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Vince Gilligan
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Just a wonderful episode
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This episode is perfect. I love the music, the story, the directing, the photography, the characters... everything ! For me it represents the series. Just watch and enjoy.
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After all, and because I think I have been enough the one who cares about underestimated episodes, I would like to come back to this wonderfull episode.
The musician I am is more seduce thant the fan I still am. I mean that the first thing that kept me even for the first time was the music of Snow. This element is the main thing, the heart of the episodes, wich gives the perfect tone, rythme and poetry that belongs of the show from the early pilote episode.
The story is a good idea, even if In a certain way I allways had an impression of fan service about bringing back Samantha. Samantha Mulder had become a mantra-like, the spirit you call to give more concistance to Mulder.
However, the episode is a masterpiece anyway. For two main reasons:
The first one is that it shows Mulder's real psychologic injury. And this is at the same time his power, his vibrant and caracteristic obsession wich is the origine and energy of the show from the very beginning.
The second one is the MSR. There is in this episode a tremendous not shown seduction operating by Mulder on Scully that grows togather with the dramatic circonstances, and that gives a real tension and mesmerizes us throughout the episode. In fact, this tension could define the show itself.
From Roche's point of view, it turns much more interesting, since we have a perfect use of Mulder's injury. John Lee Roche is very carismatic as well, but in th bad sence. His psychological ascendancy on Mulder is perfectly held and reversed at the end, and the so delicious motel scene is the key.
Of course I didn't speak about the poetry references, the perfect tempo the episode shows. Scully, is both a mother, a partner and probably a hidden lover, but this is my UST side who speaks, doesn't it? The reality is that, like most of the episodes of this season, everyone is in its perfect and totaly assumed role. Scully skeptic but never a brake. Skinner with his hierarchical autority togather with a certin admirtion for Mulder's abilities and cleverness. And Mulder the believer but blinded.
Many scenes are pleasant. My favorites are when Mulder cut the bench in the car. Another with the examination in jail with Roche. Love when he asks to Teana if they'd bought any vacuum "Electrovac" Duchesse. The last one is the motel one, when Mulder gets Roche.
Outstanding.
SCRIPT
TRANSCRIPT
SCENE 1
MULDERS APARTMENT WASHINGTON DC
Mulder lays asleep on his couch when he wakes up and notices something on the ceiling A small red dot The red dot moves down off the ceiling and onto the wall as Mulder sits up The red dot stops and forms the word Follow It continues down onto the floor Mulder stands and follows He follows it outside where it goes onto a white El Camino and forms the words Mad Hat It then continues past a sign that reads Boshers Run Park Manassas Parks Rec The red dot shoots off into the woods Mulder runs after it and sees it on a tree It slides down onto the floor onto the chest of a little girl She is dead laying in a pile leaves The red dot forms a heart on the right side of her chest and she sinks down into the ground the heart remaining for a few seconds then disappearing as leaves cover the girl Mulder gasps as he wakes up on his couch He sighs and looks around then gets up and throws a phone book down onto the desk It is the Fairfax County phone book and the first address under Parks is Boshers Run Park The address is 6002 Lonetree Rd Getting in his car he drives off and pulls up to the park Carrying a flashlight he walks past the sign he saw in his dream and over to the spot where he had been There is no little girl there but he kneels and moves the leaves out of the way In the morning an excavator scoops up some dirt and places it in the screen
EXCAVATOR Here try the screen
The second excavator shuffles the dirt around Mulder walks quickly over towards them
MULDER Concentrate on this area over here Right there
He points to the spot
SCULLY Mulder
He turns to see Scully walking towards him
Whats going on
Mulder walks over to her
MULDER Im not sure I can explain Scully
SCULLY You called for a forensic excavation at five AM on a Sunday What are you looking for
MULDER Just give me a minute Scully okay
SCULLY Mulder what are you doing out here
MULDER I keep having this dream Its about a little blond girl
SCULLY Youre saying that youre out here because of something you saw in a dream
He nods slightly knowing it sounds ridiculous
EXCAVATOR Sir
They run over to the excavator and kneel down They have uncovered a skull
SCENE 2
BOSHERS RUN PARK MANASSAS VIRGINIA
The excavator is unearthing the skeleton scooping out the dirt around it A grid has been placed over it to separate areas Mulder and Scully watch
EXCAVATOR Carefully remove the dirt around it
SCULLY So tell me about this dream
MULDER Ive had flashes of it three nights in a row And last night it went on long enough to lead me right to her
He walks towards the two excavators
I need the chest exposed
EXCAVATOR Yes sir It just takes a little time
Mulder picks up some rubber gloves and kneels down wear the second excavator was who got up and walked away
Sir let us do that sir
Mulder starts to scoop away the dirt with his hands
SCULLY Mulder if you destroy evidence we may never find out what happened here
MULDER I know what happened here She was strangled He used an eightgauge electrical cord He took something from the body postmortem a trophy A piece of fabric cut from her clothes in the shape of a heart
SCULLY Youre saying you got all these details from your dream
MULDER No I know this MO I know it from memory
SCULLY Whose MO
MULDER John Lee Roche He killed thirteen eighttoten yearold girls
He exposes the chest partly revealing a set of ribs over which is a nightgown with a cloth heart cut out
This makes fourteen
Scully looks down at it
OPENING CREDITS OPENING CREDITS OPENING CREDITS OPENING CREDITS OPENING CREDITS
SCENE 3
FBI HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
Mulder opens the file cabinet and begins digging through the folders
MULDER It was a difficult case he was extremely hard to catch
He pulls out a folder marked Roche John L and hands it to Scully who is sitting
By 1990 ten victims had been found scattered across the eastern seaboard The earliest dated back to 1979
He sits
VICAP named the case paper hearts because of the trophies the killer took
Scully looks at pictures of young girls in the folder the victims
All the victims were abducted from their homes Reggie Purdue brought me onto the case because he thought I could get inside the killers head
SCULLY Did you
MULDER I concluded that that we were probably looking for a salesman Someone who who traveled around a lot someone who could gain peoples confidence someone ordinary
Scully looks at the mugshots of Roche
Turns out Roche was a vacuum cleaner salesman His job took him all over the northeast Hed be in someones home demonstrating his vacuum cleaner All the while hed be checking out their kids Hed choose a victim then come back for her months later
SCULLY But it was your profile that caught him
Mulder shrugs slightly agreeing
What about the uh the trophies he took the cloth hearts
MULDER We never found them but we didnt need them to make the case We had him cold on thirteen counts of murder He admitted to thirteen Polygraph said he was telling the truth But that always bugged me about this case I always wanted to find those hearts and count them see if they really added up to thirteen I guess they didnt
SCULLY Well if nothing else I think I can at least help explain your dream
She closes the folder
I dont think you ever stopped thinking about this case I believe that you may have solved it in your sleep
MULDER So you think that Ive somehow had this information about a fourteenth victim all the time and Ive been processing it unconsciously
SCULLY You said it yourself once You said that a a dream is an answer to a question we havent learned how to ask You did good work Mulder Lets identify this girl so we can put her to rest
SCENE 4
AUTOPSY LAB
Mulder sits looking at the skeleton of the girl Her ribs have been pulled open and the cloth is sitting on the table There is a small pocket with a dollar sign stitched in The door opens and Scully walks in with a folder
SCULLY I believe her name is Addie Sparks She went missing from her home in King of Prussia Pennsylvania in June of 1975 I contacted the Center For Missing and Exploited Children ran a search through the database
Mulder nods
MULDER 1975 is too early
SCULLY The match is right Mulder The the the height is right the description of the sleeper is right
MULDER That would mean Roche started way before we thought he did
SCULLY Mulder were going to have to verify this Are you up for that
Mulder nods
SCENE 5
NORRISTOWN PENNSYLVANIA
Mulder and Scully pull up to the house of Frank Sparks Children are playing nearby Mulder uses the knocker and Sparks opens the door
SCULLY Frank Sparks
FRANK SPARKS Can I help you
Scully shows him her badge
SCULLY Yes Im Agent Scully this is Agent Mulder Were with the Federal Bureau of Investigation May we speak with you
FRANK SPARKS You found Addie
Inside they are all sitting Sparks pulls the cloth heart out of a bag and looks at the small pocket with a dollar sign stitched in His voice is hoarse with sorrow
This was for the tooth fairy When Addie was asleep at night Id Id come and put a quarter in this pocket Her mother sewed it
SCULLY Where is your wife sir
FRANK SPARKS She passed away last summer
He stares off trying to contain his sadness
So you you uh youre saying the uh the man that did this is already in prison
MULDER Yes sir and he wont get out
FRANK SPARKS You do this fulltime telling people this kind of news
SCULLY No sir not fulltime
MULDER Its not a good job
FRANK SPARKS No I used to think that missing was worse than dead because
He clears his throat
You never knew what happened
Mulder stares at him understanding
Now that I know Im glad my wifes not here She got luckier
Mulder looks over to a picture of a little girl on the mantel
How many more people uh like me are you going to visit today
MULDER Sir
FRANK SPARKS Were there other victims you didnt know about
Scully looks at Mulder unsure Afterwards Sparks closes the door as they start back to their car Mulders eyes flash to the white car with the red dot on it that he saw in his dream
MULDER Roches car Roche drove a white El Camino Scully I saw it in my dream
He runs to his car
SCULLY What are you saying that means
MULDER The cloth hearts he collected he would have wanted to keep them close to him For a traveling salesman that means inside the car right
He pulls out a folder and starts to look through it
SCULLY Maybe youre saying the hearts might still be in his car
MULDER Well he doesnt have them in prison the cell is searched regularly his mail is examined His car was sold at auction in 1992 put beyond his reach Its worth a look Scully Weve got to find those hearts in order to count them
SCULLY Dont you think the car might have been searched at least once already
MULDER Not by me
SCENE 6
HOLLYVILLE DELAWARE
The garage door slides up and a man shows the car to Mulder and Scully Its a nice white car with flames painted on the sides
MAN Here it is Ive been you know detailing it Dropped the bed shell and did the decals stuff like that
SCULLY Thank you
MAN HonesttoGod serial killer owned my car For real
Mulder gets in the front seat He checks the visors as Scully gets in the passenger side They search the glove compartment and under the seats but to no avail Mulder pulls out a pocket knife and starts ripping up the upholstery Scully looks at him
MULDER Helping him detail
Scully shrugs slightly and reaches around on the floor of the back seat She pads the ceiling for a bump but finds nothing as does Mulder
Somethings wrong here Scully
SCULLY Maybe its underneath
She gets out of the car He slides the visor over then realizes something His memory flashes the dream part where the red dot turned to Mad Hat
MULDER Mad Hat
He goes over the words in his head
Hey Scully The camper shell
He gets out
The kid said he took the camper shell off
They walk outside and through a path in the woods to the side of the house Mulder pulls out the camper shell which has been covered in a plastic sheet He steps on the underside searching for a bump He kneels down and pads around then rips off the cloth on the side He pulls out a copy of the book Alice in Wonderland and stands
Mad Hat Mad Hatter
He starts to flip through as Scully looks They find the first heart He continues flipping then starts counting out loud after a while
MULDER Eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen
Scully stops and looks at it
SCULLY Addie Sparks
Mulder continues flipping
Fifteen sixteen
Mulder finishes flipping through
MULDER He had two more victims
We hear a sound of a buzzing over the scene
SCENE 7
LORTON REFORMATORY LORTON VIRGINIA
A guard leads Mulder and Scully towards a cell Mulder and Scully place their guns in a drawer then Mulder takes off his ankle gun and places it in as well The drawer shuts and their is another buzz The gate next to them slides open and they walk through A basketball can be heard Mulder opens the door at the end of the hallway and the two walk towards John Lee Roche who is playing basketball He looks at them
JOHN LEE ROCHE Mulder Long time no see You got a new partner
He lightly tosses the basketball through the hoop
MULDER Agent Scully
JOHN LEE ROCHE So whats up
MULDER We found Addie Sparks John
JOHN LEE ROCHE Congratulations I guess
He takes a soft hook shot
SCULLY We also found your cloth hearts All sixteen of them
JOHN LEE ROCHE Huh
MULDER Sixteen victims John How come you only said there were only thirteen
Roche sinks another shot
JOHN LEE ROCHE I dont know Thirteen sounds more magical you know
MULDER Why dont you tell us about your last two victims then
SCULLY Youre in here for life youve got nothing to lose
JOHN LEE ROCHE I got nothing to gain
MULDER You can gain one moment of decency in your life You can finally let those families put their daughters to rest
JOHN LEE ROCHE I understand you take this very personally Mulder
The next shot bounces off the rim
How about this
He twirls the basketball on his finger
Sink one from there and Ill tell you
He tosses it to Mulder who is standing at the foul line Mulder sinks it and smirks
Youd trust a child molester
Roche walks past them
You bring my hearts and give them back to me Ill tell you everything you want to know
He looks to the guard
Let me out
There is a buzz and he walks out
SCENE 8
FBI HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
The thirteen hearts that had been named are now all lined up in bags with nametags on them Mulder looks at the two left and takes off his glasses He puts his head down on the desk rubbing his eyes then looks up and sees the red dot on the wall He watches as it moves down the wall and under the door Walking to do the door he can barely hear a television talking To his surprise it is the house Samantha sitting in front of the television a Stratego board game set up Mulder loses his breath in shock
MAN she had erased a conversation between President Nixon and HR Haldeman while transcribing the subpoenaed tape Woods testified that she had erased only about five minutes of the conversation but the tape contained an eighteenminute gap
SAMANTHA MULDER Fox its your move
MAN ON TV 1 Under investigation from Senator Howard Baker HR Haldeman reiterated the White House explanation that Rosemary Woods mistakenly erased
Mulder walks around to the other side of the board game
MULDER Samantha
SAMANTHA MULDER Are you going to move or not
He kneels down staring at his sister
MAN ON TV 1 foot on the footpedal
SAMANTHA MULDER Do we have to watch this Fox
MAN ON TV 1 and then accidentally hitting the record button
Leon Jaworski the Special Watergate Prosecutor comes on screen
LEON JAWORSKI ON TV It must be very difficult to reach a conclusion It was an accident
Realizing the situation he recalls the basic idea of his past sentences and states them
MULDER The Magician comes on at nine
SAMANTHA MULDER Mom and Dad said I could watch the movie buttmunch
MULDER Theyre next door at the Galbrands They left me in charge
There is a clattering and the lights shut off
No
The room starts to shake the picture vibrating against the wall Samantha stands as the Stratego pieces start to shuffle across the board Mulder stands remembering every detail as the pictures fall and knickknacks topple over on the mantel
Not again
There is a sound of an engine revving and a bright light shines through the windows A weird humming starts as Mulder and Samantha avert their eyes from the light The doorknob turns Mulder reaches for his gun but it is not on him
Samantha run
He runs over to the cabinet and throws a case down on the floor which breaks open He picks up the gun and looks over to see not aliens standing in the doorway but Roche illuminated by the headlights of his car Mulder stares at him kneeling Roche walks over and stands over him smiling before walking away
SAMANTHA MULDER Fox Fox
Mulder wakes up with a start
MULDER Samantha
He stares at the two cloth hearts
SCENE 9
LORTON REFORMATORY LORTON VIRGINIA
Mulder is seated at a table There is a window in back of him A buzzing sounds and Mulder stands Roche walks in and sits across from him They sit in silence
JOHN LEE ROCHE Did you bring me my hearts
MULDER Yesterday you said something about me taking it personally Why did you say that to me
Roche smirks
Where were you in 1973
JOHN LEE ROCHE What the whole year
MULDER November Twentyseventh of November Do you know what Im getting at
JOHN LEE ROCHE I was selling vacuum cleaners in 1973 I made a sales trip to Marthas Vineyard that year and I sold a vacuum cleaner to your dad He bought it for your mom I believe it was a um Electrovac Duchess or the Princess model and your dad and I talked about it at great length He he had a really hard time choosing
MULDER What do you know about my sister
JOHN LEE ROCHE You bring me my hearts and maybe Ill tell you more
Anger strong in Mulders eyes he throws a hard right which soundly connects with Roches jaw Roche flies off the chair and lands on the floor He stands slowly as Mulder holds his fist The guard walks in
This man this man hit me
The guard looks at Mulder
GUARD I didnt see it
He walks over to the door and bangs on it while Scully walks in from the other door The door opens and the guard and Roche walk out
SCULLY I did
Mulder shakes the feeling back into his hand Another buzz and they walk out Mulder putting his coat on
MULDER He was there Scully He was in the house He took Samantha
SCULLY In your dream Mulder It was a dream Your mind made it up
MULDER A dream is an answer to a question we havent yet figured out how to ask right Something buried in your subconsciousness You heard him in there he knew something He mentioned being on Marthas Vineyard
SCULLY Is it a state secret you lived in Marthas Vineyard
MULDER Well how would he find out about that
SCULLY Through the prison library The inmates have access to computers and the internet I checked Roche logged on just yesterday
They stop walking
MULDER Looking for what
SCULLY The server records dont show but on the Net Mulder he can find out practically anything about you Look he is playing with you Mulder He is committing emotional blackmail and you are letting him You walked into that room with your heart on your sleeve He saw vulnerability and he took advantage of it You had a dream a nightmare and you and you had it because of all the emotions that this case is stirring up for you But it was nothing but a dream
MULDER My last dream came true Scully do you believe that my sister Samantha was abducted by aliens
Scully looks away
Have you ever believed that No So what do you think happened to her
SCULLY What are you saying you believe now
MULDER I dont know I dont know what happened I dont know what to believe I just know that I have to find out now
He walks past her
SCENE 10
GREENWICH CONNECTICUT
Mulder uncovers a desk and looks through a drawer
MRS MULDER Fox
MULDER Mom Im in the basement
Mulder walks over to the stairs in the basement where is mother is walking down still recuperating
Im sorry how are you feeling
MRS MULDER Good Fox Im fine Honey what are you doing down here in the middle of the night
Mulder takes out the cloth hearts
MULDER Do you recognize these fabrics Either one of them
MRS MULDER What am I looking at
MULDER Just look closely Do do they seem familiar to you
MRS MULDER Familiar how
MULDER Just familiar Have you seen them before
MRS MULDER Fox I dont know what you want me to say You know my memory isnt as good as it used to be ever since I had the stroke I just dont know
They hug
MULDER Its all right
MRS MULDER Oh Fox
MULDER Dad never bought you a vacuum cleaner did he
MRS MULDER Yeah A long time ago
They pull out of the hug Mulder seems shocked
I dont use it anymore
MULDER Where is it
MRS MULDER Well its here under the stairs in the storage
He heads under the stairs
Fox what is going on
He pulls open the door to the storage and turns on the light Pulling other things away he pulls out an old circular vacuum cleaner An Electrovac Princess Mulder slams it down into its box
SCENE 11
FBI HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
Skinner is sitting at his desk Mulder and Scully walk in
MULDER Sir Ive been denied further access to John Lee Roche Ive been told that order comes down from you
SKINNER Could you tell me why you saw fit to strike a prisoner in federal custody
Mulder looks back at Scully
Agent Scully didnt report that to me Mulder though she should have The whole thing was videotaped as per prison policy I saw it Youre lucky I dont have your ass in a sling
MULDER Sir
SKINNER You gotten too close to this Mulder Youve let this man get to you
MULDER I have reason to believe he can tell us what happened to my sister Samantha
SCULLY It is looking possible sir John Lee Roche apparently spent most of 1973 in Boston He did take one sales trip up to Marthas Vineyard in October of that year The timing is right
MULDER I need to know I just need to speak with him one more time sir
SKINNER It just makes it even less of a good idea Mulder
SCULLY Sir the fact remains that we still have two more victims that we need to find and identify and no one has more insight into Roche than Agent Mulder and this is still Agent Mulders case
Skinner sighs
SKINNER You tread very lightly
Mulder nods Skinner looks to Scully
You see that he does
Scully looks away and she and Mulder walk out
SCENE 12
LORTON REFORMATORY LORTON VIRGINIA
Roche pulls up a seat and stares angrily at Mulder who is seated across from him
JOHN LEE ROCHE Im not talking to you if youre going to hit me again
Scully looks at Mulder as well who pulls out the two remaining cloth hearts and puts them down in front of Roche Roche pulls open the bag and is about to pull out the heart when Mulder grabs his hand
MULDER No You dont get to touch them They stay in the bag Name them
JOHN LEE ROCHE I think you know one of them already
They stare at each other
SCULLY Prove it
Roche smiles
JOHN LEE ROCHE Watergate was on TV You and your sister were sitting in front of it playing a board game with uh little red and uh blue plastic pieces And you wanted to watch a TV show the one the one with Bill Bixby What the heck was the name of that thing
MULDER How could you know what I said
JOHN LEE ROCHE I was watching from the window I was I was very careful
MULDER If thats true tell me where my sister is
Roche looks down at the hearts
JOHN LEE ROCHE Pick her out
MULDER What
JOHN LEE ROCHE You choose the one that was your sister and Ill tell you where she is Hey come on its a fiftyfifty chance
He positions the hearts next to each other
Either way Im giving you a victim
Mulder picks the one to his right
That one Youre sure you want that one
Mulder looks a bit confused thinking he might have picked the wrong one Scully continues to glare at Roche who smiles slyly
No just kidding its its a good choice Okay you want to write this down
SCENE 13
FORKS OF CACAPON WEST VIRGINIA
Scully moves a small plant out of the way to reveal the words Mad Hat carved into a rock Mulder falls to his knees and starts to dig at a spot in the dirt much to the chagrin of Scully
SCULLY Mulder lets get a team out here Let somebody else do this
MULDER Help me Scully
Scully knowing how obstinate Mulder is starts to dig as well They keep digging until they see something in the dirt Mulder brushes off a set of ribs covered with cloth that has a paper heart cut out Scully sighs and looks back at Mulder who stares at the heart
SCENE 14
AUTOPSY LAB
Mulder stands at the far end of the room looking at the body which is covered He walks over to it and opens a folder then looks at an xray He looks down at the body for a long time then pulls off the cover and stares at it He looks over at its shoulder as Scully looks in
SCULLY Mulder
MULDER Its not her Scully Am I right Samantha broke her collarbone when she was six
Scully walks over
It was her left collarbone We had we had a rope swing out in the backyard Its not broken is it
SCULLY Youre right Mulder its not a match
Mulder sighs in relief
Its not her
MULDER Its somebody though
Roches voice starts over the scene
JOHN LEE ROCHE You know like I said
SCENE 15
LORTON REFORMATORY LORTON VIRGINIA
Mulder and Scully are interrogating Roche again A guard is in the back room
JOHN LEE ROCHE It was a fiftyfifty chance
SCULLY Tell us the name of that girl
JOHN LEE ROCHE It was Karen Ann Philiponte
Scully takes notes Mulder just glares at him
She lived in a green rancher in East Amherst New York Mint grew outside her window I stood outside her window atop sprigs of mint It smelled wonderful
Scully is agitated by Roches lawlessness She spits out her words
SCULLY What year
JOHN LEE ROCHE July 1974 I had her mother on the hook for an Electrovac Argosy but at the last minute she said thanks but no thanks
Scully looks up at him no flicker of emotion
Oh well
They sit in silence for a few seconds the agents glaring at him Mulder pulls out the last paper heart He slides it across and Roche picks it up studies it and slides it back
Its your sister
MULDER If thats true tell me where
JOHN LEE ROCHE You want to know a lot more than that dont you You want to know everything right The big mystery revealed
SCULLY Drop the mind games
JOHN LEE ROCHE I cant just tell you I know you dont believe me You need me to show you you need me to lead you through because after all these years anything less than thats not going to satisfy you right
MULDER You just want to get out of here
He stands and walks to the back
JOHN LEE ROCHE Youre damn right I do if only for a day or two Im realistic And more than that I I cant wait to see your face
SCULLY Oh God
She stands
Youre going to see the inside of your cell instead Youre going to rot there
She looks at Mulder and walks to the door He picks up the heart and follows He looks through the window at Roche Scully looking at Mulder
Are you okay Mulder the last thing you should do is give this man his way on this If you do he could string us along forever I know you appreciate that There has to be another way to come to the truth
Mulder nods slightly Roche looks at them in the window and walks out the door buzzing Scully sighs
SCENE
MULDERS APARTMENT WASHINGTON DC
Mulder lays on his bed thinking staring at the ceiling After a while he sits up picks up the phone and dials
WOMAN Clerks office
MULDER This is Special Agent Fox Mulder with the FBI
SCENE 16
SEABOARD AIR FLIGHT 1650 WASHINGTON TO BOSTON
A stewardess opens coke cans as the drink tray is going by Mulder continues to talk on the phone over the scene
Badge number JTTofoursevenoneooneoneoneone I need a removal order for a federal prisoner
Roche looks back at the stewardess handcuffed
JOHN LEE ROCHE Can I use the lavatory
MULDER Keep your hands in your lap
He covers the handcuffs with the jacket They get up and start towards the back of the plane but Roche manages to get by the drink cart while Mulder is stopped by them
STEWARDESS Need a drink
MULDER Excuse me
Roche looks at a young mother and her daughter who is looking out the window
JOHN LEE ROCHE First flight
MULDER Excuse me I have to get by
YOUNG MOTHER Yeah
STEWARDESS Could you just wait one second please
Roche kneels eyeing the little girl
MULDER Now
JOHN LEE ROCHE You having fun
CAITLIN ROSS Mmmhmmm
JOHN LEE ROCHE Whats your name
CAITLIN ROSS Caitlin
Mulder gets by the stewardesses as Roche stands Mulder nods to the young woman as they walk by Skinner can be heard over the scene
SKINNER What the hell do you mean
SCENE 17
FBI HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
Skinner is conferring with Scully
SKINNER He checked out Roche
SCULLY Agent Mulder convinced the judge that it was an emergency situation
SKINNER And where were you while this was happening
SCULLY I had left Agent Mulder for the day I suggested that he get some sleep Sir I have a clear idea of where he might have gone and I am sure that I can catch up with him
SKINNER Ill be the one to catch up with him Wheres he headed
He stands and puts on his coat
SCULLY Marthas Vineyard And I would hope that youd appreciate the uniqueness of this situation and its effect on Agent Mulder
SKINNER No I fully understand the effect it has on him Agent Scully As I recall that was the sum and total of my last words to you on the subject You let me down Lets clean up this mess before it gets completely out of hand
He starts out
SCENE 18
MARTHAS VINEYARD MASSACHUSETTS
Mulder flicks on the light switch as he opens the door Roche following him inside They walk into the hallway then Roche peeks into the main room
JOHN LEE ROCHE No one home
Mulder remains stoic Roche smiles and sits on the plasticcovered couch
I sat on this couch when your dad bought the vacuum Youre ready
MULDER Go
JOHN LEE ROCHE November twentyseventh 1973 I watched the house for hours I parked across the way out over there I was just casing I wasnt planning for this to be the night But then all of a sudden your parents leave and I figure
MULDER Whered they go
Roche stands and goes to the window
JOHN LEE ROCHE House next door To play pinochle I dont know whatever it was people did back then
MULDER Go on
JOHN LEE ROCHE So after theyre gone I get out of my car and I move closer
He kneels down in front of the television
And I watched you and your sister playing that board game
He stands
A little bit after eight Im about ready so I move to the junction box
He starts to walk around
I cut the power and the lights go off and then I moved around the front door And I was ready to kick the door in it was unlocked It was 1973 It was a different world back then
MULDER And then what did you do
JOHN LEE ROCHE Well you remember that I came in the front door And you tried to get to your fathers gun I g I give you credit for that But then you sort of froze and then I took your sister away from all this To a happier place
Mulder walks over to him
MULDER Thats exactly how it happened Right here in this room
Roche looks a little unsure confused
JOHN LEE ROCHE Yeah
MULDER Wrong house
Roche is shocked
My father bought this house after he and my mother divorced This house is in West Tisbury The house that Samantha was abducted from is in Chilmark Thats six miles from here
Roche looks away
You screwed up You were never here You didnt take Samantha
JOHN LEE ROCHE Wishful thinking
MULDER No No but I think I know what happened Somehow you got inside my dreams
JOHN LEE ROCHE Come again
MULDER I profiled you I got inside your head maybe you got inside mine Maybe some nexus or connection was formed between us and through that you got access to my memories of my sister Samantha and you used them against me for this
JOHN LEE ROCHE Youre just resisting me
MULDER And youre in the wrong house you stupid son of a bitch You were never here you liar
JOHN LEE ROCHE Its geography man Its just geography It was twentythree years ago that was geography were talking about
MULDER Yeah but you remember all the other details so vividly Thats because you watched it through my eyes through my dreams
Roche sits in the chair laughing
JOHN LEE ROCHE I hear things about you Mulder You know what I heard I heard you go after aliens from space Its like your world will be okay as long as you can believe in like flying saucers
He makes a twirling motion with his finger and a corny scifi noise
But Im telling you the Gods honest truth I can see youre not as openminded as you think you are
MULDER You must have been one hell of a salesman Roche First flights at six AM Why dont you enjoy your last few hours of freedom Come on
Roche stands and they walk out
SCENE 19
HOTEL
Mulder sits at the table studying the paper heart Roche is asleep on the couch He hears something outside
SAMANTHA MULDER Fox
He stands
Fox help Unlock me Help Help me
He goes over to the window and sees the white car outside He gasps Samantha pounds on the car window
Fox help me Help me
Mulder looks over at Roche then dashes out as the engine revs
Unlock me Fox
Mulder tries the door handle but it is locked
Fox help me Unlock me Fox
He opens the door and pulls her out He hugs Samantha tightly then pulls her away to look at her Smile wide he hugs her tight again and notices something on the floor The red dot It forms bye Mulder hears the cars engine rev and turns holding nothing to see is gone He wakes up hearing a pounding on the door His hands are beneath the table and he throws it over as he stands finding he is handcuffed Roche is gone
SCULLY Mulder
SKINNER Mulder open the door
Mulder looks around Afterwards in the morning Mulder is talking to Scully and Skinner
MULDER He must have done it in my sleep I had another dream
Skinner sighs
SKINNER Why dont you check to see if anybody saw him leave
Skinner motions to two men who walk out
MULDER He took the last cloth heart
SCULLY He also took your badge and your phone
SKINNER Wheres your gun
Mulder stares at him blankly
How do you explain yourself Agent Mulder
MULDER I dont
SKINNER You dont A predator is loose because of you God only knows how many hours lead hes got Any idea where he might be headed
Mulder thinks for a second
MULDER Yeah
SCULLY Where
MULDER Wheres your phone
Skinner sighs and hands him his phone Mulder sits
There was a small child on the plane
SCULLY What child
Mulder dials the number
WOMAN ON PHONE Seaboard Air
MULDER Yeah please put me through to your supervisor
SCULLY Mulder what child
MULDER This is Fox Mulder of the FBI Id like a passenger manifest for flight sixteenfifty from Washington National to Boston 850 PM last night My badge number is JTT
The woman talks illegibly Mulder hangs up
An Agent Mulder just called ten minutes ago They gave him the same information
They start off
SCENE 20
NEW FRIENDS DAY CARE SWAMPSCOTT MASSACHUSETTS
The agents pulls up to the scene to find the person in charge talking to police
WOMAN He said he was from the FBI He said her mother was in an accident He needed to take Caitlin
She sobs The agents get out of the car
LOCAL COP You said he was a a white male
WOMAN Yeah
LOCAL COP About how tall was he
WOMAN Um he was about six foot five or something
Mulder Skinner and Scully walk over to her
He said his name was Mulder He had a badge He said he was official Oh my God what have I done
The local cop looks over to Skinner
LOCAL COP We sent a unit over to pick up the girls mother Shes on her way down
SKINNER Okay
WOMAN Wh what am I going to tell her Its all my fault
MULDER Its not your fault Its my fault
He walks back towards his car Scully following
Sorry Scully you were right He was playing me the whole time
SCULLY You dont think he took Samantha
MULDER None of that really matters now does it
They stop at the car
SCULLY Well where do you think hed take this girl Would he follow his MO and drive her out of state
MULDER Theres no reason for that he knows were going to catch him He just needs it be sooner than later Hes going to stay in the Boston area Itll be somewhere nearby
SCULLY Well how much of a creature of habit is he Do you think hed want to take her someplace familiar
MULDER Try to relive some past glory Is that what youre thinking I dont know what
SCULLY Well he lived in Boston in the early 70s right
She reaches through the open window and takes a folder off the dashboard Skinner walks over
SKINNER What do you got
SCULLY Roches old address in the area Revere Nineeightonine Alice Road apartment number six
MULDER Hes there
SKINNER How do you know
MULDER Alice Alice in Wonderland hes the Mad Hatter
SKINNER Mulder thats thats
MULDER Thats where he got the idea in the first place
He gets in the drivers seat
SKINNER All right lets go
He whistles and the agents and officials start piling into their cars
9809 ALICE ROAD
Mulder is the first to enter busting down the door The apartment is empty and abandoned
SKINNER Check the other rooms
The agents go ahead
SCULLY I dont think he brought her here
Mulder looks out the window and sees a bus terminal with hundreds of buses across the way
MULDER He never brought anyone here
He runs out Skinner puts away his gun as they follow Mulder walks across the field and starts to climb the metal barrier
SKINNER Plug the entrance
He looks out at the hundreds of abandoned buses and climbs down He pulls out his gun on his ankle and hears a girl scream Running in that direction he looks around and as if led by some unknown force starts to walk slowly past buses He finds the bus he thinks is the one and slowly approaches the doors Pulling it open he pops out of the entrance gun raised and sees Roche sitting at the back Caitlin in the seat in front of him He lowers his gun and slowly starts towards them
JOHN LEE ROCHE Im beginning to believe we do share that nexus you spoke of You always seem to find me
MULDER Are you okay Caitlin
Caitlin nods
Good My name is Fox Im going to take you home
She nods again
JOHN LEE ROCHE I have your gun Fox
MULDER Caitlin can you do me a favor Can you count to twenty Can you do that Will you close your eyes and count to twenty out loud quietly and slowly
She nods and closes her eyes
CAITLIN ROSSMULDER One two
Mulder cocks his gun and puts it directly in Roches face
CAITLIN ROSS Three
JOHN LEE ROCHE I will shoot
CAITLIN ROSS Four
MULDER Dont make this end badly
CAITLIN ROSS Five
Mulder looks down to see Roche pointing Mulders gun at the seat in front of him a path that would go right through Caitlin
Six seven
JOHN LEE ROCHE Youre not giving me very much choice
CAITLIN ROSS Eight
Skinner and Scully appear in the entrance guns pointed at Roche
Nine
JOHN LEE ROCHE I really dont want to go back to prison
SKINNER Put the gun down Roche
CAITLIN ROSS Ten eleven twelve
Roche pulls out the last paper heart still in the bag
JOHN LEE ROCHE You have one left
CAITLIN ROSS Thirteen
JOHN LEE ROCHE How are you going to find her without me
CAITLIN ROSS Fourteen fifteen
JOHN LEE ROCHE How sure are you its not Samantha
CAITLIN ROSS Sixteen
JOHN LEE ROCHE Huh
CAITLIN ROSS Seventeen
JOHN LEE ROCHE How do you know
CAITLIN ROSS Eighteen nineteen
Mulder blows Roches brains out leaving blood all over the window behind his head Caitlin screams and runs towards Scully
SCULLY Come here
Roche slumps down
SKINNER Get her out of here Call an ambulance
Caitlin sobs Mulder keeps his gun trained on Roche then slowly lowers it breathing raggedly
SCENE 21
FBI HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
Mulder sits at his desk staring at it Scully knocks and walks in They stare at each other in silence for a few seconds before Scully puts down a stack of papers on Mulders desk
SCULLY I got back some lab results The dye analysis determined that the fabric of the last heart was manufactured between 1969 and 1974 but beyond that theres nothing more they can tell us Mulder its not Samantha and whoever that little girl really is well find her
MULDER How
SCULLY I dont know but I do know you
He looks up at her then back down
Why dont you go on home and get some sleep
He laughs heartily She does the same They hug Mulders head against her bosom She strokes his hair then walks out He continues to smile then it fades Mulder pulls open his desk drawer and cradles the last paper heart before placing it in the desk drawer and closing it
[THE END]
HISTORY
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