1 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:18,830 (turns water on) 2 00:01:22,668 --> 00:01:26,004 (small noises above) 3 00:01:26,171 --> 00:01:27,172 (screams) 4 00:01:36,473 --> 00:01:41,186 (PA) We are now beginning our descent into JFK International Airport. 5 00:01:41,311 --> 00:01:43,689 We should be on the ground in 15 minutes. 6 00:01:43,814 --> 00:01:48,694 Any passenger needing help with customs forms or any other form... 7 00:01:56,910 --> 00:01:59,204 (announcement in French) 8 00:02:39,244 --> 00:02:41,121 Monsieur? 9 00:02:44,458 --> 00:02:46,418 Monsieur? 10 00:02:47,878 --> 00:02:49,629 (screams) 11 00:03:56,238 --> 00:03:58,240 (Skinner) Come 'm. 12 00:04:00,951 --> 00:04:05,205 - Thank you for getting here so quickly. - There's not much traffic at this hour. 13 00:04:05,288 --> 00:04:10,085 This is Dr Simon Bruin with the Philadelphia office of the Centers for Disease Control. 14 00:04:10,168 --> 00:04:12,796 A pleasure, Dr Scully. 15 00:04:15,298 --> 00:04:19,136 How familiar are you with the kidnappings in Philadelphia? 16 00:04:19,219 --> 00:04:24,558 Only what I've read: that four young men have gone missing in the past three months. 17 00:04:24,641 --> 00:04:26,226 All African-American. 18 00:04:26,309 --> 00:04:30,564 A joint FBI-Philadelphia PD task force has been working around the clock. 19 00:04:30,647 --> 00:04:34,234 But there have been no leads to speak of. Until last night. 20 00:04:34,317 --> 00:04:36,153 What happened last night? 21 00:04:36,236 --> 00:04:40,574 Owen Sanders, the last to go missing, was found dead near a construction site. 22 00:04:40,657 --> 00:04:44,953 - How was he killed? - That's just it, Agent Scully. He wasn't. 23 00:04:45,036 --> 00:04:47,080 No evidence indicates homicide. 24 00:04:47,164 --> 00:04:49,332 Has a cause of death been determined? 25 00:04:49,416 --> 00:04:52,961 No. But I'll let Dr Bruin give you his thoughts on that. 26 00:04:55,255 --> 00:04:59,843 This was taken last night, less than an hour after Sanders' body was found. 27 00:04:59,926 --> 00:05:04,264 - I thought you said Owen Sanders was black. - He was. 28 00:05:05,265 --> 00:05:07,350 I'm not sure I follow. 29 00:05:07,851 --> 00:05:10,395 See for yourself. 30 00:05:10,479 --> 00:05:13,190 Owen Sanders was a normal young black man. 31 00:05:13,273 --> 00:05:16,109 I assume you're going somewhere with this. 32 00:05:16,193 --> 00:05:20,864 The depigmentation may actually be characteristic of a disease. 33 00:05:20,947 --> 00:05:22,908 An apparently fatal one. 34 00:05:24,868 --> 00:05:27,787 So you don't think they're victims of a crime at all. 35 00:05:27,871 --> 00:05:33,043 It's my opinion, Dr Scully, this investigation should begin and end under a microscope. 36 00:05:33,877 --> 00:05:37,130 Dr Bruin hopes someone with a solid medical background... 37 00:05:37,214 --> 00:05:39,216 ...can make a quick and decisive analysis. 38 00:05:41,259 --> 00:05:45,430 Case number 2139318537. 39 00:05:45,847 --> 00:05:48,850 Subject is a black male, 19 years old. 40 00:05:48,934 --> 00:05:52,062 Cause and time of death unknown. 41 00:05:52,145 --> 00:05:56,816 Note: total lack of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes. 42 00:05:57,651 --> 00:06:01,571 This suggests albinism, though the bleaching of the irises... 43 00:06:01,655 --> 00:06:06,785 ...indicates a violent and unexplained cellular reaction to a vector or an environment... 44 00:06:06,868 --> 00:06:08,245 (door opens) 45 00:06:08,328 --> 00:06:13,124 Hey. I heard you were down here slicing and dicing. Who's the lucky stiff? 46 00:06:13,208 --> 00:06:15,252 His name is Owen Sanders. 47 00:06:15,335 --> 00:06:18,380 Reported as the fourth kidnap victim in Philadelphia... 48 00:06:18,463 --> 00:06:21,383 ...until he turned up last night like this. 49 00:06:21,466 --> 00:06:25,262 There's a Michael Jackson joke in here, but I can't quite find it. 50 00:06:25,345 --> 00:06:29,307 I've been requested to determine what leached the pigment from his body. 51 00:06:29,391 --> 00:06:32,352 - Requested by whom? - The Centers for Disease Control. 52 00:06:32,435 --> 00:06:34,354 The CDC in a kidnap case? 53 00:06:34,437 --> 00:06:37,440 They believe the case has been mislabelled. 54 00:06:37,691 --> 00:06:41,403 That this man and the others may have fallen prey to a disease or a pathogen. 55 00:06:41,486 --> 00:06:43,363 Based on what other evidence? 56 00:06:43,446 --> 00:06:48,868 There were no signs of trauma or defence wounds, and his wallet was still full of cash. 57 00:06:49,744 --> 00:06:51,871 That's interesting. 58 00:06:53,039 --> 00:06:56,835 What, uh, what sort of disease is this? 59 00:06:56,918 --> 00:07:01,131 I don't know. There are conditions like vitiligo which attack melanocytes... 60 00:07:01,214 --> 00:07:03,967 ...and prevent the manufacture of melanin in the skin... 61 00:07:04,050 --> 00:07:06,595 ...autoimmune disorders, not yet understood. 62 00:07:06,678 --> 00:07:08,972 So this man died of a disorder? 63 00:07:09,055 --> 00:07:11,975 He and four other young black men contracted the disease... 64 00:07:12,058 --> 00:07:15,437 ...and then disappeared without any explanation whatsoever. 65 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,649 It's possible they've already turned up, but because of the depigmentation... 66 00:07:19,733 --> 00:07:21,943 ...there may be a problem with identification. 67 00:07:22,027 --> 00:07:25,780 So I have reissued descriptions of John Does to area morgues and ERs. 68 00:07:25,864 --> 00:07:30,118 Scully, has it occurred to you that this mightjust be a PR exercise? 69 00:07:30,201 --> 00:07:30,994 I'm sorry? 70 00:07:31,077 --> 00:07:35,790 To divert attention from the fact that young black men are dying and there's no suspect? 71 00:07:35,874 --> 00:07:40,170 - The perception being that nobody cares. - Not everything is a conspiracy... 72 00:07:40,253 --> 00:07:45,050 ...and not everybody is plotting to deceive, inveigle and obfuscate. 73 00:07:46,676 --> 00:07:48,762 Did you lift any forensic evidence? 74 00:07:48,845 --> 00:07:52,432 Yes. Hair, skin and fibre. Behind you on the counter. 75 00:07:57,646 --> 00:07:58,772 What are you doing? 76 00:07:58,855 --> 00:08:04,069 I'm gonna join the snipe hunt, if you don't mind. Before the body count rises. 77 00:08:13,328 --> 00:08:15,038 (knocking) 78 00:08:16,915 --> 00:08:18,917 (man) Mr Aboah? 79 00:08:27,592 --> 00:08:29,761 Anyone home? 80 00:08:37,060 --> 00:08:39,062 Samuel Aboah? 81 00:08:40,188 --> 00:08:41,481 Yes. 82 00:08:42,190 --> 00:08:45,235 I'm Marcus Duff. Remember me? 83 00:08:46,319 --> 00:08:48,154 Your immigration counsellor. 84 00:08:48,238 --> 00:08:52,617 We have an appointment to go over your naturalisation petition. 85 00:08:52,701 --> 00:08:54,327 Um, please. 86 00:08:54,411 --> 00:08:56,329 Thank you. 87 00:09:10,677 --> 00:09:14,139 We could use a little light to fill out the petition. 88 00:09:14,222 --> 00:09:17,225 Maybe you can open a window or something. 89 00:09:28,361 --> 00:09:30,989 Yeah... I guess that works. 90 00:09:31,573 --> 00:09:34,993 Have a seat, Samuel. This is a little complicated. 91 00:09:39,372 --> 00:09:41,374 So... 92 00:09:43,418 --> 00:09:45,628 You OK? You look ill. 93 00:09:45,712 --> 00:09:48,131 You got a fever or something? 94 00:09:49,632 --> 00:09:50,675 No. 95 00:09:53,553 --> 00:09:57,348 I know how lonely it is, believe me. 96 00:09:58,266 --> 00:10:01,770 Being in a strange place far from your family. 97 00:10:01,853 --> 00:10:05,857 But once you become a US citizen... 98 00:10:06,566 --> 00:10:11,154 ...I can help you bring over every brother, sister... 99 00:10:11,237 --> 00:10:13,323 ...aunt, uncle and cousin. 100 00:10:15,533 --> 00:10:18,495 It all starts today, Samuel. 101 00:10:19,037 --> 00:10:21,748 Know what I'm saying? 102 00:10:23,708 --> 00:10:25,710 Thank you. 103 00:10:30,507 --> 00:10:35,553 Agent Pendrell. Thanks for turning this materials analysis around on short notice. 104 00:10:35,637 --> 00:10:38,223 Shouldn't we wait for Agent Scully? 105 00:10:38,306 --> 00:10:40,225 - She's not coming. - Why not? 106 00:10:40,308 --> 00:10:42,727 She had a date. 107 00:10:42,811 --> 00:10:45,897 Breathe! It's with a dead man. She's doing an autopsy. 108 00:10:45,980 --> 00:10:50,610 - You said you found something? - Yeah. Asbestos fibres. Not much there. 109 00:10:50,693 --> 00:10:56,157 And I didn't think there was anything among the vegetable debris - local soils, pollens, etc. 110 00:10:56,241 --> 00:10:58,451 Till I came across this. 111 00:10:58,701 --> 00:11:03,414 I had to go on-line with a botanist at UVN to determine what it was. 112 00:11:03,498 --> 00:11:05,458 It looks like some kind of thorn. 113 00:11:05,542 --> 00:11:10,296 No, it's a seed, actually. But nothing you'll find at your local nursery. 114 00:11:12,298 --> 00:11:14,843 Adenia volkensii. 115 00:11:15,593 --> 00:11:18,471 - Help me out. - From a rare species of passionflower. 116 00:11:18,555 --> 00:11:23,601 It's a rare, night-blooming plant indigenous only to certain parts of West Africa. 117 00:11:25,687 --> 00:11:30,900 How could this travel 5,000 miles around the world and wind up on Owen Sanders? 118 00:11:30,984 --> 00:11:32,902 That I couldn't tell you. 119 00:11:32,986 --> 00:11:36,364 It contains a cerebropathic glycoside. Mean anything to you? 120 00:11:36,447 --> 00:11:40,952 If I'm correct, it's a cortical depressant that works on the higher centres of the brain. 121 00:11:41,035 --> 00:11:43,788 - Is it lethal? - In large enough quantities it might be. 122 00:11:43,872 --> 00:11:46,624 Larger than anything contained in a single seed. 123 00:11:46,833 --> 00:11:50,587 Did the toxicology screen detect any of it in Sanders' blood? 124 00:11:50,670 --> 00:11:53,631 No, the tox screen was clean. 125 00:11:53,715 --> 00:11:55,842 Could his body have metabolised it? 126 00:11:57,468 --> 00:12:00,638 Only if the victim hadn't expired immediately. 127 00:12:01,180 --> 00:12:05,435 - Does that tell you anything about anything? - No, but... 128 00:12:05,685 --> 00:12:09,731 ...I think I found something that could explain the depigmentation. 129 00:12:09,814 --> 00:12:13,985 - His pituitary gland was necrotised. - His pituitary gland? 130 00:12:14,068 --> 00:12:17,697 The pituitary gland secretes all of the regulatory hormones in the body... 131 00:12:17,780 --> 00:12:20,909 ...and it controls the production of melanin in the skin cells. 132 00:12:20,992 --> 00:12:23,411 So you found evidence that this is a disease? 133 00:12:23,494 --> 00:12:28,416 No. I have identified the effect. I am still looking for the cause. 134 00:12:28,499 --> 00:12:31,252 OK, let me know as soon as you find anything out. 135 00:12:31,336 --> 00:12:36,132 - Where are you, Mulder? - Off to water the seeds of doubt. Bye-bye. 136 00:13:12,669 --> 00:13:14,671 Ms Covarrubias? 137 00:13:16,130 --> 00:13:20,343 - Who are you? - Agent Mulder. Fox Mulder. 138 00:13:20,843 --> 00:13:23,805 - What are you doing? - I'm sorry I frightened you. 139 00:13:23,888 --> 00:13:25,181 What do you want? 140 00:13:25,264 --> 00:13:29,018 I'm not sure why, but I thought you might be in a position to help me. 141 00:13:29,102 --> 00:13:30,603 Help you? 142 00:13:30,687 --> 00:13:35,191 Four young men are missing in Philadelphia. One of the men was found dead last night. 143 00:13:35,274 --> 00:13:37,652 This seed was recovered from his body. 144 00:13:37,735 --> 00:13:42,073 It's from a rare species of plant found only in West Africa. 145 00:13:42,156 --> 00:13:45,118 Do you know anything about this case? 146 00:13:45,201 --> 00:13:46,160 No. 147 00:13:46,244 --> 00:13:50,248 Is there any way you could find something out about it? 148 00:13:51,416 --> 00:13:56,295 Thousands of exotic species cross into US soil every day undetected. 149 00:13:57,088 --> 00:14:01,426 Bilge water is emptied into harbours, produce sent through the mail. 150 00:14:01,509 --> 00:14:06,264 In practical terms, borders are little more than lines on maps. 151 00:14:07,306 --> 00:14:09,308 Is that a yes or a no? 152 00:14:10,059 --> 00:14:13,312 - I can't help you. - You can't or you won't? 153 00:14:13,730 --> 00:14:16,774 You made an overture to me. You left an opening. 154 00:14:16,858 --> 00:14:21,446 Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me there's nothing here, and I'll just walk away. 155 00:14:21,779 --> 00:14:23,781 Either way, I need to know. 156 00:14:46,929 --> 00:14:48,473 Agh! 157 00:15:29,013 --> 00:15:30,973 (distorted) Hey, I got a schedule. 158 00:15:34,977 --> 00:15:36,896 You gettin' on or not? 159 00:15:39,065 --> 00:15:42,068 What's your problem? You on drugs or something? 160 00:15:42,902 --> 00:15:46,823 Ah, the hell with you. You can walk for all I care. 161 00:15:46,906 --> 00:15:48,866 Damned drugs. 162 00:16:11,430 --> 00:16:16,811 He was sitting right here, staring at me with these glassy eyes. Pretty much out of it. 163 00:16:16,894 --> 00:16:18,980 You mean he looked sick? 164 00:16:19,063 --> 00:16:21,107 Yeah, now that you mention it. 165 00:16:21,190 --> 00:16:25,027 I mean, I asked him if he needed help, but he didn't say squat. 166 00:16:25,319 --> 00:16:28,614 Don't forget to put down I had a schedule to keep. 167 00:16:28,698 --> 00:16:31,200 Did you observe anybody else in the area? 168 00:16:31,284 --> 00:16:35,705 Not that I saw. I already told the police pretty much everything I know. 169 00:16:35,788 --> 00:16:38,124 - (car approaches) - Excuse me. 170 00:16:40,209 --> 00:16:42,879 - What happened? - We have another missing young man. 171 00:16:42,962 --> 00:16:48,301 Alfred Kittel, 17 years old, African-American. His mother called the police around 3am. 172 00:16:48,384 --> 00:16:51,721 - How does she know he's missing? - He works down the street. 173 00:16:51,804 --> 00:16:55,099 He takes this bus every night, and last night he never made it home. 174 00:16:55,183 --> 00:16:57,852 They found his knapsack on the bench here. 175 00:16:57,935 --> 00:17:00,313 The police are out canvassing. 176 00:17:00,396 --> 00:17:05,067 I talked to a bus driver who said that he seemed disoriented, nonresponsive. 177 00:17:05,151 --> 00:17:08,446 It might be some kind of pre-symptomatic dementia. 178 00:17:08,696 --> 00:17:11,657 Or a reaction to a powerful cortical depressant. 179 00:17:11,866 --> 00:17:13,326 What are you suggesting? 180 00:17:13,409 --> 00:17:17,538 Find Alfred Kittel and you find another one of those rare African seeds. 181 00:17:17,622 --> 00:17:18,873 What makes you so sure? 182 00:17:18,956 --> 00:17:22,168 A week before the first person was reported missing... 183 00:17:22,251 --> 00:17:25,588 ...the New York Port Authority filed that with the FAA. 184 00:17:25,671 --> 00:17:28,174 Like Owen Sanders, this man wasn't an albino either. 185 00:17:28,257 --> 00:17:32,887 Not until he was found dead on a charter flight from West Africa, from Burkina Faso. 186 00:17:33,095 --> 00:17:37,225 The embassy demanded the body's return before an autopsy could be performed. 187 00:17:37,308 --> 00:17:39,769 It says cause of death was undetermined. 188 00:17:39,852 --> 00:17:43,856 Yeah, undetermined, Scully, but not necessarily unknown. 189 00:17:54,116 --> 00:17:57,286 "Aboah"? What the hell kind of name is that? 190 00:18:05,169 --> 00:18:06,462 Mr Aboah? 191 00:18:07,755 --> 00:18:10,675 - Yes. - Philadelphia PD. 192 00:18:10,758 --> 00:18:14,178 We're canvassing the building in regard to a missing person. 193 00:18:14,262 --> 00:18:18,474 This is the young man we're looking for. Have you seen him? 194 00:18:20,685 --> 00:18:21,811 No. 195 00:18:21,894 --> 00:18:26,232 Well, if you hear from anyone who has, or come across any information at all... 196 00:18:26,315 --> 00:18:31,320 ...you can reach us at this number. That's a hot line. You can call 24 hours a day. 197 00:18:31,612 --> 00:18:34,031 (laboured breathing) 198 00:18:36,158 --> 00:18:37,952 - Thank you. - Thank you. 199 00:19:21,746 --> 00:19:25,750 - I am really quite busy. - We won't take up much of your time. 200 00:19:25,833 --> 00:19:28,878 You're in charge of most of the casework... 201 00:19:28,961 --> 00:19:31,672 ...for aliens immigrating from Africa and the Caribbean? 202 00:19:31,756 --> 00:19:35,676 I assist people from that part of the world where I came from 15 years ago. 203 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:40,723 We're looking for somebody that came more recently. On a flight from Burkina Faso. 204 00:19:40,806 --> 00:19:44,894 This is the passenger manifest from the charter company. 205 00:19:44,977 --> 00:19:48,147 And... you want me to do what, exactly? 206 00:19:48,314 --> 00:19:52,485 Cross-reference the names with anyone applying for permanent resident status... 207 00:19:52,568 --> 00:19:54,779 ...or a work visa in the last three months. 208 00:19:54,862 --> 00:20:00,201 I am a social worker, not a police officer. My business is not chasing down illegals. 209 00:20:00,284 --> 00:20:02,370 Sir, we're not here to arrest anybody. 210 00:20:02,453 --> 00:20:05,831 But you are FBI agents, are you not? 211 00:20:05,915 --> 00:20:09,418 Yes. Investigating a possible public health crisis. 212 00:20:14,048 --> 00:20:16,342 What kind of crisis? 213 00:20:31,982 --> 00:20:35,194 He's not at home. We might as well get comfortable. 214 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:41,325 It has to be here, Mulder. There has to be some evidence of a virus or bacterium. 215 00:20:42,034 --> 00:20:46,372 If you looked up from the microscope, you'd see that what's missing is a motive. 216 00:20:46,455 --> 00:20:49,875 The motive of any pathogen is to reproduce itself. 217 00:20:49,959 --> 00:20:53,671 My job as a doctor is to find out if and how it is being transmitted. 218 00:20:53,754 --> 00:20:57,758 - If this is a health crisis. - Death is a health crisis. 219 00:20:57,842 --> 00:21:00,386 Something caused Sanders' pituitary to fail... 220 00:21:00,469 --> 00:21:06,183 ...which caused his metabolism to drop, resulting in coma and, finally, in death. 221 00:21:06,934 --> 00:21:09,770 Sometimes you have to start at the end to find the beginning. 222 00:21:09,854 --> 00:21:13,691 I just hope we don't have to find another dead body to discover what that is. 223 00:21:13,774 --> 00:21:15,860 Maybe we won't have to wait. 224 00:21:19,196 --> 00:21:22,199 Mr Aboah? Can I talk to you a minute? 225 00:21:36,464 --> 00:21:39,467 - Boy, this guy can move. - He's not here. 226 00:21:40,134 --> 00:21:42,136 He has to be. 227 00:22:03,073 --> 00:22:06,535 Mulder, I think I know where he went. 228 00:22:16,754 --> 00:22:19,840 Come on, Mulder. Let's go. We've lost him. 229 00:22:30,976 --> 00:22:33,979 Hey, Scully, look at this. 230 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:40,694 Oh, my God. 231 00:23:20,401 --> 00:23:22,987 From outward signs, this man is asymptomatic. 232 00:23:23,070 --> 00:23:27,449 I appreciate the connection you've tried to make, but it's a dead end. 233 00:23:28,492 --> 00:23:33,581 With your permission, I'd like to examine him more. I'd like to run a suppression test,.. 234 00:23:33,664 --> 00:23:37,167 ...do a TSH screen, take a history. 235 00:23:37,251 --> 00:23:39,670 It would help if we could talk to him. 236 00:23:40,004 --> 00:23:42,339 I'm working on that. 237 00:23:47,011 --> 00:23:48,679 - Nothing? - Not yet. 238 00:23:48,804 --> 00:23:51,932 That doesn't mean he isn't a carrier, or even the index case. 239 00:23:52,016 --> 00:23:54,935 He's some kind of case, the way he disappeared down that drainpipe. 240 00:23:55,019 --> 00:23:58,522 Why has Samuel Aboah been arrested? 241 00:23:59,773 --> 00:24:03,485 You said his health was in danger. Why have I been lied to? 242 00:24:03,861 --> 00:24:05,779 Nobody has lied to you, sir. 243 00:24:05,863 --> 00:24:08,532 Then, please, release him immediately. 244 00:24:08,657 --> 00:24:10,618 We would like to do some more tests. 245 00:24:10,701 --> 00:24:14,872 We have to be sure his health hasn't been endangered and he isn't endangering others. 246 00:24:14,997 --> 00:24:18,042 - Then why have you called me? - As a translator. 247 00:24:18,167 --> 00:24:20,878 We'd like to be able to ask him some questions. 248 00:24:20,961 --> 00:24:23,380 - About what? - About Alfred Kittel... 249 00:24:23,505 --> 00:24:28,636 ...and several other men who've gone missing since his arrival in Philadelphia. 250 00:24:28,719 --> 00:24:33,057 - Then this is about a criminal charge. - There are no charges against Mr Aboah. 251 00:24:33,182 --> 00:24:37,144 We arrested him because he ran when we tried to question him. I wanna know why. 252 00:24:37,227 --> 00:24:41,649 Sir, if you had ever been beaten by the police... 253 00:24:42,232 --> 00:24:45,819 ...or had your home burned for no other reason than being born... 254 00:24:45,903 --> 00:24:49,406 ...then, maybe, you would understand why he ran. 255 00:24:49,531 --> 00:24:51,241 And why you would run too. 256 00:24:52,326 --> 00:24:56,497 He ran because he's hiding something. And no amount of tests you run on him... 257 00:24:56,580 --> 00:25:00,000 - ...no science is gonna find that. Excuse me. - Where are you going? 258 00:25:00,084 --> 00:25:04,838 To find someone who I know plotted to deceive, inveigle and obfuscate. 259 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:19,687 Minister, this is Agent Mulder with the FBI. 260 00:25:19,770 --> 00:25:24,942 - Thank you for seeing me at such a late hour. - I did not have much choice in this matter. 261 00:25:25,859 --> 00:25:29,780 Someone from the United Nations spoke to the ambassador. 262 00:25:31,448 --> 00:25:33,575 What's so important that it can't wait? 263 00:25:33,742 --> 00:25:36,453 With all due respect, sir, I think you already know. 264 00:25:36,954 --> 00:25:38,706 Do I'.> 265 00:25:38,789 --> 00:25:42,459 Something happened on a flight from your country three months ago. 266 00:25:42,543 --> 00:25:46,880 Something that you felt compelled to hide, even from your own ambassador. 267 00:25:46,964 --> 00:25:51,468 The request to stop investigating this man's death came from you. 268 00:25:55,222 --> 00:26:00,894 I understand the need to protect your diplomatic position, but more men are dying. 269 00:26:05,232 --> 00:26:07,943 Even if I tell you what I know... 270 00:26:09,570 --> 00:26:11,905 ...you would never believe it. 271 00:26:11,989 --> 00:26:14,658 You'd be surprised at what I believe, sir. 272 00:26:17,161 --> 00:26:19,830 I had hoped, if I closed my eyes... 273 00:26:20,164 --> 00:26:23,000 ...it would go away this time. 274 00:26:23,125 --> 00:26:25,127 This time? 275 00:26:26,503 --> 00:26:28,505 My people... 276 00:26:30,591 --> 00:26:33,343 ...the Bambara, are farmers. 277 00:26:34,094 --> 00:26:36,930 I grew up hearing the old stories... 278 00:26:38,015 --> 00:26:41,643 ...believing them as only a child can believe. 279 00:26:42,186 --> 00:26:44,605 What kinds of stories? 280 00:26:46,523 --> 00:26:48,525 The Teliko. 281 00:26:50,778 --> 00:26:52,780 Spirits... 282 00:26:53,530 --> 00:26:55,532 ...of the air. 283 00:26:56,867 --> 00:26:59,953 It was said they rested by day... 284 00:27:00,037 --> 00:27:02,372 ...in closed, dark places... 285 00:27:02,456 --> 00:27:05,209 ...deep inside tree hollows... 286 00:27:05,334 --> 00:27:08,045 ...and in holes beneath the ground... 287 00:27:08,337 --> 00:27:12,382 ...too small even for a child to hide himself. 288 00:27:13,842 --> 00:27:14,885 Mr Aboah? 289 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,723 Only when the sun fell... 290 00:27:19,807 --> 00:27:22,976 ...when the rest of the world was sleeping... 291 00:27:23,060 --> 00:27:25,229 ...would they come out. 292 00:27:25,896 --> 00:27:28,482 Come out to do what, sir? 293 00:27:29,399 --> 00:27:31,860 I was seven years old. 294 00:27:32,152 --> 00:27:34,863 Lying awake one night, I saw him. 295 00:27:36,865 --> 00:27:39,076 He was standing over me. 296 00:27:39,701 --> 00:27:42,412 His hair was like straw... 297 00:27:42,496 --> 00:27:45,249 ...his eyes like water... 298 00:27:45,916 --> 00:27:48,544 ...staring down at me. 299 00:27:48,752 --> 00:27:52,214 I closed my eyes and screamed... 300 00:27:52,756 --> 00:27:56,260 ...and felt myself being swept up into the air. 301 00:27:59,263 --> 00:28:02,224 But when I opened my eyes... 302 00:28:02,850 --> 00:28:04,852 ...I saw my father... 303 00:28:04,935 --> 00:28:06,687 ...holding me. 304 00:28:06,770 --> 00:28:10,357 - Then it was a nightmare. - That's what my father said. 305 00:28:10,607 --> 00:28:12,734 And I believed him. 306 00:28:13,277 --> 00:28:15,529 Until the next day... 307 00:28:16,446 --> 00:28:18,782 ...when they found my cousin... 308 00:28:18,866 --> 00:28:21,201 ...dead among his cattle. 309 00:28:24,913 --> 00:28:28,125 Looking exactly like this man. 310 00:28:36,550 --> 00:28:38,051 Which is why... 311 00:28:38,135 --> 00:28:42,431 ...when this photograph came across my desk three months ago... 312 00:28:43,807 --> 00:28:48,478 ...I knew the Teliko was more than just a children's story. 313 00:28:48,770 --> 00:28:51,106 I knew it was real. 314 00:28:52,941 --> 00:28:55,152 I knew he was here! 315 00:29:05,996 --> 00:29:10,334 This patient has something in his throat, some kind of aberrant bone growth... 316 00:29:10,459 --> 00:29:13,587 ...or maybe something foreign lodged in his oesophagus. 317 00:29:13,670 --> 00:29:16,173 Hm. Could be a lot of things. 318 00:29:16,632 --> 00:29:21,261 You'd be amazed what I've seen removed from people's throats in ERs. 319 00:29:21,345 --> 00:29:23,180 That's only part of it. 320 00:29:23,263 --> 00:29:28,101 I discovered something even more disturbing when his PET series came back. 321 00:29:29,144 --> 00:29:33,857 Look right here on the sagittal section, right below the hypothalamus. 322 00:29:34,524 --> 00:29:37,945 - There must be some mistake. - There's no mistake. 323 00:29:38,028 --> 00:29:40,822 This patient has no pituitary gland. 324 00:29:41,657 --> 00:29:42,783 That's not possible. 325 00:29:42,866 --> 00:29:46,703 I can't even begin to explain what we're seeing here, sir. 326 00:29:46,787 --> 00:29:49,623 I just hope this patient can provide some answers. 327 00:29:49,706 --> 00:29:52,292 You'll have to find him first. 328 00:29:52,376 --> 00:29:55,462 - What are you talking about? - I was looking for you in Quarantine. 329 00:29:55,545 --> 00:29:58,215 Samuel Aboah is gone, disappeared. 330 00:30:28,704 --> 00:30:30,080 (gasps) 331 00:30:32,499 --> 00:30:33,834 Samuel? 332 00:30:36,378 --> 00:30:38,380 You scared me. 333 00:30:42,092 --> 00:30:44,761 They let you out of the hospital? 334 00:30:45,387 --> 00:30:46,430 Yes. 335 00:30:47,431 --> 00:30:49,766 Everything is fine? 336 00:30:50,350 --> 00:30:51,685 Samuel? 337 00:30:52,519 --> 00:30:55,063 Did you want to see me about something? 338 00:30:57,941 --> 00:31:02,696 Well, come on. Let me give you a ride home. We can talk about it on the way. 339 00:31:03,113 --> 00:31:06,199 Lucky for you I was working late. 340 00:31:06,283 --> 00:31:08,368 Yes. Lucky. 341 00:31:08,618 --> 00:31:10,620 Come, let's go. 342 00:31:22,883 --> 00:31:25,260 (Scully) When did this happen? 343 00:31:26,553 --> 00:31:29,556 Thank you, Lieutenant. I appreciate it. 344 00:31:30,974 --> 00:31:33,977 I think this was his getaway vehicle. 345 00:31:34,311 --> 00:31:37,147 He didn't even touch his Jell-O. 346 00:31:37,272 --> 00:31:40,817 Let's go. Marcus Duff's car turned up abandoned... 347 00:31:40,901 --> 00:31:44,446 ...with the keys in the ignition and the hood still hot. 348 00:32:23,276 --> 00:32:28,532 6834, requesting ambulance in alley behind 1163 West Cherry. 349 00:32:28,657 --> 00:32:31,868 Man down. Victim: African-American male, aged 35... 350 00:32:35,288 --> 00:32:39,543 - Do you know what happened to him? - I won't even try to guess, but he's alive. 351 00:32:39,668 --> 00:32:42,379 What about Aboah? Any indication of where he might be? 352 00:32:42,462 --> 00:32:45,882 We're still sweeping the area. I'll keep you posted. 353 00:32:46,133 --> 00:32:48,969 He's gotta be around here. He can't have gotten far. 354 00:32:49,052 --> 00:32:51,972 He can squeeze into a coffee can. He could be anywhere. 355 00:32:52,055 --> 00:32:54,558 - They'll find him. - They'll find another victim. 356 00:32:54,641 --> 00:32:58,562 - We interrupted him before he could finish. - Interrupted his killing Duff? 357 00:32:58,645 --> 00:33:02,899 The killing is just incidental, I think, to a far more basic need. 358 00:33:03,233 --> 00:33:04,234 What need? 359 00:33:04,317 --> 00:33:09,322 If Aboah has no pituitary, then his body couldn't produce melanin itself, right? 360 00:33:09,406 --> 00:33:10,824 Theoretically, yes. 361 00:33:10,907 --> 00:33:14,995 Well, when you examined him you didn't observe one single albino trait. 362 00:33:15,078 --> 00:33:19,583 Considering his PET scan results, I don't even know how he managed to stay alive. 363 00:33:19,666 --> 00:33:22,836 That's what I'm talking about: survival. And not just Aboah's. 364 00:33:22,919 --> 00:33:28,008 I think the anomaly you observed is not just physiological. I think it may be evolutionary. 365 00:33:28,091 --> 00:33:32,596 - What are you talking about? - A lost tribe, a clan of sub-Saharan albinos... 366 00:33:32,679 --> 00:33:37,184 ...linked by a common congenital deficit, who've adapted over generations by... 367 00:33:37,267 --> 00:33:42,105 - By stealing other people's hormones? - Somehow, Aboah has managed to survive. 368 00:33:45,025 --> 00:33:49,863 However he's managed to survive, what makes you think he's not an isolated case? 369 00:33:49,946 --> 00:33:53,408 Because of something somebody told me last night. 370 00:33:56,036 --> 00:33:58,038 An African folk tale. 371 00:33:58,413 --> 00:34:00,457 You're basing this theory on a folk tale? 372 00:34:00,540 --> 00:34:03,043 It's just another way of describing the same truth. 373 00:34:03,126 --> 00:34:07,047 All new truths begin as heresies and end as superstitions. We fear the unknown... 374 00:34:07,130 --> 00:34:13,094 ...so we reduce it to terms that are familiar, whether that's a folk tale or a disease or... 375 00:34:13,803 --> 00:34:15,597 ...a conspiracy. 376 00:34:18,266 --> 00:34:21,811 Even if you're right, especially if you're right... 377 00:34:21,895 --> 00:34:24,147 ...why would he leave his country to come here? 378 00:34:24,272 --> 00:34:25,899 Free cable. 379 00:34:26,441 --> 00:34:28,568 The same reasons anybody comes here. 380 00:34:28,652 --> 00:34:31,738 Liberty, the freedom to pursue your own interests... 381 00:34:32,447 --> 00:34:34,407 Look at that. 382 00:34:34,491 --> 00:34:37,077 - What are you doing? - It's a demolition site. 383 00:34:38,245 --> 00:34:40,455 Why are we here, Mulder? 384 00:34:40,956 --> 00:34:44,334 Pendrell found asbestos fibres on Owen Sanders' body. 385 00:34:44,459 --> 00:34:48,588 You remove asbestos from an old building before you tear it down. 386 00:34:50,006 --> 00:34:52,509 It had to come from somewhere. 387 00:35:32,007 --> 00:35:33,216 (slang) 388 00:36:00,035 --> 00:36:01,411 Agh! 389 00:36:13,923 --> 00:36:15,258 Scully? 390 00:36:18,678 --> 00:36:20,055 Scully! 391 00:36:22,599 --> 00:36:23,933 Mulder? 392 00:36:34,027 --> 00:36:35,278 Mulder? 393 00:36:40,742 --> 00:36:42,035 Mulder? 394 00:37:05,767 --> 00:37:07,102 Mulder? 395 00:37:27,455 --> 00:37:29,666 (thudding) 396 00:37:38,758 --> 00:37:40,093 Mulder? 397 00:38:59,047 --> 00:39:00,423 Mulder! 398 00:39:07,180 --> 00:39:09,516 Mulder, are you OK? 399 00:39:09,599 --> 00:39:12,101 (running footsteps) 400 00:39:21,736 --> 00:39:23,738 (footsteps continue) 401 00:39:24,113 --> 00:39:25,448 (panting) 402 00:39:41,881 --> 00:39:43,883 (groans weakly) 403 00:39:45,635 --> 00:39:49,305 It's OK, Mulder. I'm here. OK? 404 00:40:24,757 --> 00:40:26,759 Sorry, Mulder. 405 00:40:33,516 --> 00:40:34,851 (groans) 406 00:40:42,442 --> 00:40:43,526 911. Operator. 407 00:40:43,610 --> 00:40:48,948 This is Agent Dana Scully, FBI, requesting immediate EMS and police assistance. 408 00:40:49,032 --> 00:40:52,952 - I'm in Liberty Plaza. - May I have your badge number? 409 00:40:53,328 --> 00:40:55,371 My badge number? 410 00:40:55,455 --> 00:40:58,166 JTT0331613. 411 00:40:59,208 --> 00:41:00,960 (grunts) 412 00:41:01,210 --> 00:41:03,630 (operator talking indistinctly) 413 00:41:05,173 --> 00:41:06,299 No. 414 00:41:06,382 --> 00:41:07,800 (groans weakly) 415 00:41:07,884 --> 00:41:12,013 Liberty Plaza. There's a demolition site on the north side of the street. 416 00:41:41,084 --> 00:41:45,588 Special Agent Dana Scully, field journal entry number 74. 417 00:41:46,673 --> 00:41:49,592 Despite acute trauma to his pituitary gland... 418 00:41:49,676 --> 00:41:54,847 ...Marcus Duff was discharged early this morning from Mount Zion Medical Center. 419 00:41:55,431 --> 00:42:01,020 He is expected to testify before a grand jury in the capital case against Samuel Aboah... 420 00:42:01,104 --> 00:42:04,440 ...who is being charged with five counts of murder. 421 00:42:05,108 --> 00:42:07,360 It remains uncertain, however... 422 00:42:07,443 --> 00:42:10,780 ...whether Aboah will live long enough to stand trial. 423 00:42:10,863 --> 00:42:14,033 His response to hormone therapy has been poor... 424 00:42:14,117 --> 00:42:17,078 ...his deterioration progressive. 425 00:42:17,453 --> 00:42:19,706 My conviction remains intact: 426 00:42:19,789 --> 00:42:23,793 ...that the mechanism by which Aboah killed and, in turn, survived... 427 00:42:23,876 --> 00:42:26,713 ...can only be explained by medical science. 428 00:42:26,796 --> 00:42:32,635 And that science will eventually discover his place in the broader context of evolution. 429 00:42:33,553 --> 00:42:36,556 But what science may never be able to explain... 430 00:42:36,639 --> 00:42:40,059 ...is our ineffable fear of the alien among us. 431 00:42:40,435 --> 00:42:44,647 A fear which often drives us not to search for understanding... 432 00:42:44,731 --> 00:42:48,151 ...but to deceive, inveigle and obfuscate. 433 00:42:49,068 --> 00:42:52,572 To obscure the truth, not only from others... 434 00:42:52,655 --> 00:42:54,657 ...but from ourselves. 435 00:43:15,344 --> 00:43:17,305 Subtitles by Visiontext 436 00:43:34,697 --> 00:43:36,282 (Child) I made this!