The X-Files 1x21

1. Lights out.

2. Eugene?

3. Eugene, it's Dr. Monte.

4. Eugene, are you asleep?

5. No.

6. I was on my way out and I wanted

7. to stop by and see how you were feeling.

8. Fine.

9. Good.

10. You nervous about tomorrow?

11. Don't be.

12. I know you think they won't let you out,

13. so I snuck a peek at the reports of the doctors

14. that will testify at your review tomorrow,

15. and they concur with my opinion that you're ready

16. to be released from here...

17. Hmm.

18. and rejoin the community. So...

19. why don't we get some sleep and relax,

20. and I'll see you tomorrow at the review, okay?

21. Let's just keep our fingers crossed.

22. Agent Scully,

23. we have reviewed your reports

24. and frankly we are quite displeased.

25. Irregular procedure, untenable evidence,

26. anonymous witnesses, inconclusive findings

27. aggravated by vague opinion.

28. But, sir,

29. the very nature of the X Files cases

30. often precludes orthodox investigation.

31. Are you suggesting the Bureau adopt separate standards

32. for you and Agent Mulder?

33. No, sir.

34. Are you suggesting Agent Mulder obstructs you

35. from proper procedure?

36. No, sir, if anything, I'm suggesting

37. that these cases be reviewed with an open mind.

38. Maybe your mind has become too open.

39. On X Files cases investigated

40. by Agent Mulder and myself to date,

41. we have a conviction or case solution of 75%.

42. That's well above the current Bureau standard.

43. And that is your only saving grace.

44. May I ask, sir, what more you require?

45. What I require

46. is increased frequency of reports...

47. conventional investigation.

48. In short, Agent Scully, it is your responsibility

49. to see that these cases are by the book.

50. I understand. However...

51. conventional investigation of these cases

52. may decrease the rate of success.

53. By order of the State

54. of Maryland, the court shall review

55. the psychological status of Eugene Victor Tooms.

56. We'll begin with the court-appointed

57. expert witnesses.

58. The court calls Dr. Pamela Karetzky.

59. I performed several diagnostic procedures

60. on Mr. Tooms in order to determine

61. any organic physiological dysfunction...

62. an electroencephalogram, chromosomal analysis,

63. a computerized axial tomograph.

64. All of these were negative.

65. "Mr. Tooms had recently lost his job

66. "Aggravated by a false arrest incident with the FBI.

67. "His assault on Agent Scully

68. was 'frustration directed at the wrong person.'"

69. I'm reading from a recent interview

70. I did with Mr. Tooms at the Druid Hill Sanitarium.

71. "if you are released,

72. "what is the first thing you would do?

73. "I'd like my old job back.

74. "why?

75. the animal shelter

76. "made me feel I was helping everyone...

77. people and animals."

78. So, you see, what is occurring here

79. is that Mr. Tooms has learned to articulate his feelings

80. and invest his emotional energy...

81. neurotic buildup in himself.

82. It is my opinion that Mr. Tooms has had

83. a very excellent response to the months of treatment and therapy,

84. and I would see no reason why he would be considered

85. of any danger to himself or any member of society.

86. Do you swear that the testimony

87. you are about to deliver is the truth,

88. the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

89. I do.

90. Mr. Mulder,

91. as an expert witness for the State of Maryland,

92. can you list your qualifications?

93. I'm a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

94. I worked for three years

95. at the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit,

96. - profiling serial killers. - Your Honor,

97. I know where he's going with this.

98. May I remind the court that Mr. Tooms

99. was placed in psychiatric care solely for the previous assault

100. on Agent Scully?

101. He has never been charged

102. nor has any evidence linked him to any other crime.

103. You may proceed with caution.

104. Agent Mulder, I understand

105. that you've drawn upon your experience and developed

106. a profile on Mr. Tooms.

107. Yes, I have.

108. Please.

109. These murders span nearly a century.

110. 19 homicides... five occurring every 30 years since 1903,

111. all in the Baltimore area.

112. In each case the liver was extracted

113. and presumably eaten.

114. A trophy was taken from each victim,

115. many of which were found

116. in the living quarters of Eugene Tooms

117. at 66 Exeter Street.

118. Records show that a Eugene Tooms has resided

119. at that same address since 1903... the same year

120. a man was murdered in that building.

121. Besides the liver extraction, the most notable element

122. connecting these cases is the undetermined point of entry.

123. Many of the victims were found

124. with their windows and doors locked

125. from the inside.

126. These elongated fingerprints,

127. found at seven of the 19 crime scenes,

128. match Eugene Victor Tooms.

129. Agent Mulder, look at his fingers.

130. Look at him. 100 years old?

131. I contend that, perhaps through a genetic mutation,

132. Eugene Tooms is capable of contorting

133. and elongating his body

134. to gain access to victims

135. so that he may extract the livers

136. which provide him sustenance

137. for the hibernation period of 30 years.

138. He needs

139. - one more victim to complete this cycle. - Your Honor.

140. A preliminary exam, done at the time of Tooms' arrest, revealed

141. - abnormalities in his striated muscles and axial bones. - Agent Mulder.

142. - His attorney blocked further study. - Thank you, Agent Mulder.

143. - I ask you to place the safety of the people first and foremost. - Counsel.

144. No further questions, Your Honor.

145. This is a rare and abnormal human creature who should

146. - not be released but retained for further study. - Agent Mulder.

147. You may step down.

148. If you release Eugene Tooms,

149. he will kill again.

150. It's in his genetic makeup.

151. You think they have taken me more seriously

152. if I wore the gray suit?

153. Mulder, your testimony... you sounded so...

154. I don't care

155. how it sounded as long as it was the truth.

156. And where were you?

157. Your testimony was important.

158. I was called into a meeting by Assistant Director Skinner.

159. What did he want?

160. Just wanted to reel me in.

161. They're ready.

162. It is the opinion of this court

163. that Eugene Victor Tooms

164. shall on this day be released from the Druid Hill Sanitarium.

165. The court also attaches these conditions:

166. one, that he remain

167. in counseling under the care of Dr. Aaron Monte,

168. that he may retain his job

169. at the Baltimore Regulation's Animal Shelter,

170. and last, that he

171. take residence in the house of Mr. and Mrs. Arlan Green,

172. trained in a program to assist

173. patients released from Druid Hill

174. in their transition to society.

175. Mr. Tooms?

176. Do you understand and accept these conditions?

177. Yes, Your Honor.

178. Very well. You're free to go.

179. I'm not taking my eyes off him.

180. - Mulder, wait. - He needs to kill and he'll do it the first chance he can,

181. but he won't kill the old couple.

182. He won't be that obvious.

183. Tooms didn't remain a secret for 100 years

184. by not being careful.

185. Think of him as an animal.

186. He'll only kill out of necessity or self-defense.

187. If he makes an attempt, I'll be there to stop him.

188. - Okay, well, then, I'll keep surveillance with you. - I'll watch him.

189. If he can't be tied to the most recent evidence,

190. you'll have to go back to the earlier murders

191. to prove it was him.

192. That was 30 or 60 years ago.

193. There's no statute of limitation on murder.

194. Mulder, that's going to entail

195. unorthodox methods of investigation.

196. Look, Scully, if you're resistant

197. because you don't believe, I'll respect that,

198. but if you're resistant

199. because of some bureaucratic pressure,

200. they've not only reeled you in,

201. they've already skinned you.

202. I hope you'll be comfortable, Eugene.

203. The room in the back is small,

204. but I'm sure you'll be able to squeeze in.

205. I'm sure.

206. Hi...

207. Excuse me.

208. Could you help me find my dog?

209. He's a Norwegian elkhound.

210. His name is Heinrich.

211. I use him to hunt moose.

212. If Tooms gets away now,

213. then the next time he takes a life,

214. you'll be nearly my age.

215. Detective Briggs,

216. you helped us so much before.

217. Now we have to prove that Tooms was involved

218. in the killings you investigated 30 years ago.

219. You've lived with this case

220. half your life.

221. There must be something,

222. maybe a connection between the victims.

223. Now, I-I know that we've seen all of the evidence,

224. but is there anything, anything at all

225. amongst the evidence that does not fit?

226. There was something

227. that never did sit quite right with me.

228. All of the victims

229. that I investigated in '63

230. were found at the crime scene, liver extracted.

231. All five.

232. As were the four most recent murders.

233. When I was a sheriff

234. during the Powhatan Mills killings of 1933,

235. only four of the victims

236. were found at the crime scene.

237. However, there was a fifth person

238. who was missing and never found,

239. but this...

240. this was discovered at the Ruxton chemical plant

241. when it was under construction,

242. but it doesn't belong to the other victims.

243. That doesn't prove it belongs to a person murdered by Tooms.

244. I am positive that Tooms hid this one victim

245. because there was something about the body

246. that could prove he was the killer.

247. And what makes you positive?

248. A hunch.

249. An old-fashioned hunch.

250. You've got to trust your instincts.

251. And what does your instinct say

252. about where Tooms buried the body?

253. In the cement where they poured the foundation

254. of the chemical plant.

255. Ground-penetrating radar.

256. It bounces signals off of objects or cavities.

257. Tells you where the body is.

258. Well, it signals if something inordinate is present.

259. An experienced operator attempts to differentiate

260. if the signal is a body or a stone

261. or a hole in the ground.

262. Differentiate?

263. Mm-hmm.

264. You mean he guesses.

265. Well, it's an educated guess.

266. Mm-hmm.

267. How are we doing?

268. Well, it's really hard to tell.

269. Uh, there are some possibilities.

270. It's here.

271. Here!

272. What is it?

273. It's here!

274. It's right here!

275. Agent Scully, look at this.

276. Robotoddler's finally sleeping.

277. I'm gonna watch TV in bed.

278. Okay.

279. I'm coming, honey.

280. Mommy's right here.

281. Screw it.

282. Would you go down and get that?

283. FBI.

284. I suspect an intruder in your house.

285. What?

286. Someone opened my window.

287. I suspect the year of death to be in the mid-1930s.

288. The anterior surface of the right femur was green,

289. indicating a long-term exposure to copper,

290. so we concentrated on the area

291. and we found several pennies.

292. 1933, '31, 1933.

293. Can you determine the cause of death?

294. My instinct says that burial in cement is murder.

295. Uh, no, at the moment

296. I have found no definite proof of murder.

297. There are gnawing marks near the ribs.

298. However, I suspect that's the result

299. of rodent activity

300. prior to the body being set in the cement.

301. We'll need to see much more of the remains

302. to determine cause of death.

303. As you know, it's a slow but necessary process.

304. Uh, I did try a little something.

305. It's a little premature

306. if we're going to go by the book.

307. Well, we'll keep it off the record.

308. Good. Thank you.

309. The old man, Mr. Briggs,

310. he gave me a photograph of the missing person in 1933

311. suspected of being a murder victim.

312. I ran a computer-assisted photographic superimposition

313. on what we have of the skull.

314. Now, this is not official.

315. But that skeleton was that person.

316. It's not enough.

317. It doesn't tie it to Tooms.

318. Well, it's a start.

319. Mulder, it's getting a bit ripe in here, don't you think?

320. Pine scented.

321. Whew!

322. Better?

323. Tooms hasn't come out of the house all day.

324. I sat through a Phillies game, an Orioles game,

325. and four hours of Baba Booey.

326. When it got dark, I took a walk around the block.

327. Do you have that sandwich that I asked you to bring?

328. Mmm.

329. It's liverwurst.

330. Ha-ha.

331. Mulder, you know that proper surveillance

332. requires two pairs of agents...

333. one pair relieving the other after 12 hours.

334. Article 30, paragraph 8.7?

335. This isn't about doing it by the book.

336. This is about you not having slept for three days.

337. Mulder, you're going to get sloppy

338. and you're going to get hurt.

339. It's inevitable at this point.

340. A request for other agents to stake out Tooms would be denied.

341. To them we have no grounds.

342. Well, then I'll stay here, you go home.

343. They're out to put an end to the X Files, Scully.

344. I don't know why, but any excuse will do.

345. I don't really care about my record,

346. but you'd be in trouble just sitting in this car,

347. and I'd hate to see you carry an official reprimand

348. in your career file because of me.

349. Fox...

350. And I, I even made my parents call me Mulder.

351. So... Mulder.

352. Mulder, I wouldn't put myself on the line for anybody but you.

353. If there's an iced tea in that bag, could be love.

354. Must be fate, Mulder.

355. Root beer.

356. You're delirious.

357. Go home and get some sleep.

358. Here. Take my sandwich.

359. I only had one bite.

360. You're going to want it later, believe me.

361. And you'll call me if anything happens, immediately.

362. I'll be here.

363. Oh, oh, and 11:30, station 790...

364. Pete Rose late-night sports talk radio show.

365. Wouldn't miss it for the world.

366. It has worked, hasn't it?

367. You'll be all right now.

368. I know it's worked!

369. No, no, no!

370. Yeah, they found him out cold in the street.

371. He's been beaten up pretty badly.

372. Contusions, multiple lacerations.

373. Shoulder's been pulled right out of joint.

374. Let's get him prepped for some blood work and X rays.

375. Yes, Doctor.

376. He's been kicked in the jaw,

377. and it may be fractured.

378. Look, there's a partial shoe print.

379. I want to get a photo of that.

380. We might be able to find the shoe

381. that matches it later.

382. Do you know who did this to you?

383. We'll be right back, Mr. Tooms.

384. Says it was an FBI agent named Mulder.

385. So, would you say he's delusional

386. or just schizophrenic?

387. Well, it's just a cursory exam,

388. but there's nothing to indicate that.

389. Agent Mulder?

390. Yeah.

391. What's going on?

392. What's this about?

393. Agent Mulder, get your things.

394. You're in some trouble.

395. These are serious allegations, Agent Mulder.

396. The evidence is incriminating.

397. A good forensic scientist would know

398. that there is not only a shoe print but also an impact point

399. of the foot from inside the shoe.

400. An in-depth analysis of Tooms' injury would show

401. that my foot was not inside the shoe at the time of impact.

402. Mulder, are you suggesting Tooms is framing you?

403. Of course.

404. If indeed you were engaged in an unauthorized

405. around-the-clock surveillance of Tooms,

406. how could he possibly gain access

407. to your shoe without you seeing him?

408. - Well... - Sir...

409. I was engaged

410. in the unauthorized surveillance as well,

411. and Agent Mulder was orienting me

412. on the situation at the time

413. Tooms was admitted into the hospital.

414. Agent Mulder could not have done it

415. because he was with me.

416. Agent Scully, you wouldn't be

417. lying to me, would you?

418. Sir, I would expect you

419. to place the same trust in me as I do in you.

420. Agent Scully, may I have a word

421. with Agent Mulder, please?

422. Fox...

423. you are one of the finest, most unique agents

424. in the nearly 60-year history of this institution.

425. I mean, we were talking about you

426. when you were in the academy.

427. Now, most of us, including the director,

428. feel that your talents are wasted on the X Files,

429. but we respect that you're deeply invested in those areas.

430. But if these cases are creating such stress

431. as to cause not only you to act inappropriately

432. but those agents close to you as well,

433. then may I advise you to step away...

434. for a while?

435. Clear your head, take an extended vacation.

436. That's a good idea.

437. Thanks for your concern.

438. You're forbidden to go near Eugene Tooms.

439. Mulder...

440. this was close.

441. Any closer and a thousand friends at the Capitol

442. won't be able to help you.

443. These are Eugene Tooms' dental X rays,

444. obtained from the Druid Hill Sanitarium.

445. Your sandwich the other night gave me an idea.

446. Dr. Plith had mentioned that he found gnawing

447. on the rib cage near the location of the liver.

448. Further excavation revealed more pronounced bite marks...

449. human teeth marks.

450. Tooms will never voluntarily submit

451. to a dental cast.

452. This software can create an exact three-dimensional model

453. of Tooms' mouth from the dental radiograph.

454. We've also mapped out the bite marks

455. on the skeleton's rib there.

456. They match.

457. Eugene, Dr. Monte.

458. Hi, Eugene.

459. I just wanted to stop by and see how everything was going.

460. Susan and I are going out for the evening.

461. See you later.

462. Thanks.

463. Great place.

464. Wonderful place.

465. How are you feeling?

466. Why the newspaper strips, Eugene?

467. Are you making some papier-mâché?

468. Yes.

469. That's terrific, wonderful.

470. I had no idea you were interested in art.

471. I like art.

472. I do, too,

473. and I'm very proud of you.

474. You know, art can provide

475. a window to your thoughts and your feelings.

476. What are you doing, Eugene?

477. Eugene, are you all right?

478. That makes five.

479. He's building his nest.

480. A 30-year hibernation.

481. Where would he go?

482. Where he's gone for the last 90 years:

483. 66 Exeter Street.

484. No, I already checked on that.

485. They tore down that apartment building he lived in.

486. What's there now?

487. Thanks.

488. He's got to be here.

489. If he's drawn to this location for some reason,

490. maybe this nest is in the approximate location

491. of the previous nest.

492. This is the area.

493. There's a storage facility on the second floor.

494. What?

495. There's only room for one.

496. You can get the next mutant.

497. Mulder?

498. Mulder!

499. Mulder, Mulder, here,

500. quick, grab my hand.

501. Come on.

502. Mulder, what's happening?

503. Quick.

504. You read this report?

505. Do you believe them?

506. Of course I do.

507. Okay, let's go.

508. It's amazing how things change, isn't it?

509. The caterpillar?

510. No. A change for us.

511. It's coming.

512. How do you know?

513. A hunch.