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the Fox Network.  Two lines of dialogue are also Chris 
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TITLE: The Last Scene
AUTHOR: Christine Leigh 
E-MAIL: leighchristine@hotmail.com 
RATING: PG
CATEGORY: MSR
SPOILERS: None.
SUMMARY: A vision of the last scene between Mulder and
Scully in the series finale.  Script format.

Note: This is predicated on Mulder being there prior to the
last scene, since I  hope that they can get David Duchovny
back for more than a cameo.  

The Last Scene
by Christine Leigh

EVENING.  Mulder, sitting on the couch in Scully's living
room.  Very similar to the scene from SMALL POTATOES. 
William is in his bassinet, which is placed next to the couch
at the end where Mulder is sitting.  There is a bottle of wine
on the coffee table and two wine glasses.  There are candles
lighted on the table, too.  Scully enters from behind the couch
and pauses a bit to take the scene before her in.  She likes
what she sees, but is still taken by surprise at the reality of it
all.  She sits down next to Mulder.

SCULLY: So, what's the occasion?  (Looking at the wine
and candles.)

MULDER: Well, seeing as it's the end, and all, I thought....

SCULLY: The end, of what Mulder?

MULDER: Well, uh...The first part?  Us, Scully.  The end of
the first part of us.

SCULLY: Nine years is a long first part, Mulder.   (Mulder
pours wine into the glasses, picks them up and hands one to
Scully.  She smiles.  They touch their glasses together in a
silent toast, and then each take a sip.)

MULDER: Did it seem long to you, Scully?  It didn't to me. 
(William is heard crying from the bassinet.  Mulder sets his
glass down and gets up and takes him from his bassinet,
returning to his spot on the couch.  He rocks William a few
seconds, and the crying subsides.)

SCULLY: (Looking at the two of them with pure love in her
eyes.)  No.  It didn't seem long.  I suppose you could say it
flew, when it wasn't disappearing.

MULDER: (Grinning) Why, Scully, are you positing that
time can disappear? 

SCULLY: Possibly.

MULDER: William, you're a witness.  

SCULLY: Mulder, he's asleep.

MULDER: Doesn't matter; I believe he heard you.  (Mulder
gets up and puts William back into the bassinet.  Music is
playing now in the background.  Mulder returns to the couch
and sits down next to Scully.)

MULDER: Funny, the things that have come to be, that once,
I never would have believed.

SCULLY: There was definitely a time that I thought we'd
never be here.

MULDER: But we are. (He leans in closer to Scully's face.)

SCULLY: Yes.  (They are looking at each other now, the
same way they had so long ago in the hallway.  Mulder leans
down and kisses Scully on the lips.  She kisses him back, and
they continue, passionately, for a few seconds.  They finally
break, and Mulder stands up.  He extends his hand to Scully. 
She rises from the couch and takes it and is now in his arms. 
The scene is reminiscent of their dance from POST-
MODERN PROMETHEUS, except for they are really slow
dancing as opposed to the slow-motion dancing from that
episode.  The camera pulls back and the scene fades to
black.)

(The sound of someone knocking on a door.)

MULDER VOICEOVER:  Sorry, nobody down here but the
FBI's most unwanted. 

SCULLY VOICEOVER: Agent Mulder.  I'm Dana Scully,
I've been assigned to work with you. 

MUSIC:  The first six notes of The X-Files Theme.


END
 


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