All language subtitles for The X Files - 3x23 - Wetwired.en

[Shovel Digging]

[ Labored Breathing ]

All right, you bastard.

Evil, rotten,

son of a--

There you go.

Your killing days are over!

No.

No ! No !

[Dog Barking]

[Car Approaching]

[Police Officer] All right, sir.
Put your hands in the air.

Keep 'em
where I can see 'em.

[Police Dispatcher, indistinct]

We gota call. You wanna tell us
what you�re doing out here ?

[ Gasping ]

- Sir ?
- [ Shouting ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Yelling, Gasping ]

[Man Grunting]

Turn over !
Give me your hand.

Damn amp-head.

Oh, Lord.
jimmy, check this out.

Sarah ? Sarah !

[Sirens Wailing in Distance]

- [ Indistinct ]
- Yeah.

Our blind date's not off
to a great start. I've been
waiting here nearly two hours.

I was asked to make sure
you weren't followed.

-It's just you, me and the drug dealers.
-Yeah, well, this area...

has always been known
for its criminal element.

Especially when Congress
is in session.

- What's this ?
- Something you�ll want to follow.

- Follow where ?
- That's all I have for you.

What do you mean,
that's all you have for me ?

I get an anonymous E-mail
to meet you here. I don't know
who you are or what you want.

I don't have any obligation or
desire to give you any answers.
I'm not one of your sources.

Then you�re just
a messenger boy ?

It's late, Agent Mulder.
Go home. Get some sleep.

Who told you to contact me ?
How do I know I'm not being played ?

I guess you don't.

Well, you can go ahead
and recycle that then.

I've been asked to tell you,

you walk away from this,
more people will die.

[Car Door Closes, Footsteps Departing]

[TV: Newscaster, indistinct]

[Door Closes]

Sorry. I would've got here sooner,
but the Beltway was a parking lot.

- What's going on ?
- Multiple homicide-- a bizarre one.

That�s Joseph Patnik.
He murdered five people--

all of whom he insists
was the same man.

- What do you mean ?
- He claims to have been killing
the same man over and over.

- Does he have a history
of mental illness ?
- Not that I know.

- But I only just got
this case yesterday.
- So what's the X-File ?

In Patnik's neighborhood
two weeks ago,

a baby-sitter attacked the two
children she was minding.

She told police she thought
they were wolves.

And police found no other motive
for either of these attacks ?

- None so far, no.
-[Man] Agent Mulder.

- I'm Dr. Stroman.
- This is my partner
Special Agent Scully.

- The physician in charge ?
- Yeah, they called me down from D.C....

to try and develop a clear
diagnosis for the court.

- Have you ?
- I wish I could say yes.

Has he been sedated ?

Heavy thorazine, but it only
seemed to knock him back a notch.

He seems
pretty manageable to me.

It may be some form
of organic delusional syndrome,

possibly due to chronic
methamphetamine abuse, I don't know.

- But he is prone to outbursts.
- Who called you down on this case ?

A Dr. Kahn from the Department
of Social Health Services.

- Could we speak to him ?
- I don't think he's in today,
but I could check for you.

-[Joseph Screaming]
- Orderly !

[ Screaming Continues ]

[Orderlies] Calm down, calm down.
You're gonna be all right.

- Easy.
- Yes, Dr. Stroman.

[Newscaster] Lladoslav Miriskovic
personally ordered...

the rape and murder of thousands
of innocent civilians...

in war torn regions of the former
Yugoslavia. Reporting from--

You said you got this case last night.
Where did it come from ?

- It came from an outside source.
- Who ?

This outside source, what's his
interest in this case ?

- What does he want us to uncover ?
- I don't know.

And you're not suspicious
that we're being used ?

We've got dead bodies
and confessed murderers.

If we�re being used,
it's to find out the connection.

That's what I'm interested in.

-[Woman Screaming]
-[Gunshot]

[TV, indistinct]

Isn't this a school day ?

- We didn't cut.
- We got a pass.

You got a pass to come in here and eat
these people's food and watch their TV ?

- No.
- Are we in trouble now ?

- How'd you get in here ?
- Through the window.
They leave it open for the cat.

Well, maybe you should head
back to school.

No, no, no.
Use the front door.

[TV: Explosions]

Mulder.

Look at this.
There must be hundreds of videos here.

Anything good ?

All I see are recordings
of cable news shows.

They're all dated
and in chronological order.

That's what Patnik was watching
at the hospital when he went all wiggy.

What if there�s
some connection ?

Between what he saw and what
he recorded and what he did ?

You're the one
who's interested.

[Tape Ejects]

I just watched 36 hours of
Bernard Shaw and Bobby Batiste.

Now I'm about ready
to kill somebody too.

I'm gonna show you something.

These tapes are dated April 1 9,
April 21 and April 23.

Each corresponds to a night
that Patnik committed murder.

- What's on the tapes ?
- Among other things,

a one-hour special report
on the atrocities in Bosnia.

A report that prominently
features Lladoslav Miriskovic.

The same guy that started Patnik
screaming in the psych ward ?

And my guess is that once
I review the tapes for the night
that Patnik killed his wife,

that I'll find that report
there as well.

So you think that because Patnik
saw this war criminal on television,

he was somehow inspired to go out
and murder these people ?

Well, recent studies have linked
violence on television
to violent behavior.

But those studies are based on
the assumptions that Americans
are just empty vessels...

ready to be filled with any idea
or image that's fed to them,

like a bunch of Pavlov dogs,
and go out and act on it.

But they believe that the causal
connections are there.

Studies have shown connections
between cow flatulence and the
depletion of the ozone layer.

You're talking about pseudo-science
used to make political book.

All I'm saying is that it's clear
that the programs that Patnik watched...

somehow triggered
his violent behavior.

-How ?
-The doctor suggested amphetamine abuse.

Maybe that, coupled with
the disturbing images...

that he was watching,
pushed him over the edge.

All I know is TV does not make
a previously sane man...

go out and kill five people
thinking they're all the same guy.

Not even " Must See TV"
could do that to you.

Okay, then
how do you explain it ?

I can't. Not yet.

- Where are you going ?
- I'm gonna get some sleep.

- [Door Opens]
- Looks like you could use some too.

No, I'm gonna...
watch the rest of these tapes,

just out of curiosity.

You have fun.

[Door Closes]

[Phone Ringing in Mulder's Room]

[Ringing Continues]

[Mulder Chattering, indistinct]

No, she doesn't.

[ Crunching On Ice ]

-~~[TV: Talk Show Theme Music]
- [ Humming ]

-[Applause]
-[Man]Good luck
on the prize tonight.

Before we go any further,
I�d like to introduce--

[ Giggling ]

[ Moaning ]

Washer/dryer !
Tell 'em about it, Johnny.

- This beautiful washer/dryer--
-[Gunshot]

-[Knock At Door]
-[Mulder] Scully ?

- Yeah ?
- I just gota call.
There's been another murder.

Yeah.
I'll be right there.

It happened
just less than an hour ago.

It seems to match our pattern--
a housewife gone berserk.

The car's been moved.
Did you take it out last night ?

No.

Uh, I went out, and I got
a paper this morning. Why ?

Nothing.

Nothing.
Let's go see the crime scene.

[Dog Barking]

-[Man] That�s all
the information I have, sir.
-[Mulder] Thanks, Detective.

- You're welcome.
-Just got through talking
to the detective in charge.

The shooter's name
is Helene Riddock, age 42.

- They took her to county lockup.
- What happened ?

She claims she looked out
the window and saw her husband
in the hammock... with a blonde.

[ Barks ]

- That blonde ?
- Yeah, apparently he was only
taking a nap with his dog.

But Mrs. Riddock swears
she looked out the window...

and saw her husband in
the hammock with a blonde woman.

So this woman killed her husband because
she thought he was cheating on her ?

This is not even her husband.
Her husband's a long-haul trucker.

He's been out of town for the last
ten days. This is Mr. John Gilnitz.

He's her next-door neighbor.
She didn't even have the right backyard.

Helene Riddock lives
over here.

Scully ?

Yeah. Let's check it out.

[ Woman ] One of my favorites.
He is so cute.

"The Little Traveler"
is normally $1 29.99.

And that's what you�re gonna
pay at the department stores--

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
What do you think, Scully ?

I think television plays a large part
in both of these murderers' lives.

As it does in almost every
American home. But television
does not equal violence.

I don't care
what anybody says--

unless you consider bad taste
an act of violence.

More tapes.

Hang on a second.

I'll be right back.

Hey!

Hey !

Hey !

Hey !

- Mulder, what are you doing ?
- I'm coming down.

-What is it ?
-Some kind of cable trapper scrambler...

running from the pole
into the house.

Maybe it's a job for Special Agent
Pendrall in the sci-crime lab.

- Yeah.
- You want it analyzed ?

Yeah. I'll do it.

It makes more sense for you
to interview Helene Riddock.

Get her version of the story.
Maybe she knows what this thing is.

Is there a problem with that ?

No, that's, that's fine.

Stay in touch.

[Car Door Closes, Engine Starts]

It looks a lot like a standard
video trap for blocking premium
cable channels.

- What does this one block ?
- Amazingly, it doesn't seem
to block anything.

- Well, what does it do ?
- Glad you asked.

I bet all you guys were officers in the
audio/visual club in high school, huh ?

This is the straight feed
off our bars and tone generator.

And here are the bars and tone
as attenuated through the device.

- It looks the same.
- Well, that's what you�d think.

We couldn't discern any
difference between the feeds--

not until we compared them
on the oscilloscope.

It still looks the same.

Hold onto your hat, dude.

- [ Beeping ]
- We have touchdown.

So they're different.

So ? They're different.

- You know the way TV works.
- Yeah, you click it on,
you get a picture--

It's a rapid series of still
pictures fired against the tube.

There's something nonstandard here,
in the vertical blanking interval--

information that's being added into
the spaces between the still pictures.

- What kind of information ?
- We don't know.

This is as far as we can get
with this equipment.

- Well, can�t you take it apart ?
- Not without destroying it completely.

- That's by design.
- An amazingly sophisticated design.

- All we can say for sure is--
- This device is emitting a signal.

[ Phone Dialing ]

- [ Phone Ringing ]
- Mulder.

Where are you ?

I was just about to call you.
Look, I'm on my way back.

You may have been right, Scully,
at least, partly.

There is a foreign signal being
introduced into these people's
homes through the TV set.

- Scully, are you there ?
- I'm here.

I think they may be running
some kind of test.

Scully, did you hear
what I just said ?

- So you had it analyzed ?
- Yeah.

I just talked to Agent Pendrall.
He said that you never showed up.

- I didn't take it over to Pendrall.
- Then where were you ?

I'd rather talk about it when
we get on a landline, okay ?

We've dealt with these kind
of people before. We know
what they're capable of.

- [ Clicking ]
- What was that ?
- What was what ?

- [ Clicking Continues ]
- There. That noise.

Scully, is there something wrong ?

- Mulder.
- [ Clicking Continues ]

- Mulder, who's listening to--
- Scully, look. I'm gonna
be right there, okay ?

- Don't go anywhere. Scu--
- [Phone Hangs Up]

[ Phone Redialing ]

[ Ringing ]

[Ringing Continues]

[Car Approaching]

-[Car Stops]
- [ Gasps ]

[Chattering, indistinct]

[Pounding On Door]

[ Pot Clattering ]

Get back.
Call the police.

Scully. Scully !

[Phone Ringing]

[Ringing Continues]

[ Sighing ]
Hello ?

Mrs. Scully, hi.
It's Fox Mulder.

What is it ?
What's the matter ?

I was hoping
that you�d heard from Dana.

- No. Something happened ?
- I'm, I'm not exactly sure.

There's--

There's some confusion here.
She's missing.

What do you mean, missing ?

Well, she ran off last night.

Um... w-we're looking for her
as best we can.

- But we are a little concerned.
- Oh, my God.

I hate to do this to you,
but I gotta hang up on you right now.

Fox, would you please
just tell me what's wrong ?

Hang by the phone. I will call you
as soon as I know something.

Sir, can I have a word
with you ?

This manhunt is being conducted as if
we're searching for an escaped convict.

Mulder, I share your concern
for Agent Scully.

But she fired four rounds
at you and an unarmed civilian.

These officers should be instructed
not to confront her once they find her.

- What would you have them do ?
-Just to keep an eye on her
until I can get there.

- I think I can get her to listen to me.
- She didn't last night.

That's because she's not
responsible for her own actions.

She's suffering from some kind
of paranoid psychosis.

- Brought on by what ?
- I can't explain the exact mechanism,

but it has to do with certain
videotapes we watched...

that we recovered
from a crime scene.

- Videotapes ?
- Videotapes that contain
an electronic signal...

that somehow induces
violent behavior.

[ Sighs ]
Do you have any proof of this ?

I'm working on that.

Whatever prompted her behavior,
the fact remains that Scully is
armed and obviously dangerous.

I suggest you marshal whatever
resources you have to make sure
you find her first.

[Phone Ringing]

- Mulder.
- We pulled something off that
videotape in Scully's room.

- What is it ?
- Something interesting.

But we don't want to talk about it over
the phone. Big Brother may be listening.

[ Phone Hangs Up ]

Here is the tape
Scully was reviewing last night.

- We scanned samples of the tape
onto disks.
- Digitized it.

Using some interpolating freeware
we pulled down off the net,

we were able to blank out
the invisible frames.

What am I looking at ?

Well, this is the actual signal
your cable trap device was emitting.

Of course, we slowed
it down significantly.

It's designed to cycle
at 15flashespersecond...

to induce what's known
as the photic driving response.

Bring it home, boys.

This device is stimulating
electrical activity in the brain.

Studies into subliminal influence
have shown a correlation...

between heightened suggestibility
and the manipulation of this response.

- Mind control ?
- 57 channels of it.

Tachistoscopic images, like they use
to sell popcorn at the movies.

Both Russian and American scientists
have been working with them for decades.

- Not to mention Madison Avenue.
- The naked lady in the ice cube.

- Ah, one of my personal favorites.
- Why wasn�t I affected ?

That's the one thing
we haven't figured out yet.

This, uh, subliminal signal--
could color be a factor in it ?

- Maybe.
- I'm red-green color blind.

His inability to perceive
the color red could render him
immune to psychotropic effects.

-[Phone Ringing]
- But why design
a color-dependent signal?

- Why not ? Red-green colorblind--
- Mulder.

That's only a small percentage
of the male population.

Which still leaves the vast majority
vulnerable to its effects.

- I'll be right there.
- What happened ?

Maryland State Police.
They think they've found Scully.

Is she okay ?

No, um--

They think maybe I should
come down and I.D. the body.

- [ Tires Screeching ]
- Get in.

- I can't talk to you right now.
- They're watching you. Get in
before you get us both killed.

That's an interesting choice of words.
My partner may be dead.

- That's not my concern.
- The hell it isn't !
We're here because of you !

- Keep your voice down.
- Who are you ? Who do you work for ?

We're wasting time. While
you're chasing your partner,
they're destroying the evidence.

- Who ?
-Just follow the evidence.

If you don't, by tomorrow
the responsible parties
will be out of your reach.

A state highway patrolman
found the body...

off a rural highway
at approximately 2:00 p.m.

Nude, shot in the forehead.

-Are you ready ?
- Let me do that.

It's not her.
Somebody has to call her mother.

We already tried.
We weren't able to reach her.

She's not answering her phone ?

- Mrs. Scully. Is she here ?
- Uh, no.

You haven't been
answering your phone.

- When I hear from her,
I'll call you, okay ?
- I need to see her.

Fox, please.
Go away. Go away !

Where is she ?

Dana, putdown the gun !

I'm here to help you, Scully.

I told you, Mom.
He's here to kill me.

- I'm on your side. You know that.
- Put it down, Dana.

Scully, listen tome very carefully.
You don't know it,

but you're sick with the same thing
that drove those other people to murder.

- And whatever you think
may be happening--
-Just step back.

Dana, you're not yourself.
He's telling you the truth.

It's not the truth, Mom.

He's lied to me
from the beginning.

- He never trusted me.
- Scully, you are the only one I trust.

You're in on it.

You're one of them.

You're one of the people
who abducted me.

You put that thing in my neck !
You killed my sister !

- That's not true, Dana.
- It is.

- I want you to listen to me.
- Mom, just get out of the way !

You trust me, don�t you ?

You know that I would never
hurt you.

That I would never let
anybody hurt you.

That's why you came here,
isn't it ?

You're safe here.

Put the gun down, Dana.

Put it down.

[ Crying ]

[Woman On P.A.] Dr. Monsignor.

[Knock At Door]

[ Newscaster, indistinct ]

How are you feeling ?

Ashamed.

I was so sure, Mulder.

I saw things,
and I heard things.

And it was just like the world
was turned upside down.

Everybody was out
to get me.

Now you know how I feel
most of the time.

I thought you were gonna
kill me.

I'm not surprised.

I did some checking.

Joseph Patnik thought he was
murdering a Bosnian war criminal,

a man the media described
as a modern day Hitler.

It turns out both Patnik's parents
were Holocaust survivors.

- I'm not following.
- Helene Riddock was scared...

that her husband was gonna be
unfaithful to her.

You see a pattern developing ?
What if this video signal...

somehow turned these people's
anxieties into some kind of dementia ?

A virtual reality
of their own worst nightmares.

Like me thinking
that you�d betray me.

I was so far gone, Mulder, I thought
that you were gone to the other side.

- What do you mean ?
- That cancer man, that man
who smokes all those cigarettes.

I was sure that I saw the two
of you sitting in your car
in the motel parking lot.

You were reporting to him.

You handed him a videotape.
It... it was crazy.

- Well, maybe not.
- What do you mean ?

Well, somebody's behind this.
We just don't know who.

- You think it could be him ?
- I don't know.

Why don�t you try
to get some rest ?

- Dr. Lorenz ?
- Agent Mulder.

I was just about to check
in on your partner.

What course of treatment have
you outlined for Agent Scully ?

At this point,
nothing more than bed rest.

We still haven't been able to
determine what brought this on.

As far as I can tell, there's nothing
medically wrong with her.

- Well, that didn't seem
to be the case last night.
- No, it wasn't.

It's got me puzzled.
Her M.R.I. was negative,

but the spinal tap revealed high levels
of serotonin in her brain.

Do you think that would account
for her strange behavior ?

High serotonin levels
have been associated with mania.

But the good news is,
as of this afternoon,

her levels are pretty much
back to normal.

Dr. Lorenz, uh,

would you have made a diagnosis
of amphetamine abuse for someone
in Agent Scully's condition ?

Not given her serotonin levels.
No, that wouldn't make any sense.

Thank you.

Thank you.

[ Phone Dialing, Ringing ]

Braddock Heights. Yeah, I need
the number for the Frederick
County Psychiatric Hospital.

[ Phone Ringing ]

Ward three.

This is Fox Mulder with
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

I need to talk
to Dr. Stroman, please.

I'm sorry. Dr. Stroman
is no longer here. I believe
he's returned to Washington.

- Know where I can reach him ?
- I'm not sure.

He left us a local number.
It's around here somewhere.

- Is it 555-01 35 ?
- That's it.

Thank you.

You want me to go first
this time ?

Damn straight.

I haven't had a chance to clean
the room yet. He just checked out.

But with all the excitement,
I don't blame him.

- Do you charge for local calls ?
- Of course.

- Then you'd have a record
of all calls made from here ?
- I'll get it.

Thank you.

Here you go.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Hey, Danny. It's Mulder. I need you
to check a number for me.

- That's what he told me, Stroman.
- Then where is he ?

- He said he'd be here.
- He'll be here.

It�s almost 7:00.
I can�t wait any longer.

There's no sign of him !

[Gunshots]

You're too late, Agent Mulder.

Now that you�ve destroyed
all the evidence.

You were told this would happen.
You made your choice.

I just didn't know
I was working for you.

I had no alternative.
I was being watched too closely.

I couldn't risk
compromising myself.

- Why kill them if you wanted me
to expose them ?
- Those were always my orders.

I was just hoping
you'd get to them first.

And uncover what ? What were they trying
to do ? Manipulate people's behavior ?

Alter their decision-making process ?
What to buy ? Who to vote for ?

You think they'll stop
at commerce and politics ?

Where will they stop ?

That's where you failed,
Agent Mulder.

Don't lay this off on me.
You pulled me into this situation...

because you didn't have the courage
to reveal the truth yourself.

- Feel better now ?
- You're a coward !

You work in the shadows.
You feed me scraps, hoping
that I could piece it together.

You've made me risk my life,
you've risked my partner's life...

and you never risk
your own !

You�re not walking
away from this.

You're risking your life
right now.

You failed.

This is your success ?
Killing me ?

The truth is,
you need me, Agent Mulder.

[Sirens Wailing in Distance]

This is your final report,
Agent Mulder ?

- Yes, sir.
- I see more questions here
than I do answers.

You don't know who manufactured
the device you found or what
its purpose was.

- No, sir.
-[Knock At Door]

- Agent Scully, welcome back.
- I'm sorry I'm late.

I just got back
from the documents section.

What did you find out about the
two men Mulder found executed ?

The cable company employee
had no criminal record.

In fact, there was nothing
remarkable about him whatsoever.

We found a medical license
under the name " Dr. Henry Stroman"...

in Falls Church, Virginia.

He died in 1 978.

What about their killer ?

He remains an unknown subject.

Have you completed
your work ?

All the personnel
and hardware have been removed.

But Mulder still has
one of the devices.

Well, it proves nothing.

What about, uh,
Mulder's source ?

He's been eliminated.

And his source ?

Who's he working with ?

That person remains unknown.