The X-Files (1993–…): Season 5, Episode 17 - All Souls - full transcript

- Good evening, Father.
- Is she ready?

Yes.

Baptism is
the rite of initiation.

This holy water
takes away original sin.

The sacrament
confers the grace of God,

Bringing the soul
into God's family.

Dara, I baptize you
in the name of the Father...

And of the Son...

And of the Holy Spirit.

Bless you, my child.

Dara?



Oh, my God.

Dara!

Dara!

Dara!

Dara!

Dara?

Oh, my God.

Dara!

No!

Bless me, Father,
for I have sinned.

It has been several months
since my last confession.

You have a sin
to confess?

Father,
I'm an F.B.I. Agent.

I've taken it as my code and
purpose to uphold the law.



To save lives.

And now your work has come
in conflict with your faith.

In a way.

I was here for
Easter services last week,

And Father McCue
approached me for my help.

Why did he
come to you?

Because there was a family
that he felt needed my help.

But it was more than that.

Father, I had a daughter
who died...

A strange and sudden death
several months ago.

Father McCue thought that
by helping these people...

You might in some way
help yourself...

To come to terms
with your grief.

- Yes.
- But you haven't.

Father, I told you that
I had a sin to confess.

But the sin of which I'm guilty, I'm
not sure if you can offer forgiveness.

What is the sin?

An innocent girl is dead
because of me.

I could've saved her life,
but I let her die.

thank you so much.

Nice to see you.
Happy Easter, Father.

Yes, Father.
Happy Easter to you.

Good to see you.
Wonderful sermon.

Dana, do you have a moment?

I'd like to speak with you
in private.

I must say, Dana, it's been
nice seeing you at mass again.

I've almost started
getting used to it.

I've been trying to make an
effort to come more often.

I don't mean to take advantage
of your attendance,

But I've become involved
in a difficult situation...

With a couple that are
also members here.

- Do you know the Kernofs?
- No, I'm afraid I don't.

Recently, they lost
their daughter, Dara.

You may have heard about
the situation. No, I didn't.

The circumstances of
the girl's death were sudden,

And I'm afraid the police haven't
been able to tell them much.

Are you asking
for my help?

The Kernofs are devout, but their
faith is giving them little comfort.

I thought with your background,

Your words might carry
a certain weight.

Can I tell them
you'll be visiting?

that's
Dara on her 16th birthday.

We couldn't have
children of our own.

I persuaded lance
six years ago to adopt.

At first he was reluctant to accept a special
- Needs child,

But he became
so attached to her.

Then, this happens.

You make the choice never
imagining something like this...

Or how vulnerable
you are.

Dara had just been
baptized.

I know in my heart she's gone to
a better place, but lance is angry.

Angry at God.
They say time heals.

Um, Father McCue said that
you've been having trouble...

Getting much information about
what might have happened to her.

They say now she may have
been struck by lightning,

But no one seems
to know for sure.

How she even got out of the house
onto the street is a mystery.

- What do you mean?
- Dara suffered from congenital spinal deformities.

She's been wheelchair-Bound
her whole life.

- Could somebody have taken her out of her room?
- Lance saw her walking,

And when he found her, she
was on her knees praying.

I think that's the hardest
part for my husband.

He'll never understand
how God could...

Forsake the life
of an innocent girl;

How God, in his mercy could
let this happen to our Dara.

Mrs. Kernof was talking
about her husband,

But she might as well
have been talking about me.

You, too, were angry at God?

I felt drawn
to these people, Father,

In a very personal way.

I was determined to help them understand
why their daughter had been taken.

And did you?

As much as I have my faith,
Father, I am a scientist...

Trained to weigh
evidence.

But science only
teaches us how.

Not why.

If you want me to stand
by my report, I will,

But I have to say it's not exactly
open and shut on the cause of death.

- You think it was lightning?
- I'm guessing it was lightning.

The way her eyes
were burned...

Suggests the bolt may have gone to
ground, right through the top of her head.

Funny thing is, there was no other
sign of arcing, except for the face.

Her mother said that she was
found in a kneeling position.

Genuflecting.

Are you a religious person?
Why do you ask?

I haven't been to church
since I was a kid,

But I went last Sunday.

I'm gonna show you something.

Her body was rigored such that
I had to do my examination...

In the position
she was found.

I've never seen
anything like it.

Looks like there was surgery
done on her hands.

She was polydactyl.
Same with her feet.

I haven't asked her parents yet,
haven't had the heart to,

But I assume they had
the extra fingers removed.

What's the connection?

I found no other evidence
of any other tissue damage...

Or electrical burns
or any other serious trauma.

It's as if God himself
struck her down.

Dara Kernof was adopted.

I don't suppose that you've requested
any information about the birth mother.

- I can do that if you like.
- No, that's okay. I, uh--

I have someone I can ask.

Somebody I'd like
to confer with, actually.

Koklos. Paula Koklos.
Room 213.

We'll get her things packed up
and get you on your way.

hold it!

Just hold it.

Are you Father Gregory?

Yes.

I'm Aaron Starkey with the
department of social services.

I am very sorry,
but we've had a mix-Up.

- What are you talking about?
- Your adoption petition for Paula Koklos.

It's missing an approval.

I've got the court order.
That's the mix-Up.

See, it never should have
gone to family court...

Without getting an approval from the
social worker assigned to the case,

And that's me.

Give it to me here then
and we'll be on our way.

I can't, at least not yet. I've
just been assigned to Paula,

So I'll need time to
familiarize myself with her case.

Look, I've already been through all
this. I'm here to take the girl home.

I'm sorry, Father,
but you'll have to wait...

Until I can get
the paperwork in order.

Hello.

Hey, Scully.
I'm returning your call.

Hi. Uh,
something's come up.

I was hoping that you
could do me a favor.

What's going on?

This isn't official
F.B.I. Business,

So I was hoping that we
could keep it outside of work.

Hey, look, I'm kind of tailing a possible
suspect right now, so I'm kind of rushed, so, uh--

I need some birth and adoptive
records on a Dara Kernof.

- Who?
- Dara Kernof.

I can't tell you much more
than that, Mulder. I'm sorry.

You want to give me a hint?
Anything?

Not until you get me
those records.

All right.
I'll talk to you later.

Scully?

Aren't you the secret
squirrel. What do you mean?

Got a look at that body they wheeled
out of here. You've been holding out.

Mulder, it's not what you think.
I didn't want to involve you.

I got asked to look into
this as a favor for a family.

Dara Kernof's family?

You found Dara's records? No.
Those are her birth records.

The adoption records
have been sealed.

I think one of my questions
has already been answered.

Dara was a twin.
No.

Actually, she was a
quadruplet, one of four girls.

Was this cross
found like this?

Yes, as far as I know. Why?
It's inverted. Upside-Down.

That's a protest,
a sacrilege against the church.

Put there by whom?

It's your case, remember,
Scully? Do you have any suspects?

Not as of this time. Could
the victim have placed it?

Uh, it's doubtful.

Paula Koklos was
severely impaired...

Physically and mentally,
as was Dara Kernof.

They both died
the same way?

It appears that their eyes
were burnt out.

Their bodies frozen
in a position of prayer.

Their physical deformities
could account for that.

They might.

Look, Scully, I know you don't
really want my help on this,

But can I offer you
my professional opinion?

You got a bona fide, super-Crazy
religious wacko on your hands.

What makes you
so sure?

The mote in the eye, the eyes as the
window to the soul, eye for an eye.

He's working from
ancient scripture,

Ancient text,
maybe even the Bible.

He may even think
he's doing God's work.

Did you find anything?

My name is Aaron Starkey. I'm the
social worker assigned to Paula Koklos.

This is so tragic. I just hope
you catch whoever did this.

Mr. Starkey, do you know if that
cross over there belonged to Paula?

I don't remember
seeing it before.

I'm sure it didn't.

Did she have any visitors or anybody
who might have left it behind?

Well, she had no family.

No friends, really.

I don't know if you knew this,
but Paula was about to be adopted.

By who?

Scully, look at this.

The Gnostic gospels,
book of Enoch, book of "j,"

apocrypha.

I'm surprised there's nothing
here from Jesus Christ Superstar.

What kind of church is
this? There's no telling.

- Can I help you?
- Father Gregory?

Yes.
I'm Dana Scully.

We're here about
the death of Paula Koklos.

Oh, God, no.

Are you all right, Father?

I was trying to adopt Paula.
I'm sure you knew that.

We hear you were
very anxious to do so.

I-I hope to God you're not suggesting
I had something to do with it.

- Why adopt her?
- You think I was interested in harming her?

Why adopt her?

I-I was trying to protect
her. I knew her mother.

- Do you know where she is?
- Yes.

We were looking for her name. It's
not listed on the girls' birth records.

- Why would you want it?
- The other two girls may be in danger.

We're hoping that she might
be able to help us find them.

Their mother died
in childbirth.

Can you give us a name?

When I was a priest
in the Roman Church,

Before I founded my own,
I was her confessor.

Divulging her name would
violate the code of my faith.

And yours, I see.

You said you wanted to
protect Paula. From what?

Whatever your intentions,

Your secular prejudices blind you from
seeing what's really happening here.

Two girls are dead,
not by the hand of man.

Unless you accept the truth
of God's teachings...

That there is a struggle between
good and evil for all souls...

And that we are losing that
struggle, you're but fools rushing in.

You put your own lives
in danger,

As well as the lives
of the messengers.

I have nothing more to say.

I brought Agent Mulder on the
case to help temper my feelings;

To keep them from
clouding my judgment.

I wouldn't admit it
to him, but...

As we stood there, I felt as if Father
Gregory were speaking directly to me...

In a language
only I could understand.

the messengers.

Yes.

I know people in glass
houses shouldn't throw stones,

Blah, blah, blah,
but that guy is paranoid.

I think you're a little extreme in
your judgment, don't you, Mulder?

All that crap about the fight for
all souls, the literature we saw,

The performance we just
witnessed, it all fits.

He thinks he's doing
God's laundry.

Well, he said this wasn't done by the hand
of man. You think he believes that too?

If he does, he's even more
dangerous than he appears.

Even if he's not your killer,
he is hiding something.

- What?
- He says he knew the mother, but he won't give up her name.

Maybe she's still alive.

I think you have enough to bring him in
for questioning, if not make an arrest.

But, basically, you're ruling out
any element of the supernatural.

What do you mean?

Well, Dara Kernof was baptized
on the day of her death.

She was sanctified by the ritual
sacrament, submerged in the spirit.

And why would God
allow this to happen?

Why do bad things
happen to good people?

Religion has masqueraded as the
paranormal since the dawn of time...

To justify some of the most
horrible acts in history.

I was raised to believe that God
has his reasons, however mysterious.

He may have his reasons, but seems to use
psychotics to carry out his job orders.

You wanna find who did this? I suggest
you autopsy the body before it's interred;

Before the man who killed her
has a chance to find her sisters.

the victim is Paula Koklos,

Age 16,
cause of death unknown.

I'll begin with
the external examination.

Victim has signs of
congenital physical defects,

Including
four supernumerary digits.

The only indications of
external trauma are the burning,

By means unknown,
of both globes of the eyes.

I'm noting something
on the shoulder,

A bony process of some kind,
possibly a tumorous mass.

No indication
of surgical procedure.

The mass appears on both
the right and left clavicle.

Oh, God.

Mommy?

Mommy, please.

I told myself that
it was all in my head,

A hallucination brought on by my
emotional connection to the case.

That would seem to be
a reasonable explanation.

But that's not
what it was, Father.

I was meant
to see Emily...

For a purpose.

Which was?

To save these girls.

hey, Scully, it's me.

I did a little more digging on those
adoption records. What do you mean?

I think I got a lead
on that third sister.

Where? She was under
county care ten years ago.

Apparently, she wandered into a teen crisis
center here in D.C. Last week homeless.

That guy over at
social services, Starkey,

He's helping me
canvass the area.

If she shares anything with her sisters,
she wouldn't be walking anywhere far.

What did you find? There's evidence
of a degenerative bone disease.

And I know you're gonna
think that I'm crazy,

But I swear I found evidence
of something winglike.

Well, then maybe
she flew here, Scully.

Mulder,
there's something else.

Hold that thought and tell it to me
and Father Gregory when you see us.

Stop right there!
Move into the light!

Move into the light!
Hands where I can see 'em!

We're too late.

- Where's the girl?
- She's dead.

- Where is she?
- In there.

what are
you asking for, Father?

Mercy or forgiveness?

You know, they say when you
talk to God, it's prayer,

But when God talks to you,
it's schizophrenia.

What is your God
telling you, Father?

I pray for the girls' souls.

You pray for their souls now.
That's convenient.

I'm immune to your mockery.

You're not interested
in the truth.

I am only interested
in the truth.

I would like to know why
you did what you did...

To three defenseless,
helpless young girls.

What in your sick mind would
possess you to burn their eyes out?

Did they see you for
who you are, like I do?

What does this mean,
Father?

Tell him what it is.

St. Peter.
You know the story.

St. Peter on the cross.

St. Peter would only be
crucified upside down...

Out of humility
towards Christ.

I've risked my life to protect
their precious souls,

Which the devil has sought
to claim for his own.

He took two before I could reach them,
and I was too late to save the third.

Agents Mulder and Scully?

you know.

You've already guessed
what they are.

The last one
is still out there.

The devil is here,

And if he finds her,
his victory will be complete.

Scully, they think
they found the fourth girl.

As long as I'm in here,
there's no one to protect her.

Let me go...
or she will die.

- You believed him.
- Yes.

But you didn't tell
your colleague.

He believed that he
could find the last girl.

But I already knew that
I was meant to save her.

From what?
I wasn't sure.

Father Gregory said that the devil
claimed the lives of the first three girls.

You don't believe that.

I know now that Father
Gregory was mistaken.

The devil didn't
take their souls,

But the threat
to those girls was real...

And Father Gregory gave
his life to protect them.

the fourth girl is Roberta Dyer.

Transferred to Maryland
adoption services in 1995...

When her foster Father
got a job in Gaithersburg.

Adoption services were called to
investigate allegations of child abuse...

In September of that year.

Three more times in '96,
then two more times in '97.

- What's wrong?
- Father Gregory called them "messengers."

Scully? Scully, don't let
this guy get in your head.

That's the last thing you want. Sometimes
the most twisted ones are the most persuasive.

He knows where she is.

That's okay. As long as he's
locked up, it doesn't matter.

You're not gonna find her.
I think you're being misled.

By who? Scully, I think you're
the one who's being misled.

Not just willingly,
but willfully.

I've never seen you more vulnerable or
susceptible or more easily manipulated,

And it scares me
because I don't know why.

I saw Emily.

She came to me
in a vision.

I think
you should step away.

Personal issues are making
you lose your objectivity,

Clouding your judgment.

You go.

Go find the girl.

I'm going to finish up
with Father Gregory.

Okay.

Father Gregory.

Where is she, Father?

How did you
get in here?

I will not be denied
this time, Father.

But you took the others.

The others were
taken from me.

I will not allow that
to happen again.

Where is the fourth girl?

Tell me, Father.

Save yourself.

I'd like to get back in
here. It should be open.

Father Gregory?

Father Gregory!

Yeah? We have a warrant to search
the premises for your daughter.

She's not here, I tell you.
She's out. She's at school.

We checked the school. She
hasn't been there in a week.

We have reason to believe
her life may be in danger.

If you know something--

- What's behind this door?
- It's the basement.

- Well, can you unlock it?
- I don't have the key.

Is this her room?

Where is she, Mr. Dyer?
Where is she?

They're gonna cut off
the checks, aren't they?

- Where is she?
- He said he'd take her off my hands,

But I could keep
the disability.

- Who?
- The priest.

- Who?
- Father Gregory.

Hello?
Yeah, hi, Scully. It's me.

He's dead, Mulder.
Who?

Father Gregory.

They found him alone in the interrogation
room. No one can figure it out.

There was a guard sitting
right outside the room.

we didn't find her.

The fourth girl,
she was here.

Hey, Scully.

Scully, are you there?
Answer me.

Scully?

Scully!

Scully?

- Father.
- Come in, Dana.

I understand you found the man
responsible for the deaths of those girls.

I'm sure the Kernofs
will be relieved.

I'm not sure
if they should be, Father.

- Why not?
- I've seen things.

Things that have made me
question if there aren't...

Larger forces at work here.

What have you seen?

Visions...
of my daughter Emily, for one.

I think that's understandable. I'm
sure you identified with the loss.

I considered that, um--

But then I saw something
last night, which I--

Which I can't explain.

I saw a man
in dark clothes,

But he had four faces.

They weren't human.

Is this what you saw?

It's a seraphim.

An angel... with four faces.

Those of a man, a lion,
an eagle and a bull.

In the story, the angel
descends from heaven...

And fathers four children
with a mortal woman.

Their offspring
are the nephilim--

The fallen ones.

They have the souls of angels,
but they weren't meant to be.

They're deformed, tormented.

So the lord sends
the seraphim to earth...

To bring back the souls
of the nephilim...

To keep the devil from
claiming them as his own.

How did he
bring back their souls?

They were smote with the
brightness of his countenance.

To look upon the seraphim
in all his glory...

Is to give up
one's soul to heaven.

You think that's what I saw?

No. I think what you saw is
a figment of your imagination.

A half-Remembered story from your childhood
that surfaced because of this case.

But I saw it, Father.

Dana, the nephilim
is a story.

The text in which it appears isn't
even recognized by the church.

Father, do you believe
that God has his reasons?

Yes, I'm certain of it.

It's how
he rewards our faith.

Agent Scully?

I can't believe I found you. What is it?

Agent Mulder's
been trying to reach you.

He's been down at the station
house. Trying to reach me for what?

The fourth girl. She's at
Father Gregory's church.

Come on.
I'll drive you.

- There's no one here.
- They must be on their way.

You don't see her
in there?

She's here.

I know it.

Agent Scully?

Did you find her?

Agent Scully!

My name is Dana.

I'm going to get you
out of there, okay?

I'm not gonna hurt you.

I'm gonna take you
someplace safe.

Where are you going?
Where are you taking her?

Everything's
going to be fine.

Bring her here!

Bring me the girl!

It's okay, it's all right.
Stay here.

It's okay.
Stay here.

Just stay here.
It's gonna be okay.

Bring her out to me.

Mommy, let me go.

- Mommy, please let me go.
- Emily.

Agent Scully,
get her out of there!

mommy, please.

Emily!

Emily!

Oh, God.

Ohh.

you believed you were
releasing her soul to heaven.

I felt sure of it.

But you still can't reconcile this belief
with the physical fact of her death?

No.

I thought I could,
Father, but I can't.

Do you believe there is
a life after this one?

Yes.
Are you sure?

Has it occurred to you
that maybe this, too,

Is part of what you were
meant to understand?

You mean
accepting my loss?

Can you accept it?

Maybe that's what faith is.

I made this!