Woman: Hi. You've reached the Usher residence.
Please leave a message at the tone.
( machinebeeps )
Hi, honey. lt's about 8:30.
l'm going to be here a while.
The presentation didn't go so well.
Call me.
l loveyou. Bye.
(yelling )
( loudthud )
Guess who l ran into
from our class at Quantico?
Marty Neil.
j. Edgar,Jr.?
just got bumped up.
Foreign counterintelligence.
New York City Bureau.
Supervisory special agent.
Supervisory?
Twoyears out ofthe academy?
How did he land that?
He lucked into the Trade Center bombing.
Well, good for Marty.
Come on, Dana.
The guy is a loser.
Lookwhere he is now.
lt's where we should be.
Brad Wilson told me
the psychological profile you wrote
on the Washington Crossing killer
led them to the suspect.
You're on the violent crime section's fast track.
How areyou doing?
Haveyou had any close encounters
ofthe third kind?
ls that what everyone thinks l do?
No, ofcourse not.
Butyou do work with "Spooky" Mulder.
Mulder's ideas may be a bit out there
but he is a great agent.
Well, l've got this case that's "out there."
Baltimore P.D. calls.
Theywant our help on a serial killer profile.
Three murders began six weeks ago.
Victims vary in age, race, gender.
No connection to each other.
But there's a pattern.
Point ofentry--
the lack ofone.
What doyou mean?
College girl
killed in her cinder block dorm room
found with the windows locked
and the door chained from the inside.
The last incident, two days ago.
High-security office building.
Nothing on the monitors.
janitor spoke to the victim minutes before the murder.
Didn't hear or see a thing.
Suicides?
Each victim was found
with their liver ripped out.
No cutting tool was used.
Bare hands?
This looks like an X File.
Let's not get carried away.
l'm going to solve these murders, but...
l would likeyou to go over the case histories.
Maybe come down to the crime scene.
Doyou want me to ask Mulder?
Okay, ifhe wants to come and doyou a favor, great
but make sure he knows this is my case.
Dana, ifl can break a case like this one
l'll be getting my bump up the ladder
and you?
Maybeyou won't have to be Mrs. Spooky anymore.
Mulder: Why didn't theyaskme?
Scully: They're friends ofmine.
Theyjust felt more comfortable
talking to me.
Whywould l make them uncomfortable?
lt probably has to do with your reputation.
Reputation? l have a reputation?
Colton plays by the book, and you don't.
They feel your methods, your theories, are...
Spooky?
Doyou think l'm spooky?
Man: Agent Scully's in here, sir.
Sorry l'm late.
Wejust got here.
Uh, Fox Mulder, Tom... Colton.
What doyou think?
Does this look like the work oflittle green men?
Gray.
Excuse me?
Gray. You said green men.
A Reticulan skin tone is gray.
They're notorious for their extraction
ofterrestrial human livers
due to iron depletion in the Reticulum galaxy.
You can't be serious.
Doyou have any idea what liver and onions go for there?
Excuse me.
Dana, l've been thinking about this
and l have a theory.
lt might explain a lot.
Tell me whatyou think.
What ifthe guy enters...
...Hold on a second.
What in the hell's he doing?
Uh, that vent is six inches by about 1 8.
Even ifa Reticulan could crawl through
it's screwed in place.
Mulder: This is the print from Usher's office.
These others are from an X File.
Ten murders, Baltimore area.
Undetermined points ofentry.
Each victim had their liver removed.
These prints were discovered at five ofthe ten crime scenes.
Ten murders. Colton never mentioned...
Most likely he's unaware ofthem.
These two prints were lifted fiveyears before he was born
at Powhatan Mill.
These three were lifted
probably fiveyears before his motherwas even born.
Areyou saying
these prints are from the 1 960s and 1 930s?
And fingerprinting wasjust coming into its own in 1 903
but there was a murder
involving an extracted liver.
Ofcourse.
Now, that's five murders every 30 years
so two more to go this year.
You're saying these are copycats?
What did we learn
our first day at the academy?
Each fingerprint is unique.
These are a perfect match.
Areyou suggesting
that l go before the violent crimes section
and present a profile declaring these murders
are done by aliens?
l find no evidence ofalien involvement.
Well, what then?
This is the work ofa 1 00-year-old killer
capable ofoverpowering a six-foot-two businessman?
And he should stick out in a crowd
with ten inch fingers.
Look, bottom line
this is Colton's case.
OurX File dates back to 1 903.
We had it first.
Mulder, they don't wantyou involved.
They don't want to hearyour theories.
That's why Blevins has you hidden away down here.
You're down here too.
Look, why don't we agree to this?
They'll have their investigation
and we'll have ours, and never
the twain shall meet.
Agreed?
Scully: Aftera carefulreview
ofthe violenceandpowerful nature ofthesemurders
Ibelieve thekiller tobeamale
25 to35years ofage
withaboveaverage intelligence.
Hismannerofentry hasso farbeen undetectable.
Thismaybe due tohissuperiorknowledge
oftheinnerstructure ofbuildingsandduct works
orthathe, in fact, hides inplainsight
posing as delivery ormaintenance workers.
the extraction oftheliver
is themostsignificantdetail ofthese crimes.
Theliverpossesses regenerative qualities.
Itcleanses theblood.
The taking ofthis trophy is the transferring act
for the killer to cleanse himself
ofhis own impurities.
l think he is acting under the classic form
ofobsessive/compulsive behavior.
Now, since the victims are unrelated
and we cannot predict who will be next
we must utilize the fact
that a killer will not always succeed
in finding a victim.
When this occurs, a serial killer
may return in frustration to the site ofa previous murder
hoping to recapture the emotional high.
l think our best course ofaction
is to target these sites.
Goodjob, Agent Scully.
lfthere are no objections
l'd like to begin our stakeouts ofthe murder sites tonight.
We're looking for a male, 25 to 35
possiblywearing a uniform-- gas company, U.P.S., whatever.
l knowyou're assigned to another area, Scully
butyou're welcome to come aboard with us on this.
That is, ifyou don't mind working in an area
that's a bit more down to earth.
Man: Position Ten, station check.
Position Ten, l copy.
( metallicbanging )
( running footsteps )
Whoa!
You wouldn't shoot an unarmed man
would you, copper?
What areyou doing here?
He's not coming back.
His thrill is derived from the challenge
ofa seemingly impossible entry.
He's already beaten this place.
lfyou'd read the X File on the case...
Mulder, you arejeopardizing my stakeout.
Seeds?
You're wasting your time.
l'm going home.
( metallicbang )
Scully! Call for backup, and get over here!
Position Ten requesting backup.
ln there.
( loudbang )
Federal agent!
l'm armed.
Proceed down the vent.
Slowly!
( manyelling )
She'snotbyhercar!
( running footsteps )
Take him!
F.B.l.!
Don't move!
Getyour hands up!
Keep them up!
You're under arrest.
You have the right to remain silent...
You were right.
ls your full name Eugene VictorTooms?
Yes.
Areyou a resident ofthe state of Maryland?
Yes.
Areyou an employee
ofthe Baltimore Municipal Animal Control?
Yes.
ls ityour intent to lie to me
about anything here today?
No.
Wereyou ever enrolled in college?
Yes.
Wereyou ever enrolled in medical school?
No.
Haveyou ever removed a liver
from a human being?
No.
Haveyou ever killed a living creature?
Yes.
Haveyou ever killed a human being?
No.
Wereyou ever in George Usher's office?
No.
Did you kill George Usher?
No.
Areyou over 1 00 years old?
That must be a control question.
l had her ask it.
No.
Haveyou ever been to Powhatan Mill?
Yes.
ln 1 933?
No.
Areyou afraid you might fail this test?
Well...
yes...
because l didn't do anything.
He nailed it. A+.
As far as l'm concerned
the subject did not kill those two people.
Maintenance people at the office building
confirmed a call to animal control
regarding a bad smell.
They found a dead cat in the ventilation ducts
on the second foor.
That still doesn't explain
why he was there late.
He's a civil servant with initiative
and we busted him for it.
He was crawling up an air duct by himself
without alerting security.
He passed the test.
His story checks out.
He's not the guy.
lt doesn't mean your profile's incorrect.
Scully's right. lt's the guy.
What doyou got, Mulder?
He lied on questions 1 1 and 1 3.
His electrodermal and cardiographic response
nearly go offthe chart.
ls number 1 1 the hundred-year-old question?
Let me tell you
I had a reaction to that stupid question.
And what the hell is Powhatan Mill?
Two murders with matching M.O.s
occurred in Powhatan Mill in 1 933.
Look at the chart.
My interpretation...
l don't need you or that machine
telling me ifTooms was alive in '33.
He's the guy.
( sighs )
l'm letting him go.
( tearingandcrumplingpaper )
You coming?
Tom, l want to thankyou
for letting me put in time with the V.C.S.
but l am officially assigned to the X Files.
l'll see what l can do.
Tom, l can look out for myself.
You said Mulderwas out there.
That guy's insane.
( doorcloses )
Youknew they wouldn'tbelieveyou.
Why did you push it?
Maybe l thought you caught the right guy.
And maybe l run into so many people who are hostile
just because they can't open their minds
to the possibilities
that sometimes the need to mess with their heads
outweighs the millstone ofhumiliation.
lt seems likeyou were acting very territorial.
l don't know. Forget it.
Ofcourse l was.
ln our investigations
you may not always agree with me
but at least you respect thejourney.
And ifyou want to continue working with them
l won't hold it againstyou.
l don't know.
You must have something more
than your polygraph interpretation
to back up this bizarre theory
and l have to see what it is.
Mulder: These are Eugene Tooms's prints.
( computerkeys clicking )
This is the fingerprint they took from Usher's office.
lt matches the old ones from the X Files.
Obviously, no match.
What if...
somehow...
( keys clicking )
How could that be?
The only thing l know for certain is...
they let him go.
( dogbarking in distance )
(yelling )
64 inches from the south wall.
Let's run a check on liver transplants
in the next 24 hours.
Maybe this thing is black market.
Come on. lt was ripped out ofthere.
Look, at this point
l'm willing to give any theory a shot--
any sane theory.
l'm sorry, Dana
but l onlywant qualified members
ofthe investigating team at the crime scene.
What's the matter, Colton?
You worried l'll solveyour case?
Tom, we have authorized access
to this crime scene.
A report ofyou
obstructing another officer's investigation might stick out
on your personnel file.
Look, Dana
whose side areyou on?
The victim's.
1 05 inches from the fireplace.
The victim is a Thomas Werner.
Single, white...
That's Tooms.
He took something.
Baltimore P.D. checked out Tooms's apartment.
lt was a cover.
No one has ever lived there
and he hasn't shown up forwork
since he was arrested.
l found him.
How do we learn about the present?
We look to the past.
l think this is where it all began
in 1 903 on Exeter Street.
Look at the address
ofthat first murder in 1 903.
Apartment 203.
He killed the guy above him.
Maybe his neighbor
played the Victrola too loud.
This must be Tooms's great-grandfather.
What about the prints?
Genetics might explain the patterns
and the sociopathic attitudes and behaviors.
lt begins with one family member who raises an offspring
who raises the next child...
So what is this, the anti-Waltons?
Well, what doyou think?
l thinkwe have to track Eugene Tooms.
There's four down and one to go this year.
lfwe don't get him now, the next chance is...
2023.
You'll head the Bureau by then.
You go through the census.
l'll plough through this century's
marriage, birth, death certificates...
Doyou have any Dramamine?
These things make me seasick.
Anything?
Nope.
He disappeared offthe face ofthe earth.
You?
Neverwas born, never married
never died.
At least in Baltimore County.
Well, l did find one thing, though.
Um, it's the current address ofthe investigating officer
ofthe Powhatan Mill murders in 1 933.
l've been waiting 25 years foryou.
Sir?
l called it quits in 1 968
after 45 years as a cop...
and those killings at Powhatan Mill.
l was a sheriffthen
and l'd seen my share ofmurders--
bloody ones--
but l could go home and...
pitch a few baseballs to my kid
and never give it a second thought.
You got to be able to do that.
You... you'd go crazy, right?
But those murders in Powhatan Mill...
When l walked into that room, my heart went cold.
My hands... numbed.
l could feel...
it.
Feel what, Frank?
( sighs )
When l first heard about the death camps in 1 945
l remembered Powhatan Mill.
When l see the Kurds and the Bosnians...
that room is there...
l tell you.
lt's like all of the horrible acts
that humans are capable of
somehow gave birth to some kind ofhuman...
monster.
( sighs )
That's why l say
l've been waiting foryou.
Uh...
there's a box in the trunk here.
Get it for me, would you please?
Now, this is all the evidence l've collected
officially and unofficially.
Unofficially?
l knew that the murders in '63 were by the same... person
as in '33.
But by then, they had me on a desk pushing papers
and theywouldn't let me anywhere near the case.
A piece ofthe removed liver?
But, you know, that's not the only trophy
he tookwith him.
Family members reported small personal effects
missing in each case--
a hairbrush in the Walters murder
a coffee mug in the Taylor murder.
Haveyou ever heard the name Eugene VictorTooms?
When theywouldn't bring me aboard in '63
l did
some ofmy own work.
l took these surveillance pictures.
Now, this...
is Tooms.
Ofcourse, that was him 30 years ago.
And this...
...is the apartment where he lived.
it was located at...
...66 Exeter Street?
Right.
That's it.
Right there.
( birds cooing )
Here's 1 03.
The old man was right.
You can feel it.
( sighs )
There's nothing here.
Check this out.
What's down here?
l don't know.
Let's find out.
just an old coal cellar.
Mulder: Somebody having a garage sale?
This is the shape on Werner's mantle.
Frank said he collected trophies.
Mulder: Does he live in here?
Scully: lt looks like
the wall's deteriorating.
No. Somebody made it.
This is a nest.
Look.
lt's made out of rags and newspapers.
This looks like the opening.
Think there's anything inside?
Oh, my God, Mulder...
it smells like...
l think it's bile.
ls there anyway l can get it offmy fingers quickly
without betraying my cool exterior?
No one could live in this.
l don't think it's where he lives.
l think it's where he hibernates.
Hibernates?
just listen.
What ifsome genetic mutation could allow a man
to awaken every 30 years?
Mulder...
And what ifthe five livers could provide him sustenance
for that period?
What ifTooms is some kind of20th-century...
genetic mutant?
ln any case, he's not here now
and he's got to come back.
We'll need a surveillance team.
Yeah. lt will take some finagling.
Go downtown and see whatyou can finagle.
And l'll keep watch.
( gasps )
Oh, wait.
l'm snagged on something.
lt's okay. l got it.
lt's about time.
so, who we looking for again?
Eugene Tooms.
He's unarmed, but consider him dangerous.
Scully and l will relieveyou in eight hours
ifhe doesn't show-- right here.
You got it... Spooky.
We have to talk.
l have to meet Mulder.
That's what we have to talk about.
You're using two ofmy men
to sit in front ofa building
that's been condemned for ten years?
lt isn't interfering with your investigation.
When we first had lunch
l looked forward to working with you
but now l couldn't haveyou
far enough away.
Don't go down there.
l had the stakeout
called off.
You can't do that.
l can't, but my regional ASAC can
especially after l told them about
the irresponsible waste in man-hours.
Huh-uh. Let me call Mulder.
ls this what it takes to climb the ladder, Colton?
All the way to the top.
Then l can't wait till you fall off
and land on your ass.
( phoneringing )
This is Fox Mulder.
l'm not here.
Leave a message.
Where is everyone?
Scully?
This is Fox Mulder.
l'm not here.
Leave a message.
Mulder, you must have gone out
since Colton gave us the night off.
l saywe file a complaint against him.
l am furious.
Call me when you get in.
Okay. Bye.
( gasps )
Oh, my...
( phoneringing )
Damn it, answer!
( grunting )
(yelling )
Scully!
( grunting )
You all right?
He's not going to get his quota this year.
Look at him.
He's building another nest.
You'll be interested to know
that l've ordered some genetic tests.
The preliminary medical exam revealed
quite abnormal development
in the muscular and skeletal systems
as well as a continually declining metabolic rate.
lt dips way below the levels registered
in deep sleep.
Did you hear
what l said, Mulder?
All these people putting bars on theirwindows...
spending good money on high-tech security systems
trying to feel safe?
l look at this guy, and l think
"lt ain't enough."