1 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:41,190 We are now beginning our descent into JFK International Airport. 2 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:43,675 We should be on the ground in 15 minutes. 3 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:48,669 Any passenger needing help with customs forms or any other form... 4 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,117 Monsieur? 5 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,396 Monsieur? 6 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,231 Come in. 7 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:05,192 - Thank you for getting here so quickly. - There's not much traffic at this hour. 8 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:10,070 This is Dr Simon Bruin with the Philadelphia office of the Centers for Disease Control. 9 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,799 A pleasure, Dr Scully. 10 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:19,114 How familiar are you with the kidnappings in Philadelphia? 11 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:24,558 Only what I've read: that four young men have gone missing in the past three months. 12 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,232 All African-American. 13 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:30,552 A joint FBI-Philadelphia PD task force has been working around the clock. 14 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,235 But there have been no leads to speak of. Until last night. 15 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,151 What happened last night? 16 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:40,552 Owen Sanders, the last to go missing, was found dead near a construction site. 17 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:44,952 - How was he killed? - That's just it, Agent Scully. He wasn't. 18 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,076 No evidence indicates homicide. 19 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,310 Has a cause of death been determined? 20 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,949 No. But I'll let Dr Bruin give you his thoughts on that. 21 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:59,836 This was taken last night, less than an hour after Sanders' body was found. 22 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:04,277 - I thought you said Owen Sanders was black. - He was. 23 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:07,350 I'm not sure I follow. 24 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:10,400 See for yourself. 25 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,199 Owen Sanders was a normal young black man. 26 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:16,113 I assume you're going somewhere with this. 27 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:20,876 The depigmentation may actually be characteristic of a disease. 28 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:22,916 An apparently fatal one. 29 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,792 So you don't think they're victims of a crime at all. 30 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:33,034 It's my opinion, Dr Scully, this investigation should begin and end under a microscope. 31 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:37,111 Dr Bruin hopes someone with a solid medical background... 32 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,191 ..can make a quick and decisive analysis. 33 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:45,438 Case number 2139318537. 34 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:48,832 Subject is a black male, 19 years old. 35 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,071 Cause and time of death unknown. 36 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:56,790 Note: total lack of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes. 37 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,553 This suggests albinism, though the bleaching of the irises... 38 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:06,794 ..indicates a violent and unexplained cellular reaction to a vector or an environment... 39 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:13,110 Hey. I heard you were down here slicing and dicing. Who's the lucky stiff? 40 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,236 His name is Owen Sanders. 41 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,357 Reported as the fourth kidnap victim in Philadelphia... 42 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,392 ..until he turned up last night like this. 43 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:25,268 There's a Michael Jackson joke in here, but I can't quite find it. 44 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:29,319 I've been requested to determine what leached the pigment from his body. 45 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,358 - Requested by whom? - The Centers for Disease Control. 46 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,351 The CDC in a kidnap case? 47 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,432 They believe the case has been mislabeled. 48 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,389 That this man and the others may have fallen prey to a disease or a pathogen. 49 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,357 Based on what other evidence? 50 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:48,878 There were no signs of trauma or defence wounds, and his wallet was still full of cash. 51 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:51,876 That's interesting. 52 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,828 What, uh, what sort of disease is this? 53 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:01,118 I don't know. There are conditions like vitiligo which attack melanocytes... 54 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,953 ..and prevent the manufacture of melanin in the skin,... 55 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,600 ..autoimmune disorders, not yet understood. 56 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,955 So this man died of a disorder? 57 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,952 He and four other young black men contracted the disease... 58 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,430 ..and then disappeared without any explanation whatsoever. 59 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,638 It's possible they've already turned up, but because of the depigmentation... 60 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,950 ..there may be a problem with identification. 61 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,749 So I have reissued descriptions of John Does to area morgues and ERs. 62 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:30,112 Scully, has it occurred to you that this might just be a PR exercise? 63 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:30,996 I'm sorry? 64 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:35,790 To divert attention from the fact that young black men are dying and there's no suspect? 65 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:40,158 - The perception being that nobody cares. - Not everything is a conspiracy,... 66 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:45,030 ..and not everybody is plotting to deceive, inveigle and obfuscate. 67 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,750 Did you lift any forensic evidence? 68 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:52,435 Yes. Hair, skin and fiber. Behind you on the counter. 69 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:58,755 What are you doing? 70 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:04,073 I'm gonna join the snipe hunt, if you don't mind. Before the body count rises. 71 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:18,911 Mr Aboah? 72 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,750 Anyone home? 73 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:39,076 Samuel Aboah? 74 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:41,474 Yes. 75 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,237 I'm Marcus Duff. Remember me? 76 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,151 Your immigration counselor. 77 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:52,597 We have an appointment to go over your naturalization petition. 78 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:54,318 Um, please. 79 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,311 Thank you. 80 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:14,116 We could use a little light to fill out the petition. 81 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,232 Maybe you can open a window or something. 82 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,999 Yeah... I guess that works. 83 00:09:31,560 --> 00:09:34,996 Have a seat, Samuel. This is a little complicated. 84 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,351 So... 85 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,630 You OK? You look ill. 86 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,109 You got a fever or something? 87 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:50,675 No. 88 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:57,348 I know how lonely it is, believe me. 89 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,750 Being in a strange place far from your family. 90 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,833 But once you become a US citizen,... 91 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:11,156 ..I can help you bring over every brother, sister,... 92 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:13,310 ..aunt, uncle and cousin. 93 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,478 It all starts today, Samuel. 94 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,759 Know what I'm saying? 95 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:25,711 Thank you. 96 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:35,548 Agent Pendrell. Thanks for turning this materials analysis around on short notice. 97 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,234 Shouldn't we wait for Agent Scully? 98 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,231 - She's not coming. - Why not? 99 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,709 She had a date. 100 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,872 Breathe! It's with a dead man. She's doing an autopsy. 101 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:50,590 - You said you found something? - Yeah. Asbestos fibers. Not much there. 102 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:56,152 And I didn't think there was anything among the vegetable debris - local soils, pollens, etc. 103 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:58,435 Till I came across this. 104 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:03,396 I had to go on-line with a botanist at UVN to determine what it was. 105 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,436 It looks like some kind of thorn. 106 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:10,270 No, it's a seed, actually. But nothing you'll find at your local nursery. 107 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:14,840 Adenia volkensii. 108 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,478 - Help me out. - From a rare species of passionflower. 109 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:23,588 It's a rare, night-blooming plant indigenous only to certain parts of West Africa. 110 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:30,879 How could this travel 5,000 miles around the world and wind up on Owen Sanders? 111 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,911 That I couldn't tell you. 112 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,356 It contains a cerebropathic glycoside. Mean anything to you? 113 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:40,956 If I'm correct, it's a cortical depressant that works on the higher centers of the brain. 114 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,793 - Is it lethal? - In large enough quantities it might be. 115 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,633 Larger than anything contained in a single seed. 116 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,594 Did the toxicology screen detect any of it in Sanders' blood? 117 00:11:50,680 --> 00:11:53,638 No, the tox screen was clean. 118 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:55,836 Could his body have metabolized it? 119 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,631 Only if the victim hadn't expired immediately. 120 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:05,438 - Does that tell you anything about anything? - No, but... 121 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:09,719 ..I think I found something that could explain the depigmentation. 122 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,998 - His pituitary gland was necrotised. - His pituitary gland? 123 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:17,675 The pituitary gland secretes all of the regulatory hormones in the body,... 124 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,911 ..and it controls the production of melanin in the skin cells. 125 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,389 So you found evidence that this is a disease? 126 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:28,395 No. I have identified the effect. I am still looking for the cause. 127 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,233 OK, let me know as soon as you find anything out. 128 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:36,110 - Where are you, Mulder? - Off to water the seeds of doubt. Bye-bye. 129 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:14,671 Ms Covarrubias? 130 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:20,352 - Who are you? - Agent Mulder. Fox Mulder. 131 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,798 - What are you doing? - I'm sorry I frightened you. 132 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,199 What do you want? 133 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,989 I'm not sure why, but I thought you might be in a position to help me. 134 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:30,599 Help you? 135 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:35,196 Four young men are missing in Philadelphia. One of the men was found dead last night. 136 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,635 This seed was recovered from his body. 137 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:42,077 It's from a rare species of plant found only in West Africa. 138 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,118 Do you know anything about this case? 139 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:46,155 No. 140 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:50,233 Is there any way you could find something out about it? 141 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:56,269 Thousands of exotic species cross into US soil every day undetected. 142 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:01,437 Bilge water is emptied into harbours, produce sent through the mail. 143 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:06,275 In practical terms, borders are little more than lines on maps. 144 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,311 Is that a yes or a no? 145 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:13,316 - I can't help you. - You can't or you won't? 146 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,757 You made an overture to me. You left an opening. 147 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:21,436 Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me there's nothing here, and I'll just walk away. 148 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:23,796 Either way, I need to know. 149 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:48,478 Agh! 150 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,956 Hey, I got a schedule. 151 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:36,871 You gettin' on or not? 152 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,072 What's your problem? You on drugs or something? 153 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,833 Ah, the hell with you. You can walk for all I care. 154 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:48,876 Damned drugs. 155 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:16,798 He was sitting right here, staring at me with these glassy eyes. Pretty much out of it. 156 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,950 You mean he looked sick? 157 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,116 Yeah, now that you mention it. 158 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:25,034 I mean, I asked him if he needed help, but he didn't say squat. 159 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:28,596 Don't forget to put down I had a schedule to keep. 160 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,194 Did you observe anybody else in the area? 161 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:35,717 Not that I saw. I already told the police pretty much everything I know. 162 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,109 Excuse me. 163 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,873 - What happened? - We have another missing young man. 164 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:48,273 Alfred Kittel, 17 years old, African-American. His mother called the police around 3 a.m. 165 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,710 - How does she know he's missing? - He works down the street. 166 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,076 He takes this bus every night, and last night he never made it home. 167 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,839 They found his knapsack on the bench here. 168 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,309 The police are out canvassing. 169 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:05,076 I talked to a bus driver who said that he seemed disoriented, non-responsive. 170 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,436 It might be some kind of pre-symptomatic dementia. 171 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:11,638 Or a reaction to a powerful cortical depressant. 172 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:13,313 What are you suggesting? 173 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,518 Find Alfred Kittel and you find another one of those rare African seeds. 174 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:18,868 What makes you so sure? 175 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,157 A week before the first person was reported missing... 176 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,596 ..the New York Port Authority filed that with the FAA. 177 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:28,148 Like Owen Sanders, this man wasn't an albino either. 178 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:32,870 Not until he was found dead on a charter flight from West Africa, from Burkina Faso. 179 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:37,232 The embassy demanded the body's return before an autopsy could be performed. 180 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,754 It says cause of death was undetermined. 181 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:43,833 Yeah, undetermined, Scully, but not necessarily unknown. 182 00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:57,271 "Aboah"? What the hell kind of name is that? 183 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:06,479 Mr Aboah? 184 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,672 - Yes. - Philadelphia PD. 185 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:14,150 We're canvassing the building in regard to a missing person. 186 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:18,478 This is the young man we're looking for. Have you seen him? 187 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:21,795 No. 188 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:26,237 Well, if you hear from anyone who has, or come across any information at all,... 189 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:31,314 ..you can reach us at this number. That's a hot line. You can call 24 hours a day. 190 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,957 - Thank you. - Thank you. 191 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:25,753 - I am really quite busy. - We won't take up much of your time. 192 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,877 You're in charge of most of the casework... 193 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:31,679 ..for aliens immigrating from Africa and the Caribbean? 194 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,673 I assist people from that part of the world where I came from 15 years ago. 195 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:40,709 We're looking for somebody that came more recently. On a flight from Burkina Faso. 196 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:44,873 This is the passenger manifest from the charter company. 197 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,157 And... you want me to do what, exactly? 198 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:52,472 Cross-reference the names with anyone applying for permanent resident status... 199 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,755 ..or a work visa in the last three months. 200 00:19:54,880 --> 00:20:00,193 I am a social worker, not a police officer. My business is not chasing down illegals. 201 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,350 Sir, we're not here to arrest anybody. 202 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,830 But you are FBI agents, are you not? 203 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,390 Yes. Investigating a possible public health crisis. 204 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,349 What kind of crisis? 205 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,197 He's not at home. We might as well get comfortable. 206 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:41,314 It has to be here, Mulder. There has to be some evidence of a virus or bacterium. 207 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:46,352 If you looked up from the microscope, you'd see that what's missing is a motive. 208 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,876 The motive of any pathogen is to reproduce itself. 209 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,669 My job as a doctor is to find out if and how it is being transmitted. 210 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,753 - If this is a health crisis. - Death is a health crisis. 211 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:00,400 Something caused Sanders' pituitary to fail,... 212 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:06,191 ..which caused his metabolism to drop, resulting in coma and, finally, in death. 213 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,753 Sometimes you have to start at the end to find the beginning. 214 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,674 I just hope we don't have to find another dead body to discover what that is. 215 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,830 Maybe we won't have to wait. 216 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,192 Mr Aboah? Can I talk to you a minute? 217 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,472 - Boy, this guy can move. - He's not here. 218 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:42,111 He has to be. 219 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,516 Mulder, I think I know where he went. 220 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,832 Come on, Mulder. Let's go. We've lost him. 221 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,952 Hey, Scully, look at this. 222 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:40,669 Oh, my God. 223 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,994 From outward signs, this man is asymptomatic. 224 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:27,437 I appreciate the connection you've tried to make, but it's a dead end. 225 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:33,554 With your permission, I'd like to examine him more. I'd like to run a suppression test,.. 226 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:37,150 ..do a TSH screen, take a history. 227 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,674 It would help if we could talk to him. 228 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,309 I'm working on that. 229 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,672 - Nothing? - Not yet. 230 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,917 That doesn't mean he isn't a carrier, or even the index case. 231 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,912 He's some kind of case, the way he disappeared down that drainpipe. 232 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,515 Why has Samuel Aboah been arrested? 233 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:03,469 You said his health was in danger. Why have I been lied to? 234 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:05,751 Nobody has lied to you, sir. 235 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,519 Then, please, release him immediately. 236 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,596 We would like to do some more tests. 237 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,878 We have to be sure his health hasn't been endangered and he isn't endangering others. 238 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,037 - Then why have you called me? - As a translator. 239 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,879 We'd like to be able to ask him some questions. 240 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,349 - About what? - About Alfred Kittel. .. 241 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:28,640 ..and several other men who've gone missing since his arrival in Philadelphia. 242 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:33,032 - Then this is about a criminal charge. - There are no charges against Mr Aboah. 243 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:37,159 We arrested him because he ran when we tried to question him. I wanna know why. 244 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:41,631 Sir, if you had ever been beaten by the police,... 245 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,789 ..or had your home burned for no other reason than being born,... 246 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,390 ..then, maybe, you would understand why he ran. 247 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:51,238 And why you would run too. 248 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:56,472 He ran because he's hiding something. And no amount of tests you run on him,... 249 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,996 - ..no science is gonna find that. Excuse me. - Where are you going? 250 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:04,835 To find someone who I know plotted to deceive, inveigle and obfuscate. 251 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,675 Minister, this is Agent Mulder with the FBI. 252 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:24,959 - Thank you for seeing me at such a late hour. - I did not have much choice in this matter. 253 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,753 Someone from the United Nations spoke to the ambassador. 254 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,556 What's so important that it can't wait? 255 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,433 With all due respect, sir, I think you already know. 256 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:38,712 Do I? 257 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,429 Something happened on a flight from your country three months ago. 258 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,872 Something that you felt compelled to hide, even from your own ambassador. 259 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:51,476 The request to stop investigating this man's death came from you. 260 00:25:55,240 --> 00:26:00,872 I understand the need to protect your diplomatic position, but more men are dying. 261 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,959 Even if I tell you what I know... 262 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,915 ..you would never believe it. 263 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,639 You'd be surprised at what I believe, sir. 264 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,833 I had hoped, if I closed my eyes,... 265 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,993 ..it would go away this time. 266 00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:25,111 This time? 267 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,511 My people,... 268 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,353 ..the Bambara, are farmers. 269 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,913 I grew up hearing the old stories,... 270 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,629 ..believing them as only a child can believe. 271 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,589 What kinds of stories? 272 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,511 The Teliko. 273 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:52,751 Spirits... 274 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,511 ..of the air. 275 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,952 It was said they rested by day... 276 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,349 ..in closed, dark places... 277 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,193 ..deep inside tree hollows... 278 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,039 ..and in holes beneath the ground,... 279 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:12,393 ..too small even for a child to hide himself. 280 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:14,875 Mr Aboah? 281 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,712 Only when the sun fell,... 282 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,951 ..when the rest of the world was sleeping,... 283 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,235 .. would they come out. 284 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,474 Come out to do what, sir? 285 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,834 I was seven years old. 286 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,879 Lying awake one night, I saw him. 287 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,075 He was standing over me. 288 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,393 His hair was like straw,... 289 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,233 ..his eyes like water,... 290 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,559 ..staring down at me. 291 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,196 I closed my eyes and screamed,... 292 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:56,230 ..and felt myself being swept up into the air. 293 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,238 But when I opened my eyes,... 294 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:04,831 ..I saw my father... 295 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:06,672 ..holding me. 296 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,355 - Then it was a nightmare. - That's what my father said. 297 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:12,716 And I believed him. 298 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,510 Until the next day,... 299 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,795 ..when they found my cousin... 300 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,189 ..dead among his cattle. 301 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,117 Looking exactly like this man. 302 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,039 Which is why,... 303 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:42,432 .. when this photograph came across my desk three months ago,... 304 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:48,476 ..I knew the Teliko was more than just a children's story. 305 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,115 I knew it was real. 306 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,155 I knew he was here! 307 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,312 This patient has something in his throat, some kind of aberrant bone growth,... 308 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,591 ..or maybe something foreign lodged in his oesophagus. 309 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,148 Hm. Could be a lot of things. 310 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:21,270 You'd be amazed what I've seen removed from people's throats in ERs. 311 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,157 That's only part of it. 312 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:28,115 I discovered something even more disturbing when his PET series came back. 313 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:33,836 Look right here on the sagittal section, right below the hypothalamus. 314 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,956 - There must be some mistake. - There's no mistake. 315 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,838 This patient has no pituitary gland. 316 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:42,789 That's not possible. 317 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,714 I can't even begin to explain what we're seeing here, sir. 318 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,633 I just hope this patient can provide some answers. 319 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,280 You'll have to find him first. 320 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,477 - What are you talking about? - I was looking for you in Quarantine. 321 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,199 Samuel Aboah is gone, disappeared. 322 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:33,833 Samuel? 323 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,351 You scared me. 324 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,753 They let you out of the hospital? 325 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:46,435 Yes. 326 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,749 Everything is fine? 327 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:51,679 Samuel? 328 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,080 Did you want to see me about something? 329 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:02,670 Well, come on. Let me give you a ride home. We can talk about it on the way. 330 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,192 Lucky for you I was working late. 331 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,350 Yes. Lucky. 332 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,591 Come, let's go. 333 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,235 When did this happen? 334 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,552 Thank you, Lieutenant. I appreciate it. 335 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,952 I think this was his getaway vehicle. 336 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,153 He didn't even touch his Jell-O. 337 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,795 Let's go. Marcus Duff's car turned up abandoned... 338 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:44,429 ..with the keys in the ignition and the hood still hot. 339 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:28,513 6834, requesting ambulance in alley behind 1163 West Cherry. 340 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,871 Man down. Victim: African-American male, aged 35... 341 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:39,558 - Do you know what happened to him? - I won't even try to guess, but he's alive. 342 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,353 What about Aboah? Any indication of where he might be? 343 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,870 We're still sweeping the area. I'll keep you posted. 344 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,953 He's gotta be around here. He can't have gotten far. 345 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:51,952 He can squeeze into a coffee can. He could be anywhere. 346 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,554 - They'll find him. - They'll find another victim. 347 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,553 - We interrupted him before he could finish. - Interrupted his killing Duff? 348 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:02,872 The killing is just incidental, I think, to a far more basic need. 349 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:04,229 What need? 350 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:09,314 If Aboah has no pituitary, then his body couldn't produce melanin itself, right? 351 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:10,833 Theoretically, yes. 352 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,993 Well, when you examined him you didn't observe one single albino trait. 353 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:19,596 Considering his PET scan results, I don't even know how he managed to stay alive. 354 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,831 That's what I'm talking about: survival. And not just Aboah's. 355 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:27,994 I think the anomaly you observed is not just physiological. I think it may be evolutionary. 356 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:32,596 - What are you talking about? - A lost tribe, a clan of sub-Saharan albinos... 357 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:37,196 ..linked by a common congenital deficit, who've adapted over generations by... 358 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:42,115 - By stealing other people's hormones? - Somehow, Aboah has managed to survive. 359 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:49,875 However he's managed to survive, what makes you think he's not an isolated case? 360 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:53,396 Because of something somebody told me last night. 361 00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:58,031 An African folk tale. 362 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,436 You're basing this theory on a folk tale? 363 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,034 It's just another way of describing the same truth. 364 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:07,033 All new truths begin as heresies and end as superstitions. We fear the unknown,... 365 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:13,070 ..so we reduce it to terms that are familiar, whether that's a folk tale or a disease or... 366 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:15,597 ..a conspiracy. 367 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,795 Even if you're right, especially if you're right,... 368 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,155 ..why would he leave his country to come here? 369 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:25,872 Free cable. 370 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:28,556 The same reasons anybody comes here. 371 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:31,712 Liberty, the freedom to pursue your own interests... 372 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,396 Look at that. 373 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,074 - What are you doing? - It's a demolition site. 374 00:34:38,240 --> 00:34:40,435 Why are we here, Mulder? 375 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:44,316 Pendrell found asbestos fibers on Owen Sanders' body. 376 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:48,592 You remove asbestos from an old building before you tear it down. 377 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,514 It had to come from somewhere. 378 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:01,393 Agh! 379 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:15,239 Scully? 380 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,033 Scully! 381 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:23,919 Mulder? 382 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:35,268 Mulder? 383 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:42,034 Mulder? 384 00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:07,113 Mulder? 385 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:40,079 Mulder? 386 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:00,439 Mulder! 387 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,515 Mulder, are you OK? 388 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:49,315 It's OK, Mulder. I'm here. OK? 389 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:26,751 Sorry, Mulder. 390 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:43,509 911. Operator. 391 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:48,958 This is Agent Dana Scully, FBI, requesting immediate EMS and police assistance. 392 00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:52,953 - I'm in Liberty Plaza. - May I have your badge number? 393 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,356 My badge number? 394 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,159 JTT0331613. 395 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:06,275 No. 396 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:11,998 Liberty Plaza. There's a demolition site on the north side of the street. 397 00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:45,596 Special Agent Dana Scully, field journal entry number 74. 398 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:49,592 Despite acute trauma to his pituitary gland,... 399 00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:54,834 ..Marcus Duff was discharged early this morning from Mount Zion Medical Center. 400 00:41:55,440 --> 00:42:00,992 He is expected to testify before a grand jury in the capital case against Samuel Aboah,... 401 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:04,430 ..who is being charged with five counts of murder. 402 00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,350 It remains uncertain, however,... 403 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,750 .. whether Aboah will live long enough to stand trial. 404 00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:14,031 His response to hormone therapy has been poor,... 405 00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:17,078 ..his deterioration progressive. 406 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:19,715 My conviction remains intact: 407 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:23,793 ..that the mechanism by which Aboah killed and, in turn, survived... 408 00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:26,713 ..can only be explained by medical science. 409 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:32,636 And that science will eventually discover his place in the broader context of evolution. 410 00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:36,552 But what science may never be able to explain... 411 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:40,030 ..is our ineffable fear of the alien among us. 412 00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:44,638 A fear which often drives us not to search for understanding,... 413 00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:48,156 ..but to deceive, inveigle and obfuscate. 414 00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:52,550 To obscure the truth, not only from others,... 415 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,631 ..but from ourselves. 416 00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:36,272 I made this!