The X-Files (1993–…): Season 2, Episode 22 - F. Emasculata - full transcript

Get away!

Shoo!

Get away. Shoo!

RBP field base, come in.

Field base, come in, please.

This is Dr. Robert Torrence
with the biodiversity project

requesting immediate evacuation
from sector Z-15.

This is a medical emergency.

Please respond.

I repeat, Dr. Robert Torrence,
biodiversity project.

Immediate evacuation
from sector Z-15.



Espera momento.

¿Oyeron eso?

Vamanos. Siganme.

Hey, Bobby.

You got some mail.

Don't waste my time, Winston.

Both of us know
I ain't got nobody.

Could be those Baptists
from Annandale.

I hear they been
sending fruitcake.

Hey, Winston!

You think this is funny?!

What kind of crap
you trying to pull here?!

Get this thing
out of my crib!

Winston!



Winston!
Winston!

Winston!

When was he exposed?

18 hours ago.

I've never heard of anything
incubating so quickly.

Where's the prison doc?

I want to see the prison doc.

We're specialists,
Mr. Torrence.

What's wrong with me?

Five centimeters.

They appear fairly uniform.

Basal temperature?

103.5. Oxygen saturation--

81 percent.

What's wrong with me?

Try and relax, Mr. Torrence.

We're here
to help you.

Put the sheets in the cart.

Make sure and get
all them pillows, too.

I'll be back in five minutes.

We'll be here.

See that?

He couldn't clear
out of here fast enough.

Whole cell block's empty.

McGuire says they're full up
at the infirmary.

Bringing in more beds.

Yeah, well, it's probably
something going around.

Maybe.

Why? You know something?

I know the sheets
ain't going to the laundry.

McGuire says they're going
to some kind of incinerator.

But the laundry pickup's
still happening.

According to
my briefing,

the prisoners escaped by
hiding in a laundry cart.

I don't think the guards

are watching
enough prison movies.

And they're both
serving life terms.

Murder convictions.

Everybody's here.

I thought this was
about escaped prisoners.

It is.

Then who are the men
in the funny suits?

I don't know.

It looks like some kind
of de-con situation.

FBI run out of
crooked politicians to sting?

Excuse me?

Mulder and, uh, Scully?

That's right. We have orders to
work with the federal marshals

on this manhunt.

Either of you two ever run
an escaped convict operation?

No.

Well, then you'd be
a real big help

if you just try
to stay out of the way.

We'd be happy to,

as soon as we can talk
to someone who's in charge.

I'm in charge here.

Apparently not, or you'd know

why our involvement
was requested.

We don't know
why we've been sent here.

Maybe if we talk
to the warden or someone...

Well, no one's here.

Prison's been taken over
by National Guard.

They've closed off
most of the facility.

Why?

I don't know why.

Federal marshal's business
isn't in here.

It's out there, trying to catch
those two convicts.

Where did this case
originate, Scully?

Came out of
Skinner's office.

Did he say why
he gave it to us?

No. Why?

Well, this isn't
the type of thing

the FBI normally
gets called in on.

I got a feeling we're not being
told the entire story here.

I've got the same
feeling, Mulder.

You think
you can get in there

and find out
what's going on?

I can try.

Where are you going?

See if I can get in the way.

Hey, you girls
go with Mom.

I'll see you in a minute.

Robert?

Robert?

Robert!

Hey!

I'm sorry, this is
a restricted area.

Who are you?

Dr. Osbourne.

Are you
the prison doctor?

No.

Who do you work for?

The CDC.

You work for the Centers
for Disease Control?

What are you
doing here?

Sir?

I'm a medical doctor!

I want to know
what's going on here!

Sir, if you don't let me in,

a lot of people
in Washington

are going to find out
that you're conducting

a secret quarantine
in here.

I'm under strict orders.

So am I.

All I can tell you

is that there is
a flu-like illness

spreading among
some of the prisoners.

How many people
are infected?

14 men so far.

Any deaths?

Ten of the 14.

What are the chances

the men who escaped
are infected?

They just took off.

Mulder.

Mulder, it's me.

I'm starting to get a picture
of what's going on here.

What did you find?

There seems to be

some kind of deadly contagion

sweeping the lockdown
population.

Deadly? How deadly?

Well, from what
I've seen so far,

36-hours-after-infection deadly.

Is there a chance any of
the escaped men were infected?

The exact nature of this thing

or how it is spread is unclear.

So is their exposure to it
and any danger they might pose.

I'd say these guys are a danger,
in any event.

Call me as soon
as you know anything.

I don't care who you are,
or what your business is.

I want you out of
here right now.

Not until I get
some answers.

You're in violation
of federal statutes.

I'm a federal agent, sir.

Who were you
on the phone to?

To my partner,
who needs to know

if the men he's pursuing
are infected.

That information
is unavailable.

Well, then I want
to see charts,

and I want access
to the infirmary.

You see what
I let you see.

Hello?

I'm free, baby.

Paul?

Listen, I'm...

Where are you?

I'm coming home.

What are you talking about?

I'm coming to get you.

What?

Yo! Anybody in here?

Hello?

Hey, man.

You okay?

You look messed up.

Oh...

You can't be
down here!

I need to know

what these men
are dying from!

You said this was some kind
of flu-like illness.

- What are these?
- Please! Please!

These bodies should
not be exposed!

Do all of the victims
have these boils?

You're burning
the bodies! Why?!

Dr. Osbourne, wait!

Freeze!

Hands in the air!

Freeze!

Freeze!

Clear.

We got a man down!

He's alive!

Attendant's name
is Angelo Garza.

He took a nice
crack to the head,

but he's talking.

Well, lucky they
didn't kill him.

Kid's got a lot of hair--
probably absorbed the blow.

He found one of the men
in pain on the bathroom floor

with a large boil
on his face.

There's a contagion
at the prison.

These men could
be infected.

Get on the horn, see what
anybody knows about that.

All right, they took
the kid's keys,

they got in the safe.

They got money, the kid's
car, possibly a firearm,

and they got a
big head start.

Any idea
where they're headed?

There are 23 possible
roads and thoroughfares.

Either of these guys
got a girlfriend, you know?

I wish I could tell you,

but those records
are locked up in the prison.

Till we can access them,
this is Smokey and the Bandit.

Well, if they had girlfriends,

they probably
tried to call them.

Did you think of that?

This is the operator.

How may I help you?

I'm a federal agent

assisting in the manhunt
for two escaped prisoners.

My badge number is
JTT-047101111.

I need to know the last call
made from this booth.

All right, sir. One moment.

That number is 555...

Can you repeat that, please?

All right, thank you.

What's going on here?!

Hey, what are you guys
doing here?!

What the hell's
going on here?!

Who authorized this?!

Hey, you going to do
anything about this?!

What's going on here?!
What's going on?!

Where are they taking me?!

Who are you?

Hey, did you order this?!

No.

Then who the hell did?!

I don't know.

But there was a call
made from that phone booth

about two hours ago; I got
an address and phone number

from Dinwiddie County.

Wait here, sweetie.

Be right back.

Thought you were BS-ing me.

I'm gone, sweet thing.

They ain't never
taking me back.

I ain't going
to let them.

I'm coming, sweetie.

Daddy's home.

Come on.

I got somebody with me.

What?

What's wrong with him?

I don't know.

He's out of it.

Oh, hell, he's burning up.

We got to get him
in the house.

Yes, I'm trying to trace
the origin of a package

that was sent
to a Robert Torrence

at the Cumberland State
Correctional Facility

in Virginia.

Y-Yeah. The package I.D. number
is DDP-112148.

Sure, I'll hold.

Yeah.

The package was sent
from Wichita, Kansas?

Did you record
the name of the sender?

Could you check that again,
please?

Thank you.

Yeah.

What do you know
about Pinck Pharmaceuticals?

Uh, it's one of,
if not the biggest

manufacturer of drugs
in America. Why?

They sent a package
to a prisoner here

who may have been the first
victim of the contagion.

Any idea
what was in the package?

No. It's empty.

Scully, from the description
we got, one of the prisoners

had a large purplish
inflammation on his face.

That sounds like
what I'm finding

on all the victims in here.

Do you know what that means,
Mulder?

Yeah, it could spread.

I-I need to know more about it--

how it's transmitted.

I'm on it.

Got to go.

Got to keep moving.

Paul.

Paul, he's awake.

Paul, come here.

You got to help me.

I'm-I'm burning up here.

Please.

Paul!

Paul! Paul!

Down! Down! Down!

Get down!

Get on the ground!

Do not move!

We got one prisoner
dead in the bedroom.

The other one's gone.

Come with me.

Why? What's going on?

Just come with me.

What the hell is going on?

I've been infected.

And they're not
letting me out.

Entire prison's
been quarantined.

By who, the CDC?

CDC has nothing
to do with this.

It's the company.

They're behind everything.

Pinck Pharmaceuticals.

You work for Pinck
Pharmaceuticals?

How did this happen?

We finance exploration

of new species
from the rain forest

with potential
drug applications.

Three months ago,
a field entomologist

disappeared in Costa Rica.

Disappeared how?

We're not sure.

He just sent us
some samples of an insect.

Like this?

I found this buried in
one of the dead prisoners.

Faciphaga Emasculata.

We were interested in it

because of a dilating
enzyme it secretes.

Is this what caused
the outbreak?

No. No, not precisely.

The F. Emasculata
is a parasitoid--

a bug that carries
a parasite.

In this case,
a deadly parasite

that attacks
the immune system.

The pustules are part of
the natural reproductive cycle.

They're full of the larvae
that you see there in the scope.

So the contagion only
spreads when the pustules erupt,

and the larvae
that are expelled

burrow into
the new host.

Agent Scully...

you were there when
the pustule erupted on me.

Which means
you may also be infected.

Come in.

Thank you for seeing me
at this late hour, sir.

What is it, Agent Mulder?

This case we've been assigned--

I believe we've been misled,
possibly deceived.

Deceived? By whom?

Whoever originated the case.

What is the accusation,
Agent Mulder?

That Agent Scully and I
were sent on this manhunt

without knowledge
of the existence

or nature of a contagion.

What is the exact nature
of the contagion?

It's deadly.

It kills within 36 hours.

One escaped convict
was infected.

He's dead now.

The other man may be infected,
and he's on the loose.

Does anyone know how
it's communicated,

whether it's a virus
or bacteria...?

No, we just know that over
a dozen men have died from it.

And it appears to be
highly contagious.

Then you don't know
much, Agent Mulder.

Why weren't we told the truth?

We didn't know the truth.

What we knew would only
have slowed you down.

But innocent people
could be infected!

What you knew
could have prevented that.

How?

In 1988,

there was an outbreak

of hemorrhagic fever
in Sacramento, California.

The truth would
have caused panic.

Panic would have cost lives.

We controlled the disease by
controlling the information.

You can't protect the public
by lying to them.

It's done every day.

I won't be a party to it.

How about you?

You're a party to it already.

How many people
are being infected

while you stand here
not doing your job?

Ten? 20?

What's the truth, Agent Mulder?

Mulder.

Mulder, they're enforcing
a full quarantine.

What?

One of the epidemiologists
who claimed to be with the CDC

told me that
this was no accident.

Pinck Pharmaceutical is here
trying to clean it up quietly,

and the government
would have to know about it.

Do you have proof of that?

Why else would
the National Guard be here?

They're protecting
Pinck Pharmaceutical.

Okay, listen, Scully, I need
to know how this happened.

I want you to start documenting

everything you can
get your hands on.

People have to know
about the cover-up.

The public?

It's a public health crisis.

Mulder, we can't leak this,
not until we know more.

The fugitive that
you're looking for--

he might not even be infected.

Yeah, but what if he is?

If this gets out prematurely,
the panic is

going to spread
faster than the contagion.

Mulder, we can't
let this be known.

What if someone dies because
we withheld what we knew?

What if someone dies
because we didn't?

There'll be a time
for the truth, Mulder,

but this isn't it.

Are you okay in there, Scully?

Yeah, I'm okay.

All I want you to worry about
is capturing that fugitive.

Take care of yourself, Mulder.

If you're not infected,

you should leave
immediately.

And if I am?

The parasite is undetectable
in the bloodstream.

This is the only way to test

whether or not
you've been infected.

These uninfected insects
act as incubators.

Now, the insect's bite
won't infect you.

The contagion can
only be contracted

through exposure
to the larvae.

How long will this take?

30 minutes.

And another two hours

before the parasite reproduces
enough for us to see it.

Elizabeth?

My name is Fox Mulder.
I'm with the FBI.

Where did Paul go,
Elizabeth?

I don't know.

I think you do know.

And I think you know
why you're in here.

How are you feeling?

I'm fine.

Steve felt fine, too.

Didn't take long
for that to change.

You're just trying
to scare me.

You should be scared.

If I were you,
I'd be scared.

You're lying!

No, Paul is the one who's lying,

and if he's infected,

a lot of people
are going to die.

If that's true,
how come it's not on TV?

How come they're not
telling everybody?

That's not my decision.

Well, whose decision is it?

You knew about it,
and you didn't say anything.

Why should I tell the truth

if you won't?

Elizabeth, Paul is
out there somewhere.

I have to find him.

Now, you can help me...

or not.

He's on a 10:00 bus
to Toronto.

She was supposed
to be with him.

That bus depot's over a half
hour from here, even doing 90.

Get on that phone to local PD!
I want every man they've got!

No, no, they don't know
what they're dealing with.

If he's infected,
he could spread it.

What we need now
is control.

Toronto one way?

Yes.

Now, once
we harvest the blood

from the insect...

The toxins.

They're moving
into my brain,

just like it did
on the prisoners.

I don't have
much longer.

I need you to help me.

What do you want me to do?

Go on.

You have to
complete the test.

Why did you confide in me?

It's not a secret
I feel like taking to the grave.

People have a right to know
the danger we've put them in.

If your test
comes back negative...

you have to tell them.

How can I prove it?

I don't know.

But if you don't, it'll
just happen again.

Don't believe for a second...

that this is
an isolated incident.

Will you wait
a second?

I don't want
to miss the bus.

You see that?

They're still loading
your luggage.

You're not
missing anything.

You have enough time to give
your mother a kiss good-bye.

Uh, ticket.

Be careful.

Say hi to Uncle Jay.

Hey!

What's the time?

20 to 10:00.

What are you doing?

This material has
been confiscated

and will be destroyed
according to standard

CDC procedure.

You don't work for the CDC.

Where's Dr. Osbourne?

He told me what happened here.

What happened here
was unavoidable.

Well, we'll leave that
up to others to decide.

Dr. Osbourne is dead.

No one in this room
will corroborate your story.

Just be glad this thing
is under control.

He's here.

Bought a ticket
to Toronto.

Son of a bitch.

And he's infected.

Mulder.

Mulder... I think everything
here is under control.

You okay, Scully?

Yeah.

Have you found
the second prisoner?

Yeah, he's headed to Toronto.

He's alive?

Mulder, listen to me.

Everything here
has been destroyed.

Any evidence whatsoever of a
cover-up has been incinerated.

That prisoner is the last man

who can possibly connect
the conspirators.

But he's infected.
He's going to die.

If you want the truth, Mulder,

he's going to have to make
a statement.

Hold your men back.

What?

I'm getting
on the bus.

We've got
the situation controlled.

That bus isn't going anywhere.

There are other
passengers on board.

The prisoner sees a
uniform, he could panic.

He panics, and
innocent people die.

- What do you want to do?
- I get on the bus,

I take the seat directly
behind the prisoner,

I put my gun
to his head,

I make an announcement
to clear the bus.

Thank you.

Can you take your seat, sir?

There's supposed
to be a man on the bus.

Sir, I've got
a schedule to keep.

Now, please, take your seat,
or I'm going to

have to ask you to get off.

Take the key
out of the ignition

and turn around slowly.

What is this?

I'm with the FBI.

I need to know if this man
has boarded the bus.

Yeah.

That's him.

Right back there.

Federal agent!
Drop your weapon!

Plan "A" has gone to hell.

Get ready to move, people.

Let the boy go!

Move the damn bus!

You got over two dozen

U.S. Marshals out there, Paul.

How far you going to get?

I'm dying, ain't I?

The question is: how many people
are you going to take with you?

What is this thing?

You were infected in prison.

What Bobby Torrence had.

And your girlfriend Elizabeth
and possibly your son.

How many more people
do you want to expose?

It came from that package
in Bobby's cell, didn't it?

You saw a package?

What the hell was it?

All right,
everybody, off the bus.

Just keep going.

Just go. Just go.

Keep moving.

All right, come on out.

It's okay.

Come on out. Just slide out.

I'm here for you.

That's it.

All right, go.

Go ahead.

All right, Paul,
what was in that package?

Paul, what was
in that package?

A pharmaceutical company
was using you as a guinea pig.

If you tell me
what was in that package,

I'll make sure
they don't get away with it.

Come on, Paul, you remember.

Tell me!

You have to get off.

Let's go!

Come on!

Robert Torrence
was patient zero--

the first prisoner
to contract the disease.

Just before being admitted
to the infirmary,

he received a package from
Pinck Pharmaceuticals.

They orchestrated
this entire thing to circumvent

years of FDA trials in order
to get their drug on the market.

Why are you telling me this,
Agent Mulder?

Because I wanted you
to hear it from me

before you read it
in the papers.

I'd seriously reconsider
bringing this

to the media,
if that's your intention.

Public has a right to know,
so it doesn't happen again.

And you're going to prove
this elaborate conspiracy

with an empty package
and a dead insect?

Leave it alone, Agent Mulder.
The epidemic was contained.

18 people are dead,
and if you're helping them

cover the truth
behind those deaths,

then you're just as guilty
as they are.

You really have no idea
who you're dealing with, do you?

I thought
I was dealing with you.

We can't prove a thing, Mulder.

They've made sure of it.

What are you
talking about?

Costa Rican government
just faxed me

the report
on the missing scientist.

His name was
Robert Torrence--

the same as our prisoner.

It was their fail-safe
in case it ever came to this,

so they could blame it
on a simple postal error.

A mistake.

That's why we were given
this assignment, right?

They knew all along.

So that even if we succeeded
in finding the truth,

we'd be discredited
as part of it.

Am I right?

Am I right?!

You never had a chance,
Agent Mulder.

For every step you take,
they're three steps ahead.

Well, what about you?
Where do you stand?

I stand right on the line
that you keep crossing.

Come on, let's go.

Agent Mulder.

I'm saying this as a friend.

Watch your back.

This is just the beginning.

I made this!