1 00:00:28,078 --> 00:00:30,530 - Good evening, Father. - Is she ready? 2 00:00:30,531 --> 00:00:32,966 Yes. 3 00:00:39,989 --> 00:00:42,992 Baptism is the rite of initiation. 4 00:00:44,994 --> 00:00:47,997 This holy water takes away original sin. 5 00:00:49,499 --> 00:00:53,503 The sacrament confers the grace of God, 6 00:00:53,504 --> 00:00:57,507 Bringing the soul into God's family. 7 00:01:03,596 --> 00:01:09,335 Dara, I baptize you in the name of the Father... 8 00:01:09,336 --> 00:01:12,621 And of the Son... 9 00:01:12,622 --> 00:01:16,209 And of the Holy Spirit. 10 00:01:16,210 --> 00:01:19,796 Bless you, my child. 11 00:01:22,298 --> 00:01:25,309 [ Thunderclap ] 12 00:01:25,310 --> 00:01:28,321 [ Clock chiming ] 13 00:01:33,126 --> 00:01:36,546 [ Thunder rumbling ] 14 00:02:18,188 --> 00:02:20,356 Dara? 15 00:02:37,624 --> 00:02:40,343 Oh, my God. 16 00:02:54,824 --> 00:02:57,277 Dara! 17 00:02:59,162 --> 00:03:01,097 Dara! 18 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:04,250 Dara! 19 00:03:12,375 --> 00:03:15,278 Dara! 20 00:03:16,746 --> 00:03:18,448 Dara? 21 00:03:25,872 --> 00:03:27,540 Oh, my God. 22 00:03:32,095 --> 00:03:36,149 Dara! 23 00:03:36,649 --> 00:03:40,703 No! 24 00:03:41,649 --> 00:03:45,703 X-Files Season 5 Episode 17 - All Souls 25 00:04:52,374 --> 00:04:54,893 Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. 26 00:04:55,394 --> 00:04:59,197 It has been several months since my last confession. 27 00:04:59,198 --> 00:05:02,034 You have a sin to confess? 28 00:05:05,537 --> 00:05:08,040 Father, I'm an F.B.I. Agent. 29 00:05:10,542 --> 00:05:14,046 I've taken it as my code and purpose to uphold the law. 30 00:05:16,048 --> 00:05:18,533 To save lives. 31 00:05:19,034 --> 00:05:22,037 And now your work has come in conflict with your faith. 32 00:05:22,038 --> 00:05:25,489 In a way. 33 00:05:25,490 --> 00:05:28,493 I was here for Easter services last week, 34 00:05:28,994 --> 00:05:31,496 And Father McCue approached me for my help. 35 00:05:31,997 --> 00:05:35,499 Why did he come to you? 36 00:05:35,500 --> 00:05:39,337 Because there was a family that he felt needed my help. 37 00:05:39,338 --> 00:05:42,307 But it was more than that. 38 00:05:45,744 --> 00:05:50,247 Father, I had a daughter who died... 39 00:05:50,248 --> 00:05:55,052 A strange and sudden death several months ago. 40 00:05:55,053 --> 00:05:57,989 Father McCue thought that by helping these people... 41 00:05:58,490 --> 00:06:00,992 You might in some way help yourself... 42 00:06:00,993 --> 00:06:03,245 To come to terms with your grief. 43 00:06:03,246 --> 00:06:06,882 - Yes. - But you haven't. 44 00:06:11,303 --> 00:06:14,306 Father, I told you that I had a sin to confess. 45 00:06:16,808 --> 00:06:20,312 But the sin of which I'm guilty, I'm not sure if you can offer forgiveness. 46 00:06:20,313 --> 00:06:22,798 What is the sin? 47 00:06:25,217 --> 00:06:29,221 An innocent girl is dead because of me. 48 00:06:31,573 --> 00:06:36,895 I could've saved her life, but I let her die. 49 00:06:44,169 --> 00:06:46,170 [ Woman ] thank you so much. 50 00:06:46,171 --> 00:06:48,173 Nice to see you. Happy Easter, Father. 51 00:06:48,174 --> 00:06:50,175 Yes, Father. Happy Easter to you. 52 00:06:50,675 --> 00:06:53,044 Good to see you. Wonderful sermon. 53 00:06:59,451 --> 00:07:02,853 Dana, do you have a moment? 54 00:07:02,854 --> 00:07:05,173 I'd like to speak with you in private. 55 00:07:07,893 --> 00:07:11,680 I must say, Dana, it's been nice seeing you at mass again. 56 00:07:11,681 --> 00:07:13,682 I've almost started getting used to it. 57 00:07:14,182 --> 00:07:17,068 I've been trying to make an effort to come more often. 58 00:07:17,069 --> 00:07:19,704 I don't mean to take advantage of your attendance, 59 00:07:19,705 --> 00:07:22,340 But I've become involved in a difficult situation... 60 00:07:22,841 --> 00:07:24,842 With a couple that are also members here. 61 00:07:24,843 --> 00:07:27,579 - Do you know the Kernofs? - No, I'm afraid I don't. 62 00:07:27,580 --> 00:07:29,914 Recently, they lost their daughter, Dara. 63 00:07:29,915 --> 00:07:33,985 You may have heard about the situation. No, I didn't. 64 00:07:33,986 --> 00:07:38,055 The circumstances of the girl's death were sudden, 65 00:07:38,056 --> 00:07:40,559 And I'm afraid the police haven't been able to tell them much. 66 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,245 Are you asking for my help? 67 00:07:44,246 --> 00:07:48,016 The Kernofs are devout, but their faith is giving them little comfort. 68 00:07:48,017 --> 00:07:50,017 I thought with your background, 69 00:07:50,018 --> 00:07:52,821 Your words might carry a certain weight. 70 00:07:55,073 --> 00:07:57,959 Can I tell them you'll be visiting? 71 00:08:02,547 --> 00:08:04,349 [ Mrs. Kernof ] that's Dara on her 16th birthday. 72 00:08:04,350 --> 00:08:07,644 We couldn't have children of our own. 73 00:08:07,645 --> 00:08:10,938 I persuaded lance six years ago to adopt. 74 00:08:10,939 --> 00:08:13,441 At first he was reluctant to accept a special - Needs child, 75 00:08:13,442 --> 00:08:15,277 But he became so attached to her. 76 00:08:17,162 --> 00:08:19,164 Then, this happens. 77 00:08:19,664 --> 00:08:22,951 You make the choice never imagining something like this... 78 00:08:22,952 --> 00:08:25,454 Or how vulnerable you are. 79 00:08:25,455 --> 00:08:27,955 Dara had just been baptized. 80 00:08:27,956 --> 00:08:31,710 I know in my heart she's gone to a better place, but lance is angry. 81 00:08:31,711 --> 00:08:36,765 Angry at God. They say time heals. 82 00:08:39,217 --> 00:08:42,721 Um, Father McCue said that you've been having trouble... 83 00:08:43,221 --> 00:08:45,974 Getting much information about what might have happened to her. 84 00:08:45,975 --> 00:08:48,243 They say now she may have been struck by lightning, 85 00:08:48,244 --> 00:08:50,245 But no one seems to know for sure. 86 00:08:50,745 --> 00:08:53,247 How she even got out of the house onto the street is a mystery. 87 00:08:53,248 --> 00:08:57,869 - What do you mean? - Dara suffered from congenital spinal deformities. 88 00:08:57,870 --> 00:08:59,870 She's been wheelchair-Bound her whole life. 89 00:08:59,871 --> 00:09:03,391 - Could somebody have taken her out of her room? - Lance saw her walking, 90 00:09:03,392 --> 00:09:07,596 And when he found her, she was on her knees praying. 91 00:09:07,597 --> 00:09:11,800 I think that's the hardest part for my husband. 92 00:09:11,801 --> 00:09:14,678 He'll never understand how God could... 93 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,554 Forsake the life of an innocent girl; 94 00:09:17,555 --> 00:09:22,777 How God, in his mercy could let this happen to our Dara. 95 00:09:22,778 --> 00:09:24,611 Mrs. Kernof was talking about her husband, 96 00:09:24,612 --> 00:09:26,898 But she might as well have been talking about me. 97 00:09:27,365 --> 00:09:29,351 You, too, were angry at God? 98 00:09:34,789 --> 00:09:38,793 I felt drawn to these people, Father, 99 00:09:38,794 --> 00:09:42,796 In a very personal way. 100 00:09:42,797 --> 00:09:46,301 I was determined to help them understand why their daughter had been taken. 101 00:09:46,302 --> 00:09:48,970 And did you? 102 00:09:52,191 --> 00:09:56,195 As much as I have my faith, Father, I am a scientist... 103 00:09:56,695 --> 00:09:58,697 Trained to weigh evidence. 104 00:10:01,700 --> 00:10:06,638 But science only teaches us how. 105 00:10:06,639 --> 00:10:08,806 Not why. 106 00:10:08,807 --> 00:10:10,809 If you want me to stand by my report, I will, 107 00:10:11,310 --> 00:10:14,313 But I have to say it's not exactly open and shut on the cause of death. 108 00:10:14,314 --> 00:10:17,216 - You think it was lightning? - I'm guessing it was lightning. 109 00:10:17,217 --> 00:10:19,217 The way her eyes were burned... 110 00:10:19,218 --> 00:10:22,721 Suggests the bolt may have gone to ground, right through the top of her head. 111 00:10:22,722 --> 00:10:26,625 Funny thing is, there was no other sign of arcing, except for the face. 112 00:10:26,626 --> 00:10:29,344 Her mother said that she was found in a kneeling position. 113 00:10:29,345 --> 00:10:32,096 Genuflecting. 114 00:10:32,097 --> 00:10:34,850 Are you a religious person? Why do you ask? 115 00:10:34,851 --> 00:10:37,603 I haven't been to church since I was a kid, 116 00:10:37,604 --> 00:10:40,021 But I went last Sunday. 117 00:10:40,022 --> 00:10:42,024 I'm gonna show you something. 118 00:10:44,026 --> 00:10:46,528 Her body was rigored such that I had to do my examination... 119 00:10:46,529 --> 00:10:48,530 In the position she was found. 120 00:10:51,950 --> 00:10:53,652 I've never seen anything like it. 121 00:10:54,987 --> 00:10:57,239 Looks like there was surgery done on her hands. 122 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,057 She was polydactyl. Same with her feet. 123 00:11:00,058 --> 00:11:03,061 I haven't asked her parents yet, haven't had the heart to, 124 00:11:03,062 --> 00:11:06,064 But I assume they had the extra fingers removed. 125 00:11:06,565 --> 00:11:08,532 What's the connection? 126 00:11:08,533 --> 00:11:11,820 I found no other evidence of any other tissue damage... 127 00:11:11,821 --> 00:11:15,090 Or electrical burns or any other serious trauma. 128 00:11:15,091 --> 00:11:17,709 It's as if God himself struck her down. 129 00:11:19,578 --> 00:11:21,579 Dara Kernof was adopted. 130 00:11:21,580 --> 00:11:24,583 I don't suppose that you've requested any information about the birth mother. 131 00:11:24,584 --> 00:11:28,303 - I can do that if you like. - No, that's okay. I, uh-- 132 00:11:28,304 --> 00:11:30,305 I have someone I can ask. 133 00:11:30,806 --> 00:11:34,059 Somebody I'd like to confer with, actually. 134 00:11:59,501 --> 00:12:03,005 Koklos. Paula Koklos. Room 213. 135 00:12:03,505 --> 00:12:06,508 We'll get her things packed up and get you on your way. 136 00:12:20,105 --> 00:12:22,257 [ Man ] hold it! 137 00:12:22,258 --> 00:12:24,409 Just hold it. 138 00:12:25,911 --> 00:12:28,246 Are you Father Gregory? 139 00:12:28,247 --> 00:12:29,847 Yes. 140 00:12:29,848 --> 00:12:33,135 I'm Aaron Starkey with the department of social services. 141 00:12:33,136 --> 00:12:35,019 I am very sorry, but we've had a mix-Up. 142 00:12:35,020 --> 00:12:37,973 - What are you talking about? - Your adoption petition for Paula Koklos. 143 00:12:37,974 --> 00:12:39,807 It's missing an approval. 144 00:12:39,808 --> 00:12:42,561 I've got the court order. That's the mix-Up. 145 00:12:43,061 --> 00:12:45,062 See, it never should have gone to family court... 146 00:12:45,063 --> 00:12:48,066 Without getting an approval from the social worker assigned to the case, 147 00:12:48,067 --> 00:12:49,850 And that's me. 148 00:12:49,851 --> 00:12:52,169 Give it to me here then and we'll be on our way. 149 00:12:52,170 --> 00:12:56,074 I can't, at least not yet. I've just been assigned to Paula, 150 00:12:56,075 --> 00:12:58,943 So I'll need time to familiarize myself with her case. 151 00:12:58,944 --> 00:13:03,348 Look, I've already been through all this. I'm here to take the girl home. 152 00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:05,851 I'm sorry, Father, but you'll have to wait... 153 00:13:05,852 --> 00:13:07,853 Until I can get the paperwork in order. 154 00:13:50,962 --> 00:13:52,964 [ Phone ringing ] 155 00:13:55,016 --> 00:13:57,334 Hello. 156 00:13:57,335 --> 00:13:59,538 Hey, Scully. I'm returning your call. 157 00:13:59,539 --> 00:14:02,306 Hi. Uh, something's come up. 158 00:14:02,307 --> 00:14:05,644 I was hoping that you could do me a favor. 159 00:14:05,645 --> 00:14:07,011 What's going on? 160 00:14:07,012 --> 00:14:09,898 This isn't official F.B.I. Business, 161 00:14:10,398 --> 00:14:12,733 So I was hoping that we could keep it outside of work. 162 00:14:12,734 --> 00:14:18,673 Hey, look, I'm kind of tailing a possible suspect right now, so I'm kind of rushed, so, uh-- 163 00:14:18,674 --> 00:14:22,677 I need some birth and adoptive records on a Dara Kernof. 164 00:14:22,678 --> 00:14:26,580 - Who? - Dara Kernof. 165 00:14:26,581 --> 00:14:28,967 I can't tell you much more than that, Mulder. I'm sorry. 166 00:14:28,968 --> 00:14:31,253 You want to give me a hint? Anything? 167 00:14:31,254 --> 00:14:33,497 Not until you get me those records. 168 00:14:33,498 --> 00:14:35,740 All right. I'll talk to you later. 169 00:15:47,978 --> 00:15:49,862 [ Mulder ] Scully? 170 00:15:49,863 --> 00:15:53,817 Aren't you the secret squirrel. What do you mean? 171 00:15:54,318 --> 00:15:56,820 Got a look at that body they wheeled out of here. You've been holding out. 172 00:15:56,821 --> 00:16:01,341 Mulder, it's not what you think. I didn't want to involve you. 173 00:16:01,342 --> 00:16:04,812 I got asked to look into this as a favor for a family. 174 00:16:04,813 --> 00:16:07,213 Dara Kernof's family? 175 00:16:07,214 --> 00:16:09,967 You found Dara's records? No. Those are her birth records. 176 00:16:09,968 --> 00:16:12,786 The adoption records have been sealed. 177 00:16:13,287 --> 00:16:15,572 I think one of my questions has already been answered. 178 00:16:15,573 --> 00:16:17,807 Dara was a twin. No. 179 00:16:17,808 --> 00:16:20,778 Actually, she was a quadruplet, one of four girls. 180 00:16:20,779 --> 00:16:23,781 Was this cross found like this? 181 00:16:25,732 --> 00:16:29,570 Yes, as far as I know. Why? It's inverted. Upside-Down. 182 00:16:29,571 --> 00:16:32,356 That's a protest, a sacrilege against the church. 183 00:16:32,357 --> 00:16:35,725 Put there by whom? 184 00:16:35,726 --> 00:16:39,229 It's your case, remember, Scully? Do you have any suspects? 185 00:16:39,730 --> 00:16:44,234 Not as of this time. Could the victim have placed it? 186 00:16:44,235 --> 00:16:47,236 Uh, it's doubtful. 187 00:16:47,237 --> 00:16:50,239 Paula Koklos was severely impaired... 188 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:54,194 Physically and mentally, as was Dara Kernof. 189 00:16:54,195 --> 00:16:55,862 They both died the same way? 190 00:16:55,863 --> 00:16:58,565 It appears that their eyes were burnt out. 191 00:16:59,683 --> 00:17:03,052 Their bodies frozen in a position of prayer. 192 00:17:03,053 --> 00:17:05,355 Their physical deformities could account for that. 193 00:17:05,356 --> 00:17:07,524 They might. 194 00:17:09,376 --> 00:17:12,379 Look, Scully, I know you don't really want my help on this, 195 00:17:12,380 --> 00:17:15,182 But can I offer you my professional opinion? 196 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,721 You got a bona fide, super-Crazy religious wacko on your hands. 197 00:17:20,722 --> 00:17:22,471 What makes you so sure? 198 00:17:22,472 --> 00:17:25,893 The mote in the eye, the eyes as the window to the soul, eye for an eye. 199 00:17:26,393 --> 00:17:28,395 He's working from ancient scripture, 200 00:17:28,396 --> 00:17:30,396 Ancient text, maybe even the Bible. 201 00:17:30,397 --> 00:17:32,699 He may even think he's doing God's work. 202 00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:35,701 Did you find anything? 203 00:17:35,702 --> 00:17:39,957 My name is Aaron Starkey. I'm the social worker assigned to Paula Koklos. 204 00:17:39,958 --> 00:17:43,943 This is so tragic. I just hope you catch whoever did this. 205 00:17:43,944 --> 00:17:48,549 Mr. Starkey, do you know if that cross over there belonged to Paula? 206 00:17:48,550 --> 00:17:50,551 I don't remember seeing it before. 207 00:17:50,552 --> 00:17:52,385 I'm sure it didn't. 208 00:17:52,386 --> 00:17:55,222 Did she have any visitors or anybody who might have left it behind? 209 00:17:55,223 --> 00:17:57,558 Well, she had no family. 210 00:17:57,559 --> 00:17:59,326 No friends, really. 211 00:17:59,826 --> 00:18:03,130 I don't know if you knew this, but Paula was about to be adopted. 212 00:18:03,131 --> 00:18:05,399 By who? 213 00:18:48,675 --> 00:18:50,677 Scully, look at this. 214 00:18:52,179 --> 00:18:56,433 The Gnostic gospels, book of Enoch, book of "j," 215 00:18:56,434 --> 00:19:00,536 [ Breathing ] apocrypha. 216 00:19:00,537 --> 00:19:04,891 I'm surprised there's nothing here from Jesus Christ Superstar. 217 00:19:04,892 --> 00:19:08,645 What kind of church is this? There's no telling. 218 00:19:09,980 --> 00:19:13,100 - Can I help you? - Father Gregory? 219 00:19:13,101 --> 00:19:14,851 Yes. I'm Dana Scully. 220 00:19:17,304 --> 00:19:19,640 We're here about the death of Paula Koklos. 221 00:19:19,641 --> 00:19:22,908 Oh, God, no. 222 00:19:22,909 --> 00:19:26,228 Are you all right, Father? 223 00:19:26,229 --> 00:19:30,484 I was trying to adopt Paula. I'm sure you knew that. 224 00:19:30,485 --> 00:19:33,636 We hear you were very anxious to do so. 225 00:19:33,637 --> 00:19:37,491 I-I hope to God you're not suggesting I had something to do with it. 226 00:19:37,492 --> 00:19:41,345 - Why adopt her? - You think I was interested in harming her? 227 00:19:41,346 --> 00:19:43,946 Why adopt her? 228 00:19:43,947 --> 00:19:49,553 I-I was trying to protect her. I knew her mother. 229 00:19:49,554 --> 00:19:53,022 - Do you know where she is? - Yes. 230 00:19:53,023 --> 00:19:56,960 We were looking for her name. It's not listed on the girls' birth records. 231 00:19:56,961 --> 00:20:01,631 - Why would you want it? - The other two girls may be in danger. 232 00:20:01,632 --> 00:20:04,001 We're hoping that she might be able to help us find them. 233 00:20:04,002 --> 00:20:07,270 Their mother died in childbirth. 234 00:20:10,090 --> 00:20:12,092 Can you give us a name? 235 00:20:14,061 --> 00:20:16,063 When I was a priest in the Roman Church, 236 00:20:16,530 --> 00:20:19,533 Before I founded my own, I was her confessor. 237 00:20:20,033 --> 00:20:24,087 Divulging her name would violate the code of my faith. 238 00:20:25,288 --> 00:20:27,006 And yours, I see. 239 00:20:27,007 --> 00:20:31,278 You said you wanted to protect Paula. From what? 240 00:20:31,279 --> 00:20:33,629 Whatever your intentions, 241 00:20:33,630 --> 00:20:37,584 Your secular prejudices blind you from seeing what's really happening here. 242 00:20:37,585 --> 00:20:41,638 Two girls are dead, not by the hand of man. 243 00:20:42,139 --> 00:20:44,157 Unless you accept the truth of God's teachings... 244 00:20:44,658 --> 00:20:47,661 That there is a struggle between good and evil for all souls... 245 00:20:48,161 --> 00:20:51,048 And that we are losing that struggle, you're but fools rushing in. 246 00:20:52,799 --> 00:20:55,251 You put your own lives in danger, 247 00:20:55,252 --> 00:20:57,054 As well as the lives of the messengers. 248 00:21:00,107 --> 00:21:02,275 I have nothing more to say. 249 00:21:11,835 --> 00:21:16,840 I brought Agent Mulder on the case to help temper my feelings; 250 00:21:16,841 --> 00:21:19,342 To keep them from clouding my judgment. 251 00:21:22,345 --> 00:21:24,848 I wouldn't admit it to him, but... 252 00:21:26,850 --> 00:21:31,855 As we stood there, I felt as if Father Gregory were speaking directly to me... 253 00:21:33,857 --> 00:21:36,860 In a language only I could understand. 254 00:21:38,361 --> 00:21:40,363 [ Priest ] the messengers. 255 00:21:42,866 --> 00:21:45,367 Yes. 256 00:21:45,368 --> 00:21:47,971 I know people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, 257 00:21:48,472 --> 00:21:50,806 Blah, blah, blah, but that guy is paranoid. 258 00:21:50,807 --> 00:21:54,269 I think you're a little extreme in your judgment, don't you, Mulder? 259 00:21:54,270 --> 00:21:57,731 All that crap about the fight for all souls, the literature we saw, 260 00:21:57,732 --> 00:21:59,733 The performance we just witnessed, it all fits. 261 00:21:59,734 --> 00:22:01,617 He thinks he's doing God's laundry. 262 00:22:01,618 --> 00:22:05,539 Well, he said this wasn't done by the hand of man. You think he believes that too? 263 00:22:05,540 --> 00:22:08,008 If he does, he's even more dangerous than he appears. 264 00:22:08,009 --> 00:22:10,476 Even if he's not your killer, he is hiding something. 265 00:22:10,477 --> 00:22:13,380 - What? - He says he knew the mother, but he won't give up her name. 266 00:22:13,381 --> 00:22:15,297 Maybe she's still alive. 267 00:22:15,298 --> 00:22:19,169 I think you have enough to bring him in for questioning, if not make an arrest. 268 00:22:19,170 --> 00:22:24,307 But, basically, you're ruling out any element of the supernatural. 269 00:22:25,575 --> 00:22:27,443 What do you mean? 270 00:22:27,444 --> 00:22:30,896 Well, Dara Kernof was baptized on the day of her death. 271 00:22:30,897 --> 00:22:36,152 She was sanctified by the ritual sacrament, submerged in the spirit. 272 00:22:36,153 --> 00:22:38,622 And why would God allow this to happen? 273 00:22:38,623 --> 00:22:41,090 Why do bad things happen to good people? 274 00:22:41,091 --> 00:22:45,061 Religion has masqueraded as the paranormal since the dawn of time... 275 00:22:45,062 --> 00:22:48,063 To justify some of the most horrible acts in history. 276 00:22:48,064 --> 00:22:51,800 I was raised to believe that God has his reasons, however mysterious. 277 00:22:51,801 --> 00:22:56,189 He may have his reasons, but seems to use psychotics to carry out his job orders. 278 00:22:58,008 --> 00:23:02,862 You wanna find who did this? I suggest you autopsy the body before it's interred; 279 00:23:02,863 --> 00:23:05,749 Before the man who killed her has a chance to find her sisters. 280 00:23:09,135 --> 00:23:12,105 [ Scully ] the victim is Paula Koklos, 281 00:23:12,106 --> 00:23:16,108 Age 16, cause of death unknown. 282 00:23:16,109 --> 00:23:19,946 I'll begin with the external examination. 283 00:23:25,769 --> 00:23:28,572 Victim has signs of congenital physical defects, 284 00:23:29,072 --> 00:23:32,358 Including four supernumerary digits. 285 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:38,148 The only indications of external trauma are the burning, 286 00:23:38,149 --> 00:23:42,152 By means unknown, of both globes of the eyes. 287 00:23:42,153 --> 00:23:45,304 I'm noting something on the shoulder, 288 00:23:45,305 --> 00:23:49,175 A bony process of some kind, possibly a tumorous mass. 289 00:23:49,176 --> 00:23:53,113 No indication of surgical procedure. 290 00:23:58,618 --> 00:24:01,921 The mass appears on both the right and left clavicle. 291 00:24:15,318 --> 00:24:17,320 Oh, God. 292 00:24:26,529 --> 00:24:28,281 Mommy? 293 00:24:30,266 --> 00:24:32,569 Mommy, please. 294 00:25:01,281 --> 00:25:05,084 I told myself that it was all in my head, 295 00:25:05,085 --> 00:25:10,090 A hallucination brought on by my emotional connection to the case. 296 00:25:10,091 --> 00:25:14,594 That would seem to be a reasonable explanation. 297 00:25:14,595 --> 00:25:19,099 But that's not what it was, Father. 298 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:22,602 I was meant to see Emily... 299 00:25:22,603 --> 00:25:24,604 For a purpose. 300 00:25:24,605 --> 00:25:26,606 Which was? 301 00:25:30,110 --> 00:25:32,361 To save these girls. 302 00:25:32,362 --> 00:25:35,064 [ Mulder ] hey, Scully, it's me. 303 00:25:35,065 --> 00:25:39,302 I did a little more digging on those adoption records. What do you mean? 304 00:25:39,303 --> 00:25:41,503 I think I got a lead on that third sister. 305 00:25:41,504 --> 00:25:44,357 Where? She was under county care ten years ago. 306 00:25:44,858 --> 00:25:49,696 Apparently, she wandered into a teen crisis center here in D.C. Last week homeless. 307 00:25:49,697 --> 00:25:52,198 That guy over at social services, Starkey, 308 00:25:52,699 --> 00:25:54,701 He's helping me canvass the area. 309 00:25:56,669 --> 00:26:00,390 If she shares anything with her sisters, she wouldn't be walking anywhere far. 310 00:26:00,391 --> 00:26:05,128 What did you find? There's evidence of a degenerative bone disease. 311 00:26:05,129 --> 00:26:10,033 And I know you're gonna think that I'm crazy, 312 00:26:10,533 --> 00:26:13,036 But I swear I found evidence of something winglike. 313 00:26:13,037 --> 00:26:16,189 Well, then maybe she flew here, Scully. 314 00:26:16,190 --> 00:26:19,358 Mulder, there's something else. 315 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:23,146 Hold that thought and tell it to me and Father Gregory when you see us. 316 00:27:18,201 --> 00:27:22,921 Stop right there! Move into the light! 317 00:27:22,922 --> 00:27:24,958 Move into the light! Hands where I can see 'em! 318 00:27:28,411 --> 00:27:30,547 We're too late. 319 00:27:32,816 --> 00:27:34,801 - Where's the girl? - She's dead. 320 00:27:34,802 --> 00:27:36,886 - Where is she? - In there. 321 00:28:00,710 --> 00:28:03,596 [ Wings flapping ] 322 00:28:10,302 --> 00:28:12,829 [ Mulder ] what are you asking for, Father? 323 00:28:12,830 --> 00:28:15,357 Mercy or forgiveness? [ Praying softly ] 324 00:28:15,858 --> 00:28:19,161 You know, they say when you talk to God, it's prayer, 325 00:28:19,662 --> 00:28:22,665 But when God talks to you, it's schizophrenia. 326 00:28:27,202 --> 00:28:29,071 What is your God telling you, Father? 327 00:28:29,072 --> 00:28:31,789 I pray for the girls' souls. 328 00:28:31,790 --> 00:28:34,910 You pray for their souls now. That's convenient. 329 00:28:34,911 --> 00:28:37,229 I'm immune to your mockery. 330 00:28:37,730 --> 00:28:39,506 You're not interested in the truth. 331 00:28:39,507 --> 00:28:41,283 I am only interested in the truth. 332 00:28:41,784 --> 00:28:44,286 I would like to know why you did what you did... 333 00:28:44,287 --> 00:28:47,038 To three defenseless, helpless young girls. 334 00:28:47,039 --> 00:28:51,760 What in your sick mind would possess you to burn their eyes out? 335 00:28:51,761 --> 00:28:55,097 Did they see you for who you are, like I do? 336 00:28:59,051 --> 00:29:01,937 What does this mean, Father? 337 00:29:01,938 --> 00:29:04,757 Tell him what it is. 338 00:29:06,191 --> 00:29:09,211 St. Peter. You know the story. 339 00:29:10,662 --> 00:29:12,664 St. Peter on the cross. 340 00:29:14,666 --> 00:29:18,170 St. Peter would only be crucified upside down... 341 00:29:18,171 --> 00:29:20,422 Out of humility towards Christ. 342 00:29:23,492 --> 00:29:25,978 I've risked my life to protect their precious souls, 343 00:29:25,979 --> 00:29:28,463 Which the devil has sought to claim for his own. 344 00:29:28,464 --> 00:29:32,167 He took two before I could reach them, and I was too late to save the third. 345 00:29:32,168 --> 00:29:34,752 [ Door opens ] 346 00:29:34,753 --> 00:29:36,338 Agents Mulder and Scully? 347 00:29:44,279 --> 00:29:46,030 [ Father Gregory ] you know. 348 00:29:46,031 --> 00:29:49,301 You've already guessed what they are. 349 00:29:51,987 --> 00:29:54,873 The last one is still out there. 350 00:29:55,374 --> 00:29:57,258 The devil is here, 351 00:29:57,259 --> 00:30:00,379 And if he finds her, his victory will be complete. 352 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,384 Scully, they think they found the fourth girl. 353 00:30:07,386 --> 00:30:09,671 As long as I'm in here, there's no one to protect her. 354 00:30:09,672 --> 00:30:14,376 Let me go... or she will die. 355 00:30:20,249 --> 00:30:23,317 - You believed him. - Yes. 356 00:30:23,318 --> 00:30:25,319 But you didn't tell your colleague. 357 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:28,323 He believed that he could find the last girl. 358 00:30:28,324 --> 00:30:31,326 But I already knew that I was meant to save her. 359 00:30:31,827 --> 00:30:35,831 From what? I wasn't sure. 360 00:30:36,331 --> 00:30:40,752 Father Gregory said that the devil claimed the lives of the first three girls. 361 00:30:40,753 --> 00:30:43,254 You don't believe that. 362 00:30:43,255 --> 00:30:47,259 I know now that Father Gregory was mistaken. 363 00:30:47,260 --> 00:30:50,262 The devil didn't take their souls, 364 00:30:50,762 --> 00:30:54,265 But the threat to those girls was real... 365 00:30:54,266 --> 00:30:57,102 And Father Gregory gave his life to protect them. 366 00:30:57,103 --> 00:30:58,954 [ Mulder ] the fourth girl is Roberta Dyer. 367 00:30:59,455 --> 00:31:02,332 Transferred to Maryland adoption services in 1995... 368 00:31:02,333 --> 00:31:05,210 When her foster Father got a job in Gaithersburg. 369 00:31:05,461 --> 00:31:08,764 Adoption services were called to investigate allegations of child abuse... 370 00:31:08,765 --> 00:31:10,765 In September of that year. 371 00:31:10,766 --> 00:31:14,269 Three more times in '96, then two more times in '97. 372 00:31:15,604 --> 00:31:19,941 - What's wrong? - Father Gregory called them "messengers." 373 00:31:19,942 --> 00:31:24,278 Scully? Scully, don't let this guy get in your head. 374 00:31:24,279 --> 00:31:28,784 That's the last thing you want. Sometimes the most twisted ones are the most persuasive. 375 00:31:28,785 --> 00:31:30,535 He knows where she is. 376 00:31:30,536 --> 00:31:32,804 That's okay. As long as he's locked up, it doesn't matter. 377 00:31:32,805 --> 00:31:35,072 You're not gonna find her. I think you're being misled. 378 00:31:35,073 --> 00:31:39,061 By who? Scully, I think you're the one who's being misled. 379 00:31:39,062 --> 00:31:41,112 Not just willingly, but willfully. 380 00:31:41,113 --> 00:31:43,916 I've never seen you more vulnerable or susceptible or more easily manipulated, 381 00:31:43,917 --> 00:31:47,135 And it scares me because I don't know why. 382 00:31:47,136 --> 00:31:49,471 I saw Emily. 383 00:31:51,757 --> 00:31:54,042 She came to me in a vision. 384 00:32:02,150 --> 00:32:04,152 I think you should step away. 385 00:32:06,522 --> 00:32:09,741 Personal issues are making you lose your objectivity, 386 00:32:09,742 --> 00:32:12,578 Clouding your judgment. 387 00:32:12,579 --> 00:32:15,580 You go. 388 00:32:15,581 --> 00:32:18,082 Go find the girl. 389 00:32:18,083 --> 00:32:20,452 I'm going to finish up with Father Gregory. 390 00:32:20,453 --> 00:32:22,137 Okay. 391 00:32:39,938 --> 00:32:41,740 [ Man ] Father Gregory. 392 00:32:44,443 --> 00:32:47,346 Where is she, Father? 393 00:32:50,666 --> 00:32:53,234 How did you get in here? 394 00:32:53,235 --> 00:32:56,221 I will not be denied this time, Father. 395 00:32:56,222 --> 00:32:59,006 But you took the others. 396 00:32:59,007 --> 00:33:02,710 The others were taken from me. 397 00:33:02,711 --> 00:33:06,081 I will not allow that to happen again. 398 00:33:06,082 --> 00:33:09,818 Where is the fourth girl? 399 00:33:09,819 --> 00:33:12,588 [ Praying softly ] 400 00:33:12,589 --> 00:33:15,140 [ Groaning ] 401 00:33:21,263 --> 00:33:23,665 Tell me, Father. 402 00:33:23,666 --> 00:33:26,068 Save yourself. 403 00:33:37,196 --> 00:33:40,199 I'd like to get back in here. It should be open. 404 00:33:51,710 --> 00:33:53,595 Father Gregory? 405 00:33:56,932 --> 00:33:58,667 Father Gregory! 406 00:34:11,063 --> 00:34:14,850 Yeah? We have a warrant to search the premises for your daughter. 407 00:34:14,851 --> 00:34:18,095 She's not here, I tell you. She's out. She's at school. 408 00:34:18,096 --> 00:34:20,935 We checked the school. She hasn't been there in a week. 409 00:34:20,936 --> 00:34:23,775 We have reason to believe her life may be in danger. 410 00:34:23,776 --> 00:34:25,777 If you know something-- 411 00:34:28,263 --> 00:34:31,283 - What's behind this door? - It's the basement. 412 00:34:31,284 --> 00:34:34,303 - Well, can you unlock it? - I don't have the key. 413 00:34:47,983 --> 00:34:51,420 Is this her room? 414 00:34:54,623 --> 00:34:58,593 Where is she, Mr. Dyer? Where is she? 415 00:34:58,594 --> 00:35:00,761 They're gonna cut off the checks, aren't they? 416 00:35:00,762 --> 00:35:03,065 - Where is she? - He said he'd take her off my hands, 417 00:35:03,066 --> 00:35:04,900 But I could keep the disability. 418 00:35:04,901 --> 00:35:07,318 - Who? - The priest. 419 00:35:07,319 --> 00:35:10,205 - Who? - Father Gregory. 420 00:35:19,448 --> 00:35:21,450 [ Police radio chatter ] 421 00:35:32,978 --> 00:35:35,297 [ Cell phone ringing ] 422 00:35:39,301 --> 00:35:41,303 Hello? Yeah, hi, Scully. It's me. 423 00:35:41,803 --> 00:35:43,805 He's dead, Mulder. Who? 424 00:35:43,806 --> 00:35:45,139 Father Gregory. 425 00:35:45,140 --> 00:35:50,379 They found him alone in the interrogation room. No one can figure it out. 426 00:35:50,380 --> 00:35:53,231 There was a guard sitting right outside the room. 427 00:35:53,232 --> 00:35:56,234 [ Keys clatter ] we didn't find her. 428 00:35:56,235 --> 00:35:58,036 The fourth girl, she was here. 429 00:36:00,355 --> 00:36:02,341 Hey, Scully. 430 00:36:03,709 --> 00:36:06,528 Scully, are you there? Answer me. 431 00:36:11,533 --> 00:36:13,035 Scully? 432 00:36:18,423 --> 00:36:21,226 Scully! 433 00:36:24,813 --> 00:36:26,815 Scully? 434 00:36:32,554 --> 00:36:35,957 - Father. - Come in, Dana. 435 00:36:43,965 --> 00:36:47,803 I understand you found the man responsible for the deaths of those girls. 436 00:36:47,804 --> 00:36:50,497 I'm sure the Kernofs will be relieved. 437 00:36:50,498 --> 00:36:53,191 I'm not sure if they should be, Father. 438 00:36:53,192 --> 00:36:57,779 - Why not? - I've seen things. 439 00:36:59,414 --> 00:37:03,735 Things that have made me question if there aren't... 440 00:37:04,236 --> 00:37:06,021 Larger forces at work here. 441 00:37:06,022 --> 00:37:09,090 What have you seen? 442 00:37:09,091 --> 00:37:13,894 Visions... of my daughter Emily, for one. 443 00:37:13,895 --> 00:37:17,015 I think that's understandable. I'm sure you identified with the loss. 444 00:37:17,016 --> 00:37:21,419 I considered that, um-- 445 00:37:21,420 --> 00:37:24,923 But then I saw something last night, which I-- 446 00:37:24,924 --> 00:37:26,725 Which I can't explain. 447 00:37:28,376 --> 00:37:33,248 I saw a man in dark clothes, 448 00:37:36,752 --> 00:37:38,253 But he had four faces. 449 00:37:40,589 --> 00:37:43,842 They weren't human. 450 00:38:04,146 --> 00:38:05,647 Is this what you saw? 451 00:38:12,154 --> 00:38:14,839 It's a seraphim. 452 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:18,660 An angel... with four faces. 453 00:38:21,396 --> 00:38:25,175 Those of a man, a lion, an eagle and a bull. 454 00:38:25,176 --> 00:38:28,725 In the story, the angel descends from heaven... 455 00:38:28,726 --> 00:38:32,274 And fathers four children with a mortal woman. 456 00:38:32,275 --> 00:38:35,694 Their offspring are the nephilim-- 457 00:38:35,695 --> 00:38:38,879 The fallen ones. 458 00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:43,151 They have the souls of angels, but they weren't meant to be. 459 00:38:43,152 --> 00:38:45,987 They're deformed, tormented. 460 00:38:47,355 --> 00:38:49,274 So the lord sends the seraphim to earth... 461 00:38:49,275 --> 00:38:51,192 To bring back the souls of the nephilim... 462 00:38:51,193 --> 00:38:54,362 To keep the devil from claiming them as his own. 463 00:38:54,363 --> 00:38:56,463 How did he bring back their souls? 464 00:38:56,464 --> 00:38:59,835 They were smote with the brightness of his countenance. 465 00:38:59,836 --> 00:39:02,337 To look upon the seraphim in all his glory... 466 00:39:02,838 --> 00:39:04,639 Is to give up one's soul to heaven. 467 00:39:05,974 --> 00:39:07,808 You think that's what I saw? 468 00:39:07,809 --> 00:39:12,230 No. I think what you saw is a figment of your imagination. 469 00:39:12,731 --> 00:39:16,234 A half-Remembered story from your childhood that surfaced because of this case. 470 00:39:16,235 --> 00:39:18,552 But I saw it, Father. 471 00:39:18,553 --> 00:39:23,023 Dana, the nephilim is a story. 472 00:39:23,024 --> 00:39:26,394 The text in which it appears isn't even recognized by the church. 473 00:39:27,896 --> 00:39:32,234 Father, do you believe that God has his reasons? 474 00:39:32,235 --> 00:39:34,451 Yes, I'm certain of it. 475 00:39:34,452 --> 00:39:38,373 It's how he rewards our faith. 476 00:39:46,498 --> 00:39:48,500 [ Starkey ] Agent Scully? 477 00:39:50,135 --> 00:39:52,070 I can't believe I found you. What is it? 478 00:39:52,071 --> 00:39:54,004 Agent Mulder's been trying to reach you. 479 00:39:54,005 --> 00:39:56,775 He's been down at the station house. Trying to reach me for what? 480 00:39:56,776 --> 00:39:59,961 The fourth girl. She's at Father Gregory's church. 481 00:39:59,962 --> 00:40:02,197 Come on. I'll drive you. 482 00:40:39,584 --> 00:40:42,604 - There's no one here. - They must be on their way. 483 00:40:49,477 --> 00:40:51,596 You don't see her in there? 484 00:40:53,014 --> 00:40:55,883 She's here. 485 00:40:57,652 --> 00:40:59,837 I know it. 486 00:41:05,226 --> 00:41:06,727 [ Thump ] 487 00:41:14,735 --> 00:41:16,737 Agent Scully? 488 00:41:18,439 --> 00:41:20,591 Did you find her? 489 00:41:24,312 --> 00:41:26,664 Agent Scully! 490 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,455 My name is Dana. 491 00:41:34,956 --> 00:41:37,792 I'm going to get you out of there, okay? 492 00:41:37,793 --> 00:41:40,728 I'm not gonna hurt you. 493 00:41:56,928 --> 00:41:59,647 I'm gonna take you someplace safe. 494 00:42:09,156 --> 00:42:13,160 Where are you going? Where are you taking her? 495 00:42:13,161 --> 00:42:15,813 Everything's going to be fine. 496 00:42:19,133 --> 00:42:21,535 Bring her here! 497 00:42:23,437 --> 00:42:25,907 Bring me the girl! 498 00:42:26,407 --> 00:42:28,726 It's okay, it's all right. Stay here. 499 00:42:30,978 --> 00:42:33,114 It's okay. Stay here. 500 00:42:35,449 --> 00:42:39,387 Just stay here. It's gonna be okay. 501 00:42:39,388 --> 00:42:41,631 Bring her out to me. 502 00:42:41,632 --> 00:42:43,874 Mommy, let me go. 503 00:42:45,660 --> 00:42:49,530 - Mommy, please let me go. - Emily. 504 00:42:50,798 --> 00:42:54,619 Agent Scully, get her out of there! 505 00:42:54,620 --> 00:42:57,088 [ Emily ] mommy, please. 506 00:43:12,787 --> 00:43:14,789 [ Scully ] Emily! 507 00:43:15,589 --> 00:43:17,975 Emily! 508 00:43:20,478 --> 00:43:22,480 Oh, God. 509 00:43:30,988 --> 00:43:32,990 Ohh. 510 00:43:56,047 --> 00:43:59,050 [ Priest ] you believed you were releasing her soul to heaven. 511 00:44:00,551 --> 00:44:02,552 I felt sure of it. 512 00:44:02,553 --> 00:44:07,058 But you still can't reconcile this belief with the physical fact of her death? 513 00:44:07,059 --> 00:44:09,060 No. 514 00:44:11,062 --> 00:44:13,813 I thought I could, Father, but I can't. 515 00:44:13,814 --> 00:44:16,734 Do you believe there is a life after this one? 516 00:44:19,103 --> 00:44:22,106 Yes. Are you sure? 517 00:44:24,108 --> 00:44:26,944 Has it occurred to you that maybe this, too, 518 00:44:26,945 --> 00:44:29,780 Is part of what you were meant to understand? 519 00:44:29,781 --> 00:44:32,550 You mean accepting my loss? 520 00:44:32,551 --> 00:44:35,036 Can you accept it? 521 00:44:41,509 --> 00:44:44,011 Maybe that's what faith is.