The X-Files

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Bobby?

Phil. I've had it with that kid, Patti.

I've already talked to him.

Yeah, like he ever listens.

[ Video game: explosions, gunfire ]

did you hear me calling your name?

Get up! what are you doin'?

You think this is why I go to work every day so you can sit on your ass?

What did I do? What'd you do?

You never do anything. That's the problem.

What kind of a loser are you gonna turn out to be?

Put your boots on.

you don't leave my tools out in the rain.

Tools are for work. They cost money.

All right, I'll put it away.

After you've finished. Pick it up.

I'm not gonna let your mother watch you grow up to be some kind of a jerk.

Fine. I'll put it away... Phil.

No way. You'll finish the job.

Now.

Get away from me!

- Get away from me now! - Bobby!

Bobby!

Where are you going? Come back here, Bobby!

I'm calling you! Can't you hear me?

Bobby! Bobby! [ Indistinct shouting ]

Bobby!

Bobby!

Bobby!

Bobby?

Bobby!

Bobby!

Bobby!

No.

X-Files Season 5 Episode 09 - Schizogeny

Twelve pounds, nine ounces.

All that came out of his stomach?

Most of it. The small amount in his lungs is what killed him.

Is it possible that he took the term "mud pie" literally?

I'm sure if Mr. Rich were alive, he would find some humor in that.

According to his police report, Mr. Rich was a man who could tell a joke.

He grew up here, worked the same fields for 20 years.

Well liked around town.

Funny he should turn up murdered.

Is that what you concluded?

I have concluded that this man's head was held forcibly...

Down in the Michigan mud just a little too long,

Most likely by his stepson who was named in the report as Bobby rich, age 16.

According to the same report, the coroner had to hire a backhoe...

To remove the body, which was buried completely in a standing vertical position.

There is some indication that his stepson may have dug the hole...

And that a recent rainstorm may have helped turn it into a muddy trap.

- Some rainstorm. - They say it rained 400 inches a day.

Now, that sounds like an exaggeration, don't you think?

Would you like me to show how he may have done it?

How a 6'4", 250-Pound man was buried alive...

In less than five minutes by a 16-Year-Old kid...

Whose classmates lovingly refer to as "dork weed"?

He may have had an accomplice.

"Ich bin ein auslander."

"I am an outsider."

When Kennedy told the Germans "ich bin ein Berliner,"

He was actually saying "I'm a cocktail sausage."

Who's Kennedy?

I'm not here to accuse you of anything, Bobby.

What are you here for, then?

I want to hear your story.

I tried to help. I couldn't.

Well, the police aren't entirely convinced that that's the truth.

So, what the hell am I supposed to do about it?

They want me to confess so they have someone to blame.

Right. But, you see,

You're not making it very easy for them to believe otherwise.

You understand that?

what can I say?

Everybody knows I hated him.

They were real close when Bobby was little.

Always kidding around and stuff.

But Bobby sort of got into that teenage stage,

And he don't want to listen to nobody.

And that came to a head last night?

Phil was late comin' home.

He'd been stressed out 'cause of the blight and stuff.

How do you mean? The hazelnut trees all got a disease.

And... Bobby don't help things out with his attitude and stuff.

Did Phil instigate what happened?

It's hard to tell what starts these things.

Phil could be stern, just like his own father was to him...

But I never saw him raise his hand.

And when I saw him lying in the mud,

I half-Expected him to pull me in, like he had planned it or something.

Did he ever hurt you?

Phil, he used to get off shoving me around, yeah.

Did you ever shove him back?

he's twice as big as me.

That's why some people thought you might have dug the hole,

Or attacked him when he fell in the hole, 'cause he was down there.

That's their problem, isn't it?

Do you remember what was going through your head at the time?

I guess... I felt he had it comin'.

He was kneeling over Phil, struggling real hard and stuff.

Could you tell that he was definitely trying to help him?

It seemed that way to me.

You know, there's a strong chance...

The police are gonna arrest your son for murder.

I don't see how.

But if they do,

And if there's evidence of abuse that you're not coming forward with,

It could hurt his chances.

I know everything happens for a reason,

But I still don't see no reason for this.

They're all dying.

According to Bobby's mother, that's the big reason why her husband blew up.

His hazelnut orchard was hit with a blight. So he pounds the kid?

And the kid pounds back. Is that what she told you?

Well, not in so many words. Actually, she won't admit to any abuse in the house.

I suspect she's just trying to move on and protect what family she's got left.

The kid says his stepfather teed off on him regularly.

Is that his excuse? No, that's his explanation.

He says he's innocent.

What do you think?

I think he's a hard kid to love.

I'm still finding it hard to reconcile the facts with the physical evidence.

Even if he didn't dig this hole, the disease could have killed root systems,

Creating weakened soil.

Then how did the victim swallow 12 pounds of this stuff?

Well, when you fight for air, a vacuum is created.

And maybe once he sucked down a mouthful of mud,

It turned his esophagus into a siphon.

And with his head pushed down, it filled all of his passages like a gas can.

Well, you asked me for answers. Those are the best ones I've got.

Did you ask if anybody else might be involved?

His mother says that Bobby can't make friends.

He's been in therapy for his anger since 1995.

That could be me.

- What is it? - Someone's watching us.

Sir?

Hello?

Who was it? I don't know.

He's gone.

Lisa.

What are you doing here?

I called you last night. How come you didn't call me back?

They're saying you killed him, Bobby.

I finally stood up to him.

Psycho! Think fast.

Just get away from me, okay? Or what?

What are you gonna do, huh?

Maybe I'll kill you too, huh?

Psycho killer!

See? All you gotta do is stand up.

I'll see you later, then.

[ Mulder ] Karin Matthews?

yes?

we're agents Mulder and Scully from the F.B.I.

I hope my directions were clear. I'm a little tucked away.

I first worked with Bobby after an incident at school.

He's had difficulty developing relationships,

And this difficulty has caused him to act out.

In what way?

By putting on certain airs, affecting an attitude...

That has drawn the wrong kind of attention to himself.

I've seen him come in here pretty beaten up.

Physical violence? More than just kid stuff.

Was his stepfather ever involved?

I'm not free to speak with perfect frankness, of course.

If you know that Bobby committed a crime, you're under legal obligation to tell us.

Bobby once spilled a glass of milk at dinner.

For the next two weeks, he was forced to eat in the cellar.

No table, no chair, no light.

Sometimes he was left down there until the following morning.

You see, there are all sorts of crimes,

Not just the ones you might find reason to investigate.

So you're saying Bobby would have good reason to kill his father?

I'm saying there are some crimes where there are only victims.

You're free not to answer, Miss Matthews,

Or you're free to make these vague allusions,

But your evasiveness is only gonna land this kid in jail for a long, long time.

I'm not sure I understand.

You make it sound like a justification,

Like Bobby did it, and I don't think he did.

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Hey, what are you doin'?

Going home. Well, I, uh-- I waited for you.

I thought, uh, we were gonna talk, so--

You scared me today, Bobby. Why?

Was it because I stood up for myself, or, um...

Because I didn't let them beat me up like usual?

I gotta go. You gotta stand up, Lisa.

You gotta tell your dad you're not gonna put up with this crap.

There's a way...

To make it go away... forever.

[ Dog barking in the distance ]

What the hell business you got with him?

Nothing. He's just a friend.

I don't want you seeing that kid.

I don't want him coming round here. Do you hear me?