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The Scottish philosopher Belfer said that destiny is the scapegoat that we

responsible for our crimes.

He's probably right, too.

This philosophy, known as determinism, was best summed up by Doris Day with the

words, Que sera, sera.

Now, I'm not saying she was right, but if it was between Doris and a Scottish

dude, I'd party with her any day.

if Tyler's ever going to get out of the sixth grade.

Now they're saying he's got that ADD.

Oh, you're a good woman, Rebecca.

Always have been, and I know you're a good mother.

So I'm sure everything's going to be just fine with little Tyler.

What is it?

You keep a gun in the house, Rebecca?

Yes. Why?

You love your family very much, don't you?

Yeah. But what about the gun?

Well, what I'm about to tell you might be pretty difficult to hear.

What is it?

You sure you want me to go on?

It'll change everything.

Tell me.

That took forever. What are you guys doing in there?

Just talking.

I love you baby.

There once was a story about a man who could turn invisible.

I thought it was only a story.

Until it happened to me.

Okay, so here's how it works. There's this stuff called quick -filter that can

bend light.

Some scientists made it into a synthetic gland, and that's where I came in.

See, I was facing life in prison, and they were looking for a human

So, we made a deal.

They put the gland in my brain, I walk free.

The operation was a success, but that's where everything started to go wrong.

I got just the thing to calm you down.

Hot donuts.

Hot donuts, huh?

Hot donuts.

No one has more respect for a clean balance sheet than me.

Our work may be underground, but our accounting is strictly topside.

I just have a few questions.

General Accounting Office likes to know how the taxpayers' money is being spent.

Of course.

You invested heavily in something called the QS2300 project.

What was that exactly?

That's classified.

I see.

What about office supplies?

Can we talk about that?

Ask away.

According to this, you spent over $9 million last year on paper.

How do you account for that?

We used a lot of post -it notes.

Post -it notes?

Sticky stuff.

This might sound like an odd question.

What exactly does your agency do?

We protect the liberty and the welfare of the American people.

I need those.

Ebert's. Sorry, sir.

The force will happen. Not to worry. We'll get them to you. In the meantime,

there anything we can help you with?

I don't think so.

Well, there must be something.

No. If there's anything you need, anything at all, we can help.

Do you do investigative work? You know, like PI stuff?

What is it?

Videotape?

Photographs? No, it's nothing like that.

Sit down, Mr. Quinn.

We need to talk.

What brings you here?

What else? I need a shot.

You had one three days ago. Yeah, well, I need another one. I'm having dreams

about killing people.

Just dreams.

Look, I'm telling you, this thing that they put inside my head, I think it's

evil, and I think it's trying to take over.

It's a biosynthetic gland. It's not evil. Would it be possible for you to

at me while we're talking?

The gland

secretes the quicksilver that makes you invisible, but it also spikes your

epinephrine, norepinephrine levels, which causes the violent behavior.

Yeah, that.

Yeah, well, it also turned me into a walking time bomb.

Well, if you get your shots of counteragent, you won't go off.

Yeah, which brings us back to square one. I need a shot.

Not yet. Your neurotransmitter level isn't even high enough to require it.

You can't tell that by looking at me. There's no way.

It is my job to keep you safe.

That's a bunch of crap. You care about me like you care about that rat.

And what makes you think I don't care about the rat?

Darian.

You get too much counteragent, you will build up an immunity. It'll be less

likely to prevent quicksilver madness.

Now, trust me on this one.

Come here.

Look, I've been working on a monitoring device that will more precisely indicate

when the counteragent is needed so it can be administered at the moment of

optimum need, not too soon, not too late. Watch.

When the neurotransmitter that causes the violence is introduced into the rat

system, the diode turns red.

Huh. He likes you about as much as I do. What's his name?

LR23.

He can't do better than that.

He's a lab rat.

Just like me.

You're right. There is a resemblance. I'll call him Darian.

That's cute.

Hey, next time, go for the ice, huh?

We don't.

Fat man's in there tapped into some jail mook.

I got a job for you two.

I need a favor for a friend from the general accounting office.

You need accountants. Call H &R Block.

Can the attitude, Fox?

I need to get this monkey off my back. This is delicious. He cooks the books

we gotta eat it.

Biotech lands aren't exactly cheap, you know.

Your skull got us into this and you're gonna get us out. Now shut up.

Come in here and help me out.

Did he tell me to shut up?

A niece of mine died recently.

Her death was ruled a suicide, but I don't believe it. Did you talk to the

police? My niece was the police.

Who should we talk to?

Her husband.

So, um...

There was no indication that anything was wrong. She wasn't herself that day.

But she wouldn't tell me about it.

It was like she was afraid of something.

It was the old man.

He said something to her.

What old man?

The man with the beard.

The one who told her things.

What kind of things did he tell her?

Things you're not supposed to know.

She went there all the time.

I think he's talking about Scarborough. This crazy old guy thinks he's psychic.

Hello. Hi.

Talking with Amy?

Oh, yes. Sign the guest book, and there's a $25 donation.

Ah, donation.

$25. The donation is $25.

It doesn't cost $25.

I got $17. What do you got? I got $9.

Here's the donation.

Okay, okay.

That's for you.

I'll just go inside.

Right inside.

So how does this work?

I'll need the lock of your hair.

I got that much of this left here on me.

Knock yourself out.

You've got a lot of secrets.

I got my share.

And anger.

Deep anger.

I see a sickly child, unpopular with the others.

Oh, they beat you, didn't they? I see tears.

Got a few scraps, sure, but it was them crying, not me. There was one in

particular, younger than you, a sister, I think.

Oh, she'd beat you till you sobbed.

And then force you to wear your mother's... Give me that.

Will a girl ever beat up Bobby Hobbs? Of course.

Maybe I'm getting something else.

I see another child. Quite a different child.

This one intelligent.

Strong. That's it. Brave. That's me right here. Boy of great potential.

you. But potential unfulfilled because he always took the easy path.

The good soul lost a bad path.

That's a judgment call. Stick to the facts, old man, all right?

This boy is now a man.

He's been possessed by an evil.

He's tormented by nightmares of killing, death.

He lives in terror of that evil.

Let me ask you something off the record, okay?

Me and you.

People actually fall for this line of crap?

Well, I wasn't talking about you. I was talking about your friend.

I have an evil inside you.

It's trying to destroy you.

Don't let it win.

Guy's blind and he can see you. He couldn't see you. Blind people got real

ears, let me tell you, okay? You could have just walked in before, right?

Okay, but what about what he was saying? I mean, it was like he knew about the

Quicksilver Madness. Did you hear him say something about a biosynthetic

invisibility gland?

No. He said you got a little bit of evil in you. That's all. We all got a little

bit of that.

Yeah, you're right. These people are professional con men. They're never

specific. It's always general, and everybody has nightmares.

You're right. Right?

And what kid wasn't forced to wear a dress now and then? Yeah, something is

with this guy.

I think the kid was right.

He could have said something that spooked Rebecca Amick into killing

Yeah, but why?

And even if he did, how are we going to prove that? We've got to go talk to some

of his other clients, see if he tried to get any of them to off themselves.

There you go. Hey.

Hey,

that's your dad, huh? Yes. Well, he's quite a guy. Real character, you know.

Must be tough telling him a joke, though.

Because, you know, he'd always know the punchline, right?

Excuse me, how long has your dad been doing this?

Must be 12 years now.

He got the gift when he lost his sight.

Uh, thank you very much for your time.

Oh, you're welcome.

It's been a pleasure.

Yes, it has.

Have a nice day. It's very nice, uh, with the sewing.

Sewing.

She's a true believer, huh?

What, you think he's conning his own daughter? Please, she's conning us.

in it together. It's a family operation.

People rely on repeat business. There's definitely something up with this guy.

You know what?

I think it's time we find out what it is.

Come on.

You got some phone calls tonight. Very nice.

You didn't say that, did you? No.

Two seconds ago.

When did you see him?

Hey, yeah.

Would it be okay if we came over and talked to you?

Oh, yeah. No, perfect. We'll be right there.

Thanks. Hey, found a guy who said Scarborough's a crackpot. Didn't I say?

You want a donut?

Nice. Hot donut!

What's the matter with you?

It's a donut!

Look, I'm sorry, I just, uh, I didn't get much sleep last night. I'm a little

tense, okay?

What, it was nightmares again?

Yeah.

What was this one about?

I don't remember.

Come on, let's go talk to him.

Yeah,

I saw him. I wanted to ask him if I should go long on merch.

I wouldn't even talk about it. No, don't go long on Merck. I'm just talking

here.

Anyway, he said he never uses his gift for financial gain. That should have

my first clue was in that bar.

Did he tell you anything else? Yeah, so he's twisting my hair, right? And

suddenly it starts getting all dramatic on me, and he tells me, Logstick is up

to dump it by Norcom. You said he didn't use his gift for financial gain.

What are you talking about?

He told you something. What else did he tell you? He told me I was going to kill

myself and my whole family.

I mean, one day Trader Crack shoots up the office and suddenly we're all a

of psychopaths, right? When did you see him?

Oh, when the Merck split? Must have been September.

What does Tokyo look like? I don't know. I've never been there.

Did he say something about Tokyo?

Tokyo. Have you been to Tokyo?

Yeah, I've been to Tokyo. It's very nice.

So then he tells me that the only way to save my family is to kill myself?

He told you to commit suicide?

Yeah.

Hey, we got something, and it's good. We think Rebecca Annwood committed

suicide. We already know she committed suicide. You were supposed to find out

she was murdered. We think she was murdered. You said you thought she

herself. Yeah, we do.

And you guys expect overtime?

No, we think she killed herself because someone told her she had to.

That's murder.

She saw a psychic the day she died, right? So we dig around. We find out

this other guy who saw the same psychic. Turns out the psychic told him to kill

himself, too. Did he do it? No, we just talked to the guy.

Too bad.

I thought we had a serial killer.

Always said that a serial killer case was very sexy for the agents.

Hey, wait, wait, wait. Wait a minute. You know, we may have a serial killer.

Ibrits, could you check the records for a town called Martin's Grove?

Find out how many suicides they've had in the last 12 years. What 12 years?

Since he's had the gift.

Yeah, you know, psychic.

When I say this guy, I can't talk people into killing themselves.

Does that constitute murder?

Can a voice be a murder weapon?

That may mean I'm murdering the first degree.

Yeah, but say a doctor lies.

Tells a patient they have some kind of terminal illness. Cancer.

And then that patient offs themselves?

That's at least a man, too, right there.

Suddenly a Perry Mason?

Hey, enjoy.

It's either Penthouse or Black Squad Dictionary. Know what I'm saying? Go

Martins Grove has had 21 suicides in the past 12 years. Average for a town that

size and that time span is five.

I have a list of names if you want. Give it to him.

All right, let's see if we can match these up with Scarborough's clients.

Here's one. I got one right here.

Here's another one right here. Two matches.

Looks like something's rotten in Martin's Grove.

And his name is Benjamin Scarborough.

Yeah, I just caught a serial killer today. What have you done?

Sequenced the DNA -RNA structure of the lactodectus mactans, written a paper on

the paralyzing effects of the dermis poison in the Australian dart frog, and

finished my Christmas shopping four months early.

Sorry I asked. Can we talk about me getting a fix?

Sure. No.

Come on.

You don't want me going postal now, do you? No, that's why I want to put this

monitor in you.

Look.

Look, it's nothing to be afraid of.

You want to stick that somewhere? I'll give you some ideas, but it ain't going

to be in me.

Look at the rat.

He's fine.

What do you mean he's fine? He's a walking radio shack.

Will you just give me a shot?

No. Your resistance will build too fast.

How do you know that?

I finish my experiments.

But please tell me that you use a different rat for that.

I'm on a tight budget.

Boy, she's really putting you through hell, isn't she, buddy?

Oh, hey, what about that one? What's his name? EZ -286?

Hobbs, actually.

That's cute. Well, why not torture Hobbs for a while? I think Darian's had

enough.

I'm trying to help you, Darian. You want to help me? Give me a shot.

I have a question.

Don't worry about it, buddy.

I'm busting you out of here.

Hey, folks, I got just the thing to calm you down.

I've done it, sir.

I've done it, sir.

This is the Keeper. I'm away from my desk right now, but you can leave a

here or press zero and I'll see you later.

He's not working right now.

Yeah, well, I didn't come to talk to him. I'm taking him in for questioning.

About what?

About the death of Rebecca Anwick and the attempt to murder Frank Dupree. And

I've got a pretty good idea there'll be others.

I've been waiting for you.

Oh, yeah?

So what did you tell Rebecca Anwick?

Told her what she came to hear.

Her future.

And did you tell her she was going to blow her brains out in the bathroom?

Because that's what happened.

Rebecca only did what she had to do to protect her family. And what could hurt

her more than what she did?

A child.

Shooting. Killing his own mother, even by accident, might be considered a

greater tragedy.

So you can't be sure that was going to happen?

You can't be sure it wasn't.

Okay.

Okay, say it's the truth. Okay, that cannot be the only way to stop it.

Fate. It's a stubborn thing.

She asked me how to avoid the prophecy, and I told her.

Your prophecy's a crap.

I think my clients would disagree.

Oh, really?

Not Frank Dupree.

Hey, remember Frank?

Told me he was gonna kill his family. Only way he could avoid it was by

himself. Yes, I did.

See, Snag is, uh, he's still alive.

And he hasn't killed anyone, so your privacy was bogus.

Hey.

You are insane.

No, it's you who has the madness. You sweat it from every pore.

Okay, we're done here, Scarborough.

The nightmare is real. I can tell you how it ends.

I got just the thing to calm you down. Hot donuts.

Come on. Come on. Come on with me, Scarborough. Start walking. Let's go.

No, no, no. Look. No. Look. Will you just stay away from me? You're not going

take all the credit for this. Okay. Fine. Fine.

What's wrong with you? All I've done is try to save lives.

I think the priest house is over there.

So what?

I tried to warn him.

Look,

I can't be around you anymore. Folks, calm down!

You will kill him, Darian.

We wish you'd learn how to knock.

So, where's our serial killer? I thought you guys were picking him up.

I'm going to kill Hobbs. Oh, no.

What are you doing this time?

You don't understand. I mean, I'm really going to kill him. You know what?

I need a new job.

I can't be here anymore. Not if he's going to be here. I can't be here. You

what I'm saying?

And I thought you two were finally starting to get along. Look, look, a

partnership. It's like a marriage. It's not always going to be easy. You need to

learn how to... Will you shut up, please?

Excuse me?

Oh, oh, oh. You know what? I need the counteragent. Is the keeper here?

She's not here, and you don't need any.

You remember the deal.

The deal was that you were going to keep me sane. Do you remember that?

Yeah.

Doing a job, that's a deal. Yeah, and it's a wrong one.

You destroyed my life.

No, no, no, no, no.

You destroyed your life.

I tried to save it.

Let me tell you something. I did not ask to be saved.

I put everything I had into you.

Every penny I could borrow, pilfer, or appropriate went into that skull of

yours. There's $17 million crammed in that brain of yours, and you're still a

two -bit thief.

You couldn't pull off a simple smash and grab without getting yourself popped.

You didn't deserve to be saved.

I should have let you stay in prison where you belong.

Sir, I'll be taking my lunch now. Stay right there.

So, quit whining.

Finish your job.

Prove to me you're not a punk.

Then we'll talk counteragent.

You have no choice.

Sir, we're very busy. I've got a job to do. I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm

just saying if the fire started in a bed on this side of the house...

Why would a witness say that the flames spread from this side of the house?

There will be a full investigation. It's too early to tell what happened for

sure. Just ask.

All right. Any information you have would be appreciated. Here's my card.

Who do you think I am?

I think you're a crazy old man who believes he's doing good.

But you're killing people.

There was another crazy old man who thought he was doing good. His name was

Noah.

He watched all of humanity perish in a flood.

How guilty was he?

Even if you can't see the future, you're still killing people. I hate to break

it to you, Scarborough, but you're a sick man.

Do you really believe that?

Or do you just want to?

I know it.

Then why are you even talking to me?

You've got a question you ought to ask.

Go ahead, ask me.

How'd you know about my dream?

Ours is not to question, but to serve.

Hey, you gotta tell me how it ends.

Thanks a lot, buddy. I owe you one.

Can't get enough of this guy.

You're a regular Martha Stewart, aren't you?

Don't be shy.

What do you got there?

What does it say? Abe Lincoln? What is that?

Let us have faith that right makes right.

And in that faith, let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.

The evil in you grows.

You fight it, but its strength increases with every beat of your heart. Will you

tell me if I kill him?

Yes, with your bare hands.

Oh, it's beautiful.

May I see it?

It's beautiful.

You know, after your torture place, it's a good idea to wash your hands.

The gasoline smoke kind of gives it away, doesn't it?

He doesn't know what I did.

I thought if the prophecy came true, you'd let him go on. He has important

to do. How many others have you killed? No one, I swear it. They took their own

lives to save the others.

You're just screwing with my head.

You can't know that. You cannot know that.

No, I'm trying to help you avoid your fate.

Come on, you. Let's go.

What happened? The daughter stuck

me.

You just told me I was going to go quicksand for a night and kill you.

He's just trying to gaslight you. He can't see the future.

I didn't know about the fire. He didn't. The only reason the prophecy came true

is because his daughter taught us the place. Now grab him.

Unless you listen to me, you will kill him, Darian.

Unbelievable. You know, she's driving a 73 Toyota and I can't catch her. Yeah,

at the bureau we had 400 horses. Now we're working with 15 gerbils here.

It won't be long now, Darian. I am not listening to you. You can feel the

madness building, can't you? I got a prophecy for you. You want a prophecy?

you don't shut up, you're going to find my fist in your mouth.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Not going wonky on me, are you? No, just had a shot. Good.

Who made the right choice, Darian?

Rebecca or Dupree?

What will you do?

You'll have to make up your mind pretty soon.

I swear to God, if you don't shut up, I will kill you.

It's not me you're going to kill, Darian.

Let's just speed things up a little bit.

All right, wait here. Try to calm down and relax. I'll be right back.

You keep your mouth shut. Hold this, will you?

Hold this.

You've got to listen to me, Darian, before it's too late. My God, will you

please just shut up?

You've got to stop yourself before you kill anyone else.

What are you talking about anyone else? I never killed anyone.

As a boy, you broke into a neighbor's house.

Yeah, the Mitchell's. By what?

What happened to Mrs. Mitchell?

Five years later, Mr. Mitchell shot her for screwing the gardener. It had

nothing to do with me. It did.

He bought the gun because you broke into his house.

Don't let the evil win.

Be strong.

You can still beat it, but there's not much time.

Pick up the gun.

You know what you have to do.

Save Hobbs. Free yourself.

Hey, get your hands off her or I'll call a cop. Yeah? I am a cop.

This woman's wanted for multiple homicides. Now get out of here. Come on.

Let's go.

Come here.

Grab the box.

There you go. Inside.

Take those. Thank you.

Stay put.

Do it.

Hey, Fox.

I got just the thing to calm you down.

Hot donuts, huh?

Fox!

Fox, get up!

Fox!

Fox, put the gun down. Put it down, put it down. You do not want to be handling

a firearm at this particular point in time.

Put it down!

You want to put it down, please?

That bastard better give me a call when we call it after this.

Operator? Yeah, collect from Bobby Hobbs, please.

Get me the people, operator.

I don't know the extension.

Just look up the keeper.

Is that a name or a title?

You listen to me.

I'm a special agent in a life and death situation.

Get me the keeper, so I will find you, and I swear I will kill you.

This is the keeper. Keeper, yes, listen. I'm away from my desk right now, but

you can leave a message here or press zero and ask the operator to pay.

The operator.

Page the keeper. Tell him to bring the counteragent to 8032 Okien Drive in

Martins Grove. Hurry.

Don't let her control you, Fox. She can beat it.

Hey, you see?

I told you you could beat it, and you beat it. You didn't need no

No, I didn't beat it.

What are you talking about?

Well, someone has to die. I guess it's going to have to be you.

Fox, come on.

about sorry move out here i appreciate the gesture but i didn't really need

help i was doing just fine last time

i offered you a donut you know it was a desert storm

Not so bad?

Why a snake?

Just seemed to fit somehow.

Looks like an ordinary tattoo.

When you reach Quicksilver Madness, the sections of the snake turn from green to

red.

of the rat.

You'll talk of resistance to the counteragent as I knew it would.

How long till that happens to me?

You've got a monitor now.

You're gonna be fine.

That wasn't me out there trying to kill Hobbs.

It took over.

If that happens again, I don't want the counteragent. I want a bullet.

Hey.

What are you doing with that?

You already got one lab rat. I don't think you need another.

I know it may be hard to understand, but what Rebecca did, she did out of love.

I mean, she didn't think she had any choice.

Well, at least now I know the truth.

And a dangerous man and woman are where they belong.

Ebert's.

Here are those numbers you requested.

That's fine.

Whatever you're spending, the taxpayers are getting more than their money's

worth.

You know, you didn't think he may be right.

Which reminds me of a small issue of a calling card I want to discuss with you,

sir. I'm sorry, sir. Don't you have a meeting you need to attend?

Oh, right.

The senator.

Right. Thank you.

I'm sorry. I just wanted to ask you about the calling card. Just got a

One matter of the calling card I just want to talk about with you.

Can you believe that?

Catch a deranged serial killer? What do we got? Bupkis. You really think he was

a deranged serial killer? Of course he was.

Lucky you.

Hey, sorry about trying to kill you, huh? Come on, you didn't even come

It takes a lot more than that to take down Bobby Hobbs, my friend. Lucky me,

right?

You got five minutes.

I was hoping you'd come visit me.

Yeah, sure you were.

I felt badly having to tell you about what happened to your neighbor.

But I had to make you see the truth.

Nah.

Nah, you were just screwing with my head.

I got other people doing that. Believe me, you don't even play in their league.

So you deny the connection.

Somebody once told me that if a stoplight turns red before you can

life changes forever.

I'll buy that it changes, but just till the next morning.

Then it's a whole new deal.

So you don't believe in my gifts anymore?

Hell no.

You were wrong, old man.

I didn't kill House.

Not yet, you haven't.

Not yet.