The X-Files

..the superior court of the state of Pennsylvania declares case BD-237 closed.

That's why I suggested you file the joint summary with a joint petition...

Thank you.

( "Tattooed Love Boys" by The Pretenders)

No way.

Right.

These craft, where were the majority sighted?

On route home, me, others...

...walk on the minefield by base.

Long, black car drive up...

...no door handle, no window.

No persons drive.

We run.

Mines...

...explosion, but...

...no sound.

Nothing.

Silent.

You said others. Any of them with you in America?

Yes. Three of us...

Can you verify...

Difficult. KGB still have much power.

We are each mentioned in...

- (woman) Hello? - Hello, Mrs Denunzio, hi.

This is Ed Jerse at Fuller and Siegel. How are you this morning?

- The kids, you know. - I understand.

I wanted to call and let you in on a stock that's going public next week.

It's so hard after the holidays. Don't hit her with that! I mean it!

I'm sorry. What?

A company in Tucson called Cryo-Cord...

...has achieved an amazing advancement in the technology of cryogenics.

Stem cells from the blood of an umbilical cord...

...may be transplanted in the treatment of diseases such as...

Loser.

Such as?

- What? - Diseases such as?

- Before that, what did you say? - Nothing. You were talking.

The stock is always gonna come around.

- Then I just punch it up here? - Say it to my face.

Right to my face. Now that I'm in front of you, call me a loser to my face!

- Calm down. - (woman's voice) Trash her desk!

Why don't you go home, Ed?

We'll discuss this later.

I made an effort to get out of it, but the Bureau is sticking to its vacation policy.

I haven't taken a day off in four years, so either I go now...

...or they start not paying me for eight weeks' vacation.

I don't like it, but I gotta do it. I gotta pay the rent. I gotta eat.

I can't help thinking this is a way to get me outta here.

But it is only a week, and you'll be here to keep an eye on things for me, so...

Here's a few things for you to keep an eye on while I'm gone.

Why don't I have a desk?

What do you mean?

I always assumed that that was your area.

Back there.

OK, we'll get another desk and there won't be any room to move...

...but we can put them face-to-face. Maybe we can play battleship.

What is it you want me to keep an eye on?

That contact we met last night, who was present for a first.

You abandoning me during questioning. In the future, all people being interviewed...

...will provide you with a laser show to keep your interest maintained.

In any case, his name is Vsevlod Pudovkin.

He has a doctorate in astronautical engineering.

He and other contacts worked at a military space centre in the Republic of Karelia.

They smuggled out reports of two alien craft

which were retrieved from the Sea of Barents.

And these reports are for sale?

- At a high price, yeah. - Mm-hmm.

Do you know the identity of these individuals?

That's your assignment.

I want you to run a Bureau NCIC check on these individuals...

...all of whom now reside in Philadelphia.

I've also made arrangements for travel so you can administer eye-to-eye surveillance.

I'm not going.

What do you mean?

Your contact, while interesting in the context of science fiction...

...was, at least in my memory, recounting a poorly-veiled synopsis...

"cl an episode of Rocky and Bullwinkle".

"Eenie, meenie, chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak"?

Rocky and Bullwinkle are looking for an upsidasium mine.

Boris Badenov alters the road signs...

...which causes them to walk onto a secret military base...

...where they are picked up by a car with no windows, no door locks...

...and there are silent explosions from a compound called Hushaboom.

You're refusing an assignment based on the adventures of Moose and Squirrel?

That makes it sound like you're my superior.

Do what you want. But I worked my ass off to get these files reopened.

You were just assigned. This work is my life.

And it's become mine.

- You don't want it to be? - This isn't about you.

Maybe it is indirectly. I don't know.

I feel like I've lost sight of myself, Mulder.

It's hard to see, let alone find in the darkness of covert locations.

I wish I could say that we're going in circles, but we're not.

We're going in an endless line.

Two steps forwards and three steps back...

...while my own life is...

...standing still.

Maybe it's good that we get away from each other for a while.

- Where will you be? - Ironically enough, it's personal.

It's a... place I always wanted to go...

...what I anticipate to be a spiritual journey.

I hope to discover something about myself.

Maybe you should do the same.

Yes, Mrs Shima-Tsuno.

Ma'am, what if I swore to you that it would never happen again?

I just would like another chance.

I need another chance, Mrs Shima-Tsuno.

Well, that stock I recommended - Virtual Gambling - is up.

Mm-hmm!

Mm-hmm.

Right.

I understand.

Thank you for your time.

Good bye.

"Thank you for your time."

If you were any kind of man, you would have told her to kiss your ass. But no.

Another woman sticks it to ya.

Ain't that right, Eddie?

- I can hear you down there! - (pounding the floor)

- (chirping) - Stop it! Knock it off! I can hear you!

- (pounding continues) - Shut up down theta!

- (chirping continues) - Stop it! Stop it!

Knock it off! I can hear you!

I go downtown and roam all around

But every street I walk I find another dead end

You hear that? It's you, Ed.

It's all about you!

Knock it off!

I know there's someone just waitin' somewhere

I look around for her but she's just not there

- (knocking) - Doesn't somebody want to be wanted?

Good evening. My name is Hannah, this is Spencer.

- Have you imagined what it would... - Do you hear that?

Downstairs.

What I hear is the confusing and troubling sound of...

She's tryin' to drive me crazy.

We just talked to Miss Schilling and I don't believe she...

Somehow... she knows what I'm thinking.

I don't want to feel it, but they know...

...like psychics or somethin' or an implant thing, tryin' to drive me crazy.

They've programmed the TV to criticise me.

- ...find my way - There. You hear it? There! There! There!

We'll come back some other time.

Mmm, mmm, mmm. You see?

Even the Jehovah Witness babe won't waste her time on you.

No woman would.

And you just sit and take it.

Take it like a man.

Just like me.

Hey, what are you doing? Get out of here.

- (TV) I'm no different from anybody else. - Get out of here!

- I'm gonna call the cops! - I start each day...

No! No! Please! Get out!

It gets really lonely all by myself.

Now where is love, and who is love?

- I gotta know. - (screaming)

Doesn't somebody want to be wanted like me?

Where are you?

Doesn't somebody want to be wanted like me?

Just like me

Doesn't somebody want to be wanted like me?

Where are you?

Doesn't somebody want to be wanted...

Attaboy, lover. From now on, I'm your right-hand gal.

You and me.

As long as I'm with you, no one will ever hurt you.

Never again!

- (beep) - Oh, hey, Scully, it's me.

I'm just calling to see how you're doing.

Give me a call on my cell when you get a chance. Just let me know where you're at.

Just watch yourself, all right?

- (man) That's not my problem. - (Ed) You did good work.

Very nice. It's just like in the window. But...

So what? Why do you want to cover it?

Listen, friend, everyone gets tattoo they deserve.

What if you don't cover the whole thing? Just the eyes and the mouth.

Even if I say yes, it's too soon. Skin must heal.

I'll pay you anything.

Miss? Miss?

You. You like this on his arm?

Wow.

Uh...

Eddie?

The uh... the colour... the red on the lips... it's extraordinary.

Something I find in Soviet prison. I tell him everyone gets tattoo they deserve.

- Beautiful, cheap... - (woman's voice) I thought I was your girl.

Tattoo reflect on body what lies in person's soul.

You'd break my heart over a cheap redhead?

Used the sewing needle, paper clip.

You talk to her, and I'm gonna be bad!

I find grasses grow in prison yard, rye and such.

Only use now, on that tattoo.

Svo.

Pardon me.

- You look. - Mm-hmm. Thank you.

Mind some advice from a stranger?

Think it over before you get it done.