1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 2 00:00:34,646 --> 00:00:37,581 Radio check. Perimeter is clear. 3 00:00:37,649 --> 00:00:40,482 Copy that. Give me a check every ten. 4 00:00:41,353 --> 00:00:44,618 Why don't you folks make yourselves comfortable? 5 00:00:44,690 --> 00:00:48,319 Watch some television. Get some rest. 6 00:00:48,427 --> 00:00:51,123 Try to put your minds at ease. 7 00:00:53,131 --> 00:00:57,124 Just try to stay away from the windows and doors, if you would. 8 00:00:57,202 --> 00:01:01,866 Do we have to ask you to use the bathroom? l feel like l'm a prisoner in my own home. 9 00:01:01,974 --> 00:01:05,808 Ma'am, l apologize for the imposition, but my job is to protect you. 10 00:01:05,877 --> 00:01:09,438 As of this evening, the FBl's top priority is keeping you safe. 11 00:01:09,514 --> 00:01:13,473 For how long? A week? A month? Then what? 12 00:01:13,552 --> 00:01:16,453 Jim, don't do this, please. 13 00:01:16,521 --> 00:01:18,853 You don't have to testify. 14 00:01:18,957 --> 00:01:22,825 lt's not worth it. These people have a long reach. They're powerful. 15 00:01:22,894 --> 00:01:25,328 l have to do this. 16 00:01:27,399 --> 00:01:29,697 l'm going to bed. 17 00:01:41,546 --> 00:01:43,480 Thank you. 18 00:01:43,548 --> 00:01:46,984 The Grand Jury convenes at 9. We'll leave at 7.30. 19 00:01:47,052 --> 00:01:50,044 l'll be right outside the door if you need me. 20 00:02:40,405 --> 00:02:42,066 Jim? 21 00:02:58,056 --> 00:03:00,320 Are you feeling all right? 22 00:03:06,631 --> 00:03:08,656 Jim? 23 00:03:08,767 --> 00:03:11,895 Mr Skinner. 24 00:03:12,637 --> 00:03:14,571 Jim? 25 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:16,732 - Dr Scobie? - Jim. 26 00:04:42,661 --> 00:04:46,529 Yes, at the time, l was in another part of the house. 27 00:04:46,598 --> 00:04:49,863 Yes, sir. 28 00:04:49,935 --> 00:04:53,268 Yes, sir, l will have answers for you, l... 29 00:04:53,772 --> 00:04:55,433 l... 30 00:05:00,846 --> 00:05:04,338 - Rough night? - lt's shaping up to be a rougher morning. 31 00:05:04,416 --> 00:05:06,384 Follow me. 32 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:13,555 There's fingerprints everywhere, but they all belong to the deceased and his wife. 33 00:05:13,625 --> 00:05:15,718 - The body was found here? - Yeah. 34 00:05:15,794 --> 00:05:19,696 - What can you tell us about him? - Dr James Scobie, age 44. 35 00:05:19,764 --> 00:05:23,427 R&D biochemist with Morley Tobacco. 36 00:05:23,535 --> 00:05:26,766 lf he were alive as of 26 minutes ago, 37 00:05:26,872 --> 00:05:31,571 he'd be giving testimony against his former employer before a federal grand jury. 38 00:05:31,643 --> 00:05:35,977 - Testimony concerning what? - Not even his wife or lawyer know specifics. 39 00:05:36,081 --> 00:05:41,883 Only that it concerns research he was involved in, potentially damaging to Morley. 40 00:05:41,953 --> 00:05:45,821 Enough so that Scobie received death threats. 41 00:05:46,424 --> 00:05:49,825 Given the high-profile case, the director charged me with 42 00:05:49,928 --> 00:05:53,295 ensuring Dr Scobie's protection. 43 00:05:54,399 --> 00:05:58,665 - You think someone acted on these threats? - l do. 44 00:05:58,770 --> 00:06:04,606 Though we've yet to determine how someone got in here, or what killed him. 45 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,274 Can't blow the whistle with a mouth like that. 46 00:06:11,349 --> 00:06:16,013 lt's almost as if his flesh has been stripped or eaten away. 47 00:06:16,988 --> 00:06:20,321 l mean, an assailant could have thrown acid on him. 48 00:06:20,425 --> 00:06:23,121 lf it was acid in the face, he would have screamed. 49 00:06:23,194 --> 00:06:26,129 We're looking at all possibilities, Agent. 50 00:06:26,197 --> 00:06:31,692 We don't have much time. We're up against one of the biggest corporations in America. 51 00:06:31,803 --> 00:06:36,297 The director instructed me that he wants this case closed as swiftly as possible. 52 00:06:36,374 --> 00:06:39,343 l trust l can count on your help. 53 00:06:40,979 --> 00:06:44,779 l want you to perform the autopsy. The body's in the county morgue. 54 00:06:44,849 --> 00:06:47,682 - l'll get right on it. - Thank you. 55 00:06:53,124 --> 00:06:55,354 - What? - There's no ashtrays. 56 00:06:55,460 --> 00:06:58,156 Dr Scobie and his wife don't smoke? 57 00:06:58,229 --> 00:07:01,630 - Not that l've seen. - A tobacco employee that doesn't smoke. 58 00:07:01,700 --> 00:07:04,897 lsn't that kind of like a GM executive who drives a Ford? 59 00:07:05,003 --> 00:07:09,804 lf this was a hit it seems unnecessarily high-profile. lt draws attention to itself. 60 00:07:09,874 --> 00:07:13,708 That could be the point - to intimidate potential witnesses. 61 00:07:13,812 --> 00:07:17,839 Scobie had a supervisor at Morley - a Dr Peter Voss. l'm gonna talk to him. 62 00:07:17,916 --> 00:07:19,543 - You mind if l tag along? - No. 63 00:07:19,651 --> 00:07:21,312 Sir? 64 00:07:48,346 --> 00:07:50,678 We're here to see Dr Voss. 65 00:07:50,749 --> 00:07:53,513 Do you have an appointment? 66 00:07:57,255 --> 00:08:00,088 Do you have an appointment? 67 00:08:01,092 --> 00:08:03,686 Maybe you missed this the first time around. 68 00:08:03,762 --> 00:08:06,356 Gentlemen, l can help you. 69 00:08:08,266 --> 00:08:12,794 Daniel Brimley, Head of Corporate Security. Pleasure. 70 00:08:13,872 --> 00:08:17,706 - You're here concerning Dr Scobie's death? - We are. 71 00:08:17,776 --> 00:08:21,974 We were all sorry to hear about it. Jim has a lot of friends in this building. 72 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:26,710 No hard feelings that he was about to turn federal witness against your company? 73 00:08:26,785 --> 00:08:31,779 Nobody was happy about Jim's decision, but the timing of his death couldn't be worse. 74 00:08:31,890 --> 00:08:39,092 - You've no problem with us seeing Dr Voss? - Absolutely not. Whatever we can do to help. 75 00:08:42,333 --> 00:08:44,631 Could you... 76 00:08:46,337 --> 00:08:51,297 could you give my sincerest condolences to Jim's wife, Joan? 77 00:08:52,077 --> 00:08:53,169 How is she? 78 00:08:53,278 --> 00:08:57,305 l'm sure she'll take comfort in finding out why her husband died. 79 00:08:57,916 --> 00:09:02,080 Dr Voss, can you enlighten us as to what Dr Scobie intended to tell the grand jury? 80 00:09:02,153 --> 00:09:04,485 We know it had to do with company research. 81 00:09:04,589 --> 00:09:09,856 Dr Voss would be in violation of his confidentiality clause in answering that. 82 00:09:09,961 --> 00:09:13,590 - Dr Scobie was your friend? - Yeah, for 14 years. 83 00:09:13,665 --> 00:09:19,331 Yet you demoted him five weeks ago. You took him off a project. Can you tell us why? 84 00:09:19,437 --> 00:09:23,373 As before, Dr Voss would be in violation of his confidentiality clause 85 00:09:23,475 --> 00:09:27,343 in answering questions regarding the nature of his work here at Morley. 86 00:09:27,445 --> 00:09:31,643 Our cooperation cannot extend itself to revealing corporate secrets. 87 00:09:31,716 --> 00:09:35,379 l'm not sensing any cooperation whatsoever. 88 00:09:35,487 --> 00:09:40,789 l'm one more non-answer away from getting a federal warrant and searching this building. 89 00:09:40,859 --> 00:09:43,191 Then this meeting is over. Dr Voss. 90 00:09:43,294 --> 00:09:45,694 Dr Voss. 91 00:09:46,831 --> 00:09:49,391 Can you tell me what that is? 92 00:09:54,172 --> 00:09:58,370 - lt's a tobacco beetle. Why? - We found it at Jim Scobie's house. 93 00:09:58,476 --> 00:10:01,070 You'll find a lot of these around here. 94 00:10:01,179 --> 00:10:04,580 There's probably a dozen in the grille of your car right now. 95 00:10:04,682 --> 00:10:07,651 May l ask where you're going with this, Agent? 96 00:10:07,719 --> 00:10:12,554 l'm sorry, l can't. Answering that question would violate FBl confidentiality 97 00:10:12,657 --> 00:10:17,060 due to the sensitive nature of our investigation. 98 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:03,730 Evenin'. 99 00:11:05,143 --> 00:11:07,236 What are you doin' here? 100 00:11:07,312 --> 00:11:09,439 Run outta smokes. 101 00:11:11,549 --> 00:11:15,883 Me and Dr Scobie had an arrangement, as you know. 102 00:11:15,954 --> 00:11:21,620 So l figured, Dr Scobie not bein' around, that my arrangement with him 103 00:11:21,726 --> 00:11:23,887 slides on over to you. 104 00:11:37,842 --> 00:11:39,935 Here you go. 105 00:11:40,011 --> 00:11:41,478 That won't hold me. 106 00:11:41,579 --> 00:11:48,576 l'll bring you more. Just don't come here anymore, all right? 107 00:11:48,653 --> 00:11:53,647 lt seems everybody's actin' funny around me all of a sudden, you know? 108 00:11:53,758 --> 00:11:58,422 Tellin' me not to talk, to stay away from their houses. 109 00:11:58,496 --> 00:12:01,158 Too bad about Dr Scobie, huh? 110 00:12:01,266 --> 00:12:02,756 Yeah... 111 00:12:03,534 --> 00:12:10,440 l bet people are wonderin' how he died. l been workin' my own theory up in the old noggin. 112 00:12:10,508 --> 00:12:13,966 l'd be happy to share it with you someday. 113 00:12:14,045 --> 00:12:16,377 l think that you should leave now. 114 00:12:18,783 --> 00:12:20,444 Yeah. 115 00:12:22,287 --> 00:12:25,620 l don't wanna wear out my welcome. 116 00:12:28,626 --> 00:12:32,153 We'll be seein' a lot of each other, l expect. 117 00:12:45,043 --> 00:12:48,206 - Smoke 'em if you got 'em. - What have you found? 118 00:12:48,313 --> 00:12:50,873 The tissue damage on Dr Scobie's mouth 119 00:12:50,982 --> 00:12:54,474 extends all the way down his trachea into his lungs. 120 00:12:54,552 --> 00:12:57,020 His alveoli look like corned beef. 121 00:12:57,088 --> 00:13:00,023 What about this being the result of a corrosive agent? 122 00:13:00,091 --> 00:13:03,583 No, that's not the case. There's no acids present, no caustics. 123 00:13:03,695 --> 00:13:07,426 This damage isn't the result of any kind of chemical reaction. 124 00:13:07,532 --> 00:13:11,400 His airways have more or less just been reamed out. 125 00:13:12,670 --> 00:13:15,605 l can tell you what killed him, strictly speaking. 126 00:13:15,707 --> 00:13:18,073 - What? - Hypoxemia. 127 00:13:18,176 --> 00:13:22,738 The inability to transfer oxygen from the lungs to the bloodstream. 128 00:13:22,847 --> 00:13:25,042 He choked to death? 129 00:13:26,451 --> 00:13:29,909 However it was accomplished, someone did do this to him. 130 00:13:30,021 --> 00:13:35,425 Not necessarily. There weren't any signs of struggle. Maybe no one was ever there. 131 00:13:35,526 --> 00:13:38,393 - Where are you going with this? - lt isn't a homicide. 132 00:13:38,463 --> 00:13:43,127 You examined the body, Scully. Did you find any of these? 133 00:13:44,802 --> 00:13:48,238 - A bug? - lt's a tobacco beetle, yeah. 134 00:13:48,306 --> 00:13:52,743 l didn't find anything like that, Mulder. Were you expecting me to? 135 00:13:52,810 --> 00:13:56,712 Killer bugs? This is what l'm supposed to tell the director? 136 00:13:56,781 --> 00:14:03,653 l don't know, butjudging from Dr Voss's reaction to this, l think we should investigate. 137 00:14:45,930 --> 00:14:49,093 l been tellin' you all week. How many times l gotta say it? 138 00:14:49,167 --> 00:14:51,192 No smoking. You hear me? 139 00:14:51,302 --> 00:14:53,600 America, man. 140 00:14:56,274 --> 00:15:01,837 l'll get you kicked out, you son of a bitch. You think l'm kiddin'? l'll do it. 141 00:15:06,717 --> 00:15:09,015 The law's on my side. 142 00:16:11,716 --> 00:16:15,277 Guests check in, but they don't check out. 143 00:16:16,621 --> 00:16:21,058 Judging from the condition of the body, he died in the same manner as Dr Scobie. 144 00:16:21,125 --> 00:16:25,186 Except this man's no corporate whistle-blower. 145 00:16:26,364 --> 00:16:32,200 Thomas Gustall. Out-of-date Massachusetts license, food coupons, 146 00:16:32,270 --> 00:16:35,865 and a certificate from a court-ordered anger-management class. 147 00:16:35,940 --> 00:16:39,774 What could Morley Tobacco have against a transient from Massachusetts? 148 00:16:39,877 --> 00:16:43,779 - Probably nothing. - What are you suggesting, Mulder? 149 00:16:43,881 --> 00:16:47,248 That Jim Scobie wasn't murdered. Neither was this man. 150 00:16:48,386 --> 00:16:50,946 Then what killed them? 151 00:16:56,794 --> 00:17:01,231 - These. - We didn't find any in Dr Scobie's bathroom. 152 00:17:01,299 --> 00:17:04,166 There was an open window, so they could have escaped. 153 00:17:04,268 --> 00:17:07,897 lt's a long shot, but it could be some form of contagious agent, 154 00:17:07,972 --> 00:17:11,339 like an insect-borne bacterium. 155 00:17:11,442 --> 00:17:15,811 Which would mean that there might be other victims in this building. 156 00:17:20,585 --> 00:17:22,644 FBl. 157 00:17:27,091 --> 00:17:29,286 Sorry to wake you. 158 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:32,124 You didn't wake me. 159 00:17:38,703 --> 00:17:41,331 Come on in. 160 00:17:41,439 --> 00:17:43,498 Thank you. 161 00:17:45,443 --> 00:17:49,675 We're investigating the death of the man who lived next to you - Thomas Gustall. 162 00:17:49,780 --> 00:17:52,510 Do you know him? 163 00:17:52,617 --> 00:17:55,347 l knew his voice. 164 00:17:55,453 --> 00:17:57,512 He yelled a lot. 165 00:17:57,622 --> 00:18:00,182 He yelled? 166 00:18:00,291 --> 00:18:02,851 Yeah. He said l smoke too much. 167 00:18:06,030 --> 00:18:09,397 What ya gonna do, man? lt's a free country. 168 00:18:13,671 --> 00:18:15,468 - Do you mind? - No. 169 00:18:15,539 --> 00:18:18,565 You don't seem surprised that he's dead. 170 00:18:18,676 --> 00:18:21,668 Guess his number come up. 171 00:18:23,914 --> 00:18:26,212 l'm just glad it wasn't me. 172 00:18:28,085 --> 00:18:31,543 - What is your name, sir? - Daryl Weaver. 173 00:18:31,656 --> 00:18:35,490 Mr Weaver, did you see or hear anything unusual last night? 174 00:18:35,559 --> 00:18:40,223 Little Korean fella down the hall. Dresses like Wonder Woman. 175 00:18:40,331 --> 00:18:42,731 But that's every night. 176 00:18:43,768 --> 00:18:45,861 Other than that? 177 00:18:48,239 --> 00:18:54,872 Say, there wouldn't happen to be any reward money involved, would there? 178 00:18:55,346 --> 00:18:58,213 l mean, l could use an extra buck or two. 179 00:18:58,282 --> 00:19:03,720 The FBl would appreciate your voluntary cooperation, sir. That's the way it works. 180 00:19:03,788 --> 00:19:06,279 Ain't that always the way? 181 00:19:11,929 --> 00:19:16,730 Nope. My mind is just drawin' a complete blank. 182 00:19:18,269 --> 00:19:20,362 That's my card. 183 00:19:22,073 --> 00:19:24,473 Thank you, Mr Weaver. 184 00:19:32,883 --> 00:19:33,941 Anything? 185 00:19:34,051 --> 00:19:37,043 Two deaths in 24 hours. We've yet to find an answer. 186 00:19:37,121 --> 00:19:41,558 And the only thing l have to go on medically at this point is Mulder's bug. 187 00:19:41,625 --> 00:19:45,994 You know, l know an entomologist at UNC Wilmington - a Dr Libby Nance. 188 00:19:46,097 --> 00:19:48,395 Good. Talk to her. 189 00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:54,665 - Where are you going? - See about something that's bugging me. 190 00:20:10,521 --> 00:20:12,489 - Mrs Voss? - Yes? 191 00:20:12,590 --> 00:20:14,922 Fox Mulder. ls your husband home? 192 00:20:14,992 --> 00:20:17,460 lt's OK, honey. lt'll just be a minute. 193 00:20:17,528 --> 00:20:19,621 Sure thing. 194 00:20:26,303 --> 00:20:31,468 - l shouldn't talk to you without our lawyers. - l understand your reluctance to talk, sir. 195 00:20:31,542 --> 00:20:34,204 You have a nice family, a lot to lose. 196 00:20:34,311 --> 00:20:36,779 What do you want, Agent Mulder? 197 00:20:36,847 --> 00:20:40,010 There's been another victim. Thomas Gustall. 198 00:20:40,117 --> 00:20:43,211 Died exactly the same way Scobie did. 199 00:20:44,855 --> 00:20:47,153 l'm sorry to hear that. 200 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:53,888 - But what's that got to do with me? - We found these all over him. 201 00:20:54,965 --> 00:20:58,696 l believe that that's what killed both men. 202 00:20:58,803 --> 00:21:03,706 Tobacco beetle. lt's an herbivore. lt eats tobacco. Hence its name. 203 00:21:03,808 --> 00:21:07,801 l understand that, but maybe these don't. 204 00:21:07,878 --> 00:21:10,403 - l'm not required to talk to you, am l? - No. 205 00:21:10,514 --> 00:21:14,211 But why are you hiding behind your lawyers, Doctor? 206 00:21:14,318 --> 00:21:18,914 How many people have to die before you do the right thing? 207 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:37,899 l'll get it. 208 00:21:39,376 --> 00:21:42,277 - Hello? - What did he want? 209 00:21:46,684 --> 00:21:49,676 - Are you spying on me? - l'm not spying on you, Peter. 210 00:21:49,753 --> 00:21:52,950 l'm looking out for you. What did he want? 211 00:21:55,092 --> 00:21:58,027 There's been another death. Downtown. 212 00:21:58,095 --> 00:22:00,757 - How did it happen? - l don't know. 213 00:22:00,865 --> 00:22:04,892 This has gone on long enough. We should come forward. l should. 214 00:22:04,969 --> 00:22:07,938 Do you hear what you're saying, Peter? 215 00:22:08,038 --> 00:22:10,871 Now, l want you to just take a moment. 216 00:22:10,941 --> 00:22:15,207 l want you to think about what really matters to you. 217 00:22:15,946 --> 00:22:18,471 Now, tell me where l can find Daryl Weaver. 218 00:22:18,582 --> 00:22:19,606 Why? 219 00:22:19,717 --> 00:22:22,379 This was my mistake. l'll clean it up. 220 00:22:23,988 --> 00:22:26,582 l don't know where he is. 221 00:22:31,362 --> 00:22:33,489 This doesn't make sense. 222 00:22:34,164 --> 00:22:36,223 What doesn't make sense? 223 00:22:36,300 --> 00:22:40,737 lt's a Lasioderma serricorne - tobacco beetle. 224 00:22:40,804 --> 00:22:42,169 Only... 225 00:22:42,273 --> 00:22:45,504 l've never seen one exactly like this. 226 00:22:45,609 --> 00:22:47,839 What are the differences? 227 00:22:47,945 --> 00:22:52,314 Physical differences. Minor but definitely notable. 228 00:22:52,416 --> 00:22:57,683 Deviations in the mandibles, the antennae, the body segmentation. 229 00:22:57,788 --> 00:23:02,157 What if such deviations arose from genetic engineering? 230 00:23:02,259 --> 00:23:07,094 - Engineering the bugs themselves? - No. l was thinking about another possibility. 231 00:23:07,164 --> 00:23:10,497 - Transgenomics. - Which is...? 232 00:23:10,601 --> 00:23:15,868 lt's a form of DNA manipulation - alterations made on the genetic level. 233 00:23:15,973 --> 00:23:20,672 lt is widely known that tobacco companies pour money into that kind of research. 234 00:23:20,778 --> 00:23:26,444 Changing the tobacco plant itself in order to make it hardier, give it less nicotine, 235 00:23:26,517 --> 00:23:30,954 more nicotine, make it naturally menthol-flavored. You name it. 236 00:23:31,021 --> 00:23:34,047 A form of what? Supertobacco? 237 00:23:34,158 --> 00:23:37,855 Which possibly could have created superbugs. 238 00:23:37,962 --> 00:23:43,730 l guess the real question is could they have become dangerous to humans? 239 00:23:45,836 --> 00:23:47,895 Mr Weaver. 240 00:23:51,875 --> 00:23:54,366 Sorry, Doc, no vacancy. 241 00:23:58,082 --> 00:24:00,050 What happened there? 242 00:24:00,150 --> 00:24:04,484 You tell me. You're the one with the PhD. 243 00:24:04,555 --> 00:24:07,149 l'm just a big old guinea pig. 244 00:24:21,939 --> 00:24:23,839 Listen. 245 00:24:25,776 --> 00:24:28,244 You have to leave town. 246 00:24:28,345 --> 00:24:30,609 And give up all this? 247 00:24:31,682 --> 00:24:34,776 Me not doin' my part for science? 248 00:24:35,919 --> 00:24:37,750 Here. 249 00:24:37,855 --> 00:24:42,224 Take it. lt's everything l have in the bank. Four thousand. 250 00:24:46,296 --> 00:24:49,697 lt's not much, but it's a start. 251 00:24:53,437 --> 00:24:56,031 l'm not kidding. You gotta get outta here. 252 00:24:56,106 --> 00:24:57,767 Why? 253 00:25:00,711 --> 00:25:03,544 l got a good thing goin' here. 254 00:25:07,985 --> 00:25:10,283 l got cash money. 255 00:25:13,257 --> 00:25:16,920 l got all the coffin nails l can suck down. 256 00:25:20,564 --> 00:25:28,061 Although lately l been thinkin' this particular brand, it doesn't... 257 00:25:28,138 --> 00:25:31,471 do anyone else any favors, healthwise. 258 00:25:33,277 --> 00:25:36,405 Been thinkin' that too, huh? 259 00:25:41,351 --> 00:25:44,184 Would it bother you if l lit one up? 260 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:51,291 Toodles. 261 00:25:54,164 --> 00:25:59,329 No, you don't understand. Morley is a multi-billion-dollar global corporation. 262 00:25:59,436 --> 00:26:03,634 You think they're gonna let you endanger that? They'll kill you first. 263 00:26:03,707 --> 00:26:06,540 lt sounds like a Daryl Weaver problem to me. 264 00:26:06,643 --> 00:26:08,304 Yeah... 265 00:26:41,478 --> 00:26:46,142 - What am l looking at? - Thomas Gustall's left lung and bronchus. 266 00:26:46,717 --> 00:26:51,416 l guess that explains where the beetles came from. 267 00:26:55,159 --> 00:26:58,651 - Where have you been? - Talking to lawyers at Justice. 268 00:26:58,729 --> 00:27:04,190 - Trying to get a look at Morley's files. - Take a look at this. 269 00:27:06,837 --> 00:27:10,432 They're the larval stage of the tobacco beetle, Mulder, 270 00:27:10,541 --> 00:27:14,773 and somehow they have ended up nesting in Thomas Gustall's lungs. 271 00:27:14,878 --> 00:27:20,214 What doesn't make any sense is why Scobie's lungs didn't show this same condition. 272 00:27:20,684 --> 00:27:26,088 The larvae must pupate inside the lungs, and then once they mature into beetles, 273 00:27:26,190 --> 00:27:31,594 - exit the body en masse. - lt explains the state of the face and throat. 274 00:27:31,695 --> 00:27:35,131 How did they get in the lungs to begin with? 275 00:27:43,207 --> 00:27:44,868 Mulder? 276 00:28:36,793 --> 00:28:38,693 How is he? 277 00:28:38,795 --> 00:28:43,698 We're using a deep-suction technique that's been designed for asthma and cystic fibrosis. 278 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,327 And, so far, we're having some luck at clearing his lungs. 279 00:28:47,437 --> 00:28:50,031 - But...? - For every one of those things 280 00:28:50,140 --> 00:28:55,271 that are in his lung tissue there may be a dozen eggs that have yet to be hatched. 281 00:28:55,345 --> 00:28:58,439 - Eggs? - His pulmonary tissue is riddled with them, 282 00:28:58,515 --> 00:29:03,214 and they're going to hatch. lt's just... We're buying time. 283 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,346 How did this happen? How did the eggs get into his lungs? 284 00:29:06,456 --> 00:29:09,289 l'm thinking he inhaled them. 285 00:29:09,359 --> 00:29:13,557 The tobacco beetle lives out its life cycle on or around the tobacco plant. 286 00:29:13,664 --> 00:29:18,624 That's where it lays its eggs. lf those genetically-altered beetles we found did that, 287 00:29:18,702 --> 00:29:22,035 then maybe the eggs survived the processing into cigarettes. 288 00:29:22,139 --> 00:29:24,903 - And been carried into his lungs as smoke? - Right. 289 00:29:25,008 --> 00:29:28,876 Like spores or pollen, somehow small enough to be airborne. 290 00:29:28,979 --> 00:29:32,346 But Mulder isn't a smoker, and neither was Scobie. 291 00:29:33,250 --> 00:29:36,378 Maybe they were around someone who was. 292 00:29:44,394 --> 00:29:47,090 Don't bother calling Security. 293 00:29:50,033 --> 00:29:53,161 Federal search warrant, as promised. 294 00:29:54,538 --> 00:29:56,597 Do it. 295 00:29:58,542 --> 00:30:03,912 You're gonna talk to me. One of my agents is dying of the same thing that killed Dr Scobie. 296 00:30:04,014 --> 00:30:05,709 l believe you can save him. 297 00:30:05,782 --> 00:30:09,377 We stand by our contention that all information is proprietary, 298 00:30:09,453 --> 00:30:13,753 and is therefore the sole property of Morley Tobacco. 299 00:30:14,691 --> 00:30:19,253 Listen to me, you son of a bitch. This isn't about Morley or your precious research. 300 00:30:19,363 --> 00:30:22,230 This is about saving lives. 301 00:30:22,299 --> 00:30:28,761 - That's exactly what we were trying to do. - Dr Voss, l'm advising you not to speak. 302 00:30:28,872 --> 00:30:31,773 This has gone on long enough. 303 00:30:41,118 --> 00:30:46,920 We thought we were doing a good thing. We knew people were never gonna stop smoking, 304 00:30:46,990 --> 00:30:53,122 no matter how unhealthy it was, so why not genetically engineer a safer cigarette? 305 00:30:53,230 --> 00:30:56,097 Except you engineered the bugs as well. 306 00:30:57,067 --> 00:31:01,766 We recruited test smokers. We conducted focus groups. There were no problems. 307 00:31:01,838 --> 00:31:07,799 And after a few months in, things got bad. 308 00:31:12,249 --> 00:31:15,343 We had four test subjects, and... 309 00:31:19,189 --> 00:31:21,680 three of them died. 310 00:31:24,594 --> 00:31:27,256 ls that what Dr Scobie was gonna testify about? 311 00:31:27,330 --> 00:31:29,298 Yeah. 312 00:31:29,366 --> 00:31:33,359 Yeah. And the company wanted us to keep it quiet. 313 00:31:33,470 --> 00:31:38,305 But l thought, let's correct the mistakes and face the consequences. 314 00:31:38,375 --> 00:31:40,468 Jim didn't. 315 00:31:41,478 --> 00:31:47,713 He was monitoring a focus group, and that's how he got infected. 316 00:31:52,222 --> 00:31:54,713 You said only three died. 317 00:31:55,692 --> 00:31:58,160 Who was the fourth? 318 00:32:15,212 --> 00:32:17,646 Clear. 319 00:32:17,714 --> 00:32:19,807 Go ahead. 320 00:32:25,188 --> 00:32:30,717 - He told me he meant to get Weaver. - Looks like Weaver got to him first. 321 00:32:32,262 --> 00:32:35,595 Mr Brimley, can you hear me? 322 00:33:35,592 --> 00:33:38,083 You got Mickey's Big Mouth? 323 00:33:38,161 --> 00:33:40,652 There's no smoking in here. 324 00:33:52,809 --> 00:33:55,243 Mickey's Big Mouth. 325 00:34:04,087 --> 00:34:06,681 Anything else? Carton of cigarettes? 326 00:34:06,790 --> 00:34:09,281 You don't have my brand. 327 00:34:42,025 --> 00:34:43,993 lt must be bad. 328 00:34:47,797 --> 00:34:49,731 How do you feel? 329 00:34:49,833 --> 00:34:52,495 Like a DustBuster attacked me. 330 00:34:55,839 --> 00:34:58,535 We're looking for someone who may be able to help - 331 00:34:58,642 --> 00:35:02,578 a Morley test subject by the name of Daryl Weaver. 332 00:35:03,647 --> 00:35:07,583 Mr E Pluribus. 333 00:35:07,684 --> 00:35:09,345 Yeah. 334 00:35:10,553 --> 00:35:14,216 Mr Weaver seems to have some kind of tolerance or immunity, 335 00:35:14,324 --> 00:35:20,923 and we're hoping that once we find him we'll be able to figure out how to treat you. 336 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,493 Mulder? 337 00:35:32,175 --> 00:35:34,040 Doctor. 338 00:35:40,517 --> 00:35:43,884 His stat's down to 72. Get some O2 on him and call the code. 339 00:35:43,953 --> 00:35:45,853 Susan, code blue. 340 00:35:45,922 --> 00:35:48,015 Right, Doctor. 341 00:35:49,292 --> 00:35:51,385 Over to my side. 342 00:36:20,156 --> 00:36:22,249 Dr Scully? 343 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:29,494 We've got him stabilized on ECMO, but we won't be able to maintain him on it for long. 344 00:36:29,599 --> 00:36:31,999 Of course, you see why. 345 00:36:32,102 --> 00:36:36,232 - There's more now than six hours ago. - They're blocking the flow of blood. 346 00:36:36,306 --> 00:36:39,571 Our best bet is to go back in there. 347 00:36:40,477 --> 00:36:43,241 l think this time we have to crack the chest. 348 00:36:43,313 --> 00:36:44,575 No. 349 00:36:46,316 --> 00:36:50,810 No. He's too weak for thoracic surgery. He'd die on the table. 350 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:53,946 l don't know what our other options are. 351 00:36:56,092 --> 00:36:59,027 l'd say for the time being we just wait. 352 00:36:59,763 --> 00:37:02,095 That'll definitely kill him. 353 00:37:02,165 --> 00:37:04,258 Sooner or later. 354 00:37:16,279 --> 00:37:19,510 Mrs Voss, l'm Assistant Director Skinner, FBl. May we come in? 355 00:37:19,616 --> 00:37:21,379 What is this? What's going on? 356 00:37:21,484 --> 00:37:25,853 l have to ask for your cooperation. These men are here to protect you and your family. 357 00:37:25,955 --> 00:37:27,889 Oh, my God. Why? 358 00:37:27,991 --> 00:37:31,051 - Your husband hasn't told you about this? - He's not here. 359 00:37:31,161 --> 00:37:34,187 He told me he was headed home. Try Dr Voss at work. 360 00:37:34,297 --> 00:37:37,494 l've just been trying. There's no answer. 361 00:38:05,161 --> 00:38:07,527 Behind you. 362 00:38:15,071 --> 00:38:18,040 l was just leavin'. l got what l came for. 363 00:38:18,107 --> 00:38:22,009 He took the test cigarettes. l couldn't stop him. 364 00:38:22,779 --> 00:38:24,940 Stop right there. 365 00:38:25,782 --> 00:38:27,443 Why? 366 00:38:30,954 --> 00:38:33,514 You gonna shoot me? 367 00:38:33,590 --> 00:38:36,252 l'm not gonna let you go and infect more people. 368 00:38:36,359 --> 00:38:39,522 You're gonna let me do whatever l wanna do. 369 00:38:41,231 --> 00:38:44,359 Dr Voss here tells me you need me. 370 00:38:47,537 --> 00:38:49,903 You need me to save your boy. 371 00:38:49,973 --> 00:38:51,804 Don't do it. 372 00:38:56,446 --> 00:38:59,973 They say these things kill people, you know? 373 00:39:01,818 --> 00:39:04,548 Any brand, sooner or later. 374 00:39:06,122 --> 00:39:09,250 But, you know, it doesn't have to be that way. 375 00:39:10,260 --> 00:39:15,288 l think Dr Voss is really onto somethin' with his research. l do. 376 00:39:15,398 --> 00:39:18,231 lt's over, Weaver. l'm through. 377 00:39:20,570 --> 00:39:22,435 Come on, now. l mean... 378 00:39:22,505 --> 00:39:24,598 You gotta figure... 379 00:39:27,911 --> 00:39:32,280 The first car killed a bunch of people... 380 00:39:33,850 --> 00:39:40,449 before they perfected it, cos it's all just part of the scientific process, you know? 381 00:39:41,691 --> 00:39:44,023 Mr Weaver, l will shoot you. 382 00:39:50,466 --> 00:39:52,525 No, you won't. 383 00:40:04,514 --> 00:40:07,642 l'm a regular damn scientific marvel. 384 00:40:10,887 --> 00:40:14,015 They're gonna study me, 385 00:40:14,123 --> 00:40:18,890 they're gonna write scientific papers about me. 386 00:40:20,196 --> 00:40:23,131 l could be the cure for cancer. 387 00:40:25,134 --> 00:40:27,193 Me, Daryl Weaver. 388 00:40:38,481 --> 00:40:40,745 You ain't gonna shoot me. 389 00:40:49,525 --> 00:40:51,390 Toodles. 390 00:41:13,216 --> 00:41:15,707 - How's Mulder? - Not good. 391 00:41:19,789 --> 00:41:22,724 Let's get the blood work on this man. 392 00:41:40,610 --> 00:41:42,703 Wait a minute. 393 00:41:45,915 --> 00:41:49,214 Get me 30 milligrams of methyl pyrrolidinyl pyridine. 394 00:41:49,285 --> 00:41:51,583 - Nicotine? - Yeah. 395 00:41:53,289 --> 00:41:56,622 l think this could save Mulder's life. 396 00:42:11,674 --> 00:42:13,767 Good to be back? 397 00:42:13,843 --> 00:42:16,277 Beats the alternative. 398 00:42:16,345 --> 00:42:21,442 You'll be interested to know Morley Tobacco has subpoenaed all of our files on the case. 399 00:42:21,517 --> 00:42:26,477 - They seem very interested in your recovery. - What about Daryl Weaver? 400 00:42:26,589 --> 00:42:30,958 He's well enough to have been moved to the hospital ward at Riley Correctional. 401 00:42:31,027 --> 00:42:34,463 lt was the nicotine itself that was keeping him alive? 402 00:42:34,530 --> 00:42:38,022 His fingers were stained with it. He was a four-pack-a-day smoker, 403 00:42:38,134 --> 00:42:42,002 far heavier than any of the focus-group members who died. 404 00:42:42,105 --> 00:42:46,769 Nicotine is extremely poisonous. lt's actually one of the oldest known insecticides. 405 00:42:46,843 --> 00:42:49,869 lt's good for killing tobacco beetles. 406 00:42:49,979 --> 00:42:55,679 Once we loaded your system up with enough of it, it acted as a sort of chemotherapy. 407 00:42:55,785 --> 00:43:01,690 - Except it almost stopped your breathing too. - That's not all it did. 408 00:43:07,497 --> 00:43:10,489 l bought these on the way to work. 409 00:43:11,567 --> 00:43:14,468 You're not gonna start smoking? 410 00:43:14,537 --> 00:43:17,404 They say the addiction is stronger than heroin. 411 00:43:17,507 --> 00:43:19,566 Mulder... 412 00:43:27,350 --> 00:43:32,413 - Good. Skinner's waiting for us in his office. - l'll be right up. 413 00:44:08,691 --> 00:44:11,216 Visiontext Subtitles: Kerrie Slavin 414 00:44:29,378 --> 00:44:31,369 US ENGLlSH 415 00:44:32,305 --> 00:44:38,461 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from OpenSubtitles.org