1 00:00:34,668 --> 00:00:37,569 Radio check. Perimeter is clear. 2 00:00:37,671 --> 00:00:40,504 Copy that. Give me a check every ten. 3 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:44,640 Why don't you folks make yourselves comfortable? 4 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:48,340 Watch some television. Get some rest. 5 00:00:48,415 --> 00:00:51,145 Try to put your minds at ease. 6 00:00:53,153 --> 00:00:57,146 Just try to stay away from the windows and doors, if you would. 7 00:00:57,224 --> 00:01:01,888 Do we have to ask you to use the bathroom? I feel like I'm a prisoner in my own home. 8 00:01:01,995 --> 00:01:05,829 Ma'am, I apologize for the imposition, but my job is to protect you. 9 00:01:05,899 --> 00:01:09,426 As of this evening, the FBI's top priority is keeping you safe. 10 00:01:09,536 --> 00:01:13,495 For how long? A week? A month? Then what? 11 00:01:13,574 --> 00:01:16,441 Jim, don't do this, please. 12 00:01:16,543 --> 00:01:18,875 You don't have to testify. 13 00:01:18,946 --> 00:01:22,848 It's not worth it. These people have a long reach. They're powerful. 14 00:01:22,916 --> 00:01:25,350 I have to do this. 15 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:29,719 I'm going to bed. 16 00:01:41,568 --> 00:01:43,468 Thank you. 17 00:01:43,570 --> 00:01:46,971 The Grand Jury convenes at 9. We'll leave at 7.30. 18 00:01:47,074 --> 00:01:50,066 I'll be right outside the door if you need me. 19 00:02:40,427 --> 00:02:42,088 Jim? 20 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:57,973 Jim? 21 00:02:58,045 --> 00:03:00,343 Are you feeling all right? 22 00:03:06,653 --> 00:03:08,678 Jim? 23 00:03:08,789 --> 00:03:11,883 Mr Skinner! Mr Skinner! 24 00:03:12,659 --> 00:03:14,559 Jim?! 25 00:03:14,661 --> 00:03:16,720 - Dr Scobie? - Jim! 26 00:04:44,751 --> 00:04:48,619 Yes, at the time. I was in another part of the house. 27 00:04:48,722 --> 00:04:51,953 Yes... Yes, sir. Yes, sir. 28 00:04:52,058 --> 00:04:55,391 Yes, sir, I will have answers for you, I... 29 00:04:55,896 --> 00:04:57,557 30 00:05:02,936 --> 00:05:06,428 - Rough night? - It's shaping up to be a rougher morning. 31 00:05:06,573 --> 00:05:08,473 Follow me. 32 00:05:10,811 --> 00:05:15,646 There's fingerprints everywhere, but they all belong to the deceased and his wife. 33 00:05:15,749 --> 00:05:17,808 - The body was found here? - Yeah. 34 00:05:17,918 --> 00:05:21,786 - What can you tell us about him? - Dr James Scobie, age 44. 35 00:05:21,922 --> 00:05:25,517 RandD biochemist with Morley Tobacco. 36 00:05:25,625 --> 00:05:28,856 If he were alive as of 26 minutes ago, 37 00:05:28,962 --> 00:05:33,661 he'd be giving testimony against his former employer before a federal grand jury. 38 00:05:33,767 --> 00:05:38,101 - Testimony concerning what? - Not even his wife or lawyer know specifics. 39 00:05:38,171 --> 00:05:43,973 Only that it concerns research he was involved in, potentially damaging to Morley. 40 00:05:44,110 --> 00:05:47,944 Enough so that Scobie received death threats, 41 00:05:48,515 --> 00:05:51,951 Given the high-profile case, the director charged me with 42 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:55,454 ensuring Dr Scobie's protection. 43 00:05:56,489 --> 00:06:00,789 - You think someone acted on these threats? - I do. 44 00:06:00,861 --> 00:06:06,697 Though we've yet to determine how someone got in here, or... what killed him. 45 00:06:10,804 --> 00:06:13,364 Can't blow the whistle with a mouth like that. 46 00:06:13,473 --> 00:06:18,137 It's almost as if his flesh has been stripped or eaten away. 47 00:06:19,145 --> 00:06:22,410 I mean, an assailant could have thrown acid on him. 48 00:06:22,515 --> 00:06:25,211 If it was acid in the face, he would have screamed. 49 00:06:25,318 --> 00:06:28,219 We're looking at all possibilities, Agent. 50 00:06:28,321 --> 00:06:33,816 We don't have much time. We're up against one of the biggest corporations in America. 51 00:06:33,894 --> 00:06:38,388 The director instructed me that he wants this case closed as swiftly as possible. 52 00:06:38,498 --> 00:06:41,490 I trust I can count on your help. 53 00:06:43,069 --> 00:06:46,869 I want you to perform the autopsy. The body's in the county morgue. 54 00:06:47,007 --> 00:06:49,840 - I'll get right on it. - Thank you. 55 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:55,680 - Ah. - What? 56 00:06:55,749 --> 00:07:00,243 There's no ashtrays. Dr Scobie and his wife don't smoke? 57 00:07:00,353 --> 00:07:03,720 - Not that I've seen. - A tobacco employee that doesn't smoke. 58 00:07:03,857 --> 00:07:07,020 Isn't that kind of like a GM executive who drives a Ford? 59 00:07:07,093 --> 00:07:11,894 If this was a hit it seems unnecessarily high-profile. It draws attention to itself. 60 00:07:12,032 --> 00:07:15,798 That could be the point - to intimidate potential witnesses. 61 00:07:15,902 --> 00:07:19,929 Scobie had a supervisor at Morley - a Dr Peter Voss. I'm gonna talk to him. 62 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,632 - You mind if I tag along? - No. 63 00:07:21,741 --> 00:07:23,402 Sir? 64 00:07:50,437 --> 00:07:52,769 We're here to see Dr Voss. 65 00:07:52,906 --> 00:07:55,602 Do you have an appointment? 66 00:07:59,412 --> 00:08:02,245 Do you have an appointment? 67 00:08:03,249 --> 00:08:05,774 Maybe you missed this the first time around. 68 00:08:05,919 --> 00:08:08,444 Gentlemen, I can help you. 69 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:14,917 Daniel Brimley, Head of Corporate Security. Pleasure. 70 00:08:15,962 --> 00:08:19,796 - You're here concerning Dr Scobie's death? - We are, 71 00:08:19,933 --> 00:08:24,097 We were all sorry to hear about it. Jim has a lot of friends in this building. 72 00:08:24,170 --> 00:08:28,800 No hard feelings that he was about to turn federal witness against your company? 73 00:08:28,942 --> 00:08:33,879 Nobody was happy about Jim's decision, but the timing of his death couldn't be worse. 74 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:41,182 - You've no problem with us seeing Dr Voss? - Absolutely not. Whatever we can do to help. 75 00:08:44,457 --> 00:08:46,789 Could you, um... 76 00:08:48,461 --> 00:08:53,455 could you give my sincerest condolences to Jim's wife, Joan? 77 00:08:54,167 --> 00:08:55,293 How is she? 78 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:59,464 I'm sure she'll take comfort in finding out why her husband died. 79 00:09:00,006 --> 00:09:04,170 Dr Voss, can you enlighten us as to what Dr Scobie intended to tell the grand jury? 80 00:09:04,310 --> 00:09:06,574 We know it had to do with company research. 81 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:11,981 Dr Voss would be in violation of his confidentiality clause in answering that. 82 00:09:12,052 --> 00:09:15,681 - Dr Scobie was your friend? - Yeah, for 14 years. Mm-hm. 83 00:09:15,822 --> 00:09:21,419 Yet you demoted him five weeks ago. You took him off a project. Can you tell us why? 84 00:09:21,528 --> 00:09:25,487 As before, Dr Voss would be in violation of his confidentiality clause 85 00:09:25,565 --> 00:09:29,433 in answering questions regarding the nature of his work here at Morley. 86 00:09:29,536 --> 00:09:33,734 Our cooperation cannot extend itself to revealing corporate secrets. 87 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,503 I'm not sensing any cooperation whatsoever. 88 00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:42,879 I'm one more non-answer away from getting a federal warrant and searching this building. 89 00:09:43,016 --> 00:09:45,280 Then this meeting is over. Dr Voss. 90 00:09:45,385 --> 00:09:47,853 Dr Voss... 91 00:09:48,922 --> 00:09:51,516 can you tell me what that is? 92 00:09:56,262 --> 00:10:00,460 - It's a tobacco beetle. Why? - We found it at Jim Scobie's house. 93 00:10:00,567 --> 00:10:03,195 Well, you'll find a lot of these around here. 94 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:06,705 There's probably a dozen in the grille of your car right now. 95 00:10:06,773 --> 00:10:09,742 May I ask where you're going with this, Agent? 96 00:10:09,876 --> 00:10:14,643 I'm sorry, I can't. Answering that question would violate FBI confidentiality 97 00:10:14,747 --> 00:10:19,207 due to the sensitive nature of our investigation. 98 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:05,820 Evenin'. 99 00:11:07,267 --> 00:11:09,326 What are you doin' here? 100 00:11:09,435 --> 00:11:11,596 Run outta smokes. 101 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:17,974 Me and Dr Scobie had an arrangement, as you know. 102 00:11:18,111 --> 00:11:23,708 So I figured, uh... Dr Scobie not bein' around, that my arrangement with him... 103 00:11:23,816 --> 00:11:25,977 slides on over to you. 104 00:11:39,966 --> 00:11:42,025 Here you go. 105 00:11:42,135 --> 00:11:43,568 That won't hold me. 106 00:11:43,670 --> 00:11:50,667 I'll... I'll bring you more. Just... just don't come here any more, all right? 107 00:11:50,810 --> 00:11:55,747 It seems everybody's actin' funny around me all of a sudden, you know? 108 00:11:55,848 --> 00:12:00,512 Tellin' me not to talk, to stay away from their houses. 109 00:12:00,653 --> 00:12:03,247 Too bad about Dr Scobie, huh? 110 00:12:03,356 --> 00:12:04,846 Yeah... 111 00:12:05,658 --> 00:12:12,530 I bet people are wonderin' how he died. I been workin' my own theory up in the old noggin. 112 00:12:12,665 --> 00:12:16,066 I'd be happy to share it with you someday. 113 00:12:16,169 --> 00:12:18,501 I think that you should leave now. 114 00:12:20,873 --> 00:12:22,534 Yeah. 115 00:12:24,377 --> 00:12:27,710 I don't wanna wear out my welcome. 116 00:12:30,717 --> 00:12:34,244 We'll be seein' a lot of each other, I expect. 117 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,294 - Smoke 'em if you got 'em. - What have you found? 118 00:12:50,403 --> 00:12:52,963 Well, the tissue damage on Dr Scobie's mouth 119 00:12:53,072 --> 00:12:56,564 extends all the way down his trachea into his lungs. 120 00:12:56,709 --> 00:12:59,109 His alveoli look like corned beef. 121 00:12:59,212 --> 00:13:02,113 What about this being the result of a corrosive agent? 122 00:13:02,215 --> 00:13:05,707 No, that's not the case. There's no acids present, no caustics. 123 00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:09,551 This damage isn't the result of any kind of chemical reaction. 124 00:13:09,622 --> 00:13:13,558 His airways have more or less just been reamed out. 125 00:13:14,761 --> 00:13:17,730 I can tell you what killed him, strictly speaking. 126 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:20,163 - What? - Hypoxemia. 127 00:13:20,266 --> 00:13:24,828 The inability to transfer oxygen from the lungs to the bloodstream. 128 00:13:24,937 --> 00:13:27,132 He choked to death? 129 00:13:28,574 --> 00:13:32,010 However it was accomplished, someone did do this to him, 130 00:13:32,111 --> 00:13:37,515 Not necessarily. There weren't any signs of struggle. Maybe no one was ever there. 131 00:13:37,617 --> 00:13:40,484 - Where are you going with this? - It isn't a homicide. 132 00:13:40,586 --> 00:13:45,250 You examined the body, Scully. Did you... find any of these? 133 00:13:46,926 --> 00:13:50,327 - A bug? - It's a tobacco beetle, yeah. 134 00:13:50,430 --> 00:13:54,833 I didn't find anything like that, Mulder. Were you expecting me to? 135 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:58,802 Killer bugs? This is what I'm supposed to tell the director? 136 00:13:58,938 --> 00:14:05,776 I don't know, but judging from Dr Voss's reaction to this, I think we should investigate. 137 00:14:48,020 --> 00:14:51,183 I been tellin' you all week! How many times I gotta say it? 138 00:14:51,324 --> 00:14:53,315 No smoking! You hear me? 139 00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:55,691 America, man! 140 00:14:55,828 --> 00:14:58,262 E pluribus, uh... 141 00:14:58,364 --> 00:15:03,927 I'll get you kicked out, you son of a bitch! You think I'm kiddin'? I'll do it! 142 00:15:08,841 --> 00:15:11,173 The law's on my side. 143 00:16:15,608 --> 00:16:19,237 Guests check in, but they don't check out. 144 00:16:20,580 --> 00:16:24,949 Judging from the condition of the body, he died in the same manner as Dr Scobie. 145 00:16:25,084 --> 00:16:29,077 Except this man's no corporate whistle-blower. 146 00:16:30,256 --> 00:16:33,817 Thomas Gustall. Out-of-date Massachusetts license, 147 00:16:33,926 --> 00:16:36,087 food coupons... 148 00:16:36,195 --> 00:16:39,756 and a certificate from a court-ordered anger-management class. 149 00:16:39,866 --> 00:16:43,666 What could Morley Tobacco have against a transient from Massachusetts? 150 00:16:43,769 --> 00:16:47,671 - Probably nothing. - What are you suggesting, Mulder? 151 00:16:47,773 --> 00:16:51,140 That Jim Scobie wasn't murdered. Neither was this man. 152 00:16:52,278 --> 00:16:54,872 Well, then, what killed them? 153 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:05,123 - These. - We didn't find any in Dr Scobie's bathroom. 154 00:17:05,224 --> 00:17:08,057 There was an open window, so they could have escaped. 155 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,789 It's a long shot, but it could be some form of contagious agent, 156 00:17:11,898 --> 00:17:15,231 like an insect-borne bacterium. 157 00:17:15,334 --> 00:17:19,668 Which would mean that there might be other victims in this building. 158 00:17:24,477 --> 00:17:26,570 FBI. 159 00:17:30,983 --> 00:17:33,178 Sorry to wake you. 160 00:17:33,319 --> 00:17:36,015 You didn't wake me. 161 00:17:42,662 --> 00:17:45,222 Come on in. 162 00:17:45,331 --> 00:17:47,424 Thank you. 163 00:17:49,335 --> 00:17:53,567 We're investigating the death of the man who lived next to you - Thomas Gustall. 164 00:17:53,673 --> 00:17:56,403 Do you know him? 165 00:17:56,509 --> 00:17:59,239 I knew his voice. 166 00:17:59,345 --> 00:18:01,404 He yelled a lot. 167 00:18:01,514 --> 00:18:04,074 He yelled? 168 00:18:04,183 --> 00:18:06,777 Yeah. He said I smoke too much. 169 00:18:09,956 --> 00:18:13,289 What ya gonna do, man? It's a free country. 170 00:18:13,392 --> 00:18:15,883 E pluribus, uh... 171 00:18:17,563 --> 00:18:19,360 - Do you mind? - No. 172 00:18:19,465 --> 00:18:22,457 You don't seem surprised that he's dead. 173 00:18:22,568 --> 00:18:25,560 Guess his number come up. 174 00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:30,137 I'm just glad it wasn't me. 175 00:18:32,044 --> 00:18:35,445 - What is your name, sir? - Daryl Weaver. 176 00:18:35,548 --> 00:18:39,382 Mr Weaver, did you see or hear anything unusual last night? 177 00:18:39,485 --> 00:18:44,115 Little Korean fella down the hall. Dresses like Wonder Woman. 178 00:18:44,223 --> 00:18:46,657 But that's every night. 179 00:18:47,727 --> 00:18:49,752 Other than that? 180 00:18:52,164 --> 00:18:58,763 Say, there wouldn't happen to be, uh... any reward money involved, would there? 181 00:18:59,238 --> 00:19:02,105 I mean, I could use an extra buck or two. 182 00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:07,611 The FBI would appreciate your voluntary cooperation, sir. That's the way it works. 183 00:19:07,747 --> 00:19:10,238 Ain't that always the way? 184 00:19:15,855 --> 00:19:20,622 Nope. My mind is, uh, just drawin' a complete blank. 185 00:19:22,194 --> 00:19:24,253 That's my card. 186 00:19:25,965 --> 00:19:28,433 Thank you, Mr Weaver. 187 00:19:36,776 --> 00:19:37,834 Anything? 188 00:19:37,943 --> 00:19:40,935 Two deaths in 24 hours. We've yet to find an answer. 189 00:19:41,047 --> 00:19:45,450 And the only thing I have to go on medically at this point is Mulder's bug. 190 00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:49,885 You know, I know an entomologist at UNC Wilmington - a Dr Libby Nance. 191 00:19:49,989 --> 00:19:52,287 Good. Talk to her. 192 00:19:53,459 --> 00:19:58,624 - Where are you going? - See about something that's bugging me. 193 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,380 - Mrs Voss? - Yes? 194 00:20:16,482 --> 00:20:18,814 Fox Mulder. Is your husband home? 195 00:20:18,918 --> 00:20:21,352 It's OK, honey. It'll just be a minute. 196 00:20:21,487 --> 00:20:23,512 Sure thing. 197 00:20:30,196 --> 00:20:35,361 - I shouldn't talk to you without our lawyers. - I understand your reluctance to talk, sir. 198 00:20:35,501 --> 00:20:38,095 You have a nice family, a lot to lose. 199 00:20:38,204 --> 00:20:40,672 What do you want, Agent Mulder? 200 00:20:40,773 --> 00:20:43,901 There's been another victim. Thomas Gustall. 201 00:20:44,009 --> 00:20:47,172 Died exactly the same way Scobie did. 202 00:20:48,781 --> 00:20:51,045 I'm sorry to hear that. 203 00:20:52,284 --> 00:20:57,847 - But what's that got to do with me? - Well, we found these all over him. 204 00:20:58,858 --> 00:21:02,589 I believe that that's what killed both men. 205 00:21:02,695 --> 00:21:07,598 Tobacco beetle. It's an herbivore. It eats tobacco. Hence its name. 206 00:21:07,700 --> 00:21:11,693 I understand that, but... maybe these don't. 207 00:21:11,804 --> 00:21:14,295 - I'm not required to talk to you, am I? - No, 208 00:21:14,406 --> 00:21:18,103 But why are you hiding behind your lawyers, Doctor? 209 00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:22,874 How many people have to die before you do the right thing? 210 00:21:39,732 --> 00:21:41,825 I'll get it! 211 00:21:43,269 --> 00:21:46,238 - Hello? - What did he want? 212 00:21:50,576 --> 00:21:53,568 - Are you spying on me? - I'm not spying on you, Peter. 213 00:21:53,679 --> 00:21:56,910 I'm looking out for you. What did he want? 214 00:21:59,018 --> 00:22:01,919 There's been another death. Downtown. 215 00:22:02,021 --> 00:22:04,649 - How did it happen? - I don't know. I don't know. 216 00:22:04,757 --> 00:22:08,784 This has gone on long enough. We should come forward. I should. 217 00:22:08,928 --> 00:22:11,829 Do you hear what you're saying, Peter? 218 00:22:11,931 --> 00:22:14,764 Now, I want you to just take a moment. 219 00:22:14,867 --> 00:22:19,099 I want you to think about what really matters to you. 220 00:22:19,872 --> 00:22:22,363 Now, tell me where I can find Daryl Weaver. 221 00:22:22,474 --> 00:22:23,498 Why? 222 00:22:23,609 --> 00:22:26,271 This was my mistake. I'll clean it up. 223 00:22:27,947 --> 00:22:30,472 I don't know where he is. 224 00:22:35,454 --> 00:22:37,445 This doesn't make sense. 225 00:22:38,123 --> 00:22:40,114 What doesn't make sense? 226 00:22:40,226 --> 00:22:44,629 Well, it's a lasioderma serricorne - tobacco beetle, 227 00:22:44,730 --> 00:22:46,061 Only... 228 00:22:46,165 --> 00:22:49,396 I've never seen one exactly like this. 229 00:22:49,501 --> 00:22:51,731 What are the differences? 230 00:22:51,837 --> 00:22:56,206 Physical differences. Minor but definitely notable. 231 00:22:56,308 --> 00:23:01,575 Deviations in the mandibles, the antennae, the body segmentation. 232 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:06,049 What if such deviations arose from genetic engineering? 233 00:23:06,151 --> 00:23:10,986 - Engineering the bugs themselves? - No. I was thinking about another possibility. 234 00:23:11,090 --> 00:23:14,389 - Transgenomics. - Which is...? 235 00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:19,760 It's a form of DNA manipulation - alterations made on the genetic level. 236 00:23:19,865 --> 00:23:24,564 It is widely known that tobacco companies pour money into that kind of research. 237 00:23:24,670 --> 00:23:30,336 Changing the tobacco plant itself in order to make it hardier, give it less nicotine, 238 00:23:30,442 --> 00:23:34,845 more nicotine, make it naturally menthol-flavoured. You name it. 239 00:23:34,947 --> 00:23:37,939 A form of what? Super-tobacco? 240 00:23:38,050 --> 00:23:41,747 Which possibly could have created super-bugs. 241 00:23:41,854 --> 00:23:47,690 I guess the real question is could they have become dangerous to humans? 242 00:23:49,728 --> 00:23:51,855 Mr Weaver! 243 00:23:53,966 --> 00:23:55,695 Mr Weaver? 244 00:23:55,801 --> 00:23:58,292 Sorry, Doc, no vacancy. 245 00:24:02,041 --> 00:24:03,941 What happened there? 246 00:24:04,043 --> 00:24:08,377 Well, you tell me. You're the one with the PhD. 247 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,040 I'm just a big old guinea pig. 248 00:24:25,898 --> 00:24:27,729 Listen. 249 00:24:28,567 --> 00:24:29,591 Um... 250 00:24:29,735 --> 00:24:32,135 You have to leave town. 251 00:24:32,237 --> 00:24:34,569 And give up all this? 252 00:24:35,574 --> 00:24:38,737 Me not doin' my part for science? 253 00:24:39,845 --> 00:24:41,642 Here. 254 00:24:41,747 --> 00:24:46,116 Take it. It's everything I have in the bank. Four thousand. 255 00:24:50,255 --> 00:24:53,588 It's not much, but, uh... it's a start. 256 00:24:57,363 --> 00:24:59,923 I'm not kidding. You gotta get outta here. 257 00:25:00,032 --> 00:25:01,693 Why? 258 00:25:04,603 --> 00:25:07,436 I got a good thing goin' here. 259 00:25:11,944 --> 00:25:14,208 I got cash money. 260 00:25:17,149 --> 00:25:20,812 I got all the coffin nails I can suck down. 261 00:25:24,456 --> 00:25:31,953 Although... lately I been thinkin' this particular brand, it doesn't... 262 00:25:32,064 --> 00:25:35,397 do anyone else any favours... health-wise. 263 00:25:37,169 --> 00:25:40,297 Been thinkin' that too, huh? 264 00:25:45,310 --> 00:25:48,143 Would it bother you if I lit one up? 265 00:25:53,852 --> 00:25:55,183 Toodles. 266 00:25:58,090 --> 00:26:03,221 No, you don't understand. Morley is a multi-billion-dollar global corporation. 267 00:26:03,328 --> 00:26:07,526 You think they're gonna let you endanger that? They'll kill you first. 268 00:26:07,666 --> 00:26:10,430 Well, it sounds like a Daryl Weaver problem to me. 269 00:26:10,536 --> 00:26:12,197 Yeah... 270 00:26:45,370 --> 00:26:50,034 - What am I looking at? - Thomas Gustall's left lung and bronchus. 271 00:26:50,642 --> 00:26:55,375 Well, I guess that explains where the beetles came from. 272 00:26:59,051 --> 00:27:02,543 - Hey. Where have you been? - Talking to lawyers at Justice. 273 00:27:02,654 --> 00:27:08,092 - Trying to get a look at Morley's files. - Well, take a look at this. 274 00:27:10,729 --> 00:27:14,324 They're the larval stage of the tobacco beetle, Mulder, 275 00:27:14,433 --> 00:27:18,665 and somehow they have ended up nesting in Thomas Gustall's lungs. 276 00:27:18,770 --> 00:27:24,106 What doesn't make any sense is why Scobie's lungs didn't show this same condition. 277 00:27:24,576 --> 00:27:29,980 The larvae must pupate inside the lungs, and then once they mature into beetles, 278 00:27:30,082 --> 00:27:34,451 - exit the body en masse. - It explains the state of the face and throat. 279 00:27:35,587 --> 00:27:40,581 How did they get in the lungs to begin with? 280 00:27:47,099 --> 00:27:48,760 Mulder? 281 00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:44,655 How is he? 282 00:28:44,723 --> 00:28:49,660 We're using a deep-suction technique that's been designed for asthma and cystic fibrosis. 283 00:28:49,728 --> 00:28:53,255 And, so far, we're having some luck at clearing his lungs. 284 00:28:53,365 --> 00:28:55,993 - But...? - For every one of those things 285 00:28:56,068 --> 00:29:01,199 that are in his lung tissue there may be a dozen eggs that have yet to be hatched. 286 00:29:01,340 --> 00:29:04,366 - Eggs? - His pulmonary tissue is riddled with them, 287 00:29:04,509 --> 00:29:09,173 and they're going to hatch. It's just... We're buying time. 288 00:29:09,248 --> 00:29:12,274 How did this happen? How did the eggs get into his lungs? 289 00:29:12,384 --> 00:29:15,217 I'm thinking he inhaled them. 290 00:29:15,354 --> 00:29:19,518 The tobacco beetle lives out its life cycle on or around the tobacco plant. 291 00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:24,551 That's where it lays its eggs. If those genetically-altered beetles we found did that, 292 00:29:24,696 --> 00:29:27,961 then maybe the eggs survived the processing into cigarettes. 293 00:29:28,066 --> 00:29:30,864 - And been carried into his lungs as smoke? - Right. 294 00:29:30,936 --> 00:29:34,804 Like spores or pollen, somehow small enough to be airborne. 295 00:29:34,906 --> 00:29:38,273 But Mulder isn't a smoker, and neither was Scobie. 296 00:29:39,211 --> 00:29:42,374 Maybe they were around someone who was. 297 00:29:50,389 --> 00:29:53,051 Don't bother calling Security. 298 00:29:55,961 --> 00:29:59,089 Federal search warrant, as promised. 299 00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:02,558 Do it. 300 00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:09,839 You're gonna talk to me. One of my agents is dying of the same thing that killed Dr Scobie. 301 00:30:09,941 --> 00:30:11,636 I believe you can save him. 302 00:30:11,743 --> 00:30:15,304 We stand by our contention that all information is proprietary, 303 00:30:15,414 --> 00:30:19,748 and is therefore the sole property of Morley Tobacco. 304 00:30:20,619 --> 00:30:25,181 Listen to me, you son of a bitch. This isn't about Morley or your precious research. 305 00:30:25,290 --> 00:30:28,157 This is about saving lives. 306 00:30:28,260 --> 00:30:34,688 - That's exactly what we were trying to do. - Dr Voss, I'm advising you not to speak. 307 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,769 This has gone on long enough. 308 00:30:47,112 --> 00:30:52,846 We thought we were doing a good thing. We knew people were never gonna stop smoking, 309 00:30:52,951 --> 00:30:59,049 no matter how unhealthy it was, so why not genetically engineer a safer cigarette? 310 00:30:59,157 --> 00:31:02,024 Except you engineered the bugs as well. 311 00:31:02,994 --> 00:31:07,693 We recruited test smokers. We conducted focus groups. There were no problems. 312 00:31:07,799 --> 00:31:11,792 And, um... after a few months in, things... 313 00:31:12,671 --> 00:31:14,502 things got bad. 314 00:31:18,176 --> 00:31:21,304 We had four test subjects, and, uh... 315 00:31:25,150 --> 00:31:27,641 three of them died. 316 00:31:30,522 --> 00:31:33,184 Is that what Dr Scobie was gonna testify about? 317 00:31:33,325 --> 00:31:35,225 Yeah. 318 00:31:35,327 --> 00:31:39,320 Yeah. And the company wanted us to keep it quiet. 319 00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:44,233 But I thought, let's correct the mistakes and face the consequences. 320 00:31:44,336 --> 00:31:46,395 Jim didn't. 321 00:31:47,406 --> 00:31:52,207 He was monitoring a focus group, and that's... 322 00:31:52,344 --> 00:31:55,177 that's how he got infected. 323 00:31:58,183 --> 00:32:00,674 You said only three died. 324 00:32:01,686 --> 00:32:04,086 Who was the fourth? 325 00:32:21,206 --> 00:32:23,572 Clear. 326 00:32:23,708 --> 00:32:25,733 Go ahead. 327 00:32:31,116 --> 00:32:36,713 - He told me he meant to get Weaver. - Looks like Weaver got to him first. 328 00:32:38,223 --> 00:32:41,556 Mr Brimley, can you hear me? 329 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,011 You got Mickey's Big Mouth? 330 00:33:44,122 --> 00:33:46,613 There's no smoking in here. 331 00:33:58,803 --> 00:34:01,169 Mickey's Big Mouth. 332 00:34:10,015 --> 00:34:12,643 Anything else? Carton of cigarettes? 333 00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:15,208 You don't have my brand. 334 00:34:48,019 --> 00:34:49,919 It must be bad. 335 00:34:53,725 --> 00:34:55,693 How do you feel? 336 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,422 Like a DustBuster attacked me. 337 00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:04,462 We're looking for someone who may be able to help - 338 00:35:04,569 --> 00:35:08,528 a Morley test subject by the name of Daryl Weaver. 339 00:35:09,574 --> 00:35:13,533 Mr... E Pluribus. 340 00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:15,273 Yeah. 341 00:35:16,548 --> 00:35:20,143 Mr Weaver seems to have some kind of tolerance or immunity, 342 00:35:20,251 --> 00:35:26,884 and we're hoping that once we find him we'll be able to figure out how to treat you. 343 00:35:29,394 --> 00:35:31,419 Mulder? 344 00:35:38,103 --> 00:35:39,968 Doctor! 345 00:35:46,444 --> 00:35:49,811 His stat's down to 72. Get some 02 on him and call the code. 346 00:35:49,914 --> 00:35:51,779 Susan, code blue! 347 00:35:51,916 --> 00:35:53,941 Right, Doctor. 348 00:35:55,253 --> 00:35:57,312 Over to my side. 349 00:36:28,286 --> 00:36:30,311 Dr Scully? 350 00:36:31,823 --> 00:36:37,557 We've got him stabilized on ECMO, but we won't be able to maintain him on it for long. 351 00:36:37,662 --> 00:36:40,062 Of course, you see why. 352 00:36:40,165 --> 00:36:44,295 - There's more now than six hours ago. - They're blocking the flow of blood. 353 00:36:44,402 --> 00:36:47,633 Our best bet is to go back in there. 354 00:36:48,573 --> 00:36:51,303 I think this time we have to crack the chest. 355 00:36:51,409 --> 00:36:52,637 No. 356 00:36:54,412 --> 00:36:58,872 No, l... He's too weak for thoracic surgery. He'd die on the table. 357 00:36:58,983 --> 00:37:02,009 I don't know what our other options are. 358 00:37:04,155 --> 00:37:07,147 I'd say for the time being we just wait. 359 00:37:07,826 --> 00:37:10,158 That'll definitely kill him. 360 00:37:10,261 --> 00:37:12,320 Sooner or later. 361 00:37:24,342 --> 00:37:27,573 Mrs Voss, I'm Assistant Director Skinner, FBI. May we come in? 362 00:37:27,679 --> 00:37:29,442 What is this? What's going on? 363 00:37:29,547 --> 00:37:33,916 I have to ask for your cooperation. These men are here to protect you and your family. 364 00:37:34,018 --> 00:37:35,952 Oh, my God. Why? 365 00:37:36,054 --> 00:37:39,114 - Your husband hasn't told you about this? - He's not here. 366 00:37:39,224 --> 00:37:42,250 He told me he was headed home. Try Dr Voss at work. 367 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,557 I've just been trying. There's no answer. 368 00:38:13,224 --> 00:38:15,590 Behind you. 369 00:38:23,168 --> 00:38:26,103 I was just leavin'. I got what I came for. 370 00:38:26,237 --> 00:38:30,071 He took the test cigarettes. I couldn't stop him. 371 00:38:30,909 --> 00:38:33,070 Stop right there! 372 00:38:33,912 --> 00:38:35,573 Why? 373 00:38:39,083 --> 00:38:41,574 You gonna shoot me? 374 00:38:41,686 --> 00:38:44,314 I'm not gonna let you go and infect more people. 375 00:38:44,422 --> 00:38:47,585 You're gonna let me do whatever I wanna do. 376 00:38:49,294 --> 00:38:52,422 Dr Voss here tells me you need me. 377 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:57,966 You need me to save your boy. 378 00:38:58,102 --> 00:38:59,933 Don't do it. 379 00:39:04,542 --> 00:39:08,103 They say these things kill people, you know? 380 00:39:09,948 --> 00:39:12,610 Any brand, sooner or later. 381 00:39:14,219 --> 00:39:17,313 But, you know, it doesn't have to be that way. 382 00:39:18,323 --> 00:39:23,351 I think Dr Voss is really onto somethin' with his research. I do. 383 00:39:23,461 --> 00:39:26,294 It's over. Weaver. I'm through. 384 00:39:26,397 --> 00:39:28,524 Oh... 385 00:39:28,633 --> 00:39:30,498 Come on, now. I mean... 386 00:39:30,635 --> 00:39:32,660 You gotta figure... 387 00:39:35,974 --> 00:39:40,343 The first, um, car killed a bunch of people... 388 00:39:41,980 --> 00:39:48,510 before they perfected it, cos it's all just part of the scientific process, you know? 389 00:39:49,821 --> 00:39:52,153 Mr Weaver, I will shoot you. 390 00:39:58,529 --> 00:40:00,656 No, you won't. 391 00:40:12,610 --> 00:40:15,704 I'm a regular damn scientific marvel. 392 00:40:19,017 --> 00:40:22,077 They're gonna study me, 393 00:40:22,186 --> 00:40:27,021 they're gonna, uh... write scientific papers about me... 394 00:40:28,293 --> 00:40:31,194 I could be the cure for cancer. 395 00:40:33,197 --> 00:40:35,290 Me, Daryl Weaver. 396 00:40:46,544 --> 00:40:48,876 You ain't gonna shoot me. 397 00:40:57,588 --> 00:40:59,488 Toodles. 398 00:41:21,279 --> 00:41:23,770 - How's Mulder? - Not good. 399 00:41:27,919 --> 00:41:30,786 Let's get the blood work on this man. 400 00:41:48,706 --> 00:41:50,765 Wait a minute. 401 00:41:51,642 --> 00:41:53,872 Wait a minute. 402 00:41:53,978 --> 00:41:57,277 Get me 30 milligrams of methyl pyrolidinyl pyridine. 403 00:41:57,382 --> 00:41:59,646 - Nicotine? - Yeah. 404 00:42:01,386 --> 00:42:04,719 I think this could save Mulder's life. 405 00:42:17,635 --> 00:42:19,660 Hey. 406 00:42:19,804 --> 00:42:21,829 Good to be back? 407 00:42:21,973 --> 00:42:24,339 Beats the alternative. 408 00:42:24,475 --> 00:42:29,503 You'll be interested to know Morley Tobacco has subpoenaed all of our files on the case. 409 00:42:29,647 --> 00:42:34,550 - They seem very interested in your recovery. - What about Daryl Weaver? 410 00:42:34,652 --> 00:42:39,021 He's well enough to have been moved to the hospital ward at Riley Correctional. 411 00:42:39,157 --> 00:42:42,524 It was the nicotine itself that was keeping him alive? 412 00:42:42,660 --> 00:42:46,096 His fingers were stained with it. He was a four-pack-a-day smoker, 413 00:42:46,197 --> 00:42:50,065 far heavier than any of the focus-group members who died. 414 00:42:50,168 --> 00:42:54,832 Nicotine is extremely poisonous. It's actually one of the oldest known insecticides. 415 00:42:54,939 --> 00:42:57,931 It's good for killing tobacco beetles. 416 00:42:58,042 --> 00:43:03,742 Once we loaded your system up with enough of it, it acted as a sort of chemotherapy. 417 00:43:03,848 --> 00:43:09,787 - Except it almost stopped your breathing too. - That's not all it did. 418 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,552 I bought these on the way to work. 419 00:43:19,697 --> 00:43:22,530 You're not gonna start smoking? 420 00:43:22,633 --> 00:43:25,466 They say the addiction is stronger than heroin. 421 00:43:25,570 --> 00:43:27,697 Mulder... 422 00:43:35,413 --> 00:43:40,544 - Good. Skinner‘s waiting for us in his office. - I'll be right up. 423 00:44:36,941 --> 00:44:38,602 I made this!