- [last lines]
- Mulder: They're shutting us down, Scully.
- Scully: What?
- Mulder: They called me in tonight and they said they're going to reassign us to other sections.
- Scully: Who told you that?
- Mulder: Skinner. He said word came down from the top of the Executive Branch.
- Scully: Mulder...
- Mulder: It's over, Scully.
- Scully: Well, you have to lodge a protest. They can't...
- Mulder: Yes they can.
- Scully: What are you going to do?
- Mulder: I'm... not going to give up. I can't give up. Not as long as the truth is out there.
- Scully: [Scully is refusing to follow a vague lead with Mulder] Who is this Deep Throat character? I mean, we don't know anything about him. What his name is, what he does...
- Mulder: He's in a delicate position. He has access to information and indiscretion could expose him.
- Scully: You don't know that this isn't just a game with him. He's toying with you. Rationing out the facts.
- Mulder: You think he does it because he gets off on it?
- Scully: No. I think he does it because you do.
- Guard: [Scully is attempting to bluff her way into a top secret project in order to rescue Mulder] Name?
- Scully: Dana Scully.
- Guard: Company or institution?
- Scully: [steadily] Federal government.
- Guard: Project password?
- [she gazes around the room, stalling for the answer]
- Guard: *Project password*?
- Scully: [a leap of faith] Purity control.
- Guard: [long pause as he types something on a keyboard. The door unlocks] Log in, please.