1. (woman) We're so sorry, Becky.
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2. If there's anything we can do for you,
anything at all, just let us know.
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3. (Becky) Thank you so much.
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4. It would have meant a lot to him.
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5. Oh, thank you.
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6. Thank you for coming.
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7. Mrs Crouch,
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8. I'm sorry for your loss.
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9. Thank you, Mr...?
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10. Johnson.
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11. I worked briefly with your husband.
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12. I was impressed by him.
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13. Very much so.
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14. Thank you.
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15. Sorry.
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16. Hell of a Christmas, Raymond.
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17. He's at peace now.
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18. That's one small comfort to be drawn.
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19. Didn't even leave a note.
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20. I am the resurrection and the life. He
that believeth in Me, though he were dead,
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21. yet shall he live.
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22. Whosoever liveth and
believeth in Me shall never die.
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23. He that believeth in Me,
though he were dead,
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24. yet shall he live.
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25. Thank you, ma'am.
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26. - Are you with the FBI too?
- Yes, sir.
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27. Look, I know my job.
The man was deceased.
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28. - I'm sorry?
- I understand that he was one of your own.
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29. But these rumours I'm hearing that I put
a living human being into the ground...
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30. You people better get
your facts straight, real fast.
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31. Mulder? You been spreading rumours?
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32. Why? Hear any good ones lately?
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33. Not particularly.
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34. So what do you have here?
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35. - Merry Christmas, by the way, Scully.
- Thank you. Merry Christmas to you too.
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36. Grave robbery with a twist.
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37. Check out the head liner, Scully.
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38. Well, it looks like someone
on the inside was trying to get out.
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39. Indeed it does. To answer you,
I haven't been spreading any rumours.
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40. The local PD's been doing
a pretty good job of that,
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41. ever since they matched
the fingerprints on the dead man to these.
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42. And to those up there on that headstone.
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43. There's a big, juicy handprint on the back.
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44. What about the person or persons
who did the digging?
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45. Well, we got one pile of dirt.
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46. I'm guessing one man with a shovel.
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47. Other than that, last night's rain
hasn't left us much to go on.
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48. Well, go ahead, Scully, nay-say me.
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49. The body of a FBI agent gets disinterred,
only to climb out on its own
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50. and disappear into the Yuletide night.
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51. - See, you had me up until there.
- Did I?
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52. I think it's what you said before.
I think it's a grave robbery with a twist.
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53. You've got the fingerprints
and the torn casket liner.
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54. Most likely it's rigged evidence that's
been faked by whoever exhumed the body.
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55. - Faked for what effect?
- Publicity?
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56. Fear? Rumours?
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57. I mean, I don't know what specific effect,
but nonetheless, it's...
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58. - What?
- Looks like blood.
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59. Special Agent Raymond Crouch.
Age 56, married, no children.
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60. After a sterling 21-year career
with the Bureau, he retired in 1993.
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61. Then, earlier this month,
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62. he was found in the garage of his
Tallahassee home, service weapon in hand.
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63. - Definitely self-inflicted?
- I read over the report
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64. and there's no indication otherwise.
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65. How about a motive
for the grave robberies?
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66. We've gone through Crouch's cases.
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67. He doesn't seem to have made any enemies.
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68. Same thing with his personal life.
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69. No large debts, no feuds with neighbours,
never a bad word against him.
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70. - Nothing stands out?
- Should something stand out?
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71. Agent Mulder, what's your take on this?
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72. Only that I don't think
it was grave robbery per se.
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73. It was necromancy.
The summoning of the dead.
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74. It's magic, dating back to shamanism,
with a long tradition in the Christian church.
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75. The dead are brought back to life to divulge
arcane knowledge and perform ritual tasks.
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76. So this wacko thought
he was raising the dead?
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77. That's what he was doin'. This is a...
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78. That's a magic circle drawn in goat's blood.
The rain washed most of it away.
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79. The blood attracts the undead, while
the circle focuses the necromancer's power,
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80. while protecting him
from the spirits that he's conjuring.
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81. OK.
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82. He may also desire to wear
the clothes of the dead man
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83. to create a bond between them.
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84. You would not want to be
this man's dry-cleaner.
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85. Obviously, there are
clear ritualistic elements to this crime.
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86. But the question is, why were they
directed at Raymond Crouch?
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87. That is the question.
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88. Well, let's come up with an answer.
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89. Mulder, Scully, a word, please?
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90. Necromancy aside,
this magic circle you mentioned,
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91. what if it looked something like this?
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92. It's an Ouroboros, possibly.
Definitely a mystical symbol.
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93. The alchemists favoured it. They believed
that it represented all of existence.
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94. I'm thinking more the Millennium Group.
It was their symbol as well.
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95. - Are you familiar with them?
- Somewhat. They were former FBI agents
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96. who offered consulting services
to law enforcement.
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97. - Somehow, they fell into disrepute.
- They operated in extreme secrecy.
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98. They had their own agenda, which was less
than altruistic, if not improper or illegal.
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99. And that it was, in fact, a cult based upon
Judaeo-Christian end-time prophecies
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100. concerning the coming millennium.
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101. - Was Raymond Crouch a member?
- I can't seem to find out.
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102. The group dissolved several months ago.
They left no paper trail, nothing.
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103. However, I do have three other grave
desecrations all within the last six months.
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104. Long Island, Northern California, Arizona.
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105. All three graves contained
the bodies of former FBI agents.
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106. All three were recent suicides.
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107. How long were you going to sit on this?
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108. Owing to the Millennium Group's
former ties with the Bureau,
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109. this matter is sensitive, to say the least.
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110. - Investigate them. Keep a low profile.
- I think I know where to start.
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111. - How well do you know this man?
- Only by reputation.
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112. He left VICAP before I got there.
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113. But he's been called the greatest criminal
profiler the Quantico ever produced.
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114. - What's he doing here?
- Good morning.
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115. Apparently, he checked himself in
for a 30-day observation.
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116. I gather the last few years
haven't been kind to him.
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117. He can tell us about the Millennium Group.
He used to consult for 'em.
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118. Later, he fought to bring them down
at the expense of his own career.
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119. Single-minded.
Sounds like someone I know.
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120. (TV) ..12-yard line. They are threatening.
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121. Frank Black?
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122. My name is Fox Mulder.
This is my partner, Dana Scully.
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123. It's a pleasure to meet you.
Do you mind if we sit down?
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124. - Who's playing?
- It's Notre Dame and Boston College.
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125. Ah, the Fighting Irish
and the Golden Eagles, huh?
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126. What can I do for you, agents?
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127. We're working on a case that we feel
you might have some particular insight into.
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128. The death of four FBI agents.
Do you recognise these men?
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129. I do.
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130. All four committed suicide
in the last six months.
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131. All were exhumed from their graves
in a ritual desecration.
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132. They were members of
the Millennium Group, is that correct?
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133. Sir, we've been having a really difficult time
gleaning any information about the group.
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134. About its membership, its practices.
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135. - I believe you can help us.
- No, thank you.
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136. I'm retired.
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137. I think you can tell that
I'm trying to put my life back together.
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138. - I can't get involved in this.
- We're not asking you to.
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139. I'm asking you to take a look at the case file.
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140. No, thank you.
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141. Mr Black, the day after tomorrow
is January 1st, 2000.
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142. That's the significant date for these people.
That doesn't leave us much time.
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143. Don't you want to see them stopped?
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144. Well, Mr Black,
you are not what I was expecting.
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145. - Agent Mulder.
- Yes.
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146. It's 1st & 18. Just let me
watch this game in peace.
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147. - It's 3rd & 10. Notre Dame.
- Happy New Year.
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148. Same to you.
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149. - Evenin'.
- Hi.
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150. Could I give you a hand?
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151. Oh, no. I'm about done. But thanks.
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152. - Guess I ran over a nail or somethin'.
- Well, I can help you see at least.
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153. Well, I've been drivin' all night.
Be good to get home.
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154. Ihearya.
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155. (sniffs the air) Man, whew!
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156. What is that?
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157. I think a deer, maybe,
must have died out there in the woods.
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158. Sir.
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159. What's in the truck?
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160. - Nothing.
- Mind if I take a look?
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161. - There's nothing in there, so...
- Drop that. Take two steps back.
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162. Drop it.
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163. Stand up, there. Stand up!
Let me see your hands!
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164. - (recites verse)
- What?
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165. Speak up!
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166. Hey.
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167. I have the men concentrating on the woods.
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168. Our necromancer was definitely here.
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169. It's salt. Heavy magic.
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170. If you're gonna tell me that he stopped
by the side of the road to raise the dead -
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171. which I hope you're not-
I've got two things to say to you.
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172. One is that his previous circles
were made of blood, not salt, and two...
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173. They were large enough for a body.
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174. This is a protective circle
for one man to stand in.
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175. - Protecting himself against what?
- Whatever it was that did that.
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176. Agents!
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177. Over here!
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178. I saw a lump in the ground.
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179. My God.
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180. Bite marks. They look human.
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181. More salt.
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182. "I am he that liveth and was dead; and,
behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen;
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183. and have the keys of hell and of death."
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184. Book of Revelation. Chapter one, verse 18.
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185. Go, Fighting Irish.
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186. 1st&18.
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187. It's not football, it's Revelations.
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188. You wanted to tell us something.
Why not just come out and say it?
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189. I don't know what you're talking about.
I cannot get involved in this.
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190. All right, so you'll occasionally
drop a little arcane hint?
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191. A police officer was murdered, Frank.
Why do you want to play around?
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192. Your denials aside,
you know something about that.
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193. You knew that we'd find this.
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194. What are you afraid of?
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195. Losing your daughter.
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196. You're in a custody battle
with the parents of your late wife.
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197. I just spoke with your doctor.
That's why you're here.
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198. They claimed I was an unfit father, obsessed
with conspiracy and the end of the world.
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199. That my work meant more to me
than my daughter, Jordan.
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200. The thing is, they were right.
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201. And so you retired.
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202. I will sell insurance. I'll do whatever it takes.
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203. I'll get well and I'll jump through hoops,
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204. but I will not mention
the Millennium Group again.
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205. But you obviously wanna help.
You dropped that clue on us.
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206. Look, Frank, nobody
needs to know about this.
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207. We're just three people
sittin' around talking.
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208. The Book of Revelation describes
the end of the physical world
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209. in a battle between heaven and hell,
good against evil.
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210. The Millennium Group believed
that that time was upon us.
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211. These four represent a schism in the group.
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212. They believe that for the end time to come,
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213. man must take an active hand
in bringing that about.
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214. - And to that end they committed suicide?
- Yeah.
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215. With the express purpose
of being brought back to life.
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216. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse.
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217. These four men bring with them
war, pestilence, famine and death.
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218. So that all the dead of the earth will rise.
Armageddon.
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219. It must begin with the dawn
of the Millennium or not at all.
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220. That's what they believe.
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221. The man you're looking for,
your necromancer,
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222. he exhumed these men
in accordance with their wishes.
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223. Is he a member of the Millennium Group?
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224. No, they sought him out. He believes
he's doing God's work, but he's mistaken.
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225. Could you tell us a bit more about this man?
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226. He's a white male, 45 to 50.
He's a religious man. No police record.
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227. No fulfilling relationship.
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228. You would pass him
without giving him a glance.
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229. So this is the one event
that will give his life meaning?
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230. Yeah. He needs privacy for this.
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231. He'll live alone.
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232. Possibly in the house he grew up in.
Most likely, it's a large, rural property,
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233. away from prying eyes.
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234. He'll own a truck or a van.
He needs it to transport the bodies.
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235. There'll be high fences.
"No Trespassing" signs.
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236. It's a solitary existence.
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237. He's worked around death
all his life, in some capacity.
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238. A funeral parlour or a cemetery.
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239. Death comforts him.
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240. He took great care in burying the deputy,
in preparing the body,
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241. despite the fact that he feared being caught.
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242. He stapled the lips, sealed the mouth shut.
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243. It was to prevent the man from coming back
to life. He believes that, if disturbed,
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244. the deputy will rise from the dead.
It's too soon for that.
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245. So when he realises
the deputy has been discovered,
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246. he'll feel a need to take action.
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247. He'll return to the body first chance he gets.
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248. Rice County Morgue.
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249. I think you'll catch him there.
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250. These four members
of the Millennium Group,
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251. the ones that truly liveth, who were dead,
these are the ones we have to catch.
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252. Mr Black. You've got a phone call.
I think it might be your daughter.
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253. Thank you. My daughter. Excuse me.
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254. It's more important to track down
four dead bodies than one murderer?
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255. He's not our murderer.
And those four bodies aren't dead.
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256. - And the millennium is 14 hours away.
- These people, even when they were alive,
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257. mangled biblical prophecy
to the extent that it's unrecognisable.
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258. Our year 2000
is just their artificial deadline.
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259. And besides, 2001 is actually
the start of the new millennium.
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260. Nobody likes a math geek, Scully.
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261. Anyway, I think that
Frank's profile is sound.
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262. And I think with it we have the best chance
of finding this necromancer, as you call him.
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263. - So I am going down to the county morgue.
- I absolutely think you should.
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264. - And what are you gonna do?
- Follow the profile.
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265. The deputy was killed on a road
that connects with no major highway.
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266. I think our necromancer lives nearby.
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267. I'll do a rundown on
all single landowners in the area.
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268. See where the bodies are buried, since we...
Oh, Scully, would you do me a favour?
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269. Don't let anyone remove the staples
from the deputy's mouth.
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270. Please, just humour me. Thanks.
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271. Proceeding with the visual
examination of the mouth.
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272. Jesus.
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273. What appears to be salt
is packed into the victim's mouth.
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274. God only knows why.
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275. Am removing it.
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276. This is Agent Dana Scully with the FBI.
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277. Please do not autopsy the murder victim
that was brought in earlier.
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278. The sheriff's deputy.
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279. If you've already started, stop now.
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280. I'll be there shortly,
and I'll explain when I arrive.
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281. Hello?
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282. Where is she?
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283. Sir?
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284. How you feelin'?
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285. - All things considered?
- What the hell happened here?
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286. - Who is that man?
- The sheriff's deputy.
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287. The man we found this morning.
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288. He was dead.
And then, somehow, he wasn't.
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289. He attacked me.
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290. You shot him?
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291. Three rounds, centre of mass into his chest.
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292. No effect.
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293. There's a gunshot wound
to his head as well.
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294. Yeah, this man
Mulder calls the necromancer,
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295. our suspect, he was here too.
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296. He fired that shot with my gun.
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297. He saved me. I have no idea why.
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298. He got away,
but I was in no shape to follow.
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299. Look, sir, I can't even begin to offer
an explanation for what happened.
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300. But I have to say
it is exactly what Mulder feared.
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301. Yeah, which is why I would like to talk to
him. Why isn't he answering his phone?
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302. Well, welcome to the boondocks.
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303. Hey! Open the door! Open the door!
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304. Open up! Let me out! Hey!
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305. I haven't heard from him.
He didn't go to the morgue with you?
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306. No, he went looking for our suspect's home.
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307. No one's been able to contact him since.
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308. I've got task-force agents canvassing
the northwestern Maryland area,
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309. but it's a large territory to cover
and we're running out of time.
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310. Sir, I'm just afraid that Mulder
may have found what he's looking for.
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311. - I need your help in finding him.
- You respected my reasons in the past.
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312. - Please respect 'em now.
- I'm not sure I understand your reasons, sir.
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313. And I'm starting to wonder what this is
all about and how much you know about it.
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314. Mulder mentioned the four Millennium
members "who liveth" and were dead.
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315. Now, this morning,
I saw what he was talking about.
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316. You did?
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317. - One of them attacked me.
- I'm sorry.
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318. Now, as crazy as this sounds, I have to ask.
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319. Do you believe that the Millennium Group
is capable of bringing about the end time?
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320. Armageddon?
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321. I understand their beliefs.
I've spent years trying to unravel them.
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322. Make sense of them.
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323. Doesn't mean I believe them myself.
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324. But what if it were true?
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325. Good and evil, which would prevail?
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326. I'm sorry.
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327. Octavia. I'm gonna check myself out.
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328. - You'd like a day pass?
- I won't be coming back.
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329. Who's there?
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330. - It's me.
- You came.
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331. I almost didn't.
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332. We'd given up on ya. Thank God.
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333. Thank God.
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334. There's someone in the basement.
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335. Policeman.
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336. He killed one of the members.
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337. He shot him in the head.
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338. But you're here.
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339. Now we'll have four.
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340. I'm here.
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341. I can't tell you how happy I am.
You were meant to be the fourth.
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342. I always knew that.
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343. - I so hoped you'd come around.
- I didn't want to.
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344. The man in the basement-
I told him how to find this place.
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345. You... Why?
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346. I was trying to walk
the straight and narrow.
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347. Leave the Millennium Group behind.
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348. But I know that I can't do that any more.
Now that I know you've succeeded.
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349. - You didn't believe the dead would arise.
- No.
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350. You see what the future holds, Frank.
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351. - You know you can't run from it.
- No, I can't run.
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352. You've paid so dearly.
They've taken your daughter from you.
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353. Murdered your wife.
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354. There is no justice in this world.
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355. But there will be in the next.
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356. The hour is near.
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357. Are you ready, Frank?
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358. I'm ready.
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359. I am the resurrection and the life.
He that believeth in Me,
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360. - though he were dead...
- Yet shall he live.
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361. Whosoever liveth and believeth
in Me shall never die.
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362. - Scully.
- This is Skinner.
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363. We back-checked Frank Black, as you asked.
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364. - And?
- He took no calls, except from his daughter.
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365. But the staff took messages
from a Rice County number.
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366. That's where I am.
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367. We ran phone records
for the desecration victims.
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368. All four received calls
from this number before their deaths.
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369. I'm gonna need an address.
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370. I'm begging you, please. You know
what the world is. Evil goes unpunished.
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371. The good suffer. There's no future here
but uncertainty and pain.
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372. Let the judgment come.
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373. You're damning yourself, Frank!
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374. Agent Mulder?
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375. Can you hear me?
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376. - Agent Mulder?
- Yeah. I'm down here.
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377. They're all around.
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378. - You armed?
- Oh, yeah.
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379. Shoot for the head. That seems to stop 'em.
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380. - There's three of 'em.
- Where?
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381. I don't know. They're hiding.
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382. - Mulder, can you get up?
- I think so.
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383. Look out!
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384. (TV) There's another shot
of that millennium crystal ball,
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385. and they're gettin' ready to bring in
the new year. They are packed in tonight.
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386. Body heat alone is keeping 'em warm. And
look at it - all the way up past 52nd Street.
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387. That is that X-shaped thing I was
talkin' about before. This is Times Square.
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388. - Mr Black.
- Hi.
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389. Mark Johnson's been taken
for a psychiatric evaluation.
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390. He'll be put under suicide watch,
just as you asked.
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391. - Good.
- And, um...
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392. - What?
- There's someone here to see you.
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393. - Hi, Daddy!
- Hiya, little one.
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394. - Well. Oh, I missed you, sweetheart.
- I missed you too, Daddy.
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395. Let's get outta here.
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396. Frank, good luck with everything.
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397. Agent Mulder, Agent Scully.
I guess this is it.
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398. You're not gonna stay and watch?
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399. We just wanna go home.
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400. Take care of yourselves.
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401. Hug your friends and loved ones tight,
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402. what the heck, whoever that person is
next to you. No time like the present.
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403. Here we go. Ten, nine, eight,
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404. seven, six, five,
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405. four, three, two...
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406. Happy new year 2000.
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407. - The world didn't end.
- No, it didn't.
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408. - Happy new year, Scully.
- Happy new year, Mulder.
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409. Visiontext Subtitles:
Marisa Castle de Joncaire
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410. (Child) I made this!
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