2.4 Sleepless
US Airdate: October 7, 1994
writer: Howard Gordon
director: Rob Bowman
STARRING:
David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully
Guest Cast:
Cancer Man .................... William B. Davis
Salvatore Matola ............... Jonathan Gries
Agent Alex Krycek .............. Nicholas Lea
Asst. Director Walter S. Skinner ..... Mitch Pileggi
Augustus Cole .................. Tony Todd
Mr. X .......................... Steven Williams
MULDER AND SCULLY ANALYZE A SERIES OF MURDERS THAT LOOK AS IF THEY WERE COMMITTED BY A MAN WHO KILLS THROUGH DREAMS.
A prominent doctor calls 911 to report his apartment on fire; firemen later find him dead and the apartment untouched. Mulder investigates, curious about a delusion so strong it can kill. A new informant helps Mulder and Scully uncover a government conspiracy, dating back to the Vietnam War, to create the perfect soldier -- one who never sleeps. But the side effects of this sleepless state seem to indicate a psychic ability to project waking dreams into the consciousness of others. Mulder must not only track down a murderer who never sleeps, but battle the insidious forces
working against him within the Bureau --including perhaps his new partner.
Quotes
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Mulder: "So, it's actually possible to alter somebody's dreams?"
Dr: "In theory, yes."
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Mr X: "The truth is still out there, but it's never been more dangerous."
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Krycek: "I paid off your cab. I don't appreciate being ditched like somebody's bad date."
Mulder: "Sorry if I hurt your feelings."
Krycek: "Where do you get off copping this attitude? I mean, you don't know the first thing about me."
Mulder: "Exactly."
Krycek: "You know, back at the academy, some of the guys used to make fun of you."
Mulder: "Oh, stop it, or you're going to hurt my feelings."
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Mulder: "What's this scar right here?"
Krycek: "According to his medical history, the only surgery he ever had was an appendectomy."
Mulder: "Well, unless they got to his appendix through his neck..."
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Scully: "I'm going over the reports you faxed me. They're incredible."
Mulder: "The military already sent troops through radioactive mushroom clouds. I guess they figured they had to top themselves, right?"
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Scully: "Even if you're right, you'll have a much better chance of finding Cole if you work up a profile and try and surmise his next move."
Mulder: "Alright, I'll sharpen my pencils and I'll see you later..."
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Scully: "Sounds like your new partner's working out."
Mulder: "He's alright. He could use a little more seasoning and some, uh, wardrobe advice. But he's a lot more open to extreme possibilities than..."
Scully: "...than I was?"
Mulder: "Than I assumed he would be."
Scully: "Must be nice not having someone questioning your every move, poking holes in all your theories?"
Mulder: "Oh oh, yeah... i-i-it's great, a-ah I'm surprised I put up with you so long..." (long and kinda sad pause)
Scully: "You better go..."
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Mulder: "Alright, what do you want to know?"
Krycek: "Just the truth. You know there's things you're not telling me that I need to know."
Mulder: "It's just that my ideas usually aren't very popular."
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Krycek: "...Scully's a problem..."
Cancer Man: (holding up cigarette) "Every problem has its solution." (crushes cigarette into ashtray)
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