9x19 The Truth (1) - The X-Files Episode Guide

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- Episode 09x19

Episode: 09x19
Title: The Truth (1)
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 9ABX19
First Aired: May. 19, 2002

Season 9 » Episode #19 - The Truth (1)

Summary: Mulder is on trial before a military tribunal that seeks to justify and prove the existence of an alien conspiracy and The X-Files.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Special Agent Dana Scully	played by Gillian Anderson
Special Agent Monica Reyes	played by Annabeth Gish
Assistant Director Walter Skinner	played by Mitch Pileggi
CGB Spender	played by William B. Davis
Deputy Director Alvin Kersh	played by James Pickens Jr.
Marita Covarrubias	played by Laurie Holden
Special Agent Kallenbrunner	played by Matthew Glave
Gibson Praise	played by Jeff Gulka
Jeffrey Spender	played by Chris Owens

Season 9 / Episode 19: - The Truth (1)

Scully: Mulder, it's me.
Mulder: Oh. Is it time to go?
Scully: No. That's why I'm here. Mulder, I need you to talk to me. Confide in me... or we'll lose.
Mulder: We can't win, Scully. We can only hope to go down fighting.
Scully: You're scaring me. Mulder, I'm so scared that I've just got you back and now I'm going to lose you again.
Mulder: I know what I'm doing.
Scully: Well... whatever you're doing... you have no idea how much has already been lost... What I've had to do...
Mulder: I do know. Skinner told me.
Scully: Our son, Mulder... I gave him up. Our son. I'm so afraid you could never forgive me.
Mulder: I know you had no choice. I just missed both of you so much.
Scully: God, where have you been? Where have you been hiding?
Mulder: In New Mexico.
Scully: Doing what?
Mulder: Looking for The Truth.
Scully: You found something, didn't you? Huh? What did you find?
Mulder: I can't tell you.
Scully: You found something in that facility? That's what you were doing, right? Mulder, what did you find out there?
Mulder: Scully, I can't tell you.
Scully: That doesn't make sense.
Mulder: You've got to trust me, Scully. I know things. It's better you don't.

Season 9 / Episode 19: - The Truth (1)

Scully: What are you thinking? Mulder?
Mulder: I'm thinking... I'm a guilty man. I've failed in every respect. I deserve the harshest punishment for my crimes.
Scully: You don't believe that.
Mulder: I believe... that I sat in a motel room like this with you when we first met... and I tried to convince you of the truth. And in that respect, I succeeded, but... in every other way... I've failed.
Scully: You don't believe that, either.
Mulder: Mm. I've been chasing after monsters with a butterfly net. You heard the man - the date's set. I can't change that.
Scully: You wouldn't tell me. Not because you were afraid or broken... but because you didn't want to accept defeat.
Mulder: Well, I was afraid of what knowing would do to you. I was afraid that it would crush... your spirit.
Scully: Why would I accept defeat? Why would I accept it, if you won't? Mulder, you say that you've failed, but you only fail if you give up. And I know you - you can't give up. It's what I saw in you when we first met. It's what made me follow you... why I'd do it all over again.
Mulder: And look what it's gotten you.
Scully: And what has it gotten you? Not your sister. Nothing that you've set out for. But you won't give up, even now. You've always said that you want to believe. But believe in what Mulder? If this is the truth that you've been looking for, then what is left to believe in?
Mulder: I want to believe that... the dead are not lost to us. That they speak to us... as part of something greater than us - greater than any alien force. And if you and I are powerless now, I want to believe that if we listen, to what's speaking, it can give us the power to save ourselves.
Scully: Then we believe the same thing.
Mulder: Maybe there's hope.

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SPOILER: In the final episode it is revealed that on December 22, 2012, aliens will invade and take over the world. In reality, December 23, 2012 is the day the ancient Mayan calendar will end.
The series finale episodes #9.19 and #9.20, The Truth, parts 1 & 2 featured the Largest number of cast members in the opening credits sequence: David Duchovny (Fox Mulder), Gillian Anderson (I) (Dana Scully), Robert Patrick (I) (John Doggett), Annabeth Gish (Monica Reyes), and Mitch Pileggi (Walter Skinner), totaling 5.
During the opening credits sequence for all the Season 9 episodes, there is a confidential list that flashes on the screen that has a list of names with some of the names blacked out. This list is different in the opening sequence of every episode in Season 9. In this episode, one of the names is Exar Kun. In the expanded Star Wars universe, Exar Kun is one of the first Sith Lords.
The series finale featured the most cast members in the opening credits sequence: David Duchovny (Fox Mulder), Gillian Anderson (I) (Dana Scully), Robert Patrick (I) (John Doggett), Annabeth Gish (Monica Reyes), and Mitch Pileggi (Walter Skinner), a total of 5.