The X-Files (1993–…): Season 3, Episode 8 - Oubliette - full transcript

Name, please.

Uh, Amy Jacobs.

Okay, Amy,
fill out your address card.

May I have the next one in line?

Carl, I need a reload.

Hey, Carl.

Hey! I need more film.

I haven't loaded it yet.

Why do you even bother coming in

if you're not going
to do your job?

Nobody's going to spoil us.



Amy?

Amy!

Mom!

Hurry up
with those drinks, Lucy.

We're backing up.

What are you doing?

These are regular.
They all ordered large.

What...?

What happened?

Nobody's going to spoil us.

Nobody's going to spoil us.

Nobody's going to spoil us.

Nobody... nobody's going...

Nobody's going to spoil us.



Nobody's going to spoil...

Nobody's going to spoil...

Nobody's going to spoil us.

I'm looking
for the agent in charge.

And you are?

Special Agent Mulder.

I'll let him know you're here.

Mrs. Jacobs?

I'm Fox Mulder.

I'm with the FBI.

I'm sorry about your daughter.

It's her birthday on Tuesday.

We're going to do everything
we can to find her.

Who could do such a thing?

Who could take somebody
who wasn't theirs?

I know you must be feeling...

I'm sorry...

but how could you
really know how I feel?

It's blood.

Amy had a nosebleed.

Her little sister
said it happened

when the kidnapper put
his hand over her mouth.

We're running it anyway.

Walt Eubanks, special
agent in charge.

Fox Mulder.
Any leads on a suspect?

A vague description
from the sister.

Hair and fiber pulled
some promising bits,

but he didn't leave any prints,

here or in the flower beds
out front.

What about the neighbors?

Nobody saw anything.

Not a car... nothing.

It was someone who knew her...
that much we can figure.

He knew right
where he was going.

No, I bet that he didn't
know her so well,

or else he wouldn't have been
so bold.

Either way, we're pretty much
chasing our tails

until something
or someone turns on this.

What about this woman
at the fast-food restaurant?

You heard about that?

Yeah, that's why
I came down here.

Seems like a pretty thin lead.

Well, you mind if I talk to her?

Hey, save me the time.

Great. Thanks.

Mulder.

I thought
you missed your flight.

No, we were
delayed in D.C.

I tried you on
your cell phone...

I forgot it.
I left in kind of a hurry.

Your message said something
about a kidnapping?

Yeah, 15-year-old girl
named Amy Jacobs

was taken from her bedroom
last night, 10:00.

Is she here?

No. They haven't found her.

What are we doing here?

A 30-year-old woman
named Lucy Householder

was admitted here
shortly after 10:00.

She collapsed at work, suffering
from some kind of seizure

and what her doctors
are calling glossolalia.

Incoherent speech.

Technically, but whether
she knew it or not,

she was repeating
the exact words

spoken by Amy's abductor
at the exact same time

20 miles across town.

Well, that's spooky.

That's my name, isn't it?

Turns out, Lucy Householder

knows a little something
about kidnapping herself.

When she was eight years old,
she was taken from her bedroom

while her parents were asleep.

She was missing for five years

until she escaped and someone
found her by the side of a road.

Apparently, her abductor
had kept her locked

in a basement the entire time.

They never caught him.

Lucy?

I'm Fox Mulder.
This is Dana Scully.

We're with the FBI.

We'd like to ask you
a few questions.

I'd like a cigarette.

They won't let me smoke in here.

Are you feeling any better?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I'd just like a cigarette.

A young girl
was kidnapped last night.

Have you heard
anything about that?

What are you asking me for?

Do you remember
what you were saying

last night
when you collapsed at work?

What?

You were saying,

"Nobody's going to spoil us."

Does that mean anything to you?

No.

Can you think of any reason

why you might have said it?

What did I just say?

You see, those were the exact
words spoken by the kidnapper

to the little girl
when he took her last night.

So you can see that

under the circumstances, it
might seem strange that you...

So what's your point?

All of us kidnap victims

got to stick together?

No. We just want
to find the little girl

any way we can,
and if you know anything...

Look, what I've been
through in my life

I wouldn't want to
wish on anybody.

Doesn't mean I can make it any
better for me or anyone else.

All right. Well, thanks
for talking to us, Lucy.

Yeah.

Hey!

When do I get out of here?

I'm sure as soon as your doctors

feel it's okay for you to go.

No, they say it's up to you.

No.

We can't hold you here.
You're free to go.

I guess she's not too
big on confined spaces.

Yeah.

You the one
that called for a tow?

No. Not me.

Gary Mosier?

No. Wrong guy.

While I'm out here, might
as well give you a hand.

Oh, it's okay. We'll be fine.

Hey, looks like you're
in a world of hurt.

Blown sidewall... you're
going to need a new tire.

Yeah, yeah.
Looks that way.

- Got a spare in the trunk?
- Yeah.

20 bucks cash... my boss
don't got to know about it.

Have you on the road
in five minutes.

I can't pay you.

Make it ten.

Pop the trunk.

Take me five minutes max.

Leave me alone!

Hey, man, what the
hell's your problem?

Leave me alone!

Get out of here!

Lunatic!

Freak!

Hold on a second.

Agent Mulder, Lucy Householder...
you get anywhere on that?

I'm working on it.

Got one of my guys on the line

says she's got
a criminal record...

prostitution,
narcotics convictions.

She's done some time.

It doesn't surprise me,
given her history.

She's also got
a boyfriend doing time

for assault
and child endangerment.

Used to live with him
up in the hills.

Pretty sketchy characters.

I don't think she's involved.

Closest thing I got
right now to a lead.

I can tell them
to shift some men...

No. Let me follow up
on that, okay? Thanks.

Mulder, I got something...
something weird.

What?

I was going over

Lucy Householder's medical
workup and something hit me.

Her blood type
is O-positive.

Yeah?

Forensics lifted two blood types
off of her work clothes...

O-positive and B-positive.

Two guesses as to what
Amy Jacobs' blood type is.

Well, how could it be
Amy Jacobs' blood?

Lucy was all the
way across town.

I don't know, Mulder,
but it begs the question.

Why? Because it matches
the victim's blood type?

How many people have
B-positive blood, Scully?

One in five?
That's got to be

hundreds of thousands of people
in the local population alone.

We're not talking about
the local population,

we're talking about a woman
who's tied to this case,

who had somebody else's blood
on her uniform.

Lucy is a victim, Scully,
just like Amy Jacobs.

If she's got any
connection to this case,

that's the extent of it.

Well, we'll know soon enough.

What are you talking about?

I'm running a PCR
on her blood to see

- if there's a DNA match.
- Do me a favor.

- Will you keep that under your hat?
- Why?

'Cause I don't want
Lucy Householder

treated like a
suspect in this case

until it's absolutely certain
that she is one, okay?

Lucy?

I'm cold.

I brought you another blanket.

We should call the doctor.

No!

Let me see your face.

What did you do to yourself?

It's dark.

Why is it dark?

I can't see.

You hold on now.

I can't see.

Give me your E.T.A., please.

Dispatch, this is 17.

Our E.T.A. is five minutes.

Over.

How's she doing?

Fine. Blood pressure's
back to normal.

Temperature's back up.

She must have gone down
the rabbit hole for a while.

You should get
something to eat soon.

Get your blood sugar back up.

Thanks.

What do you say, Lucy?

Can I take you to dinner?

You feeling better?

Better than what?

Better than Amy Jacobs?

Wouldn't know.

If anybody knows,
I'd say you do.

I've got my own set of
problems now, thank you.

How'd you scratch your face?

Must've done it in my sleep.

Are you using again, Lucy?

I'm clean.

Passed my test last week.

You can ask Henry.

With flying colors.

Have you ever experienced
temporary blindness before?

I've probably experienced just
about everything once or twice.

It's all been pretty temporary.

That girl's in trouble, Lucy.

And there's not a damn thing
I can do about it.

You understand?

I can't help you.

I think you can, Lucy.

How?

Well, that's something
you have to tell me.

What can I possibly do?

Lead us to her.

I don't know where she is.

I don't care.

I'm not interested.

Well, that's too bad, Lucy,

because right now
I think you're her best hope.

If I'm her best hope,

then that little girl's in
a hell of a lot more trouble

than you think.

Who are you?

What do you want?

Why are you doing this?!

Please.

I want to go home.

You don't want
to talk to me, Lucy?

You don't want
to come sit by me?

Mulder, I've got a...

Scully, take a look at this.

How about if you just come out
into the light?

- Is that Lucy?
- Yeah.

Was taken in 1978,
the week she was found.

She'd been held
in the dark so long,

her eyes were hypersensitive
to the light.

Whoever held her captive

wasn't very big
on conversation, either.

She's 13 years old here

and can barely string
two words together.

It's amazing she's
gotten anywhere in life.

Well, by most yardsticks,
she hasn't, Mulder.

Look, I think we've got
a break in the case,

a big one.

What is it?

School pictures were
mailed out this week

to everyone in Amy's
class except Amy.

One of Eubanks's
men discovered it.

Who's the photographer?

It's an outfit called
Larken Scholastic.

Now, the photographer
checked out,

but his assistant was fired
the day after the shoot...

- a man named Carl Wade.
- What have you got on him?

DMV's an old address,

but he spent the good part
of the past 15 years

institutionalized for
a bipolar condition.

The only thing current we
have on him is this photo.

It was taken by his employer
trying out a new camera.

Have you shown this picture
to Amy's little sister?

They're doing it right now.

I'm going to take it
and show it to Lucy.

Lucy?

Lucy, wait.

No. I'm done with you.

I just want
to ask you a question.

Lucy, wait a second.

Don't touch me.

I don't like to be touched.

I'm sorry.

I was doing okay until this,
you know?

Figures.

I just want to show you

a photograph, okay?

You recognize him, don't you?

Lucy.

Hey! No!

Ow.

Lucy?

What's happening to me?

He's probably changed a lot
over the last 17 years.

Did you even know his name?

Carl Wade.

He worked as a
photographer's assistant.

School pictures mostly.

That's where he saw Amy Jacobs.

So what do you want from me?

I want you to tell me
what you're going through.

Might feel good
to tell somebody.

I feel like it's happening
all over again.

You can actually feel

what she's going
through, can't you?

I don't want to go
through this again.

Lucy, she needs your help.

There's nothing I can do.

Lucy...

Wait here a second, okay?

What's going on?

We're here
to arrest Lucy Householder.

Why?

I think you know why,
Agent Mulder.

What the hell is happening?

Mulder, the blood
on Lucy's uniform

was an exact DNA match.

Lucy was covered
in Amy Jacobs' blood.

She didn't do it, Scully.

Mulder, it's
incontrovertible evidence.

Agent Mulder!

Where is she?

She was just here.

Well, she's gone now.

Please.

I'm... I'm thirsty.

You shouldn't have run.

I was taking care of you.

I thought you understood that.

Why did you run away?

Please, mister,

I need some water.

You shouldn't have run!

Please.

I-I'm so thirsty.

I want my mom.

I don't want to die here.

Please.

Please, mister.

Don't let me die!

You're going to drive
her away with this.

She's been driven away,
Agent Mulder.

I'm trying to find her.

A half a dozen witnesses
placed her across town

at the exact time
of the kidnapping.

I'm well aware of the facts.

Well, then trust me on this,
she's not working with Wade.

How'd she get the blood on her?

She may have bled it.

She bled Amy Jacobs' blood?

Yes, it may explain why
there was so little of it

on the carpet in Amy's bedroom.

Agent Eubanks, line three.

I don't have time
for this nonsense, Agent Mulder.

We've got a young girl's
life at stake.

I hate to say this, Mulder,

but I think you just
ran out of credibility.

He's wrong, Scully.

You are protecting her
beyond the point of reason.

I'm protecting her

because I think she's
connected to Amy Jacobs,

just not the way
everybody else thinks she is.

Did you consider for one minute

that the person
she's connected to is Carl Wade?

Carl Wade. Why would she be
connected with Carl Wade?

For the same twisted reason

that abused children
crave their parents' love

or hostages develop
sympathy for their captors.

I mean, maybe Lucy developed

some kind of
emotional dependency.

After five years in a dark pit,

I'm sure she developed some
kind of connection with Wade,

just not the kind that
you're suggesting.

Well, it makes a lot more sense

than the notion that she's
bleeding Amy Jacobs' blood.

I don't know how to explain it,

but I think that
Wade's abduction of Amy

triggered some kind of
physical response in Lucy...

some kind of
empathic transference.

- Mulder, you can't...
- That's-that's how I account

for what Lucy's going through.

That's how I account
for the identical words

that corresponded to Amy

and the spontaneous
wounds and blood as well.

Then why did she run?

If she's innocent,
what was she running from?

Because she's afraid.

You don't see what you're doing,
do you, Mulder?

You are so close to this
that you just don't see it.

What don't I see?

The extreme rationalization
that's going on.

Your personal identification
with the victim,

or in this case, the suspect.

You're becoming some kind of
an empath yourself, Mulder.

You are so sympathetic
to Lucy as a victim,

like your sister,
that you can't see her

as a person who's capable
of committing this crime.

You don't think
I've thought of that? I have.

And not everything I do and say

and think and feel
goes back to my sister.

You of all people should realize
that sometimes motivations

for behavior can be
more complex and mysterious

than tracing them
back to one single

childhood experience.

Agent Mulder.

We've got a man on the way in
who spotted Wade.

Yeah, that's the guy.

I offered to fix his flat.

Tried to do the guy a favor,
and he went wacko on me.

Started freaking the minute
I got out of my truck.

What about the girl?

Was she with him?

I didn't see anyone else.

Guess she could have
been in the trunk.

Can you give us an exact spot?

Yeah.

Right in the middle of nowhere.

Which way was the car headed?

West.

Okay, Interstate 12...

County 15 north...

903...

Look at this.

Right off the 903.

Easton?

That's where Lucy was
found 17 years ago.

It's a small town, Scully.

Somebody's bound to know Wade's
face, know where he lives.

But we already stick out
like a sore thumb, Mulder.

If we start canvassing
Main Street,

somebody's going
to pick up the phone to him.

But he's a photographer, right?

Yeah.

He should have an account here.

Amy?

Mulder!

Yeah.

What's happening?
Did you find her?

Where are they, Lucy?

Tell us where Wade took Amy.

I don't know.

Anything happens
to that girl, Lucy,

and you'll be tried
as an accomplice.

Were they here when you arrived?

No.

You haven't seen them?

You haven't spoken with them?

I said no.

Then why are you here?

I don't know.

Just showed up
for no reason in particular?

That's what you
ask us to believe?

I've been here before.

A long time ago.

That was where he kept me.

So why are you here now?

Take her outside

and place her in custody.

No. I'll take her.

Come on, Lucy.

Agent Mulder...

It's all right.

He hasn't touched her.

Not yet.

He wants to, but he can't.

That's why
he takes the pictures.

What else, Lucy?

Tell me what else.

If he can't have her
all to himself,

that's when he's dangerous.

That's when
he'll start hurting her.

Lucy, you came here to help her.

No.

Why else would
you come back here

if not for Amy?

You're sharing her pain.

I can't...

You're the survivor.

You're the strong one.

Now, Amy needs some
of your strength.

She's not going to make it.

She has to make it,
and you have to help her.

She's cold.

She's cold and-and wet.

Lucy, Lucy.

Sit down. Sit down.

Mulder.

They found Wade's car
north of here.

- They're in the water.
- What?

There's a river near here;
I think that's where they are.

But the river's east, and they
found Wade's car a mile north.

Well, wade lives here.

He knows these woods.

He could be doubling back.

Did she tell you that?

No, but I think
that's what she's trying to do.

Mulder, wait!

Stay with her,
and get word to Eubanks

that Wade may be heading
towards the river.

Please! Stop!

I can't!

Come on! They're coming!

I can't! Please!

Nobody...

Nobody's going to spoil us.

No!

Can you sit up?

Can you breathe?

Are you able to breathe?

This is Agent Kreski.

I've got what looks like
an emergency medical situation.

Requesting EMS. Over.

Wade!

Federal officer!

Hold it right there!

She's not breathing.

No pulse either.

One, two, three, four...

Come on, Amy, breathe.

Two, three, four, five...

There's nothing.

Mulder, it's no good.

I'm sorry.

Damn it, Amy, come on!

Stop. You can't
help her.

Mulder, it's no use.

Mulder, stop it.

Stop it.

Mulder, stop!

Mulder.

She's breathing.

Have you got her?!

Is that her?!

Yeah, we got her!

We have to get an EMS
unit here right away

with some heat and some oxygen.

They're close. We've got them
up at Wade's place right now.

They're working
on Lucy Householder.

I'm cold.

I want to go home.

It's getting dark.

We have to get her
off the river.

I don't know what happened.

She just started coughing,
then she couldn't breathe.

By the time
the EMS guys got here,

she was already gone.

How's Amy?

She's exhausted, but it looks
like she's going to be fine.

The doctors want to keep her
for a day or two

just to be sure.

How serious were her injuries?

Wade must have left her alone.

There were no injuries.

He must have dragged
her through the woods

for at least a mile.

I know, Mulder.

I can't explain it.

She didn't have a cut on her,

and nobody wants to talk
about that right now.

Everyone's just relieved
to have her back again...

to have her safe.

Did they finish up on Lucy?

Yes. They, uh...
they brought in

the state pathologist
last night,

so I stopped by to get
the autopsy reports on my way.

She drowned, didn't she?

They found five liters
of water in her lungs.

She saved Amy's life.

Mulder...

...whatever there was
between them,

you were part
of that connection.

Did you think about that?

Lucy may have died for Amy,

but without you,
they never would have found her.

I think she died
for more than Amy.

What do you mean?

I think, finally, it was...

the only way she could escape.

The only way she could forget

what happened 17 years ago.

Finally, the only way
she could outrun Carl Wade.

I made this!