"Max?" "Max, you there?" " [Match Striking] - [Gasps]" "You're late, kid." " You get lost?" " Sorry." "I had to wait till my mom took off." "It's way past his bedtime, Max." "He's not cut out for this." "Cut out for what?" "Oh, there's more here than just trees." "Before you can find out what," "I gotta know that you're not gonna tell anyone about this place." "I won't." "I swear." "It's a vow, Tony." "Don't make it if you're gonna break it." "I won't break it, man." "Not ever." "No matter what?" "Even if someone dies tonight?" "[Car Approaching]" "[Siren Wails]" "Anthony Reed." " Got any outstanding warrants?" " No, of course not." "Well, I'm gonna have to check it out for myself." "So, put your hands on the vehicle." " Look, I was just taking a walk." " Uh-huh." "Right past all those big "no trespassing" signs?" "Now you just stand there for a minute." "Come on, man." "I didn't do anything." "I wish I had a nickel for every time I had to drag you kids out of these woods." "It'd be a lot of nickels." "Do you have any calls from dispatch?" "[Policeman Screams]" "Sir?" "[Woman Over Radio] Dispatch to Foster." "I didn't copy your last transmission." "Officer?" "Dispatch to Foster, do you copy?" "Deputy Foster, this is Dispatch." "Do you copy?" "Deputy Foster, sir, what's your 20?" "[Elevator Bell Dings]" "Oh." "There you are." "Heavy traffic?" "Slow going." "Let's just say I had ample time to read the police report you faxed me." "Thoughtfully provided by the local authorities, even though it doesn't tell the whole story." "A sheriff's deputy is slain during a routine patrol." "It's a tragic occurrence, but I don't see the mystery here, Mulder." "Except said that the deputy was beaten to death by an invisible assailant." "Yes, but that's according to the young man who's accused of his murder." "One Tony Reed, and I'm guessing wrongfully accused." "He's an "A" student, moved here a few months ago from Philadelphia." "He's never been in trouble in his life." "Tell me you've got more than S.A.T. Scores to show that Tony Reed didn't commit this crime." "Maybe." "Take a look at the body." "The former Deputy Ronald Foster." "As you can see, the report doesn't quite do it justice." "Oh, my God." "It looks like he was hit with a sledgehammer." "Police flashlight." "One blow." "Damage to the maxilla facial bones and the cranium... is consistent with a blunt force trauma, but..." "I'd say that Tony eats his Wheaties." "Check out the back of his head." "[Gasps]" "His eyeglasses." "Penetrated to the back of his skull." "Babe Ruth couldn't hit this hard, let alone a high school sophomore." "Well, maybe if he was under the influence of P.C.P. Or some kind of stimulant." " No, his tox screen came back negative." " Well, even so," "I mean, stress and fear may have triggered an adrenalin response which is known to... enable feats of near super human strength." "Agent Mulder?" "How long you plannin' on bein'down here?" "Sheriff Harden, this is my partner, Agent Scully." "How long you plan on bein' down here?" "I'd like Ron left in peace." "I don't know what there is to see anyway." " We got the kid who did it." " Sheriff, we don't mean to second-guess you." " We're just hoping to be of some assistance." " Well, I don't need it." "I got the murder weapon with bloody fingerprints, and once the state crime lab matches that up with Tony Reed, it's open and shut." " Well, uh, we're done here, right?" " Mm-hmm." "But, Sheriff Harden, you won't mind if I talk to Tony Reed, do you?" "I mean, it won't hurt your case." "And if he did do it, you'll wanna know why." "What?" "Well, Tony, this must be your lucky day for visitors." " This is Agent Scully with the F.B. I..." " I'm not talkin' anymore, okay?" "Well, that might make things worse." "They seem pretty bad already." "In your statement, you say that Deputy Foster stopped you." "But you don't say why." "Come on." "You were cruisin', right?" "I mean, a small town like this, you're not exactly living' la vida loca." "I know." "I grew up in Dullsville too." "Nothing to do but drive and park." "How long ago was that?" "Look." "Don't you think I know what you're doing?" "You're like the tenth cop who's come in here trying to relate to me till I confess." "If you didn't do it, it's all the more reason to clear it up." "Everything I know..." "is in my statement." "Okay, but bear with us, 'cause we're old and stupid." "How long was it between the time you heard the scream... to the time that you found Deputy Foster?" "Tony, you're not likely to get a fairer hearing than this." "Maybe ten, fifteen seconds." "You didn't see anyone near the patrol car?" "You didn't hear anything?" "And you're still gonna stick with your story... that you were the only one there, is that right?" "Uh..." "I wanna go back to my cell." "Sixteen years old and his life is over unless he starts telling' the truth." "If you really think he's guilty, why don't you ask yourself this:" "Why wouldn't he make up a more plausible cover story?" "Why didn't he say that a pickup full of hillbillies... drove by and clobbered the deputy and ran away?" "I'm not saying he's guilty." "I'm inclined to agree that Tony Reed did not commit murder." "But I think that he saw the person who did, and he may be covering up for it." "I'm not sure there was a person to see." "I think there was a force at work here." " What kind of force?" " Some kind of territorial or spiritual entity maybe." "Poltergeists have long been associated with violent acts like this, and they tend to manifest around young people." "They seem to be drawn to the turmoil of adolescence." "Mulder, rather than spirits, can we at least start with Tony's friends?" "Please, just... for me?" "I think there's one person in particular I'd like to talk to." "[Man] Let's wrap it up, people." "Two-minute warning'." "There goes half your grade, Max." " You missed the midterm." " Not if I take it right now." " In one minute?" " Oh, I've been studying." "I don't care who your father is." "You fail my test, it sticks." "I guess I better ace it then, huh?" "Take your seat, young man." " Piece of cake." " It is when you mark 'em at random." "Go ahead." "Check it." "Maybe I got more goin' on than people know." "[Bell Ringing]" "Chastity Raines?" "I'm Agent Scully." "This is Agent Mulder." "We're with the F.B.I." " I remember you." " Chastity, what did you and Tony talk about this morning?" " He didn't kill that cop." " How can you be so sure?" " Tony just doesn't have it in him." " Do you?" "Were you there when it happened?" "Look, I gotta go." "Do you realize that Tony could go to prison for the rest of his life for this?" "Chastity, if you know something, now's the time to mention it." " Unless they got a warrant, you don't have to say nothin'." " Wow." "You must be her lawyer." "Let's go." "Butting into our investigation." "I wonder what your father, the sheriff, would think." " How do you know who my dad is?" " You got the same last name." "Oh, you're good." "We're done here." "Come on, babe." "You must've been a Betty back in the day." " A "Betty"?" " "Back in the day."" "[Cell Phone Ringing]" "Scully." "What about the murder weapon?" "All I know is we put the flashlight in here and now it's gone." "It's like it just disappeared into thin air." " How many people have access to this evidence room?" " Only me and the dozen deputies." "What does the tape show?" "That no unauthorized persons came in and no one went anywhere near this locker." " Was this here before?" " I don't know." "Can we take a look at the surveillance tape?" "[Sheriff] You can see that the flashlight was properly secured." "It's not like we're runnin'some kind of half-assed operation here." "No one's saying that you are, Sheriff." "Here's when the state police showed up to take it to the crime lab." "There's me goin'to get it." "We opened up the locker, and it's gone." "I maybe, uh, didn't give you all the warmest welcome, but if you have any ideas." " May I?" " I watched it a dozen times." " Could there be a malfunction with the V.C.R.?" " I don't see how." "Plus, there's no gap in the time code." "The murder weapon was the only hard evidence we had." "Without it, we got no case." "You know what I gotta do now?" "I gotta call Ron Foster's widow and tell her that I gotta turn his killer loose." "Scully, check this out." " What am I supposed to be seeing?" " Here it comes." "Now you see it." "One more frame." "Now you don't." "What do you make of that, Scully?" "Take another look." "Now it's here." "Now it's not." "Are you ready to be straight with me?" "Leave me alone, Mom." "Would you just leave me alone." "I'm tired!" "This isn't like a bad report card, Anthony." "A man is dead." "I told you, I didn't do it!" "It's just that what you say happened doesn't make sense." "There's gotta be more to it." "Well, there isn't." "Okay?" "Are those kids involved in this?" "That boy Max?" "No." " Mom, they're the only friends I have here." " You're done seeing' 'em." " You don't even know them." " I do know them." "I was your age once." "Tony, we came here to get a fresh start, get away from them bad schools, the wrong crowd." "You are doing so well here." "How would you know?" "You're never around." "You think it's my dream to work two jobs?" "I'm doin' it for you, Tony." "I just wanna get some sleep." "That's all I want." "You got a chance at a good life, a real future." "We didn't come all this way so you could throw it away." "[Tapping On Window]" "Listen to that, man." "This car's got guts." " Sort of like you that way." " Whose car is this, Max?" "Chastity told you to shut up and sit tight and things would be fine." " You did that." "It tells me a lot." " Everything's not fine." "We're in a stolen car, a cop is dead." "Calm down, man." "He'd been snooping' around." "He had to go." "What do you mean, "He had to go"?" "What happened out there?" "You gotta learn not to ask so many questions." "Slow the hell down, man!" "You're freakin' me out!" "You ain't seen nothin' yet." " [Tires Screeching]" " Max, look out!" "[Gasps]" "[Gasps]" "I'm gonna make you one of us." "But I call the shots." "Always remember that." "Hey, Chuck." "Sorry to make you trek over here for what's probably a glitch." " What'd you come up with?" " Nothing but eye strain at first." "Then I ran it through my imaging software." "I'm here to tell you, it's not a glitch." "It's what the camera saw." "Buckle up, Scully." "I believe Chuck is about to take us on a ride through the paranormal." "Yes and no." "Initially, I was thinking spectral manifestation." "But with spirit activity, you'd expect to see light streaks, auras, atmospheric disturbances, translucent figures." "Whatever this is, it's not a ghost." "Especially since ghost don't go around leaving synthetic polymers in their wake." "That's what the gunk on the floor turned out to be." "Huh." "I dig a mystery with layers." "Chuck, I get the feeling you don't know what the hell this is." "I cross-referenced the shape's silhouette... against every organic and inorganic object in the Library of Congress database." "The closest match was a Soviet Akula class submarine." "I think we can rule that out." "And then there's this weirdness." " My enhancement brought up this dark edge..." " [Mulder] Mm-hmm." "Around the anomaly." " A shadow." " It fit with the lighting in the room." " The problem is it can't be throwing a shadow unless..." " Unless it's a solid object." "Which is impossible because it only appears for a single frame." "One-thirtieth of a second." "You know what?" "Maybe, uh, SCAG can give us a clearer picture." " SCAG?" " Spectrographic Color Attribute Generator." "I'm beta testing it forJ.P.L." "It's still in the tweaking phase, but the basic idea is..." "I assign known color values... onto the black-and-white image." "Then SCAG assigns chromatic values throughout the frame, in effect making an educated guess at, uh, what all the colors might be." "It still needs fine tuning." "What?" "You recognize these colors, Scully?" " Hey, Tony." " Everyone's looking at me like I'm a criminal." "I'm not." "I heard you took a ride." "What was that?" "How did he do it?" "You'll find out." "Maybe you were right..." "about me not bein' cut out for this." "It's a little late for second thoughts." "You tryin' to move in on my girl?" " [Bell Ringing]" " Saved by the bell." "Hey, you wanna stare at someone?" "Stare at me." "Well, class." "I graded your midterms." "Save for a few of you, the news is not good." "Mr. Pembleton." "What happened?" "Welcome back, Mr. Reed." "Expect to make up the test tomorrow." "Mr. Harden, you're here on time for a change." "What's this?" " Self-explanatory, isn't it?" " I got every answer right." " Not because you knew the material." " You sayin' I cheated?" "How?" "I have no idea how." "But you did." "And I won't tolerate it." "[Man] Back to business, people." " [Door Opens, Closes]" " Mr. Guider?" "How do I tell Max that I want out?" "I wish I could help you, Tony." "I can't even help myself." "[Boy] Babbit!" "[Screams]" "[Screaming]" "[Girl] Oh, my God!" "Excuse me, please." "Thank you." "Just stay back." "I'll show you my theory if you show me yours." "Based on the eyewitness accounts of the students I spoke to, at this moment I'd have to say that I don't have one." "What about for these globs of goo?" " The ones we found in the evidence room?" " Yeah." "I'm guessing Max Harden could tell us how they got there." "You think Max did this?" "Based on what?" "I spoke to a few students myself." "Apparently Max was angry at Mr. Babbit... because he failed him on his midterm exam, so he had motive." "Well, he may have had motive, but he didn't have opportunity." "There was nobody here who saw him even go near the victim." "Maybe he didn't need to." "I pulled his records." "Rising attendance and discipline problems the last few months." "But look at this transcript." "As his behavior was getting worse, his grades were going through the roof." " This kid has changed, Scully." " He's a teenager." "Everything about him is changing." "His body and his brain chemistry is in a state of unparalleled upheaval, plus there's peer pressure and-and substance abuse." "Any one of these factors could alter his behavior radically." "What if it's given him a kind of psychokinetic or paranormal ability... that allows him to exert force over a victim without ever laying a finger on him?" " That's your theory?" " Yes, it is." "Soon to be proven as soon as I get Max in for questioning." " Agent, you needed to speak to Sheriff Harden?" " Yeah." " I want to talk to him about his son." " He's with him now." "They're taking him to the emergency room." "Max just collapsed in the parking lot." "You hear about Max?" "Is he okay?" " Where are you going?" " Tony, the less you know, the better, all right?" "What, no candy, no flowers?" "[Sheriff] My deputy told me you were comin'and why." "So you can just turn around." "Whatever happened at that school, my son didn't do it." "Sheriff, we'd like to ask your son a few questions, if that's okay." "The boy's sick." "The doctors can't even say what's wrong with him." "Max could tell them." "You know why you collapsed, don't you, Max?" "Yeah." "Too much teen spirit." "You think?" "Smells like murder to me." "Who do you think you're talkin'to here?" "Yeah, it's not like you got a damned thing on me." "You got a problem with authority figures, don't you, Max?" "If I wasted Babbit, then how did I do it?" "Am I like Carrie or somethin'?" "I used some kind of mental powers?" "No, somethin'else." "You figured out a way to tap into something that gives you super powers." "Came in handy with Babbit and Deputy Foster." "Man, you're whistlin' "Dixie."" "High temperature and heart rate." "Low blood sugar." "Electrolytes show acidosis." "All these symptoms are consistent with extreme exertion and withdrawal." "Withdrawal?" "From what?" "The rush." "I think whatever it is that gives you the power to rearrange furniture... and turn a flashlight into a battering ram also gives you quite a buzz." "Well, if I can do all that, what's stoppin' me from doin' it to you?" "I don't know." "Maybe the effect's worn off." "Maybe you need another fix." "As soon as I blow out of here, I'll be sure to get one." "That's not gonna happen any time soon." "Your condition's getting worse." "And we're not gonna be able to help you unless you can tell us what's going on." "Boy, is any of this true?" " No." " You better pray I don't find out it is." "Sir?" "Can we have a word outside?" "He's not a bad kid." "He just needs discipline." "If your son is in trouble, I'm sure you'd want to know about it." "With that in mind, we'd like permission to search your house." "You're not getting it." "I'm not ready to jump on a bandwagon and call my boy a murderer." "There's some, uh, test results missing from Max's chart." "I think we should track 'em down." "Thanks." "Hot off the presses." "Anything interesting?" " This can't be right." " What is it?" "Oh, my God." "What?" "Evidence of cerebral lesions from repeated concussions." "Arthritis in the spine and major joints." "Stress fractures." "Numerous muscle and..." " and ligament micro-tears." " What would cause this?" "In a teenager?" "I can't even imagine." "This is the kind of thing that you'd see in someone who's crashed race cars... or played pro football for 15 years." "Whatever Max is doing, it's killing him." "I think I'm starting to get it." "[Beeping]" " I thought I saw a young lady come in here." " I wish." "Max Harden's personal effects." "Yeah." "This is it." "Those globs we found... this is where they came from." "Speed, Scully." "Somehow Max Harden has found a way..." " to move faster than the eye can see." " Mulder." "That would explain how Babbit was killed." "It would also explain how a chair and table... appeared to move on their own with enough force to penetrate a wall." "Force equals mass times acceleration." "Isn't that right?" "Yes, but it's impossible." "The human body isn't designed to move like that." "Exactly." "That is..." "That is why his is falling apart." "Agents, could you..." "Max..." "Max, please don't do this." "You can stop." "Sure." "Just like you can." "I mean hurting people." "Haven't enough people already been hurt?" "This is not why I got you out!" " Let's leave here." "Let's just go away." " And do what?" "Find a place to get some help." "Help for what?" "This is the best thing that's ever happened to me." "I can't go back to things standing' still." "And neither can you." "Tony, what are you doing here?" "You went in that cave, didn't you?" "You shouldn't have done that." "It was such a rush..." "moving fast like that." "I didn't want this for you." "How did you find it?" "I followed you." "I was worried about you." "That's so sweet." "I wish things were different than how they are." "Maybe they can be." "With Max in the hospital, we could go to the cops." "He's out." "Oh, my God." "[Door Opens]" "Hello?" "Boo." "You killed Ron Foster." "Yeah, I did." "Why?" "I don't know." "You want some great reason?" "You little son of a bitch!" "[Groans]" "He thought he was really somethin'." "Always liked to push people around." "Same as Babbit..." "and same as you." "I'm not afraid of you anymore." "I can't let you do this, Max." " Take him to O.R. One." " All right." "Yo, Scully." "How bad are his injuries?" "It's too soon to tell." "He's unconscious and bleeding internally, apparently from a blow to the abdomen." "Yeah, delivered with this." "Max's weapon of choice against cops." "Why would he leave it behind?" "Do you think he's doing it to taunt the police?" "No, I think somebody intervened." "I think that's why the sheriff is still alive and why his gun is missing." "But if he can do what you claim, then..." "then who could possibly intervene?" "The someone who knows exactly how Max does what he does." "And someone who's finally standing up to him." "Tony." "How do we find him?" "Well, I would guess the source where Max gets his power from." "The woods near where the deputy was killed." "Tony never came clean about what he was doing out there." "Well, maybe that's why the deputy was killed." "Maybe he got too close to the truth." "[Tony] Chastity, we don't have to be doing this." "I told you, I took care of things with Max." "No, you didn't, and you shouldn't have tried." " He was gonna kill his father." "I had to stop him." " He let you." "He was slowing down." "Tony, you've slowed down too." "If we don't get back to the cave before Max does, we're history." " Hurry!" " I'll catch up." "Chastity?" "Are you okay?" "[Max] You're late, kid." " What did you do to her?" " She took a swing at me." "You believe that?" "You got it all turned around." "[Groans]" "Come on, man." "Who do you think you're dealin' with?" "All I ever wanted was you to be my friend, Tony." "You stuck a knife in my back." "And now I'm gonna mess you up." "[Screaming]" "I'm sorry, Tony." "I can't go back." "[Gun Blast]" "Chastity?" "[Beeping]" "[Footsteps]" "Did the U.S.G.S. Show up?" "Eighteen geologists and three semis full of gear." "They covered every inch of that cave." " And what'd they come up with?" " Nothing." "A little bat guano and above normal magnetic field readings, but nothing that would cause a physiological effect." " What'd you expect them to find, Mulder?" " I don't know." "A vortex like the one in Oregon." "Gravitational aberrations, unique chemical compositions, relics that would indicate the cave was a sacred site." "Something." "Anything." "I don't know." "You and I were both in there, and nothing happened to us." "We're still slow-poking around." "What if we're too old?" "You said teenagers differ... from adults chemically and physiologically." "What if whatever's in that cave effects only them?" "Well, that's doubtful." "But no more so than any other theory." "I mean, it's worth checking out." "Yeah?" "Well, we can't." "As of an hour ago, they pumped concrete into the cave, sealed it for precautionary reasons." "We'll never know." "How's he doin'?" "Bruises and muscle strains mostly." "He'll recover." "Go back to being a normal kid." "[Child] I made this!" "Three." "Give me two." "Two." "Can I have five cards, please?" "Five?" "What, are you serious?" "Four's the limit." "Let's see your ace." "If Mr. Weems wants five, give him five." "[Dealing Cards]" "Dealer takes two." "Four." "Nah." " How much is that?" " [Dealer] Four grand keeps you in... you and your five shiny new cards." "[Chuckles]" "There's 4,000." "And four more." "Let's make this interesting." "I'm raising you 15 large." "I wouldn't do that." "This is all I need." "You're gonna need Depends..." "after you see this hand." "Now we show each other our cards?" "[Sighs]" "Four kings." "That's a straight flush, right?" "Beginner's luck." " What the hell do you think you're doin'?" " Going home." "No, no." "Not so fast." "We expect a chance to win some of our money back." "Guys, there's over a hundred thousand dollars here." "You're damn right there's over a hundred thousand dollars there." "A hundred thousand's all I need." "Sorry." "I had fun, though." "Where can I cash out?" "##[Soft Rock Playing Over Speakers]" "Guys, I think we're going up instead of down." "Guys?" "Guys, this is not what I meant by "cashing out." Hey!" "Hey!" "[Screaming]" "[Grunts]" " [Line Ringing] - [Mulder] Hello?" "Mulder, it's me." "What now?" " Are you in Chicago?" " Yes, I'm in Chicago." "I'm on the northeast corner of Seventh and Hunter just like you asked." "Only you're not here." "So where are you?" "Oh, around." " Yeah?" " Hey, nice outfit." "Hey." "What's down there?" "Before you check out down there, check out up there." "The top two floors are leased to oneJimmy Catrona," " whose name you might be familiar with." " Organized crime." "The Bureau's been trying to build a racketeering case against him the past few years." "Gambling, extortion, murder." "Which is why last night there were two agents parked across the street in surveillance." "They witnessed a man being thrown from Catrona's roof at 10:40 p.m." "This man fell 30 floors, plus the distance down this shaft... because these doors just happened to be open, straight through, nothing but net." " Ouch." " I'm guessing that's what he said... after he got up, climbed out of here and scampered off into the night." " Mulder, you keep saying this man." "Who is this man?" " No idea." "He got away." "The agents gave chase, but no clear description." " Was this basement thoroughly searched?" " No." "Technically, falling 300 feet and surviving isn't a crime." "And your theory is?" "What if this man had some kind of special capability... some kind of genetic predisposition towards... rapid healing or tissue regeneration?" "So basically, what we if were looking for Wile E. Coyote?" "You're saying that he's invulnerable." " Right?" " Yeah." "In 1998, there was a British soldier who plummeted 4,500 feet when his parachute failed." "Then he walked away with a broken rib." " What's your point?" " My point is that if there's... a wind gust or a sudden updraft, and plus if he landed in exactly the right way..." "I mean, I don't know." "Maybe he just got lucky." "What if he got really, really lucky?" "That's your big scientific explanation, Scully?" "I mean, how many thousands of variables would have to convene..." " in just the right mixture for that theory to hold water?" " I don't know." "No." "Thousands." " Mulder?" " Yeah?" "[Scully] Look at this." "If this cart were on the platform when he hit, that would explain the wheels." "And what if this whole thing had just enough give to save his life?" " We'd have to find him to ask." " Yeah, we'd have to find him." "Looks like maybe we found part of him already." "[Doorbell Buzzing]" "I think you're taking a flier here, Mulder." "There's gotta be at least 600 people with prosthetic eyes in the greater Chicago area." "But only this one Henry Weems made an appointment this morning to get a new one." "Maybe he can't see his way to the door." "[Door Opens]" "Come on, Scully." "I'm feeling lucky." "[Elevator Bell Dings]" "[Door Opens]" "Can you help me?" "It's an emergency." "[Water Spraying]" " Ma'am, we're not plumbers." " I didn't say you were." "I just want the damn water turned off so I can go to work." "You gotta be stronger than me, right?" "Valve's under the sink." "Your building super Henry Weems, he isn't around?" "Mr. Dependable?" "Might as well wait forJimmy Hoffa to show up." "You're turning it the wrong way." " Hey, Richie, sweetheart, back in bed." " But, Mom..." "Butts are for sitting, and I want yours back in bed." "He's right." "Clockwise." "I know that." "Clockwise." "[Floorboards Creaking]" "You okay, Mulder?" "Yeah, it's all right." "My ass broke the fall." "Guess who I found." "Henry Weems, I presume?" "Next time leave the plumbing to a professional." "Oh, uh..." "Oh, uh, you wanna try this on for size, Cinderella?" "Mr. Weems, why were you hiding in a vacant apartment?" "Not hiding." "Avoiding." " Avoiding whom?" " You people." "Now that you found me, let's just get it over with." "No way am I testifying againstJimmy Catrona." "Last night, Catrona had you thrown off the roof of 1107 Hunter Avenue." " Is that correct?" " You didn't hear it from me." "I'm not letting you people move me to Muncie, Indiana to milk cows." "More to the point, you survived a 300-foot fall," " essentially unharmed." " [Flesh Squishing]" "I don't know." "Maybe the wind was just right." "And I landed on a bunch of towels." "No biggie." " You got lucky?" " Yeah, I guess." "Except you should look at my bruise." "[Moans]" "Plus, I didn't get to keep my poker winnings." "So, that's what you were doing there last night, playing poker?" "Catrona thought I was cheating." "I wasn't." "But like I said, you didn't hear it from me." "Must've been a high-stakes game, I imagine." "Did you win a lot of money?" "I don't know." "A little." "[Mulder] What is that?" "Did you make it?" "Uh-huh." " It's sort of a hobby." " Mm-hmm." "Mind if I..." " Ah." "That's craftsmanship." " Wow." " What does it mean?" " What do you mean what does it mean?" " What's..." " It doesn't mean anything." "I just sort of..." "I don't know." "It's cause and effect." " So, are... are we done here?" " [Scully] Mr. Weems?" "Can I ask you to reconsider testifying against Catrona?" " Nope." "No way, Jose." " It would be in your best interest." "He's tried to kill you once, and he will undoubtedly do it again." " Yeah, we can protect you." " I'll take my chances." "So, here's the plan as I see it." "We inform the Chicago field office about Weems, leaving it to them to secure his testimony." "You change your clothes, we fly back to D.C. By sunset and all is right with the world." "Come on, Scully." "Are you gonna dump this case just as it's getting interesting?" "Interesting, Mulder, was when we were looking for Wile E. Coyote." "Come on, Mulder." "This guy just got lucky." "There's no X-File here." "Maybe his luck is the X-File." "Stairs." "[Elevator Bell Dings]" "Oh." "Car keys." "Must have lost 'em when I fell." " [Doorbell Buzzing] - [Gunshot]" "[Gasps]" "So, you get many of these?" "Okay." "So, uh, they searched the entire building, and there's no sign of Henry Weems." "I'm guessing that he's on the run." "Our dead man's name is Angelo Bellini, a.k.a., Angie the Animal." "He's an enforcer for the Catrona family." "And I don't think his visit was friendly." "You think that Weems could have killed him in self-defense?" "A skinny guy with no depth perception against a man nicknamed the Animal?" "I don't think so." "You and I both know Weems didn't kill anybody." "Besides, we were gone for two minutes." "This guy doesn't have a scratch on him." "I'm thinking it was a heart attack." "What the hell happened here, Mulder?" "Cause and effect." " Meaning?" " Okay, so watch." "So Bellini kicks down the door." "[Karate Grunt]" "Poised to kill Weems, right?" "But just as he's about to pull the trigger, a noise startles him." "The buzzer when I buzzed to be let back in the apartment." "So when he does pull the trigger, his aim is off." "Right?" "And he hits the lamp... which falls over and knocks over the ironing board." "So as the bullet ricochets, Weems dives over the sofa." "Now when Bellini goes for him, he trips over the ironing board, bounces off the chair, flips end-over-end... and his shoelace gets caught in the fan..." "Q.E.D." "Cause and effect." "Seemingly unrelated and unconnected events and occurrences... that appear unrelated and random beforehand, but which seem to chain-react in Henry Weems' favor." " Dumb luck?" " Yeah." "He seems to have tapped into it somehow." "He won big at poker, he survived getting thrown off a skyscraper, and now this." " Hang on a second." " Okay." "Hey, your name's Richie, right?" " Yeah." " I'm Dana." " Hi." " Why don't we, uh, head back to your room." "I'm sure that's what your mom would want." "So, I'm guessing you're a sports fan." "Which one's your favorite?" "Well, it used to be basketball, but now the Bulls suck, so I think maybe baseball." "I like baseball too." "Did Henry make this for you?" "[Bell Ringing]" "[Chuckles]" " That's pretty neat." " Yeah." "He made it for me when I was in the hospital." "He said it's 'cause everything happens for a reason." "Only just sometimes it's hard for us to see." "You went to the hospital because of your liver?" "It doesn't work so good." " Police looking for Henry?" " Yeah." "They just wanna talk to him." "Do you have any idea where he might have gone?" "Mm-mm." "Since I got sick, he hardly ever goes out." " The boy give you any leads?" " He knows nothing." " Mulder, as to your theory," " Mm-hmm?" "Why would the world's most supernaturally lucky man... work as a building superintendent?" "I mean, why doesn't he just run down to the Illinois State Lottery, enter and, you know, he'd win automatically?" "[Door Opens]" "[Door Closes]" "[Footsteps]" "[Chuckles]" "How you feelin', pal?" "I'm okay." "The police are lookin' for you, though." "How come?" "Uh, you know." "You do folks a favor, wire their joint for free cable..." "Don't worry about it." "You gonna be okay by yourself for a while?" "Where you goin'?" "Somethin' I gotta do I've been puttin' off." "You get some rest." "That's it?" "You've got nothing else?" "Okay, thank you." "Henry Weems has no police record, I assume." "He has no record of any kind, Mulder." "He doesn't earn enough in a year to file tax returns." "He has no savings account, no checking account, no insurance." "Doesn't even have a video rental card for that matter." "Doesn't even have a driver's license." "I mean, it's like he's intentionally stayed off the radar." "He's retired from the world." "Ever since December 1989." "That's when a commuter jet crashed into Lake Michigan... carrying 21 passengers." " There was one survivor." " Henry." "Yeah." "That's how he lost his eye." "Snowy night, Christmas rush." "He'd been bumped from three flights... before they finally found a seat for him on that fateful plane." " Guess what seat number." " Thirteen?" " Of flight seven." " More good luck you're saying?" "Call it good or bad, but maybe that's where it all started." "What if a brand-new Henry Weems was plucked from the wreckage... one whose fortunes had been irrevocably permanently changed?" "Before 1989, Henry held down a job for nine years at a train yard." "But after the accident, as you said, it's like he disappeared off the face of the earth." "He severed ties with all his friends and moved out to Melrose Park." "Mulder, there are millions of reasons for that, including survivor's guilt." "What doesn't track for me is why Henry Weems would drop off the map... just because he suddenly became incredibly lucky." "What doesn't track for me is why he's resurfaced after all these years." "Why he suddenly decided to use his luck in this way." " [Man] All right, take care of yourself, brother." " Later." "Hey, what's the, uh, lottery up to?" " Twenty-eight million." " I don't need that much." "You don't need that much?" "How much do you need, uh, Rockefeller?" "More like a hundred grand." "Here goes." "One dollar." "[Cash Register Ringing]" "[Scoffs] These suck." "[Man On TV] More on this morning's Melrose Park shooting." "Let's go live to the scene with Megan MacLean." "Police have confirmed that a Melrose Park building superintendent... is wanted for questioning in a case some sources term... an unusually vicious gangland slaying." "You did it!" "You won a hundred grand!" " Where do I collect the money?" " Man, they'll mail it to ya." "Eighty-two hundred dollars a month for twelve months." "Yeah!" "That's too long." "No, please, I wouldn't do that." "Oh, baby!" "Oh, sweet baby!" "Anything in the trash can is the store's property." " Yeah, right." "In your face!" " Please, no, just throw it away." "Something bad is gonna happen." "So long, suckers." "[Laughing]" "I did it!" "I won!" "I won the lottery!" "A hundred grand, fools!" "A hundred grand!" "On three." "One, two, three." "So, let me get this straight." " This is the man who initially won the money?" " Mm-hmm." "And once you and he ascertained that the accident victim was still alive, this man fled on foot?" " Mm-hmm." " Okay." "After which, the man who was hit by the truck... handed you the lottery card and said..." ""Maurice, I want you to have this."" "Mm-hmm." "Thank you, Mr. Albert." "I think that will be all." "Thank you." "For such a fortunate man, a lot of unfortunate things happen in Henry Weems' wake." "Maybe that's part of the package." "You can't have one without the other." "So, Mulder, Henry Weems came here to buy a lottery ticket." "Why?" "Maybe it's like you said:" ""Why wouldn't the luckiest man in the world enter the lottery?"" "Actually, that's exactly what you said... about an hour after you said it." "[Sighs]" "Well, he's not in his place and he's not with Richie." "You think he hid in there?" "He doesn't hide." "He avoids." "Well, pretty damn well, I'd say." "That thing must go all over the building, Mulder." "I'll start with the roof if you wanna start with the basement." "[Doorknob Rattling]" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Watch the rough stuff!" " Henry Weems, you're a hard man to track down." " I'm workin' here!" "Oh?" "You and I are gonna have a talk." " You just sit right here and don't move, okay?" " Tough guy." "[Floorboards Creaking]" "Oh, crap." "Not again." " [Groans] - [Grunts]" "[Woman] Let's get him up to O.R. Coming through." "Excuse us." "Does it hurt?" "Stings a bit." "But I'll live." "Come over here, Henry." "I wanna try something." " What's that about?" " I haven't a clue." "Nine of clubs." "You go." " What for?" " I think you know." "Oh, you win." "Double or nothing." "[Cards Shuffling]" "Ooo-hoo!" "Tough to beat." " You win again!" " Mulder, what does that prove?" "I think it proves if we played this 10,000 times in a row, he would win 10,000 times in a row." "He's incapable of losing." "How does it feel to be the luckiest man in the universe, Henry?" "It's a nightmare." "You have no idea." "No, I do." "'Cause when you get lucky..." "really, really lucky... people around you tend to suffer, is that right?" "I think it's a balance thing." "Something good happens to me, then everybody else has to take it in the keister." "So you stayed close to home mostly, kept a low profile." "But recently you've been venturing out further." "You played poker with mobsters." "I figured they could stand the trimming." "Bunch of goombah jerks." "They got issues, man." "You don't mind so much if a few criminals get hurt, but then you went and you played the lottery." " I don't..." " I knew I shouldn't have done that." " I needed the money." " For what?" "For Richie, right?" "It's the complications from his hepatitis." "He's on every donor list they got, but... he's got a rare blood type..." ""B" negative." "And he's..." "C.N. Something." "C.M.V. Negative..." "Cytomegalovirus." "There's no way they're gonna find a donor in time." "There's a treatment program in England." "Hundred grand gets him in." "It's experimental, but..." "it's the best chance he's got now." " Am I under arrest?" " No." "However, you will need protection from Catrona and his men." "I'd say they need protection from me." "I'm sorry, Mulder." "That was utterly irresponsible." "You're feeding the delusions of a man who had three attempts made upon his life." "You're supposed to be talking him into protective custody, not out of it." "I'd agree with you if I thought his life was in danger." "As it is, he's doing a betterjob on Catrona's organization than the F.B.I." "I'm wondering if we shouldn't make him an honorary agent." "[Scully] Mulder, you're putting an astounding amount of faith... in coincidence and luck." "Essentially, you're betting a man's life on it." "And even if you believe in so-called lucky streaks, you have to know they all eventually end." "[Chuckles] Luckiest man in the world?" "Well, Mulder, I just beat him." " Mulder?" " Come on, Scully." "Henry!" " [Body Thuds] - [People Chattering]" " You're supposed to be resting." " I am resting." "Playing on the floor doesn't count." "Don't you ever get tired of this thing?" "Henry said it's educational." "Yeah, well, I don't want you believing everything that Henry says." "Did you know the police are looking for him?" " Henry said it's no big deal." " When did you see..." "Mom, what's wrong?" "How's he doin'?" "He's got a bruised rib and a black eye." "It certainly could have been worse." "And don't tell me he just got lucky." "Far from it." "Maybe what you said about streaks is right." "Looks like his has just about run its course." "I don't mean to make light of his misfortune, but it may have knocked some sense into his head." "He's agreed to testify against Catrona." " What?" " Our guy from theJustice Department just called." "They're filing a federal warrant this afternoon." " This mook Weems..." " This mook Weems was street pizza last I heard from you." "He was." "I don't know what it is." "Maybe he has some special ability." "He's impervious or something." "Anyway, we can't get to him." "They got cops all over the hospital." "Who says we have to get to him?" "I want the toy Henry made me, Mom." "Can you please go get it?" "Uh, sure, honey." " We gotta go." " Richie, I will bring it and I will follow you there." "I will meet you at the hospital, okay?" "[Heart Monitor Beeping]" "[Footsteps Approaching]" " Did you find her?" " No." "You know Catrona took her." "He did it to keep me from testifying." "And he's who we're focused on." "But there's no sign of a kidnapping, no ransom note." " He's too smart for that." " It makes it very hard for us to obtain a search warrant." " We'll get one, though." " When?" "Tomorrow?" "Next week?" "Could someone sit with him at least?" "Hold up, Henry." "What if what I said before wasn't true?" "That your luck hasn't changed?" "Maybe all this is happening for a reason." "So you're saying that Maggie getting taken is a good thing?" "No, I'm saying that what looks like it might be bad luck may not be bad luck." "That we can't tell yet." "We're not in that position." "We can't see the forest for the trees." "How is he?" "Not good." "If we don't find a donor in the next few hours..." "Scully, what if everybody that becomes involved in Henry Weems' life... somehow becomes an integral part of his luck, including you and I?" "Mulder, you're speaking as if we're all trapped... in one of those contraptions that he built." " What are you doing?" " Looking for Maggie Lupone." "Luck is the overreaching force in this investigation." "I say we roll with it." " Yeah." "Let's call that a dry run." " Yeah." "[Elevator Bell Dings]" "Look who came calling." "I wanted to tell you personally that there's no hard feelings." "I'm not testifying against you." "Just let Maggie Lupone go." "Maggie?" "I don't know anybody named Maggie." "You know anybody named Maggie?" "[Laughing]" "Fellas, don't jerk me around." "Jerk you around?" "You tried to cheat me out of a hundred large, you kill Angie, you put Sal in the hospital." "I'm jerkin' you around?" "I apologize for my choice of words." "Please, just let her go." "Her kid's really sick." "I don't care what happens to me." "You'll care." "By the time I'm finished, you'll definitely care." "Henry?" "Richie, how is he?" "Not that one." "Use the small one." "Hey!" "Henry?" "[Groaning]" "Don't you hurt him, you son of a bitch!" "Shut her up!" "[Grunting]" "[Maggie] Henry!" "[Gasps]" "Oh!" "[Man] Check downstairs!" "[Mulder] What are the odds for Catrona being a perfect match?" " A thousand to one?" "A million to one?" " Maybe higher." "Maybe everything does happen for a reason." "Whether we see it or not." "Maybe your luck is changing." "Maybe." "[Bell Ringing]" "[Child] I made this!"