay?
Dana Scully
Well, that might make things worse. They seem pretty bad already. In your statement, you say that deputy Foster stopped you. But you don't say why.
Fox Mulder
Come on. You were cruisin', right? I mean, a small town like this, you're not exactly livin' la vida loca. I know. I grew up in dullsville too. Nothing to do but drive and park.
Tony
How long ago was that? Look. Don't you think I know what you're doing? You're like the tenth Cop who's come in here trying to relate to me till I confess.
Dana Scully
If you didn't do it, it's all the more reason to clear it up.
Tony
Everything I know... Is in my statement.
Fox Mulder
Okay, but bear with us, 'cause we're old and stupid. How long was it between the time you heard the scream... To the time that you found deputy Foster?
Dana Scully
Tony, you're not likely to get a fairer hearing than this.
Tony
Maybe ten, fifteen seconds.
Fox Mulder
You didn't see anyone near the patrol car? You didn't hear anything? And you're still gonna stick with your story... That you were the only one there, is that right?
Dana Scully
Uh--
Tony
I wanna go back to my cell.
Dana Scully
Sixteen years old and his life is over unless he starts tellin' the truth.
Fox Mulder
If you really think he's guilty, why don't you ask yourself this: why wouldn't he make up a more plausible cover story? Why didn't he say that a pickup full of hillbillies... Drove by and clobbered the deputy and ran away?
Dana Scully
I'm not saying he's guilty. I'm inclined to agree that Tony Reed did not commit murder. But I think that he saw the person who did, and he may be covering up for it.
Fox Mulder
I'm not sure there was a person to see. I think there was a force at work here.
Dana Scully
What kind of force?
Fox Mulder
Some kind of territorial or spiritual entity maybe. Poltergeists have long been associated with violent acts like this, and they tend to manifest around young people. They seem to be drawn to the turmoil of adolescence.
Dana Scully
Mulder, rather than spirits, can we at least start with Tony's friends? Please, just... For me? I think there's one person in particular I'd like to talk to.
Scene 04
Scene 04
Mr. Babbitt
Let's wrap it up, people. Two-minute warnin'. There goes half your grade, Max. You missed the midterm.
Max Harden
Not if I take it right now.
Mr. Babbitt
In one minute?
Max Harden
Oh, I've been studying.
Mr. Babbitt
I don't care who your father is. You fail my test, it sticks.
Max Harden
I guess I better ace it then, huh?
Mr. Babbitt
Take your seat, young man.
Max Harden
Piece of cake.
Mr. Babbitt
It is when you mark 'em at random.
Max Harden
Go ahead. Check it. Maybe I got more goin' on than people know.
[ bell ringing ]
Dana Scully
Chastity raines? I'm agent Scully. This is agent Mulder. We're with the FBI
Chastity
I remember you.
Fox Mulder
Chastity, what did you and Tony talk about this morning?
Chastity
He didn't kill that Cop.
Fox Mulder
How can you be so sure?
Chastity
Tony just doesn't have it in him.
Dana Scully
Do you?
Fox Mulder
Were you there when it happened?
Chastity
Look, I gotta go.
Dana Scully
Do you realize that Tony could go to prison for the rest of his life for this?
Fox Mulder
Chastity, if you know something, now's the time to mention it.
Max Harden
Unless they got a warrant, you don't have to say nothin'.
Fox Mulder
Wow. You must be her lawyer.
Max Harden
Let's go.
Fox Mulder
Butting into our investigation. I wonder what your father, the sheriff, would think.
Max Harden
How do you know who my dad is?
Fox Mulder
You got the same last name.
Max Harden
Oh, you're good. We're done here. Come on, babe. You must've been a betty back in the day.
Dana Scully
A "betty"? "
Fox Mulder
Back in the day."
[ cell phone ringing ]
Dana Scully
Scully. What about the murder weapon?
Scene 05
PITTSFIELD SHERIFF'S STATION
Sheriff Harden
All I know is we put the flashlight in here and now it's gone. It's like it just disappeared into thin air.
Dana Scully
How many people have access to this evidence room?
Sheriff Harden
Only me and the dozen deputies.
Dana Scully
What does the tape show?
Sheriff Harden
That no unauthorized persons came in and no one went anywhere near this locker.
Fox Mulder
Was this here before?
Sheriff Harden
I don't know.
Dana Scully
Can we take a look at the surveillance tape?
Sheriff Harden
You can see that the flashlight was properly secured. It's not like we're runnin' some kind of half-assed operation here.
Dana Scully
No one's saying that you are, sheriff.
Sheriff Harden
Here's when the state police showed up to take it to the crime lab. There's me goin' to get it. We opened up the locker, and it's gone. I maybe, uh, didn't give you all the warmest welcome, but if you have any ideas.
Fox Mulder
May I?
Sheriff Harden
I watched it a dozen times.
Dana Scully
Could there be a malfunction with the v.c.r.?
Sheriff Harden
I don't see how. Plus, there's no gap in the time code. The murder weapon was the only hard evidence we had. Without it, we got no case. You know what I gotta do now? I gotta call ron Foster's widow and tell her that I gotta turn his killer loose.
Fox Mulder
Scully, check this out.
Dana Scully
What am I supposed to be seeing?
Fox Mulder
Here it comes. Now you see it. One more frame. Now you don't. What do you make of that, Scully? Take another look. Now it's here. Now it's not.
Scene 06
REED RESIDENCE
Mrs. Reed
Are you ready to be straight with me?
Tony
Leave me alone, mom. Would you just leave me alone. I'm tired!
Mrs. Reed
This isn't like a bad report card, anthony. A man is dead.
Tony
I told you, I didn't do it!
Mrs. Reed
It's just that what you say happened doesn't make sense. There's gotta be more to it.
Tony
Well, there isn't. Okay?
Mrs. Reed
Are those kids involved in this? That boy Max?
Tony
No. Mom, they're the only friends I have here.
Mrs. Reed
You're done seein' 'em.
Tony
You don't even know them.
Mrs. Reed
I do know them. I was your age once. Tony, we came here to get a fresh start, get away from them bad schools, the wrong crowd. You are doing so well here.
Tony
How would you know? You're never around.
Mrs. Reed
You think it's my dream to work two jobs? I'm doin' it for you, Tony.
Tony
I just wanna get some sleep. That's all I want.
Mrs. Reed
You got a chance at a good life, a real future. We didn't come all this way so you could throw it away.
[ tapping on window ]
Max Harden
Listen to that, man. This car's got guts. Sort of like you that way.
Tony
Whose car is this, Max?
Max Harden
Chastity told you to shut up and sit tight and things would be fine. You did that. It tells me a lot.
Tony
Everything's not fine. We're in a stolen car, a Cop is dead.
Max Harden
Calm down, man. He'd been snoopin' around. He had to go.
Tony
What do you mean, "he had to go"? What happened out there?
Max Harden
You gotta learn not to ask so many questions.
Tony
Slow the hell down, man! You're freakin' me out!
Max Harden
You ain't seen nothin' yet.
[ tires screeching ]
Tony
Max, look out!
[ gasps ]
[ gasps ]
Max Harden
I'm gonna make you one of us. But I call the shots. Always remember that.
Scene 07
Scene 07
Fox Mulder
Hey, Chuck.
Dana Scully
Sorry to make you trek over here for what's probably a glitch.
Fox Mulder
What'd you come up with?
Chuck Burks
Nothing but eye strain at first. Then I ran it through my imaging software. I'm here to tell you, it's not a glitch. It's what the camera saw.
Fox Mulder
Buckle up, Scully. I believe Chuck is about to take us on a ride through the paranormal.
Chuck Burks
Yes and no. Initially, I was thinking spectral manifestation. But with spirit activity, you'd expect to see light streaks, auras, atmospheric disturbances, translucent figures. Whatever this is, it's not a ghost.
Dana Scully
Especially since ghost don't go around leaving synthetic polymers in their wake.
Fox Mulder
That's what the gunk on the floor turned out to be.
Chuck Burks
Huh. I dig a mystery with layers.
Fox Mulder
Chuck, I get the feeling you don't know what the hell this is.
Chuck Burks
I cross-referenced the shape's silhouette... Against every organic and inorganic object in the library of Congress database. The closest match was a soviet akula class submarine.
Dana Scully
I think we can rule that out.
Chuck Burks
And then there's this weirdness. My enhancement brought up this dark edge...
Fox Mulder
Mm-hmm.
Chuck Burks
Around the anomaly.
Fox Mulder
A shadow.
Chuck Burks
It fit with the lighting in the room. The problem is it can't be throwing a shadow unless--
Fox Mulder
Unless it's a solid object.
Dana Scully
Which is impossible because it only appears for a single frame.
Chuck Burks
One-thirtieth of a second. You know what? Maybe, uh, scag can give us a clearer picture.
Dana Scully
Scag?
Chuck Burks
Spectrographic color attribute generator. I'm beta testing it for j.p.l. It's still in the tweaking phase, but the basic idea is... I assign known color values... Onto the black-and-white image. Then scag assigns chromatic values throughout the frame, in effect making an educated guess at, uh, what all the colors might be. It still needs fine tuning.
Dana Scully
What?
Fox Mulder
You recognize these colors, Scully?
Scene 08
Scene 08
Chastity
Hey, Tony.
Tony
Everyone's looking at me like I'm a criminal.
Chastity
I'm not. I heard you took a ride.
Tony
What was that? How did he do it?
Chastity
You'll find out.
Tony
Maybe you were right... About me not bein' cut out for this.
Chastity
It's a little late for second thoughts.
Max Harden
You tryin' to move in on my girl? [ bell ringing ] saved by the bell. Hey, you wanna stare at someone? Stare at me.
Mr. Babbitt
Well, class. I graded your midterms. Save for a few of you, the news is not good. Mr. Pembleton. What happened? Welcome back, mr. Reed. Expect to make up the test tomorrow. Mr. Harden, you're here on time for a change.
Max Harden
What's this?
Mr. Babbitt
Self-explanatory, isn't it?
Max Harden
I got every answer right.
Mr. Babbitt
Not because you knew the material.
Max Harden
You sayin' I cheated? How?
Mr. Babbitt
I have no idea how. But you did. And I won't tolerate it. Back to business, people. [ door opens, closes ] mr. Guider?
Tony
How do I tell Max that I want out?
Chastity
I wish I could help you, Tony. I can't even help myself.
Boy
Babbit!
[ screams ]
[ screaming ]
Girl
Oh, my god!
Dana Scully
Excuse me, please. Thank you.
Cop
Just stay back.
Fox Mulder
I'll show you my theory if you show me yours.
Dana Scully
Based on the eyewitness accounts of the students I spoke to, at this moment I'd have to say that I don't have one.
Fox Mulder
What about for these globs of goo?
Dana Scully
The ones we found in the evidence room? Yeah.
Fox Mulder
I'm guessing Max Harden could tell us how they got there.
Dana Scully
You think Max did this? Based on what?
Fox Mulder
I spoke to a few students myself. Apparently Max was angry at mr. Babbit... Because he failed him on his midterm exam, so he had motive.
Dana Scully
Well, he may have had motive, but he didn't have opportunity. There was nobody here who saw him even go near the victim.
Fox Mulder
Maybe he didn't need to. I pulled his records. Rising attendance and discipline problems the last few months. But look at this transcript. As his behavior was getting worse, his grades were going through the roof. This kid has changed, Scully.
Dana Scully
He's a teenager. Everything about him is changing. His body and his brain chemistry is in a state of unparalleled upheaval, plus there's peer pressure and-and substance abuse. Any one of these factors could alter his behavior radically.
Fox Mulder
What if it's given him a kind of psychokinetic or paranormal ability... That allows him to exert force over a victim without ever laying a finger on him?
Dana Scully
That's your theory?
Fox Mulder
Yes, it is. Soon to be proven as soon as I get Max in for questioning.
Deputy
Agent, you needed to speak to sheriff Harden?
Fox Mulder
Yeah. I want to talk to him about his son.
Deputy
He's with him now. They're taking him to the emergency room. Max just collapsed in the parking lot.
Tony
You hear about Max? Is he okay? Where are you going?
Chastity
Tony, the less you know, the better, all right?
Scene 10
Scene 10
Max Harden
What, no candy, no flowers?
Sheriff Harden
My deputy told me you were comin' and why. So you can just turn around. Whatever happened at that school, my son didn't do it.
Dana Scully
Sheriff, we'd like to ask your son a few questions, if that's okay.
Sheriff Harden
The boy's sick. The doctors can't even say what's wrong with him.
Fox Mulder
Max could tell them. You know why you collapsed, don't you, Max?
Max Harden
Yeah. Too much teen spirit.
Fox Mulder
You think? Smells like murder to me.
Sheriff Harden
Who do you think you're talkin' to here?
Max Harden
Yeah, it's not like you got a damned thing on me.
Fox Mulder
You got a problem with authority figures, don't you, Max?
Max Harden
If I wasted babbit, then how did I do it? Am I like carrie or somethin'? I used some kind of mental powers?
Fox Mulder
No, somethin' else. You figured out a way to tap into something that gives you super powers. Came in handy with babbit and deputy Foster.
Max Harden
Man, you're whistlin' "dixie."
Dana Scully
High temperature and heart rate. Low blood sugar. Electrolytes show acidosis. All these symptoms are consistent with extreme exertion and withdrawal.
Sheriff Harden
Withdrawal? From what?
Fox Mulder
The rush. I think whatever it is that gives you the power to rearrange furniture... And turn a flashlight into a battering ram also gives you quite a buzz.
Max Harden
Well, if I can do all that, what's stoppin' me from doin' it to you?
Fox Mulder
I don't know. Maybe the effect's worn off. Maybe you need another fix.
Max Harden
As soon as I blow out of here, I'll be sure to get one.
Dana Scully
That's not gonna happen any time soon. Your condition's getting worse. And we're not gonna be able to help you unless you can tell us what's going on.
Sheriff Harden
Boy, is any of this true?
Max Harden
No.
Sheriff Harden
You better pray I don't find out it is.
Fox Mulder
Sir? Can we have a word outside?
Sheriff Harden
He's not a bad kid. He just needs discipline.
Fox Mulder
If your son is in trouble, I'm sure you'd want to know about it. With that in mind, we'd like permission to search your house.
Sheriff Harden
You're not getting it. I'm not ready to jump on a bandwagon and call my boy a murderer.
Dana Scully
There's some, uh, test results missing from Max's chart. I think we should track 'em down.
Unidentified speaker
Thanks.
Dana Scully
Hot off the presses.
Fox Mulder
Anything interesting?
Dana Scully
This can't be right.
Fox Mulder
What is it?
Dana Scully
Oh, my god.
Fox Mulder
What?
Dana Scully
Evidence of cerebral lesions from repeated concussions. Arthritis in the spine and major joints. Stress fractures. Numerous muscle and-- and ligament micro-tears.
Fox Mulder
What would cause this?
Dana Scully
In a teenager? I can't even imagine. This is the kind of thing that you'd see in someone who's crashed race cars... Or played pro football for 15 years. Whatever Max is doing, it's killing him.
Fox Mulder
I think I'm starting to get it.
[ beeping ]
Nurse
I thought I saw a young lady come in here.
Max Harden
I wish.
Fox Mulder
Max Harden's personal effects.
Dana Scully
Yeah.
Fox Mulder
This is it. Those globs we found-- this is where they came from. Speed, Scully. Somehow Max Harden has found a way... To move faster than the eye can see.
Dana Scully
Mulder.
Fox Mulder
That would explain how babbit was killed. It would also explain how a chair and table... Appeared to move on their own with enough force to penetrate a wall. Force equals mass times acceleration. Isn't that right?
Dana Scully
Yes, but it's impossible. The human body isn't designed to move like that.
Fox Mulder
Exactly. That is-- that is why his is falling apart.
Nurse
Agents, could you--
Scene 11
Scene 11
Chastity
Max-- Max, please don't do this. You can stop.
Max Harden
Sure. Just like you can.
Chastity
I mean hurting people. Haven't enough people already been hurt? This is not why I got you out! Let's leave here. Let's just go away.
Max Harden
And do what?
Chastity
Find a place to get some help.
Max Harden
Help for what? This is the best thing that's ever happened to me. I can't go back to things standin' still. And neither can you.
Chastity
Tony, what are you doing here? You went in that cave, didn't you? You shouldn't have done that.
Tony
It was such a rush-- moving fast like that.
Chastity
I didn't want this for you. How did you find it?
Tony
I followed you. I was worried about you.
Chastity
That's so sweet. I wish things were different than how they are.
Tony
Maybe they can be. With Max in the hospital, we could go to the cops.
Chastity
He's out.
Scene 12
Scene 12
Sheriff Harden
Oh, my god.
[ door opens ]
Sheriff Harden
Hello?
Max Harden
Boo.
Sheriff Harden
You killed ron Foster.
Max Harden
Yeah, I did.
Sheriff Harden
Why?
Max Harden
I don't know. You want some great reason?
Sheriff Harden
You little son of a bitch! [ groans ]
Max Harden
He thought he was really somethin'. Always liked to push people around. Same as babbit... And same as you. I'm not afraid of you anymore.
Tony
I can't let you do this, Max.
Unidentified speaker
Take him to o.r. One. All right.
Scene 13
Scene 13
Fox Mulder
Yo, Scully. How bad are his injuries?
Dana Scully
It's too soon to tell. He's unconscious and bleeding internally, apparently from a blow to the abdomen.
Fox Mulder
Yeah, delivered with this. Max's weapon of choice against cops.
Dana Scully
Why would he leave it behind? Do you think he's doing it to taunt the police?
Fox Mulder
No, I think somebody intervened. I think that's why the sheriff is still alive and why his gun is missing.
Dana Scully
But if he can do what you claim, then-- then who could possibly intervene?
Fox Mulder
The someone who knows exactly how Max does what he does. And someone who's finally standing up to him.
Dana Scully
Tony. How do we find him?
Fox Mulder
Well, I would guess the source where Max gets his power from.
Dana Scully
The woods near where the deputy was killed. Tony never came clean about what he was doing out there.
Fox Mulder
Well, maybe that's why the deputy was killed. Maybe he got too close to the truth.
Scene 14
Scene 14
Tony
Chastity, we don't have to be doing this. I told you, I took care of things with Max.
Chastity
No, you didn't, and you shouldn't have tried.
Tony
He was gonna kill his father. I had to stop him.
Chastity
He let you. He was slowing down. Tony, you've slowed down too. If we don't get back to the cave before Max does, we're history. Hurry!
Tony
I'll catch up. Chastity? Are you okay?
Max Harden
You're late, kid.
Tony
What did you do to her?
Max Harden
She took a swing at me. You believe that? You got it all turned around.
[ groans ]
Max Harden
Come on, man. Who do you think you're dealin' with? All I ever wanted was you to be my friend, Tony. You stuck a knife in my back. And now I'm gonna mess you up.
[ screaming ]
Chastity
I'm sorry, Tony. I can't go back.
[ gun blast ]
Tony
Chastity?
[ beeping ]
[ footsteps ]
Dana Scully
Did the u.s.g.s. Show up?
Scene 15
Scene 15
Fox Mulder
Eighteen geologists and three semis full of gear. They covered every inch of that cave.
Dana Scully
And what'd they come up with?
Fox Mulder
Nothing. A little bat guano and above normal magnetic field readings, but nothing that would cause a physiological effect.
Dana Scully
What'd you expect them to find, Mulder?
Fox Mulder
I don't know. A vortex like the one in Oregon. Gravitational aberrations, unique chemical compositions, relics that would indicate the cave was a sacred site. Something. Anything. I don't know.
Dana Scully
You and I were both in there, and nothing happened to us. We're still slow-poking around.
Fox Mulder
What if we're too old? You said teenagers differ... From adults chemically and physiologically. What if whatever's in that cave effects only them?
Dana Scully
Well, that's doubtful. But no more so than any other theory. I mean, it's worth checking out.
Fox Mulder
Yeah? Well, we can't. As of an hour ago, they pumped concrete into the cave, sealed it for precautionary reasons. We'll never know. How's he doin'?
Dana Scully
Bruises and muscle strains mostly. He'll recover. Go back to being a normal kid.
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