The X-Files 4x21

1. Cover for me

2. in case dork-face comes back around, will you?

3. Where you going?

4. I need a cigarette.

5. You had one 15 minutes ago.

6. 45 minutes.

7. Why don't you get yourself

8. one of those patches or that gum?

9. What do you think I'm chewing?

10. Then maybe you should just quit.

11. Ever think of that?

12. Look, just cover for me, okay?

13. Tell her I got a stomach bug or something.

14. Thank you.

15. Jane, come on.

16. You're going to get in trouble.

17. Jane?

18. Jane?

19. Hey, Jane.

20. Number 51 for the Bulldogs has just fouled out.

21. He leaves with 4:15 left in the second half,

22. Citadel on top of VMI, 83-76.

23. They're going to...

24. You know, the Citadel...

25. "Brody, Jane L."

26. Yeah, we've got the pathologist's work,

27. but the techs haven't gone over the crime scene yet.

28. Let me see what you got.

29. Your name?

30. Special Agent Fox Mulder.

31. Working the late shift, Agent Mulder?

32. Yeah. Somebody's got to.

33. You need to sign that.

34. You need to sign that.

35. I'm all set here.

36. Finished?

37. Yeah.

38. Thanks.

39. No problem.

40. Agent Mulder?

41. I'm glad I caught you.

42. Who are you?

43. Detective Thomas.

44. Ray Thomas.

45. I'm the one who contacted you,

46. who e-mailed the pictures to your office.

47. I ran into Officer Robbins.

48. He said you'd come down here

49. to take a look at some of the forensic evidence.

50. That's right.

51. That's right.

52. So, does that mean

53. you think you found something here?

54. Something worth looking into?

55. I'm afraid not.

56. No?

57. I didn't find anything to recommend

58. my further involvement in this case.

59. What about the woman?

60. How do you explain what happened to her?

61. She walks into a bathroom,

62. a minute later, she turns up...

63. You saw the pictures.

64. I saw them.

65. I was told you were part

66. of something called the X Files.

67. You'd look into stuff like this.

68. So if there's really nothing to this,

69. why come all the way down here in the middle of the night?

70. I'm just doing my job, Detective, same as you.

71. I'm just doing my job, Detective, same as you.

72. Ah, you are home.

73. Yeah. What are you doing here?

74. I was trying to reach you; I think your phone's off the hook.

75. I needed some sleep.

76. Is that why you're taking the garbage out

77. at 4:00 in the morning?

78. What do you want, Agent Mulder?

79. I want some answers.

80. Concerning?

81. The unexplained death of a postal worker

82. that somebody has apparently gone to great lengths

83. to keep unexplained.

84. These photos were sent to me by a detective

85. who thought I might have a fresh take on the case.

86. who thought I might have a fresh take on the case.

87. But when I went to retrieve them from e-mail,

88. somebody had hollowed out the files.

89. Then where did you get them?

90. From his partner.

91. When?

92. After he finished questioning me about

93. the detective's death.

94. What? What are you talking about?

95. He was killed, shot in the head execution-style.

96. His body was found near the precinct two hours ago.

97. Possibly by the same person who forged my name

98. to gain access to evidence from the forensics lab.

99. What do you want from me?

100. Well, I'd like your help on this, sir.

101. What about Agent Scully?

102. What about Agent Scully?

103. Agent Scully's in the hospital.

104. Has something happened that I should know about?

105. She's undergoing some imaging tests.

106. Her, uh... her oncologist was concerned

107. about some microscopy results,

108. that her tumor may be metastasizing.

109. Anyway, I'd like you

110. to take a look at those photos, please.

111. Yeah. I will first thing in the morning.

112. You want me to dump this on my way out?

113. No. I got it.

114. All right.

115. All right.

116. Was it you?

117. Did you pull the trigger? Or did you have him

118. do it for you?

119. I'm not here to answer your questions.

120. You murdered him!

121. You killed an officer of the law.

122. I suggest you keep your voice down, Mr. Skinner,

123. unless you want your neighbors to know the hours

124. and the company you keep.

125. I won't be a party to murder.

126. I won't be a party to murder.

127. I wouldn't get too comfortable

128. on your moral high ground, Mr. Skinner.

129. This only happened

130. because you left your job unfinished.

131. I handled him just like I've handled

132. everything else you've asked me to do.

133. I've followed your instructions.

134. You failed to neutralize

135. a potentially compromising situation.

136. You didn't have to kill him.

137. He didn't have to die.

138. You're in no position

139. to question the terms of our arrangement.

140. Then we have no arrangement.

141. You'll find it's not that easy

142. to walk away from, Mr. Skinner.

143. No?

144. A man digs a hole, he risks falling into it.

145. Skinner.

146. Her body's gone, sir.

147. What are you talking about?

148. The postal worker in the photos I gave you.

149. Her body was stolen from the morgue last night,

150. along with any other evidence that might explain

151. how or why she died.

152. Slow down, Agent Mulder.

153. Slow down, Agent Mulder.

154. I'm sorry, but I can't.

155. I'm playing catch-up here,

156. and I'm already two steps behind.

157. The man who impersonated me

158. at the forensics lab last night,

159. apparently he replaced a blood sample.

160. How do you know?

161. I had them run a test.

162. The blood sample in the police forensics lab

163. is B-positive, as is the postal worker's,

164. but she suffered from a mild form of anemia

165. characterized by folic acid deficiency.

166. The blood sample at the police forensics lab

167. has a normal folate serum level.

168. Are there any suspects?

169. No. But I do have a place to start.

170. The gun that killed Detective Thomas—

171. ballistics has identified it as a SIG-Sauer P228.

172. ballistics has identified it as a SIG-Sauer P228.

173. I'm having ballistics run comps on all weapons registered

174. to federal agents and local officers.

175. Sir?

176. Let me know what they find.

177. I will.

178. Yes?

179. You can't do this.

180. You sound agitated, Mr. Skinner.

181. Was it my gun?

182. Your gun?

183. Used to kill the detective?

184. Well, if it was, I'd think

185. you'd want to report it to the police immediately.

186. Oh, don't think I won't.

187. Then why are you calling me?

188. Perhaps because you realized

189. that you'd be admitting to the obstruction of justice,

190. criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence.

191. Consequences could be very serious for you,

192. even in the unlikely event that you were able

193. to persuade the authorities that you didn't kill the detective.

194. to persuade the authorities that you didn't kill the detective.

195. What did you have me cover up?

196. I think the less you know, the better,

197. under the circumstances.

198. I need to know what that man died for.

199. He died for you, Mr. Skinner.

200. He died so you could have what you wanted.

201. A cure for Agent Scully.

202. Isn't that what you want?

203. Agent Scully is in the hospital.

204. If you can do anything for her, I want it done now.

205. I'm fully aware of Agent Scully's progress.

206. I'm fully aware of Agent Scully's progress.

207. If anything happens to her, I will expose you.

208. I'll turn state's evidence.

209. I don't care what happens to me.

210. Agent Scully stands to live a long and healthy life.

211. I would hope the same for you, Mr. Skinner.

212. Right in here.

213. Police said we could put the bathroom back in service,

214. but the truth is, no one wants to use it—

215. not after what happened yesterday.

216. You mind my asking what you're looking for?

217. I need a hammer.

218. There any reason

219. you're not running this through the FBI lab?

220. This evidence is classified.

221. We've had some controversy

222. over security at the Bureau.

223. I'd appreciate your discretion.

224. Certainly.

225. Can you tell what kind of bees made that?

226. It's hard to tell with just the comb,

227. but I might be able to give you an answer.

228. If I told you there was a chance the bees that made that

229. If I told you there was a chance the bees that made that

230. could be lethal, would that be helpful?

231. Any kind of bee can be lethal,

232. provided you get stung by enough of them.

233. Even Africanized honeybees— so-called killer bees—

234. basically have the same venom as the European honeybee.

235. It's just that they tend to attack in swarms.

236. Ah, you may be in luck.

237. What is it?

238. Royal jelly.

239. A highly nutritious secretion

240. of the honeybee's pharyngeal gland.

241. It's fed to the very young larvae in a colony.

242. Here, see for yourself.

243. Is that going to hatch?

244. Once they pupate, I should be able

245. to give you some definitive answers.

246. The minute you learn something, I'd appreciate a call.

247. Is this related to that other case?

248. If you don't mind my asking.

249. What other case?

250. I got a call from another agent

251. about six months ago asking me all about killer bees.

252. Who was it?

253. Name was Fox Mulder.

254. I wonder if there's any connection.

255. No.

256. Anyway, I'll call you.

257. Sir?

258. You looking for me?

259. I was just writing you a note.

260. Where have you been?

261. First Nations Bank of Virginia.

262. What am I looking at?

263. What am I looking at?

264. The bank is adjacent to the police headquarters

265. where the detective was killed.

266. Their parking lot surveillance camera caught this image.

267. That man there, that's Detective Thomas.

268. This man in the baseball hat— he was identified

269. by the officer on duty

270. at the forensics lab as "Agent Mulder."

271. Can you get a usable image off this?

272. I'm going to hand-deliver it over to Special Photo right now.

273. What did you want to talk to me about?

274. You were writing me a note.

275. I was, uh...

276. I was just checking on your progress.

277. Ms. Covarrubias? This is Walter Skinner.

278. I'm an assistant director here at the FBI.

279. Yes?

280. I was hoping you could help me.

281. I understand Agent Fox Mulder

282. has been in contact with you about a project.

283. A project?

284. A Canadian agricultural project involving bees or bee husbandry.

285. Yes, but I wasn't able to give him any information.

286. Why was that?

287. Why was that?

288. The project he cited turned up no viable evidence.

289. Evidence of what?

290. Of beehives or bee husbandry.

291. What if I told you I had access to that evidence?

292. You have access to these bees?

293. I may soon.

294. Very soon.

295. Agent Mulder.

296. Thanks for getting down here so quickly.

297. What is it?

298. A break, maybe even a lead.

299. I wanted you to get a look at this body

300. before somebody tried to steal it.

301. You see these pocks and blisters?

302. They're the same as we saw in the photo

303. of the deceased postal worker.

304. Symptoms of what?

305. Smallpox.

306. The first reported case

307. in over seven years.

308. Smallpox?

309. According to the coroner, an especially virulent strain

310. caused by a mutated variola virus.

311. caused by a mutated variola virus.

312. Caused how?

313. I mean, how could this man

314. have contracted a disease that doesn't even exist anymore?

315. From these.

316. What are they?

317. Bee stingers and venom sacs recovered subcutaneously

318. from the victim's face, arm and neck.

319. You're saying this man was stung by bees carrying smallpox?

320. He was a forensic entomologist.

321. I consulted with him several months ago

322. about a similar fatality.

323. Then you've seen this before.

324. Yeah, but I've never had any hard evidence— not until now.

325. Yeah, but I've never had any hard evidence— not until now.

326. I think that's what somebody has gone

327. to great lengths to try to prevent.

328. Why? I can only guess.

329. But I think that somebody is trying

330. to engineer a method of delivery

331. for a disease that has killed more people throughout history

332. than any other contagion known to humankind.

333. If you want me to suggest an appropriate response...

334. Can they be stopped? How can we stop them?

335. We don't even know who these people are,

336. and we won't until we know the identity of that shooter.

337. How close are you? Hopefully, very.

338. I've got one of the photo techs pulling an all-nighter

339. on that surveillance video so he could show me

340. something this morning; I told him that

341. something this morning; I told him that

342. you'd authorize the overtime. Of course.

343. I'm going to go over there right now.

344. Tell me what you find.

345. Misty Nagata?

346. Misty Nagata?

347. My name is Walter Skinner.

348. I was just getting up.

349. They only give us a ten-minute break,

350. and my supervisor's pretty strict.

351. I need to talk to you, Misty.

352. About your coworker.

353. If this is about what happened to Jane,

354. I already told the police everything I know.

355. Everything?

356. I don't want to lose my job.

357. You're not going to lose anything.

358. I'm asking you to cooperate in a criminal investigation.

359. I'm asking you to cooperate in a criminal investigation.

360. Jane? What do you mean?

361. Jane's death may not have been an accident.

362. What?

363. She was my best friend.

364. I'm sorry.

365. We worked it out so that our vacations overlapped.

366. We worked it out so that our vacations overlapped.

367. We were going to Palm Beach.

368. Both of us were trying to lose weight

369. so we could buy new bathing suits.

370. The men who came here—

371. they said if I talked to anyone, I'd lose my job.

372. Did these men say who they were?

373. No, and I didn't ask.

374. They just wanted the package.

375. What package?

376. What package?

377. Damaged packages are routed here for inspection

378. before they get re-shipped.

379. The place where these damaged packages are kept—

380. how close is it to the restroom where you found Jane?

381. It's just the next door down the hall.

382. They've got a storage room.

383. The damaged package that they wanted— do you remember

384. where it was being sent?

385. No, not offhand.

386. Is there any way of finding out?

387. I can look up the tracking number.

388. That would be a big help to me, Misty.

389. And maybe to Jane.

390. We went through every inch of that tape

391. to find the best angle

392. for identification purposes.

393. Now, remember, it was videotaped—

394. shot at a distance under extreme low light.

395. So, this is the best you could do?

396. It's better than I thought it would be.

397. Believe me, I tried every trick that...

398. I'm not trying to be difficult.

399. It's just, this is very important to me.

400. I need to be sure.

401. I need you to print out a hard copy of that for me.

402. This is the last remaining specimen.

403. This is the last remaining specimen.

404. The bees from the scientist's house—

405. they've been contained and destroyed.

406. And the body?

407. It also has been sanitized.

408. How did this happen?

409. It's been taken care of.

410. The details are unimportant.

411. Details are everything.

412. Much more important than your vague assurances.

413. Well, you'll have to trust my assurance

414. Well, you'll have to trust my assurance

415. that any other breaches have been handled.

416. Handled by whom?

417. I have a man in place—

418. a man with no other choice but to succeed.

419. And what assurance can you give us

420. that he can be trusted?

421. We can't risk even the slightest exposure.

422. He has nothing to expose.

423. Except his own duplicity.

424. Should we assume

425. that the trial run is proceeding as planned?

426. It's already begun.

427. Hey, it's my turn.

428. No, it isn't.

429. Ow!

430. Ow!

431. Ms. Kemper!

432. Billy got stung by a bee!

433. Mrs. Kemper!

434. Everyone

435. get inside!

436. Everyone inside!

437. Inside! Move it! Move it!

438. Come on! Inside!

439. In the school now!

440. Oh, my God! David!

441. David, get up!

442. Quick!

443. Run!

444. I'm sorry.

445. Dr. Linzer?

446. All right. Thank you.

447. My name's Walter Skinner.

448. The administration office informed me you're overseeing

449. the treatment of these children.

450. Yes.

451. I think you'll want to hear me out.

452. I'm right in the middle of it.

453. If you've been treating these children for bee stings,

454. you've misdiagnosed them.

455. you've misdiagnosed them.

456. Then what should I treat them for? Smallpox.

457. Is this a joke?

458. Every child in this town who hasn't

459. already been infected needs to be vaccinated immediately.

460. We don't vaccinate kids against smallpox anymore

461. because there is no smallpox.

462. Run whatever tests you need

463. if you don't believe me.

464. I don't need to run any tests.

465. Smallpox has an eight-day incubation period,

466. and these kids were stung just a few hours ago.

467. How do you reconcile that?

468. I can't.

469. Let me know when you come up with an answer.

470. Let me know when you come up with an answer.

471. In the meantime, I've got things to do.

472. Doctor...

473. Mr. Skinner?

474. How do you know who I am?

475. Because you contacted me.

476. I'm Marita Covarrubias.

477. What are you doing here?

478. Your call about those bees

479. prompted me to make some inquiries.

480. Into what?

481. Seven packages that were sent from Canada

482. to a P.O. box in Payson, South Carolina.

483. I came here to find out what was in those packages.

484. I came here to find out what was in those packages.

485. You're a little late to do anything about it.

486. So are you, apparently.

487. What brought you here?

488. You came to me for information, Mr. Skinner,

489. but you still haven't told me what you know about this.

490. My office has to answer

491. to the Secretary General of the United Nations.

492. This is a very serious matter.

493. I need to know what's going on.

494. I need to know what's going on.

495. I think it's some kind of experiment.

496. An experiment?

497. Using bees as carriers.

498. That's what was in those packages?

499. Have you told Agent Mulder this?

500. Not yet. Why not?

501. I can't.

502. I can't.

503. Why?

504. Are you involved in this, Mr. Skinner?

505. I didn't...

506. No, I'm not involved.

507. Then what are you doing here?

508. What aren't you telling me, Mr. Skinner?

509. Nothing.

510. If you know who's behind this,

511. you have to come forward, Mr. Skinner.

512. No one else can.

513. Put the gun down and move away from the desk.

514. I was just calling...

515. I said, put the gun down!

516. You don't understand.

517. No.

518. I do now.

519. No, you don't.

520. Is that the gun you used

521. to shoot the detective? No.

522. How does it feel to shoot an innocent man in the head?

523. I didn't kill him. You're a liar!

524. You've been working with the Smoking Man all along.

525. You knew when he had my father killed,

526. and you knew when they took Scully.

527. Listen to me. I've heard enough of you.

528. He set me up!

529. He stole my gun and then he put it back!

530. He stole my gun and then he put it back!

531. Which means the police

532. are probably on their way right now.

533. I don't believe you.

534. Look at my desk drawer, Agent Mulder.

535. Look at it!

536. Why would I force my own lock?

537. If I lied to you...

538. I have lied to you,

539. and I won't make excuses for those lies,

540. but there's a reason that I did what I did—

541. but there's a reason that I did what I did—

542. one that I think you're in a unique position to understand.

543. I advised you

544. against a certain course of action some time ago...

545. concerning Agent Scully.

546. I didn't follow my own advice.

547. Give me the gun.

548. How you soon will you be able to determine

549. if that's the weapon that killed Detective Thomas?

550. As long as it takes me to put one of these slugs

551. under the scope and run a comp.

552. This is the slug we recovered from the detective's body.

553. Now you see these stria here and here?

554. They're rifling patterns imprinted

555. They're rifling patterns imprinted

556. from the barrel of the same gun.

557. So this is definitely the murder weapon.

558. If I were called to testify, I'd say without a doubt.

559. So where'd you find it?

560. In a sewer grate

561. around the corner

562. from the crime scene.

563. Hmm.

564. Sometimes you get lucky.

565. Sometimes you don't, right?

566. What do you mean?

567. The serial number— it's been filed clean off.

568. Now, unless forensics pulled a print,

569. this gun's virtually untraceable.

570. Leave it off.

571. I'm starting to get used to the dark.

572. Is this part of our deal?

573. We never had a deal.

574. No?

575. Agent Scully is dying and you haven't done

576. a damn thing about it.

577. You think that's funny?

578. Just enjoying the irony, Mr. Skinner.

579. Only yesterday you said

580. you wouldn't be party to murder,

581. and now here you are.

582. Yours isn't the first gun

583. I've had pointed in my face, Mr. Skinner.

584. I'm not afraid to die,

585. but if you kill me now, you'll also kill Agent Scully.

586. You have no intention of saving her.

587. You never did.

588. Are you certain?

589. I saved her life once before

590. when I had her returned to Agent Mulder.

591. I may save her life again.

592. But you'll never know

593. if you pull the trigger, will you?

594. Now, unless you intend to kill me,

595. I'd like to answer my phone.

596. Yes?

597. He was just here.

598. He was just here.

599. He threatened to kill me.

600. I'm sure Mulder will be contacting you.

601. He'll want to know if Skinner's seen all there is to see.

602. I'll tell him what you want me to tell him.

603. Tell him what he wants to hear.

604. I made this!