1. God...Copy !req
2. What are you doing to Barnett?Copy !req
3. Excuse me?Copy !req
4. What are you doing to Johnny?Copy !req
5. Go on back to your ward.Copy !req
6. There's nothing
you can do for your friend now.Copy !req
7. What?Copy !req
8. John Barnett is dead.Copy !req
9. No, I heard him screaming.Copy !req
10. I said John Barnett is dead.Copy !req
11. You understand?Copy !req
12. Go on, Crandall.
Get out of here.Copy !req
13. There's nothing more
to see here.Copy !req
14. You understand?Copy !req
15. I still don't get it.Copy !req
16. What does this
have to do with us?Copy !req
17. Robbing a jewelry store
is a Federal crime.Copy !req
18. Thank you.Copy !req
19. I don't know; I got a call from
some guy I used to work withCopy !req
20. over at the Violent
Crime Section.Copy !req
21. Said it was important.Copy !req
22. Reggie, Reggie.Copy !req
23. Mulder... I hate it
when you do that.Copy !req
24. This is Special Agent Scully.Copy !req
25. Reggie Purdue.Copy !req
26. How are you?Copy !req
27. What happened here?Copy !req
28. Lone gunman took out a salesgirlCopy !req
29. after she filled up
a bag for him.Copy !req
30. You guys turn up anything?Copy !req
31. Not much...Copy !req
32. except...Copy !req
33. this.Copy !req
34. It's going to blow your mind.Copy !req
35. Why?Copy !req
36. I'm telling you, Mulder,Copy !req
37. this is going to blow your mind.Copy !req
38. What is it?Copy !req
39. Wait a second.Copy !req
40. You see why I called you?Copy !req
41. What about witness descriptions?Copy !req
42. White male, 5'11" to 6',
ski mask.Copy !req
43. Damn it, Reggie, that's Barnett.Copy !req
44. Yeah. But it can't be.Copy !req
45. Who's Barnett?Copy !req
46. It was my first case
at the Bureau.Copy !req
47. Barnett was doing
armed jobs all over DC,Copy !req
48. and getting away with it...
very trigger happy.Copy !req
49. Killed seven people.Copy !req
50. There was this big task force.Copy !req
51. Reggie was my ASAC.Copy !req
52. I was 28 years old,
right out of the Academy.Copy !req
53. I had this theory on the case.Copy !req
54. Reggie thought I was full of it.Copy !req
55. I was full of it.Copy !req
56. What was the theory?Copy !req
57. That Barnett had
an inside connection.Copy !req
58. An employee
at the armored car companyCopy !req
59. was tipping him off
about large shipments of cash.Copy !req
60. Turns out I was sort of right.Copy !req
61. Sort of?Copy !req
62. Yeah, we planted
bogus waybills...Copy !req
63. manifests with the armored car
company to try to set a trapCopy !req
64. but Barnett was way ahead of us.Copy !req
65. That's when the notes started.Copy !req
66. "Fox can't guard
the chicken coop."Copy !req
67. Clever, huh?Copy !req
68. So, you never caught him?Copy !req
69. No, we did.Copy !req
70. We did, but not, uh, not clean.Copy !req
71. An agent died
because I screwed up.Copy !req
72. And what happened to Barnett?Copy !req
73. He avoided the death penalty
on a technicality,Copy !req
74. but he went down
for every job he did.Copy !req
75. Consecutive terms...
340 years.Copy !req
76. The judge promised me
he would die in prison.Copy !req
77. So you think he escaped?Copy !req
78. No, that's just it.Copy !req
79. He did die in prison,
four years ago.Copy !req
80. You're sure?Copy !req
81. I was paying attention.Copy !req
82. This guy a friend of yours?Copy !req
83. Yeah. I play golf with him
every Sunday.Copy !req
84. What do you think?Copy !req
85. You just brought this in
ten minutes ago.Copy !req
86. You're slipping, Henderson.Copy !req
87. Ten minutes may be
enough time for you, Mulder.Copy !req
88. Of course, I wouldn't know thatCopy !req
89. from personal experience.Copy !req
90. Yeah... Seriously,
what do you think?Copy !req
91. Okay, first impressions:Copy !req
92. The ink is fresh,Copy !req
93. the note was written
in the last 48 hours...Copy !req
94. ballpoint, but you knew that.Copy !req
95. A right-hander.Copy !req
96. Let's see...Copy !req
97. Written by someone sitting down.Copy !req
98. But now I'm just showing off.Copy !req
99. Yeah, does it match Barnett?Copy !req
100. I'd say it's him.Copy !req
101. But you're not sure?Copy !req
102. 95%.Copy !req
103. The writing's sloppy.Copy !req
104. Some of the ascenders
and descenders are heavier.Copy !req
105. Could it have been traced
over an old note of Barnett's?Copy !req
106. Could be, but it's a damn
good job if it is.Copy !req
107. Thanks, Henderson.
I owe you one.Copy !req
108. Promises, promises.Copy !req
109. There's Barnett.Copy !req
110. We staked out
an airport warehouseCopy !req
111. but everything went to hellCopy !req
112. when Barnett took the driver
of the armored truck hostage.Copy !req
113. Where's Mulder?Copy !req
114. There, coming around back.Copy !req
115. Barnett doesn't see him.Copy !req
116. He's got a clear shot.Copy !req
117. Yeah, he should have taken it.Copy !req
118. But he couldn't.Copy !req
119. No, no,
not with a hostage so close.Copy !req
120. Because it's not by the book.Copy !req
121. It would have saved one life,
maybe two.Copy !req
122. Bastard Barnett
just started blasting away.Copy !req
123. So Mulder did shoot Barnett.Copy !req
124. Twice, in the shoulder and hand,Copy !req
125. but not before Barnett
killed the driverCopy !req
126. and Agent Steve Wallenberg.Copy !req
127. Mulder never forgave himself
for that.Copy !req
128. You should have heard
his testimonyCopy !req
129. at Barnett's trial.Copy !req
130. Probably had a lot to do
with the sentenceCopy !req
131. the judge gave Barnett.Copy !req
132. I'll never forget MulderCopy !req
133. coming down
from the witness standCopy !req
134. and Barnett turning
and saying he'd get Mulder.Copy !req
135. To tell you the truth,Copy !req
136. I wish Mulder had killed Barnett
right there in the warehouse.Copy !req
137. What did HendersonCopy !req
138. come up with?Copy !req
139. 95% sure
it's Barnett's handwriting.Copy !req
140. What's that?Copy !req
141. Federal Bureau of PrisonsCopy !req
142. sent me a copy
of his death certificate.Copy !req
143. "Name of deceased:
Barnett, John Irvin.Copy !req
144. "Cause of death:
cardiac arrest.Copy !req
145. September 16, 1989."Copy !req
146. It must be a clever copycat.Copy !req
147. The note was written
in the last 48 hours.Copy !req
148. - Pull any prints?
- No prints.Copy !req
149. Barnett had a lot of time on his
hands while he was in prison.Copy !req
150. Maybe he planned it
with someone on the outside.Copy !req
151. Revenge from the grave?Copy !req
152. That'd be a neat trick.Copy !req
153. He planned to get you,
didn't he?Copy !req
154. I was just down
talking to Agent Purdue.Copy !req
155. Yeah?
He show you the videotape?Copy !req
156. You did the right thing, Mulder.Copy !req
157. Did I?Copy !req
158. Steve Wallenberg
had a wife and two kids.Copy !req
159. One of his boys is an all-star
on his football team now.Copy !req
160. I pulled that trigger
two seconds earlierCopy !req
161. and Wallenberg would be here
to see his kid play.Copy !req
162. Instead, I got some dead manCopy !req
163. robbing jewelry stores
and sending me haikus.Copy !req
164. Down... set... hup!Copy !req
165. Let's go! Let's go now!Copy !req
166. Fire it in there!Copy !req
167. Yeah, that's better!Copy !req
168. - Good pass!
- Very good!Copy !req
169. Way to go, Alex!Copy !req
170. Hustle it up! Come on, guys!
Line it up! Let's go!Copy !req
171. Down!Copy !req
172. Set! Hup!Copy !req
173. Go! Go! Go! Go hard!Copy !req
174. Find your man!
There it is!Copy !req
175. Let's play!Copy !req
176. Let's get on the line,
let's go! Block him!Copy !req
177. I'll get you,
you son of a bitch!Copy !req
178. I've been thinking
about it, MulderCopy !req
179. and I think that somebody
is messing with your head.Copy !req
180. Barnett said he'd get me.
You were there.Copy !req
181. I don't care what Barnett said;
he's dead, Mulder.Copy !req
182. Apparently not.Copy !req
183. Aw, come on.Copy !req
184. Let me tell you something:Copy !req
185. There are a lot of guysCopy !req
186. who know that Barnett
made the threat.Copy !req
187. It's Barnett, Reggie.Copy !req
188. How can you say that?Copy !req
189. I don't know.
I just feel it.Copy !req
190. You know, all this talk around
here about Spooky Mulder...Copy !req
191. I never used
to pay it much mind.Copy !req
192. I figured it was just talkCopy !req
193. about how paranoid you were
and all.Copy !req
194. And now?Copy !req
195. Remember the day
you walked into my officeCopy !req
196. wet from Quantico?Copy !req
197. You pissed me off
just looking at youCopy !req
198. but then I saw
how your mind worked.Copy !req
199. How you were always
three jumps ahead.Copy !req
200. It was scary, Mulder.Copy !req
201. Everybody said so.Copy !req
202. I've heard this story.Copy !req
203. Yeah, well, maybe you
ought to hear it again.Copy !req
204. You let a lot of people down
here in the Bureau.Copy !req
205. They had big plans for you.Copy !req
206. A lot of people are sayingCopy !req
207. that Spooky Mulder has become
an embarrassment; a liability.Copy !req
208. What?Copy !req
209. Are you saying that somebody
from the Bureau's behind this?Copy !req
210. Maybe, maybe not.Copy !req
211. It's always best
to cover your ass in any event.Copy !req
212. Sorry.Copy !req
213. This was just faxed.Copy !req
214. It's a copy of John Barnett's
last will and testament.Copy !req
215. No surviving relatives.Copy !req
216. Left what little he had
to another prisoner...Copy !req
217. a Joe Crandall...
and instructionsCopy !req
218. for his body to be cremated.Copy !req
219. His will was executed
six months after his death,Copy !req
220. and this document states
that his ashes were spreadCopy !req
221. along the bank
of the Delaware RiverCopy !req
222. by an employee of the crematoryCopy !req
223. used by the prison.Copy !req
224. It's like I said.Copy !req
225. I think somebody's
messing with your head.Copy !req
226. Killing a sales clerk
just to leave me a note?Copy !req
227. I'd say that's going
a little out of your way.Copy !req
228. He's older now.Copy !req
229. He may have put on some weight.Copy !req
230. How much older?Copy !req
231. Five years.Copy !req
232. He could be wearing
any kind of disguise.Copy !req
233. Take us back
to the day in question.Copy !req
234. Was it your impression,
Agent Mulder, that John BarnettCopy !req
235. took a kind of a perverse
pleasure in his crimes?Copy !req
236. Didn't he send you notes
to taunt you?Copy !req
237. Yes. I feltCopy !req
238. that he was daring us
to catch him.Copy !req
239. That he killed his victimsCopy !req
240. almost as if it were
part of a game.Copy !req
241. Describe for the court,
if you would, Agent Mulder,Copy !req
242. what happened when you
finally caught John Barnett.Copy !req
243. We had a Customs warehouse
at the airport staked out.Copy !req
244. We knew that Barnett had someoneCopy !req
245. working for
the armored car transportCopy !req
246. tipping him off
about large cash shipments,Copy !req
247. but we never figured
that he would actually beCopy !req
248. inside the vehicle
when it arrived.Copy !req
249. That's how Barnett was ableCopy !req
250. to take the driver
of the vehicle hostage.Copy !req
251. In other words, John Barnett
used his own accompliceCopy !req
252. as a hostage?Copy !req
253. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
254. And then what happened?Copy !req
255. We surrounded Barnett.Copy !req
256. We ordered him
to surrender his hostageCopy !req
257. and his weapon.Copy !req
258. And where were you at this time,
Agent Mulder?Copy !req
259. I was right behind Barnett.Copy !req
260. With a clear shot
at the suspect?Copy !req
261. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
262. But you didn't fire. Why?Copy !req
263. No. It's against FBI regulationsCopy !req
264. to unnecessarily endanger
the life of a hostageCopy !req
265. and I thoughtCopy !req
266. that with no means of escape,Copy !req
267. Barnett would give up.Copy !req
268. But what happened instead?Copy !req
269. The suspect...
uh, John Barnett,Copy !req
270. fired his weapon
point-blank at his hostageCopy !req
271. and then he turned his gun
on Steve Wallenberg...Copy !req
272. shot him in the face.Copy !req
273. Thank you, Agent Mulder.Copy !req
274. No further questions
at this time.Copy !req
275. He gunned him down
just for spite.Copy !req
276. - Your Honor, we object!
- The witness will step downCopy !req
277. He was a man with
a wife and two small childrenCopy !req
278. - Sir, please step down.
- and you...Copy !req
279. you shot him withoutCopy !req
280. hesitation,Copy !req
281. without conscience,
without an ounce of humanity,Copy !req
282. - Your Honor, do something!
- which is why you should die like an animal,Copy !req
283. - Agent Mulder, if you do not stop,
- you son of a bitch!Copy !req
284. I will find you
in contempt of court!Copy !req
285. Order! Order in the court!Copy !req
286. If there is not order in this court,Copy !req
287. I will be forced
to clear the courtroom!Copy !req
288. Your Honor, this testimony
is highly irregularCopy !req
289. and inflammatory
against my client.Copy !req
290. I ask that it be
stricken from the record.Copy !req
291. Duly noted, Counselor.Copy !req
292. The jury will disregard...Copy !req
293. I'll... get... you.Copy !req
294. I'll need printouts
of every variation.Copy !req
295. Right.Copy !req
296. I just got off the phone
with the prison.Copy !req
297. What did they come up with?Copy !req
298. No, I called them on a hunch.Copy !req
299. John Barnett died of
a heart attack, right?Copy !req
300. At least that's what it says
on his death certificate.Copy !req
301. Well, I had them fax me
all of his medical records.Copy !req
302. Barnett was admitted
to the prison infirmaryCopy !req
303. for an infection
in his right hand.Copy !req
304. There isn't any indication
or diagnosisCopy !req
305. of coronary complications.Copy !req
306. In fact, on his physical,
six months earlier,Copy !req
307. he was given
a clean bill of health.Copy !req
308. Crandall, someone to see you.Copy !req
309. I don't get many visitors.Copy !req
310. You knew John Barnett?Copy !req
311. Yes, sir.Copy !req
312. How well did you know him?Copy !req
313. Excuse me, ma'am.Copy !req
314. Pretty well.Copy !req
315. He left you everything
he had, in his will.Copy !req
316. You must have known him
better than pretty well.Copy !req
317. Used to change his bandages,
and we just got to...Copy !req
318. know each other.Copy !req
319. Are you aware that Barnett died
of cardiac arrestCopy !req
320. in this facility, in 1989?Copy !req
321. Cardiac arrest?
Where does it say that?Copy !req
322. On his death certificate.Copy !req
323. He ain't dead, is he?Copy !req
324. Why do you say that?Copy !req
325. Last time I saw John Barnett,Copy !req
326. it was right in that room
over there.Copy !req
327. Doctor working on him
with a knifeCopy !req
328. took his bad hand clean off.Copy !req
329. What doctor?Copy !req
330. Was it Dr. Ridley?Copy !req
331. Yeah, yeah, it was Dr. Ridley.Copy !req
332. That's the one.Copy !req
333. He told me Johnny was deadCopy !req
334. but, uh... I knew it was a lie.Copy !req
335. Put a knife right up
under my chin just for asking.Copy !req
336. How could you tell
Barnett wasn't dead?Copy !req
337. I saw him looking at me.Copy !req
338. I saw him blink.Copy !req
339. I'll never forget those eyes.Copy !req
340. What are you going to do?Copy !req
341. I know what I'm not going to do.Copy !req
342. I'm not going to hang around
and wait for BarnettCopy !req
343. to send me another valentine.Copy !req
344. You mean the ghost
of John Barnett.Copy !req
345. I didn't know you believed
in ghosts, Scully.Copy !req
346. Hello?Copy !req
347. Yeah, just a minute.Copy !req
348. It's for you.Copy !req
349. Mulder.Copy !req
350. Fox Mulder.Copy !req
351. Barnett?Copy !req
352. I'll run a trace.Copy !req
353. You sound surprised.Copy !req
354. Well, you know, shouldn't I be?Copy !req
355. You know, it's illegal
to tape another's phone callCopy !req
356. without their
express permission.Copy !req
357. Isn't that what they call it?Copy !req
358. In some states.Copy !req
359. What makes you think
I'm taping you?Copy !req
360. Same thing makes me thinkCopy !req
361. you're putting a trace
on this call.Copy !req
362. What state are you in?Copy !req
363. Same state you are.Copy !req
364. I stood next to you
in line for coffee this morning.Copy !req
365. I don't think so.Copy !req
366. Man, I'm everywhere you are.Copy !req
367. Everywhere.Copy !req
368. I own you.Copy !req
369. How do I know
it's really you, Barnett?Copy !req
370. What did I say to you
in the courtroom?Copy !req
371. Did you ever doubt me?Copy !req
372. I don't know... what did you
tell me in the courtroom?Copy !req
373. If you think you're going
to keep me on this phoneCopy !req
374. with this clumsy act...Copy !req
375. Listen, by all accounts,
John Barnett is a dead man.Copy !req
376. Oh, you're the dead man, Mulder.Copy !req
377. Fine.
I just need confirmationCopy !req
378. that you are
who you say you are.Copy !req
379. You want confirmation?Copy !req
380. You got it.Copy !req
381. Barnett? You there?Copy !req
382. You lost him.Copy !req
383. Yeah, he was hip to the trace.Copy !req
384. Was it Barnett?Copy !req
385. John Barnett
was from New Hampshire.Copy !req
386. He had a slight accent.Copy !req
387. Listen to this.Copy !req
388. Fine. I just need confirmationCopy !req
389. that you are
who you say you are.Copy !req
390. You want confirmation?Copy !req
391. You got it.Copy !req
392. What did he mean by that?Copy !req
393. I don't know,
but that is John Barnett.Copy !req
394. I'm sure of it.Copy !req
395. Oh...Copy !req
396. Yeah.Copy !req
397. Reggie, it's Mulder.Copy !req
398. Mulder, what do you want?Copy !req
399. It's the middle of the night.Copy !req
400. It's only 10:45, Reggie.Copy !req
401. Yeah, well, I was sleeping.Copy !req
402. Listen, Reggie, it doesn't look
like Barnett's dead after all.Copy !req
403. Now what?Copy !req
404. I got an inmate at the prisonCopy !req
405. who swears he saw Barnett alive
the night they say he died.Copy !req
406. Mulder, go home.Copy !req
407. Get some rest.Copy !req
408. No, listen, Reggie,
there's just one thingCopy !req
409. that doesn't make sense to me.Copy !req
410. Yeah, what's that?Copy !req
411. Agent Henderson
said that that noteCopy !req
412. that was left
at the jewelry storeCopy !req
413. was written by a right-hander.Copy !req
414. Yeah, so?Copy !req
415. Well, this inmate at the prisonCopy !req
416. he swears he saw
Barnett's right hand amputated.Copy !req
417. Reggie, you there?Copy !req
418. Hey, Reggie!Copy !req
419. Reggie? What's going on?Copy !req
420. Are you there?Copy !req
421. What the hell's
going on, Reggie?Copy !req
422. Reggie! What happened?Copy !req
423. Hey, Reggie!Copy !req
424. Reggie? What's going on?
Are you there?Copy !req
425. What the hell's
going on, Reggie?Copy !req
426. Hope you guys brought
your fine-tooth comb.Copy !req
427. I want every piece of lint
collected and analyzed.Copy !req
428. If nothing turns up,
run it through again.Copy !req
429. Mulder...Copy !req
430. His wife died of cancer
six years ago.Copy !req
431. Never liked to talk about it.Copy !req
432. As long as I knew him, he was
working on a mystery novel.Copy !req
433. He promised to show it to me
once, but he never did.Copy !req
434. Think he was afraid
I wouldn't like it.Copy !req
435. I'm probably the only guy
on the BureauCopy !req
436. he trusted enough to even ask.Copy !req
437. I'm sorry.Copy !req
438. I'm just thinking how different
things would've beenCopy !req
439. if I would have taken that shot
at Barnett when I had it.Copy !req
440. Mulder...Copy !req
441. we're still not
100% sure that this is him.Copy !req
442. Fresh ink, slightly smeared.Copy !req
443. I hate to tell you,Copy !req
444. and I'm not known to be wrong
about these thingsCopy !req
445. but this note
was most certainly writtenCopy !req
446. by a right-handed person.Copy !req
447. You see the pressure points
inside the pen grooves?Copy !req
448. It's a dead giveaway.Copy !req
449. Mm.Copy !req
450. Would you be able to tell
if this note was writtenCopy !req
451. by somebody using
a prosthetic hand?Copy !req
452. Well, this fellow...Copy !req
453. and I'm assumingCopy !req
454. from the cursive figures hereCopy !req
455. that it is a male suspect...Copy !req
456. he has a fairly nice,
fluid style.Copy !req
457. Judging from the
pressure variationsCopy !req
458. in the connectors...Copy !req
459. this person would need
good finger dexterity.Copy !req
460. You're not going to get
that with a prosthesis.Copy !req
461. So you think
it's the same personCopy !req
462. that wrote the first note.Copy !req
463. Uh-huh.Copy !req
464. This the guy you think
killed Agent Purdue?Copy !req
465. Yeah.Copy !req
466. You know what occurred to me?Copy !req
467. You never got any prints
off those notes.Copy !req
468. If this guy was wearing
a glove on his pen hand,Copy !req
469. the note wouldn't be smeared
like it is.Copy !req
470. For what it's worth.Copy !req
471. I was just trying to find you.Copy !req
472. Listen to this:Copy !req
473. According to the AMA,
Dr. Ridley...Copy !req
474. who signed Barnett's
death certificate...Copy !req
475. hasn't officially been a doctor
since 1979.Copy !req
476. What do you mean?Copy !req
477. His membership expired
and wasn't renewedCopy !req
478. after the state of Maryland
revoked his medical licenseCopy !req
479. for flagrant
research malpracticeCopy !req
480. and misuse of
a government grant.Copy !req
481. Where does it say that?Copy !req
482. Right here,
in the Federal JournalCopy !req
483. for the National Institute
of Health.Copy !req
484. What kind of research?Copy !req
485. He was conducting experiments
on young childrenCopy !req
486. afflicted with a disease
called progeria.Copy !req
487. The patient you see is
an eight-year-old girlCopy !req
488. suffering from the advanced
stages of progeria.Copy !req
489. She looks about 90.Copy !req
490. Only about 100 cases
have ever been reported,Copy !req
491. so the disease is rare.Copy !req
492. But fatal.Copy !req
493. Some progeria patients
make it to early adulthoodCopy !req
494. but others become terminal
at age seven or eight.Copy !req
495. What's the cause of death?Copy !req
496. Clinically, it's cardiacCopy !req
497. or cerebral vascular diseaseCopy !req
498. but actually,Copy !req
499. these poor kids die of old age.Copy !req
500. Is that Dr. Ridley?Copy !req
501. Yes, in 1974.Copy !req
502. Joe Ridley thoughtCopy !req
503. that he could take
their accelerated agingCopy !req
504. and slow it down.Copy !req
505. Initially,Copy !req
506. some of his lab work
was promisingCopy !req
507. but then things
got out of control.Copy !req
508. He wanted to begin human trials.Copy !req
509. Why wasn't he allowed to?Copy !req
510. Because he hadn't met
the criteria.Copy !req
511. It was all too hypothetical,
too dangerous.Copy !req
512. I mean...Copy !req
513. I knew Joe Ridley.Copy !req
514. He didn't care about those kids.Copy !req
515. He talked about themCopy !req
516. as if they were
laboratory animals.Copy !req
517. This terrible disease, progeriaCopy !req
518. he saw it as a
"wonderful opportunity."Copy !req
519. He used those exact
words with me once.Copy !req
520. An opportunity to "unlock
all the secrets."Copy !req
521. When they refused to
allow the human trials,Copy !req
522. he became enraged.Copy !req
523. Do you know what they called
Joe Ridley behind his back?Copy !req
524. What?Copy !req
525. Doktor Mengele.Copy !req
526. So, how did Dr. RidleyCopy !req
527. eventually lose
his medical license?Copy !req
528. He went aheadCopy !req
529. with the human trials secretly,Copy !req
530. on an out-patient basis.Copy !req
531. When we learned
about it, of course,Copy !req
532. we terminated his grantCopy !req
533. and filed chargesCopy !req
534. with the state medical boards.Copy !req
535. I'm afraid your colleague
Dr. RidleyCopy !req
536. has dropped off
the face of the earth.Copy !req
537. Yeah.Copy !req
538. Although it's rumored
he went to South AmericaCopy !req
539. to continue his work.Copy !req
540. You don't just reverse aging.Copy !req
541. Ridley's found a way.Copy !req
542. Listen to what you're saying.Copy !req
543. He wanted human
research subjects, right?Copy !req
544. Prisoners... prisoners
like John Barnett.Copy !req
545. Mulder, it's science fiction.Copy !req
546. Well, what would you
have said 20 years agoCopy !req
547. about gene splicing,
DNA fingerprintingCopy !req
548. cloning,
artificial intelligence?Copy !req
549. Maybe we're not looking for a
man in his late 40s, after all.Copy !req
550. Maybe John Barnett has found
the perfect disguise...Copy !req
551. youth.Copy !req
552. I want to age him backwards now.Copy !req
553. Let's start with ten years.Copy !req
554. Now five years more.Copy !req
555. And add 20 pounds.Copy !req
556. A healthy 20 pounds.Copy !req
557. Ridley's notes
from the human trials at NIHCopy !req
558. indicate he didn't see aging
as inevitableCopy !req
559. but as an opportunistic
disease...Copy !req
560. a disease that could be
prevented, reversed even,Copy !req
561. by changing the chemical cues
that trigger certain genes.Copy !req
562. However, there is no evidence
whatsoeverCopy !req
563. that Ridley's work
yielded any resultsCopy !req
564. or that his theories...
all hope to the contrary...Copy !req
565. hold any validity.Copy !req
566. According to the leading
scientific journals,Copy !req
567. projections on this kind
of genetic engineeringCopy !req
568. are at best speculative
and futuristic.Copy !req
569. Who is it?Copy !req
570. Dr. Joe Ridley.Copy !req
571. If you're really
Dr. Joseph Ridley,Copy !req
572. where have you been
for the past five years?Copy !req
573. I originally continued
my research in Mexico,Copy !req
574. but for the last three years,Copy !req
575. I spent my time
in Central America.Copy !req
576. In Belize to be exact.Copy !req
577. What about Barnett?Copy !req
578. John BarnettCopy !req
579. is the only patient left.Copy !req
580. The only one who survived
the experiments.Copy !req
581. What about you?Copy !req
582. My appearance is deceiving.Copy !req
583. I have no more
than a month to liveCopy !req
584. as I am dying from a rare
cerebral vascular disease.Copy !req
585. The same diseaseCopy !req
586. that kills the kids
suffering from progeria?Copy !req
587. That's right.Copy !req
588. An unfortunate side effect
of the treatment.Copy !req
589. By using the genetic
components of progeria,Copy !req
590. I was able to reverse
the aging processCopy !req
591. in much the same way
the disease expedited it.Copy !req
592. At the same time,
I and my patientsCopy !req
593. became genetically susceptibleCopy !req
594. to the same ailmentsCopy !req
595. a child of six or eight would,Copy !req
596. if he had the disease.Copy !req
597. And what about Barnett?Copy !req
598. John Barnett.Copy !req
599. If I didn't so personally
detest the man,Copy !req
600. I might call him my one triumph.Copy !req
601. Barnett's not dying?Copy !req
602. Only his eyes,
which for some reasonCopy !req
603. do not respond
to the gene therapy.Copy !req
604. Otherwise, John Barnett
appears to be thriving.Copy !req
605. But how?Copy !req
606. I varied Barnett's treatment.Copy !req
607. Once I isolated
the progeria receptorsCopy !req
608. I stumbled on something
quite unexpected...Copy !req
609. these same genes related
to the production of myelin.Copy !req
610. The material that insulates
neurons in the body.Copy !req
611. Yes.Copy !req
612. You see, myelin is not present
in the very youngCopy !req
613. and by reversing
the effects of aging,Copy !req
614. I found with BarnettCopy !req
615. I was able to regulate
the production of myelin,Copy !req
616. myelin being the materialCopy !req
617. that prohibits you or I
from, say,Copy !req
618. regenerating a new hand
if we were to have ours cut off.Copy !req
619. You were able
to grow John Barnett a new hand?Copy !req
620. Not exactly.Copy !req
621. Not a human hand, anyway.Copy !req
622. I could never get the cells
to divide or behave properly.Copy !req
623. I'm afraid to ask.Copy !req
624. What kind of hand did you grow?Copy !req
625. There had been some successful
work done in London.Copy !req
626. By taking samples
of what we call cell morphogensCopy !req
627. from an amputated salamander armCopy !req
628. and applying them to the
back of the creature,Copy !req
629. they were able
to grow a new limbCopy !req
630. on a completely different
part of the body...Copy !req
631. but only on salamanders.Copy !req
632. Until John Barnett.Copy !req
633. Yeah.Copy !req
634. Unbelievable.Copy !req
635. My work has cost me dearly.Copy !req
636. I'm an outcast
in the medical community.Copy !req
637. I was called Dr. Mengele,
Dr. Frankenstein,Copy !req
638. but I didn't care.Copy !req
639. Because you knew that
if your theories panned out...Copy !req
640. The man who owns the fountain
of youth controls the world.Copy !req
641. When the AMA censured me,Copy !req
642. certain sponsors
came out of the woodwork.Copy !req
643. One of them is the
U.S. government.Copy !req
644. They financed your research?Copy !req
645. You might be more surprised
to learnCopy !req
646. just how high up the ladder
this dirty little secret goes.Copy !req
647. I know why you've contacted me.Copy !req
648. Listen and I'll explain.Copy !req
649. I am not particularly
proud of the wayCopy !req
650. in which this matter
was handled,Copy !req
651. but, uh, like it or not,
John Barnett is a fact of life.Copy !req
652. I wish Agent Purdue were around
to appreciate the irony.Copy !req
653. The government knew full wellCopy !req
654. that Barnett was in the country.Copy !req
655. You, of course, knowCopy !req
656. that Barnett stole
all of Ridley's research.Copy !req
657. Yes, Ridley knows...Copy !req
658. Well, what Ridley doesn't knowCopy !req
659. is that our government
is bargaining with BarnettCopy !req
660. to buy it from him.Copy !req
661. What does he want?Copy !req
662. A lot of money,
immunity, safe haven.Copy !req
663. Will he get it?Copy !req
664. He holds all the cards.Copy !req
665. You're aware
that this freak of scienceCopy !req
666. you're negotiating with
is a murderer?Copy !req
667. The information he has...Copy !req
668. could change the course
of mankind.Copy !req
669. Consider the options.Copy !req
670. I will.Copy !req
671. Hi. This is Dana Scully.Copy !req
672. Please leave a message
after the tone.Copy !req
673. Retrieving messages.Copy !req
674. Hi, Dana, it's Mom.Copy !req
675. I just wanted
to call and say hi.Copy !req
676. Uh, give me a call whenever.Copy !req
677. Okay, hon. Bye-bye.Copy !req
678. Hi, Dana, it's Kathy.Copy !req
679. Look, I still hope
you're still gonnaCopy !req
680. meet me before
my cello recital...Copy !req
681. What's that?Copy !req
682. It's my private
answering machine.Copy !req
683. Or at least it used to be.Copy !req
684. What do you mean?Copy !req
685. When I ran from the shower this
morning, I heard someoneCopy !req
686. dialing in my private code
and replaying my messages.Copy !req
687. Last night,
before Dr. Ridley arrivedCopy !req
688. I could have sworn there was
someone in my apartment.Copy !req
689. But when Ridley knocked,Copy !req
690. I thought I'd
mistaken the noise for him.Copy !req
691. Scully...Copy !req
692. This morning, I took
this down to PrintsCopy !req
693. before I came here.Copy !req
694. John Barnett's
left index obliqueCopy !req
695. is on the underside
of this unit.Copy !req
696. Mulder.Copy !req
697. Barnett?Copy !req
698. Your new friend Ridley...Copy !req
699. don't grow too fond of him, huh?Copy !req
700. He's going to die soon,
like the rest of your friends.Copy !req
701. The rest of my friends?Copy !req
702. One by one.Copy !req
703. You're not that smart.Copy !req
704. So tell me,
you're not going to make meCopy !req
705. prove it to you again, are you?Copy !req
706. Oh, well, no matter.Copy !req
707. It will be your turn
soon enough.Copy !req
708. But you won't get that chance.Copy !req
709. Oh, no?Copy !req
710. Who's going to stop me, huh?Copy !req
711. Man, this is...
this is the land of the free!Copy !req
712. Well, I'm just checking in.Copy !req
713. Bye.Copy !req
714. For now.Copy !req
715. What does Barnett know about
what's on your messages?Copy !req
716. Uh, that my mother called
for no reasonCopy !req
717. and I'm meeting a friend
before her cello recital.Copy !req
718. Where's that?Copy !req
719. Before the performance
and during,Copy !req
720. we're working at a disadvantageCopy !req
721. because we don't know exactly
what Barnett looks like.Copy !req
722. Study each of these faces.Copy !req
723. Know them,
particularly the eyes.Copy !req
724. I'm including a diagram
of the theater.Copy !req
725. You have six front entrances
and four more backstage.Copy !req
726. We know that if he shows,
he'll be keying on ScullyCopy !req
727. so wherever she is,
she should not leave your sight.Copy !req
728. We've got two hours
before the performance.Copy !req
729. Know this place inside and out.Copy !req
730. We don't want any shots fired,
if we can help it.Copy !req
731. We want to take Barnett alive,
okay?Copy !req
732. How you feeling?Copy !req
733. It's the first time
I've ever played the target.Copy !req
734. Let's make sure
it's not the last time.Copy !req
735. Gun!Copy !req
736. Down!Copy !req
737. Check her out.Copy !req
738. Stay back, Mulder!Copy !req
739. Shut up!Copy !req
740. Back off, back off.Copy !req
741. Don't even think about it.Copy !req
742. Just let her go.Copy !req
743. Go ahead, go ahead and shoot.Copy !req
744. Go ahead, man.Copy !req
745. Shoot, Mulder.Copy !req
746. What are you afraid of, huh?Copy !req
747. What, it's against
regulations, huh?Copy !req
748. No, man.Copy !req
749. You need me alive, don't you?Copy !req
750. 'Cause I'm the
only one who knowsCopy !req
751. where the research is, huh?Copy !req
752. I could shoot her...Copy !req
753. and you just have
to live with it, don't you, huh?Copy !req
754. Shut up!Copy !req
755. Please, no.Copy !req
756. How about it, Mulder?Copy !req
757. Please, please.Copy !req
758. Just like
old times, huh? Huh?Copy !req
759. Call an ambulance!Copy !req
760. - I'll do it!
- Right!Copy !req
761. You hear me?Copy !req
762. It's okay, Scully,
an ambulance is on the way.Copy !req
763. Mm...Copy !req
764. You all right?Copy !req
765. Don't try to move.Copy !req
766. Barnett, where are they?Copy !req
767. Can you hear me?
Barnett!Copy !req
768. Where?
Where'd you hide them?Copy !req
769. Come on...Copy !req
770. How you feeling?Copy !req
771. Like somebody kicked me
in the ribs.Copy !req
772. That bullet went through
eight layers of Kevlar.Copy !req
773. You're lucky to be alive.Copy !req
774. What about him?Copy !req
775. They flew in three specialists
to try to save his life.Copy !req
776. That guy in the ugly suit,
there, is probably CIA.Copy !req
777. He's been trying to talk to him.Copy !req
778. Is Barnett conscious?Copy !req
779. Yeah, but he's not talking.Copy !req
780. Mulder, I know what you did
wasn't by the book.Copy !req
781. Tells you a lot
about the book, doesn't it?Copy !req
782. Barnett! Barnett, come on!Copy !req
783. Barnett...Copy !req
784. Shock him! Now!Copy !req
785. Nothing here.
Nothing here... stand clear.Copy !req
786. They lost him.Copy !req
787. Bastard'll take that research
with him to the grave.Copy !req
788. Where do you think it is?Copy !req
789. Who knows?Copy !req
790. If Barnett didn't destroy it,Copy !req
791. he could've stashed it
anywhere...Copy !req
792. which would have a certain
cruel irony, wouldn't it?Copy !req
793. Scientific knowledge that could
change the course of mankind,Copy !req
794. buried out in a field somewhere.Copy !req
795. Or sitting in some
safe deposit box,Copy !req
796. getting old just like
the rest of us.Copy !req
797. If he didn't destroy it,Copy !req
798. chances are that,
somehow, someday,Copy !req
799. somebody will find it.Copy !req
800. And when they do,Copy !req
801. maybe he didn't get his revenge
from beyond the grave,Copy !req
802. but somehow, I feel likeCopy !req
803. we haven't heard the last
from John Barnett.Copy !req