The X-Files (TV Series)

Excelsis Dei (1994)

Gillian Anderson: Dana Scully

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• Scully : Good morning.

  Mulder : Whatever tape you found in that VCR, it isn't mine.

  Scully : Good, because I put it back in that drawer with all those other videos that aren't yours.

• Mulder : So you think that Michelle Charters was raped by a 74-year-old schizophrenic?

  Scully : It's possible.

  Mulder : An invisible 74-year-old schizophrenic.

  Scully : Well, maybe it's not the medication. Maybe it's the place itself.

  Mulder : Are you saying that the building's haunted? Because if you are, I think you've been working with me for too long, Scully.

  Scully : I'm talking about an environmental reason behind what's happening there. Even the disinfectant couldn't mask that smell. Who knows what's breeding behind the walls or in the substructure. Some fungal contaminants have been known to cause delusions, dementia, violent behavior...

  Mulder : Why wouldn't it have affected the other residents?

  Scully : Maybe it has.

  Mulder : I think you're looking too hard, Scully, for something that's not there. I think Michelle Charters concocted this story to get out of a job she hates.

  Scully : That lip required 13 stitches. The blow to her head resulted in a subdural hematoma. That's quite a concoction. Look, I just want to talk to a few more of the patients there. We can catch the same flight out tomorrow night.

• Scully : [about Gung's mushrooms]  Were you feeding them to the residents here?

  Gung Bituen : Yes, but only in small amounts.

  Mulder : Why?

  Gung Bituen : Because it makes them feel better.

  Mulder : Makes them feel better, or it kills them?

  Gung Bituen : No.

  Dr. John Grago : Exactly what kind of mushrooms are they?

  Gung Bituen : It's from my prefecture in my country. They've been used for centuries.

  Scully : For what purpose?

  Gung Bituen : In my country, our customs are different.

  Mrs. Dawson : You're not in your country now. You're hired here to care for these people under our guidelines.

  Gung Bituen : Where I come from, many generations live under one roof. As children, our grandparents live with us. We feel a duty to take care of them. It isn't like that in this country. We respect our old people as we respect our ancestors. We don't send them away to die like Stan and Hal.

  Dr. John Grago : These people are given excellent medical care.

  Gung Bituen : But they're not treated with respect. Hal's family never came to visit him once and the orderlies... treat the residents worse than dogs.

  Mrs. Dawson : No one is mistreated here.

  Gung Bituen : You're not here to see.