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(turns water on)
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(small noises above)
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(screams)
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(PA) We are now beginning our descent
into JFK International Airport.
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We should be on the ground in 15 minutes.
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Any passenger needing help
with customs forms or any other form...
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(announcement in French)
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Monsieur?
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Monsieur?
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(screams)
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(Skinner) Come in.
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- Thank you for getting here so quickly.
- There's not much traffic at this hour.
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This is Dr Simon Bruin with the Philadelphia
office of the Centers for Disease Control.
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A pleasure, Dr Scully.
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How familiar are you
with the kidnappings in Philadelphia?
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Only what I've read: that four young men
have gone missing in the past three months.
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All African-American.
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Ajoint FBI-Philadelphia PD task force
has been working around the clock.
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But there have been no leads to speak of.
Until last night.
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What happened last night?
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Owen Sanders, the last to go missing,
was found dead near a construction site.
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- How was he killed?
- That's just it, Agent Scully. He wasn't_
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No evidence indicates homicide.
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Has a cause of death been determined?
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No. But I'll let Dr Bruin
give you his thoughts on that.
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This was taken last night, less than
an hour after Sanders' body was found.
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- I thought you said Owen Sanders was black.
- He was.
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I'm not sure I follow.
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See for yourself.
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Owen Sanders
was a normal young black man.
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I assume you're going somewhere with this.
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The depigmentation may
actually be characteristic of a disease.
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An apparently fatal one.
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So you don't think
they're victims of a crime at all.
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It's my opinion, Dr Scully, this investigation
should begin and end under a microscope.
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Dr Bruin hopes someone
with a solid medical background...
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_.can make a quick and decisive analysis.
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Case number 2139318531
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Subject is a black male, 19 years old.
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Cause and time of death unknown.
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Note: total lack of pigment in the skin,
hair and eyes.
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This suggests albinism,
though the bleaching of the irises...
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_.indicates a violent and unexplained cellular
reaction to a vector or an environment...
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(door opens)
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Hey. I heard you were down here
slicing and dicing. Who's the lucky stiff?
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His name is Owen Sanders.
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Reported as the fourth
kidnap victim in Philadelphia...
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_.until he turned up last night like this.
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There's a Michael Jackson joke in here,
but I can't quite find it.
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I've been requested to determine
what leached the pigment from his body.
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- Requested by whom?
- The Centers for Disease Control.
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The CDC in a kidnap case?
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They believe the case has been mislabelled_
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That this man and the others may have
fallen prey to a disease or a pathogen.
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Based on what other evidence?
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There were no signs of trauma or defence
wounds, and his wallet was still full of cash.
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That's interesting.
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What, uh, what sort of disease is this?
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I don't know. There are conditions
like vitiligo which attack melanocytes...
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_.and prevent the manufacture
of melanin in the skin,...
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_.autoimmune disorders, not yet understood.
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So this man died of a disorder?
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He and four other young black men
contracted the disease...
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_.and then disappeared
without any explanation whatsoever.
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It's possible they've already turned up,
but because of the depigmentationu.
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_.there may be a problem with identification.
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So I have reissued descriptions
of John Does to area morgues and ERs_
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Scully, has it occurred to you
that this mightjust be a PR exercise?
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I'm sorry?
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To divert attention from the fact that young
black men are dying and there's no suspect?
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- The perception being that nobody cares.
- Not everything is a conspiracy,_..
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_.and not everybody is plotting
to deceive, inveigle and obfuscate.
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Did you lift any forensic evidence?
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Yes. Hair, skin and fibre.
Behind you on the counter.
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What are you doing?
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I'm gonna join the snipe hunt, if you
don't mind. Before the body count rises.
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(knocking)
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(man) Mr Aboah?
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Anyone home?
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Samuel Aboah?
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YSS.
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I'm Marcus Duff. Remember me?
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Your immigration counsellor.
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We have an appointment
to go over your naturalisation petition.
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Um, please.
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Thank you.
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We could use a little light
to fill out the petition.
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Maybe you can open a window or something.
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Yeah... I guess that works.
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Have a seat, Samuel.
This is a little complicated.
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So...
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You OK? You look ill.
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You got a fever or something?
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No.
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I know how lonely it is, believe me.
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Being in a strange place
far from your family.
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But once you become a US citizen,__.
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_.I can help you bring over
every brother, sister,.._
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Haunt, uncle and cousin.
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It all starts today, Samuel.
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Know what I'm saying?
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Thank you.
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Agent Pendrell. Thanks for turning this
materials analysis around on short notice.
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Shouldn't we wait for Agent Scully?
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- She's not coming.
- Why not?
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She had a date.
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Breathe! It's with a dead man.
She's doing an autopsy.
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- You said you found something?
- Yeah. Asbestos fibres. Not much there.
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And I didn't think there was anything among
the vegetable debris - local soils, pollens, etc.
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Till I came across this.
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I had to go on-line with a botanist
at UVN to determine what it was.
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It looks like some kind of thorn.
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No, it's a seed, actually. But nothing
you'll find at your local nursery.
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Adenia volkensii.
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- Help me out.
- From a rare species of passionflowen
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It's a rare, night-blooming plant indigenous
only to certain parts of West Africa.
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How could this travel 5,000 miles around
the world and wind up on Owen Sanders?
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That I couldn't tell you.
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It contains a cerebropatnic glycoside_
Mean anything to you?
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If I'm correct, it's a cortical depressant that
works on the higher centres of the brain.
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- is it lethal?
- In large enough quantities it might be.
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Larger than anything
contained in a single seed.
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Did the toxicology screen
detect any of it in Sanders' blood?
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No, the tox screen was clean.
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Could his body have metabolised it?
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Only if the victim hadn't expired immediately.
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- Does that tell you anything about anything?
- No, but...
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_.I think I found something
that could explain the depigmentation.
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- His pituitary gland was necrotised.
- His pituitary gland?
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The pituitary gland secretes all of the
regulatory hormones in the body,___
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_.and it controls the production
of melanin in the skin cells.
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So you found evidence
that this is a disease?
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No. I have identified the effect.
I am still looking for the cause.
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OK, let me know
as soon as you find anything out.
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- Where are you, Mulder?
- Off to water the seeds of doubt. Bye-bye.
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Ms Covarrubias?
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- Who are you?
- Agent IVlulder. Fox IVlulder.
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- What are you doing?
- I'm sorry I frightened you.
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What do you want?
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I'm not sure why, but I thought
you might be in a position to help me.
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Help you?
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Four young men are missing in Philadelphia.
One of the men was found dead last night.
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This seed was recovered from his body.
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It's from a rare species of plant
found only in West Africa.
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Do you know anything about this case?
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No.
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Is there any way you could End
something out about it?
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Thousands of exotic species
cross into US soil every day undetected.
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Bilge water is emptied into harbours,
produce sent through the mail.
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In practical terms,
borders are little more than lines on maps.
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Is that a yes or a no?
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- I can't help you.
- You can't or you won't?
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You made an overture to me.
You left an opening.
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Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me there's
nothing here, and I'll just walk away.
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Either way, I need to know.
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Aghg
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(distorted) Hey, I got a schedule.
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You gettin' on or not?
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What's your problem?
You on drugs or something?
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Ah, the hell with you.
You can walk for all I care.
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Damned drugs.
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He was sitting right here, staring at me
with these glassy eyes. Pretty much out of it.
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You mean he looked sick?
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Yeah, now that you mention it.
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I mean, I asked him if he needed help,
but he didn't say squat.
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Don't forget to put down
I had a schedule to keep.
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Did you observe anybody else in the area?
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Not that I saw. I already told the police
pretty much everything I know.
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- (car approaches)
- Excuse me.
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- What happened?
- We have another missing young man.
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Alfred Kittel, 17 years old, African-American.
His mother called the police around 3am.
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- How does she know he's missing?
- He works down the street.
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He takes this bus every night,
and last night he never made it home.
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They found his knapsack on the bench here.
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The police are out canvassing.
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I talked to a bus driver who said that
he seemed disoriented, nonresponsive_
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It might be some kind of
pre-symptomatic dementia.
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Or a reaction
to a powerful cortical depressant.
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What are you suggesting?
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Find Alfred Kittel and you find
another one of those rare African seeds.
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What makes you so sure?
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A week before the first person
was reported missing...
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_.the New York Port Authority
filed that with the FAA.
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Like Owen Sanders,
this man wasn't an albino either.
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Not until he was found dead on a charter
flight from West Africa, from Burkina Faso.
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The embassy demanded the body's return
before an autopsy could be performed.
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It says cause of death was undetermined.
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Yeah, undetermined, Scully,
but not necessarily unknown.
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"Aboah"?
What the hell kind of name is that?
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Mr Aboah?
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- Yes.
- Philadelphia PD.
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We're canvassing the building
in regard to a missing person.
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This is the young man we're looking for.
Have you seen him?
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No.
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Well, if you hear from anyone who nas,
or come across any information at all,...
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_.you can reach us at this number.
That's a hot line. You can call 24 hours a day.
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(laboured breathing)
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- Thank you.
- Thank you.
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- I am really quite busy.
- We won't take up much of your time.
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You're in charge of most of the Casework...
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_.for aliens immigrating
from Africa and the Caribbean?
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I assist people from that part of the world
where I came from 15 years ago.
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We're looking for somebody that came
more recently. On a flight from Burkina Faso.
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This is the passenger manifest
from the charter company.
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And... you want me to do what, exactly?
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Cross-reference the names with anyone
applying for permanent resident status...
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_.or a work visa in the last three months.
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I am a social worker, not a police officer.
My business is not chasing down illegals.
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Sir, we're not here to arrest anybody.
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But you are FBI agents, are you not?
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Yes. Investigating
a possible public health crisis.
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What kind of crisis?
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He's not at home.
We might as well get comfortable.
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It has to be here, Mulder. There has to be
some evidence of a virus or bacterium.
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If you looked up from the microscope,
you'd see that what's missing is a motive.
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The motive of any pathogen
is to reproduce itself.
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LVly job as a doctor is to find out
if and how it is being transmitted.
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- If this is a health crisis.
- Death is a health crisis.
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Something caused Sanders' pituitary to fail,.._
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_.which caused his metabolism to drop,
resulting in coma and, finally, in death.
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Sometimes you have to start at the end
to find the beginning.
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I just hope we don't have to find
another dead body to discover what that is.
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Maybe we won't have to wait.
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IVlrAboah? Can I talk to you a minute?
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- Boy, this guy can move.
- He's not here.
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He has to be.
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Mulder, I think I know where he went.
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Come on, Mulder. Let's go. We've lost him.
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Hey, Scully, look at this.
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Oh, my God.
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From outward signs,
this man is asymptomatic.
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I appreciate the connection you've tried
to make, but it's a dead end.
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With your permission, I'd like to examine
him more. I'd like to run a suppression test,..
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_.do a TSH screen, take a history.
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00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,686
It would help if we could talk to him.
236
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,321
I'm working on that.
237
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,684
- Nothing?
- Not yet.
238
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,929
That doesn't mean he isn't a carrier,
or even the index case.
239
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,924
He's some kind of case, the way
he disappeared down that drainpipe.
240
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,527
Why has Samuel Aboah been arrested?
241
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:03,481
You said his health was in danger.
Why have I been lied to?
242
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:05,763
Nobody has lied to you, sir.
243
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,531
Then, please, release him immediately.
244
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,608
We would like to do some more tests.
245
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,890
We have to be sure his health hasn't been
endangered and he isn't endangering others.
246
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,049
- Then why have you called me?
- As a translator.
247
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,891
We'd like to be able
to ask him some questions.
248
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,361
- About what?
- About Alfred Kittel. ._
249
00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:28,651
_.and several other men who've gone missing
since his arrival in Philadelphia.
250
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:33,044
- Then this is about a criminal charge.
- There are no charges against MrAboah_
251
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:37,171
We arrested him because he ran when
we tried to question him. I wanna know why.
252
00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:41,643
Sir, if you had ever been beaten
by the police,.__
253
00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,801
_.or had your home burned
for no other reason than being born,___
254
00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,402
..then, maybe,
you would understand why he ran.
255
00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:51,249
And why you would run too.
256
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:56,484
He ran because he's hiding something.
And no amount of tests you run on him,__.
257
00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:00,007
- _.no science is gonna find that. Excuse me.
- Where are you going?
258
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:04,847
To find someone who I know plotted
to deceive, inveigle and obfuscate.
259
00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,687
IVlinister, this is Agent Mulder with the FBI.
260
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:24,971
- Thank you for seeing me at such a late hour.
- I did not have much choice in this matter.
261
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,765
Someone from the United Nations
spoke to the ambassador.
262
00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,568
What's so important that it can't wait?
263
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,445
With all due respect, sir,
I think you already know.
264
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:38,724
DO I?
265
00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,441
Something happened on a flight
from your country three months ago.
266
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,884
Something that you felt compelled to hide,
even from your own ambassador.
267
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:51,488
The request to stop investigating
this man's death came from you.
268
00:25:55,240 --> 00:26:00,883
I understand the need to protect your
diplomatic position, but more men are dying.
269
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,971
Even if I tell you what I know...
270
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,927
_.you would never believe it.
271
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,651
You'd be surprised at what I believe, sir.
272
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,845
I had hoped, if I closed my eyes,___
273
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,004
_.it would go away this time.
274
00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:25,122
This time?
275
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,522
My people,...
276
00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,365
_.the Bambara, are farmers.
277
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,924
I grew up hearing the old stories,___
278
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,641
_.believing them as only a child can believe.
279
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,601
What kinds of stories?
280
00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,522
The Teliko.
281
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:52,762
Spirits...
282
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,522
_.of the air.
283
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,963
It was said they rested by day...
284
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,361
--in closed, dark places---
285
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,205
_-deep inside tree hollows---
286
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,051
_-and in holes beneath the ground,--.
287
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:12,405
_.too small even for a child to hide himself
288
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:14,887
Mr Aboah?
289
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,724
Only when the sun fell ,.__
290
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,963
_-when the rest of the world was sleeping,"
291
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,247
__ would they come out.
292
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,486
Come out to do what, sir?
293
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,846
I was seven years old.
294
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,891
Lying awake one night, I saw him.
295
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,087
He was standing over me.
296
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,405
His hair was like straw,...
297
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,245
_.his eyes like water,.__
298
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,571
_.staring down at me.
299
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,207
I closed my eyes and screamed,_..
300
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:56,242
_.and felt myself being swept up into the air.
301
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,250
But when I opened my eyes,...
302
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:04,842
_.I saw my father...
303
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:06,684
_.holding me.
304
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,367
- Then it was a nightmare.
- That's what my father said.
305
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:12,728
And I believed him.
306
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,521
Until the next day,.._
307
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,807
_.when they found my cousin...
308
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,201
_.dead among his cattle.
309
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,129
Looking exactly like this man.
310
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,050
Which is wny,___
311
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:42,444
__ when this photograph
came across my desk three months ago ,...
312
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:48,488
_.I knew the Teliko
was more than just a children's story.
313
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,127
I knew it was real.
314
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,167
I knew he was here!
315
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,324
This patient has something in his throat,
some kind of aberrant bone growth,...
316
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,603
_.or maybe something foreign
lodged in his oesophagus.
317
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,160
Hm. Could be a lot of things.
318
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:21,282
You'd be amazed what I've seen
removed from people's throats in ERS.
319
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,169
That's only part of it.
320
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:28,127
I discovered something even more disturbing
when his PET series came back.
321
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:33,848
Look right here on the sagittal section,
right below the hypothalamus.
322
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,967
- There must be some mistake.
- There's no mistake.
323
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,850
This patient has no pituitary gland.
324
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:42,801
That's not possible.
325
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,726
I can't even begin to explain
what we're seeing here, sir.
326
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,644
I just hope this patient
can provide some answers.
327
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,291
You'll have to find him first.
328
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,489
- What are you talking about?
- I was looking for you in Quarantine.
329
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,211
Samuel Aboah is gone, disappeared.
330
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:30,085
(93595)
331
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:33,845
Samuel?
332
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,362
You scared me.
333
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,765
They let you out of the hospital?
334
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:46,447
YSS.
335
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,761
Everything is fine?
336
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:51,691
Samuel?
337
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,091
Did you want to see me about something?
338
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:02,682
Well, come on. Let me give you a ride home.
We can talk about it on the way.
339
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,203
Lucky for you I was working late.
340
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,362
Yes. Lucky.
341
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,602
Come, let's go.
342
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,247
(Scully) When did this happen?
343
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,564
Thank you, Lieutenant. I appreciate it.
344
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,964
I think this was his getaway vehicle.
345
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,164
He didn't even touch his Jell-O.
346
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,807
Let's go. Marcus Duff's car
turned up abandoned...
347
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:44,441
_.with the keys in the ignition
and the hood still hot.
348
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:28,525
6834, requesting ambulance
in alley behind 1163 West Cherry.
349
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,883
Man down.
Victim: African-American male, aged 35...
350
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:39,569
- Do you know what happened to him?
- I won't even try to guess, but he's alive.
351
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,365
What about Aboah?
Any indication of where he might be?
352
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,882
We're still sweeping the area.
I'll keep you posted.
353
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,964
He's gotta be around here.
He can't have gotten far.
354
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:51,964
He can squeeze into a coffee can.
He could be anywhere.
355
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,566
- They'll find him.
- They'll find another victim.
356
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,565
- We interrupted him before he could finish.
- Interrupted his killing Duff?
357
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:02,884
The killing is just incidental, I think,
to afar more basic need.
358
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:04,241
What need?
359
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:09,326
LfAboah has no pituitary, then his body
couldn't produce melanin itself, right?
360
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:10,845
Theoretically, yes.
361
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:15,005
Well, when you examined him
you didn't observe one single albino trait.
362
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:19,608
Considering his PET scan results, I don't
even know how ne managed to stay alive.
363
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,843
That's what I'm talking about: survival.
And notjustAboah's_
364
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:28,006
I think the anomaly you observed is not just
physiological. I think it may be evolutionary.
365
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:32,608
- What are you talking about?
- A lost tribe, a clan of sub-Saharan albinos_..
366
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:37,208
_.linked by a common congenital deficit,
who've adapted over generations by...
367
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:42,127
- By stealing other people's hormones?
- Somehow, Aboah has managed to survive.
368
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:49,887
However he's managed to survive, what
makes you think he's not an isolated case?
369
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:53,407
Because of something
somebody told me last night.
370
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:58,042
An African folk tale.
371
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,448
You're basing this theory on a folk tale?
372
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,046
It's just another way
of describing the same truth.
373
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:07,045
All new truths begin as heresies and end
as superstitions. We fear the unknown,___
374
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:13,082
_.so we reduce it to terms that are familiar,
whether that's a folk tale or a disease or...
375
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:15,609
_.a conspiracy.
376
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,807
Even if you're right,
especially if you're right,___
377
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,167
_.why would he leave his country
to come here?
378
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:25,884
Free cable.
379
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:28,568
The same reasons anybody comes here.
380
00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:31,723
Liberty, the freedom
to pursue your own interests...
381
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,408
Look at that.
382
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,086
- What are you doing?
- It's a demolition site.
383
00:34:38,240 --> 00:34:40,447
Why are we here, Mulder?
384
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:44,328
Pendrell found asbestos fibres
on Owen Sanders' body.
385
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:48,604
You remove asbestos from an old building
before you tear it down.
386
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,526
It had to come from somewhere.
387
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,206
(clang)
388
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:01,405
Aghg
389
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:15,251
s<>ullyi>
390
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,045
Scully!
391
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:23,931
Mulder?
392
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:35,280
Mulder?
393
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:42,046
Mulder?
394
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:07,125
Mulder?
395
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,681
(thudding)
396
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:40,091
Mulder?
397
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:00,451
Mulder!
398
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,527
Mulder, are you OK?
399
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,126
(running footsteps)
400
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:23,722
(footsteps continue)
401
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:25,451
(panting)
402
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:43,882
(groans weakly)
403
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:49,326
It's OK, IVlulder. I'm here. OK?
404
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:26,762
Sorry, Mulder.
405
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:34,851
(groans)
406
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:43,521
911- Operator:
407
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:48,970
This is Agent Dana Scully, FBI, requesting
immediate EMS and police assistance.
408
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:52,965
- I'm in Liberty Plaza.
- May I have your badge number?
409
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,368
My badge number?
410
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,171
JTTO331613.
411
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:00,964
(grunts)
412
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,646
(operator talking indistinctly)
413
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:06,286
No.
414
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:07,811
(groans weakly)
415
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:12,010
Liberty Plaza. There's a demolition site
on the north side of the street.
416
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:45,608
Special Agent Dana Scully
Held journal entry number 74.
417
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:49,604
Despite acute trauma to his pituitary gland,---
418
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:54,846
_.Marcus Duff was discharged early this
morning from Mount Zion Medical Center
419
00:41:55,440 --> 00:42:01,004
He is expected to testify before a grand jury
in the capital case against Samuel Aboah,-_.
420
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:04,442
_.who is being charged
with Hve counts of murder
421
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,361
It remains uncertain, howeven..
422
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,762
._ whetherAboah will live
long enough to stand trial.
423
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:14,043
His response to hormone therapy
has been poo/3---
424
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:17,090
_.his deterioration progressive.
425
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:19,727
My conviction remains intact:
426
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:23,805
_-that the mechanism by which
Aboah killed and, in turn, survived--.
427
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:26,724
_.can only be explained by medical science.
428
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:32,648
And that science will eventually discover
his place in the broader context of evolution.
429
00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:36,564
But what science
may never be able to explain...
430
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:40,042
_.is our ineffable fear of the alien among us.
431
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:44,650
A fear which often drives us
not to search for understanding,...
432
00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:48,167
_.but to deceive, inveigle and obfuscate.
433
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:52,562
To obscure the truth, not only from others,
434
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,642
but from ourselves.
435
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,3280
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