TRIANGLE
6x03

Original airdate: November 22, 1998



Tagline: Die Wahrheit ist irgendwo da draußen (The Truth is Out There Somewhere)

(Thank you Agnes for the correction!)



Sailor 2: What kind of uniform is that, then? Sprechen sie deutsche, jah?

(Mulder groans as someone else hits him.)

Sailor 1: I say he's a rat and we throw him overboard like a rat.

Sailor 2: Right. Let's give him the heave-ho!

(The sailors pick him up again and lead him to the edge of the deck.)

Mulder: (weakly) Hey . . .

Sailor 1: How's about another dip in the Atlantic, huh, dirty Jerry?

Sailor 2: Even the sharks won't eat him.

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!

(They begin dragging Mulder below decks.)

Mulder: (surprised) Never heard of it?

Sailor 2: Tell you what we do with foxes. (laugh) Care to know?

Mulder: You never heard of the FBI?

Sailor: Why don't you shut up, Jerry, before we change our minds here.

Mulder: Where are you taking me?

Sailor 1: Where'd you pick up that accent?

Sailor 2: Probably in the Fuhrer's Secret Service. Come on.

Mulder: What are you talking about?

Sailor 2: I say we cut him open and see what color he bleeds. Dirty Jerry. Deutschland Uber Alles.



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.



Mulder: (showing them the date on his watch like they would believe him) No, no. It's not September 3rd. It's November 16th. Look.



Captain Marburg: Not on the watch of Captain Yip Harburg, they're not. Lock the prisoner up in here.

Mulder: It's okay. The war's over. Let them take you to Germany. They make nice cars.

(The sailors and Captain Marburg ignore him, leave and lock the door behind them.)

Mulder: (to himself, grinning, thrilled) This is unbelievable.



(Mulder sits listening, staring straight ahead in shock at the news from the radio stating that he IS in 1939.)

Mulder: Oh, sh . . .



(German soldier comes in and Mulder starts to beat the crap out of him. Mulder turns the soldier over and it's . . .)

Mulder: What the hell is going on? Spender?

(He strips the German Spender of his uniform and walks out of the Captain's quarters)



Mulder: (quietly to himself looking up at the pretty blonde singer) Hi.


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(Mulder accidently bumps into a woman on the dance floor)

1939 Scully: (accusingly) Excuse me.

(Mulder looks away from the singer and sees that the woman is identical to Scully. Mulder, surprised, grabs her arm.)

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: (offended, not understanding why she doesn't recognize him) I'm not a Nazi.

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



(Mulder puts his hands up. The Nazis grab him.)

Mulder: (to 1939 Scully) You see, I told you.



Mulder: You're all big men now but wait until you get into Russia. Hope you fellas like the cold.



Nazi 1: Aufstehen, schnell! (shouts angrily in German) -*Get up fast!*-

(Thank you Agnes for the correction!)

Mulder: Same to you, Adolf!



Mulder: (to 1939 CSM) I don't speak Nazi.



1939 CSM: Erschiess ihn auch. -*Shoot him also.*-

(Nazi 2 levels the gun at Mulder's head.)

Mulder: (slight panic) Wait a minute. Why are you shooting me? Why are you killing me? What have I done? I don't understand what you're asking me.

(Another Nazi, who looks just like Skinner enters the helm.)

1939 Skinner: Halt! Nicht schiessen. Dieser Mann ist Amerikaner. Es heisst sie wollen mehr Leute an dem Krieg beteiligen. (hands Mulder's badge to 1939 CSM.) -*Stop! Don't shoot! This man is American. They say more people want to take part in the war . . .*-

1939 CSM: Bring ihn nach unten. Bring alle nach unten. -*Bring him under. Bring them all under.*-

(Thanks to Maria-Venetia Kiritsi for the correction!)



Frohike: The walls have ears.

Scully: (impatient) I have ears. Will you tell me what's going on?



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

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



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



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.



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)



Kersh's Secretary: Oh, Agent Scully.

Scully: I was just, uh . . .

Kersh's Secretary: I was sent to come get you.

Scully: Yeah, I was waiting for Agent Spender, he was, uh . . . I'm supposed to pick up a delivery from him.

Kersh's Secretary: Agent Spender is with Assistant Director Kersh.

Scully: That rat bastard!



Skinner: 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?



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.



Crewman 2: (in Mulder's face) What's wrong with you?! Don't you know there are spies everywhere?! Trust no one, mon!



Crewman 3: (showing the chains they have put on the engine) You can't get to Germany if you can't steer. Me overriding her. We steering a course for home.

Sailor 2: Have you looked at your compass? You can't get to England going the wrong bloody direction.

Crewman 3: We're not going to England. We're going to Jamaica.

Crewmen: Yeah!



Mulder: (to the sailors and Crewmen) Turn the ship around or Hitler rises, Germany wins and your children will never know what freedom is!



1939 Spender: Shut up. Shut up and move away.

1939 Scully: Listen to me, you little weasel . . .



Frohike: Hey, Scully, you're not going to believe this. Get up here.

Scully: What?

Frohike: The sky just cleared and there it was.

Scully: Is it the Queen Anne?

Byers: That's her.

Scully: I don't believe it.

Frohike: Seeing is believing.



1939 Spender: What is the man's name?

Mulder: John Brown. Ask me again, and I'll knock you down.

1939 Spender: What's his name?!

Mulder: Puddintame. Ask me again and I'll tell you the same.



Scientist: Please -- tell them the truth before someone else has to die.

1939 Scully: I don't know this man.

Scientist: Please don't listen to her. She's traveling with me to protect me. She works for the OSS.

(They take the scientist away.)

Mulder: (whispering sarcastically to 1939 Scully) That's great.

1939 Scully: I don't see you did any better.



(1939 CSM looks at them for a long moment.)

1939 CSM: Toete sie zuerst. Toete sie alle. -*Kill them first. Kill them all.*-

Mulder: What'd he say?

(Nazis push 1939 Scully then Mulder to their knees. Mulder briefly rests his hand on her shoulder. 1939 CSM and 1939 Spender leave.)

Mulder: Uh . . . I think I know what he said.

1939 Scully: You learn fast.



Nazi: Stehenbleiben! Stehenbleiben! . . . Oder ich schieße en. Hände hoch . . . hinter ihren Kopf. Machen sie schonfe! -*Stand still! Stand still. Or I will shoot you. Hands up . . . behind your heads. Do it!*-

(Thank you Agnes for the correction!)

(They stop. 1939 Scully sighs and puts her hands behind her head. Mulder follows suit.)

1939 Scully: (to Mulder) Now what, Einstein?

Nazi: Machen sies! -*Do it!*-

(There is a gunshot. They both jump then turn to see the Nazi dead on the floor behind them. From the side hall, 1939 Skinner appears. )

1939 Skinner: God bless America. Now get your asses out of here.


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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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Scully: Mulder? Mulder, it's me. Hmm?

Mulder: (waking) Where am I? (tries to sit up)

Scully: You're in a hospital.

Mulder: Ooooo.

Scully: Lie still.

Mulder: I feel . . . Like hell.

Scully: I don't blame you. You've been through the wringer, I'd say.

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 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.)

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 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 Gunmen leave the room.)

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

Scully: In your dreams. (very gently) 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, 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 her and smiles.)



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