1 00:00:02,485 --> 00:00:05,455 [ shovel digging ] 2 00:00:15,465 --> 00:00:18,468 [ labored breathing ] 3 00:00:33,750 --> 00:00:35,752 All right, you bastard. 4 00:00:38,805 --> 00:00:42,442 Evil, rotten, 5 00:00:42,442 --> 00:00:44,778 Son of a-- 6 00:00:57,257 --> 00:00:58,758 There you go. 7 00:01:01,761 --> 00:01:05,265 Your killing days are over ! 8 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:30,223 No. 9 00:01:30,557 --> 00:01:32,408 No ! no ! 10 00:01:37,747 --> 00:01:40,166 [ dog barking ] 11 00:01:40,166 --> 00:01:42,418 [ car approaching ] 12 00:01:44,971 --> 00:01:47,090 [ police officer ] all right, sir. put your hands in the air. 13 00:01:49,442 --> 00:01:51,277 Keep 'em where i can see 'em. 14 00:01:51,644 --> 00:01:53,930 [ police dispatcher, indistinct ] 15 00:01:56,749 --> 00:02:00,236 We got a call. you wanna tell us what you're doing out here ? 16 00:02:00,587 --> 00:02:04,474 [ gasping ] 17 00:02:06,926 --> 00:02:10,530 -sir ? - [ shouting ] 18 00:02:10,997 --> 00:02:13,833 [ grunting ] 19 00:02:14,134 --> 00:02:18,171 [ yelling, gasping ] 20 00:02:30,116 --> 00:02:31,951 [ man grunting ] 21 00:02:32,285 --> 00:02:35,238 Turn over ! give me your hand. 22 00:02:35,555 --> 00:02:37,040 Damn amp-head. 23 00:02:40,476 --> 00:02:43,229 Oh, lord. jimmy, check this out. 24 00:02:48,201 --> 00:02:52,822 Sarah ? sarah ! 25 00:03:47,091 --> 00:03:48,826 [ sirens wailing in distance ] 26 00:03:49,093 --> 00:03:52,046 [ indistinct ] yeah. 27 00:04:00,738 --> 00:04:04,075 Our blind date's not off to a great start. i've been waiting here nearly two hours. 28 00:04:04,575 --> 00:04:06,327 I was asked to make sure you weren't followed. 29 00:04:06,611 --> 00:04:09,597 It's just you, me and the drug dealers. yeah, well, this area... 30 00:04:09,597 --> 00:04:12,016 Has always been known for its criminal element. 31 00:04:12,517 --> 00:04:15,269 Especially when congress is in session. 32 00:04:17,672 --> 00:04:21,159 - what's this ? -something you'll want to follow. 33 00:04:23,628 --> 00:04:26,047 Follow where ? that's all i have for you. 34 00:04:26,364 --> 00:04:28,316 What do you mean, that's all you have for me ? 35 00:04:28,816 --> 00:04:32,820 I get an anonymous e-mail to meet you here. i don't know who you are or what you want. 36 00:04:32,820 --> 00:04:37,625 I don't have any obligation or desire to give you any answers. i'm not one of your sources. 37 00:04:38,042 --> 00:04:41,095 Then you're just a messenger boy ? 38 00:04:41,095 --> 00:04:44,348 It's late, agent mulder. go home. get some sleep. 39 00:04:44,715 --> 00:04:48,719 Who told you to contact me ? how do i know i'm not being played ? 40 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,639 I guess you don't. 41 00:04:52,223 --> 00:04:53,958 Well, you can go ahead and recycle that then. 42 00:04:54,358 --> 00:04:56,861 I've been asked to tell you, 43 00:04:56,861 --> 00:05:00,198 You walk away from this, more people will die. 44 00:05:02,149 --> 00:05:05,353 [ car door closes, footsteps departing ] 45 00:05:07,071 --> 00:05:09,540 [ tv: newscaster, indistinct ] 46 00:05:16,364 --> 00:05:19,867 [ door closes ] 47 00:05:19,867 --> 00:05:23,371 Sorry. i would've got here sooner, but the beltway was a parking lot. 48 00:05:23,371 --> 00:05:25,873 What's going on ? multiple homicide-- a bizarre one. 49 00:05:25,873 --> 00:05:29,377 That's joseph patnik. he murdered five people-- 50 00:05:29,377 --> 00:05:31,295 All of whom he insists was the same man. 51 00:05:31,295 --> 00:05:35,650 What do you mean ? he claims to have been killing the same man over and over. 52 00:05:35,933 --> 00:05:38,653 Does he have a history of mental illness ? not that i know. 53 00:05:38,653 --> 00:05:41,589 But i only just got this case yesterday. so what's the x-file ? 54 00:05:41,589 --> 00:05:44,025 In patnik's neighborhood two weeks ago, 55 00:05:44,025 --> 00:05:46,527 A baby-sitter attacked the two children she was minding. 56 00:05:47,028 --> 00:05:49,714 She told police she thought they were wolves. 57 00:05:49,714 --> 00:05:52,083 And police found no other motive for either of these attacks ? 58 00:05:52,516 --> 00:05:55,236 None so far, no. [ man ] agent mulder. 59 00:05:55,236 --> 00:05:58,906 - i'm dr. stroman. - this is my partner special agent scully. 60 00:05:59,407 --> 00:06:01,576 The physician in charge ? yeah, they called me down from d.c.... 61 00:06:02,076 --> 00:06:03,444 To try and develop a clear diagnosis for the court. 62 00:06:03,928 --> 00:06:05,897 Have you ? i wish i could say yes. 63 00:06:06,397 --> 00:06:07,899 Has he been sedated ? 64 00:06:08,399 --> 00:06:10,768 Heavy thorazine, but it only seemed to knock him back a notch. 65 00:06:11,235 --> 00:06:12,737 He seems pretty manageable to me. 66 00:06:15,106 --> 00:06:17,408 It may be some form of organic delusional syndrome, 67 00:06:17,808 --> 00:06:19,794 Possibly due to chronic methamphetamine abuse, i don't know. 68 00:06:19,794 --> 00:06:22,580 But he is prone to outbursts. who called you down on this case ? 69 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,566 A dr. kahn from the department of social health services. 70 00:06:25,983 --> 00:06:29,687 Could we speak to him ? i don't think he's in today, but i could check for you. 71 00:06:30,054 --> 00:06:31,939 [ joseph screaming ] orderly ! 72 00:06:32,423 --> 00:06:34,892 [ screaming continues ] 73 00:06:34,892 --> 00:06:38,262 [ orderlies ] calm down, calm down. you're gonna be all right. 74 00:06:38,663 --> 00:06:40,448 Easy. yes, dr. stroman. 75 00:06:40,831 --> 00:06:42,617 [ newscaster ] lladoslav miriskovic personally ordered... 76 00:06:42,934 --> 00:06:46,621 The rape and murder of thousands of innocent civilians... 77 00:06:46,621 --> 00:06:50,641 In war torn regions of the former yugoslavia. reporting from-- 78 00:06:57,982 --> 00:07:00,318 You said you got this case last night. where did it come from ? 79 00:07:00,818 --> 00:07:03,321 It came from an outside source. who ? 80 00:07:04,238 --> 00:07:07,158 This outside source, what's his interest in this case ? 81 00:07:07,158 --> 00:07:10,661 What does he want us to uncover ? i don't know. 82 00:07:10,661 --> 00:07:13,164 And you're not suspicious that we're being used ? 83 00:07:13,164 --> 00:07:15,533 We've got dead bodies and confessed murderers. 84 00:07:15,533 --> 00:07:18,035 If we're being used, it's to find out the connection. 85 00:07:18,035 --> 00:07:20,037 That's what i'm interested in. 86 00:07:29,263 --> 00:07:31,098 [ woman screaming ] [ gunshot ] 87 00:07:34,452 --> 00:07:36,320 [ tv, indistinct ] 88 00:07:40,641 --> 00:07:43,678 Isn't this a school day ? 89 00:07:43,678 --> 00:07:45,346 We didn't cut. we got a pass. 90 00:07:45,896 --> 00:07:49,066 You got a pass to come in here and eat these people's food and watch their tv ? 91 00:07:49,333 --> 00:07:52,453 No. are we in trouble now ? 92 00:07:52,570 --> 00:07:56,273 - how'd you get in here ? - through the window. they leave it open for the cat. 93 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,360 Well, maybe you should head back to school. 94 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,063 No, no, no. use the front door. 95 00:08:07,218 --> 00:08:10,454 [ tv: explosions ] 96 00:08:28,105 --> 00:08:29,440 Mulder. 97 00:08:32,877 --> 00:08:34,879 Look at this. there must be hundreds of videos here. 98 00:08:34,879 --> 00:08:36,714 Anything good ? 99 00:08:37,081 --> 00:08:39,917 All i see are recordings of cable news shows. 100 00:08:40,217 --> 00:08:42,586 They're all dated and in chronological order. 101 00:08:43,054 --> 00:08:46,424 That's what patnik was watching at the hospital when he went all wiggy. 102 00:08:46,924 --> 00:08:48,926 What if there's some connection ? 103 00:08:48,926 --> 00:08:51,729 Between what he saw and what he recorded and what he did ? 104 00:08:52,129 --> 00:08:54,465 You're the one who's interested. 105 00:09:11,682 --> 00:09:13,684 [ tape ejects ] 106 00:09:20,324 --> 00:09:23,327 I just watched 36 hours of bernard shaw and bobby batiste. 107 00:09:23,827 --> 00:09:25,829 Now i'm about ready to kill somebody too. 108 00:09:25,829 --> 00:09:28,832 I'm gonna show you something. 109 00:09:28,832 --> 00:09:32,669 These tapes are dated april 19, april 21 and april 23. 110 00:09:32,970 --> 00:09:35,956 Each corresponds to a night that patnik committed a murder. 111 00:09:35,956 --> 00:09:39,276 - what's on the tapes ? - among other things, 112 00:09:39,276 --> 00:09:42,779 A one-hour special report on the atrocities in bosnia. 113 00:09:42,779 --> 00:09:45,649 A report that prominently features lladoslav miriskovic. 114 00:09:46,116 --> 00:09:49,119 The same guy that started patnik screaming in the psych ward ? 115 00:09:49,519 --> 00:09:54,007 And my guess is that once i review the tapes for the night that patnik killed his wife, 116 00:09:54,007 --> 00:09:56,009 That i'll find that report there as well. 117 00:09:56,493 --> 00:09:59,946 So you think that because patnik saw this war criminal on television, 118 00:09:59,946 --> 00:10:02,282 He was somehow inspired to go out and murder these people ? 119 00:10:02,699 --> 00:10:05,936 Well, recent studies have linked violence on television to violent behavior. 120 00:10:06,303 --> 00:10:09,806 But those studies are based on the assumptions that americans are just empty vessels... 121 00:10:09,806 --> 00:10:12,309 Ready to be filled with any idea or image that's fed to them, 122 00:10:12,309 --> 00:10:15,062 Like a bunch of pavlov dogs, and go out and act on it. 123 00:10:15,212 --> 00:10:17,564 But they believe that the causal connections are there. 124 00:10:18,015 --> 00:10:22,102 Studies have shown connections between cow flatulence and the depletion of the ozone layer. 125 00:10:22,602 --> 00:10:25,355 You're talking about pseudo-science used to make political book. 126 00:10:25,789 --> 00:10:29,109 All i'm saying is that it's clear that the programs that patnik watched... 127 00:10:29,109 --> 00:10:31,862 Somehow triggered his violent behavior. 128 00:10:32,295 --> 00:10:35,098 How ? the doctor suggested amphetamine abuse. 129 00:10:35,565 --> 00:10:39,019 Maybe that, coupled with the disturbing images... 130 00:10:39,019 --> 00:10:40,937 That he was watching, pushed him over the edge. 131 00:10:41,405 --> 00:10:43,890 All i know is tv does not make a previously sane man... 132 00:10:43,890 --> 00:10:46,393 Go out and kill five people thinking they're all the same guy. 133 00:10:46,393 --> 00:10:48,729 Not even "must see tv" could do that to you. 134 00:10:48,729 --> 00:10:50,614 Okay, then how do you explain it ? 135 00:10:51,048 --> 00:10:53,700 I can't. not yet. 136 00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:56,403 Where are you going ? i'm gonna get some sleep. 137 00:10:56,853 --> 00:10:59,005 -[ door opens ] - looks like you could use some too. 138 00:10:59,005 --> 00:11:02,359 No, i'm gonna... watch the rest of these tapes, 139 00:11:02,359 --> 00:11:04,361 Just out of curiosity. 140 00:11:04,761 --> 00:11:06,096 You have fun. 141 00:11:07,998 --> 00:11:10,000 [ door closes ] 142 00:11:18,925 --> 00:11:21,645 [ phone ringing in mulder's room ] 143 00:11:28,168 --> 00:11:30,153 [ ringing continues ] 144 00:11:38,445 --> 00:11:41,748 [ mulder chattering, indistinct ] 145 00:11:46,903 --> 00:11:48,905 No, she doesn't. 146 00:12:05,772 --> 00:12:07,774 [ crunching on ice ] 147 00:13:25,635 --> 00:13:28,638 ???? [ tv: talk show theme music ] [ humming ] 148 00:13:39,949 --> 00:13:43,853 [ applause ] [ man ] good luck on the prize tonight. 149 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:46,589 Before we go any further, i'd like to introduce-- 150 00:14:07,977 --> 00:14:09,679 [ giggling ] 151 00:14:11,764 --> 00:14:14,033 [ moaning ] 152 00:14:22,675 --> 00:14:25,511 Washer/dryer ! tell 'em about it, johnny. 153 00:14:25,928 --> 00:14:29,065 This beautiful washer/dryer-- [ gunshot ] 154 00:14:29,065 --> 00:14:30,566 [ knock at door ] [ mulder ] scully ? 155 00:14:31,067 --> 00:14:35,071 Yeah ? i just got a call. there's been another murder. 156 00:14:35,071 --> 00:14:37,073 Yeah. i'll be right there. 157 00:15:06,435 --> 00:15:08,521 It happened just less than an hour ago. 158 00:15:08,521 --> 00:15:11,023 It seems to match our pattern-- a housewife gone berserk. 159 00:15:11,474 --> 00:15:13,442 The car's been moved. did you take it out last night ? 160 00:15:13,609 --> 00:15:15,611 No. 161 00:15:15,611 --> 00:15:18,848 Uh, i went out, and i got a paper this morning. why ? 162 00:15:19,849 --> 00:15:22,351 Nothing. 163 00:15:22,351 --> 00:15:26,239 Nothing. let's go see the crime scene. 164 00:15:26,722 --> 00:15:28,641 [ dog barking ] 165 00:15:38,150 --> 00:15:41,654 [ man ] that's all the information i have, sir. [ mulder ] thanks, detective. 166 00:15:42,104 --> 00:15:44,807 You're welcome. just got through talking to the detective in charge. 167 00:15:44,807 --> 00:15:47,343 The shooter's name is helene riddock, age 42. 168 00:15:47,844 --> 00:15:50,346 They took her to county lockup. what happened ? 169 00:15:50,346 --> 00:15:54,767 She claims she looked out the window and saw her husband in the hammock... with a blonde. 170 00:15:55,251 --> 00:15:56,836 [ barks ] 171 00:15:57,286 --> 00:16:01,324 That blonde ? yeah, apparently he was only taking a nap with his dog. 172 00:16:01,324 --> 00:16:04,827 But mrs. riddock swears she looked out the window... 173 00:16:04,827 --> 00:16:07,196 And saw her husband in the hammock with a blonde woman. 174 00:16:07,663 --> 00:16:11,150 So this woman killed her husband because she thought he was cheating on her ? 175 00:16:11,150 --> 00:16:13,185 This is not even her husband. her husband's a long-haul trucker. 176 00:16:13,185 --> 00:16:18,124 He's been out of town for the last ten days. this is mr. john gilnitz. 177 00:16:18,124 --> 00:16:21,360 He's her next-door neighbor. she didn't even have the right backyard. 178 00:16:21,777 --> 00:16:24,263 Helene riddock lives over here. 179 00:16:27,266 --> 00:16:29,719 Scully ? 180 00:16:29,719 --> 00:16:31,504 Yeah. let's check it out. 181 00:16:31,854 --> 00:16:35,024 [ woman ] one of my favorites. he issocute. 182 00:16:35,024 --> 00:16:37,526 "the little traveler" is normally $129.99. 183 00:16:38,027 --> 00:16:40,429 And that's what you're gonna pay at the department stores-- 184 00:16:40,429 --> 00:16:44,433 A thing of beauty is a joy forever. what do you think, scully ? 185 00:16:44,433 --> 00:16:48,437 I think television plays a large part in both of these murderers' lives. 186 00:16:48,437 --> 00:16:52,441 As it does in almost every american home. but television does not equal violence. 187 00:16:52,441 --> 00:16:54,443 I don't care what anybody says-- 188 00:16:54,443 --> 00:16:56,963 Unless you consider bad taste an act of violence. 189 00:17:00,082 --> 00:17:02,718 More tapes. 190 00:17:11,477 --> 00:17:13,479 Hang on a second. 191 00:17:30,513 --> 00:17:31,847 I'll be right back. 192 00:17:38,888 --> 00:17:40,456 Hey ! 193 00:17:42,091 --> 00:17:43,326 Hey ! 194 00:17:43,826 --> 00:17:45,745 Hey ! 195 00:17:47,246 --> 00:17:49,031 Hey ! 196 00:18:23,833 --> 00:18:27,403 - mulder, what are you doing ? - i'm coming down. 197 00:18:27,770 --> 00:18:30,589 What is it ? some kind of cable trapper scrambler... 198 00:18:30,589 --> 00:18:32,375 Running from the pole into the house. 199 00:18:32,808 --> 00:18:35,628 Maybe it's a job for special agent pendrall in the sci-crime lab. 200 00:18:36,012 --> 00:18:37,930 Yeah. you want it analyzed ? 201 00:18:38,414 --> 00:18:40,549 Yeah. i'll do it. 202 00:18:43,302 --> 00:18:45,688 It makes more sense for you to interview helene riddock. 203 00:18:46,188 --> 00:18:49,692 Get her version of the story. maybe she knows what this thing is. 204 00:18:51,627 --> 00:18:54,146 Is there a problem with that ? 205 00:18:54,146 --> 00:18:55,648 No, that's, that's fine. 206 00:18:56,132 --> 00:18:58,117 Stay in touch. 207 00:19:00,202 --> 00:19:03,205 [ car door closes, engine starts ] 208 00:19:05,141 --> 00:19:09,145 It looks a lot like a standard video trap for blocking premium cable channels. 209 00:19:09,145 --> 00:19:12,148 What does this one block ? amazingly, it doesn't seem to block anything. 210 00:19:12,148 --> 00:19:15,651 Well, what does it do ? glad you asked. 211 00:19:15,651 --> 00:19:20,156 I bet all you guys were officers in the audio/visual club in high school, huh ? 212 00:19:21,991 --> 00:19:26,478 This is the straight feed off our bars and tone generator. 213 00:19:26,979 --> 00:19:29,765 And here are the bars and tone as attenuated through the device. 214 00:19:30,166 --> 00:19:33,102 - it looks the same. - well, that's what you'd think. 215 00:19:33,102 --> 00:19:35,437 We couldn't discern any difference between the feeds-- 216 00:19:35,871 --> 00:19:37,857 Not until we compared them on the oscilloscope. 217 00:19:39,808 --> 00:19:41,193 It still looks the same. 218 00:19:41,644 --> 00:19:43,646 Hold onto your hat, dude. 219 00:19:48,083 --> 00:19:51,904 [ beeping ] we have touchdown. 220 00:19:52,321 --> 00:19:55,224 So they're different. 221 00:19:55,691 --> 00:19:57,259 So ? they're different. 222 00:19:57,593 --> 00:20:00,963 - you know the way tv works. - yeah, you click it on, you get a picture-- 223 00:20:01,430 --> 00:20:04,767 It's a rapid series of still pictures fired against the tube. 224 00:20:05,167 --> 00:20:08,704 There's something nonstandard here, in the vertical blanking interval-- 225 00:20:08,704 --> 00:20:11,590 Information that's being added into the spaces between the still pictures. 226 00:20:12,041 --> 00:20:14,143 - what kind of information ? - we don't know. 227 00:20:14,510 --> 00:20:16,345 This is as far as we can get with this equipment. 228 00:20:16,745 --> 00:20:20,099 -well, can't you take it apart ? -not without destroying it completely. 229 00:20:20,099 --> 00:20:23,102 That's by design. an amazingly sophisticated design. 230 00:20:23,102 --> 00:20:27,106 All we can say for sure is-- this device is emitting a signal. 231 00:20:36,815 --> 00:20:40,319 [ phone dialing ] 232 00:20:40,319 --> 00:20:42,821 [ phone ringing ] mulder. 233 00:20:43,305 --> 00:20:45,291 Where are you ? 234 00:20:45,291 --> 00:20:48,544 I was just about to call you. look, i'm on my way back. 235 00:20:48,544 --> 00:20:50,546 You may have been right, scully, at least, partly. 236 00:20:50,546 --> 00:20:55,050 There is a foreign signal being introduced into these people's homes through the tv set. 237 00:20:57,603 --> 00:21:00,105 Scully, are you there ? i'm here. 238 00:21:00,105 --> 00:21:02,942 I think they may be running some kind of test. 239 00:21:04,376 --> 00:21:06,495 Scully, did you hear what i just said ? 240 00:21:06,996 --> 00:21:11,000 So you had it analyzed ? yeah. 241 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,503 I just talked to agent pendrall. he said that you never showed up. 242 00:21:14,503 --> 00:21:19,008 I didn't take it over to pendrall. then where were you ? 243 00:21:19,508 --> 00:21:22,511 I'd rather talk about it when we get on a landline, okay ? 244 00:21:22,511 --> 00:21:25,514 We've dealt with these kind of people before. we know what they're capable of. 245 00:21:25,514 --> 00:21:29,018 [ clicking ] what was that ? what was what ? 246 00:21:29,018 --> 00:21:32,521 [ clicking continues ] there. that noise. 247 00:21:32,521 --> 00:21:34,523 Scully, is there something wrong ? 248 00:21:35,024 --> 00:21:37,526 Mulder. [ clicking continues ] 249 00:21:37,526 --> 00:21:40,529 Mulder, who's listening to-- scully, look. i'm gonna be right there, okay ? 250 00:21:40,529 --> 00:21:42,531 Don't go anywhere. scu-- [ phone hangs up ] 251 00:21:42,998 --> 00:21:45,501 [ phone redialing ] 252 00:21:48,871 --> 00:21:51,874 [ ringing ] 253 00:21:53,309 --> 00:21:55,794 [ ringing continues ] 254 00:23:33,609 --> 00:23:36,095 [ car approaching ] 255 00:23:38,864 --> 00:23:41,583 [ car stops ] [ gasps ] 256 00:23:53,112 --> 00:23:55,614 [ chattering, indistinct ] 257 00:23:55,614 --> 00:23:57,616 [ pounding on door ] 258 00:24:00,919 --> 00:24:02,421 [ pot clattering ] 259 00:24:13,332 --> 00:24:15,834 Get back. call the police. 260 00:24:17,836 --> 00:24:20,839 Scully. scully ! 261 00:24:39,057 --> 00:24:41,643 [ phone ringing ] 262 00:24:42,644 --> 00:24:44,646 [ ringing continues ] 263 00:24:48,650 --> 00:24:51,369 [ sighing ] hello ? 264 00:24:51,819 --> 00:24:53,771 Mrs. scully, hi. it's fox mulder. 265 00:24:54,222 --> 00:24:55,973 What is it ? what's the matter ? 266 00:24:56,257 --> 00:24:58,059 I was hoping that you'd heard from dana. 267 00:24:58,393 --> 00:25:01,145 No. something happened ? i'm, i'm not exactly sure. 268 00:25:01,429 --> 00:25:03,264 There's-- 269 00:25:03,264 --> 00:25:06,684 There's some confusion here. she's missing. 270 00:25:07,168 --> 00:25:09,220 What do you mean, missing ? 271 00:25:09,604 --> 00:25:11,572 Well, she ran off last night. 272 00:25:11,572 --> 00:25:15,076 Um... w-we're looking for her as best we can. 273 00:25:15,543 --> 00:25:18,046 But we are a little concerned. oh, my god. 274 00:25:20,515 --> 00:25:23,017 I hate to do this to you, but i gotta hang up on you right now. 275 00:25:23,284 --> 00:25:25,520 Fox, would you please just tell me what's wrong ? 276 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,373 Hang by the phone. i will call you as soon as i know something. 277 00:25:28,373 --> 00:25:31,092 Sir, can i have a word with you ? 278 00:25:31,392 --> 00:25:33,895 This manhunt is being conducted as if we're searching for an escaped convict. 279 00:25:34,395 --> 00:25:36,397 Mulder, i share your concern for agent scully. 280 00:25:36,397 --> 00:25:38,900 But she fired four rounds at you and an unarmed civilian. 281 00:25:39,367 --> 00:25:43,354 These officers should be instructed not to confront her once they find her. 282 00:25:43,771 --> 00:25:46,190 What would you have them do ? just to keep an eye on her until i can get there. 283 00:25:46,190 --> 00:25:48,226 I think i can get her to listen to me. she didn't last night. 284 00:25:48,643 --> 00:25:50,628 That's because she's not responsible for her own actions. 285 00:25:50,628 --> 00:25:52,880 She's suffering from some kind of paranoid psychosis. 286 00:25:53,214 --> 00:25:56,384 Brought on by what ? i can't explain the exact mechanism, 287 00:25:56,384 --> 00:25:58,386 But it has to do with certain videotapes we watched... 288 00:25:58,386 --> 00:26:00,221 That we recovered from a crime scene. 289 00:26:00,221 --> 00:26:03,241 Videotapes ? videotapes that contain an electronic signal... 290 00:26:03,741 --> 00:26:05,243 That somehow induces violent behavior. 291 00:26:05,727 --> 00:26:07,595 [ sighs ] do you have any proof of this ? 292 00:26:08,062 --> 00:26:10,548 I'm working on that. 293 00:26:10,548 --> 00:26:14,552 Whatever prompted her behavior, the fact remains that scully is armed and obviously dangerous. 294 00:26:14,552 --> 00:26:18,389 I suggest you marshal whatever resources you have to make sure you find her first. 295 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:47,618 [ phone ringing ] 296 00:26:49,837 --> 00:26:54,292 - mulder. - we pulled something off that videotape in scully's room. 297 00:26:54,709 --> 00:26:57,261 - what is it ? - something interesting. 298 00:26:57,261 --> 00:27:00,548 But we don't want to talk about it over the phone. big brother may be listening. 299 00:27:01,048 --> 00:27:02,683 [ phone hangs up ] 300 00:27:12,794 --> 00:27:15,580 Here is the tape scully was reviewing last night. 301 00:27:15,580 --> 00:27:18,966 We scanned samples of the tape onto disks. digitized it. 302 00:27:18,966 --> 00:27:20,968 Using some interpolating freeware we pulled down off the net, 303 00:27:21,469 --> 00:27:24,472 We were able to blank out the invisible frames. 304 00:27:25,473 --> 00:27:27,308 What am i looking at ? 305 00:27:27,308 --> 00:27:30,511 Well, this is the actual signal your cable trap device was emitting. 306 00:27:30,511 --> 00:27:32,513 Of course, we slowed it down significantly. 307 00:27:32,914 --> 00:27:35,383 It's designed to cycle at 15 flashes per second... 308 00:27:35,383 --> 00:27:37,718 To induce what's known as the photic driving response. 309 00:27:38,052 --> 00:27:39,837 Bring it home, boys. 310 00:27:40,188 --> 00:27:42,173 This device is stimulating electrical activity in the brain. 311 00:27:42,173 --> 00:27:45,176 Studies into subliminal influence have shown a correlation... 312 00:27:45,176 --> 00:27:48,429 Between heightened suggestibility and the manipulation of this response. 313 00:27:48,763 --> 00:27:51,916 - mind control ? - 57 channels of it. 314 00:27:51,916 --> 00:27:55,052 Tachistoscopic images, like they use to sell popcorn at the movies. 315 00:27:55,052 --> 00:27:57,889 Both russian and american scientists have been working with them for decades. 316 00:27:58,339 --> 00:28:01,609 -not to mention madison avenue. -the naked lady in the ice cube. 317 00:28:02,009 --> 00:28:04,912 - ah, one of my personal favorites. - why wasn't i affected ? 318 00:28:06,714 --> 00:28:08,216 That's the one thing we haven't figured out yet. 319 00:28:10,651 --> 00:28:14,422 This, uh, subliminal signal-- could color be a factor in it ? 320 00:28:16,874 --> 00:28:19,110 - maybe. - i'm red-green color blind. 321 00:28:19,110 --> 00:28:23,381 His inability to perceive the color red could render him immune to psychotropic effects. 322 00:28:23,798 --> 00:28:26,267 [ phone ringing ] but why design a color-dependent signal ? 323 00:28:26,267 --> 00:28:28,269 Why not ? red-green colorblind-- mulder. 324 00:28:28,269 --> 00:28:30,771 That's only a small percentage of the male population. 325 00:28:30,771 --> 00:28:34,275 Which still leaves the vast majority vulnerable to its effects. 326 00:28:34,275 --> 00:28:37,211 - i'll be right there. - what happened ? 327 00:28:37,612 --> 00:28:41,582 Maryland state police. they think they've found scully. 328 00:28:41,883 --> 00:28:44,035 Is she okay ? 329 00:28:44,035 --> 00:28:47,038 No, um-- 330 00:28:47,038 --> 00:28:49,407 They think maybe i should come down and i.d. the body. 331 00:29:19,253 --> 00:29:21,589 [ tires screeching ] get in. 332 00:29:21,989 --> 00:29:25,426 - i can't talk to you right now. - they're watching you. get in before you get us both killed. 333 00:29:25,860 --> 00:29:28,195 That's an interesting choice of words. my partner may be dead. 334 00:29:28,629 --> 00:29:32,600 - that's not my concern. - the hell it isn't ! we're here because of you ! 335 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,069 - keep your voice down. - who are you ? who do you work for ? 336 00:29:35,436 --> 00:29:38,272 We're wasting time. while you're chasing your partner, they're destroying the evidence. 337 00:29:38,606 --> 00:29:41,776 - who ? - just follow the evidence. 338 00:29:41,776 --> 00:29:45,062 If you don't, by tomorrow the responsible parties will be out of your reach. 339 00:30:03,731 --> 00:30:05,733 A state highway patrolman found the body... 340 00:30:05,733 --> 00:30:09,036 Off a rural highway at approximately 2:00 p.m. 341 00:30:09,336 --> 00:30:11,822 Nude, shot in the forehead. 342 00:30:15,342 --> 00:30:17,928 Are you ready ? let me do that. 343 00:30:36,814 --> 00:30:40,684 It's not her. somebody has to call her mother. 344 00:30:40,684 --> 00:30:43,904 We already tried. we weren't able to reach her. 345 00:30:44,205 --> 00:30:46,674 She's not answering her phone ? 346 00:31:05,459 --> 00:31:07,394 - mrs. scully. is she here ? - uh, no. 347 00:31:07,862 --> 00:31:11,115 You haven't been answering your phone. 348 00:31:11,115 --> 00:31:13,417 - when i hear from her, i'll call you, okay ? - i need to see her. 349 00:31:13,934 --> 00:31:16,620 Fox, please. go away. go away ! 350 00:31:22,092 --> 00:31:23,594 Where is she ? 351 00:31:24,078 --> 00:31:26,347 Dana, put down the gun ! 352 00:31:26,747 --> 00:31:29,083 I'm here to help you, scully. 353 00:31:29,416 --> 00:31:31,786 I told you, mom. he's here to kill me. 354 00:31:32,286 --> 00:31:34,505 - i'm on your side. you know that. - put it down, dana. 355 00:31:34,789 --> 00:31:37,291 Scully, listen to me very carefully. you don't know it, 356 00:31:37,758 --> 00:31:41,095 But you're sick with the same thing that drove those other people to murder. 357 00:31:41,395 --> 00:31:45,766 - and whatever you think may be happening-- - just step back. 358 00:31:47,718 --> 00:31:50,588 Dana, you're not yourself. he's telling you the truth. 359 00:31:51,071 --> 00:31:54,058 It's not the truth, mom. 360 00:31:54,058 --> 00:31:56,677 He's lied to me from the beginning. 361 00:31:57,178 --> 00:32:01,182 He never trusted me. scully, you are the only one i trust. 362 00:32:01,615 --> 00:32:04,084 You're in on it. 363 00:32:04,084 --> 00:32:07,087 You're one of them. 364 00:32:07,087 --> 00:32:10,090 You're one of the people who abducted me. 365 00:32:10,090 --> 00:32:14,428 You put that thing in my neck ! you killed my sister ! 366 00:32:17,147 --> 00:32:19,266 - that's not true, dana. - it is. 367 00:32:19,633 --> 00:32:22,536 - i want you to listen to me. - mom, just get out of the way ! 368 00:32:23,037 --> 00:32:24,538 You trust me, don't you ? 369 00:32:27,174 --> 00:32:28,976 You know that i would never hurt you. 370 00:32:29,343 --> 00:32:32,646 That i would never let anybody hurt you. 371 00:32:33,964 --> 00:32:36,767 That's why you came here, isn't it ? 372 00:32:36,767 --> 00:32:38,519 You're safe here. 373 00:32:38,886 --> 00:32:41,772 Put the gun down, dana. 374 00:32:53,684 --> 00:32:56,070 Put it down. 375 00:32:58,639 --> 00:33:00,641 [ crying ] 376 00:33:06,814 --> 00:33:09,317 [ woman on p.a. ] dr. monsignor. 377 00:33:12,954 --> 00:33:15,206 [ knock at door ] 378 00:33:19,494 --> 00:33:21,479 [ newscaster, indistinct ] 379 00:33:25,433 --> 00:33:27,602 How are you feeling ? 380 00:33:29,103 --> 00:33:30,905 Ashamed. 381 00:33:33,307 --> 00:33:36,277 I was so sure, mulder. 382 00:33:36,277 --> 00:33:38,279 I saw things, and i heard things. 383 00:33:38,279 --> 00:33:43,117 And it was just like the world was turned upside down. 384 00:33:43,117 --> 00:33:46,470 Everybody was out to get me. 385 00:33:46,470 --> 00:33:48,389 Now you know how i feel most of the time. 386 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:51,642 I thought you were gonna kill me. 387 00:33:52,059 --> 00:33:54,829 I'm not surprised. 388 00:33:55,129 --> 00:33:57,098 I did some checking. 389 00:33:57,598 --> 00:34:00,601 Joseph patnik thought he was murdering a bosnian war criminal, 390 00:34:00,601 --> 00:34:03,104 A man the media described as a modern day hitler. 391 00:34:03,104 --> 00:34:06,107 It turns out both patnik's parents were holocaust survivors. 392 00:34:06,574 --> 00:34:09,310 I'm not following. helene riddock was scared... 393 00:34:09,310 --> 00:34:11,312 That her husband was gonna be unfaithful to her. 394 00:34:11,312 --> 00:34:14,315 You see a pattern developing ? what if this video signal... 395 00:34:14,315 --> 00:34:18,319 Somehow turned these people's anxieties into some kind of dementia ? 396 00:34:18,319 --> 00:34:21,105 A virtual reality of their own worst nightmares. 397 00:34:21,422 --> 00:34:23,674 Like me thinking that you'd betray me. 398 00:34:24,058 --> 00:34:28,279 I was so far gone, mulder, i thought that you were gone to the other side. 399 00:34:28,696 --> 00:34:32,316 What do you mean ? that cancer man, that man who smokes all those cigarettes. 400 00:34:32,316 --> 00:34:37,972 I was sure that i saw the two of you sitting in your car in the motel parking lot. 401 00:34:38,372 --> 00:34:39,874 You were reporting to him. 402 00:34:40,374 --> 00:34:44,629 You handed him a videotape. it... it was crazy. 403 00:34:44,912 --> 00:34:47,498 Well, maybe not. what do you mean ? 404 00:34:47,498 --> 00:34:50,017 Well, somebody's behind this. we just don't know who. 405 00:34:50,284 --> 00:34:53,421 You think it could be him ? i don't know. 406 00:34:55,423 --> 00:34:56,924 Why don't you try to get some rest ? 407 00:35:05,132 --> 00:35:07,134 Dr. lorenz ? agent mulder. 408 00:35:07,602 --> 00:35:09,587 I was just about to check in on your partner. 409 00:35:09,587 --> 00:35:12,390 What course of treatment have you outlined for agent scully ? 410 00:35:12,773 --> 00:35:14,759 At this point, nothing more than bed rest. 411 00:35:15,259 --> 00:35:17,261 We still haven't been able to determine what brought this on. 412 00:35:17,261 --> 00:35:19,730 As far as i can tell, there's nothing medically wrong with her. 413 00:35:19,730 --> 00:35:22,617 Well, that didn't seem to be the case last night. no, it wasn't. 414 00:35:23,084 --> 00:35:26,570 It's got me puzzled. her m.r.i. was negative, 415 00:35:26,570 --> 00:35:29,974 But the spinal tap revealed high levels of serotonin in her brain. 416 00:35:30,474 --> 00:35:31,976 Do you think that would account for her strange behavior ? 417 00:35:31,976 --> 00:35:35,913 High serotonin levels have been associated with mania. 418 00:35:35,913 --> 00:35:38,916 But the good news is, as of this afternoon, 419 00:35:38,916 --> 00:35:40,701 Her levels are pretty much back to normal. 420 00:35:44,322 --> 00:35:46,574 Dr. lorenz, uh, 421 00:35:46,974 --> 00:35:50,328 Would you have made a diagnosis of amphetamine abuse for someone in agent scully's condition ? 422 00:35:50,811 --> 00:35:53,130 Not given her serotonin levels. no, that wouldn't make any sense. 423 00:35:53,614 --> 00:35:55,466 Thank you. 424 00:35:57,468 --> 00:36:00,521 [ phone dialing, ringing ] 425 00:36:00,521 --> 00:36:05,142 Braddock heights. yeah, i need the number for the frederick county psychiatric hospital. 426 00:36:06,477 --> 00:36:08,913 [ phone ringing ] 427 00:36:08,913 --> 00:36:10,665 Ward three. 428 00:36:10,998 --> 00:36:13,484 This is fox mulder with the federal bureau of investigation. 429 00:36:13,484 --> 00:36:15,369 I need to talk to dr. stroman, please. 430 00:36:15,870 --> 00:36:19,140 I'm sorry. dr. stroman is no longer here. i believe he's returned to washington. 431 00:36:19,540 --> 00:36:21,659 - know where i can reach him ? - i'm not sure. 432 00:36:21,659 --> 00:36:24,929 He left us a local number. it's around here somewhere. 433 00:36:29,016 --> 00:36:31,268 - is it 555-0135 ? - that's it. 434 00:36:31,686 --> 00:36:33,320 Thank you. 435 00:36:35,756 --> 00:36:38,225 You want me to go first this time ? 436 00:36:38,225 --> 00:36:40,227 Damn straight. 437 00:36:47,985 --> 00:36:51,489 I haven't had a chance to clean the room yet. he just checked out. 438 00:36:51,489 --> 00:36:54,492 But with all the excitement, i don't blame him. 439 00:37:02,049 --> 00:37:04,034 Do you charge for local calls ? of course. 440 00:37:04,034 --> 00:37:06,871 - then you'd have a record of all calls made from here ? - i'll get it. 441 00:37:06,871 --> 00:37:08,122 Thank you. 442 00:37:18,349 --> 00:37:21,736 Here you go. 443 00:37:21,869 --> 00:37:23,437 Thanks. 444 00:37:25,439 --> 00:37:27,775 Thank you. 445 00:37:34,648 --> 00:37:37,151 Hey, danny. it's mulder. i need you to check a number for me. 446 00:39:05,172 --> 00:39:08,475 That's what he told me, stroman. then where is he ? 447 00:39:08,775 --> 00:39:12,312 -he said he'd be here. - he'll be here. 448 00:39:12,779 --> 00:39:16,033 It's almost 7:00. i can't wait any longer. 449 00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:21,855 There's no sign of him ! 450 00:39:33,517 --> 00:39:36,537 [ gunshots ] 451 00:39:59,393 --> 00:40:03,363 You're too late, agent mulder. 452 00:40:03,363 --> 00:40:05,115 Now that you've destroyed all the evidence. 453 00:40:05,399 --> 00:40:08,235 You were told this would happen. you made your choice. 454 00:40:08,569 --> 00:40:10,270 I just didn't know i was working for you. 455 00:40:10,571 --> 00:40:13,323 I had no alternative. i was being watched too closely. 456 00:40:13,607 --> 00:40:15,309 I couldn't risk compromising myself. 457 00:40:15,809 --> 00:40:19,596 - why kill them if you wanted me to expose them ? - those were always my orders. 458 00:40:19,596 --> 00:40:22,866 I was just hoping you'd get to them first. 459 00:40:23,367 --> 00:40:26,870 And uncover what ? what were they trying to do ? manipulate people's behavior ? 460 00:40:26,870 --> 00:40:29,623 Alter their decision-making process ? what to buy ? who to vote for ? 461 00:40:29,957 --> 00:40:32,292 You think they'll stop at commerce and politics ? 462 00:40:35,262 --> 00:40:37,147 Where will they stop ? 463 00:40:37,664 --> 00:40:39,917 That's where you failed, agent mulder. 464 00:40:40,300 --> 00:40:42,786 Don't lay this off on me. you pulled me into this situation... 465 00:40:42,786 --> 00:40:45,072 Because you didn't have the courage to reveal the truth yourself. 466 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:48,191 Feel better now ? you're a coward ! 467 00:40:48,191 --> 00:40:52,462 You work in the shadows. you feed me scraps, hoping that i could piece it together. 468 00:40:52,462 --> 00:40:54,748 You've made me risk my life, you've risked my partner's life... 469 00:40:55,115 --> 00:40:58,101 And you never risk your own ! 470 00:41:04,741 --> 00:41:06,543 You're not walking away from this. 471 00:41:09,630 --> 00:41:12,432 You'rerisking your life right now. 472 00:41:17,054 --> 00:41:19,573 You failed. 473 00:41:19,573 --> 00:41:22,442 This is your success ? killing me ? 474 00:41:23,944 --> 00:41:28,231 The truth is, you need me, agent mulder. 475 00:41:45,966 --> 00:41:48,468 [ sirens wailing in distance ] 476 00:41:50,504 --> 00:41:52,506 This is your final report, agent mulder ? 477 00:41:52,506 --> 00:41:56,376 Yes, sir. i see more questions here than i do answers. 478 00:41:56,843 --> 00:42:00,280 You don't know who manufactured the device you found or what its purpose was. 479 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,783 No, sir. [ knock at door ] 480 00:42:05,886 --> 00:42:08,672 - agent scully, welcome back. - i'm sorry i'm late. 481 00:42:08,672 --> 00:42:10,390 I just got back from the documents section. 482 00:42:10,691 --> 00:42:13,026 What did you find out about the two men mulder found executed ? 483 00:42:13,460 --> 00:42:16,463 The cable company employee had no criminal record. 484 00:42:16,463 --> 00:42:19,466 In fact, there was nothing remarkable about him whatsoever. 485 00:42:19,466 --> 00:42:22,853 We found a medical license under the name "dr. henry stroman"... 486 00:42:22,853 --> 00:42:24,688 In falls church, virginia. 487 00:42:25,072 --> 00:42:27,324 He died in 1978. 488 00:42:27,641 --> 00:42:30,043 What about their killer ? 489 00:42:30,477 --> 00:42:32,746 He remains an unknown subject. 490 00:43:04,611 --> 00:43:06,113 Have you completed your work ? 491 00:43:06,613 --> 00:43:08,615 All the personnel and hardware have been removed. 492 00:43:08,615 --> 00:43:10,901 But mulder still has one of the devices. 493 00:43:11,184 --> 00:43:13,186 Well, it proves nothing. 494 00:43:14,187 --> 00:43:17,574 What about, uh, mulder's source ? 495 00:43:17,574 --> 00:43:20,077 He's been eliminated. 496 00:43:20,077 --> 00:43:22,412 And his source ? 497 00:43:23,764 --> 00:43:26,550 Who's he working with ? 498 00:43:26,550 --> 00:43:28,885 That person remains unknown. 499 00:43:41,248 --> 00:43:46,119 Closed-captioned by captions, inc. los angeles 500 00:44:18,884 --> 00:44:20,752 [ boy ] i made this !