The X-Files - 1.

writers: Glen Morgan & James Wong

director: David Nutter

STARRING:

David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder

Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully

Guest Cast:

DOUG HUTCHISON as Eugene Victor Tooms

PAUL BEN VICTOR as Dr. Aaron Monte

MITCH PILEGGI as Assistant Director Walter Skinner

WILLIAM B. DAVIS as the Cigarette-Smoking Man

TIMOTHY WEBBER as Detective Talbot

FRANK C. TURNER as Dr. Collins

GILLIAN CARFRA as Christine Ranford

PAT BERMEL as Frank Ranford

JAN D'ARCY as Judge Kann

JERRY WASSERMAN as Dr. Plith

MIKAL DUGHI as Dr. Karetzky

GLYNIS DAVIES as Nelson

STEVE ADAMS as Myers

ANDRE DANIELS as Arlan Green

CATHERINE LOUGH as Dr. Richmond

HENRY BECKMAN as Detective Frank Briggs

IGNORING MULDER'S WARNING, A PSYCHIATRIC REVIEW BOARD RELEASES EUGENE "SQUEEZE" TOOMS INTO SOCIETY, AND MULDER'S ATTEMPTS TO STOP HIM FROM KILLING AGAIN ARE THWARTED BY THE STRICTURES OF BUREAU PROCEDURE.

No one listens when Mulder tells a psychiatric hearing that Eugene Tooms is genetically programmed to kill again if he is released. Tooms is a mutant cannibal, a man who delights in stretching his body through impossible spaces to reach his victims, whose livers he devours. Mulder knows Tooms will kill once more before going into his 30-year hibernation cycle and swears to track Tooms day and night to keep this from happening. Scully is warned by Assistant Director Walter Skinner that she and Mulder have to investigate their cases using orthodox methods of investigation, a warning that puts her at odds with Mulder. Choosing to support Mulder, she lies to save him when Tooms frames Mulder on brutality charges. Despite their vigilance, however, Tooms finally kills his final victim. Knowing their next chance to catch Tooms may lie well into the next century, Mulder and Scully must discover his nest before he goes dormant.

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Mulder: "These murders span nearly a century, 19 homicides, 5 occurring every 30 years since 1903, all in the Baltimore area. In each case, the liver was extracted, and presumably eaten. A trophy was taken from each victim, many of which were found in the living quarters of Eugene Tooms, at 66 Exeter street. Records show that a Eugene Tooms had resided at that same address since 1903. The same year a man was murdered in that building. Besides the liver extraction, the most notable element connecting these cases is the undetermined point of entry. Many of the victims were found with their windows and doors locked from the inside. These elongated fingerprints found at 7 of the 19 crime sites match Eugene Victor Tooms."

Judge: "Agent Mulder! Look at his fingers. Look at him! 100 years old?"

Defense Counsel: "Your Honour - !"

Mulder: "A preliminary examination done at the time of Tooms' arrest revealed abnormalities in his striatid muscles and axial bones. His attorney blocked further study.."

Prosecution Counsel: "Thank you Agent Mulder!"

Mulder: "I must ask that you place the safety of -"

Judge: "Counsel?"

Mulder: "- the people first and foremost -"

Defense Counsel: "No further questions, your Honour."

Mulder: "- this is a rare and unusual human creature -"

Judge: "Agent Mulder!"

Mulder: "- which should not be released, but should be retained for further study."

Judge: "You may step down!"

Mulder: "If you release Eugene Tooms, he will kill again. It's in his genetic make-up."

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Mulder: "No, you'd be in trouble just sitting in this car. And I'd hate to see you carry an official reprimand in your career file because of me."

Scully: "Fox..."

Mulder: (laughs) "I... I even made my parents call me Mulder..."

Scully: "Mulder, I wouldn't put myself on the line for anybody but you."

Mulder: "If there's iced tea in that bag, could be love."

Scully: "Must be fate, Mulder- rootbeer."

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Mulder: "Do you think they would have taken me more seriously if I had worn the grey suit?"

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Skinner: "You wouldn't be lying to me now, would you Agent Scully?"

Scully: "Sir, I expect you to place the same amount of trust in me as I do in you."

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Old Man: "It's kinda cramped down there, but I'm sure you can squeeze in."

Tooms: (smiling) "Yes, I'm sure I can."

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Scully: "Mulder, it's getting a little ripe in here, don't you think?"

Mulder: (pulls air freshener out of glove box) "Pine-scented."

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Scully: "Conventional investigation of these cases may decrease the rate of success."

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Mulder: "You can get the next mutant."

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Scully: "Can you determine the cause of death? My instinct tells me that burial in cement is murder."