1 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,434 Behold the mighty cockroach. 2 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:18,515 Believed to have originated in the Silurian period over 350 million years ago,... 3 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:24,357 ..they can be found in every part of the world from the tropics to the Arctic. 4 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,352 There exists 4,000 known species,... 5 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,351 ..and in a year a single female can produce... 6 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,193 ..over half a million descendants. 7 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,276 Radiation doesn't kill them. 8 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,791 By evolutionary standards, they are nearly flawless creatures,... 9 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,196 ..but creatures nevertheless. 10 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,953 Possessing only a simple nervous system,... 11 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:53,791 ..their behaviour is dictated solely by responses to environmental stimuli. 12 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:58,038 Unlike us, they are incapable of thought,... 13 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,152 ..of self-illumination. 14 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:07,793 Compared to the roach, we are gods,... 15 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,832 ..and must therefore act accordingly. 16 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:18,669 Is it true if you decapitate them, they continue to live,... 17 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,752 ..eventually dying of starvation? 18 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:24,834 Look, buddy, I just kill 'em. 19 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,674 Well, that's why I called you. 20 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,675 I thought that nowadays you froze the insects to death. 21 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,519 Freeze 'em? Where's the fun in that? 22 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,757 No, we got a new pesticide that works like a fungus. 23 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:47,197 It not only kills the infected roach, but that roach then spreads the disease... 24 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:50,437 ..to every other roach it comes into contact with. 25 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,159 Just as long as you get rid of them. 26 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,519 Bugs, you know,... 27 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,154 ..they drive me crazy. 28 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,469 Why, you arrogant little... 29 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,597 I forgot to tell you, I also found a roach on... 30 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:06,629 Mulder. 31 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,676 I’ve been trying to reach you all day. 32 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,030 My apartment complex was being fumigated 33 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,315 so I thought I'd get away for the weekend. 34 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,352 - I came up to Massachusetts. - Visiting your mother? 35 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:20,075 No. Just sitting and thinking. 36 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,830 Accounts of unidentified coloured lights hovering in the skies... 37 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,918 ..were reported in this area last night. 38 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:33,358 Look, Scully, I know it's not your inclination, but did you ever look up into the night sky... 39 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:37,109 ..and feel certain that not only was something up there,... 40 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,795 ..but it was looking down on you at that exact same moment,... 41 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,839 ..and was just as curious about you as you are about it? 42 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,873 The only thing more fortuitous than the emergence of life on this planet... 43 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,276 ..is that, through random laws of biological evolution,... 44 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:57,638 ..an intelligence as complex as ours ever emanated from it. 45 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:03,113 The very idea of intelligent alien life is not only astronomically improbable,... 46 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:07,313 ..but at its most basic level downright anti-Darwinian. 47 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,868 Scully, what are you wearing? 48 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:15,154 I understand what you're saying, but I just need to keep looking. 49 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:19,916 Yeah, well, don't look too hard. You might not like what you find. 50 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,755 Isn't that what Dr Zaius said to Charlton Heston at the end of Planet of the Apes? 51 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:27,674 And look what happened. 52 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,754 - Scully, I gotta go. - What? Mulder, what's going on? 53 00:05:32,840 --> 00:05:34,910 Mulder. 54 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,352 How ya doin'? What are you doin'? 55 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,831 - Just sitting, thinking. - Sittin' and thinkin'. 56 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,435 And talkin' on the phone. Who with, your drug dealer? 57 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,074 Let me see some ID. 58 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,510 The Bureau? You on a case? 59 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:08,355 I heard reports of several UFO sightings in this area last night. Did you see anything? 60 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,353 No, sir, not personally. But we did receive a lot of telephone calls. 61 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:14,954 - Any more calls tonight? - No, sir. 62 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,548 The FBI keeps tabs on these things? 63 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:19,914 No. 64 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,872 I don't like to pry, but why are you sitting here with your wiper blades on? 65 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:31,078 I was just knocking off some bugs that landed on my... 66 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:35,158 - Landed on my windshield. - Cockroaches? 67 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:37,316 Maybe. Maybe beetles. I don't know. 68 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,956 - I'm not really good with bugs. - This is Dispatch. Come in. Over. 69 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,399 - Sorry to disturb you, sir. - What's the matter? 70 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,835 Another roach attack. 71 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,514 - Hello. - I think you better get up here. 72 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:08,635 What is it? 73 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,359 Cockroaches are mortally attacking people. 74 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:15,433 I'm not gonna ask you if you said what I think you said. I know it's what you said. 75 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,830 I'm with a bug exterminator whose recently deceased body... 76 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,957 ..was discovered with cockroaches crawling all over him. 77 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,511 The sheriff says two other bodies were found in the same condition this afternoon. 78 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,794 Where are you again? 79 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,792 Miller's Grove. It has a large science constituency. 80 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,509 The other incidents involved a biologist and an astrophysicist. 81 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,036 The witness to this case is an alternative-fuel researcher. 82 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,476 These reports are not coming from yahoos out in the boondocks. 83 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:47,192 The image of those cockroaches has been permanently imprinted onto my brain. 84 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,114 I see them every time I close my eyes. 85 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,708 Try not to close your eyes. 86 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:57,951 How am I gonna sleep? 87 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,071 And where? 88 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,317 I'm certainly not spending the night here. 89 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,073 Maybe you could get a motel room or something. 90 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,636 - Were there insect bites on the body? - Insect bites? 91 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:10,630 No. 92 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,309 Cos millions of people are actually allergic to cockroaches. 93 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:19,076 There have been reported cases of fatal reactions. It's called anaphylactic shock. 94 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:22,237 - Anaphylactic shock? - Such reactions have occurred to... 95 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,232 ..entomologists or exterminators. 96 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,676 - OK, we'll check that out. - You still want me to come up? 97 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,832 No, no, no. I'm sure you're right. Thanks, Scully. 98 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,673 - Who was that? - My drug dealer. 99 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,428 Dude, that's some good crap. 100 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,794 Come on, it's your hoot. 101 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:58,433 - I don't know about this, you guys. - You really ought to, you know. Try it. 102 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:04,719 This stuff takes your mind and just sort of, you know, expands it. 103 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:10,113 Well, something tells me it's more than my mind you guys are interested in expanding. 104 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:14,032 - Well, how about another beer, then? - OK. 105 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:18,159 I don't know. I think you're makin' a mistake here. 106 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,755 Beer is just, you know... beer. 107 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:30,396 But this stuff, it, like, swings the doors of perception so wide open,... 108 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:32,710 ..you can see a whole other world out there. 109 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:35,070 But it's still like this world, you know. 110 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:40,393 It tweaks your mind and does this whole altered-state thing to it. 111 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:44,314 And suddenly you see reality as it, you know,... 112 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:46,675 ..really exists. 113 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,750 - Oh, God! - Dude, what's wrong, man? 114 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:00,750 Oh, God! 115 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,354 - Roaches! - Dude, you're freakin', man 116 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:05,510 Roaches! Cockroaches! 117 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:09,430 Stop it! 118 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,430 Stay. 119 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:28,989 Hello? 120 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:30,798 I take it back. I think you better get up here. 121 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,713 - Another roach attack? - This was no allergic reaction. 122 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,115 Two witnesses claim they saw the victim screaming 123 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,316 about roaches burrowing into him. 124 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,312 - Are there insects in the body? - We haven't located any. 125 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:45,154 - But there are wounds all over the body. - From the cockroaches? 126 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:49,233 Well, the victim did attempt to extract the insects using a razor blade. 127 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:53,638 We're not sure all the incisions are self-inflicted, except for the severed artery. 128 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:59,078 - Was there any evidence of drug use? - Well, he did have a home-made lab setup. 129 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,873 I'm not sure what he was producing. 130 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:08,748 Oh, man! It smells like a septic tank. Will you make sure this gets analysed here? 131 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:12,316 There's a psychotic disorder associated with some drug abuse,... 132 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:16,831 ..where the abuser has delusions that insects are infesting their epidermis. 133 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,832 - It's called Ekbom Syndrome. - Ekbom Syndrome? 134 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:24,436 The victim cuts himself in an attempt to extract the imaginary insect. 135 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:29,116 - You still want me to come up? - No. You're probably right. 136 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,510 - I'm sorry to bother you. - It's no bother. 137 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:34,670 Bye. 138 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:38,951 Hey! 139 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:42,350 Braindead. Couldn't get anything out of 'em. 140 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:44,032 How about some urine? 141 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,190 For a drug test. 142 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,233 - Did you get it? - Get me a container. 143 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:14,076 - I think I killed it. - You didn't kill it. You annihilated it. 144 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,833 It must have moulted. It's just empty exoskeleton. 145 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:20,077 At least we have evidence that cockroaches were here. 146 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:26,076 We've got more than that, Sheriff. I think that bug's exoskeleton was made of metal. 147 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:42,515 - Nothing more than a skin abrasion. - Caused by a metallic substance? 148 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:46,275 Why don't we wait until the analysis of the compound is finished... 149 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,318 ..before jumping to any conclusions? 150 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:56,592 Agent Mulder, as a doctor, I always find it best to be completely honest and open... 151 00:12:56,680 --> 00:13:00,116 ..with my patients, no matter how unpleasant the information. 152 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,668 What do you need to tell me? 153 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:05,479 No, I need you to tell me something. 154 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,874 What the hell is going on here? 155 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:15,029 - Are we in any danger? - I don't know. 156 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,875 - Well, should I evacuate my family? - I wouldn't know. 157 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:22,472 They're waiting for you to examine the boy's body. 158 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:25,711 Yeah, soon as I take a little break. 159 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:31,233 After talking with Agent Mulder here, I suddenly feel slightly constipated. 160 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:34,879 What's his problem? 161 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,396 He's upset that I don't know what's going on here. 162 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,470 So what the hell is goin' on here? 163 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:18,669 Just because I work for the government doesn't mean I'm an expert on cockroaches. 164 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:22,958 You're saying you don't know anything about the government's experiments here? 165 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:26,595 - Experiments? - A Department of Agriculture agent... 166 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,513 ..sets up base on a couple of acres across town. 167 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:33,354 Nobody knows exactly what's goin' on out there. It's top-secret. 168 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,637 - Very hush-hush. - What are you suggesting? 169 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,389 Killer bees were a genetic experiment gone awry. 170 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,399 Let loose on an unsuspecting populace. 171 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:48,395 Who's to say the government hasn't created a new breed of killer cockroaches? 172 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:53,156 You might wanna keep that theory to yourself, Sheriff. No need to create a panic. 173 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,994 Oh! Oh, my God! Help! Somebody help me! 174 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:01,993 - What the hell happened? - Cockroaches. 175 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,914 - He was covered in cockroaches. - I don't see any roaches. 176 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,152 Well, when I went out to look for help and I came back, they'd disappeared. 177 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,472 Gently. 178 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,796 Gently. 179 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,354 It doesn't appear odd in any... 180 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,957 Next time let me handle the roaches. 181 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:49,350 Who died now? 182 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:53,638 The medical examiner. His body was found next to a toilet covered with roaches. 183 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,280 - I really think you should come. - A toilet? 184 00:15:56,360 --> 00:16:00,797 Check his eyes. Is one of them bloodshot, with a dilated pupil? 185 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,715 - Well, yeah. - It was probably a brain aneurysm. 186 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:06,869 Brain aneurysm? 187 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:11,949 Straining too forcefully is very common causation for bursting a brain aneurysm. 188 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:15,635 - How do you explain the roaches, though? - Did you catch any? 189 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,871 - Almost. - I don't know what to tell you, Mulder. 190 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:24,114 I just hope you're not implying you've come across an infestation of killer cockroaches. 191 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:36,674 - Mulder. - Mulder, I've been doing some research. 192 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:40,514 In the '80s there was a cockroach species previously only found in Asia. 193 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:45,310 Since then it's appeared in Florida. They've now established themselves in this country. 194 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:49,831 - Do they attack people? - No, but they’re different than our breeds. 195 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,593 They fly long distances and are attracted to light. 196 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,195 - Do they attack people? - I'm suggesting that what's happening... 197 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,192 ..might be the introduction of a new species of cockroach, 198 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:00,838 one that is attracted to people. 199 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,673 That all makes perfect sense. I don't like it at all. 200 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,832 Did you know that the Federal Government has been... 201 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,110 ..conducting secret experiments here? 202 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,437 You're not thinking of trespassing onto government property? 203 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:17,958 - I know you've done it in the past, but I... - It's too late. I'm already inside. 204 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:24,634 - Well, what’s going on? What do you see? - I'm in a house. 205 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,399 It's apparently empty. 206 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:32,793 - What does the place look like? - It's a typical two-storey suburban house. 207 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:38,875 Nice big living room, sparsely furnished, nice carpets, fireplace. 208 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,316 Nice kitchen, modern appliances. 209 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,076 - Moving walls. - Moving walls? 210 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,471 Yeah. 211 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,636 They're rippling. 212 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,673 - Oh! Cockroaches! - What?! 213 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,433 Cockroaches. They're everywhere! 214 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,149 Ugh! I'm surrounded. 215 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,750 - You've got to get out of there right now. - No! 216 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,992 - Are you all right? What happened? - Flashlight went out. 217 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:19,920 Mulder, what's going on? 218 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,355 Gotta go. 219 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:24,510 Mulder! Mulder! 220 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:33,590 May I ask why you're trespassing on government property? 221 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,592 - I'm a federal agent. - So am I. 222 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,193 Agent Mulder, FBI. 223 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:42,479 Dr Berenbaum, USDA, Agricultural Research Service. 224 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,713 Dr Berenbaum, I'm gonna have to ask you a few questions. 225 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,274 For instance? 226 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:51,955 What's a woman like you doing in a place like this? 227 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:59,113 By studying how insects respond to changes in light, temperature,... 228 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,711 ..air currents, food availability, we can determine the best ways to eradicate them. 229 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:08,630 Why all the secrecy about your research? You got the good townspeople suspicious. 230 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:12,474 You expect us to advertise that we've intentionally infested a house... 231 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:14,710 ..with thousands of cockroaches? 232 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:18,919 But those cockroaches, are they a normal species? 233 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,309 They're a common one. 234 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:26,918 Have you ever come across a type of cockroach that is attracted to people? 235 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,239 Most cockroaches have been known to wash themselves 236 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,231 after being touched by humans. 237 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:37,279 So you've never seen an instance where a cockroach attacks a human being? 238 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:41,279 There have been cases where cockroaches crawled into a person's ear, nose... 239 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,436 Nose? 240 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,670 What is that there? 241 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:50,274 It's just a pet project of mine. 242 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,518 Since an insect's exoskeleton is a dielectric... 243 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,672 ..surrounding the conductive medium of its body fluid,... 244 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,677 ..when introduced into an electrical field, 245 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:04,157 the brush discharge results in a coloured flare. 246 00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:07,395 What is that supposed to prove? 247 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:12,352 Well, it's my theory that UFOs are actually insect swarms. 248 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:17,638 I don't know if you know anything about UFOs, but all the characteristics of... 249 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,513 ..a typical sighting are shared with nocturnal insects 250 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:22,795 swarming through an electrical field. 251 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,953 The sudden appearance of a coloured, glowing light hovering in the night sky. 252 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:30,396 Moving in a non-mechanical manner, possibly humming. 253 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,711 Creating interference with radio and television signals,... 254 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,314 ..then suddenly disappearing. 255 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:40,554 As... nocturnal insect swarms. 256 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,308 It's... it's fascinating. 257 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,992 Everything about insects is fascinating. 258 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:49,588 They are truly remarkable creatures. 259 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,399 So beautiful and so honest. 260 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,677 Honest? 261 00:20:54,760 --> 00:21:00,073 Eat, sleep, defecate, procreate. That's all they do. 262 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,311 That's all we do, but at least insects don't kid themselves 263 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,437 that it's anything more than that. 264 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,432 Does my scientific detachment disturb you? 265 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:13,308 No. No, actually, I find it quite refreshing. 266 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:20,829 Not now. You know, um... 267 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,673 ..I have always found insects to be very interesting. 268 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:29,794 Really? 269 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:40,397 This is the fifth report of a deceased body found amongst a horde of cockroaches,... 270 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,114 ..but police are not confirming - yet - 271 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,237 that the insects have anything to do with the fatalities. 272 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:50,035 Police have denied that these deaths were the result of an outbreak... 273 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:54,312 ..of the Ebola virus somehow being spread by infected cockroaches. 274 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,710 For now these incidents remain under local jurisdiction,... 275 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:02,157 ..but a nurse here did confirm that an FBI agent is on the case. 276 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,915 Police are asking that if you see any cockroaches, don't panic. 277 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:10,835 Simply notify the local authorities and evacuate the area immediately. 278 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:14,196 Reporting live, this is Sky Lathan for Channel 3 News. 279 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:19,395 Then suddenly there was this terrible crash. You know, you could have been killed. 280 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,439 Mulder, are you OK? 281 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,797 - I can’t sleep. - What happened at the USDA site? 282 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:03,874 They're conducting legitimate experiments. I met an entomologist, a Dr Berenbaum,... 283 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:08,033 ..who agrees with your theory of an accidental importation of a new species. 284 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:10,236 Did he tell you how to catch 'em? 285 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:14,233 No, but she did tell me everything else there is to know about insects. 286 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:15,389 She? 287 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:19,314 Yeah. Did you know the ancient Egyptians worshiped the scarab beetle... 288 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:24,719 ..and maybe erected the pyramids to honour them, which may be symbolic dung heaps? 289 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:29,152 Did you know the inventor of the flush toilet was named Thomas Crapper? 290 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,913 - Bambi has a theory I’ve never come across. - Who? 291 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,913 - Dr Berenbaum. Anyway, her theory is... - Her name is Bambi? 292 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,160 Yeah, both her parents were naturalists. 293 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:44,837 Her theory is that UFOs are nocturnal insect swarms passing through electrical airfields. 294 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:49,357 - Her name is Bambi? - Scully, can I confess something to you? 295 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:54,274 - Yeah, sure, OK. - I hate insects. 296 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:58,753 You know, lots of people are afraid of insects, Mulder. It's just... 297 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:03,118 - It's a natural instinct of... - No, no, no, I'm not afraid of them. 298 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,668 I hate them. 299 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:09,673 One day back when I was a kid, I was climbing this tree... 300 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,439 ..when I noticed this leaf walking towards me. 301 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:16,195 - It took me for ever to realise it was no leaf. - A praying mantis? 302 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,710 Yeah, I had a praying-mantis epiphany, and as a result I screamed. 303 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:23,270 Not a girlie scream, but the scream of someone being confronted... 304 00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:28,559 ..by some before-unknown monster that had no right existing on the same planet. 305 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:32,958 Did you ever notice how a praying mantis's head resembles an alien's head? 306 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,793 The mysteries of the natural world were revealed. 307 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,235 Instead of being astounded, I was... 308 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:39,548 ..repulsed. 309 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,518 Mulder, are you sure it wasn't a girlie scream? 310 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,791 What was that? 311 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,036 - I gotta go. - Mul... No... 312 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,990 - Did you hear that too? - It came from over here. 313 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,470 What the hell's goin' on? 314 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,230 Hello? 315 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,754 Is everything all right in there? 316 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,875 - What happened this time? - One of the motel guests died. 317 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,794 Mulder, I'm coming up there right now. 318 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,714 Scully, I think this man died simply from a reaction to the cockroaches. 319 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,872 Two cases of anaphylactic shock in the same day in the same town 320 00:25:57,960 --> 00:25:59,951 is highly improbable. 321 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,476 I'm saying that this man simply had a heart attack. 322 00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:08,636 Word about the cockroach infestation and the deaths related to it has gotten out. 323 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:12,838 I think this man simply saw some cockroaches and scared himself to death. 324 00:26:13,120 --> 00:26:16,476 Regardless, something strange is definitely going on up there. 325 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,990 Maybe not. All your conjectures have proved correct. 326 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:23,396 The exterminator did die from anaphylactic shock. 327 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,914 The boy did die from self-inflicted wounds... 328 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,993 ..and was getting high off methane fumes derived from burning manure. 329 00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:32,839 The medical examiner did die from a brain aneurysm. 330 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,912 I still haven't been able to explain the cockroaches. 331 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,276 Or the fact that their exoskeletons are made of metal. 332 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:42,511 Metal? What are you talking about? 333 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,278 Mulder? 334 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:47,511 - Mulder, I'm coming up there. - Whatever. 335 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:01,029 - Can you tell what kind of cockroach it is? - I should be able to. 336 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:06,439 The abdomen's still attached and we differentiate species by their genitalia. 337 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,028 - Oh, my God. - Is it abnormal? 338 00:27:09,120 --> 00:27:13,511 I'll say. He's hung like a club-tailed dragonfly! Excuse me. 339 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:25,235 - Does it still look unusual? - Well, yes. For an insect genitalia. 340 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,709 But maybe not for a microprocessor. 341 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,872 You're implying that this insect is mechanical? 342 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:35,710 What am I supposed to be looking at here? 343 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,752 Have you ever seen anything like this before? 344 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:44,159 Only in science journals. I've read about an artificial-intelligence researcher... 345 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,994 ..who designs robots that resemble and behave like insects. 346 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:51,595 I've never seen them, but I've often thought of visiting his lab. 347 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:54,234 He works out of this town? 348 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:38,068 - Dr Ivanov? - Why are you scaring my robots? 349 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:42,549 For decades my colleagues in artificial intelligence... 350 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:46,269 ..have attempted to create an autonomous robot. 351 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:51,629 By struggling to give their machines a human like brain, they have failed. 352 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,790 A human brain is too complex. 353 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,589 Too computational. It thinks too much. 354 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:01,152 But insects merely react. 355 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:08,752 I've used insects as my model, not just in design,... 356 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,674 ..but by giving them the simplest of computer programs: 357 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,588 "Go to the object." "Go away from moving object." 358 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,070 Governed only by sensors and reflex responses,... 359 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:24,278 ..they take on the behaviour of intelligent living beings. 360 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,079 So this is programmed to head towards any object... 361 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,839 ..moving within the field of its sensors? 362 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,831 No. 363 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:34,036 Then why is it following me? 364 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,479 It likes you. 365 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,036 Your contract is with NASA? 366 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:45,033 The goal is to transport a fleet of robots to another planet... 367 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,795 ..and allow them to navigate the terrain with more intricacy... 368 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:52,190 ..than any space probe has done before. 369 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:56,717 And it sounds slightly fantastic, but the only obstacle I can foresee... 370 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,559 ..is devising a renewable energy source. 371 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:04,477 In any case, this is the future of space exploration. 372 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,358 It does not include living entities. 373 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:11,394 I'm just speculating, but if extraterrestrial life forms do exist... 374 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:13,715 No need for speculation. I believe they do. 375 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,719 If they're technologically advanced, and if your ideas about the future... 376 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:21,839 - ..of space exploration are correct... - The interplanetary explorers... 377 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:26,755 ..of alien civilisations will likely be mechanical in nature. Yes. 378 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:31,317 Anyone who thinks alien visitation will come not in the form of robots... 379 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:35,518 ..but of living beings with big eyes and grey skin... 380 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:39,036 ..has been brainwashed by too much science fiction. 381 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,993 - Can you identify this? - I'm not really good with bugs. 382 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:55,435 - A cricket's leg? - Try it under the microscope. 383 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,550 Are you all right, Dr Ivanov? 384 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,076 Can you identify that? 385 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,236 Sir? 386 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:37,997 It's... beyond my comprehension. 387 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,710 Hey, kid! Move it! 388 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:53,910 Let go, buddy! 389 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:06,670 Get back in the car! 390 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:15,349 - Hey, what are you, crazy? - Hey, you idiot! You hit me! 391 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,750 Excuse me. Do you sell road maps? Could you tell me where they are? 392 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,593 - Come on. Hurry up. - What's going on here? 393 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:27,352 Haven't you heard about the roaches? 394 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,591 They're devouring people. We're getting outta here. 395 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,797 - Have you seen any yourself? - No, but they're everywhere. 396 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:38,351 Roaches aren't attacking people. They're spreading the Ebola virus. Keep the change. 397 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:41,040 We're all gonna be bleeding from our nipples. 398 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:47,116 All right. Listen up! I'm Agent Dana Scully from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 399 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,556 I am assuring you that you are not in any danger. 400 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:56,471 Everything is gonna be OK if you just calm down and start acting rationally. 401 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,518 Now where the hell are those road maps? 402 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,548 Hey! This last can is mine! 403 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,560 Roaches! 404 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:54,229 Well, Doctor, I... I appreciate you taking the time to... answer my questions. 405 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,116 Yeah. 406 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,629 Greetings from planet Earth. 407 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:39,358 Well, it's a cockroach all right. 408 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,512 It's not like the leg segment you had me examine earlier. 409 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:45,074 - It's just a typical cockroach. - Even the... 410 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:48,311 Yes, even the genitalia's normal. 411 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:51,159 Cockroaches are common in this area this time of year. 412 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,590 It's one of the reasons I set up my study here. 413 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,839 - Mulder. - Mulder, this town is insane. 414 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:07,919 - Where are you? - In a convenience store on the outskirts of... 415 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,358 ..civilisation. 416 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,517 Look, I think I may have a lead. Remember Dr Eckerle,... 417 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:17,798 ..the alternative-fuel researcher that witnessed the exterminator's death? 418 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,031 Well, the fuel that he's researching is methane gas. 419 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,192 - Methane derived from manure. - Manure? 420 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:29,030 He has an import licence to bring in animal dung samples from outside the country. 421 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,869 Now, maybe you can confirm this with your Dr Bambi,... 422 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,958 ..but I think the cockroaches are dung eaters,... 423 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,952 ..and, if so, some of them may have been shipped accidentally 424 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:40,553 in some of the samples. 425 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:45,515 This fuel research facility could be ground zero for the infestation. 426 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:50,794 If an alien civilisation were technologically advanced enough to build and send... 427 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:54,555 ..artificially intelligent robotic probes to space,... 428 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:56,557 ..might they not have been able to perfect 429 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,234 the extraction of methane fuel from manure,... 430 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:05,395 ..a replenishing energy source on a planet filled with dung-producing creatures? 431 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:14,191 - I think you've been in this town too long. - Where's the research facility located? 432 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:23,072 Bambi, you better wait here until I make sure it's safe. 433 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:26,596 Be careful. We don't know what these cockroaches are capable of. 434 00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:28,358 If they're even cockroaches. 435 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,591 I'm more worried about the human element. 436 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,276 Dr Eckerle? 437 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:39,436 They're after me. First at my house. Then at the motel. 438 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:41,988 And then I came here to get away. 439 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:46,992 But... they're following me. 440 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,833 You're not in any danger. They won't harm you. 441 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:54,675 - I've seen them kill two men. - They weren't responsible for those deaths. 442 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:56,512 But they might be responsible for ours 443 00:37:56,600 --> 00:38:00,115 if you fire your gun in a plant full of methane gas. 444 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,316 Don't you understand? 445 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,509 The bugs,... 446 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,114 ..they drive me crazy. 447 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,955 Let me guess. Bambi. 448 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:21,192 Fox told me to wait out here while he checked inside first. 449 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,400 Should I come along with you? 450 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,391 No. 451 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:30,392 This is no place for an entomologist. 452 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:35,630 Why are these roaches making those weird noises? 453 00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:41,238 In Madagascar the roaches hiss by blowing air through holes in their upper thorax. 454 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:43,715 Really? 455 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:47,150 - How do you know so much about them? - I don't. 456 00:38:47,240 --> 00:38:50,038 That's why we shouldn't kill these but capture them for further study. 457 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:52,759 Put the gun down. 458 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,069 - Have I lost my mind? - No. 459 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:04,752 You've had a very stressful day that's affected your ability to think clearly. 460 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:07,035 Your judgment is a little clouded right now. 461 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:08,269 It is? 462 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:16,117 Then how do I know that you're not a cockroach? 463 00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:20,756 Mulder? 464 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:25,590 Mulder! 465 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:36,355 I assure you, Dr Eckerle, I'm just as human as you are. If not more so. 466 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,948 You are one of them! 467 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,915 - Mulder! - Get out! This whole place could blow! 468 00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:57,476 Get down! 469 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,070 Crap. 470 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:25,598 It's like a crematorium. I don't think we're gonna locate the doctor's remains. 471 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:29,593 - Or anything else for that matter. - It's not as bad as some of the other fires. 472 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:32,513 - There were others? - Four, to be exact. 473 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:36,991 Plus 18 automobile accidents, 13 assault and batteries, two stores were looted. 474 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:41,278 36 injuries all total, half of 'em from insecticide poisoning. 475 00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:44,352 But we didn't receive reports on cockroaches 476 00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:46,112 or otherwise for the last couple of hours. 477 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,875 Maybe this town's finally come to its senses. 478 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,788 You two oughta go home and get some rest. You look pooped. 479 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,511 Agent Mulder! 480 00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:00,148 They told me I could locate you here. 481 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:06,115 Those segments you showed me earlier - may I examine them again? 482 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,192 Well, they're completely desiccated. 483 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:12,113 Just like the moulted exoskeleton. 484 00:41:12,240 --> 00:41:16,028 Many insects don't develop wings until their last moulting stage. 485 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,397 Perhaps these things had their final moult... 486 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,472 ..and have flown off back to wherever they originated. 487 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:28,476 - Yeah, that would explain everything - May I borrow this for further study? 488 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:32,633 I've already had a similar sample analysed. It's nothing but common metals. 489 00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:36,719 - What do you hope to find from it? - His destiny. 490 00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:43,390 Isn't that what Dr Zaius said to Zira at the end of the Planet of the Apes? 491 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:47,230 - It's one of my favourite movies. - Mine too. 492 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:49,834 I love science fiction. 493 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,753 I'm also fascinated by your research. 494 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:55,440 Have you considered programming your robots... 495 00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:58,751 ..to mimic behaviour of social insects like ants or bees? 496 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:00,916 As a matter of fact, I have. 497 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,116 You know, I read... 498 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:13,910 Smart is sexy. 499 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,716 Think of it this way. By the time there's another invasion... 500 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:22,270 ..of artificially intelligent, dung-eating robotic probes,... 501 00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:26,273 ..maybe their Uberchildren will have devised a way to save our planet. 502 00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,790 You know, I never thought I'd say this to you, Scully,... 503 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,195 ..but you smell bad. 504 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,160 Our cerebral cortex is the greatest achievement... 505 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:43,955 ..of the evolutionary processes. Big deal. 506 00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:47,550 While allowing us intellect and self-consciousness,... 507 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:51,553 ..it is all too often overruled by our inner instinctive brain: 508 00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:56,839 the one that tells us to react, not reflect, to run rather than ruminate. 509 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,912 Maybe we have gone as far as we can go, and the next advance,... 510 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:10,312 ..whatever that may be, will be made by beings we create using our own tech... 511 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,516 ..tech... 512 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:21,513 ..technology. Life forms we can design and program not to be... 513 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:26,310 ..ultimately governed and constricted by the rules of survival. 514 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:31,750 Perhaps that step has already been achieved on another planet... 515 00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:35,037 ..by organisms that had a billion years’ head start on us. 516 00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:38,954 If these beings ever visited us, would we recognise what we were seeing? 517 00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:42,032 And would they react in anything but horror... 518 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:46,352 ..at seeing such mindless, primitive, hideous creatures? 519 00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,238 I made this!