1 00:01:15,993 --> 00:01:18,037 Morris? 2 00:01:21,874 --> 00:01:25,044 Morris, I need to talk to you! 3 00:01:25,169 --> 00:01:27,838 Morris, it's me. Are you in there? 4 00:01:28,839 --> 00:01:30,883 Morris? 5 00:01:32,176 --> 00:01:35,179 Morris, if you're in there, open the damn door! 6 00:01:36,514 --> 00:01:39,850 Morris! Morris, open up! 7 00:01:43,896 --> 00:01:46,023 Morris, I need to talk to you! 8 00:01:46,399 --> 00:01:49,360 Gail Anne is dead. It was my fault. 9 00:01:52,738 --> 00:01:54,865 Morris! 10 00:02:01,580 --> 00:02:04,041 Morris, I need to talk to you. 11 00:02:04,667 --> 00:02:08,045 Come to the door, Morris, please. Answer the door, dammit! 12 00:02:19,598 --> 00:02:21,267 Oh, no! 13 00:02:26,188 --> 00:02:29,025 Oh, god, no! No, god! 14 00:02:31,694 --> 00:02:33,779 God, no. 15 00:02:33,904 --> 00:02:36,574 No, no, no, no, no. 16 00:02:36,699 --> 00:02:38,743 Please, no. Please! 17 00:03:27,625 --> 00:03:31,045 Two apparent abductions in a month, then this one. 18 00:03:31,128 --> 00:03:36,300 My contact says the Richmond pd's hit a brick wall, so I said we'd have a look. 19 00:03:36,425 --> 00:03:38,469 - Who's your contact? - Kelly Ryan. 20 00:03:38,594 --> 00:03:41,138 She was one of my students at the academy. 21 00:03:41,263 --> 00:03:43,391 She's been bumped up to detective... 22 00:03:43,474 --> 00:03:48,229 And she's nervous about her supervisor finding out the FBI are involved. 23 00:03:48,312 --> 00:03:50,439 - Kelly? - Agent Scully. 24 00:03:51,357 --> 00:03:54,985 - Hi. This is agent mulder. - Hi. Thank you for coming. 25 00:03:55,111 --> 00:03:58,114 - You're welcome. - Heard a lot about you. 26 00:03:58,197 --> 00:04:00,324 We'll talk later. 27 00:04:00,783 --> 00:04:05,204 The missing man is Patrick newirth, aged 52. 28 00:04:05,329 --> 00:04:09,166 He's a top executive with morley tobacco, up here for a meeting. 29 00:04:09,291 --> 00:04:12,503 - He arrived by train. - How do you know he's missing? 30 00:04:12,628 --> 00:04:16,757 He set a wake-up call for 6am. The operator tried, but got no answer. 31 00:04:16,841 --> 00:04:19,844 Mm. Scotch. It looks like he barely touched it. 32 00:04:19,969 --> 00:04:25,349 Needless to say, he missed his meeting. After three hours, they sent hotel security up. 33 00:04:25,474 --> 00:04:31,480 The door was locked, security chain fastened. And when they broke in, no Patrick newirth. 34 00:04:31,564 --> 00:04:33,983 - Windows? - Locked from the inside. 35 00:04:34,150 --> 00:04:38,362 We're six storeys up, no fire escape. No way in or out of this room. 36 00:04:39,196 --> 00:04:43,409 - Agent Scully, what are you lookin' at? - Uh, the heat register. 37 00:04:44,201 --> 00:04:48,164 - You think anyone could squeeze in there? - You never know. 38 00:04:49,081 --> 00:04:53,169 - You guys turn up any forensics evidence? - Uh, just this. 39 00:04:58,591 --> 00:05:02,011 - Scully, look at this. - What is it? 40 00:05:02,094 --> 00:05:06,390 We don't know. The hotel claims it wasn't here before mr newirth checked in. 41 00:05:06,724 --> 00:05:10,311 There were similar burn marks at the previous crime scenes. 42 00:05:10,394 --> 00:05:15,191 - Was Patrick newirth a smoker? - No. His wife says he loathed cigarettes. 43 00:05:15,691 --> 00:05:19,028 - Yet he worked for a tobacco company. - Did you run a test on it? 44 00:05:19,111 --> 00:05:22,823 Yes, sir. Mostly carbon, with some potassium and trace minerals. 45 00:05:22,907 --> 00:05:27,578 - Could be residue from burnt human flesh. - Does this look like an arm to anybody? 46 00:05:28,871 --> 00:05:31,582 - An arm? - What are you thinkin', mulder? 47 00:05:33,125 --> 00:05:37,254 This burn Mark is right where I'd stand to answer the door, right? 48 00:05:37,379 --> 00:05:40,424 - Yes. - And I'd only look out the peephole... 49 00:05:40,549 --> 00:05:44,970 - If there was something to look at, right? - That makes sense. 50 00:05:50,768 --> 00:05:54,438 - Could you have this bulb dusted for prints? - Of course. 51 00:05:55,105 --> 00:05:59,193 And can you run those against mr newirth's? Do you have his prints? 52 00:05:59,276 --> 00:06:01,820 From his toiletries and check-in slip. 53 00:06:01,946 --> 00:06:05,866 Check them against all hotel employees and guests. 54 00:06:05,950 --> 00:06:10,663 - Anything else? - What's the name of the last missing person? 55 00:06:10,788 --> 00:06:13,332 That would be Margaret wysnecki. 56 00:06:13,457 --> 00:06:15,751 Thanks. This should do it. 57 00:06:15,834 --> 00:06:18,170 Is this your first case, detective? 58 00:06:19,797 --> 00:06:22,675 - Yes, sir. - Any idea why they gave it to you? 59 00:06:24,468 --> 00:06:26,595 No one else wanted it. 60 00:06:26,679 --> 00:06:30,849 Because of the lack of evidence, this is still a missing persons case... 61 00:06:30,975 --> 00:06:33,811 Not likely to end up on the front pages. 62 00:06:33,936 --> 00:06:36,647 I wouldn't be so sure about that. 63 00:06:37,648 --> 00:06:40,276 Can I ask what you think may have happened? 64 00:06:40,359 --> 00:06:44,488 At first blush? Spontaneous human combustion. 65 00:06:48,158 --> 00:06:50,286 You're doing just fine. 66 00:06:50,786 --> 00:06:53,455 - Having a little fun? - What do you mean? 67 00:06:53,539 --> 00:06:58,043 - Spontaneous human combustion? - I have case files of bodies reduced to ash... 68 00:06:58,168 --> 00:07:02,464 With no attendant burning or melting. Rapid oxidation without heat. 69 00:07:02,548 --> 00:07:06,719 Let's forget that there's no scientific theory to support it. 70 00:07:43,672 --> 00:07:46,425 Hey, Scully. Can you spare a prophylactic? 71 00:07:59,229 --> 00:08:01,273 What are the odds of that, huh? 72 00:08:01,398 --> 00:08:04,068 Darkness covers a multitude of sins. 73 00:08:05,903 --> 00:08:09,948 Check this out. My newest tool in the fight against crime. 74 00:08:10,074 --> 00:08:13,035 $49.95 at your local hardware store. 75 00:08:13,118 --> 00:08:17,456 Neat trick. For your birthday, I'll buy you a utility belt. 76 00:08:25,089 --> 00:08:30,010 - Look at this, mulder. - Hm. What do we know about the victim? 77 00:08:30,094 --> 00:08:32,846 Margaret wysnecki, aged 66. 78 00:08:32,930 --> 00:08:37,893 Widowed, retired from laramie tobacco, where she worked for 36 years. 79 00:08:37,976 --> 00:08:41,313 Tobacco? Patrick newirth worked for morley tobacco. 80 00:08:41,438 --> 00:08:44,983 Half of Richmond earns their paycheck making cancer sticks. 81 00:08:45,109 --> 00:08:47,820 - Could be just a coincidence. - Yeah, probably. 82 00:08:47,945 --> 00:08:53,742 The first missing person, Gail Anne lambert, worked for polarity magnetics inc. 83 00:08:56,829 --> 00:09:01,458 They didn't find any prints. Why should the prints on the bulb mean anything? 84 00:09:01,583 --> 00:09:03,627 I don't know. 85 00:09:07,423 --> 00:09:12,469 Oh, look at this, Scully. Someone forgot to empty the trash. 86 00:09:14,763 --> 00:09:19,893 M wysnecki, round trip to Hampton roads, Virginia. Return train dated march 17th. 87 00:09:19,977 --> 00:09:23,856 - The day she disappeared. - Patrick newirth came by train. 88 00:09:23,981 --> 00:09:26,275 And Gail Anne lambert... 89 00:09:27,776 --> 00:09:31,113 Uh, no. Nothing here puts her near the train station. 90 00:09:31,196 --> 00:09:34,992 - Maybe that detail was overlooked. - What's the significance? 91 00:09:35,117 --> 00:09:41,039 Maybe these people are being hunted, and the hunter's working the train station. 92 00:09:41,165 --> 00:09:43,876 What about spontaneous human combustion? 93 00:09:44,001 --> 00:09:47,463 Maybe it's not spontaneous. Call your young detective... 94 00:09:47,546 --> 00:09:51,175 And tell her to get a detail down to the train station. 95 00:10:49,525 --> 00:10:54,947 Suspicious male in the alley behind the station. I'm gonna check him out. 96 00:10:55,072 --> 00:10:57,908 Roger that, 64. I'm on my way. 97 00:10:58,575 --> 00:11:00,619 Sir, could I speak with you? 98 00:11:02,204 --> 00:11:05,207 Hold on! I only wanna ask you a couple of questions! 99 00:11:05,290 --> 00:11:08,794 All right, stop right there. Don't move. Just hold it. 100 00:11:09,294 --> 00:11:11,421 Put your hands in the air, sir. 101 00:11:14,299 --> 00:11:16,802 Stay... away from me. 102 00:11:19,137 --> 00:11:22,641 What do you think you're doin'? Come on outta there. 103 00:11:22,766 --> 00:11:25,102 We just wanna talk to you. 104 00:11:25,936 --> 00:11:28,564 Stay away from me. I don't wanna hurt you. 105 00:11:29,815 --> 00:11:32,276 - Move it. - Hands where we can see them. 106 00:11:43,579 --> 00:11:46,331 Please... I'm warning you. 107 00:11:47,416 --> 00:11:52,504 - I'm a dangerous man. - Keep movin', pal, out where we can see ya. 108 00:11:57,426 --> 00:12:01,680 All right. I want you to lie face down on the ground. 109 00:12:02,764 --> 00:12:04,850 Don't... come any closer. 110 00:12:05,684 --> 00:12:08,020 Get down on the ground, sir. Now! 111 00:12:09,021 --> 00:12:11,440 Please! You don't understand. 112 00:12:13,817 --> 00:12:16,278 - Oh, god! No! - Barney? 113 00:12:18,322 --> 00:12:20,282 Don't! No! Stay away! 114 00:12:26,038 --> 00:12:28,206 Oh, god! 115 00:12:29,499 --> 00:12:32,002 Oh, god! Not again! 116 00:12:32,961 --> 00:12:36,173 No! No! No! No! 117 00:12:57,361 --> 00:13:01,615 - What happened here, Kelly? - I sent two patrolmen down here. 118 00:13:01,698 --> 00:13:05,077 They lost radio contact with them just after midnight. 119 00:13:05,202 --> 00:13:08,997 - All they found was two more scorch marks. - Nothing else? 120 00:13:09,081 --> 00:13:13,752 No. Suddenly this could be a cop-killer case, and I'm indirectly responsible. 121 00:13:13,877 --> 00:13:18,632 - You were just doing your job. - They wanna know why I sent these men. 122 00:13:18,715 --> 00:13:22,803 - If I tell them I've involved you, they'll snap. - Those prints? 123 00:13:22,886 --> 00:13:25,931 I ran it against all the hotel staff and guests... 124 00:13:26,056 --> 00:13:29,267 Then through the national databases. No match. 125 00:13:31,687 --> 00:13:35,190 - Some first case, huh? - Make sure you hang on to this case. 126 00:13:35,273 --> 00:13:37,359 I'm sure something will turn up. 127 00:13:37,776 --> 00:13:41,571 - These ideas of yours. Care to share them? - Not yet. 128 00:13:41,697 --> 00:13:46,535 - You don't have a clue, do you? - He was here, Scully. I was right about that. 129 00:13:50,789 --> 00:13:55,002 - So where does this leave us? - Maybe with enough to identify the killer. 130 00:13:55,085 --> 00:13:57,921 - How? - He was here last night. 131 00:13:58,046 --> 00:14:02,134 He was also probably here on march 17th and march 31st. 132 00:14:02,259 --> 00:14:05,137 The days that the other two people disappeared. 133 00:14:05,262 --> 00:14:08,724 That leaves us with three days of station video tapes to check... 134 00:14:08,807 --> 00:14:14,146 - And hopefully find out who this guy is. - That's assuming we're looking for a guy. 135 00:14:14,271 --> 00:14:17,649 Either way, the security camera's our only witness. 136 00:14:23,613 --> 00:14:26,450 It could be any one of these people, mulder. 137 00:14:26,575 --> 00:14:28,827 Or none of them. 138 00:14:28,952 --> 00:14:33,206 We've gone through the entire week and I'm still not sure how to find him. 139 00:14:33,290 --> 00:14:36,168 That's it for march 22nd on the arrival deck. 140 00:14:36,293 --> 00:14:39,463 - Let's go back to the terminal tape. - Again? 141 00:14:40,005 --> 00:14:42,257 He's gotta be on at least one tape. 142 00:14:42,340 --> 00:14:46,094 Chances are he's not carrying a sign with an arrow on it. 143 00:14:46,178 --> 00:14:48,305 There you go. 144 00:14:51,808 --> 00:14:54,770 See this guy, right here? He's always here. 145 00:14:54,853 --> 00:14:57,272 What's he doing? 146 00:14:57,981 --> 00:15:01,276 - Looking at the floor. - Why's he doin' that? 147 00:15:01,943 --> 00:15:06,865 Probably the same reason he spends his whole afternoon in the train station. 148 00:15:07,532 --> 00:15:10,660 - Can you freeze this and blow it up 200%? - Sure. 149 00:15:15,999 --> 00:15:19,336 Ok. Can you reframe and blow it up some more? 150 00:15:21,004 --> 00:15:23,465 See, he's got something on his jacket. 151 00:15:23,548 --> 00:15:26,510 Let's see if I can pull it up. 152 00:15:29,846 --> 00:15:33,892 - Polarity magnetics. - That's where the first victim worked. 153 00:15:49,908 --> 00:15:52,035 Looks like it's been closed up. 154 00:15:53,578 --> 00:15:57,082 - Yes? - We're agents mulder and Scully, FBI. 155 00:15:58,708 --> 00:16:02,212 We're looking for a man who may have worked here. 156 00:16:05,590 --> 00:16:08,927 - When was this taken? - March 22nd. Do you know him? 157 00:16:09,886 --> 00:16:12,764 Sure I know him. Dr Chester banton. 158 00:16:12,889 --> 00:16:17,060 - He was my business partner. - You mean he's not any more? 159 00:16:18,061 --> 00:16:20,564 I don't know. I would assume not. 160 00:16:20,689 --> 00:16:23,650 This is the first I've seen of him in five weeks. 161 00:16:23,733 --> 00:16:27,654 - I wondered if he wasn't gonna turn up dead. - How's that? 162 00:16:27,737 --> 00:16:31,241 Chester was involved in a terrible accident here. 163 00:16:34,411 --> 00:16:38,957 Polarity magnetics does, or did, primarily two kinds of research. 164 00:16:39,082 --> 00:16:43,295 Mostly we designed Maglev applications - people movers, bullet trains. 165 00:16:43,420 --> 00:16:48,967 But, for Chester, that just paid the bills for the theoretical stuff he was interested in. 166 00:16:49,092 --> 00:16:51,720 - Which was what? - Researching dark matter. 167 00:16:51,803 --> 00:16:55,640 Quantum particles, neutrinos, gluons, mesons, quarks. 168 00:16:55,765 --> 00:16:59,394 - Subatomic particles. - The mysteries of the universe. 169 00:16:59,477 --> 00:17:04,107 - The very building blocks of reality. - Except no one knows if they exist. 170 00:17:04,232 --> 00:17:06,276 Chester was sure they did. 171 00:17:06,401 --> 00:17:09,112 So sure, he bet his life on it. 172 00:17:13,158 --> 00:17:18,538 This is where it happened. Chester was working to isolate a new particle. 173 00:17:18,622 --> 00:17:22,876 - He'd been working on it for a year. - This is a particle accelerator. 174 00:17:22,959 --> 00:17:26,963 One fifth the power of the Texas supercollider in the space of a Wal-Mart. 175 00:17:27,088 --> 00:17:30,008 - Powered by what? - A couple of billion megawatts. 176 00:17:30,133 --> 00:17:34,179 - Virginia power loved us. - Exactly what happened here? 177 00:17:34,304 --> 00:17:38,225 The work involved bombarding beta particles with an Alpha target... 178 00:17:38,308 --> 00:17:40,310 Negative against positive. 179 00:17:40,435 --> 00:17:46,233 Chester had started the countdown when he realised he'd made a mistake. 180 00:17:46,316 --> 00:17:49,569 Something needed readjusting in the target room. 181 00:17:49,653 --> 00:17:52,948 Except you can't stop the countdown once you've begun. 182 00:17:53,031 --> 00:17:55,909 There was time to safely make the change... 183 00:17:55,992 --> 00:18:00,497 But I had left the room for a minute when Chester decided to go in. 184 00:18:01,539 --> 00:18:06,711 I didn't realise until it was too late that the door had locked behind him. 185 00:18:23,019 --> 00:18:25,063 Look at this. 186 00:18:25,522 --> 00:18:29,859 As far as I can tell, it burned Chester's shadow right into the wall. 187 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:33,238 - How did he survive? - All I can figure is... 188 00:18:33,363 --> 00:18:37,033 The quanta liberated off the target have virtually no mass. 189 00:18:37,158 --> 00:18:40,912 - They slid right through his body. - Like getting an X-ray. 190 00:18:41,037 --> 00:18:43,373 A two-billion-megawatt X-ray. 191 00:18:43,498 --> 00:18:46,543 When I saw on the monitor what was happening... 192 00:18:46,668 --> 00:18:49,838 That Chester was trapped in here, I panicked. 193 00:18:49,921 --> 00:18:52,215 I cut the power, but it was too late. 194 00:18:53,049 --> 00:18:56,344 I remember looking, and... seeing Chester. 195 00:18:58,096 --> 00:19:00,181 He was perfectly calm... 196 00:19:00,265 --> 00:19:02,559 Almost like he wanted it to happen. 197 00:19:03,101 --> 00:19:07,272 Like he was finally going to experience the dark matter he had theorised... 198 00:19:07,397 --> 00:19:09,733 In some kind of physical way. 199 00:19:11,276 --> 00:19:13,570 As if the truth might come into him. 200 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,409 Excuse me. 201 00:19:20,243 --> 00:19:22,370 What do you think, Scully? 202 00:19:23,747 --> 00:19:28,918 Well, this looks like the same kind of material found at the other crime scenes. 203 00:19:29,252 --> 00:19:32,714 Maybe it is some kind of spontaneous human combustion. 204 00:19:32,797 --> 00:19:34,924 I'm less convinced of that now. 205 00:19:35,592 --> 00:19:38,219 - What do you think it is? - I don't know. 206 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:44,517 Whatever it is, it's connected to the person of dr Chester banton. Maybe even part of him. 207 00:19:44,601 --> 00:19:48,063 Well, whatever it is, we have to find him. 208 00:19:48,146 --> 00:19:51,441 I know of only one place to start iookin'. 209 00:20:08,792 --> 00:20:12,962 There's no sign of him, mulder. Maybe he's moved on. 210 00:20:13,963 --> 00:20:18,259 - What are you looking at? - On the tape, he kept staring at the floor. 211 00:20:18,343 --> 00:20:21,596 I'm trying to figure out what he might have been looking at. 212 00:20:21,679 --> 00:20:24,349 Maybe the exposure affected his mind. 213 00:20:24,474 --> 00:20:28,395 Nonsensical repetitive behaviour is common in mental illness. 214 00:20:28,478 --> 00:20:30,605 You trying to tell me something? 215 00:20:31,981 --> 00:20:38,113 I called detective Ryan. She's having the prints on the bulbs checked against banton's. 216 00:20:38,196 --> 00:20:40,407 Did you tell her about his accident? 217 00:20:40,490 --> 00:20:46,121 No. I only told her he was a possible suspect, and that it was too early to get her hopes up. 218 00:20:46,204 --> 00:20:49,207 And that we have more questions than answers. 219 00:20:49,332 --> 00:20:53,294 - Like? - Like a motive. Like a murder weapon. 220 00:20:53,378 --> 00:20:55,797 - Like... - What if dr banton... 221 00:20:56,339 --> 00:20:59,342 Look here. There are hardly any shadows cast. 222 00:20:59,467 --> 00:21:02,846 - What do you mean? - The lighting in here is diffused. 223 00:21:02,971 --> 00:21:06,975 Soft light. What if that's what dr banton was looking for? 224 00:21:07,058 --> 00:21:09,185 Looking for his shadow? 225 00:21:16,985 --> 00:21:19,028 Dr banton. 226 00:21:41,843 --> 00:21:44,053 Stop right there! 227 00:21:44,387 --> 00:21:46,431 Dr banton! 228 00:21:51,269 --> 00:21:54,063 Please... just leave me alone. 229 00:21:54,397 --> 00:21:56,608 We're federal agents, dr banton. 230 00:21:56,733 --> 00:22:00,028 You don't understand. You're making a big mistake. 231 00:22:01,237 --> 00:22:03,281 Stay away from me. 232 00:22:06,075 --> 00:22:07,702 Wait! 233 00:22:08,286 --> 00:22:11,206 It'll kill you. It doesn't care who you are. 234 00:22:19,923 --> 00:22:21,966 Oh, thank god! 235 00:22:39,317 --> 00:22:43,029 - I thought he was to be kept in the dark. - He insisted on soft light. 236 00:22:43,112 --> 00:22:46,449 It's the only way he'd let us open the door. 237 00:23:04,467 --> 00:23:09,138 How can you even... begin to understand what it's like? 238 00:23:09,264 --> 00:23:13,309 - We're trying to understand. - Living in a train station day and night. 239 00:23:13,434 --> 00:23:15,853 Living like a bum. 240 00:23:15,979 --> 00:23:19,357 Afraid to fall asleep because of what might happen. 241 00:23:20,608 --> 00:23:23,695 The accident in the lab, the quantum bombardment. 242 00:23:23,820 --> 00:23:26,739 You believe that altered you physically? 243 00:23:26,823 --> 00:23:29,409 You could... you could say that. 244 00:23:29,492 --> 00:23:31,619 Can you tell us how? 245 00:23:33,204 --> 00:23:35,957 Even if I could, you wouldn't understand. 246 00:23:37,041 --> 00:23:42,714 - But it has something to do with dark matter. - It has everything to do with dark matter. 247 00:23:42,839 --> 00:23:44,882 My shadow... 248 00:23:45,717 --> 00:23:47,844 Isn't mine. 249 00:23:49,012 --> 00:23:51,889 It's... it's like a black hole. 250 00:23:52,015 --> 00:23:54,934 It splits molecules into component atoms. 251 00:23:55,018 --> 00:24:00,815 It unzips electrons from their orbits, reduces matter into pure energy. 252 00:24:01,190 --> 00:24:04,986 - That's how you killed Gail Anne lambert? - It wasn't me. 253 00:24:05,987 --> 00:24:08,197 Gail Anne was my colleague. 254 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,367 She... 255 00:24:13,661 --> 00:24:17,206 The night after the accident, I went to see her. 256 00:24:19,709 --> 00:24:22,086 I was just standing in the doonnay. 257 00:24:23,755 --> 00:24:27,383 I was... I was looking right at her. 258 00:24:29,218 --> 00:24:31,262 And then she was gone. 259 00:24:32,180 --> 00:24:34,265 You have no control over it? 260 00:24:34,390 --> 00:24:39,103 If I could control it, do you think I would let it go around killing people? 261 00:24:40,897 --> 00:24:43,024 All I can do is... 262 00:24:43,775 --> 00:24:45,568 Study it. 263 00:24:45,693 --> 00:24:49,530 Try and divine its... Its true nature before they do. 264 00:24:50,073 --> 00:24:52,200 They? 265 00:24:53,117 --> 00:24:55,244 The government. 266 00:24:59,874 --> 00:25:01,918 They're after me. 267 00:25:03,461 --> 00:25:05,588 And when they find me... 268 00:25:06,547 --> 00:25:10,802 They're going to do the brain suck they've just been dying to do. 269 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,556 "Brain suck"? For the purpose of? 270 00:25:15,765 --> 00:25:20,520 For the purpose of stealing what has taken me years to accomplish. 271 00:25:20,603 --> 00:25:23,356 And don't think they wouldn't kill to get it. 272 00:25:23,439 --> 00:25:26,651 But if they killed you, wouldn't your shadow just... 273 00:25:26,776 --> 00:25:29,278 Disappear? Who knows? 274 00:25:34,450 --> 00:25:36,994 That's why you have to get me out of here. 275 00:25:38,454 --> 00:25:44,252 If I die... there could be nothing left to tether this thing. 276 00:25:44,752 --> 00:25:46,963 Excuse me. 277 00:25:47,088 --> 00:25:51,467 I'm gonna have to ask you to discontinue interrogating the suspect. 278 00:26:03,813 --> 00:26:07,066 This is detective barron, the primary on this case. 279 00:26:07,150 --> 00:26:11,320 - I was wondering what your involvement is. - We caught the guy. 280 00:26:11,446 --> 00:26:16,993 I appreciate that. But no one seems to recall inviting the FBI in on this case. 281 00:26:17,118 --> 00:26:20,413 Agent mulder and I are here in an unofficial capacity. 282 00:26:20,496 --> 00:26:22,623 Then who brought you in? 283 00:26:24,292 --> 00:26:28,212 We were curious about the unexplained nature of the case. 284 00:26:29,172 --> 00:26:32,467 Banton's prints place him at two of the crime scenes. 285 00:26:32,550 --> 00:26:37,638 And transit authority tapes show him in the vicinity of two of the most recent victims. 286 00:26:37,722 --> 00:26:43,436 - I'd say this case is pretty much explained. - Really? Have you talked to dr banton? 287 00:26:43,519 --> 00:26:47,356 Don't try to interrogate me, agent mulder. I'm not the suspect. 288 00:26:47,482 --> 00:26:51,527 You know nothing about this case, so you stuck it with detective Ryan. 289 00:26:51,652 --> 00:26:56,908 - Let her decide how to proceed. - She is handling this case. She's done well. 290 00:26:57,033 --> 00:27:01,704 I see no reason not to let her prosecute it once the prisoner has been transferred. 291 00:27:01,829 --> 00:27:03,873 Transferred? Where? 292 00:27:04,373 --> 00:27:06,793 To the cityjail, for his arraignment. 293 00:27:06,876 --> 00:27:10,379 I don't think you appreciate the danger that he poses. 294 00:27:10,505 --> 00:27:15,885 I don't think you have the authority to tell me or anyone else in my unit how to do ourjob. 295 00:27:18,095 --> 00:27:20,848 I think we can handle it from here, agent mulder. 296 00:27:20,932 --> 00:27:24,811 We'll call you if there's anything more you can do. 297 00:27:24,894 --> 00:27:27,021 Come on, mulder. Let's go. 298 00:27:29,524 --> 00:27:32,610 Soft light. He needs soft light. 299 00:27:35,530 --> 00:27:40,743 I hope you know what you're doing, putting detective Ryan's ambition over good sense. 300 00:27:40,868 --> 00:27:44,622 Ambition? She's a woman trying to survive the boys' club. 301 00:27:44,747 --> 00:27:49,085 - Believe me, I know how she feels. - You never put yourself ahead of your work. 302 00:27:49,210 --> 00:27:51,337 And that's what's happening here. 303 00:27:51,420 --> 00:27:55,842 Look, the fact is, we have no jurisdiction here. We were called in as a favour. 304 00:27:55,925 --> 00:27:58,803 And we just handed the a-bomb to the boy scouts. 305 00:27:58,928 --> 00:28:01,180 I'm sure precautions will be taken. 306 00:28:01,264 --> 00:28:06,686 I'm sure Robert Oppenheimer heard that from the same government dr banton is afraid of. 307 00:28:06,769 --> 00:28:09,480 You believe this paranoia about brain sucking? 308 00:28:09,605 --> 00:28:12,775 That man is scared, and not just of his own shadow. 309 00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:16,696 As brilliant as dr banton may be, he is also clearly delusional. 310 00:28:16,779 --> 00:28:23,035 - He shows almost every textbook indicator. - We've both seen the physical evidence. 311 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:27,415 Look, I don't know how to explain it. But that's not ourjob. 312 00:28:27,498 --> 00:28:30,084 I don't know what else we should do. 313 00:28:30,668 --> 00:28:33,170 I think I do. 314 00:29:11,667 --> 00:29:14,587 All you've given me is a name. Chester ray banton. 315 00:29:14,670 --> 00:29:18,174 - Dr Chester ray banton. Do you know him? - No. Should I? 316 00:29:18,299 --> 00:29:22,803 He's being held by the police in connection with several bizarre murders. 317 00:29:22,887 --> 00:29:27,308 He's a physicist, researching quarks, gluons... dark matter. 318 00:29:28,225 --> 00:29:33,940 - He thinks the government is out to get him. - It's tax season. So do most Americans. 319 00:29:34,023 --> 00:29:37,443 - He believes his life is in danger. - Is he a dangerous man? 320 00:29:37,526 --> 00:29:39,654 Yes. 321 00:29:40,196 --> 00:29:43,741 - Where is he being held? - Yaloff psychiatric hospital. 322 00:29:43,866 --> 00:29:47,453 - But not for long. - I'm afraid I can't help you. 323 00:29:47,536 --> 00:29:51,123 - Why? - Last time I helped you, I bloodied my fist... 324 00:29:51,207 --> 00:29:55,461 And regrettably exposed my identity to associates of yours. 325 00:29:55,544 --> 00:29:59,632 Yes, I know. And you can trust them as you trust me, I promise. 326 00:29:59,715 --> 00:30:01,884 Dead men can't keep promises. 327 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:06,305 The next time, the blood and regret could be yours. 328 00:30:06,389 --> 00:30:09,058 I'm not at your Beck and call, agent mulder. 329 00:30:09,183 --> 00:30:12,979 I have nothing to gain and everything to lose by helping you. 330 00:30:13,062 --> 00:30:17,400 Promise you won't contact me again unless absolutely necessary. 331 00:30:24,865 --> 00:30:26,909 I promise. 332 00:30:57,398 --> 00:31:00,151 Frank, are your lights on? Ours just went... 333 00:31:02,653 --> 00:31:06,282 Hi. We're here to transfer Chester ray banton. 334 00:31:06,991 --> 00:31:09,869 I have orders he's being transferred tomorrow. 335 00:31:09,952 --> 00:31:14,331 Due to the power outage, there's been a change of plans. 336 00:31:14,665 --> 00:31:17,626 No one's supposed to go in there! 337 00:31:28,179 --> 00:31:30,306 Here. 338 00:31:31,766 --> 00:31:33,809 Quickly. 339 00:31:35,811 --> 00:31:37,229 Who are you? 340 00:31:37,313 --> 00:31:39,607 No. Don't do this. 341 00:31:39,690 --> 00:31:42,359 Please, no. No, don't. Leave me alone. 342 00:32:57,184 --> 00:33:01,772 - What did you find out, Scully? - Richmond pd had two officers outside. 343 00:33:01,897 --> 00:33:06,026 - They didn't see anybody come in. - The nurse said there were three men. 344 00:33:06,110 --> 00:33:07,903 Three? 345 00:33:08,737 --> 00:33:12,241 The power was disconnected at a substation two blocks away. 346 00:33:12,366 --> 00:33:14,702 Somebody posing as a city engineer. 347 00:33:14,785 --> 00:33:20,249 Somebody who knew how to take it off the grid without affecting surrounding facilities. 348 00:33:20,374 --> 00:33:23,669 Somebody from the government coming for dr banton? 349 00:33:23,752 --> 00:33:26,172 Being paranoid doesn't mean he's wrong. 350 00:33:26,255 --> 00:33:29,592 But my guess is they failed, and dr banton's on the loose. 351 00:33:29,717 --> 00:33:32,970 - That's what detective Ryan thinks. - I just saw her. 352 00:33:33,095 --> 00:33:37,808 She was in charge of his transfer and arraignment. She's in some pretty hot water. 353 00:33:37,933 --> 00:33:41,520 Maybe that was an appointment he wasn't meant to keep. Let's go. 354 00:33:41,604 --> 00:33:46,942 - Where? Mulder, wait. Where are we going? - You heard what dr banton said last night. 355 00:33:47,067 --> 00:33:49,904 - He said a lot of things. - Put yourself in his head. 356 00:33:49,987 --> 00:33:54,366 He hasn't killed himself only because he's afraid of releasing the dark matter. 357 00:33:54,450 --> 00:33:57,369 That's just a theory, and a pretty wild one at that. 358 00:33:57,453 --> 00:34:02,082 Whether or not dr banton is actually telling the truth, he believes he is. 359 00:34:02,166 --> 00:34:05,127 And so does whoever tried to take him last night. 360 00:34:05,252 --> 00:34:08,130 All he's tried to do is control this thing. 361 00:34:08,255 --> 00:34:13,636 He'll go to the one place where he thinks he can do that. And we gotta get there first. 362 00:34:34,114 --> 00:34:37,701 Don't turn on the light, Chris, unless you wanna die. 363 00:34:37,826 --> 00:34:40,037 Chester, what the hell is going on? 364 00:34:40,162 --> 00:34:43,249 The FBI are looking for you. Where have you been? 365 00:34:43,332 --> 00:34:46,418 There's no time to explain. Just come with me. 366 00:34:46,502 --> 00:34:51,173 - What's this about? Talk to me. - We found the dark matter, Chris. It's real. 367 00:34:51,298 --> 00:34:55,135 - What are you talking about? - Don't you understand? I'm it. 368 00:34:55,219 --> 00:34:59,515 - It's... it's in me. - The accident? 369 00:34:59,974 --> 00:35:04,520 They're coming for me. We have to destroy this thing before they get here. 370 00:35:04,645 --> 00:35:06,689 No! You can't go back in there! 371 00:35:06,814 --> 00:35:10,859 Police! I'm placing you under arrest, dr banton. 372 00:35:11,402 --> 00:35:15,364 - A lot of people will die if you do this. - Step against the wall, sir. 373 00:35:16,365 --> 00:35:19,493 I'm begging you. I don't wanna hurt you. 374 00:35:19,743 --> 00:35:22,496 I said step against the wall. 375 00:35:22,579 --> 00:35:24,581 Now! 376 00:35:32,172 --> 00:35:34,049 I'm sorry. 377 00:35:44,184 --> 00:35:46,729 Let's go. We don't have much time. 378 00:36:07,249 --> 00:36:10,586 - Chester! - No matter what they say to you later... 379 00:36:10,711 --> 00:36:12,755 You're doing the right thing. 380 00:36:17,092 --> 00:36:19,219 Lock it up, Chris. 381 00:36:23,932 --> 00:36:26,643 All right. Let's get the accelerator on line. 382 00:36:26,769 --> 00:36:28,812 I'm afraid not, Chester. 383 00:36:30,981 --> 00:36:34,360 - You can do it, Chris. - I can. 384 00:36:34,443 --> 00:36:36,570 But I'm not. 385 00:36:37,988 --> 00:36:41,325 No! Chris, tell me you're not working for them. 386 00:36:41,992 --> 00:36:44,995 - Wish I could, Chester. - You son of a bitch! 387 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:49,833 - Careful. We don't want you to hurt yourself. - I'll die before I'll let them use me! 388 00:36:50,125 --> 00:36:54,630 You're lightning in a bottle, Chester. We're not about to let you die. 389 00:36:59,802 --> 00:37:02,721 Chris, don't do this. Listen to me! 390 00:37:02,805 --> 00:37:04,932 This is wrong! 391 00:37:05,099 --> 00:37:07,309 You're making a terrible mistake! 392 00:37:07,518 --> 00:37:11,313 I've got him. He's not goin' anywhere till you pick him up. 393 00:37:15,818 --> 00:37:17,653 Chris! 394 00:37:17,778 --> 00:37:20,823 Chris? Chris! What's happening? 395 00:37:22,324 --> 00:37:24,451 Chris! Chris... 396 00:37:39,299 --> 00:37:43,804 - Mulder, that's detective Ryan's car. - I was afraid of this. 397 00:37:48,976 --> 00:37:51,019 Mulder. 398 00:37:52,813 --> 00:37:55,149 Dammit. 399 00:38:02,573 --> 00:38:04,700 What's that noise? 400 00:38:05,159 --> 00:38:07,202 It's the accelerator. 401 00:38:23,093 --> 00:38:25,220 Mulder! 402 00:38:44,573 --> 00:38:46,867 Scully, look at this. 403 00:38:51,622 --> 00:38:54,791 He must have killed her and then killed himself. 404 00:38:54,917 --> 00:38:59,046 He couldn't have. This chamber's been sealed from the outside. 405 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:01,423 By who? 406 00:39:33,288 --> 00:39:35,499 Agent mulder. 407 00:39:39,962 --> 00:39:43,048 I thought you agreed not to contact me again about this. 408 00:39:43,131 --> 00:39:45,133 - You lied to me. - About? 409 00:39:45,259 --> 00:39:48,720 About Chester ray banton. You knew who he was. 410 00:39:48,804 --> 00:39:52,933 - And you used me to lead you to him. - You contacted me, agent mulder. 411 00:39:53,016 --> 00:39:56,103 I won't be your stalking-horse, or the government's. 412 00:39:56,186 --> 00:40:00,941 You seem to be mistaken about how much control you exercise over this arrangement. 413 00:40:01,024 --> 00:40:03,777 You killed dr banton! 414 00:40:03,860 --> 00:40:07,447 - Have you lost your mind? - The nurse identified you. 415 00:40:07,531 --> 00:40:10,158 A young detective is dead because of you. 416 00:40:10,284 --> 00:40:12,327 Who do you answer to?! 417 00:40:16,123 --> 00:40:18,834 Despite my loyalty to my predecessor... 418 00:40:18,959 --> 00:40:22,170 I've never made you any promises. 419 00:40:22,504 --> 00:40:25,340 All right. Promise me somethin' right now. 420 00:40:25,799 --> 00:40:29,970 Promise me this'll be our last meeting. We're finished. 421 00:40:30,053 --> 00:40:34,141 You're choosing a dangerous time to go it alone, agent mulder. 422 00:40:36,643 --> 00:40:38,687 Mulder! 423 00:40:43,525 --> 00:40:45,569 I didn't kill him. 424 00:41:06,214 --> 00:41:11,219 The mourners are invited to pay their respects to the family at the Ryan home. 425 00:41:51,385 --> 00:41:55,597 - How are you doin'? - I'm not sure how to feel about this, mulder. 426 00:41:55,722 --> 00:41:58,642 She was my student, and she came to me for help. 427 00:42:01,269 --> 00:42:04,815 - I know it must be hard. - This shouldn't have happened. 428 00:42:05,774 --> 00:42:07,943 This never should have happened. 429 00:42:09,736 --> 00:42:13,240 I'm sorry I'm late. I got hung up at the Richmond pd. 430 00:42:13,323 --> 00:42:16,660 - Doing what? - A missing-person report was filed... 431 00:42:16,785 --> 00:42:21,623 By a dr Morris west, a physicist affiliated with polarity magnetics. 432 00:42:21,748 --> 00:42:23,834 I'm not sure I follow you. 433 00:42:23,959 --> 00:42:29,297 Dr Christopher Davey hasn't been seen or heard from since banton disappeared. 434 00:42:29,423 --> 00:42:32,843 - Do they have any leads? - No. None. 435 00:42:33,135 --> 00:42:34,803 But you do? 436 00:42:34,928 --> 00:42:38,724 What if it wasn't banton we saw in the particle accelerator? 437 00:42:38,807 --> 00:42:42,477 Well, if banton's not dead, then where is he? 438 00:43:09,463 --> 00:43:12,299 Dr Davey would have been helpful to us. 439 00:43:12,466 --> 00:43:15,177 We'll be studying this man for a long time. 440 00:44:14,402 --> 00:44:16,238 Visiontext subtitles: Paul Murray 441 00:44:23,578 --> 00:44:25,288 I made this!