The X-Files — S04E17 — Tempus Fugit (1)
1997 · 45 MIN · IMDB 8.4 · 3,312 VOTES · DIR. Rob Bowman
Overview
While celebrating Scully's 33rd birthday, a strange woman informs Mulder that NICAP member Max Fenig (see Fallen Angel) has recently died in a plane crash. After a visit to the crash site and finding Max's body with radiation burns on it, Mulder suggests that the plane was intercepted by a UFO and is rapidly being covered up by the military.
Dialogue Timeline — 426 lines
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00:00:48 HERE YOU ARE, MR. REBHUN. ANOTHER SCOTCH AND SODA.
00:05:09 TWO, ACTUALLY. I MADE 'EM INTO EARRINGS.
00:06:20 AND SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED INTO A WOODED AREA...
00:07:22 WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?
00:08:27 HE PREDICTED THE ACCIDENT. FROM THE SOUND ON THE TAPE, THE PLANE MAY HAVE BEEN FORCED DOWN.
00:10:48 WHERE'S THE PLANE?
00:13:35 - JUST NINE MINUTES' DIFFERENCE. - IT'S GOTTA BE A MISTAKE.
00:15:00 SHARON, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU HAVEN'T TOLD US.
00:15:58 WHERE THEY HANDLE AND STORE URANIUM 235 AND WEAPONS-GRADE PLUTONIUM.
00:16:58 BUT IT WILL BE DISMISSED BECAUSE OF ITS IMPROBABILITY, ITS UNTHINKABILITY.
00:20:36 IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S STILL NO EXPLANATION FOR WHAT BROUGHT THIS PLANE DOWN.
00:22:04 LOUIS FRISH? YES, SIR.
00:23:03 AND WHAT WAS THEIR RESPONSE? WE JUST GAVE THEM THE INFORMATION,
00:24:52 HEY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.
00:25:53 - ABOUT WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH? - POSSIBLY. BUT I'M NOT READY TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
00:27:05 IT'S, UH... I WAS WAY OUT OF LINE.
00:28:59 I JUST NEED YOU TO COME OVER HERE AND LISTEN TO THIS RIGHT NOW, OKAY?
00:30:25 WHEN WE WERE ASKED TO GIVE ITS COORDINATES AT 15-SECOND INTERVALS.
00:31:32 SHOT DOWN BY THE INTERCEPT AIRCRAFT, WHICH IN TURN MAY HAVE CAUSED THE CRASH OF FLIGHT 549,
00:36:32 THIS IS WHERE FLIGHT 549 WENT DOWN.
00:38:09 OR SOME DAMN THING.
00:39:20 BUT THAT WRECKAGE... I CAN'T GET THAT OUT OF MY MIND.
00:40:51 LAST CALL, FOLKS. COCKTAIL?
00:42:29 DO YOU HEAR ME?
Cast & Characters
David Duchovny
Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson
Dana Scully
Joe Spano
Mike Millar
Jon Ratt
Father
Tom O'Brien
Sgt. Louis Frisch
Scott Bellis
Max Fenig
Greg Michaels
Scott Garrett
Jerry Schram
Larold Rebhun
Robert Moloney
Bruce Bearfeld
Rick Dobran
Sergeant Armando Gonzales
David Palffy
Dark Man
Jon Raitt
Father
Marek Wiedman
Investigator
Mark Wilson
The Pilot
Felicia Shulman
Motel Manager
Stacy Fair
Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Chilton Crane
Sharon Graffia
Brendan Beiser
Agent Pendrell
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed426
Dialogue density9.5 lines / min
First line00:00:48
Final line00:42:29
Production Record
DirectorRob Bowman
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,312
Factoids
Episode
The X-Files, season 4, episode 17: Tempus Fugit (1).
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/4087/season/4/episode/17
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