BOGGSXFILES
TRUTH STILL MATTERS
Season 2 · Episode 12

Aubrey

Character-labelled dialogue prepared from the official DVD subtitle track.

Production code2X12Original airdate · January 6, 1995
326 dialogue entries
Scene 01

POLICE HEADQUARTERS

Darnell

[ chattering ] there was blood everywhere. Whoever killed her is a real psycho.

Lt. Brian Tillman

Murder weapon?

Darnell

Seven stores in town carry strap razors.

[ growling ]

Lt. Brian Tillman

Have somebody check them out.

Darnell

What about the press?

Lt. Brian Tillman

Just the basics. No mention of this sister thing to anybody.

Darnell

Okay.

Lt. Brian Tillman

Rubin, I need your final report. Call me as soon as you get it. Yeah, thanks. This is all I can tell you. The investigation--

Reporter

Can you give us a name?

Lt. Brian Tillman

Yeah, I'll talk to you.

Reporter

Give us something to go on.

[ reporters clamoring ]

Lt. Brian Tillman

We're doing the best we can. We'll inform you--

[ knocking at door ]

B.J. Morrow

Brian, I need a minute.

Lt. Brian Tillman

I'm working on a homicide investi-- come on.

B.J. Morrow

You didn't show last night.

Lt. Brian Tillman

This what you wanted to talk about?

B.J. Morrow

I made dinner.

[ sighing ]

Lt. Brian Tillman

It's not-- what? [ intercom buzzing ]

Intercom

Sorry. Coroner's on one.

Lt. Brian Tillman

Yeah, what do you got, rubin? Uh-huh. Uh, hang on a second, will you, rubin? This address 10:00 tonight.

B.J. Morrow

Where's this? A motel?

Lt. Brian Tillman

It's a place we can talk.

Scene 02

FBI HEADQUARTERS

[ light buzzing ]

Dana Scully

Any cavities?

Fox Mulder

I brush after every meal. Would you say they match?

Dana Scully

Well, there's a filling on the occlusal surface... Of the upper left bicuspid, here and here. And he's congenitally missing a lower left bicuspid here and here. Yeah, I'd say they're definitely a match. Who do they belong to?

Fox Mulder

Special agent sam Chaney.

Dana Scully

That name sounds familiar.

Fox Mulder

Chaney's a legend. Forty years before the bureau started profiling violent criminals, Chaney and his partner, tim Ledbetter, would work on their own time... Investigating what were then called "stranger killings," what are now called "serial murders." they disappeared while investigating three murders... In Aubrey, Missouri in 1942. Chaney's body wasn't found until two days ago... By a local detective, b.j. Morrow, a woman.

Dana Scully

What's your interest in this case?

Fox Mulder

During their time, Chaney's and Ledbetter's ideas... Weren't very well received by their peers. Using psychology to solve a crime was something like, uh--

Dana Scully

Believing in the paranormal?

Fox Mulder

Exactly. But there's another mystery.

Dana Scully

Which is?

Fox Mulder

I'd like to know why... This policewoman would suddenly drive her car... Into a field the size of rhode island, and for no rhyme or reason, dig up the bones of a man who's been missing for 50 years. I mean, unless there was a neon sign saying, "dig here!"

Dana Scully

I guess that's why we're going to Aubrey.

Fox Mulder

Yes, and also, I've always been intrigued by women named b.j.

[ man shouting, police radio chatter ]

Scene 03

CRIME SCENE

Dana Scully

Detective Morrow, exactly how did you discover the remains?

B.J. Morrow

I witnessed a dog digging in the ground. I pursued it to investigate and found the grave site.

Fox Mulder

The initial police report states that you couldn't explain your actions at the time.

B.J. Morrow

It was late. I was a bit shocked by my discovery. I'm afraid I didn't clearly articulate... Exactly what happened for my initial report.

Fox Mulder

What were you doing in the woods at that hour?

B.J. Morrow

My vehicle was experiencing engine failure.

Fox Mulder

You left your car--

B.J. Morrow

Over there, sir.

Fox Mulder

Would you say that's, uh, 400 or 500 yards?

B.J. Morrow

Yes, sir.

Fox Mulder

From that distance, you could see a dog digging in this field at night?

Lt. Brian Tillman

She was taking a short cut through the woods to reach a phone. The path led her through the field.

Fox Mulder

The report says she phoned in from the motel black just up the road. That's not a very short cut.

[ Brian chuckles ]

Lt. Brian Tillman

It seems like you're more interested... In how the missing agent was found than in how he got there in the first place. You, don't, uh, suspect her, do you?

Fox Mulder

No, not at all. I would just like to ask detective Morrow a few more questions.

B.J. Morrow

All right.

Fox Mulder

Have you ever, um-- have you ever had any clairvoyant experiences, premonitions, visions, precognitive dreams, things like that?

[ chuckling ]

Lt. Brian Tillman

What the hell kind of question is that?

B.J. Morrow

Dreams?

Fox Mulder

Yeah.

Lt. Brian Tillman

Look, agent Mulder, I don't mean to be rude, but we have a lot to do. If you have any further questions specifically pertaining... To your investigation of this crime, please feel free to call. Come on, b.j.

Dana Scully

What do you think?

Scene 04

CORONER'S OFFICE

Dana Scully

These bones are in good condition, but I think the field may have been tilled shortly after Chaney was buried. There are small cuts on the top three ribs. I don't think they were made by an animal.

Fox Mulder

Listen to this, Scully. "one must wonder how these monsters are created." Chaney wrote this. "did their home life mold them into creatures that must maim and kill? Or are they demons from birth?"

Dana Scully

That's poetic, but it doesn't help us much. What did he say about the 1942 homicides?

Fox Mulder

Well, the press called the murderer the "slash killer." his three victims were all young women aged 25 to 30. He disabled them with a blow to the head. He would carve the word "sister" on their chest, and paint it on the wall with their blood. The victims bled to death, and the murderer was never found.

Dana Scully

Mulder. These cuts on the ribs. They could have been made by a razor.

Fox Mulder

Can you make out a word?

Dana Scully

No, but we might be able to... If we can find somebody in Aubrey who has a digital scanner. I've scanned the images from the crime photo and the rib cage... And modemed them to quanitco. It's gonna be a few more seconds before the hookup.

Fox Mulder

I checked with the precinct mechanic. B.j.'s car was just tuned. She lied about experiencing engine failure.

Dana Scully

Mulder, I don't think b.j. Was in the woods that night because of engine failure.

Fox Mulder

What are you talking about?

Dana Scully

The motel black would have been a perfect meeting place. Away from town, away from his wife.

Fox Mulder

What do you mean?

Dana Scully

It's obvious. B.j. And Tillman are having an affair.

Fox Mulder

[ laughing ] how do you know?

Dana Scully

A woman senses these things.

Fox Mulder

[ computer beeping ] oh, god.

Dana Scully

The image on the right is Chaney's rib cage. The one on the left was extrapolated from the crime photo... Of the slash killer's last victim. Now I need to... [ keyboard clattering ] enlarge the victim's rib cage in order to allow for gender difference. And now we can compare them.

Fox Mulder

Could he have craved out another word on his rib cage?

[ keyboard clattering ]

Dana Scully

I'm searching for any matching pattern of cuts.

B.J. Morrow

Agent Mulder? Have you made any progress in the investigation?

Fox Mulder

Uh, we may have. It seems agent Chaney... Might have been a victim of the killer he was trying to catch. We're trying to determine if the cuts on his rib cage spell out a word right now.

B.J. Morrow

No!

Fox Mulder

You all right?

B.J. Morrow

I'm sorry. Something-- I'm not feel-- excuse me.

[ door opening, closing ]

Scene 05

Scene 05

Dana Scully

Feeling better?

B.J. Morrow

I'm fine now.

Dana Scully

Things must be difficult for you now. I've had feelings for people I've worked with. Interoffice relationships can be complicated. Especially when he's married. You're pregnant, aren't you?

B.J. Morrow

Does it show?

Dana Scully

No, not yet.

B.J. Morrow

Now I know why my mother only had one child. She told me about the nausea, but not about the nightmares.

Dana Scully

Nightmares?

B.J. Morrow

It's always the same. I'm in a house. It feels familiar. There's... A woman that's been hurt. There's a mirror. I see a man's reflection. I recognize his face, but I don't know him. What I remember most is the blood. There's a lot of blood.

Dana Scully

Have you talked to anyone about these nightmares?

B.J. Morrow

I'm sure it's something about the pregnancy. If anyone else knew I was pregnant-- Brian would kill me if I told anyone.

Dana Scully

What are you going to do?

B.J. Morrow

I don't know.

[ door opening, closing ]

Scene 06

Scene 06

Dana Scully

Well, b.j.'s pregnant.

[ footsteps approaching ]

Dana Scully

And Tillman's the father.

Fox Mulder

Um, I've approximated the pattern of the cuts to match up with letters. There's a 93% chance that this it the letter "r."

Dana Scully

[ Scully ] um-hmm.

Fox Mulder

And if you lower the probability to 79%, we get the letters "I," "e" and "r."

[ keyboard clattering ]

Dana Scully

It could be a word or it could just be random slashes.

Fox Mulder

If we exhumed one of the slash killer's victims, we could do a c.t. Scan to determine if the cuts... Were made by the same type of instrument.

Dana Scully

That means getting a court order. It could take a couple of days. Maybe we could find a relative who could speed up the process. "

B.J. Morrow

Brother."

Fox Mulder

Excuse me?

B.J. Morrow

I know what it says. On the rib cage, it spells "brother."

[ keyboard clattering ]

[ beeping ]

Fox Mulder

You're right.

Lt. Brian Tillman

B.j.?

B.J. Morrow

Brian.

Lt. Brian Tillman

What's going on here, b.j.?

B.J. Morrow

Nothing.

Lt. Brian Tillman

Really? Then where'd you get these? These are crime scene photos. They were sealed. No one had access to 'em.

Fox Mulder

I think you're mistaken. Those were shot in 1942.

Lt. Brian Tillman

These are evidence of a homicide that occurred three days ago.

Dana Scully

No, they're from a case that agent Ledbetter and agent Chaney... Were investigating in 1942 before they disappeared.

Lt. Brian Tillman

Three days ago, a young woman was murdered, and the word "sister" was carved into her chest and painted on a wall. Only myself, the coroner and one of my men knew about this.

Darnell

Excuse me, sir. We just got a call. There's been another one.

[ chattering ]

Policeman

Watch your step, sir.

Another Officer

The victim's name is verna johnson.

B.J. Morrow

Oh, my god.

Dana Scully

B.j.?

B.J. Morrow

It's her. It's the woman in my dream.

Scene 07

LINCOLN PARK

[ dog barking ]

Girl

Ow! Ow!

[ chattering ]

Mother

Honey, you're fine.

B.J. Morrow

The mothering instinct. I've been feeling it a lot lately. I used to hate it when my mother hovered over me. I swore I'd never be like her.

Fox Mulder

I think we all feel that way at one time or another.

B.J. Morrow

My father was a cop. A good cop. That's all I ever wanted to be. He'd say what we're doing here is nonsense, that you can't solve a crime from a dream.

Fox Mulder

Well, I've often felt that dreams are answers to questions... We haven't yet figured out how to ask. You said you were in a familiar house?

B.J. Morrow

There's a woman that's been hurt. I look in a mirror, and I see a man's reflection.

Fox Mulder

What does he look like?

B.J. Morrow

He's... Got a rash on his face, and his eyes are... Intense.

Fox Mulder

Do you remember anything else? Is that--

B.J. Morrow

There's this... Strange picture on the wall behind him. It's a building like the Washington monument, but different. And there's a-- a big circular thing beside it.

Fox Mulder

Do you think you could draw it?

B.J. Morrow

Sure. It looked something like this.

Dana Scully

What do you think it is? I don't know.

Fox Mulder

It could be the trylon and the perisphere. Have you ever been to New York city?

B.J. Morrow

No, never.

Fox Mulder

You can get pictures of these on postcards all over times square. These were the symbols of the 1939 world's fair.

Dana Scully

Do you know why they might have been in your dream?

B.J. Morrow

No idea at all.

Lt. Brian Tillman

Good night, gordon.

Scene 08

CIMARRON COUNTY

Lt. Brian Tillman

You're here kinda late.

[ exhales, clears throat ]

Lt. Brian Tillman

What are you lookin' for?

B.J. Morrow

Just wanted to check on something.

Lt. Brian Tillman

I don't get it. That book's from the 1940s. Can we talk? [ phone ringing ] you know, I'm willing to go with you... For the appointment.

B.J. Morrow

I'm not so sure it's what I want to do.

Lt. Brian Tillman

I thought we agreed that it was the best thing for both of us.

B.J. Morrow

I changed my mind.

Lt. Brian Tillman

What do you mean, you changed your mind? You can't just change your mind. This isn't your decision. It's our decision. B.j.

B.J. Morrow

It's him. Brian. I have to go.

Scene 09

HIGHWAY 377

Dana Scully

This is the man b.j. Claims to have seen in her dream. Harry Cokely. He lives in gainsville, nebraska since his release... From mccallister penitentiary on december 5, 1993. He was convicted in 1945 for rape and attempted murder. Cokely carved "sister" on the chest of his victim, linda Thibedeaux, before she was able to escape and get help from a neighbor.

Fox Mulder

And the police never made the connection to the 1942 homicides?

Dana Scully

No.

Fox Mulder

I don't want to jump to any rash conclusions, but I'd say he's definitely our prime suspect.

Dana Scully

Mulder, the man we're talking about is 77 years old.

Fox Mulder

George foreman won the heavyweight crown at 45. Some people are late bloomers. Anyway, this still doesn't explain b.j.'s connection to all this.

Dana Scully

What if it's cryptomnesia?

Fox Mulder

You mean consciously forgotten information?

Dana Scully

Yeah. B.j. Told us her father was a policeman in the area. What if... She heard him discussing the 1942 case when she was young? She might have even seen pictures of Cokely.

Fox Mulder

That still doesn't explain why she would go into a field... And unearth the grave of an FBI agent.

Dana Scully

What if the recent murders triggered what was previously buried in her mind? Some connection she'd unconsciously made that no one else had been able to make?

Fox Mulder

You mean a hunch?

Dana Scully

Yeah, something like that.

Fox Mulder

I never have.

Scene 10

Scene 10

[ chuckles ]

[ knocking at door ]

Fox Mulder

Harry Cokely?

Cokely

Yeah?

Fox Mulder

I'm special agent Mulder. This is special agent Scully. We're with the federal bureau of investigation. May we come in?

[ TV: indistinct ]

Dana Scully

Mr. Cokely, our records show...

[ coughs ]

Dana Scully

That in 1942 you lived in terrance, nebraska, an hour's drive away from Aubrey, Missouri. During that time, three women were murdered in Aubrey. There assailant had mutilated their bodies with a razor... In the same manner that you slashed mrs. Linda Thibedeaux's body... In 1945.

Cokely

I don't remember much about that.

Dana Scully

Well, I'm sure mrs. Thibedeaux will never forget it.

Cokely

The doctors said I was sick back then. They give me some pills. I served my time, and... Now I'm better.

Dana Scully

What kind of pills?

Cokely

Red and white ones, little sister.

Fox Mulder

Do you recognize this man? His name's Chaney.

Cokely

No.

Fox Mulder

He was an FBI agent... Who was also murdered in Aubrey in 1942. Can you tell me where you were about 8:35 p.m. Two nights ago, mr. Cokely?

Cokely

Sittin' right where I am now.

Fox Mulder

Do you have a witness to testify to that?

Cokely

Are you blind? I can't leave the house without this damn thing. I sit right here in front of that TV 24 hours a day. And on the night you're talkin' about, I was sittin' here watchin' a show about a lost dog. Then after that, it was a show about--

Dana Scully

That won't be necessary.

Cokely

Good. Now, are you about finished with me, little sister?

Dana Scully

For now.

[ coughing ]

[ door opens, closes ]

Scene 11

Scene 11

[ shutters banging ]

[ thunder rumbling ]

[ screams, panting ]

[ b.j. Screaming ]

Woman

I saw it was a woman. She seemed to be in trouble, but when I opened the door, she just barged in and came running down the stairs.

[ sobbing ]

Woman

So I called the police.

B.J. Morrow

He's here! He's here!

Lt. Brian Tillman

B.j., what happened? Oh, my god.

B.J. Morrow

He's here.

Lt. Brian Tillman

I'm taking her to the hospital.

[ people chattering ]

Scene 12

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

B.J. Morrow

Thank you.

Hospital Staff

I'll leave a message for dietary--

Dana Scully

I thought you might need these.

B.J. Morrow

Thanks.

Dana Scully

You hurt yourself.

Fox Mulder

Can you tell us what happened, b.j.?

B.J. Morrow

Cokely. He was in the room.

Dana Scully

Cokely attacked you?

B.J. Morrow

Yes. He must have done this while I was asleep.

Fox Mulder

You're sure it was him?

B.J. Morrow

I know it was him. I saw his reflection in the mirror. He looked just like his picture.

Fox Mulder

Like his mug shot?

B.J. Morrow

Yes.

Fox Mulder

That's the picture of a young man.

B.J. Morrow

But it was Cokely. I swear it was him.

Dana Scully

I'll have Tillman pick him up.

Scene 13

Scene 13

Lt. Brian Tillman

Where were you last night?

Cokely

Honolulu.

Lt. Brian Tillman

You were in Aubrey, weren't you?

[ coughing ]

Lt. Brian Tillman

How'd you get into detective Morrow's house?

Cokely

It's all I can do to get to the bathroom, you damn fool.

Lt. Brian Tillman

The victim has identified you, mr. Cokely.

Cokely

I've already paid for my crime.

Lt. Brian Tillman

Well, I'm gonna see that you pay more.

Cokely

I never touched that woman! And I'm not answering anymore questions without a lawyer. Now get me a lawyer.

Scene 14

Scene 14

[ knocking at door ]

Dana Scully

Mulder?

Fox Mulder

It's open.

Dana Scully

I have the preliminary results from the genetic testing... From the blood found under verna johnson's nails. They checked it against Cokely's. The p.g.m. Subtype matches. The d-q-alpha and the d-1-s-80 are the same.

Fox Mulder

It's Cokely's blood?

Dana Scully

The results strongly suggest that. Imagine the strength of this man's psychosis, still driving him to murder after 50 years.

Fox Mulder

But for some reason, he let b.j. Live.

Dana Scully

Well, she's not the first. Mrs. Thibedeaux also survived his attack back in 1945.

Fox Mulder

I think it's time we paid a visit to mrs. Thibedeaux.

Scene 15

THIBEDEAUX RESIDENCE

Mrs. Thibedeaux

That was taken three weeks before it happened. I haven't had a picture taken since.

Fox Mulder

Is this your husband?

Mrs. Thibedeaux

That's, uh, martin. He was a good man. He passed last june. If it hadn't been for him, I never would have survived.

Dana Scully

I know this goes back a long way, mrs. Thibedeaux, but could you tell us what happened the night harry Cokely attacked you?

Mrs. Thibedeaux

Well, it happened... Out there on the landing. I remember how the light from the window... Bounced off the razor. I-it had an ivory handle. He-he kept saying, "someone's got to take the blame, little sister, and it isn't gonna be me." they tried to explain at the trial how his father used to beat him, and how he was the only son... In a family of five daughters. And how he was brutally punished for everything wrong that happened. But if you ask me, that man was born evil.

Fox Mulder

No children?

Mrs. Thibedeaux

No. None.

Fox Mulder

Mrs. Thibedeaux, our records show... That you recuperated from your injuries within two months. But nine months later, you checked back into the hospital.

Mrs. Thibedeaux

Well, I had complications.

Fox Mulder

What happened to the child? Cokely's child.

Mrs. Thibedeaux

Martin used to say... Not to blame the child. That it was just... A little thing, an innocent. But it was the spawn of evil. I couldn't keep it... In this house. The memory of him.

Fox Mulder

Mrs. Thibedeaux?

[ sighing ]

Mrs. Thibedeaux

I... Gave the baby to an adoption agency. Baby. He'd be almost 50 now. This is the, uh, address of the adoption agency. If you do find him-- no. No, never mind.

Scene 16

Scene 16

Dana Scully

The bones b.j. Found under the house... Belong to Chaney's partner, agent Ledbetter. Cokely rented the house in 1942. The detectives at the crime scene found an old straight razor under the house. They're trying to lift some prints. Cokely's been released, but I think we have enough to nail him.

Fox Mulder

Something just doesn't track, Scully. The night she was attacked, b.j. Said she saw a younger man.

Dana Scully

Yeah, but you know the state of mind she was in that night. She could have been mistaken.

Fox Mulder

Maybe she did see a younger man. Young Cokely. Cokely's grandson.

Dana Scully

Are you saying Cokely's grandson attacked b.j.?

Fox Mulder

It would make sense, Scully. Genetic traits often skip a generation. That would explain the test results... Of the blood found under verna johnson's fingernails. P.g.m subtypes are similar among relatives. Did danny call back with the adoption records yet? Did you get 'em?

Dana Scully

I don't think mendel had serial killers in mind... When he developed his theory on genetics.

Fox Mulder

When I was a kid, I would have nightmares. I'd wake up in the middle of the night... Thinking I was the only person left in the world.

[ crunching ]

Fox Mulder

Then I would hear this.

Dana Scully

What?

Fox Mulder

My dad would be in the study eating these.

Dana Scully

Yeah. Danny valadeo. It's agent Scully. What does that have to do with Cokely?

Fox Mulder

On a basic cellular level, we're the sum total of all our ancestors' biological matter. But what if more than biological traits get passed down from generation to generation? What if I like sunflower seeds because I'm genetically predisposed to liking them?

Dana Scully

But children aren't born liking sunflower seeds. Environments shape them. Behavior patterns are taught.

Fox Mulder

There are countless stories of twins separated at birth who end up in the same occupation, marrying the same kind of people, each naming their child waldo.

Dana Scully

Waldo?

Fox Mulder

Jung wrote about it... When he talked about the collective unconscious. It's genetic memory, Scully.

Dana Scully

Yeah, danny. Yeah. Thanks. I'll tell him. Danny tracked down mrs. Thibedeaux's son. He was a policeman named Raymond Morrow. -that's b.j.'s father.

Fox Mulder

b.j. Is Cokely's granddaughter. She's responsible for the murders.

Dana Scully

Mulder.

Fox Mulder

Get your coat. Let's go.

Dana Scully

Wait, Mulder. Do you honestly think that b.j.'s capable of murder?

Fox Mulder

No, but Cokely is, and that's who b.j. Has become.

Dana Scully

That's outrageous.

Fox Mulder

Scully, this is what I think. I think that Cokely's memories, his compulsions, have been passed on genetically to his granddaughter. That's driving her to kill.

Dana Scully

You're saying b.j.'s nightmares are real? She's killing these women and carving "sister" on them?

Fox Mulder

Yes.

Dana Scully

How do you explain the cuts on her own chest?

Fox Mulder

I can't explain everything. Maybe she carved them. Maybe it's some kind of weird stigmata. Whatever it is, b.j. Is not herself.

Dana Scully

Where are we going?

Fox Mulder

We have to warn mrs. Thibedeaux. If b.j. Has, in the sense that I'm talking about, to become Cokely, she might be trying to finish what Cokely started.

Scene 17

Scene 17

[ gasping ]

[ grunting ]

[ screaming ]

Mrs. Thibedeaux

Stop it!

B.J. Morrow

Somebody's gotta take the blame, little sister.

Mrs. Thibedeaux

No! No, no! You're not him! You can't be.

B.J. Morrow

And it's not gonna be me.

Mrs. Thibedeaux

I'm not afraid to use this. You have his eyes. You're... Him!

B.J. Morrow

No.

Mrs. Thibedeaux

You're my grandchild. Do you know what you're doing?

B.J. Morrow

Shut up!

Mrs. Thibedeaux

He's done this to both of us. No! You don't know what you're doing! He's the one to blame!

[ screaming ]

Fox Mulder

Mrs. Thibedeaux! Mrs. Thibedeaux!

Dana Scully

Mulder. Mrs. Thibedeaux. What happened?

Mrs. Thibedeaux

She had a razor. She tried to kill me. But something stopped her.

Fox Mulder

Where did she go?

Mrs. Thibedeaux

I don't know.

Dana Scully

Can you stand? Here.

Mrs. Thibedeaux

I-- I think so.

Dana Scully

Let me help you upstairs.

Mrs. Thibedeaux

Thank you.

Fox Mulder

This is agent Mulder. I need an ambulance to 238 north 54th street. I also need an a.p.b. On b.j. Morrow. Yes, that's detective Morrow. She should be considered armed and dangerous.

Dana Scully

B.j.'s going after Tillman. The first murder occurred after b.j. Found out she was pregnant. She's looking for someone to blame. I think that's Tillman.

Fox Mulder

I don't think so. If she's going after anyone, it'll be Cokely.

Dana Scully

Why?

Fox Mulder

She's probably figured out that Cokely's her grandfather. If she's looking for someone to blame, it'll be him. Cokely's not answering his phone. I'm going over there.

Scene 18

POLICE HEADQUARTERS

Lt. Brian Tillman

Agent Scully, I've gotta talk to you.

Dana Scully

We're getting a statement.

Lt. Brian Tillman

You've accused b.j. Of murder?

Dana Scully

Can we talk outside?

Lt. Brian Tillman

No, here! Now!

Dana Scully

Have you seen detective Morrow?

Lt. Brian Tillman

No, I have not. I don't care what you've accused her of. Detective Morrow could not hurt anybody!

Dana Scully

Detective Morrow broke into this woman's house and attacked her with a razor.

Lt. Brian Tillman

I do not believe that!

Mrs. Thibedeaux

It's true. It happened.

Scene 19

Scene 19

Man on TV

Hildy, I only acted like any husband who didn't want to see his home broken up.

Woman on TV

What home?

Man on TV

Don't you remember the home I promised you?

Woman on TV

Sure. The one we were to have right after the honeymoon.

[ chuckles ]

Woman on TV

The honeymoon.

Man on TV

Is it my fault the coal mine had a cave-in? I intended to be with you on our honeymoon, hildy, honest.

Woman on TV

All I know is that instead of two weeks in Atlantic City with my bridegroom, I spent two weeks in a coal mine.

[ TV: continues, indistinct ]

[ door hinges creaking ]

[ door opening ]

[ TV: off ]

Cokely

Who's there?

Fox Mulder

Cokely?

Cokely

Who's there? No.

B.J. Morrow

How does it feel to be on the other side of the razor, brother?

Cokely

Stop! [ gasping ] no. No! Please, no! [ whimpering ]

B.J. Morrow

You know the rules. This doesn't stop till you're dead.

[ screaming ]

Fox Mulder

Cokely! Cokely!

[ Cokely groaning ]

Fox Mulder

No. Don't. B.j.

Fox Mulder (as seen by B.J.)

Don't. Don't. No!

B.J. Morrow

This time you'll stay dead.

Dana Scully

[ Scully ] freeze!

Lt. Brian Tillman

B.j.! What are you doing?

Dana Scully

Let him go. Let him go, b.j.

B.J. Morrow

I'm not b.j.

Fox Mulder

Yes, you are.

[ Cokely groaning ]

[ exhales, stops breathing ]

Dana Scully

He's dead.

Lt. Brian Tillman

Come on, come on. It's all right. Everything's gonna be all right. It's gonna be okay.

Dana Scully

We are continuing with genetic testing on detective Morrow. Evidence suggests the presence of a mutator gene... That has activated previously dormant genes. But the results so far are inconclusive.

Scene 20

SHAMROCK WOMEN'S PRISON

Dana Scully

Detective Morrow has not demonstrated any further physiological changes.

[ woman sobbing ]

Dana Scully

Extensive blood work and psychological testing... Has been conducted in order to determine... Whether the pregnancy could have been a catalyst for the transformation. We have yet to determine the effects on the fetus. Amniocentesis results show no genetic abnormalities. Chromosome testing has determined the child's sex to be male. B.j. Is on her second week of suicide watch... After an unsuccessful attempt to abort her son. Lieutenant Tillman has petitioned to adopt the child, and the case will soon be presented to the courts.

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