The X-Files

Unit four. I got a fire on the horizon, at the 20-mile marker.

Confirmation of downed aircraft burning. All units, you've got a 10-13.

Unit four, this is Detective Miles.

I'm coming right at you, Ray. Now, you wait for backup before you head out, all right?

Unit four? Come back, Deputy.

Deputy Hoese?

Ray?

Oh, my God.

Lariat Car Rentals totals...

Would you like to see the figure?

- Is that a lot? - A lot?

Gas, expenses, the motel rooms alone.

By FBI standards these numbers are out of control.

We could start sharing rooms.

You're under evaluation. There has to be a point when we say no.

You can't compare what we do to other departments.

- Right. This business with aliens. - There's more to it than that.

But at the end of the day, aliens are your focus.

That's the reason I got started, yeah.

Investigating your sister's abduction and the government conspiracy around it.

Both of which have been resolved. Correct?

Nothing has been resolved, exactly.

In this case report, it is concluded your sister is dead,

as well as the men who took her.

This is your handwriting here on the report, Agent Mulder?

- Yeah. - So, what exactly is left to investigate?

Your release has been arranged.

Marita Covarrubias.

The last time I saw you, I left you for dead.

Alex, if it were strictly up to me, I'd leave you here to rot too.

I see the money bleed out,

but it just doesn't seem to make the results of your work any better.

So many of your cases are left unexplained.

Makes it hard to justify the expense.

So much of the work that we do cannot be measured in standard terms.

- How would you measure it? - We open doors with the X-Files,

which lead to other doors.

Doors leading to...

"A conspiracy of men who cooperated with alien beings to create human-alien hybrids."

So we could all become slaves of an alien invasion.

I believe that there was once a conspiracy.

I believe I was taken by men who subjected me to medical tests,

which gave me cancer and left me barren.

But you don't believe in aliens?

I've seen things that I cannot deny.

Who sent you?

The Smoking Man.

He is dying.

- You said you were finished. - I was asked to go over a few things.

As you know, the times we live in, the world is changing fast.

I'm missing your point.

As I said, this is an evaluation to understand what you do.

So, if you go forward, you can do so more responsibly.

- That sounds more like a threat. - Cost-benefit analysis.

But if you want the truth, I really don't care one way or the other.

You mostly record bizarre facts on bizarre cases. In other words, information gathering.

Something, it seems to me, you can easily do on the Internet.

I can't do my job from an office, I promise you.

Nowadays, the most advanced space exploration is done sitting in an office.

Why? It's just too damn expensive putting men in outer space.

- I'm not looking in outer space. - Bringing us to the point.

If you spend such time and money looking for aliens, you should narrow your search.

- To where? - Wherever they are.

It's not unreasonable. It's just a matter of reducing your vision.

Hey, you all right?

What's the problem?

- Isn't that your car, Mr Miles? - Yeah.

A small accident. Everything's all right. What are you boys doing out here?

Well, we heard there was a plane crash.

Military jet fighter collided midair with a UFO.

The navy found their plane about three miles away.

We've seen no evidence of any other crash.

But we heard a sheriff say he saw a fire burning off the highway at the 20-mile mark.

There's nothing out here. No fire. No sign of fire.

You boys go on home.

There's nothing to see here.

I think I'm in big trouble.

How many times have they tried to shut us down?

But I never actually assaulted an auditor before.

- Did you hurt him? - I reduced his vision a little bit.

- Mulder. - (man) Agent Fox Mulder?

Speaking.

My name is Billy Miles. I don't know if you remember me.

Oregon, seven years ago. You had multiple abduction experiences.

I'm here with Agent Scully.

- Billy, are you all right? - Yeah.

This may seem weird, me calling like this, but I don't know where else to turn.

- '8 it happening again, Billy? - (door opens)

Yeah, but not to me this time.

More alien abductions, Scully.

I don't know how we could possibly justify the expense.

We'd probably turn up nothing.

Let's go waste some money.

Hi. He's anxious to see you.

- I was worried about you, Alex. - Cut the crap, old man.

I heard about your incarceration.

You had me thrown in that hellhole.

For trying to sell something that was mine, was it not?

I hope we can all move forward.

Put the past behind us.

We have a... singular opportunity now.

- A singular opportunity? - There's been a crash in Oregon.

An alien ship has collided with a military aircraft.

Recovery is all-important.

It's Roswell and Corona all over again, 50 years later.

It's our chance to rebuild the project.

How do you know someone hasn't already recovered it?

It's never quite so easy.

- I'm getting something here, Gary. - I told you, Richie.

Hey, man. Look at this.

Gary!

Gary?

Come on, man.

Agent Mulder and Agent Scully.

Look who's wearing a badge.

I never thought of myself as a cop but it's been three years now.

My dad got them to fudge the psych qualifications.

- You're married, Billy. - Divorced.

I live back with my dad now.

You've never...

Have you ever been able to get over the abductions?

Well, I have. But people haven't. No one really believes it.

My dad still denies it ever happened, that any one of us was taken.

Does he deny that it's happening now?

There was a crash. A navy pilot hit an unidentified aircraft outside of town.

The military found theirjet but the other craft hasn't been recovered.

- Why not? - We're in charge of coordinating efforts,

but my dad has really been no help, even though we have a deputy missing.

You find the UFO and he won't be able to deny the truth.

I hope that's all it is.

What's going on?

Talking to some people you might remember, from the FBI.

- Agent Scully, Agent Mulder. - Oh.

What brings you folks out here? You're not thinking this incident's some kind of UFO?

- Crash of an unidentified craft. - I've been on with the FAA.

You might wanna follow up.

Looks an awful lot like there was no crash at all.

Déja vu all over again.

That was there already, in case you're wondering about it.

I watched Agent Mulder paint that there seven years ago.

- What for? - To mark an electrical disturbance.

The kind where time bends or goes missing, or where your car loses power and dies.

These skid marks are mine.

So was the deputy's car up there without his lights on?

If they'd been on, I would have seen him.

Good point.

Detective?

Did the deputy carry a 38?

38 Super. Why?

Three shells were discharged. I imagine they could have rolled from up there.

- What was he shooting at? - Probably nothing.

- Nothing? - Nothing's all you seem to find out here.

Was the missing deputy a good cop?

Sure, I guess.

Married? Single?

Bill.

- Come on over here with those. - Married. New baby.

You know, they only wanna solve this.

Get in the car, Bill.

Yes?

Sorry to bother you. We're with the FBI.

- Is this about my husband? - You're Teresa? Teresa Nemman?

Yes.

Seven years ago you came to us for help. You were afraid of being abducted.

Oh, my God.

Please, come in.

I'm sorry. I sort of lost it when I realised who you were.

We came to see if there's anything you could tell us that might help to find your husband.

We had no idea you were his wife.

I don't know if it's important, maybe I just hope it's not,

but Ray and I have a connection that's even deeper for us.

He's an abductee too?

He kept it a secret from almost everyone. It doesn't make you real popular around here.

His experiences were a lot more terrifying than mine.

He was taken many times and tested.

I have extensive medical records on him and photos of his scars.

I'll get you the files.

What do you see? What do you see?

Once upon a time there was a little baby

- Who is it? - (Scully) It's me.

- What's wrong? You look sick. - I don't know what's wrong.

Come in.

I, um... I was starting to get ready for bed

and I started to feel really dizzy, vertigo or something,

and then I just... I started to get chills.

You want me to call a doctor?

No, I just... I just wanna get warm.

Thank you.

It's not worth it, Scully.

- What? - I want you to go home.

Mulder, I'm gonna be fine.

No, I've been thinking about it.

Looking at you tonight, holding that baby.

Knowing everything that's been taken away from you.

A chance for motherhood and your health and that baby.

I think that... I don't know, maybe they're right.

- Who's right? - The FBI.

Maybe what they say is true.

Though for all the wrong reasons, it's the personal costs that are too high.

There's so much more you need to do with your life.