The X-Files

- You in charge here? - Kraskow. ls the Bureau takin' over?

That's not why I'm here.

- What can you tell me? - Silent alarm tripped.

We think there's one robber, armed - a handgun.

Definitely no pro, or he would have been long gone. Single gunshot 20 minutes ago.

Blinds are down, but we think we've got a body on the floor.

- But you're not here to take over? - Two of my agents might be in there.

- Skinner! Skinner! - Hold it right there.

- Do I know you? - Stop this! Don't let this happen!

Stop this, Skinner!

You're in charge here, you know?

- It doesn't have to end like this. - (doors open)

- Yeah, it does. - No!

Son of a... (exasperated grunt)

That's... nice(!)

Hello?

It's comin' through down there?

It's my damn water bed. My damn water bed sprung a leak.

I know I'm not supposed to have a water bed.

I don't know what to tell you. I... I think it was a gift.

All right.

- I missed the meeting. - You didn't miss it.

You're extraordinarily late for it. It's still going on.

- What are you doin' here? - I came looking for you.

- What are you doing here? - Havin' the best day of my life.

Any moment, I'm about to burst into song. Zippity doo-dah!

My water bed sprung a leak and shorted out my alarm clock.

My cellphone got wet and crapped out on me.

And the cheque I wrote to cover the damages will bounce if I don't deposit my pay.

- You ever have one of those days? - Since I've been working here? Yeah.

When did you get a water bed, Mulder?

The bank's just down the street. I'll be back in ten. Cover for me, will ya?

When do I not?

- Jerk! - Yeah? You want some?

We good?

- Pam? - Go run your errand already.

Yeah... I just gotta go pick somethin' up. No biggie.

Right, Bernard. No biggie.

I'll be ten minutes. Wait here for me.

- (Bernard) Hey, you need to watch it! - (man) You watch it!

Right on schedule.

Poor guy-

You never did that before.

- Yes, we'll give you credit. - OK. Thank you.

...and that's assuming these trends continue well into the coming year.

Um... other DOJ projections...

estimate a larger - two to three per cent- drop in the overall homicide rate,

versus the one to one-and-a-half per cent cited in the earlier Tanner study.

However, there is some dispute

that the statistical methodology in this latter study

is not the DOJ-preferred methodology.

In any case, added variables

make crime trends for the coming year particularly hard to predict.

The unpredictable future. Which brings us to Agent Mulder.

Will he or will he not grace us with his report?

May I help the next in line, please?

I've got three transactions.

Customers, face down! You know what this is!

- Oh, God! - You! On the floor!

- Oh, God, don't shoot us! - Shut up!

You're the boss.

It's all right.

All right! I'm the boss! No silent alarms, no dye packs!

Do like the insurance company taught ya! Quicker you go, quicker I go.

Everybody else, out here on the floor!

Ah! Leave the last one. No tricks.

All right, come on. Come on, come on, come on!

Zwwwv doe-dam!

All right, get your keys, come around here. We're gonna open up the ATM.

Hey, lock the doors! You forgot to lock the front door.

On the ground!

- Drop it! Drop it now! - You drop it!

You drop it!

Travel expense reimbursement... who's got those figures?

All I've got here is third and fourth quarter. No?

Assistant Director?

GO, go!

Go, go, go!

Sir...

- Who's in charge here? - I am. Unless the Bureau's taking over.

- Skinner! - Hold it!

Skinner! Don't let them charge in there.

- Skinner? - Do I know you?

Skinner!

They're supposed to call, right?

They're not gonna call.

- What's your name? - Yeah!

Look, I gotta call you something, right?

How about Steve? That's a nice... honest name.

Steve.

Bernard.

Bernard.

I have to get my partner out of here.

I am blowin' this whole freakin' place right off the map if they come in here.

Look, they don't know that. Don't you realise that? They can't see you!

They don't know what your plan is.

They'd damn well better figure it out.

Look... just walk in front of the door... and show them.

- You wanna get me killed! - Oh, God...

I just want everybody to live. That's all.

I just...

Just show them.

You have control over everything that happens here.

You do.

And it doesn't have to end this way.

Yeah, it does.

No!

Oh, son of a...

Son of a bitch.

That's greatfl)

Yeah?

It's comin' through down there?

It's my damn water bed. It sprung a leak.

I know I'm not supposed to have a water bed.

I don't know what to tell ya. I... I'm sorry.

I mean, I...

Whoa!

- Who you callin'? - Nobody.

Nobody? It's gotta be somebody.

It's nobody you know, Bernard. Forget it.

There's somethin' I gotta do. I want you to come.

I'm not goin' with you.

Look, I'm not asking.

Pam?

Don't go gettin' all weird on me.

It'll only take a couple of minutes.

Look, Bernard, just go to work. It's not too late.

I'm not gem' to work today.

- Don't say they're gonna fire me. - I wasn't gonna say that.

Cos you know what? Who cares?

Like there's a big future in moppin' floors! Like that's somethin' to lose!

- We lose everything. - No, no. I got a plan.

- This time tomorrow, Pam... - Everything will be roses.

Oh...

Dammit.

I missed the meeting.

Well, not yet. But only because it's the longest in FBI history.

- What are you doin' here, then? - I came looking for you.

We took a five-minute break three minutes ago.

Mulder, your cellphone's not working. Did you oversleep?

Did you ever have one of those days you want to rewind and start over again?

Yes, frequently. But, I mean, who's...

who's to say that if you did rewind it and start over, it wouldn't end up the same?

So you think it's all fate? We have no free will?

No, I think that we're free to be the people that we are. Good, bad or indifferent.

- I think our character determines our fate. - All the rest is just preordained?

I don't buy that. There's too many variables.

I meant to be on time to work today, but my water bed springs a leak,

flooding my apartment and the one below me. So that makes me late.

Then I gotta write a cheque to cover the damages,

but I realise that that's gonna bounce unless I deposit my pay.

So now I gotta go to the bank, which makes me even later.

Since when did you get a water bed?

I mightjust as easily not have a water bed, and then I'd be on time.

You might have stayed in medicine and not gone into the FBI,

and then we would never have met. Blah, blah, blah.

- Fate. - With every choice, you change your fate.

Then let's change yours. I will deposit your cheque.

You gather your files, go to Skinner, give your report -

before he takes it out on both of us.

Endorsed my damn cheque stub!

Mulder!

- Don't go in the bank today. - Excuse me?

Bernard's in there. Please... don't go in the bank.

- Do I know you? - You pass me every day on the street.

Every single day. This day. On your way to the bank.

You go inside and everybody gets killed - you, your partner, Bernard. Everybody.

- I pass you... and then we're dead. - Yes. Over and over.

Only, last time, you looked at me like you knew me.

Like you remembered.

Please remember me.

Don't go.

Drop your weapon!

- Drop it! - I ain't droppin' nothin'.

You put yours down.

- I'll shoot her! - What do you think I'll do then?

Bernard?

That's your name, right?

Bernard, she's not dead. You're not a murderer yet.

You can end this the right way.

Sir... please...

listen to them.

Don't hurt anybody else. A whole lot of police are 00min'.

You tripped the alarm.

No!

Yeah, I know. Yeah, I know. I... I know already.

I'll pay for it.

' (thud) " 0w!

The cellular customer you are trying to reach is not...

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- Please. Don't go inside the bank today. - The bank?

Cradock Marine, 8th Street branch, a block from here.

Uh... I'm not following. Did you get separated from your tour?