The X-files
Young at Heart
Episode: 1X15
First aired:2/11/94
Written by: Scott Kaufer and
Chris Carter
Directed by: Michael Lange
Agent Reggie Purdue calls
Mulder, his former partner, to the scene of a
jewelry store robbery. There was a note left that says "
Fox can't guard the
chicken coop." Mulder recognizes this note as written by John Barnett, whom Mulder had helped convict years before.
Records show that Barnett had died four years ago in prison but the
handwriting on the note is an exact match. Mulder finds anther note, reading "A hunted Fox eventually dies." Mulder is sure that it is Barnett who then calls him, so he calls Perdue who is strangled by Barnett. A note is left at the crime scene reading "Funeral first for Fox's friends -- then for Fox."
Mulder and
Scully investigate into Dr. Ridley, who had pronounced Barnett dead. They find that he had had his
license revoked for
malpractice and was
experimenting with reversing the aging process.
Ridley talks to Scully saying that Barnett is his last surviving patient and that the
government financed his work.
Mulder meets with
Deep Throat and learns that the government is bargaining with Barnett to obtain Ridley's resarch. Barnett later calls Mulder saying that he's going to kill Mulder's
friends.
At home, Scully finds Barnett's
fingerprints on her
answering machine. Realizing that Barnett now knows that she will be attending a
cello recital (from the message), agents stake him out at the
concert.
Scully is shot by Barnett but survives with a
bulletproof vest. Mulder chases him down the hall where Barnett takes a hostage. Mulder shoots and kills him and the government vainly tries to save him to find the missing research.
Important Quotes:
Scully -- "You did the right thing, Mulder."
Mulder -- "Did I?
Steve Wallenberg had a wife and two kids. One of his boys is an all-star on his
football team now. If I had
pulled the
trigger two seconds earlier and Wallenberg would be here to see his kid play. Instead, I got some dead man robbing
jewelry stores and sending me
haikus."
Purdue -- "Yeah, well, maybe you ought to hear it again. You let a lot of people down here in the
bureau. They had
big plans for you. A lot of people are saying that "
Spooky" Mulder has become an
embarrassment, a
liability."
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