[ Humming ]
[Vehicle Approaching ]
Hey, now we're talking.
Hey. Right here, man, right here!
Hey, come on! Stop, you son of a...
You know, you got, like, highway hypnosis or something.
You didn't see me standing there, yelling, waving?
You better watch that.
[ Music On Headphones ]
[ Air Brakes Hissing ]
Oh, come on. What now?
Where's everybody going?
Is, is the toilet broken? What?
Can someone please tell me what's going on here?
[ Grunts ]
[ Gasping ]
No. No!
No!
[ Beeping ]
Damn.
[ Sighs ]
[ Phone Rings ]
- John Doggett. - Hey, it's Scully. Good morning.
Good afternoon. I've been trying to reach you.
Well, actually, I'm out of town.
I'm north of Sugarville, Utah, roughly.
Utah? What are you doing there?
The, uh, local coroner wants
a consultation on a murder victim...
A man who was found beaten to death in the desert.
Apparently, his corpse shows some anomalous characteristics.
Anomalous? How?
From what they're telling me, he is
a 22-year-old backpacker
who was last seen by his family
about six months ago in perfect health.
However, his body is now showing advanced signs of osteoporosis
arthritis and kyphosis of the vertebrae.
In other words, he's got a spine of a 90-year-old woman.
Sounds anomalous, all right.
You didn't need me to tag along?
Well, it was just a, uh, simple consultation...
and, uh... he called me over the weekend
and I fiigured I wasn't going to bother you.
Well, if there's anything I can do from here.
Well, there might be, if you don't mind. Somewhere in our fiiles...
there is an unsolved murder case.
Unfortunately, I, uh, don't remember any of the particulars
like where or when it took place
but I do remember that there were some glycoproteins
found at the crime scene.
"Glycoproteins."
Yeah, mucous...
but it was, uh, unable to be identifiied, and seeing as how
you, uh, recently read through all of our fiiles
I thought maybe it would ring a bell with you.
Well, I don't have a great memory for mucous...
but I'll be happy to look.
Remember anything else?
Agent Scully?
- Agent Scully? - I'm sorry?
Do you remember anything else?
No, no, just, uh, just mucous.
Look, when you fiind that fiile, will you
fax it over to the Juab County Sheriff s offiice?
That's the best place to reach me.
- My cell phone doesn't seem to be working out here. - All right, you got it.
Thank you.
Hello?
[ Horn Honks ]
- How you doing? - Good. Thanks.
I, uh, I was wondering.
A bus came through here a little while ago.
Uh, do you happen to know where it might have gone?
Well, I was around back.
Do you know what's up that road?
Eventually it'll get you to Salt Lake...
I mean, if you're not in too much a hurry.
Can I ask what happened to your hand?
I was changing the blade on my bow saw.
It's kind of gross.
Yeah.
There was a murder out here last week
about 15, 20 miles off the state road.
Did you hear about it?
Yes, I did. It's scary.
Yeah.
Well, you're going to want to wash this out.
Put some iodine on it.
You don't want it to get infected.
You sound like my mother.
Well, I also sound like a doctor.
- Medical doctor? - Yeah.
Can you sell me some gas?
Oh. Oh, I'd love to... but I'm all out.
See, the tanker was supposed to be here yesterday
but... well, I'm hoping for this afternoon.
How low are you?
I got a... quarter tank, I think. I'll make it. It's all right.
I'd feel awful bad if you didn't. Hang on.
Thanks.
Should be enough in here to tide you over.
Oh, that's great. Thank you.
Do me a favor.
Don't go telling people that I'm giving away free gas back here.
Where is"here," exactly?
'Cause I can't seem to fiind this town on the map.
Oh, we're not really a town.
Just a... just a few
like-minded people trying to keep the modern world at bay.
You're good to go.
Thank you very much.
[ Engine Starts ]
Help is coming.
[ Engine Sputtering ]
Okay.
Hey.
Excuse me.
You put something in my tank that killed my engine.
What?
Where's that gas can? I'd like to see it, please.
That's water. I barely even smell any gasoline.
Oh, God, you're right.
I'm sorry. I... I left it out.
It must have gotten rain in it.
Oh, and it rains a lot here, does it?
Seeing as how it's basically the desert.
I'm really sorry.
Yeah. I'm going to use your phone.
I don't have one.
You don't have a phone.
So how did you call up the tanker
that was supposed to come here yesterday?
There's a phone up the street.
Mr. Milsap's place.
He'll help you out.
Hello?
- Hi. - Hi.
- Mr. Milsap? - Can I help you?
Yes, I hope so.
My car has stalled up the street
and I was wondering if I could use your phone.
Sure.
It's in here.
The line's dead.
Oh, no.
Let me see.
Damn phone company.
They're updating the lines, so the service gets interrupted.
It'll come back on.
How long?
Ten minutes... two hours...
I could say, but I'd just be guessing.
You're welcome to wait here.
I could even give you a room if you like.
This was a boarding house.
I won't be here that long.
- What the hell is going on here? - Sorry?
I get the distinct impression that somebody doesn't want me to leave.
I don't know anything about that.
A bus came through here about an hour ago.
Where did it go?
A bus?
Don't tell me you didn't see it.
Oh, I think I'd have known if a big bus came through.
Are you sure I can't help you out with a room?
It's 18 miles to the state road.
Another 20 to Sugarville.
You don't want to walk it.
[ Sighs ]
Excuse me.
Ma'am, excuse me.
Ma'am.
Excuse me, ma'am.
Hello?
Ma'am, I need some help.
Hello?
[ Sighs ]
[ Knocking ]
[ Milsap ] Doctor, can I speak to you?
It's... it's an emergency.
I'm sorry to bother you. There's a man downstairs that needs help.
Please.
Let go. Don't hold him down.
How long has he been seizing?
Uh, three... four minutes.
It's okay. You're all right.
You're okay.
What's his name?
He's a stranger. He needed help.
Wha... what's wrong with him?
He had a grand mal seizure.
As far as I can tell, he's in status.
It's a continuous seizure state.
He doesn't smell like acetone
which would indicate that he's hyperglycemic
and he doesn't appear to have any head injuries.
He could be epileptic
and just ceased taking his medication.
How did this happen?
Uh-huh.
At any rate, we need to get him to a hospital.
Immediately.
I assume that your phone's still not working.
Sorry.
Well, do you or one of your friendly neighbors happen to have a car?
No one here has a car.
No cars?
We could send someone to the state road on foot.
All right?
We could get them to bring back help.
In the meantime, please, anything you can do for him.
All right, do you... do you have any Karo syrup?
Any corn syrup?
Yeah.
[ Phone Ringing ]
Juab County Sheriff s Offiice, Sheriff Ciolino speaking.
Hi, this is Agent John Doggett with the FBI.
I have some material my partner, Agent Scully, requested. What's your fax number there?
Agent Doggett, when's your partner going to get here, by the way?
The murder victim's family's waiting for us to turn the body over.
Agent Scully's not there?
She's supposed to be there yesterday.
Yes, sir, that was our understanding.
Sheriff, could I trouble you to send a car out? Agent Scully is in Utah.
She called me yesterday somewhere north of Sugarville.
You got it. I'll get someone right out there.
Okay, thanks. I'll be in touch.
Danny, hi. This is John Doggett.
I need you to trace a call for me.
It came to this offiice yesterday about 1:30 in the afternoon.
Am I doing this right?
Yeah, you can hold off now.
Nothing's happening.
I'm sorry, but, uh...
I'm just winging it here. I mean, raising his blood sugar
only helps if his condition is brought on by hypoglycemia.
But this could be the result of any number of things.
So what do we do?
Well, I'm afraid that I have done all that I can do
unless you know how to get ahold
of diazepam or phenobarbital
other than the nearest hospital
which is where we should be, of course.
Hey.
Can you hear me?
How are you feeling?
Okay.
Thank God.
We were all so scared.
What can I do?
I think I just need rest.
We should leave him alone.
Can, uh, you stay?
I'll go tell everybody.
- Are you a doctor? - Yes, I am.
Thank you for, uh, helping me.
Well, I'm not sure if I've actually done anything.
In fact, I don't even know, uh...
I don't even know what's going on with you right now.
Do you know what your name is?
You don't remember, do you?
How about how you got here?
What about these people who have taken you in?
Do you know anything about them?
Um...
They, uh... take good care of me.
Yeah, I'd say they take very good care of you.
The sun seems to rise and set on you as far as they're concerned.
In fact, they seem to have stranded me here in order to nurse you back to health.
Why would they do that?
A murder took place about 20 miles from here.
A man was stoned to death.
His head was so badly crushed
that they couldn't identify him from his teeth.
Now it looks like upwards of a dozen people
may have participated due to the footprints at the crime scene
but it's a very tight-knit group of people who would murder together—
a cult, in a word—
and I'd say that these people qualify.
What are you? A detective?
F.B.I. and I need to get you out of here but I don't know how.
Okay, do you think that you can walk?
I don't know.
Kind of weak.
I understand.
Hang, hang on a second. Let me just look at something, okay?
Hmm? All right.
[ Groans ]
That's starting to hurt. Maybe you shouldn't do that.
Hold on.
[ Choking ]
[ Phone Ringing ]
- Doggett. - It's Ciolino.
We checked out the number you gave us.
It's a pay phone a half mile from the crime scene.
Agent Scully must have just come from there when she called me.
Looks like. I'm sorry, still no sign of her.
Are you canvassing? Talking to neighbors?
We would, but there's nobody to canvass.
We're looking at a pretty desolate area. There's really nobody there.
You got help coming from our Salt Lake City offiice. I'm heading out there, too.
- There's a new angle to look at. - What's that?
That pay phone.
Before Scully's call to me, the last call placed on it
- was four days earlier, the night of the murder. - Yeah?
It was placed to a Juliette Gulatarski of Fort Collins, Colorado.
She tells me it was her brother Hank. He was on his way for a visit.
Said he was stuck in the desert, but would be there in two days.
He never showed.
Something's happening.
He's coming to.
Hey. Can you hear me?
How are you feeling?
I'm alive. That's a start.
Oh, praise God.
Praise Him. Praise Him.
What's wrong with me?
I just need some rest.
She can take care of me.
It's lucky they're still listening to you for the time being.
This wound in your back?
It seems to be a point of entry for a parasitic organism
that has taken up residence along your spine.
Now, this is something that I am completely unfamiliar with.
Oh, boy.
I don't know how far this extends
or how to get it out of you without harming you.
Does that mean I'm dying?
You will die if we cannot treat you properly.
Now, these people don't seem to want to let you go.
I think that they put this thing inside of you.
Now, I have no idea what the motives of these people are—
whether it's some bizarre religious activity—
but they killed the last person who was in your condition
and I'm afraid that they're going to try and kill you, too.
This is a lot to take in.
No kidding.
What are you going to do?
I'm going to try and get us the hell out of here.
These, uh, people tell me that they have no cars.
I don't believe them.
They've got to have transportation hidden around here somewhere.
I'm going to go take a look around, okay?
You're not going to be gone long, right?
You know how to use a gun?
Pretty much.
I'll be back soon.
The sooner the better.
[ Knocking ]
- Where did she go? - She says I'm dying.
We need another swap.
- Sheriff. Agent John Doggett. - You made good time.
Agent Doggett, I'm Brian Mayfiield, Salt Lake offiice.
- We're at your disposal. - Appreciate it.
Sheriff, does this wound look familiar?
It's the victim in our morgue. Where'd you get it?
That's not your murder victim.
That's a photo of a John Doe found off a West Texas highway in 1991.
Our guy has the same wound.
Yeah, I thought you were going to say that.
Arizona, '93.
New Mexico, '97.
Nevada, '99.
All four victims had their brains beaten out
and were dumped in remote areas.
- All four cases are unsolved. - How'd you run these down?
Agent Scully had me track down this fiirst one.
It noted glycoproteins at the crime scene
which is what she found.
This same wound kept showing up.
These murders range throughout the southwest
zigzagging all over the desert.
The more remote the better.
Hey. How'd you...?
You had me convinced.
[ Grunts Angrily ]
I'm a federal agent!
At this moment, the F.B.I. is searching for me!
They won't fiind you.
Doctor.
Your life...
is about to take a wonderful turn.
You're going to become a part of something
much, much greater than you are.
You're going to be...
so loved.
Amen. Amen.
[ All ] Amen. Amen.
No!
You son of a bitch!
Amen!
- Amen! - You just murdered him!
- Amen! - Amen!
Amen!
[ All ] Amen!
No.
No!
I'm pregnant!
No! No, don't do this!
I'm going to have a baby!
No! Don't do this!
No!
I'm going to have a baby!
No!
No! No!
No!
[ Groaning In Pain ]
[ Loud Gasp ]
[ Loud Groaning ]
What did you put in me?
I'm going to get every last one of you bastards!
No.
[ Groaning ]
You'll love us. You'll protect us.
You'll teach us, make us better than we are.
We're taught not to envy, but I do envy you so.
That you'll soon be one with Him.
Him?
That thing in my spine is a"him"?
[Yells In Pain ]
Please.
This is such a wonderful,
wonderful thing...
for you...
and your unborn child.
That last man just wasn't a suitable tabernacle.
The thing of it is there's always the chance
that your body won't fail him...
that he'll be in you forever.
- [ Loud Groan ] - [ Car Approaching ]
Help!
[ Muffled Shouting ]
- Good evening. - Good evening.
You lost?
Well, I may be.
I'm way the hell off the main road, that's for sure.
Can we help you?
Yeah, I hope so. I'm, uh...
looking for this woman.
Have you seen her?
- No. - No.
Can't say I have.
Help!
She would have been driving a rental car like mine.
You sure she hasn't been through here?
- No. - We get so fewvisitors
we remember each one pretty well.
All right. Thanks for your time.
Help!
[ Grunts ]
Sheriff, this is Doggett.
[ Sheriff] I'm reading you, Agent Doggett. Where are you?
20 miles off the state road, just north of the crime scene.
Some kind of outpost. It's on your map.
I'm getting a defiinite vibe from it.
Just talked to a guy who had a gun in his pocket
and I don't mean he was happy to see me.
I'll send everybody I've got.
Hurry. I can't wait for you.
[ Groaning ]
[ Loud Groaning ]
Hey.
[ Grunting ]
GodAlmighty. Agent Scully—
[ Groaning ]
- Agent Scully. - [ Groans ]
[ Muffled Gasping ]
[ Gasping ]
Get me the hell out of here.
Can you walk?
I don't know.
How far is your car?
It's about a half a mile up the road.
I know something closer.
[ Groaning ]
- Can you hot-wire it? - Can I hot-wire it?
Gone in 60 seconds, Jack.
We're going to strand these lunatics.
- [ Loud Groan ] - Agent Scully...
- talk to me. - You got to cut it out.
Cut it out. Oh... oh...
Now it's going to come to my brain.
Cut it out of me now!
[Yelling In Pain ]
[ Gasping ]
[Yelling ]
[ Loud Groaning ]
Aah! Just do it, Doggett!
[ Pounding And Banging Outside ]
Why?
- Ready to go? - Yeah, I'm ready to go.
Grand jury convenes today.
All 47 cult members are sticking together.
They're not offering up much defense
other than that they're being persecuted for their religious beliefs.
They believe they worshipped Christ.
That that thing was the Second Coming.
Look, I, uh, I wanted to apologize.
I left you out of this case, and that was a mistake on my part.
It was almost a fatal mistake.
It was. You screwed up.
And I won't do it again.
I appreciate it.
[ Child ] I made this.