1 00:00:07,073 --> 00:00:10,994 [ man ] i reviewed your case and your service record-- 2 00:00:11,494 --> 00:00:13,997 Combat duty in panama, grenada, 3 00:00:13,997 --> 00:00:16,499 Distinguished service in the gulf, 4 00:00:16,499 --> 00:00:20,336 Great triumphs and great tragedies. 5 00:00:20,787 --> 00:00:22,288 It's clear to me, lieutenant colonel, 6 00:00:22,789 --> 00:00:25,158 That these suicide attempts of yours are simply just-- cries for help. 7 00:00:25,625 --> 00:00:29,462 You've tried and failed to kill yourself three times in as many weeks. 8 00:00:29,863 --> 00:00:33,349 Frankly, if you wanted to-- you don't understand. 9 00:00:33,349 --> 00:00:37,854 He won't let me. he won't let me die. 10 00:00:37,854 --> 00:00:40,206 Who ? who won't let you die ? 11 00:00:54,637 --> 00:00:56,940 Just relax a moment. i'll be back with something to help you sleep. 12 00:00:59,776 --> 00:01:03,279 [ door opens ] 13 00:01:03,279 --> 00:01:05,281 [ door closes ] 14 00:01:55,548 --> 00:01:57,650 Stand down, lieutenant colonel. 15 00:02:01,221 --> 00:02:04,624 No ! not this time ! 16 00:02:05,125 --> 00:02:08,828 Aah ! just let me go ! [ alarm ringing ] 17 00:02:09,329 --> 00:02:11,231 Oh, my god. 18 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,876 Where is he ? down here. he's in there. 19 00:02:31,351 --> 00:02:32,852 Easy. 20 00:02:43,796 --> 00:02:48,117 I-i told you he won't let me die. 21 00:02:51,804 --> 00:02:53,523 [ groaning ] 22 00:03:41,236 --> 00:03:44,990 [ birds chirping ] 23 00:03:44,990 --> 00:03:47,342 I don't wanna talk about it anymore. 24 00:03:47,342 --> 00:03:50,345 I told them and i told them, but they won't listen. 25 00:03:50,345 --> 00:03:53,282 You mean they don't believe you. no, sir. 26 00:03:53,782 --> 00:03:55,617 You said in the report that at the time of the accident, 27 00:03:56,001 --> 00:03:57,503 You believed somebody was in the room. 28 00:03:58,003 --> 00:04:00,873 It was no accident. don't you understand ? 29 00:04:01,306 --> 00:04:03,125 But this person saved your life, is that right ? 30 00:04:03,509 --> 00:04:08,013 Look at me. look ! 31 00:04:08,013 --> 00:04:10,015 I have no life. he took it all away. 32 00:04:10,516 --> 00:04:13,986 Do you have any idea who it is ? 33 00:04:14,319 --> 00:04:19,775 I never see him clearly, but he looks like a soldier, always standin' at attention. 34 00:04:20,125 --> 00:04:23,128 - g.i. ? - or one of saddam's boys, 35 00:04:23,629 --> 00:04:26,548 Come back to hold me accountable. 36 00:04:26,548 --> 00:04:29,451 Whoever it is, he knows my name. 37 00:04:29,868 --> 00:04:32,538 He speaks to you ? 38 00:04:32,538 --> 00:04:35,407 "your time has come," he said. 39 00:04:36,909 --> 00:04:39,912 Then he started takin' it all away. 40 00:04:39,912 --> 00:04:42,965 What did he start taking away ? 41 00:04:43,382 --> 00:04:45,017 Everything. 42 00:04:45,517 --> 00:04:48,587 My wife, my children. 43 00:04:49,088 --> 00:04:51,540 And how did he do that ? how did-- 44 00:04:53,492 --> 00:04:55,494 He burned them alive. 45 00:04:55,494 --> 00:04:58,380 Now he makes me suffer... 46 00:04:58,831 --> 00:05:02,334 Because he won't let me die. 47 00:05:02,835 --> 00:05:04,536 [ door opens ] 48 00:05:04,870 --> 00:05:07,973 Agents mulder and scully, may i have a word with you ? 49 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:21,103 I've been asked to have you suspend whatever investigation you've begun here. 50 00:05:21,103 --> 00:05:22,855 Asked by whom, captain. 51 00:05:22,855 --> 00:05:25,958 General callahan, lieutenant colonel stans' commanding officer. 52 00:05:26,225 --> 00:05:28,343 - is something wrong ? - protocol requires... 53 00:05:28,343 --> 00:05:30,562 All criminal investigation of military personnel... 54 00:05:30,863 --> 00:05:33,832 To be conducted through military channels and their superior officer. 55 00:05:33,832 --> 00:05:35,667 What ? we didn't sign in at the front desk ? 56 00:05:35,667 --> 00:05:37,803 You're in breach of code and procedure. 57 00:05:38,137 --> 00:05:41,640 Excuse me, but does general callahan have a superior officer ? 58 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,143 Ma'am ? assuming that we wanted to investigate him, 59 00:05:44,643 --> 00:05:46,945 - who would we talk to ? - investigate him for what ? 60 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:51,083 - whatever. - general callahan is the senior officer here. 61 00:05:51,483 --> 00:05:54,052 - well, then, we'd like to speak to him on our way out. - i don't know he's available. 62 00:05:54,486 --> 00:05:57,706 Ask him to make himself available. tell him that it's our protocol. 63 00:05:58,157 --> 00:06:01,143 In the meantime, we would like to finish up with lieutenant colonel stans. 64 00:06:01,143 --> 00:06:02,945 You never know when he might try and kill himself again. 65 00:06:09,551 --> 00:06:11,103 Let's finish this, mulder. 66 00:06:30,789 --> 00:06:34,059 [ man ] i keep having the same dream almost every night. 67 00:06:34,059 --> 00:06:37,930 I know a lot of crips have the same dream: "the walk." 68 00:06:38,430 --> 00:06:42,484 In my dream, i rise up out of my chair, i can stand. 69 00:06:42,484 --> 00:06:44,486 And i look down the hallway, 70 00:06:44,486 --> 00:06:46,488 Only i'm not in the ward anymore, i'm at home. 71 00:06:46,488 --> 00:06:48,407 There's my baby girl. 72 00:06:48,874 --> 00:06:50,842 Without even thinking about it, 73 00:06:50,842 --> 00:06:55,347 I take a step towards her, and i take another step. 74 00:06:55,347 --> 00:06:59,851 Then i pick her up and i carry her outside on my own two feet. 75 00:07:00,352 --> 00:07:02,104 Outside is my little boy. 76 00:07:02,104 --> 00:07:04,206 We run together. 77 00:07:04,706 --> 00:07:09,211 Running. me ! my legs, like they were before. 78 00:07:10,712 --> 00:07:13,715 We play a little bit of football. i show him a few moves. 79 00:07:13,715 --> 00:07:15,717 You know, like the old man used to do. 80 00:07:16,218 --> 00:07:18,720 We just walk home. 81 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:22,224 No crutches, no wheelchairs. 82 00:07:22,724 --> 00:07:25,227 I know i'll never walk again, but this dream seems so real. 83 00:07:25,227 --> 00:07:27,729 I can't help but think that maybe someday-- 84 00:07:28,213 --> 00:07:30,549 [ laughs ] don't hold your breath. 85 00:07:32,718 --> 00:07:34,536 I think we'd all be interested in your point of view, leonard. 86 00:07:35,020 --> 00:07:38,006 Oh, you really wanna know what i think ? 87 00:07:38,006 --> 00:07:39,925 I pity all you guys. i really do. 88 00:07:40,392 --> 00:07:43,262 With your handicapped basketball and your wheelchair races. 89 00:07:43,729 --> 00:07:46,431 [ scoffs ] you all act like we're normal people. 90 00:07:46,732 --> 00:07:50,669 - we are normal people. - i don't know if you had a look in the mirror, my friend, 91 00:07:50,669 --> 00:07:54,172 But you are missing a leg. 92 00:07:54,172 --> 00:07:56,174 [ screams ] 93 00:07:56,174 --> 00:07:59,678 I-i don't have any. where-- where'd my arms go ? 94 00:08:02,014 --> 00:08:04,733 - we all know how you feel. - no, you don't. 95 00:08:05,233 --> 00:08:07,736 [ laughs ] how the hell could you possibly know how i feel ? 96 00:08:08,220 --> 00:08:09,955 There's only one way you could ever know, 97 00:08:10,289 --> 00:08:13,792 And i can only pray to god that he'll come down and take your legs and arms away... 98 00:08:14,293 --> 00:08:16,578 And give you a little taste of what it feels like ! 99 00:08:22,534 --> 00:08:24,670 Roach. 100 00:08:33,662 --> 00:08:36,415 I'm sorry, gentlemen. let's begin again. 101 00:08:40,719 --> 00:08:43,221 What is it, roach ? what's what ? 102 00:08:43,221 --> 00:08:46,058 You got that "i'm freakin' out" look on your face. 103 00:08:46,058 --> 00:08:48,060 What's the matter ? it's nothing. 104 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:51,063 Bull. i spent two years with your sorry ass in a gun turret. 105 00:08:51,063 --> 00:08:53,065 I think i know when you got something on your mind. 106 00:08:53,065 --> 00:08:55,067 Come on, private. make your report. 107 00:08:55,067 --> 00:08:57,569 It's the f.b.i., man. they're downstairs. 108 00:08:58,070 --> 00:09:00,072 They're asking questions about the l.c. 109 00:09:00,072 --> 00:09:03,075 The hell with the feds. all right, roach ? do you hear me ? 110 00:09:03,075 --> 00:09:06,111 The hell with them. just forget about them. 111 00:09:10,098 --> 00:09:12,467 [ woman ] general. 112 00:09:12,467 --> 00:09:14,720 Sir ? 113 00:09:15,020 --> 00:09:17,272 Agents mulder and scully to see you, sir. 114 00:09:17,272 --> 00:09:20,475 Thank you, captain. i want you to know... general. 115 00:09:20,826 --> 00:09:23,111 I've had the captain contact the justice department... 116 00:09:23,111 --> 00:09:26,281 And let them know about the f.b.i.'s gross misconduct here. 117 00:09:26,598 --> 00:09:29,334 I guess this isn't a good time to thank you for seeing us. 118 00:09:29,601 --> 00:09:32,404 Let me assure you, this matter will not go unaddressed. 119 00:09:32,804 --> 00:09:35,807 I would hope not, considering the extremity of lieutenant colonel stans' case. 120 00:09:36,274 --> 00:09:38,777 What case ? there's no case. 121 00:09:38,777 --> 00:09:41,029 Stans is a very sick man. 122 00:09:41,179 --> 00:09:43,165 Yes, so we gathered. but his file is missing... 123 00:09:43,165 --> 00:09:45,133 Several important facts which came out in our interview with him. 124 00:09:45,550 --> 00:09:48,820 I'm sure everything germane to stans' situation is on file. 125 00:09:49,121 --> 00:09:52,107 Except for any mention of the death of his wife and two children... 126 00:09:52,107 --> 00:09:53,975 In a house fire three months ago. 127 00:09:55,377 --> 00:09:58,630 Well, it was a tragic accident. no doubt. 128 00:09:58,997 --> 00:10:01,900 But there is no record of any criminal or arson investigation. 129 00:10:02,367 --> 00:10:04,603 Stans tried to save his family that night. 130 00:10:05,036 --> 00:10:07,022 Well, according to him, he was prevented from doing so... 131 00:10:07,022 --> 00:10:09,474 By some kind of phantom soldier. 132 00:10:09,908 --> 00:10:11,910 Look. i've known stans a long time, 133 00:10:11,910 --> 00:10:14,196 And there's no doubt that he has suffered terribly. 134 00:10:14,479 --> 00:10:16,865 Not unlike staff sergeant kevin aiklen. 135 00:10:17,315 --> 00:10:20,302 You know sergeant aiklen, isn't that correct, sir ? 136 00:10:20,302 --> 00:10:22,104 He served under me in the gulf, yes. 137 00:10:22,104 --> 00:10:26,324 Six months ago, aiklen also lost his family to a house fire. 138 00:10:26,825 --> 00:10:29,661 Afterwards, he received psychiatric treatment for delusional behavior, 139 00:10:29,661 --> 00:10:32,914 Telling the doctors that he wanted to die, but that somebody wouldn't let him. 140 00:10:33,231 --> 00:10:35,717 Before throwing himself into a wood chipper on the hospital grounds. 141 00:10:35,717 --> 00:10:38,086 Now, unless that's procedure and protocol, 142 00:10:38,537 --> 00:10:41,039 I'd say the coincidence of detail has been rather strangely overlooked, sir. 143 00:10:41,039 --> 00:10:44,376 Hold on. just who's under suspicion here ? 144 00:10:47,162 --> 00:10:50,132 Look. i make no excuses for the sadness of these men's lives. 145 00:10:50,132 --> 00:10:51,967 They are casualties of war. 146 00:10:52,451 --> 00:10:55,670 Once brave men who we can do little but feel sorry for. 147 00:10:56,087 --> 00:10:59,391 If you think there's more to it, you are seriously mistaken. 148 00:10:59,724 --> 00:11:01,726 That's your conclusion, general. 149 00:11:01,726 --> 00:11:04,729 But i'd hope you'd allow us the opportunity to come to our own. 150 00:11:19,277 --> 00:11:22,113 Do you really think the general's got something to hide ? 151 00:11:22,113 --> 00:11:25,700 No. i think he's got everything to hide. 152 00:11:25,700 --> 00:11:28,703 You don't think he's just closing ranks to protect his men ? 153 00:11:28,703 --> 00:11:31,206 Mulder, i know it's not what drew you to this case to begin with, 154 00:11:31,206 --> 00:11:34,709 But i think it's very clear what's going on here. 155 00:11:34,709 --> 00:11:36,711 What's that ? 156 00:11:36,711 --> 00:11:39,214 The general is protecting his men, but what he's protecting them from... 157 00:11:39,214 --> 00:11:41,716 Is prosecution for the murder of their families. 158 00:11:41,716 --> 00:11:43,535 - why would he do that ? - i don't know. 159 00:11:43,535 --> 00:11:45,537 But i can think of several good reasons. 160 00:11:45,937 --> 00:11:48,440 Because they were his soldiers and he feels somewhat responsible... 161 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,526 - for the tragedies that have played out ? - that could be one. 162 00:11:52,010 --> 00:11:53,928 Or maybe he knows the deeper secrets to their madness, 163 00:11:53,928 --> 00:11:56,431 The biological weapons they were exposed to during the war, 164 00:11:56,431 --> 00:11:58,266 The cause of the effect. 165 00:11:58,750 --> 00:12:02,237 Considering the government's absolute disavowal of gulf war syndrome, 166 00:12:02,237 --> 00:12:06,574 I'd say it's a pretty good reason to prevent our investigation. 167 00:12:07,075 --> 00:12:08,576 But you're not buying it. 168 00:12:09,077 --> 00:12:12,080 No. what i can't figure out is why a man who so deliberately and methodically... 169 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:16,801 Set out to commit suicide would leave the one entrance to the room unsecured. 170 00:12:17,102 --> 00:12:20,305 But then again, i obviously have a feeble grasp of army protocol and procedure. 171 00:12:24,476 --> 00:12:26,978 [ knock at door ] come in. 172 00:12:30,482 --> 00:12:31,983 I want to apologize, sir. 173 00:12:32,484 --> 00:12:33,985 I didn't mean to put you on the spot like that earlier. 174 00:12:34,486 --> 00:12:38,490 I know that, captain. this whole situation is unfortunate. 175 00:12:38,490 --> 00:12:40,492 Is there anything more i can do ? 176 00:12:40,492 --> 00:12:42,494 No. go home and get some rest. 177 00:12:42,494 --> 00:12:44,496 We'll deal with it in the morning. 178 00:12:44,996 --> 00:12:47,999 Relax, captain. that's an order. 179 00:12:48,500 --> 00:12:50,502 Yes, sir. 180 00:12:54,005 --> 00:12:56,007 [ sighs ] 181 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:16,394 [ man ] your time has come, killer. 182 00:13:26,771 --> 00:13:29,357 [ answering machine beeps ] 183 00:13:29,541 --> 00:13:32,193 [ man whispering, indistinct ] 184 00:13:39,050 --> 00:13:40,885 [ man whispering, indistinct ] 185 00:13:48,359 --> 00:13:50,245 [ man whispering, indistinct ] 186 00:14:35,406 --> 00:14:37,408 [ sighs ] 187 00:14:55,593 --> 00:14:57,946 [ gasps ] 188 00:15:18,266 --> 00:15:20,268 [ screams ] 189 00:15:24,789 --> 00:15:27,325 [ gasping ] 190 00:15:52,398 --> 00:15:54,901 [ chattering ] [ camera clicking ] 191 00:16:06,279 --> 00:16:08,281 General callahan. 192 00:16:08,531 --> 00:16:12,902 One of the detectives is saying captain draper's death wasn't accidental. 193 00:16:12,902 --> 00:16:14,904 There are bruises around her neck and her shoulder, 194 00:16:15,405 --> 00:16:17,673 Roughly the size of finger marks. 195 00:16:17,673 --> 00:16:20,009 And someone drowned her ? 196 00:16:20,309 --> 00:16:22,812 The bruises and surrounding edema are consistent with a struggle. 197 00:16:25,565 --> 00:16:28,334 Will you be contacting her family ? 198 00:16:28,785 --> 00:16:31,270 She had no family. 199 00:16:31,270 --> 00:16:33,072 The army was her family. 200 00:16:33,456 --> 00:16:35,992 I'm sorry. truly. 201 00:16:35,992 --> 00:16:38,077 [ door opens ] 202 00:16:38,394 --> 00:16:40,980 [ camera clicking ] i talked with security personnel. 203 00:16:41,481 --> 00:16:44,283 Other than captain draper, they saw no one enter the pool last night and no one leave. 204 00:16:44,667 --> 00:16:46,903 But the officers are saying she was drowned. 205 00:16:47,170 --> 00:16:51,074 - general, do you have a family of your own ? - yes. why ? 206 00:16:51,207 --> 00:16:54,410 If the pattern we've seen is at all consistent, you and your family may be in danger. 207 00:16:54,744 --> 00:16:57,029 Based on what, the death of my adjutant ? 208 00:16:57,313 --> 00:17:00,983 Just keep an eye on them. watch out for anything out of the ordinary. 209 00:17:00,983 --> 00:17:03,603 Mulder, you're serious ? this is a military base, scully. 210 00:17:03,603 --> 00:17:06,606 They've got security everywhere. no one saw or heard a thing. 211 00:17:06,606 --> 00:17:09,358 It's not so hard to believe. her screams would have been muffled underwater. 212 00:17:09,358 --> 00:17:11,360 There would be no fingerprints. 213 00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:14,363 It also fits the m.o. of lieutenant colonel stans' phantom killer. 214 00:17:14,363 --> 00:17:17,517 Agent mulder, what did you mean by that ? 215 00:17:17,517 --> 00:17:19,902 It was just a word to the wise, sir. 216 00:17:20,369 --> 00:17:23,239 No, i mean "anything out of the ordinary." 217 00:17:23,673 --> 00:17:25,641 Any unusual or unexplained phenomena. 218 00:17:27,677 --> 00:17:29,929 [ camera clicks ] 219 00:17:29,929 --> 00:17:33,432 Last night, i saw someone in my office. 220 00:17:33,432 --> 00:17:36,936 He said my name, but when i turned around, he was gone. 221 00:17:36,936 --> 00:17:39,305 Then, my phone machine went all snaky again. 222 00:17:39,789 --> 00:17:41,991 Again ? this happened before ? 223 00:17:42,358 --> 00:17:45,845 No, not what i saw. but the phone calls, yes. 224 00:17:46,345 --> 00:17:47,847 Twice before at my home. 225 00:17:59,442 --> 00:18:02,411 [ making combat sounds ] 226 00:18:04,747 --> 00:18:07,750 Mom, mail's here ! 227 00:18:08,251 --> 00:18:12,255 [ making combat sounds ] 228 00:18:13,823 --> 00:18:16,976 Mom ! mom ! 229 00:18:16,976 --> 00:18:20,646 Mom ! mom ! mom ! 230 00:18:20,646 --> 00:18:22,982 What is it ? what is it, honey ? 231 00:18:22,982 --> 00:18:26,235 Mom, there was a man here. who ? 232 00:18:57,550 --> 00:18:59,835 Oh, thank god you're home. i was trying to reach you. 233 00:18:59,835 --> 00:19:02,922 Trevor saw someone in the house just a few minutes ago. 234 00:19:02,922 --> 00:19:05,424 Is he all right ? well, he's upstairs in his room, but he's terrified. 235 00:19:05,424 --> 00:19:09,929 I'm-- i'm shaking myself. frances, these people are with the f.b.i. 236 00:19:09,929 --> 00:19:12,932 Is it about the break-in ? why don't you check on trevor ? i'll be right up. 237 00:19:12,932 --> 00:19:16,435 Why ? what's happening ? frances, please. 238 00:19:16,435 --> 00:19:18,437 We'll talk upstairs. [ scoffs ] 239 00:19:22,942 --> 00:19:24,744 This way. 240 00:19:25,127 --> 00:19:29,932 [ man whispering, indistinct ] 241 00:19:29,932 --> 00:19:35,288 It just comes on. the phone doesn't even ring. 242 00:19:35,288 --> 00:19:37,290 At first, i thought it was a prank. 243 00:19:37,290 --> 00:19:41,794 [ turns machine off, tape rewinding ] 244 00:19:41,794 --> 00:19:43,796 Did you save the other ones ? [ tape continues, indistinct ] 245 00:19:43,796 --> 00:19:47,800 No, i erased them. 246 00:19:49,802 --> 00:19:53,005 [ tape continues, indistinct ] 247 00:19:55,925 --> 00:20:00,429 I even called the phone company, had them check the line. 248 00:20:00,429 --> 00:20:03,432 They checked the whole house. they couldn't find anything wrong. 249 00:20:03,933 --> 00:20:05,935 [ mulder ] have you noticed any other type of electronic interference, 250 00:20:05,935 --> 00:20:08,921 Like the radio or the television ? 251 00:20:08,921 --> 00:20:12,058 [ callahan ] no. not a thing. 252 00:20:12,058 --> 00:20:13,976 There's someone in the backyard. 253 00:20:15,344 --> 00:20:18,347 I saw someone out here. i'm sure of it. 254 00:20:21,851 --> 00:20:24,220 Look. 255 00:20:27,106 --> 00:20:29,608 You'd better call the police, general. 256 00:20:34,780 --> 00:20:38,017 You're gonna feel a little stick here. 257 00:20:38,017 --> 00:20:41,453 [ man ] that's right. i can't change the dosage. 258 00:20:44,073 --> 00:20:46,075 There. that's fine. 259 00:20:48,077 --> 00:20:50,296 I'll be back in a minute. 260 00:20:59,088 --> 00:21:02,675 That was too close, man. i ain't doing it anymore. 261 00:21:02,825 --> 00:21:06,428 - what ? - i said i ain't doing it anymore. 262 00:21:06,795 --> 00:21:08,297 You owe me, roach. 263 00:21:08,797 --> 00:21:11,050 I wouldn't be in this damn chair if it wasn't for you. 264 00:21:13,302 --> 00:21:17,473 Hey ! this isn't about you and me, man. 265 00:21:17,473 --> 00:21:19,475 This is about all the grunts and all the crips... 266 00:21:19,475 --> 00:21:21,226 And all the boys who came home in a box. 267 00:21:22,511 --> 00:21:25,347 The enemy must be defeated, and we're gonna do it. 268 00:21:25,781 --> 00:21:28,284 You're gonna do your part, and i'm gonna do mine. 269 00:21:29,435 --> 00:21:32,404 Nurse ! 270 00:21:32,404 --> 00:21:34,239 Hey ! 271 00:21:34,239 --> 00:21:36,375 What do you do, man, when i rap on the tank ? 272 00:21:36,825 --> 00:21:39,578 Get some, get some, fire at will. 273 00:21:39,862 --> 00:21:41,864 Good. 274 00:21:41,864 --> 00:21:43,932 You're all right. 275 00:21:45,434 --> 00:21:49,722 Nurse, come on ! this is killin' me here ! 276 00:21:55,344 --> 00:21:58,380 What a mess. you've got to learn to sit still. 277 00:22:00,015 --> 00:22:02,334 How about you never do it right ? 278 00:22:03,836 --> 00:22:05,337 There. that oughta hold it. 279 00:22:19,785 --> 00:22:21,987 [ answering machine, indistinct ] 280 00:22:21,987 --> 00:22:25,491 Find anything ? no. but i'm really beginning to like the tune. 281 00:22:25,491 --> 00:22:27,860 Well, we've been a bit luckier. 282 00:22:27,860 --> 00:22:29,862 Whoever's targeted the general didn't just leave footprints. 283 00:22:29,862 --> 00:22:31,980 They left fingerprints as well. 284 00:22:31,980 --> 00:22:33,816 Really. where ? 285 00:22:34,183 --> 00:22:36,168 Forensics just lifted two matching indexes and a thumb. 286 00:22:36,168 --> 00:22:39,455 One on the mailbox next to the front door and one on the door leading to the backyard. 287 00:22:39,822 --> 00:22:42,074 We'd better go run 'em. 288 00:22:42,358 --> 00:22:44,643 They're on their way to the n.c.i.c. as we speak. 289 00:22:48,647 --> 00:22:50,366 [ guns cocked ] 290 00:22:52,768 --> 00:22:56,021 [ knock at door ] f.b.i. open the door ! 291 00:22:57,673 --> 00:23:00,259 Hands up ! hands over your head ! don't shoot ! 292 00:23:00,709 --> 00:23:02,611 Turn around ! okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. 293 00:23:03,112 --> 00:23:05,414 Put your hands down behind your back. cuff him. 294 00:23:07,616 --> 00:23:09,618 Quinton freely, you are under arrest for suspicion of murder. 295 00:23:10,018 --> 00:23:11,520 You have the right to remain silent. 296 00:23:12,020 --> 00:23:14,473 Anything you say can and will be held against you in a court of law. 297 00:23:14,623 --> 00:23:18,110 If you want an attorney, we'll give you one if you don't have one... 298 00:23:18,110 --> 00:23:20,112 [ continues, indistinct ] 299 00:23:47,372 --> 00:23:49,374 "captain janet draper. 300 00:23:49,875 --> 00:23:52,377 Staff sergeant kevin aiklen. lieutenant colonel victor stans." 301 00:23:52,377 --> 00:23:55,714 General and mrs. thomas callahan. 302 00:23:55,714 --> 00:23:58,267 We've got him, mulder. 303 00:24:02,771 --> 00:24:05,707 [ trevor making combat noises ] 304 00:24:15,083 --> 00:24:17,386 [ fluttering noise ] 305 00:24:24,326 --> 00:24:26,111 Watch your left flank there. 306 00:24:28,013 --> 00:24:30,065 Okay. 307 00:24:58,193 --> 00:25:00,362 Trevor ? hey, trevor ! 308 00:25:15,460 --> 00:25:18,046 We have enough evidence to place you at each of the crime scenes. 309 00:25:18,046 --> 00:25:21,049 In addition to accessory to murder, you're looking at conspiracy, 310 00:25:21,049 --> 00:25:23,935 Breaking and entering, commission of a felony on federal property-- 311 00:25:23,935 --> 00:25:26,220 - can i get a cigarette ? - no. 312 00:25:26,654 --> 00:25:29,273 We know you weren't acting alone, quinton. we know you had an accomplice. 313 00:25:29,273 --> 00:25:31,809 How did he do it, quinton ? 314 00:25:31,809 --> 00:25:33,811 I don't know. 315 00:25:33,811 --> 00:25:35,563 I don't know what you're talking about. 316 00:25:35,897 --> 00:25:37,398 How did he get past the guard ? 317 00:25:37,899 --> 00:25:39,400 How did he kill him ? trevor was only eight years old. 318 00:25:39,901 --> 00:25:42,403 I don't know. i didn't kill anybody. 319 00:25:42,904 --> 00:25:44,906 I'm just the mailman. 320 00:25:45,406 --> 00:25:47,909 [ mulder ] what does that mean, "you're just the mailman" ? 321 00:25:48,409 --> 00:25:51,913 I'm rappo's mailman. 322 00:25:54,248 --> 00:25:56,033 Leonard trimble, right ? 323 00:25:56,033 --> 00:25:58,152 If that's the man they call rappo. 324 00:25:58,152 --> 00:26:00,154 That's him. what's he done ? 325 00:26:00,154 --> 00:26:02,156 He's a suspect in two homicides. 326 00:26:02,156 --> 00:26:05,460 Rappo ? you must be making some kind of mistake. 327 00:26:05,460 --> 00:26:07,411 How's that ? 328 00:26:07,411 --> 00:26:12,467 There. see for yourself. he's a quadruple amputee. 329 00:26:12,934 --> 00:26:15,103 Damn it. 330 00:26:15,103 --> 00:26:17,105 He lied to us. 331 00:26:17,105 --> 00:26:19,107 He said he was the mailman. what did he mean by that ? 332 00:26:19,107 --> 00:26:21,609 I don't know. i'm adding it to the list. are you coming ? 333 00:26:21,609 --> 00:26:24,612 No. i'll catch up with you later. 334 00:27:00,865 --> 00:27:02,767 [ roach ] he knows this place. 335 00:27:03,267 --> 00:27:06,103 He can find me here. 336 00:27:06,103 --> 00:27:08,606 He knows this place ! 337 00:27:08,606 --> 00:27:12,109 He's been here before ! i'm not safe here ! 338 00:27:12,610 --> 00:27:15,780 [ man ] hey, keep it down in there ! let me outta here ! 339 00:27:15,780 --> 00:27:18,816 He's going to kill me ! i'm a dead man ! 340 00:27:19,367 --> 00:27:22,486 Let me out ! let me out ! 341 00:27:22,486 --> 00:27:24,322 I'm not gonna tell you again. 342 00:27:24,322 --> 00:27:28,125 He's gonna kill me ! 343 00:27:30,945 --> 00:27:35,032 He's here ! he's here ! 344 00:27:44,542 --> 00:27:46,043 You don't wanna get him started again. 345 00:27:46,544 --> 00:27:49,113 He was pretty worked up about an hour ago. 346 00:27:49,113 --> 00:27:52,116 Not as worked up as i'm gonna be. 347 00:27:55,636 --> 00:27:57,705 Visitor. on your feet ! 348 00:28:00,141 --> 00:28:01,926 God almighty. 349 00:28:10,418 --> 00:28:12,753 [ phone touch tones beeping ] 350 00:28:19,844 --> 00:28:21,896 How did it happen ? 351 00:28:21,896 --> 00:28:24,415 Suffocation. the bedsheet was stuffed down his throat. 352 00:28:24,732 --> 00:28:27,018 Nobody'd been in the cell with him ? he did all it by himself. 353 00:28:27,468 --> 00:28:29,353 Not likely. not likely ? 354 00:28:29,804 --> 00:28:31,739 He had help, scully. and he wasn't lying because i think the man... 355 00:28:31,739 --> 00:28:33,791 That killed him was leonard trimble. rappo ? 356 00:28:33,791 --> 00:28:36,077 Yeah. he can't even walk, let alone kill somebody. 357 00:28:36,444 --> 00:28:38,246 You see this ? this is a dental x-ray plate. 358 00:28:38,646 --> 00:28:40,648 I know, you've been walking around with this since we got here. 359 00:28:41,148 --> 00:28:44,402 No, actually, the ones i've been walking around with i had developed at the hospital. 360 00:28:44,685 --> 00:28:47,004 See, this is the one i was carrying when we first me stans, 361 00:28:47,004 --> 00:28:49,056 This one in the rehab room, in the pool, 362 00:28:49,557 --> 00:28:51,292 In the general's office and this one at the general's house. 363 00:28:51,792 --> 00:28:54,629 All of them exposed to some kind of radiation. from what ? 364 00:28:56,130 --> 00:28:58,165 From stans' phantom soldier. 365 00:28:58,666 --> 00:29:00,568 I came down here wondering if it could be true, 366 00:29:01,035 --> 00:29:04,372 If what lieutenant colonel stans was describing was a case of astral projection. 367 00:29:04,839 --> 00:29:06,824 What you're saying is this man, rappo, 368 00:29:06,824 --> 00:29:09,076 Is leaving his body and floating around town killing people ? 369 00:29:09,443 --> 00:29:11,445 Practitioners claim that during a self-hypnotic trance, 370 00:29:11,445 --> 00:29:14,832 The astral body can actually detach itself and float virtually anywhere, 371 00:29:14,832 --> 00:29:17,668 Sometimes invisible, but sometimes appearing as an apparition. 372 00:29:18,119 --> 00:29:20,621 They even claim that the astral body has psychokinetic capabilities... 373 00:29:20,621 --> 00:29:22,840 Far greater than the corporeal body. 374 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,627 Mulder-- then why would he need quinton freely ? 375 00:29:27,061 --> 00:29:31,032 Well, maybe he needs a psychic connection to a place thing or object-- a letter. 376 00:29:31,532 --> 00:29:33,834 That's why quinton called himself the mailman. it's insane. 377 00:29:34,302 --> 00:29:37,371 Sometimes the only sane response to an insane world is insanity. 378 00:29:37,805 --> 00:29:39,590 You know anything about backwards masking ? [ tape rewinding ] 379 00:29:40,007 --> 00:29:43,244 You mean messages recorded backwards in songs ? 380 00:29:43,577 --> 00:29:46,564 Yeah. or on the general's answering machine. check this out. 381 00:29:46,564 --> 00:29:49,216 [ man whispering, indistinct ] 382 00:29:52,670 --> 00:29:58,025 Your time has come, killer. your time has come. 383 00:30:00,227 --> 00:30:02,630 ???? [ indistinct ] 384 00:30:12,873 --> 00:30:15,893 - leonard trimble ? - no, it's fred astaire. 385 00:30:16,243 --> 00:30:20,748 Mr. trimble, we'd like to ask you a few questions about quinton freely. 386 00:30:21,248 --> 00:30:24,635 Roach ? what's he done now ? he's dead. 387 00:30:27,121 --> 00:30:30,958 Oh. well, serves him right. 388 00:30:31,359 --> 00:30:33,144 How's that ? how's that ? 389 00:30:33,561 --> 00:30:36,964 He's only the guy who turned me into second base by getting my arms and legs blown off. 390 00:30:37,431 --> 00:30:39,934 Other than that, he was a real good guy. 391 00:30:39,934 --> 00:30:41,469 Then why'd you kill him ? 392 00:30:41,969 --> 00:30:43,804 What's wrong with this picture ? 393 00:30:44,105 --> 00:30:46,090 We read your medical records, leonard. 394 00:30:46,090 --> 00:30:48,592 We know that you've refused all efforts at rehabilitation. 395 00:30:48,592 --> 00:30:50,594 You've even refused to be fitted with prosthetic limbs. 396 00:30:51,095 --> 00:30:53,097 Big deal. maybe i don't want any of that crap. 397 00:30:53,097 --> 00:30:55,097 Maybe because you don't need it... 398 00:30:55,598 --> 00:30:57,600 Because you can leave your body any time you want. 399 00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,602 Kill anybody you wanna kill. 400 00:31:00,102 --> 00:31:04,307 If i could leave my body now, i could think of something else i'd rather be doing. 401 00:31:04,307 --> 00:31:06,309 Like kill general callahan's boy ? 402 00:31:06,809 --> 00:31:08,678 Lieutenant colonel stans' family ? sergeant aiklen ? 403 00:31:09,161 --> 00:31:11,263 You're a real trip. oh, i'm "a trip" ? 404 00:31:11,764 --> 00:31:13,265 Because i figured you out ? you're a soldier. 405 00:31:13,766 --> 00:31:15,551 You knew what you were gettin' into when you enlisted. 406 00:31:15,551 --> 00:31:17,586 You want to blame everybody else. why blame your c.o.s ? 407 00:31:17,586 --> 00:31:20,589 I blame them for what happened to all of us. 408 00:31:21,090 --> 00:31:23,142 You don't know what it was like. 409 00:31:23,643 --> 00:31:25,511 [ scoffs ] you-- you sat at home and watched the war... 410 00:31:25,978 --> 00:31:29,982 On cable tv like it was a damn video game. 411 00:31:29,982 --> 00:31:31,984 You had no idea about the guys that died, 412 00:31:31,984 --> 00:31:35,788 About the blood in the sand, what it feels like when a hit comes. 413 00:31:36,188 --> 00:31:38,691 The thing is, you just don't care, do you ? 414 00:31:39,158 --> 00:31:41,127 You got your crude oil. 415 00:31:41,127 --> 00:31:43,045 Just change that station, right ? 416 00:31:43,462 --> 00:31:48,200 Killer got his prime time. l.c. got his fancy little medals. 417 00:31:48,701 --> 00:31:51,237 Now take a good look at me. what did i get ? 418 00:31:53,122 --> 00:31:57,293 Nobody knows how i feel. 419 00:31:57,293 --> 00:31:59,662 They took my life away. 420 00:32:00,146 --> 00:32:02,898 Yeah, so you took theirs. 421 00:32:04,684 --> 00:32:08,187 If i only could. 422 00:32:08,187 --> 00:32:11,440 Now, if you're through questioning me, i'd like to get a little shut-eye. 423 00:32:13,209 --> 00:32:15,094 No sleepwalking. 424 00:32:16,512 --> 00:32:19,181 That's good. i haven't heard that one yet. 425 00:32:19,498 --> 00:32:21,667 Hardy-har-har. 426 00:32:21,967 --> 00:32:23,936 [ laughs ] 427 00:32:32,344 --> 00:32:34,346 What do you wanna do ? 428 00:32:34,346 --> 00:32:37,149 Call general callahan and warn him to stay out of his house. 429 00:32:56,318 --> 00:32:58,621 Frances ? 430 00:33:08,414 --> 00:33:10,249 Honey, leave that. 431 00:33:12,151 --> 00:33:15,988 No, i know how it upsets you when his... toys are spread all over the place. 432 00:33:20,860 --> 00:33:22,862 We can handle this, frances. 433 00:33:24,246 --> 00:33:27,199 I don't wanna handle this. 434 00:33:27,199 --> 00:33:29,084 I want my son back. 435 00:33:46,585 --> 00:33:50,022 [ sobbing ] 436 00:34:35,935 --> 00:34:38,254 Frances ! 437 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:52,284 Oh... my god. 438 00:34:52,785 --> 00:34:55,287 [ phone ringing ] 439 00:34:56,672 --> 00:34:59,174 [ ring ] 440 00:35:00,676 --> 00:35:03,012 [ ring ] 441 00:35:04,430 --> 00:35:07,466 [ ring ] 442 00:35:08,467 --> 00:35:10,269 [ ring ] 443 00:35:16,408 --> 00:35:18,794 No one's answering. the machine's not picking up. 444 00:35:39,381 --> 00:35:42,735 - general ? - lieutenant colonel. 445 00:35:45,037 --> 00:35:48,757 - what are you doing ? - you were right, victor. 446 00:35:48,757 --> 00:35:51,694 - he won't let you die. - sir ? 447 00:35:52,177 --> 00:35:56,131 He kills our wives and children, 448 00:35:56,131 --> 00:35:57,883 But he won't let us die. 449 00:36:05,090 --> 00:36:09,144 - [ gun continues clicking ] - i know who he is, general. 450 00:36:11,864 --> 00:36:13,866 I know who he is. 451 00:36:49,634 --> 00:36:52,637 General callahan, sir. i've been waitin' for you. 452 00:36:54,623 --> 00:36:56,425 Who are you ? 453 00:36:56,842 --> 00:36:59,494 One of your boys, general. 454 00:36:59,494 --> 00:37:01,246 You killed my wife. 455 00:37:01,246 --> 00:37:04,316 That's right, sir, i did. and the boy too. 456 00:37:11,490 --> 00:37:14,126 Come on, killer. 457 00:37:15,627 --> 00:37:18,997 Come on, killer callahan. get some ! get some ! 458 00:37:20,665 --> 00:37:24,753 Come on, killer ! do it ! fire at will ! 459 00:37:25,170 --> 00:37:27,672 Come on, killer. do it ! 460 00:37:36,615 --> 00:37:38,483 [ woman ] what was that ? 461 00:37:38,950 --> 00:37:41,803 Come on, killer. you can do better than that ! come on ! 462 00:37:42,304 --> 00:37:45,307 You're gonna suffer like the rest of us. 463 00:37:49,544 --> 00:37:53,065 Oh, you think i'm gonna let it end this way ? do you ? is that what you think ? 464 00:37:53,398 --> 00:37:56,201 [ distant chatter ] 465 00:37:58,653 --> 00:38:00,489 General. 466 00:38:00,972 --> 00:38:04,876 He wanted me to kill him. i stood down. 467 00:38:10,715 --> 00:38:12,501 I'm done here. 468 00:38:14,803 --> 00:38:16,822 Scully ? 469 00:38:22,828 --> 00:38:24,880 He's having some kind of a seizure. 470 00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:26,882 No, i don't think so. 471 00:38:33,505 --> 00:38:36,074 Nurse ! 472 00:38:36,074 --> 00:38:38,176 General callahan ! 473 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:16,581 [ clanging ] 474 00:39:23,488 --> 00:39:25,740 [ rappo's voice ] killer ? 475 00:39:25,740 --> 00:39:28,476 Come on, killer. 476 00:39:44,476 --> 00:39:46,912 [ grunting ] 477 00:39:54,319 --> 00:39:57,088 [ rappo's voice ] your time has come. 478 00:40:09,834 --> 00:40:11,870 [ panting ] 479 00:40:22,314 --> 00:40:24,282 [ callahan screaming ] 480 00:40:29,154 --> 00:40:31,156 General callahan ! 481 00:40:40,665 --> 00:40:43,368 General callahan ! 482 00:40:53,478 --> 00:40:55,963 [ grunting ] 483 00:41:12,613 --> 00:41:14,615 [ scully ] he's nonresponsive. 484 00:41:15,033 --> 00:41:16,868 Come on. 485 00:41:17,201 --> 00:41:20,688 [ grunting, gasping ] 486 00:41:29,781 --> 00:41:31,482 Put him on the monitors and prep the crash cart. 487 00:41:31,482 --> 00:41:33,484 He's going into cardiac arrest. okay. 488 00:41:33,484 --> 00:41:35,486 And make sure the-- [ clang ] 489 00:41:40,291 --> 00:41:42,293 Lieutenant colonel ! 490 00:41:42,293 --> 00:41:44,829 Get the keys. we have to open the door. 491 00:41:44,829 --> 00:41:48,015 Open the door ! lieutenant colonel, open the door ! 492 00:41:48,366 --> 00:41:52,286 [ doorknob jiggling ] 493 00:41:52,804 --> 00:41:54,706 [ steam hissing ] 494 00:42:14,726 --> 00:42:17,729 General callahan, are you hurt ? 495 00:42:17,729 --> 00:42:19,564 I'm okay. 496 00:42:28,106 --> 00:42:30,591 [ labored breathing ] 497 00:42:49,927 --> 00:42:52,430 [ mulder's voice ] "no physical evidence was found linking leonard trimble... 498 00:42:52,430 --> 00:42:55,933 "to the deaths of general callahan's wife and son. 499 00:42:55,933 --> 00:43:00,938 "officially, the investigation remains open. the murders unsolved. 500 00:43:01,439 --> 00:43:06,444 "leonard trimble's family requested his burial at arlington national cemetery. 501 00:43:06,944 --> 00:43:09,447 "the army denied this request. 502 00:43:09,447 --> 00:43:11,949 "trimble was cremated, his ashes interred... 503 00:43:11,949 --> 00:43:16,954 "at a civilian cemetery in tannersville, pennsylvania. 504 00:43:16,954 --> 00:43:19,957 "leonard trimble's mission was not to kill his enemies, 505 00:43:20,458 --> 00:43:25,463 "but to shatter their lives, to keep them alive, to suffer the pain he felt, 506 00:43:25,963 --> 00:43:28,299 "to see the view from his wheelchair. [ door opens ] 507 00:43:31,335 --> 00:43:34,689 "amputees sometimes feel the pain of phantom limbs, 508 00:43:35,189 --> 00:43:39,844 "ghosts of hands still clenching, legs still aching. 509 00:43:39,844 --> 00:43:44,632 "is it not possible that trimble developed a phantom soul ? 510 00:43:45,082 --> 00:43:49,570 "a malevolent psyche that took its violent revenge on those he held accountable. 511 00:44:04,168 --> 00:44:08,339 "it was war that destroyed leonard trimble's body. 512 00:44:08,339 --> 00:44:12,710 "but his wounds went deeper than the loss of his limbs. 513 00:44:12,710 --> 00:44:17,215 "what destroyed those parts of him that make us human beings, 514 00:44:17,215 --> 00:44:19,717 "those better angels of our nature ? 515 00:44:22,220 --> 00:44:24,222 I cannot say." 516 00:44:39,103 --> 00:44:43,040 Closed-captioned by captions, inc. los angeles 517 00:45:09,133 --> 00:45:11,602 [ film projector clicking ] [ boy ] i made this.