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Season 9 · Episode 17

Release

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

Production code9ABX16Original airdate · May 5, 2002

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Scene 01

Opening scene

[ engine stops ]

John Doggett

Hey!

[ scratching ]

Scene 02

Dana Scully

Jane doe. Found last night entombed in a tenement wall by an agent who was following an anonymous tip. Time of death, approximately 2100 hours from three stab wounds to the abdomen. Dirt and clay were found under the nails of her right hand.

Cadet 1

What are those lacerations on her arms and feet?

Dana Scully

Predation-- from rats. The agent was led to her body by the sound of their feeding. Anyone?

Cadet 1

She was killed someplace else. She clawed at the dirt before succumbing to her injuries.

Dana Scully

That's possible. What else would help us ID this victim-- find the killer?

Rudolph Hayes

It's obvious, isn't it?

Dana Scully

What is?

Rudolph Hayes

The chipped nail polish. The drugstore hair rinse. This is a single woman, unemployed. That's why no one's ID'd her. You found blood alcohol?

Dana Scully

Point zero four.

Rudolph Hayes

She hooked up with the wrong man in a bar. He killed her. This man has killed before.

Dana Scully

And you know that because--

Rudolph Hayes

That bruise beneath her ribs? It's from the hilt of a knife. The killer intended a single blow... The blade thrusting upward at a 45-degree angle into the heart, causing death instantly. But she struggled, so he missed. Then he got mad. Like I said... Obvious.

Scene 04

John Doggett

Agent Scully?

Dana Scully

Great; thank you.

John Doggett

You got something?

Dana Scully

Quite a lot, actually. We've identified your jane doe, as ellen persich, 28 from redland, Maryland.

Monica Reyes

How'd you make the ID so fast?

Dana Scully

The bar that she was at last night is about a half a mile from where another woman, rita shaw was murdered two weeks ago apparently by the same killer.

Monica Reyes

You're saying the body John found was the second victim?

John Doggett

This says that rita shaw was found in a ditch dead from a single knife wound. The woman I found was plastered behind a wall and stabbed three times.

Dana Scully

That's why I didn't make the connection at first, either but that was the lab on the phone and they confirmed that it was the same knife in both killings.

Monica Reyes

Well, how did you make the connection?

Dana Scully

I didn't but one of my students realized that the killer only meant to stab agent Doggett's victim once. The other wounds were out of anger because he missed.

Monica Reyes

That's a pretty astute observation.

Dana Scully

Amazingly so.

John Doggett

This cadet have any other answers up his sleeve?

Dana Scully

Like what?

John Doggett

I want to know why someone tipped me off to this in the first place 'cause this isn't an X-File-- not by a long shot.

Dana Scully

I don't know, agent Doggett, but now that you've got this case I'd say run with it.

John Doggett

Ted hayes?

Scene 05

FORENSIC TRAINING FACILITY

John Doggett

Rudolph hayes? I'm agent Doggett. This is agent Reyes. Is that part of the training here, cadet, smelling body parts?

Rudolph Hayes

This man's flesh smells of creosote... But his skin is soft. Untanned. He worked indoors. A hardware store, probably. The tear marks at his elbow go from left to right. He was broadsided in a car accident. His hands gripped the wheel so hard... His thumb bone snapped on impact.

John Doggett

You determined all that just by looking at that arm?

Rudolph Hayes

I see things.

Monica Reyes

We came to thank you. Because of your analysis we were able to work up a profile to catch the man who murdered those women.

Rudolph Hayes

What's the profile?

John Doggett

White male, 25 to 35, ex-military. Employed near the bars where he met-- why are you shaking your head?

Rudolph Hayes

The profile's wrong. Your killer is in his 40s. A felon, recently arrived from out of state. His parole officer thinks he's looking for a job. He already has one-- working for organized crime. He's killed many people. He's going to keep on killing.

Monica Reyes

Kind of annoying, isn't he?

Scene 07

Monica Reyes

John. Nicholas regali? I'm agent Reyes. This is agent Doggett.

Nicholas Regali

Oh, don't put them away so fast, agents. I want to read them. John jay... Dog... It. [ whispering ] Monica Reyes.

Monica Reyes

Mr. Regali, you're in town in violation of the terms of your parole back in new york.

Nicholas Regali

Call my parole officer. She'll tell you I'm here looking for work.

Monica Reyes

You come here often, mr. Regali? Like last night when ellen persich got murdered in the parking lot out back?

Nicholas Regali

Last night. I don't remember.

Monica Reyes

Maybe you remember being at the bent oak. Bartender says he saw you there two weeks ago. The same night a woman named rita shaw got stabbed in the heart. What do you have to say about that, mr. Regali?

Nicholas Regali

You folks don't know what you're dealing with. You don't want to play this game, flatfoot. Not with me.

Monica Reyes

You like to kill women, mr. Regali? You may think you can get away with it but that's not going to happen.

Nicholas Regali

Like I said... You really don't know what you're dealing with.

John Doggett

I think we do.

[ soft chuckle ]

Nicholas Regali

Agent dog... It. Agent Reyes.

[ sighs ]

Scene 10

John Doggett

How long you been standing there?

Rudolph Hayes

Not long.

John Doggett

I'm glad you dropped by. Wanted to tell you we hit pay dirt with your profile. No arrests yet, but we're building our case.

Rudolph Hayes

There's something else.

John Doggett

There's another case I'd like you to take a look at. Seven-year-old boy rides his bike around the block. His mom's on the porch, counting his laps. He waves to her every time he goes by and after six laps, he doesn't come back around. She goes looking for him.

[ stifled sob ]

John Doggett

She finds his bike lying on the sidewalk. There's no witnesses no ransom demands no clue as to who took him or why. The cops search door-to-door block-to-block for two days. Nothing. No news at all. And after three days they find him in a field. It's all in here. The particulars... About my son. I've been over this I don't know how many times but after nine years, there's not a lot to go on. You were such a big help yesterday. If there's anything you see here...

Rudolph Hayes

Agent Doggett that case I helped you with yesterday? That is your son's.

Scene 11

John Doggett

What is this?

Rudolph Hayes

Unsolved murders. I started collecting them before I came to the FBI. I couldn't tell you why.

John Doggett

What do you do with these?

Rudolph Hayes

If I sit with them for a long time very quietly they tell me things. It's how I see what I see.

John Doggett

You've been following my son's case.

Rudolph Hayes

For a long time. He calls to me.

John Doggett

Cadet you should know there's a real good chance you're nuts.

Rudolph Hayes

You recognize that man?

John Doggett

It's bob harvey. It's the closest we ever had to a suspect.

Rudolph Hayes

He died. Killed in a car crash last year in new orleans.

John Doggett

This man killed my son?

Rudolph Hayes

He took him. He didn't kill him.

John Doggett

Are you saying the same man that killed those women killed my son? This guy regali?

[ knocking ]

Scene 12

John Doggett

Assistant director? Can I have a minute?

Brad Follmer

It's not a good time. I'm off to a meeting with the director.

John Doggett

This can't wait.

Brad Follmer

And the director can? Okay, you've got one minute.

John Doggett

When you were in new york you worked the organized crime task force, right?

Brad Follmer

Mm-hmm.

John Doggett

Did you ever hear of a guy named nicholas regali?

Brad Follmer

Yeah, he was... A collector a low-level thug. Why are you asking, agent Doggett?

John Doggett

When the new york office was investigating my son's death his name never came up.

Brad Follmer

Well, why would it? You have reason to believe he was involved?

John Doggett

I've got no evidence but somebody's telling me he's mixed-up with the suspect in my son's kidnapping, this bob harvey.

Brad Follmer

Well, I never heard that. And I'm sure I'd remember.

[ sighs ]

Brad Follmer

You want me to ask around and pull some files? I'll see what I can find.

John Doggett

I'd appreciate it.

Scene 13

Monica Reyes

John! Where you been?

John Doggett

Chasing down leads.

Monica Reyes

We were supposed to meet in the office this morning, remember? To go over what we have on regali.

John Doggett

I think this guy, regali may have been involved in luke's death.

Monica Reyes

What? Since when?

John Doggett

Since I've been talking to cadet hayes. He says regali knew bob harvey-- that they were in on it together.

Monica Reyes

How could he possibly know that?

John Doggett

How does he know half the stuff he knows? I did some digging. I found out that bob harvey and regali both did time at walkill in 1988.

Monica Reyes

So did a thousand other men. That doesn't mean they knew each other.

John Doggett

I tracked regali's credit card use, Monica. The day luke disappeared he gassed his car up two Miles from my house.

Monica Reyes

Regali is a new yorker. A lot of new yorkers visit long island. This is not evidence not even close. I will never know how badly it hurt you to lose your son or how much pain you still carry. I understand how much you want to find his killer but I don't want to see you disappointed. Not again.

John Doggett

It's not going to happen. Not this time.

[ sighs ]

Scene 14

WOODBURY, NEW YORK

John Doggett

Hi, barbara. How you doing? When'd you get the new furniture?

Barbara Doggett

Last year. I just wanted to make a change.

John Doggett

It looks great. You look great.

Barbara Doggett

You need to call first, John. It kind of throws me when you just show up here.

John Doggett

I'm sorry. It won't happen again. I need to talk to you, barb.

Barbara Doggett

It's about luke.

John Doggett

I got a suspect.

Barbara Doggett

Oh, god. John--

John Doggett

I know, I know. But this time, it's different.

Barbara Doggett

Is it? He could be, he might be. I want to find out who did this just as badly as you do. But I don't want you coming over here again

Unidentified speaker

Bringing all this up

Barbara Doggett

Unless you know... Unless you absolutely know. That's what I thought.

John Doggett

Look, this guy may have been cruising the neighborhood. You could have seen him.

Barbara Doggett

Did you hear anything I said?

Scene 16

Barbara Doggett

Agent Scully? I'm barbara. John's ex-wife.

Dana Scully

Hi. I'm Dana. Nice to meet you.

Barbara Doggett

He said you'd be coming by.

Dana Scully

You weren't able to make an identification?

Barbara Doggett

I didn't expect to.

[ indecipherable shouting ]

Barbara Doggett

You know he doesn't think clearly about this. He can't.

Dana Scully

He blames himself.

Barbara Doggett

He thinks he failed luke. In his mind, he can never do enough never suffer enough for what happened. I think if you could help him find the man who did this maybe he could move on. He and Monica could have something together. He just won't let her in. They're letting him go?

John Doggett

For now.

Barbara Doggett

I'll be at my mom's till tomorrow.

John Doggett

Tell me you got something.

Dana Scully

As you asked, I compared the wounds inflicted on your son with the wounds on these two women.

John Doggett

And?

Dana Scully

There are similarities between the trajectory of the wounds and the force with which they were delivered.

John Doggett

Meaning regali's the guy.

Dana Scully

Meaning that it was a brilliant forensic deduction on cadet hayes's part. But that's all it is. The killer used different weapons he demonstrated no consistent m.o. And no clear victimology.

Monica Reyes

None of it will hold up in court.

John Doggett

Well, something out there will.

Scene 18

John Doggett

Something's not right.

Monica Reyes

What do you mean?

John Doggett

Here's a guy whose name comes up in connection with racketeering, prostitution, drugs, even murder yet all he's got are nickel and dime convictions. Always gets off with just a slap on the wrist.

Monica Reyes

You know as well as I do mob cases are hard to build.

John Doggett

What I'm saying is I don't think anyone's even trying. I think this guy regali's greasing somebody.

Monica Reyes

As in bribery?

John Doggett

What else could it be? What? What is it?

[ knocking ]

Scene 19

Brad Follmer

Agents. I was just coming to see you.

Monica Reyes

We need to talk to you, assistant director. About new york.

Brad Follmer

Oh, didn't you get the case files?

Monica Reyes

I mean when we were working in the new york office. You and me.

Brad Follmer

I'm not following.

Monica Reyes

I used to get takeout from a place on 11th street. A little hole-in-the-wall. Maybe you remember it. Carlo's.

Brad Follmer

Is it me, or, uh is this becoming an odd conversation?

Monica Reyes

One night, three years ago, I'm waiting for my order. I wandered toward the kitchen. And I saw you.

Brad Follmer

Me?

Monica Reyes

Talking to a man. A mob guy. I saw you take money from him, brad. A stack of it.

Brad Follmer

Three years ago? So, instead of asking me to explain it or even reporting me to the bureau you broke off our relationship and moved away?

Monica Reyes

I cared about you, brad. I'm not defending my actions.

Brad Follmer

And now you've come here because you think I'm on the take. Maybe I was on the take when agent Doggett's son was murdered.

John Doggett

Somebody gave regali inside help. Covered his role in my son's death.

Brad Follmer

The man you saw me with was a confidential informant. I was giving him the money.

Monica Reyes

That's not what happened.

Brad Follmer

We were buying his help to infiltrate a crime family. It's all documented. The entire operation. Now I can prove what I'm saying. Can you? You should have come to me, Monica. Especially given what I know now.

John Doggett

What do you know?

Brad Follmer

When you raised concerns about regali I looked into the source of these allegations uh, a cadet, right?

John Doggett

Rudolph hayes. He's been very helpful in this investigation.

Brad Follmer

Rudolph hayes died in 1978 in a car accident.

John Doggett

What? Let me see that.

Brad Follmer

Cadet hayes's real name is stuart mimms of mendota, minnesota. Last known residence the dakota county psychiatric facility.

Monica Reyes

He was a mental patient?

Brad Follmer

Diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic voluntarily institutionalized in 1990. In 1992, he checked himself out and disappeared. There's another thing. We can also place him in new york city in 1993... The year your son was murdered.

Scene 21

Nicholas Regali

Nice car. I remember when they had you banging around in a ten-year-old impala.

[ chuckles ]

Nicholas Regali

Now look at you. Mr. Assistant director.

Brad Follmer

You got lucky. He has another suspect.

Nicholas Regali

You came down here to tell me that?

Brad Follmer

There's something I need to know. Were you in any way involved in the death of John Doggett's son?

Nicholas Regali

Since when do you ask me questions?

Brad Follmer

Were you involved?

Nicholas Regali

Course not. What kind of guy do you think I am?

Brad Follmer

That's it, I'm done, regali.

Nicholas Regali

Done?

Brad Follmer

With you, with this, with this whole thing.

Nicholas Regali

And if I say no, what are you going to do? You know, if I'm you, right now I'm thinking "I could bop this guy right here and who's going to know it's not self defense?" well, let me remind you anything happens to me a videotape lands at the Washington post showing a young brad Follmer taking cash from yours truly to make an indictment go away. You're done when I say you're done.

Scene 23

Dana Scully

It's all in there. How you defrauded the FBI with a false identity in order to gain admittance to the academy. We know who you really are. We know about your history with schizophrenia. We know that you orchestrated this entire thing in order to get close to agent Doggett.

Rudolph Hayes

I've been recognized by agent Doggett's ex-wife who failed to identify nicholas regali in that same room yesterday.

Dana Scully

Because nicholas regali did not kill agent Doggett's son. You did.

Rudolph Hayes

That's one explanation.

John Doggett

It's the explanation.

Rudolph Hayes

No.

John Doggett

Then what is? What is?!

Rudolph Hayes

I told you before, agent Doggett. I studied the photos of your son's death. They called to me. I don't know why but it was a message, and I listened.

Dana Scully

And then you killed agent Doggett's son?

Rudolph Hayes

I studied his case obsessively. I'm a schizophrenic. That's what schizophrenics do. Obsess. I watched agent Doggett. I watched his ex-wife, too. She can't tell you how she recognizes me just that she does.

John Doggett

You're a liar. You lied to the FBI. You're lying now.

Rudolph Hayes

Would you have listened to me otherwise? A mental patient with insight into your son's death? I wanted to get close to you, agent Doggett. To help you.

John Doggett

You gave me that tip. To find the woman's body in the wall.

Rudolph Hayes

Regali associated with the man who abducted your son. I called you so that you could catch him. I've received another message. I'd like to go back home now to the institution.

Scene 24

Monica Reyes

John? John?

Brad Follmer

Well?

Dana Scully

Well, he told us his story. Whether it's true--

Monica Reyes

In other words, we're nowhere. Again.

[ sighs ]

Scene 25

Nicholas Regali

Well, well. It's the FBI agent.

John Doggett

I'm not here as an FBI agent. I'm here as a father.

Nicholas Regali

Whoa. What could that mean?

John Doggett

I want to know what happened to my son.

Nicholas Regali

I don't know who killed your son. But I like you, FBI. I really do. I'll tell you how it could have happened, hypothetically. Say there was this guy, businessman. And say this businessman-- in the course of doing business-- has to associate with any number of thugs, sickos, perverts. Like bob harvey, for example. And say this bob harvey likes little boys. Yeah. Disgusting. Say one day, bob harvey sees a little boy riding a bike, and he can't stand it. He grabs the boy. So, harvey takes the boy back to his place only he doesn't tell the businessman what he's doing. So, the businessman walks in on him. You see what I'm saying, FBI? The boy sees the businessman's face. The businessman who never did nothing to this little boy. That's a problem. Well... Every problem has got a solution, right?

[ gunshot ]

Woman

Oh, my god. He shot him. He just took out his gun and shot him.

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