Aaron Monte
Eugene? Eugene, it's dr. Monte. Eugene, are you asleep?
Season 1 · Episode 21
Tooms
Character-labelled dialogue prepared from the official DVD subtitle track.
Production code1X20Original airdate · April 22, 1994
164 dialogue entries
DRUID HILL SANITARIUM · BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
(growls)
(dull pop)
(slow, heavy breathing)
(snapping and cracking)
Eugene Tooms
No. I was on my way out
Aaron Monte
And I wanted to see how you were feeling.
Eugene Tooms
Fine.
Aaron Monte
Good. You nervous about tomorrow? Don't be. I know you think they won't let you out so I snuck a peek at the reports of the doctors that will testify at your review tomorrow and they concur with my opinion that you're ready to be released from here and rejoin the community. So... Why don't we get some sleep and relax and I'll see you tomorrow at the review, okay? Let's just keep our fingers crossed.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WALTER SKINNER'S OFFICE · FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Skinner
Agent Scully. We have reviewed your reports, and frankly, we are quite displeased. Irregular procedure, untenable evidence aggravated by vague opinion.
Dana Scully
But, sir, the very nature of the X-Files cases often precludes orthodox investigation.
Skinner
Are you suggesting the bureau adopt separate standards for you and Mulder?
Dana Scully
-no, sir. -you suggesting Mulder obstructs you from proper procedure? No, sir. If anything, I'm suggesting that these cases be reviewed with... An open mind.
Skinner
Maybe your mind has become too open.
Dana Scully
On X-Files cases investigated by agent Mulder and myself to date we have a conviction or case solution of 75%. That's well above current bureau standard.
Skinner
And that is your only saving grace.
Dana Scully
May I ask, sir, what more you require?
Skinner
What I require is increased frequency of reports conventional investigation. In short, agent Scully, it is your responsibility to see that these cases are by the book.
Dana Scully
I understand. However... Conventional investigation of these cases may decrease rate of success.
(gavel pounding)
COURT HEARING OF EUGENE VICTOR TOOMS · BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Judge
By order of the state of Maryland
Judge Kann
The court shall review the psychological status of eugene victor tooms. We'll begin with the court-appointed expert witnesses. Court calls dr. Pamela karetzky.
Dr. Karetzky
I performed several diagnostic procedures on mr. Tooms in order to determine any organic physiological dysfunction-- an electroencephalogram, chromosomal analysis a computerized axial tomograph. All of these were negative.
Dr. Collins
"mr. Tooms had recently lost his job. "parenthesis: Baltimore animal regulation/dog catcher. Close parenthesis." "aggravated by a false arrest incident with the FBI, "his assault on agent Scully was 'frustration directed at the wrong person.'"
Aaron Monte
I'm reading from a recent interview I did with mr. Tooms at the druid hill sanitarium. "question: if you are released "what is the first thing you would do? "answer: I'd like my old job back. "question: why? "answer: the animal shelter "made me feel I was helping everyone-- people and animals." so, you see, what is occurring here is that mr. Tooms has learned to articulate his feelings and invest his emotional energy towards creative and constructive activity...
(no audio)
Aaron Monte
...in himself. It is my opinion that mr. Tooms has had a very excellent response to the months of treatment and therapy. I would see no reason why he would be considered of any danger to himself or society.
Woman
...is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Fox Mulder
I do.
Prosecution Counsel Myers
Mr. Mulder, as an expert witness for the state of Maryland, can you list your qualifications?
Fox Mulder
I'm a special agent with the FBI I worked for three years at the FBI's behavioral science unit profiling serial killers.
Defense Counsel Nelson
Your honor, I know where he's going with this. May I remind the court mr. Tooms was placed in psychiatric care soley for the assault on agent Scully. He has never been charged, nor has any evidence linked him to any other crime.
Judge
Proceed... With caution.
Myers
Agent Mulder, I understand
Prosecution Counsel Myers
That you've developed a profile on mr. Tooms.
Fox Mulder
Yes, I have.
Prosecution Counsel Myers
Please.
Fox Mulder
These murders span nearly a century. 19 homicides-- five 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 has resided at that same address since 1903-- the same year a man was murdered in that building. The most notable element connecting these cases is the undetermined point of entry. Many victims were found with their windows and doors locked from the inside. These fingerprints found at seven of the 19 crime scenes match eugene victor tooms.
Judge Kann
Agent Mulder, look at his fingers. Look at him. 100 years old?
Fox Mulder
I contend that perhaps through a genetic mutation tooms is capable of contorting and elongating his body to gain access to victims so he may extract the livers which provide him sustenance for the hibernation period of 30 years. He needs one more victim to complete this cycle. A preliminary exam revealed abnormalities in his stride, muscles, and axial bones. His attorney blocked further study. I ask you to place the safety...
Defense Counsel Nelson
No further questions.
Fox Mulder
This is a rare and abnormal human creature who should not be released.
Judge Kann
You may step down.
Fox Mulder
If you release Eugene Tooms he will kill again. It's in his genetic makeup. Would they have taken me more seriously if I wore the grey suit?
Dana Scully
Mulder, your testimony-- you sounded--
Fox Mulder
I don't care how it sounded, as long as it was the truth. And where were you? Your testimony was important.
Dana Scully
I was called into a meeting by assistant director skinner.
Fox Mulder
What did he want?
Dana Scully
Just wanted to reel me in.
Prosecution Counsel Myers
They're ready.
Judge Kann
It is the opinion of this court that eugene victor tooms shall on this day be released from the druid hill sanitarium. Court also attaches these conditions: one, that he remain in counseling under the care of dr. Aaron monte-- that he may retain his job at the Baltimore regulations animal shelter and last, he take residence in the house of mr. And mrs. Arlan green trained in a program to assist patients released from druid hill in their transition to society. Mr. Tooms? Do you understand and accept these conditions?
Eugene Tooms
Yes, your honor.
Judge Kann
Very well. You're free to go.
Fox Mulder
I'm not taking my eyes off him. He'll kill again first chance he can, but he won't kill the old couple. Tooms didn't remain a secret for 100 years by not being careful. Think of him as an animal. He kills out of necessity or self-defense. If he makes an attempt, I'll be there.
Dana Scully
I'll keep surveillance with you.
Fox Mulder
If he can't be tied to recent evidence go to the earlier murders to prove it was him.
Dana Scully
That was 30 or 60 years ago.
Fox Mulder
There's no statute of limitation on murder.
Dana Scully
That's going to entail unorthodox methods of investigation.
Fox Mulder
I'll respect that, but if you're resistant because of bureaucratic pressure, they've not only reeled you in they've skinned you.
(door opening)
Arlan
I hope you'll be comfortable, eugene.
Arlan Green
The room in the back is small but I'm sure you'll be able to squeeze in.
Tooms
I'm sure.
(growling and snarling)
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Fox Mulder
Excuse me. Could you help me find my dog? He's a norwegian elkhound. His name is heinrich. I use him to hunt moose.
LYNNE ACRES RETIREMENT HOME · BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Frank Briggs
If tooms gets away now then the next time he takes a life you'll be nearly my age.
Dana Scully
Detective briggs, you helped us so much before. Now we have to prove that tooms was involved in the killings you investigated 30 years ago. You've lived with this case half your life. There must be something. Maybe a connection between the victims. Now, I know that we've seen all of the evidence but is there anything, anything at all amongst the evidence that does not fit?
Frank Briggs
There was something that never did sit quite right with me. All of the victims that I investigated in '63 were found at the crime scene, liver extracted. All five.
Dana Scully
As were the four most recent murders.
Frank Briggs
When I was a sheriff during the powhatan mills killings of 1933 only four of the victims were found at the crime scene. However, there was a fifth person who was missing and never found but this-- this was discovered at the ruxton chemical plant when it was under construction. But it doesn't belong to the other victims.
Dana Scully
That doesn't prove it belongs to a person murdered by tooms.
Frank Briggs
I'm positive tooms hid this one victim because something about the body could prove he was the killer.
Dana Scully
What makes you positive?
Frank Briggs
A hunch. An old-fashioned hunch. You've got to trust your instincts.
Dana Scully
And what does your instinct say about where tooms buried the body?
Frank Briggs
In the cement where they poured the foundation of the chemical plant.
(machinery whirring)
RUXTON CHEMICAL PLANT · BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Dana Scully
Ground-penetrating radar. It bounces signals off of objects or cavities.
Frank Briggs
Tells you where the body is.
Dana Scully
Well, it signals if something inordinate is present. An experienced operator attempts to differentiate if the signal is a body or a stone or a hole in the ground.
Frank Briggs
Differentiate. Mm-hmm. You mean he guesses.
Dana Scully
Well, it's an educated guess.
Frank Briggs
Mm-hmm.
Dana Scully
How are we doing?
Operator
Well, it's really hard to tell.
Frank Briggs
It's here. Here!
Man
What is it?
Frank Briggs
It's here! It's right here!
(deep breath)
(jackhammer hammering)
RUXTON CHEMICAL PLANT · BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Air Hose Man
Agent Scully! Look at this.
(computer keyboard clicking)
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Christine Ranford
I'm gonna watch TV in bed.
Frank Ranford
Okay.
(vehicle approaching)
(baby crying)
Christine Ranford
I'm coming, honey. Mommy's right here. Shh, shh. Screw it.
(grunts)
(knocking)
Christine
Honey, would you go down and get that?
(sighs)
Fox Mulder
FBI I suspect an intruder in your house. What?
Frank Ranford
Someone opened my window.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE · FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY LAB
Dr. Plith
I suspect the year of death to be in the mid-1930s. Anterior surface of the right femur was green indicating a long-term exposure to copper so we concentrated on the area and we found several pennies. 1933, '31, 1933.
Dana Scully
Can you determine cause of death? My instinct says that burial in cement is murder.
Dr. Plith
Uh, no. At the moment I have found no definite proof of murder. There are gnawing marks near the ribs. However, I suspect that's the result of rodent activity prior to the body being set in the cement. We need to see much more of the remains to determine cause of death. As you know, it's a slow, but necessary process. I did try a little something. It's a little premature if we're going by the book.
Dana Scully
Well, we'll keep it off the record.
Dr. Plith
Good. Thank you. The old man, mr. Briggs, he gave me a photo of the missing person in '33 suspected of being a murder victim. I ran a computer-assisted photographic superimposition on what we have of the skull. This is not official but that skeleton was that person.
MULDER’S CAR
Fox Mulder
It's not enough. It doesn't tie it to tooms.
Dana Scully
Well, it's a start. Mulder, it's getting a bit ripe in here, don't you think?
(sniffs)
(plastic wrapper crinkling)
Fox Mulder
Pine scented.
(sniffs)
Fox Mulder
Whew! (sniffs) better? Tooms hasn't come out of the house all day. I sat through a phillies game, an orioles game and four hours of ba-ba-booey. When it got dark, I took a walk around the block. Do you have that sandwich I asked you to bring?
Dana Scully
It's liverwurst.
Fox Mulder
Ha-ha.
Dana Scully
Mulder, you know that proper surveillance requires two pairs of agents-- one pair relieving the other after 12 hours.
Fox Mulder
Article 30, paragraph 8.7?
Dana Scully
This isn't about doing it by the book. This is about you not having slept for three days. You're going to get sloppy and you're going to get hurt.
Fox Mulder
A request for other agents to stake out tooms would be denied.
Dana Scully
Well, then I'll stay here. You go home.
(sighs)
Fox Mulder
They're out to put an end to the X-Files, Scully. I don't know why, but any excuse will do. I don't really care about my record but 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.
Dana Scully
Fox.
(chuckles)
Fox Mulder
And I... I even made my parents call me Mulder. So... Mulder.
Dana Scully
Mulder, I wouldn't put myself on the line for anybody but you.
Fox Mulder
If there's an iced tea in that bag, could be love.
Dana Scully
Must be fate, Mulder. Root beer. You're delirious. Go home and get some sleep.
Fox Mulder
Here. Take my sandwich. I only had one bite. You're going to want it later. And call me if anything happens, immediately. I'll be here. Oh, and 11:30, station 790-- pete rose late night sports talk radio show.
Dana Scully
Wouldn't miss it for the world.
(car starts)
MULDER’S APARTMENT
Nurse On Tv
It has worked, hasn't it? You'll be all right now. I know it's worked!
(screams)
HOSPITAL · BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Detective Talbot
Yeah, they found him out cold in the street.
Dr. Richmond
He's been beaten up pretty badly. Contusions, multiple lacerations. Shoulder's been pulled right out of joint. Let's get him prepped for some blood work and x rays.
Orderly
Yes, doctor.
Dr. Richmond
He's been kicked in the jaw and it may be fractured. Look, there's a partial shoe print.
Detective Talbot
I want to get a photo of that. We might be able to find the shoe that matches it later.
Dr. Richmond
Do you know who did this to you?
(whispering)
Dr. Richmond
We'll be right back, mr. Tooms. Says it was an FBI agent named Mulder.
Detective Talbot
So would you say he's delusional or just schizophrenic?
Dr. Richmond
Well, it's just a cursory exam, but there's nothing to indicate that.
(grunts)
(knocking)
(sighs)
MULDER’S APARTMENT
Detective Talbot
Agent Mulder? Yeah.
Fox Mulder
What's going on? What's this about?
Detective Talbot
Agent Mulder, get your things. You're in some trouble.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SKINNER'S OFFICE · FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Skinner
These are serious allegations. The evidence is incriminating.
Fox Mulder
A good forensic scientist would know there is not only a shoe print but also an impact point of a foot from inside the shoe. An analysis of tooms' injury would show that my foot was not inside the shoe.
Skinner
Are you suggesting tooms is framing you?
Fox Mulder
Of course. If you were engaged in an unauthorized
Skinner
Surveillance of tooms how could he gain access to your shoe without you seeing him?
Dana Scully
Sir? I was engaged in the unauthorized surveillance as well and agent Mulder was orienting me on the situation at the time tooms was admitted into the hospital. Agent Mulder could not have done it because he was with me.
Skinner
Agent Scully, you wouldn't be lying to me, would you?
Dana Scully
Sir, I would expect you to place the same trust in me as I do in you.
Skinner
Agent Scully, may I have a word with agent Mulder, please? Fox... You are one of the finest, most unique agents in the nearly 60-year history of this institution. I mean, we were talking about you when you were in the academy. Now, most of us feel that your talents are wasted on the X-Files but we respect that you're deeply invested in those areas. But if these cases are creating such stress as to cause not only you to act inappropriately but those agents close to you as well then may I advise you to step away... For a while? Clear your head, take an extended vacation.
Fox Mulder
That's a good idea. Thanks for your concern.
Skinner
You're forbidden to go near Eugene Tooms. Mulder... This was close. Any closer and a thousand friends at the capitol won't be able to help you.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE · FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY LAB
Dana Scully
Obtained from the druid hills sanitarium. Your sandwich gave me an idea. Dr. Plith mentioned he found gnawing on the rib cage near the location of the liver. Further excavation revealed more pronounced bite marks... Human teeth marks.
Fox Mulder
Tooms will never voluntarily submit to a dental cast.
Dana Scully
This software can create an exact three-dimensional model of tooms' mouth from the dental radiograph.
Dr. Plith
We've also mapped out the bite marks on the skeleton's rib, there. They match.
(knocking)
THE GREEN HOUSE · BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Arlan Green
Eugene, dr. Monte. Hi, eugene.
Aaron Monte
I wanted to see how everything was going.
Arlan
Susan and I are going out for the evening.
Aaron Monte
Thanks. Great place. Wonderful place. How are you feeling? Why the newspapers strips, eugene? Are you making some paper-mache?
Eugene Tooms
Yes. That's terrific.
Aaron Monte
Wonderful. I had no idea you were interested in art.
Eugene Tooms
I like art.
Aaron Monte
I do too, and I'm very proud of you. You know, art can provide a window to your thoughts and your feelings. What are you doing, eugene? Eugene, are you all right?
(dr. monte screaming)
Fox Mulder
That makes five.
Dana Scully
He's building his nest. A 30-year hibernation. Where would he go?
Fox Mulder
Where he's gone for the last 90 years: 66 Exeter street. No, they tore down that apartment building he lived in. What's there now?
66 EXETER STREET · BALTIMORE
Fox Mulder
Thanks. He's got to be here.
Dana Scully
If he is drawn to this location for some reason maybe this nest is in the approximate location of the previous nest. This is the area. There's a storage facility on the second floor. What? There's only room for one.
Fox Mulder
You can get the next mutant.
Dana Scully
Mulder!
(growling)
Dana Scully
Mulder!
(growling)
Dana Scully
Mulder! Here. Take my hand! Come on. You can reach it! Mulder! Mulder, what's happening? Quick!
(growling)
(screaming)
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SKINNER'S OFFICE · FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Skinner
You read this report? Do you believe them?
Cigarette-Smoking Man
Of course I do.
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Dana Scully
Okay. Let's go.
Fox Mulder
It's amazing how things change, isn't it?
Dana Scully
The caterpillar?
Fox Mulder
No. A change for us. It's coming.
Dana Scully
How do you know?
Fox Mulder
A hunch.
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