1 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:25,960 We're not... 2 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,840 who... 3 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:33,880 we are. 4 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:36,200 We're not... 5 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,680 who we are. 6 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,040 It goes no further than this. 7 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,080 It stops right here... 8 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,040 right now. 9 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,040 Team captainJohn Richter here. 10 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,480 It's been a couple of frustrating months 11 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,120 but after a great deal of stick-with-it-ness 12 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,240 we're proud to report that as of a half an hour ago 13 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,160 we surpassed the previous record 14 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,400 for drilling down into an ice sheet. 15 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,240 All right! 16 00:04:22,617 --> 00:04:26,817 This team of scientists made up the Arctic Ice Core Project. 17 00:04:26,897 --> 00:04:28,257 They were sent to Alaska 18 00:04:28,337 --> 00:04:31,417 by the government's advanced research project agency 19 00:04:31,497 --> 00:04:34,337 nearly a year ago to drill into the arctic ice. 20 00:04:34,417 --> 00:04:35,857 The samples they removed 21 00:04:35,937 --> 00:04:38,417 contained trapped gases, dust, chemicals... 22 00:04:38,497 --> 00:04:40,017 Evidence that could reveal 23 00:04:40,097 --> 00:04:42,217 the structure of the Earth's climate 24 00:04:42,297 --> 00:04:44,097 back to the dawn of man. 25 00:04:44,177 --> 00:04:46,337 Their work was a success, nearly completed. 26 00:04:46,417 --> 00:04:49,497 No reports or indications of problems of any kind 27 00:04:49,577 --> 00:04:51,057 until only a week later 28 00:04:51,137 --> 00:04:53,337 this next transmission was received. 29 00:04:58,897 --> 00:05:00,417 We're not... 30 00:05:00,497 --> 00:05:01,977 who... 31 00:05:02,017 --> 00:05:03,537 we are. 32 00:05:09,257 --> 00:05:11,217 We're not... 33 00:05:11,257 --> 00:05:14,017 who we are. 34 00:05:17,097 --> 00:05:20,697 It goes no further than this. 35 00:05:20,777 --> 00:05:23,737 It stops... right here... 36 00:05:25,337 --> 00:05:27,337 right now. 37 00:05:32,457 --> 00:05:34,297 What happened up there? 38 00:05:34,377 --> 00:05:35,697 Nobody's been able 39 00:05:35,777 --> 00:05:38,617 to reach the compound because of bad weather. 40 00:05:38,697 --> 00:05:40,017 Obviously they think 41 00:05:40,097 --> 00:05:42,097 we're either brilliant or expendable 42 00:05:42,177 --> 00:05:44,297 because we've pulled the assignment. 43 00:05:44,377 --> 00:05:46,417 Is it severe isolation distress? 44 00:05:46,457 --> 00:05:48,137 These were top geophysicists. 45 00:05:48,217 --> 00:05:50,897 They were trained and screened for this project 46 00:05:50,977 --> 00:05:54,097 in every way imaginable, including psychological makeup. 47 00:05:54,177 --> 00:05:55,657 We leave for Nome today. 48 00:05:55,697 --> 00:05:57,497 We'll meet up with three scientists 49 00:05:57,537 --> 00:05:59,377 familiar with the Ice Core Project 50 00:05:59,457 --> 00:06:02,737 and then head north up to the Icy Cape. 51 00:06:02,817 --> 00:06:06,137 The National Weather Service reports a three-day window 52 00:06:06,177 --> 00:06:09,457 to get in and get out before the next arctic storm. 53 00:06:09,537 --> 00:06:11,057 Bring your mittens. 54 00:06:15,617 --> 00:06:18,817 Fouts looks over the Raiders'defense. 55 00:06:18,857 --> 00:06:20,937 Here's the snap. Raiders blitz. 56 00:06:21,017 --> 00:06:23,537 Fouts dumps it across the middle to Winslow. 57 00:06:23,617 --> 00:06:25,457 He's at the 15! 10! Touchdown San Diego! 58 00:06:25,537 --> 00:06:27,057 Touchdown! 59 00:06:27,097 --> 00:06:29,097 Fouts is God! 60 00:06:33,017 --> 00:06:35,657 Sorry. My team scored. 61 00:06:35,737 --> 00:06:37,697 There's no football on Wednesday. 62 00:06:37,777 --> 00:06:40,657 Fouts retired in '87, didn't he? 63 00:06:40,737 --> 00:06:43,897 No. This is some of my all-time favorite plays on tape. 64 00:06:44,798 --> 00:06:46,198 You two F.B. I? 65 00:06:46,238 --> 00:06:48,558 Agent Mulder, Agent Scully. And you? 66 00:06:48,638 --> 00:06:49,638 Danny Murphy. 67 00:06:49,718 --> 00:06:51,278 Professor of geology, U.C. San Diego. 68 00:06:51,358 --> 00:06:54,438 San Diego? You get much of a chance to study ice down there? 69 00:06:54,478 --> 00:06:55,838 Just what's around the keg. 70 00:06:58,118 --> 00:07:00,518 Dr. DaSilva? Dr. Hodge? 71 00:07:00,598 --> 00:07:02,078 -Sorry, we're late. -Agent Scully, Agent Mulder. 72 00:07:02,158 --> 00:07:03,398 Nice to meet you. 73 00:07:03,478 --> 00:07:05,398 How you doing? 74 00:07:05,478 --> 00:07:07,438 Can I see some identification? 75 00:07:07,518 --> 00:07:08,718 What for? 76 00:07:08,758 --> 00:07:11,398 I just want to make sure we are who we say we are. 77 00:07:15,718 --> 00:07:18,078 It's me. 78 00:07:18,158 --> 00:07:19,558 It's you. 79 00:07:19,638 --> 00:07:20,958 It's me. 80 00:07:21,038 --> 00:07:22,518 It's you. 81 00:07:22,598 --> 00:07:24,118 - It's me. - Thanks a lot. 82 00:07:24,198 --> 00:07:25,358 Appreciate it. 83 00:07:25,438 --> 00:07:27,038 It's you. 84 00:07:27,118 --> 00:07:29,118 Well, now that we know who we are 85 00:07:29,198 --> 00:07:30,598 anybody care to take a guess 86 00:07:30,678 --> 00:07:33,078 as to why we're going? 87 00:07:33,118 --> 00:07:34,998 Well, two federal agents, a geologist, a medical doctor 88 00:07:35,078 --> 00:07:36,478 and a toxicologist. 89 00:07:36,518 --> 00:07:38,958 That should give us some idea what they're thinking. 90 00:07:39,038 --> 00:07:41,958 I assume you all took a look at the tape. 91 00:07:44,598 --> 00:07:46,518 Something wrong? 92 00:07:46,598 --> 00:07:48,358 Come on. You're F.B.I. 93 00:07:48,398 --> 00:07:50,598 You have to know more than we do. 94 00:07:57,878 --> 00:07:59,798 You folks the ones going up to Icy Cape? 95 00:07:59,878 --> 00:08:01,118 Yeah. 96 00:08:01,198 --> 00:08:04,118 Then I'm the one flying you. My name is Bear. 97 00:08:04,198 --> 00:08:06,118 The plane's across the way. 98 00:08:06,198 --> 00:08:08,118 Provisions are loaded. Grab your gear. 99 00:08:08,198 --> 00:08:10,118 Oh, could we see some credentials? 100 00:08:13,238 --> 00:08:14,758 Credentials. 101 00:08:14,838 --> 00:08:16,358 The only credentials I have 102 00:08:16,438 --> 00:08:19,798 is that I'm the only pilot willing to fly you up there. 103 00:08:19,798 --> 00:08:20,358 Is that I'm the only pilot willing to fly you up there. 104 00:08:20,438 --> 00:08:22,998 You don't like those credentials... 105 00:08:23,078 --> 00:08:25,398 walk. 106 00:08:52,958 --> 00:08:58,198 Bear... see if you can get the power started. 107 00:08:58,278 --> 00:09:01,238 Anything to get out of here. 108 00:09:05,078 --> 00:09:07,558 Where do we start? 109 00:09:07,638 --> 00:09:09,638 Body bags are on the plane. 110 00:09:09,718 --> 00:09:11,398 Before we touch anything 111 00:09:11,478 --> 00:09:14,238 we have to thoroughly document the scene. 112 00:09:22,758 --> 00:09:24,718 Flashing. 113 00:09:39,598 --> 00:09:41,878 That's what they were drilling for. 114 00:09:43,078 --> 00:09:46,038 Quarter of a million years melting away 115 00:09:46,118 --> 00:09:48,038 in a couple of days. 116 00:09:48,118 --> 00:09:50,598 I want to preserve some samples. 117 00:10:12,718 --> 00:10:14,438 It's the generator. 118 00:10:14,518 --> 00:10:16,358 Oh. 119 00:10:28,518 --> 00:10:29,798 Agent Mulder... 120 00:10:41,292 --> 00:10:43,452 Hold on. 121 00:10:51,212 --> 00:10:52,732 Hold it down. 122 00:11:00,412 --> 00:11:02,292 That will keep him out for awhile. 123 00:11:07,532 --> 00:11:08,612 You okay? 124 00:11:08,692 --> 00:11:10,292 Yeah, he didn't break the skin. 125 00:11:10,372 --> 00:11:11,612 Bear, you okay? 126 00:11:11,692 --> 00:11:13,132 He got me. 127 00:11:13,212 --> 00:11:14,692 Get that jacket off. 128 00:11:14,772 --> 00:11:16,972 Give me the stuff. I'll do it myself. 129 00:11:17,052 --> 00:11:19,052 Is it rabies? 130 00:11:25,294 --> 00:11:28,254 I don't see any change in the glottal spasm or tetany. 131 00:11:28,294 --> 00:11:29,894 If it is rabies 132 00:11:29,974 --> 00:11:32,894 it's certainly not a strain I'm familiar with. 133 00:11:32,974 --> 00:11:35,534 Look at this. Black nodules. 134 00:11:35,614 --> 00:11:37,294 Swollen lymph nodes. 135 00:11:37,334 --> 00:11:39,734 Symptoms of bubonic plague. 136 00:11:39,774 --> 00:11:43,134 I'll do a blood test. We'll take it from there. 137 00:11:43,214 --> 00:11:45,254 This dog has got 138 00:11:45,334 --> 00:11:48,934 a skin irritation on its neck. 139 00:11:49,014 --> 00:11:51,374 It looks like it's been scratching off 140 00:11:51,454 --> 00:11:53,054 its own hair. 141 00:11:53,134 --> 00:11:55,054 Look at this. Look at this! 142 00:11:58,454 --> 00:12:01,534 What the hell was that? 143 00:12:43,454 --> 00:12:45,134 From the autopsies 144 00:12:45,214 --> 00:12:47,974 it's clear these men killed one another. 145 00:12:48,054 --> 00:12:49,294 There are contusions 146 00:12:49,334 --> 00:12:51,534 around the throat areas of three men... 147 00:12:51,614 --> 00:12:53,334 evidence of strangulation. 148 00:12:53,374 --> 00:12:56,974 Richter and Campbell killed themselves. 149 00:12:57,054 --> 00:12:59,494 I also found tissue damage due to fever. 150 00:12:59,574 --> 00:13:02,094 Did any of them have 151 00:13:02,174 --> 00:13:04,974 the black spots the dog has? 152 00:13:05,054 --> 00:13:07,974 No. None of them had the black nodules. 153 00:13:08,054 --> 00:13:11,294 So, uh, those spots didn't have anything to do 154 00:13:11,374 --> 00:13:13,814 with those guys killing each other, right? 155 00:13:13,894 --> 00:13:15,254 I wouldn't rule it out. 156 00:13:15,294 --> 00:13:16,934 I just reexamined the dog. 157 00:13:17,014 --> 00:13:18,374 The nodules are gone. 158 00:13:18,454 --> 00:13:19,814 What could that mean? 159 00:13:19,894 --> 00:13:23,374 It could mean that the spots are a symptom of some disease 160 00:13:23,454 --> 00:13:25,054 at an early stage. 161 00:13:54,174 --> 00:13:55,614 Danny? 162 00:13:55,694 --> 00:13:58,614 Danny. 163 00:13:58,694 --> 00:14:00,054 Danny. 164 00:14:00,134 --> 00:14:01,574 Sorry. 165 00:14:01,614 --> 00:14:03,734 The play-off game against Miami, '82. 166 00:14:03,814 --> 00:14:05,574 Helps to get my mind off stuff. 167 00:14:05,654 --> 00:14:08,774 My interpretation of satellite remote sensing photos 168 00:14:08,814 --> 00:14:09,974 is a little rusty. 169 00:14:10,054 --> 00:14:13,894 All right, this is the Icy Cape area. 170 00:14:13,974 --> 00:14:15,614 It approximates 171 00:14:15,694 --> 00:14:16,974 the depth of the ice sheet 172 00:14:17,054 --> 00:14:18,934 to be about 3,000 meters thick. 173 00:14:19,014 --> 00:14:20,254 I also found this data 174 00:14:20,294 --> 00:14:22,134 and if I'm reading it correctly 175 00:14:22,214 --> 00:14:24,454 the team actually found the ice sheet 176 00:14:24,534 --> 00:14:25,894 to be twice that depth. 177 00:14:25,934 --> 00:14:27,094 That's very good. 178 00:14:27,174 --> 00:14:28,294 The numbers indicate 179 00:14:28,334 --> 00:14:29,814 the topography to be concave. 180 00:14:29,894 --> 00:14:31,494 Looks like they were drilling 181 00:14:31,574 --> 00:14:32,854 inside a meteor crater. 182 00:14:32,934 --> 00:14:35,654 No, you're wrong. It's impossible. 183 00:14:35,734 --> 00:14:37,734 I analyzed two samples. 184 00:14:37,814 --> 00:14:39,574 What did you find? 185 00:14:39,654 --> 00:14:41,774 There seems to be a presence of ammonium hydroxide 186 00:14:41,814 --> 00:14:43,774 in Richter's blood sample. 187 00:14:43,854 --> 00:14:45,614 It's not possible. 188 00:14:45,654 --> 00:14:48,174 Ammonia would vaporize at human body temperature. 189 00:14:48,254 --> 00:14:50,014 I checked all the air filtration systems. 190 00:14:50,054 --> 00:14:52,414 I found no evidence of any such toxins. 191 00:14:52,494 --> 00:14:54,174 I have. 192 00:14:54,254 --> 00:14:57,614 In the ice, and that's not all there is. 193 00:15:00,774 --> 00:15:03,214 I found a high ratio of ammonia to water 194 00:15:03,294 --> 00:15:05,214 in the ice core. 195 00:15:05,294 --> 00:15:07,374 The earth's atmosphere could never have produced such levels 196 00:15:07,454 --> 00:15:09,214 even a quarter of a million years ago. 197 00:15:09,294 --> 00:15:10,614 Look in the scope. 198 00:15:10,694 --> 00:15:12,614 Unless a foreign object 199 00:15:12,694 --> 00:15:14,854 was introduced into that environment. 200 00:15:14,934 --> 00:15:17,814 Tell me that's not a foreign object. 201 00:15:17,854 --> 00:15:19,814 Scully. 202 00:15:23,294 --> 00:15:26,694 That same thing is in Richter's blood. 203 00:15:27,934 --> 00:15:29,894 What if that single-celled organism 204 00:15:29,934 --> 00:15:33,094 is the larval stage of a larger animal? 205 00:15:35,494 --> 00:15:37,934 That's kind of a leap, don't you think? 206 00:15:37,974 --> 00:15:40,094 The evidence is there. 207 00:15:40,174 --> 00:15:41,574 Maybe the organism 208 00:15:41,654 --> 00:15:43,774 in the ice core somehow got into the men. 209 00:15:43,854 --> 00:15:45,814 Come on. Nothing can survive 210 00:15:45,894 --> 00:15:47,974 in sub-zero temperatures for a quarter million years. 211 00:15:48,014 --> 00:15:50,574 Unless that's how it lives. 212 00:15:50,654 --> 00:15:54,894 Look-it, I don't see why you are squabbling over some bug. 213 00:15:54,974 --> 00:15:56,734 You said it yourself, Scully. 214 00:15:56,814 --> 00:15:58,654 Your autopsy found those men killed each other. 215 00:15:58,694 --> 00:16:01,774 That's it. Now I say, let's just get the hell out of here. 216 00:16:01,854 --> 00:16:03,294 I agree. 217 00:16:03,334 --> 00:16:05,294 We can have the bodies sent to a facility 218 00:16:05,334 --> 00:16:07,854 where they can make a definitive diagnosis. 219 00:16:07,934 --> 00:16:11,334 In the event that something was missed, Agent Scully. 220 00:16:11,374 --> 00:16:13,854 If those bodies are infected with an unknown organism 221 00:16:13,934 --> 00:16:16,174 we can't take them back. 222 00:16:16,254 --> 00:16:18,294 We can't go back without proper quarantine procedures. 223 00:16:18,374 --> 00:16:20,294 We can't risk bringing back the next plague. 224 00:16:20,374 --> 00:16:23,014 Let's say you're right. They came down with something. 225 00:16:23,094 --> 00:16:26,534 We haven't, and I ain't waiting around until we do. 226 00:16:26,614 --> 00:16:29,294 I think it's safe to go back. 227 00:16:29,374 --> 00:16:31,294 There's no reason why we'd be infected. 228 00:16:31,374 --> 00:16:33,214 We've taken all the necessary biological safeguards. 229 00:16:33,294 --> 00:16:34,614 The dog did bite Bear. 230 00:16:34,694 --> 00:16:36,134 It jumped Mulder too! 231 00:16:36,214 --> 00:16:38,494 Hey, there's only one way to proceed. 232 00:16:38,534 --> 00:16:40,774 A doctor eliminates every possibility. 233 00:16:40,934 --> 00:16:43,774 We must determine if any of us is infected. 234 00:16:47,694 --> 00:16:50,054 All right. Parasitic diagnostic procedure 235 00:16:50,134 --> 00:16:54,014 requires that each of us provide a blood and a stool sample. 236 00:16:54,054 --> 00:16:56,214 A stool sample? 237 00:16:56,294 --> 00:16:59,494 Wow. This kind of travel always makes that tough... for me. 238 00:16:59,574 --> 00:17:02,174 Okay...anybody got the morning 239 00:17:02,254 --> 00:17:03,894 sports section handy? 240 00:17:05,694 --> 00:17:08,494 I ain't dropping my cargo for no one. 241 00:17:08,574 --> 00:17:10,254 What I'm doing is getting 242 00:17:10,294 --> 00:17:11,254 my gear, getting my plane 243 00:17:11,334 --> 00:17:13,174 and flying the hell out of here. 244 00:17:13,254 --> 00:17:15,814 You can't go. The dog bit you. 245 00:17:15,894 --> 00:17:20,174 I got hired to fly you up here and fly you back. 246 00:17:20,254 --> 00:17:22,374 No one said this might be part of the deal. 247 00:17:22,454 --> 00:17:24,734 So the deal is over. 248 00:17:27,094 --> 00:17:28,614 We can't let him leave without being checked. 249 00:17:28,614 --> 00:17:29,174 We can't let him leave without being checked. 250 00:17:29,254 --> 00:17:31,534 Who's going to stop him? 251 00:17:31,614 --> 00:17:33,214 We have to. 252 00:17:33,294 --> 00:17:36,054 We can't risk infecting the population. 253 00:17:36,134 --> 00:17:38,094 If he gets on that plane, I'm gonna be on it with him. 254 00:17:38,134 --> 00:17:39,614 We don't have time to argue about it. 255 00:17:39,694 --> 00:17:41,094 Take a vote. 256 00:17:41,174 --> 00:17:43,094 Whoever believes we should confine Bear 257 00:17:43,174 --> 00:17:45,014 until he agrees to an examination? 258 00:17:51,654 --> 00:17:53,454 All right. 259 00:17:55,694 --> 00:17:58,134 Bear, we just want to check you out. 260 00:17:58,214 --> 00:17:59,734 If we don't find any trace 261 00:17:59,814 --> 00:18:01,414 of the parasite or the virus 262 00:18:01,494 --> 00:18:02,774 we'll all go. 263 00:18:09,894 --> 00:18:12,734 All right. 264 00:18:12,814 --> 00:18:15,734 Give me the damn jar. 265 00:18:27,694 --> 00:18:29,214 Murphy, get a rope. 266 00:18:38,574 --> 00:18:40,254 Oh, my God! 267 00:18:41,894 --> 00:18:43,334 Oh! 268 00:18:44,334 --> 00:18:45,974 Get my bag. 269 00:18:46,054 --> 00:18:47,174 What are you gonna do? 270 00:18:47,254 --> 00:18:48,414 Cutting it out. 271 00:18:48,494 --> 00:18:49,894 We know nothing about it. 272 00:18:49,974 --> 00:18:51,334 It's killing him. 273 00:18:51,414 --> 00:18:53,454 Scully, help me hold the skin. 274 00:18:57,254 --> 00:18:59,574 Hold still, Bear. 275 00:19:01,734 --> 00:19:03,934 Forceps. 276 00:19:08,014 --> 00:19:09,974 Hold still, Bear. 277 00:19:10,054 --> 00:19:11,294 Just another second. 278 00:19:11,374 --> 00:19:13,134 You're gonna be okay. 279 00:19:39,654 --> 00:19:41,774 This is the A.I.C.P. Investigative team 280 00:19:41,814 --> 00:19:43,774 calling Doolittle Airfield. Come in. 281 00:19:43,854 --> 00:19:45,614 D.A.F. Responding. 282 00:19:45,654 --> 00:19:47,654 This is Agent Mulder. 283 00:19:47,694 --> 00:19:50,574 We have a serious biological hazard. 284 00:19:50,654 --> 00:19:53,574 Request air pickup and quarantine procedures, over. 285 00:19:53,654 --> 00:19:56,534 Come in, Doolittle Airfield. 286 00:19:56,614 --> 00:19:59,294 We copy. Agent Mulder. This area is under a heavy storm. 287 00:19:59,374 --> 00:20:01,574 No aircraft can get out for the next day. 288 00:20:01,654 --> 00:20:04,494 Maybe the military base in Kotzebue can set up a quarantine. 289 00:20:04,574 --> 00:20:06,494 Advise immediate evacuation. 290 00:20:06,574 --> 00:20:08,854 The Artic storm is bearing in your direction, over. 291 00:20:08,934 --> 00:20:11,454 We were told we'd have three clear days of weather, over. 292 00:20:11,534 --> 00:20:14,854 Welcome to the top of the world, sir. Over. 293 00:20:14,934 --> 00:20:16,854 Is Bear in any condition to fly? 294 00:20:16,934 --> 00:20:18,774 If we don't get out of here in an hour 295 00:20:18,854 --> 00:20:20,774 we don't get out for days. 296 00:20:24,454 --> 00:20:26,374 He's dead. 297 00:20:44,694 --> 00:20:46,614 It's similar to a tapeworm 298 00:20:46,694 --> 00:20:49,374 in that it has a scolex with suckers and hooks. 299 00:20:49,454 --> 00:20:51,414 So that's familiar, something you can deal with? 300 00:20:51,454 --> 00:20:53,414 What? 301 00:20:53,454 --> 00:20:54,894 No. 302 00:20:54,974 --> 00:20:56,734 Very different from any organism... 303 00:20:56,814 --> 00:20:58,574 at least that I know of. 304 00:20:58,654 --> 00:21:01,174 Have you figured out how it's transmitted yet? 305 00:21:01,254 --> 00:21:04,014 Exchange of fluids, touch, air, all of the above? 306 00:21:04,094 --> 00:21:05,494 I don't know. 307 00:21:05,574 --> 00:21:07,534 All the other dead bodies had the creature. 308 00:21:07,574 --> 00:21:09,534 This is the only one that's still alive. 309 00:21:09,574 --> 00:21:11,334 Were they all in the spine? 310 00:21:11,414 --> 00:21:14,894 No. It appears they were in the hypothalamus gland 311 00:21:14,974 --> 00:21:16,854 deep in the brain. 312 00:21:16,934 --> 00:21:18,854 Hypothalamus. 313 00:21:18,934 --> 00:21:20,854 What was that again? 314 00:21:20,934 --> 00:21:22,854 It's a gland that secretes hormones 315 00:21:22,934 --> 00:21:24,854 although I don't know why 316 00:21:24,934 --> 00:21:27,014 a parasite would want to attach to it. 317 00:21:27,094 --> 00:21:29,854 Hypothalamus releases acetylcholine 318 00:21:29,934 --> 00:21:33,134 which is what produces violent, aggressive behavior. 319 00:21:33,214 --> 00:21:35,134 That might be a connection. 320 00:21:35,214 --> 00:21:36,974 Everybody that's been infected 321 00:21:37,054 --> 00:21:39,894 certainly seems to act aggressively. 322 00:21:39,934 --> 00:21:42,614 Maybe the worm feeds on acetylcholine 323 00:21:42,694 --> 00:21:44,974 which floods our capacity to control violent behavior. 324 00:21:45,054 --> 00:21:47,454 A parasite shouldn't want to kill its host. 325 00:21:47,534 --> 00:21:50,174 It doesn't kill you until it's extracted. 326 00:21:50,254 --> 00:21:52,294 Then it releases a poison. 327 00:21:52,374 --> 00:21:53,974 You're saying it's possible 328 00:21:54,014 --> 00:21:56,894 the worm makes you want to kill other people 329 00:21:56,974 --> 00:21:59,054 which is maybe what happened to the first team. 330 00:21:59,134 --> 00:22:01,614 Or what could happen to us. 331 00:22:01,654 --> 00:22:03,934 It's just a theory. We don't have definite proof. 332 00:22:04,014 --> 00:22:05,934 Except five dead men. 333 00:22:06,014 --> 00:22:08,254 If the worm makes people violently aggressive 334 00:22:08,334 --> 00:22:11,694 then why did Richter and Campbell kill themselves? 335 00:22:11,774 --> 00:22:15,734 Maybe they did it to save us. 336 00:22:31,654 --> 00:22:34,934 I'm just, uh... double-checking. 337 00:22:35,014 --> 00:22:37,094 Making sure I didn't miss anything. 338 00:22:37,174 --> 00:22:40,574 Just some sleep, right? 339 00:22:40,654 --> 00:22:44,094 Sleep. I'm so tired, I can't sleep. 340 00:22:44,134 --> 00:22:46,414 We're all wired and hypersensitive. 341 00:22:46,494 --> 00:22:48,934 It will be good to get a fresh start in the morning. 342 00:22:48,974 --> 00:22:50,934 Mulder, I don't want to waste a second 343 00:22:50,974 --> 00:22:52,934 finding a way to kill this thing. 344 00:22:52,974 --> 00:22:56,014 I don't know if we should kill it. 345 00:22:56,094 --> 00:22:59,614 This area of the ice sheet is formed over a meteor crater. 346 00:22:59,694 --> 00:23:01,614 The worm lives in ammonia. 347 00:23:01,694 --> 00:23:03,974 It survives sub-zero temperatures. 348 00:23:04,014 --> 00:23:06,614 Theorists in alternative life designs believe in 349 00:23:06,694 --> 00:23:09,374 ammonia-supported life systems on planets with freezing temperature... 350 00:23:09,454 --> 00:23:10,534 No. 351 00:23:10,614 --> 00:23:12,614 The meteor that crashed here 352 00:23:12,694 --> 00:23:15,814 a quarter of million years ago may have carried that type of life to earth. 353 00:23:15,894 --> 00:23:18,454 Mulder, that pilot developed surface symptoms 354 00:23:18,534 --> 00:23:20,654 within a few minutes. 355 00:23:20,734 --> 00:23:24,614 Within a few hours that parasite had total control. 356 00:23:24,694 --> 00:23:28,294 What would happen if this got into the population? 357 00:23:28,374 --> 00:23:30,494 A city the size of New York 358 00:23:30,574 --> 00:23:33,534 could be infected within a few days. 359 00:23:33,614 --> 00:23:37,054 Exactly. But what do we know about it? 360 00:23:37,134 --> 00:23:39,214 This organism might be lying dormant in another crater. 361 00:23:39,294 --> 00:23:42,574 Mulder, if we don't kill it now, we run the risk 362 00:23:42,654 --> 00:23:45,254 of becoming Richter and Campbell with guns to our heads. 363 00:23:45,334 --> 00:23:47,614 But if we do kill it now, we may never know 364 00:23:47,694 --> 00:23:49,654 how to stop it or anything like it in the future. 365 00:23:49,734 --> 00:23:51,694 Future? Mulder, how can you talk about the future when right now, there's... 366 00:24:01,294 --> 00:24:03,214 Tell me it's hot in here. 367 00:24:03,294 --> 00:24:05,214 Don't worry. You don't have a fever. 368 00:24:05,294 --> 00:24:07,374 Heating system's malfunctioning. 369 00:24:07,454 --> 00:24:11,054 Outside, it's 40 below, and in here it's sweltering. 370 00:24:11,134 --> 00:24:13,214 Can you hear what they're arguing about? 371 00:24:13,294 --> 00:24:16,294 They're probably discussing their little government secrets. 372 00:24:16,374 --> 00:24:19,254 You think they knew what was up here before we arrived? 373 00:24:19,334 --> 00:24:21,174 I'm sure of it. 374 00:24:21,254 --> 00:24:23,454 ...biological hazard. 375 00:24:23,494 --> 00:24:27,054 You know, Bear's infected blood did get on Scully. 376 00:24:27,134 --> 00:24:29,614 It also got on you. 377 00:24:36,974 --> 00:24:39,054 How do you know it can't be contained? 378 00:24:39,134 --> 00:24:41,054 It can! By extermination. 379 00:24:41,134 --> 00:24:42,734 We should take those bodies... 380 00:24:42,814 --> 00:24:45,374 worms and all... outside and incinerate them. 381 00:24:45,454 --> 00:24:47,814 Something going on we should know about? 382 00:24:47,894 --> 00:24:49,854 Agent Scully, you all right? 383 00:24:49,894 --> 00:24:52,334 Yes, I'm fine. It's nothing. 384 00:24:52,414 --> 00:24:55,134 You seem a little bit stressed out. 385 00:24:57,294 --> 00:24:59,094 What the hell are you trying to say? 386 00:24:59,174 --> 00:25:00,494 Let's all settle down. 387 00:25:00,534 --> 00:25:01,734 It's been a long, hard day. 388 00:25:01,814 --> 00:25:03,374 We're all tired and scared. 389 00:25:03,454 --> 00:25:05,254 Let's not turn on one another. 390 00:25:05,334 --> 00:25:08,134 At least not without a good reason. 391 00:25:08,214 --> 00:25:10,414 Maybe we should all get some sleep. 392 00:25:10,494 --> 00:25:11,734 You kidding? 393 00:25:11,814 --> 00:25:14,534 You think any of us could sleep right now? 394 00:25:14,614 --> 00:25:16,374 Guys, let's face it... 395 00:25:16,414 --> 00:25:18,374 we got to check for spots. 396 00:25:18,454 --> 00:25:22,534 Any person or persons who has them should be confined. 397 00:25:22,614 --> 00:25:24,614 Are we agreed on that? 398 00:25:24,694 --> 00:25:26,614 Are you going to do the exams? 399 00:25:26,694 --> 00:25:28,254 No. 400 00:25:28,334 --> 00:25:30,574 We do them in front of each other. 401 00:25:30,654 --> 00:25:31,894 No secrets. 402 00:25:37,214 --> 00:25:40,254 Before anyone passes judgement, may I remind you 403 00:25:40,334 --> 00:25:42,414 we are in the arctic. 404 00:26:11,374 --> 00:26:13,334 Sleep tight. 405 00:26:13,374 --> 00:26:15,134 Don't let the bedbugs bite. 406 00:26:15,214 --> 00:26:17,174 Yeah. Good night. 407 00:26:32,134 --> 00:26:33,654 Good night, Mulder. 408 00:26:34,734 --> 00:26:36,294 Good night, Scully. 409 00:26:36,374 --> 00:26:38,854 At least everyone's okay. 410 00:26:38,934 --> 00:26:40,854 Don't forget. 411 00:26:40,934 --> 00:26:43,734 The spots on the dog went away. 412 00:27:37,414 --> 00:27:40,174 Ball on the three-yard line. 413 00:27:40,254 --> 00:27:43,654 Fourth and goal with only 15 seconds left in the game. 414 00:27:43,694 --> 00:27:45,654 He moves over the ball. Here's the snap. 415 00:27:45,734 --> 00:27:47,134 He goes over... 416 00:30:26,654 --> 00:30:28,454 Mulder, what are you doing? 417 00:30:28,534 --> 00:30:31,174 Murphy's dead. 418 00:30:32,214 --> 00:30:34,134 You killed him. 419 00:30:34,214 --> 00:30:36,534 I found him like this. 420 00:30:36,614 --> 00:30:38,534 I heard one of the doors close. 421 00:30:38,614 --> 00:30:40,734 I came out to check it out. 422 00:30:40,814 --> 00:30:43,174 It was one of you. 423 00:30:43,254 --> 00:30:45,174 He's lying. -You could have done it and not even known. 424 00:30:45,254 --> 00:30:46,654 No, he said he didn't do it. 425 00:30:46,734 --> 00:30:48,094 I don't have any of the symptoms. 426 00:30:48,174 --> 00:30:49,614 You checked him youself, Hodge. 427 00:30:49,654 --> 00:30:50,934 Yeah, six hours ago. 428 00:30:51,014 --> 00:30:52,214 It was one of you. 429 00:30:52,294 --> 00:30:54,774 Stop it! Stop it! Shut up! 430 00:30:55,654 --> 00:30:59,054 Mulder, just put the gun down and let 431 00:30:59,094 --> 00:31:00,694 Hodge give you a blood test. 432 00:31:00,774 --> 00:31:02,374 so he'll doctor the results. 433 00:31:02,454 --> 00:31:04,214 I'm not gonna let him stick a needle in me, he could be infected. 434 00:31:04,294 --> 00:31:05,534 He has to be confined now. 435 00:31:05,614 --> 00:31:08,694 Then just turn around and let us take a look at your neck. 436 00:31:08,774 --> 00:31:10,374 I'm not turning my back on anyone. 437 00:31:10,454 --> 00:31:13,014 As far as I'm concerned, you're all infected! 438 00:31:13,094 --> 00:31:15,334 Hodge is right. We ought to lock him up. 439 00:31:15,414 --> 00:31:16,614 Mulder... 440 00:31:16,694 --> 00:31:18,614 Scully, get that gun off me. 441 00:31:18,694 --> 00:31:20,214 Mulder, you have to understand. 442 00:31:20,294 --> 00:31:21,254 Put it down! 443 00:31:21,334 --> 00:31:22,414 You put it down first! 444 00:31:22,494 --> 00:31:23,574 Scully! 445 00:31:25,254 --> 00:31:27,454 For God's sakes, it's me. 446 00:31:27,534 --> 00:31:32,254 Mulder, you may not be who you are. 447 00:31:57,774 --> 00:31:59,974 In here I'll be safer than you. 448 00:33:05,214 --> 00:33:07,174 What were you doing? 449 00:33:07,254 --> 00:33:09,214 You know what I was doing. 450 00:33:09,254 --> 00:33:11,214 I can't help thinking, Agent Scully 451 00:33:11,254 --> 00:33:13,214 you're the only one with a gun. 452 00:33:13,294 --> 00:33:15,614 If you get infected, we don't stand a chance, do we? 453 00:33:26,134 --> 00:33:27,574 Okay. 454 00:33:38,374 --> 00:33:40,134 Was there something there? 455 00:33:40,214 --> 00:33:42,614 You're okay, Nancy. 456 00:33:42,654 --> 00:33:44,214 We're all okay. 457 00:33:44,254 --> 00:33:46,214 Now is not the time for the three of us 458 00:33:46,294 --> 00:33:48,214 to break down and turn on each other. 459 00:33:48,294 --> 00:33:50,054 There's four of us. 460 00:33:50,094 --> 00:33:51,614 Mulder isn't one of us anymore. 461 00:33:51,694 --> 00:33:54,774 If Mulder is infected, it's not his fault. 462 00:33:54,854 --> 00:33:56,894 We can't turn our backs on him now. 463 00:33:56,934 --> 00:33:58,894 He needs us to help him. 464 00:33:58,934 --> 00:34:00,134 She's right. 465 00:34:00,214 --> 00:34:01,494 Who knows 466 00:34:01,574 --> 00:34:03,494 what prolonged exposure to the parasite could do? 467 00:34:03,574 --> 00:34:06,454 It could damage him to the point of permanent psychosis. 468 00:34:08,174 --> 00:34:10,934 If he is infected, he doesn't go back. 469 00:34:11,014 --> 00:34:12,934 I won't risk the possibilities. 470 00:34:23,974 --> 00:34:27,654 This is A.I.C.P. Calling Doolittle Airfield. 471 00:34:27,734 --> 00:34:29,014 Please come in. 472 00:34:32,814 --> 00:34:35,534 This is the Arctic Ice Corps Project 473 00:34:35,574 --> 00:34:37,974 sending a general distress call. 474 00:34:38,054 --> 00:34:39,414 Please respond. 475 00:34:58,574 --> 00:35:00,774 Nancy, you wanna put a drop of the uninfected blood 476 00:35:00,854 --> 00:35:02,934 on the slide of the blood drawn from the pilot. 477 00:35:03,014 --> 00:35:05,094 Run that by me again. 478 00:35:05,174 --> 00:35:09,614 Put the uninfected blood on the infected blood. 479 00:35:17,414 --> 00:35:19,054 No! Damn it! 480 00:35:19,134 --> 00:35:21,014 What did I just get through telling you? 481 00:35:21,054 --> 00:35:23,014 You just infected the already infected blood. 482 00:35:23,054 --> 00:35:25,014 Now we have to start all over again. 483 00:35:25,054 --> 00:35:27,014 I made a mistake. You don't have to yell at me. 484 00:35:27,094 --> 00:35:28,494 Wasted hours of work. 485 00:35:28,574 --> 00:35:31,494 OK. well then maybe you should just do it by yourself! Damn it! 486 00:35:31,534 --> 00:35:33,814 God, I'm not your assistant! 487 00:35:42,134 --> 00:35:44,374 Hodge. 488 00:35:44,454 --> 00:35:46,054 What? 489 00:35:46,134 --> 00:35:48,374 Come take a look at this. 490 00:35:50,774 --> 00:35:53,774 The larvae from two different worms killed each other. 491 00:36:13,014 --> 00:36:15,134 An individual worm will not tolerate 492 00:36:15,214 --> 00:36:18,334 another invading its host. 493 00:36:18,374 --> 00:36:21,334 It does to the invader what it did to humans. 494 00:36:21,414 --> 00:36:23,014 It makes them kill. 495 00:36:23,094 --> 00:36:26,974 It doesn't make any sense for a species to kill its own, it needs another to procreate. 496 00:36:27,054 --> 00:36:28,814 Worms are hermaphroditic. 497 00:36:28,854 --> 00:36:30,814 It can reproduce itself. 498 00:36:30,854 --> 00:36:34,134 Look at the evidence in the microscope. 499 00:36:34,214 --> 00:36:36,454 This thing does not like company. 500 00:36:36,534 --> 00:36:38,494 So what are you saying? 501 00:36:38,534 --> 00:36:40,134 The way to kill it 502 00:36:40,214 --> 00:36:41,814 is to introduce another worm 503 00:36:41,894 --> 00:36:44,134 into an already infected body? 504 00:37:58,534 --> 00:38:00,374 It sounds okay. 505 00:38:12,454 --> 00:38:14,734 It passed the worms in its stool. 506 00:38:14,814 --> 00:38:16,734 They're dead. 507 00:38:20,894 --> 00:38:22,814 I want to talk to him first. 508 00:38:22,894 --> 00:38:24,894 Try and make this voluntary. 509 00:38:24,974 --> 00:38:26,734 What? 510 00:38:26,774 --> 00:38:28,734 You can't go in alone. 511 00:38:28,774 --> 00:38:33,374 If anything happens, you come inside. 512 00:38:33,454 --> 00:38:36,174 I can't do this to him until I'm sure. 513 00:38:41,534 --> 00:38:43,014 It's just you? 514 00:38:43,094 --> 00:38:45,534 Yes. 515 00:38:52,094 --> 00:38:54,134 It's one of them. 516 00:38:54,254 --> 00:38:57,254 No one's been killed since you've been in here. 517 00:38:57,334 --> 00:38:59,774 So? 518 00:39:02,174 --> 00:39:04,134 We found a way to kill it. 519 00:39:06,694 --> 00:39:10,454 Two worms in one host will kill each other. 520 00:39:15,054 --> 00:39:18,374 You give me one worm, you'll infect me. 521 00:39:18,454 --> 00:39:20,374 If that's true 522 00:39:20,454 --> 00:39:23,414 then why didn't you let us inspect you? 523 00:39:23,494 --> 00:39:27,054 I would have, but you pulled a gun on me. 524 00:39:27,134 --> 00:39:30,534 Now I don't trust them. 525 00:39:30,614 --> 00:39:32,934 I want to trust you. 526 00:39:36,454 --> 00:39:38,214 Okay. 527 00:39:40,214 --> 00:39:43,294 But now they're not here. 528 00:40:31,134 --> 00:40:33,094 This is the last one. 529 00:40:36,094 --> 00:40:38,534 She's not going to let us give it to him. 530 00:40:38,574 --> 00:40:40,934 Well, she'll have to if he's infected. 531 00:40:41,014 --> 00:40:42,974 He'll convince her somehow. 532 00:40:50,814 --> 00:40:52,734 I just examined him. 533 00:40:52,814 --> 00:40:54,734 He's uninfected. 534 00:40:56,814 --> 00:40:59,054 So is she. 535 00:40:59,094 --> 00:41:01,614 Which means that it must be one of you. 536 00:41:03,374 --> 00:41:04,534 All right. 537 00:41:04,614 --> 00:41:06,854 Let's go over to the main building. 538 00:41:06,934 --> 00:41:09,134 I'd like to check him myself. 539 00:41:09,214 --> 00:41:12,534 Then he can examine both of us. 540 00:41:12,614 --> 00:41:14,414 You want to lead the way? 541 00:41:22,254 --> 00:41:23,614 No! 542 00:41:45,534 --> 00:41:47,054 Get the worm. 543 00:41:56,934 --> 00:41:58,414 Don't! 544 00:42:01,454 --> 00:42:02,934 Oh, my God. 545 00:42:08,214 --> 00:42:09,854 Mulder, it's her! 546 00:42:09,934 --> 00:42:11,534 No! 547 00:42:11,614 --> 00:42:13,214 No! 548 00:42:15,654 --> 00:42:17,574 Scully! 549 00:42:17,654 --> 00:42:19,774 It's DaSilva. 550 00:42:37,854 --> 00:42:40,014 No! 551 00:42:45,734 --> 00:42:47,014 Hodge! Now! 552 00:42:47,094 --> 00:42:48,934 Mulder. 553 00:42:49,014 --> 00:42:51,454 After this, there won't be any left. 554 00:42:51,534 --> 00:42:53,094 They're all going to be dead! 555 00:42:53,174 --> 00:42:54,614 Do it! 556 00:42:55,974 --> 00:42:58,254 No! 557 00:42:58,334 --> 00:43:00,014 Shh, shh. 558 00:43:00,094 --> 00:43:01,534 No! 559 00:43:01,614 --> 00:43:03,374 Shh, shh. 560 00:43:03,414 --> 00:43:05,374 Shh, shh. 561 00:43:15,974 --> 00:43:17,894 It's all right. 562 00:43:17,974 --> 00:43:20,574 It's all over. 563 00:43:20,654 --> 00:43:22,734 It all stops right here. 564 00:43:22,814 --> 00:43:25,254 Right now. 565 00:43:36,414 --> 00:43:38,334 Okay, lock her down. 566 00:43:41,774 --> 00:43:44,214 She's being put in quarantine along with the dog. 567 00:43:44,254 --> 00:43:46,214 We'll keep her there until we're sure 568 00:43:46,294 --> 00:43:48,854 she won't infect the rest of the population. 569 00:43:48,934 --> 00:43:53,494 Meanwhile, our tests came back normal, so we've been released. 570 00:43:53,574 --> 00:43:55,334 Plane ready. 571 00:43:55,414 --> 00:43:58,974 It will take you as far from the ice as you want to go. 572 00:43:59,054 --> 00:44:01,014 I'm going back to the site. 573 00:44:01,094 --> 00:44:03,014 This time I'm going fully prepared 574 00:44:03,094 --> 00:44:04,854 with proper equipment. 575 00:44:04,934 --> 00:44:07,574 There's a lot of research to be done on the genetic structure 576 00:44:07,654 --> 00:44:09,094 on its origins... 577 00:44:09,174 --> 00:44:10,614 Wait, Mulder, don't you know? 578 00:44:10,654 --> 00:44:12,534 Know what? 579 00:44:12,614 --> 00:44:16,054 45 minutes after they evacuated us they torched the place. 580 00:44:16,134 --> 00:44:17,894 There's nothing left. 581 00:44:17,974 --> 00:44:19,694 Who did that? 582 00:44:19,774 --> 00:44:21,374 The military... 583 00:44:21,454 --> 00:44:23,214 the Center for Disease Control... 584 00:44:23,294 --> 00:44:25,054 you ought to know. 585 00:44:25,094 --> 00:44:27,054 They're your people. 586 00:44:32,334 --> 00:44:35,894 It's still there, Scully. 587 00:44:35,974 --> 00:44:39,214 200,000 years down. 588 00:44:39,294 --> 00:44:41,734 In the ice. 589 00:44:42,974 --> 00:44:45,414 Leave it there.