The X-Files - 6.

translation: Triangle

Spanish title: La Verdad está en el Exterior: Triangulo

translation: The Truth Is Out There: Triangle

US Airdate: November 22, 1998

writer: Chris Carter

director: Chris Carter

STARRING:

David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder

Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully and ???

Mitch Pileggi as Assistant Director Walter Skinner

Guest Cast:

William B. Davis as Cancer Man (and ???)

Tom Braidwood as Frohike

Dean Haglund as Langly

Bruce Harwood as Byers

Chris Owens as Agent Jeffrey Spender

Arlene Pileggi as Skinner's Assistant

Laura Leigh Hughes as Kersh's Assistant

Madison Mason as Captain Harburg

Trevor Goddard as the 1st British Crewman

G.W. Stevens as the 2nd British Crewman

Greg Ellis as the 3rd British Crewman

Nick Meaney as the 4th British Crewman

Robert Thomas Beck as 1st Mate

James Pickens, Jr. as A.D. Kersh

Robert Arce as Bald-Headed Man

Wolfgang Gerhard as 1st Nazi

Guido Foehrweisser as 2nd Nazi

Kai Wulff as 3rd Nazi

Issac C. Singleton Jr. as 1st Roughneck

A TRIP TO THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE LANDS MULDER IN THE MIDDLE OF A BIZARRE CONFLICT ON A MYSTERIOUS SHIP, WITH THE FATE OF THE WORLD IN HIS HANDS.

Thrown out of his dingy by a ferocious storm in the Sargasso Sea, Mulder is fished out the ocean by hostile sailors. When he regains his wits, he realizes he's boarded the "Queen Anne", an English luxury liner that disappeared in the 1930s during World War II.

Brought before the ship's captain Yip Harburgh, Mulder tries to explain that the war is over and that the boat has been caught in some kind of time warp called the Devil's Triangle for the past 50 years. But he captain and crew have very different feelings, as the reality of the moment tells us that the liner has been captured by Nazi soldiers. The Nazis believe that the boat is carrying "Thor's Hammer", which they assume to be an atom bomb. When Mulder accidentally reveals that "Thor's Hammer" is the scientist who can make an atom bomb, the Nazis steer a path for Germany, hoping to use the atom bomb technology to win the war.

The atom bomb scientist on board is traveling with a woman who looks identical to Scully. Mulder enlists the aid of the Scully look-alike, telling her she must turn the ship around and save the future. If she doesn't, the Germans will win the war, and ultimately, Mulder and Scully will not exist. The Scully look-alike is confused, but Mulder is in a hurry, he's got to get back to his own history. Realizing he may never get another chance, he gives the Scully look-alike a deep kiss, for which she repays him with a "special" kiss of her own - a right hook to his chin. Mulder jumps overboard.

Meantime, the Lone Gunmen approach Scully at FBI headquarters and inform her of Mulder's disappearance. She enlists the help of Skinner to get information from the Navy's satellite tracking system to find the missing ship.

Racing to the spot where Mulder disappeared, the Gunmen and Scully find the ship and rescue Mulder. At the hospital, the Lone Gunmen, Scully and Skinner visit Mulder. He tries to explain all that happened, but they downplay it as a dream. They all wish him a speedy recovery and leave. It is then that Mulder feels a bruise on his face given to him by one of the Nazis. And he realizes it wasn't a dream after all.

Notes

The tagline changes to "Die Wahrheit ist irgendwo da Draussen" (pronounced "Dee VAR-hite ist EAR-gend-voh dah DROW-sen") which is German for "The Truth Is Out There", or more literally, "The Truth Is Out There Somewhere".

Yes, actress Arlene Pileggi is the lucky bit... I mean, lady, that's married to Mitch Pileggi in real life ;-)

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Quotes

Sailor 1: "Oi! What you got to say for yourself, Jerry, before we throw you back in?"

Mulder: "My name's not Jerry."

Sailor 1: "What's that? Eh?"

Mulder: "My name's Mulder. Fox Mulder."

Sailor 2: "That a name? Mulder?"

Mulder: "I got ID in my pocket."

Sailor 1: (pulling out and reading Mulder's badge) " 'Fox Mulder, Federal Bureau of Investigation.'

Sorry, mate, never heard of it!"

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Captain Harburg punches Mulder, everyone thinks he's a spy

Captain Harburg: "Speak the truth, man."

Mulder: "This is the Queen Anne, isn't it?"

Captain Harburg: "Aye."

(The Captain starts to hit him again. Mulder stops his hand nonaggressively.)

Mulder: "Hey, just about enough of that. I came looking for this ship."

(Sailor 1 holds up a knife to Mulder's throat.)

Sailor 1: "Say the word, Captain, I'll make him the first of the rest."

Mulder: "Hold on a second. I think I can explain what's going on."

Sailor 2: "It's a ruse, Captain."

Mulder: "What's our current position?"

Captain Harburg: "Cut the spy up."

(Sailors begin to drag Mulder back out of the room.)

Mulder: "I'll tell you. I'll tell you. We're two degrees above the 30th parallel. Sargasso Sea. Just

above the Tropic of Cancer. 64 degrees West by Southwest. Off the Plantagenet bank 60

miles South-southwest off Bermuda. How would I know that if I'd been in the water?"

Captain Harburg: "Aye, that's a damn good question, lad. I'm waiting for a damn good answer."

Mulder: "Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me that you haven't been able to get accurate compass readings.

That navigation's been a real bitch. It's because you've been caught in something called The

Devil's Triangle. I can show you on the chart here. (crosses to wall chart) It goes from

Bermuda down to Puerto Rico and back up to Florida. The Queen Anne is stuck here on the

Eastern edge of it. You've been caught in some kind of time warp. In some kind of limbo

dimension and now you've popped out the other side into 1998."

Sailor 1: "1998?!"

Sailor 2: "This man is mad."

Sailor 3: "Let him tell it to the fishes."

Captain Harburg: "I'm done fooling about, man. There's a war on. And in it or no, I don't plan to lose

me mind nor me ship to the likes of a jackal like you."

Mulder: (laughing) "You can relax. There's no war going on. The world is at peace. There's a little

trouble over at our White House but that'll blow over, so to speak."

Captain Harburg: "Peace? It's September 3rd, 1939, man! Hitler has entered Poland. And we've just

been boarded by a bunch of his goose-stepping hooligans so don't speak to me of

peace, lad. Tell Mother England."

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Mulder: "Scully?"

1939 Scully: "I suggest you get your Nazi paws off me before you get one in the kisser."

Mulder: (lifting the bill of his cap so she can see him) "Scully, it's me, Mulder."

1939 Scully: "Oh, you speak English, do you? Well, how'd you like to see the stars on the American

flag?" (holds her fist in front of his face)

Mulder: "I'm not a Nazi."

1939 Scully: "Oh, sure. You just look like one, right?"

(Turns back to keep dancing.)

Mulder: "I had to steal this uniform. (putting his hands on her back) Scully?"

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Scully goes to see Skinner armed with a note from the Lone Gunmen pinpointing what information she needs in order to find Mulder

Skinner: "You're out of line, Scully."

Scully: "No, sir, you're out of line. I'm sorry, but I'm coming to you for help and I've got nowhere else

to go. I would hope that after everything that we have been through that you would at least

have the courtesy and the decency and not to mention the respect to listen to what I have to

say. Now, all I need is information. (Skinner takes Scully's note and glances over it.)

You don't have to do anything else. Look, sir, if you know anybody at the Office of Naval

Intelligence it would be of great help."

Skinner: (after a pause, hands back the note) "I could lose my job, my pension, I could even be

subject to legal action."

(Scully sighs in exasperation and starts to open the door, but Skinner slams it back shut and keeps his hand on it.)

Skinner: "Use your head, Scully. It'll save your ass."

Scully: "Save your own ass, sir. You'll save your head along with it."

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Scully exits the elevator and enters the X-Files office

Scully: "I want you to do me a favor. It's not negotiable. Either you do it or I kill you. You understand?"

(Spender is alone in the office. He gets up and crosses to her.)

Spender: "You okay, Agent Scully?"

Scully: "No, I'm not. I'm a gun ready to go off so don't test me, Spender. Don't even think about trying

to weasel me."

Spender: "What is it that you need?"

Scully: (writing it down for him) "Navy AWACS SLAR 100 K swath. South-southeast of Bermuda.

I am looking for a boat, maybe a ship. 1939 luxury liner."

Spender: "1939?"

Scully: "Don't ask too many questions. I don't care what you do or who you do or who you have to

grease, I need that information and I need it now. Are we clear on that?"

Spender: "Crystal."

Scully: "And, Agent Spender... If you're not back in a hurry I am going to hunt you down, and so help

me God ..." (she clenches her hand in a fist)

Spender: "Right."

(He leaves the office.)

Scully: (under her breath) "Oh, God."

(Phone on Spender's desk rings. Scully stares at it, then picks it up.)

Scully: "Hello?"

Cancer Man: "Agent Fowley?"

Scully: (pause, she slightly lowers her voice) "Yes."

Cancer Man: "I was looking for Agent Spender."

Scully: "I'm sorry, he's not here right now. Is there something I can help you with?"

Cancer Man: "Yeah, Agent Scully just handed the Assistant Director a piece of paper with an

intelligence system scribbled on it .." (pause)

Scully: "Yes? Yes, sir?"

Cancer Man: "Who is this?"

(Scully hangs up slowly)

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Skinner joins Scully in the elevator

Skinner: "I've been trying to reach you. I got the information you needed."

(Scully takes the paper, grabs him and kisses him on the lips firmly)

Scully: "How?"

Skinner: "Don't even ask."

Scully: "Sir, what you've done..."

Skinner: "Is save Mulder's ass. I know."

Scully: "Yes."

(The elevator doors open. Other agents are in the hall.)

Skinner: (sternly for the other agents' benefit) "And if you ever ask me to break policy or protocol I

will have you written up, wrapped up and tossed out of the FBI for good. Am I understood,

Agent Scully?"

Scully: "Yes."

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Sailor 2: "Oi... American, right? Saved your life, mate. Krauts don't want no reason to bring you

Yanks into the war."

Mulder: "I got two words for you, buddy -- Pearl Harbor."

Sailor 2: "What?"

Mulder: "After Poland, Hitler's on his way to Denmark, Holland and France with a few stops in

between. The French all but roll over on us, the Italians seize their opportunity and the

Japanese come through the back door. It's a long, bloody story. It fortunately has a happy

ending."

Sailor 2: "We win?"

Mulder: "Yeah, you come out on the side of history with no small amount of help from us. Not much to

apologize over the next 50 years except for maybe the Spice Girls."

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Mulder and 1939 Scully run out on to the deck of the ship

1939 Scully: "What are you doing?!"

Mulder: "I'm going to tell you how to save this ship."

1939 Scully: "Out here?"

Mulder: "I can't stay. I got to get back to history."

1939 Scully: "What?"

Mulder: (holding her arms) "And you got to rescue it. Wait. Listen to me. This ship's been caught in

something called the devil's triangle. It's some kind of time warp -- a rift in space."

1939 Scully: "Are you crazy?"

Mulder: "You know Einstein, right? He predicts the theoretical possibility. He also predicts an atomic

weapon that will destroy the world."

1939 Scully: "Yeah? So what?"

Mulder: "If you don't go back and convince the crew of this ship to turn this ship around and head

back into the devil's triangle everything Einstein predicted will become true -- except for the

outcome of history."

1939 Scully: "So, if I don't turn this ship around...?"

Mulder: "In all likelihood, I won't exist."

1939 Scully: (disbelieving) "Oh..."

Mulder: "And neither will you."

1939 Scully: "Okay..."

Mulder: "So, in case we never meet again..."

(Mulder grabs her and kisses her long and hard. She kisses back. He releases her. She looks at him for a moment, then pulls back her right fist and punches him. Mulder rubs his jaw while 1939 Scully

reacts silently to the pain in her own hand that slugging him caused her.)

Mulder: "I was expecting a left."

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Mulder wakes up in the hospital, present-day

Mulder: "What happened to me?"

Scully: "You did something incredibly stupid."

Mulder: "What did I do?"

Scully: "You went looking for a ship, Mulder. In the Bermuda Triangle."

Mulder: "Say that again?"

(The Lone Gunmen enter the room)

Frohike: "Gilligan awakes."

Mulder: "You were there."

Scully: "Hmm?"

Mulder: "You were there, Scully."

(Skinner enters)

Langly: (to the others) "He's delirious."

Mulder: (referring to Skinner) "And he was there, too."

Skinner: (dropping a bouquet of flowers on the nightstand) "Right -- Me and my dog Toto."

Mulder: "No, you were there with the Nazis."

Scully: "Mulder, will you settle down? It's an order."

Skinner: "Not that he takes orders..."

(Mulder rests the back of his hand against Scully's waist which is against his bed rail. He is happy, yet very drugged.)

Mulder: "You saved the world, Scully."

Scully: "Yeah... You're right. I did."

Frohike: "What kind of drugs is he on?"

Langly: "I want some."

Mulder: "No, no, no.... The Queen Anne-- I found it. You were there with Thor's Hammer. I told you

you had to turn the ship around and then I jumped overboard."

Scully: "Yeah, I bet you did. The boat that you were on was busted into a million pieces. And as for

the Queen Anne it was nothing more than a ghost ship."

Mulder: "No, no, no. You and I were on that ship, Scully. In 1939."

Skinner: "Get some rest, Mulder, 'cause when you get out of here I'm going to kick your butt but

good."

(Skinner and The Lone Gunmen leave the room)

Mulder: "I would've never seen you again. But you believed me."

Scully: "In your dreams. (as if talking to a child) Mulder, I want you to close your eyes and I want you

to think to yourself 'there's no place like home.' "

Mulder: "Mmm." ( chuckles )

(Scully starts to leave. He calls her back.)

Mulder: "Hey, Scully." (leans up on his elbow)

(Scully comes back and leans close to his face.)

Scully: "Yes?"

(Long pause. They look deeply at one another.)

Mulder: "I love you."

Scully: "Oh, brother..." (turns away and leaves the room)

(Mulder, perhaps a little hurt, watches her go. He starts to lie down, but as soon as his face touches the pillow he pulls back up in slight pain and rubs his jaw where 1939 Scully hit him. He gazes after