The X-Files

Hurry and get him outta there!

l need two men on the left side! Now!

- Wait! Where are you going with him? - He's dead.

There's a woman over there who isn't and she needs oxygen!

Step back! Sir, if you'll just cooperate here a little bit.

- l want you to rise! - Amen.

Rise up and heal!

- What are you doing? - The boy's laying on hands.

- Rise up and accept the miracle he has given. - Amen. Hallelujah.

You don't understand. The man's dead.

Then the boy can't do any harm, can he?

This is the power of belief.

The power to separate the light from the darkness,

to create life from death.

Amen.

All right, everyone! Show's over!

Let's clear the area!

Hallelujah, Samuel.

Hallelujah.

X-Files Season 1 Episode 17 - Miracle Man

Yes, indeedy! Oh, hallelujah!

Hallelujah, brother! Praise God!

Yes, indeedy! Praise God!

- l want everybody to say ''Hallelujah!'' - Hallelujah!

Praise the Lord!

The woman on the table has a malignant tumour on her spine.

This boy here is gonna attempt to heal her by simply laying his hands on her.

- Where'd you get this? - From the regional office in Tennessee.

- The preacher is... - Reverend Calvin Hartley.

- You've heard of him? - The boy is his adopted son, Samuel.

He says he found him as an infant

lying in the weeds on the banks of the Mississippi.

He also claims the boy brought a man back from the dead.

lt's more than a claim. The man he saved

is an attraction in the reverend's tent ministry. The boy's performed miracles

every week for the past ten years.

- Twice on Sunday. - Not according to Kenwood's county sheriff.

Local authorities think that Reverend Hartley and his son are a scam.

They haven't been able to shut him down,

so they've turned to the FBl to try and get a prosecution.

- For what? Fraud? - No. Murder. Watch the tape.

Lucy Kelly

has the cancer.

Her doctors say

it is inoperable.

They say it is incurable.

But l say to you

that what the doctors cannot cure

the Lord can.

Yes, indeedy, praise God! Because God

can work... miracles.

Today the clear light of God's healing love

is flowing

through Samuel's healing hands.

20 minutes later, Lucy Kelly was rushed to the hospital. She was dead on arrival.

- What was the cause of death? - l don't know, but it wasn't cancer.

They've requested someone with a medical background to assist in the investigation.

- l know this isn't an X-File ... - When do we leave for Tennessee?

l think l saw some of these same people at Woodstock.

Mulder, you weren't at Woodstock.

- l saw the movie. - There you go.

- Will you be all right by yourself? - l'll be fine.

l won't be long.

Most of you here today l know as neighbours

and as cherished members of our Miracle Ministry.

But some of you have come from far away.

As far away as

Pensacola, Florida!

And Uniondale, Long lsland!

And this is especially to

those of you who come from so far,

that l must apologise from the bottom of my heart

because, unfortunately, Samuel cannot be here this afternoon.

l know how very deeply disappointed

each of you must be feeling right now.

But l say unto you, do not be dismayed,

do not despair, do not lose your hope!

Because in two short days

Samuel will be back here at our very special Miracle Mission!

Yes, indeedy, praise God!

We should head backstage and see what he has to say.

No, wait. This is the part where they bring out Elvis.

As these people will testify,

Samuel can heal you! Yes.

Samuel will heal you!

But...

only if you believe.

l believe, reverend! l believe!

- Fine sermon, reverend. - God bless you.

Reverend Hartley? We're with the FBl.

l see Sheriff Daniels has sent in the cavalry.

- We just want to talk to Samuel, that's all. - He's not here.

- Well, where is he? - l don't know.

l haven't seen him.

- The boy's been a bit troubled lately. - We're running late, reverend.

lf you'll excuse me.

- Agent Mulder? - Yeah.

- Sheriff Daniels. We spoke on the phone. - Yeah. This is Special Agent Dana Scully.

- You wanted a copy of the coroner's report. - Right. Thank you.

l see you folks got a chance to take in the Holy Roller sideshow.

l take it you're not one of the Reverend Hartley's flock.

No, l remember Hartley when he was on his soapbox collecting dollar bills in coffee cans.

Since the boy joined the act, he's got himself a Cadillac for every day of the week,

bought for with money that we need for roads and schools.

People want to believe, you know?

99% of the people in this world are fools.

And the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.

Even if Hartley and Samuel are fakes, it's still a long way from accusing the boy of murder.

l got witnesses that say the boy was laying hands on those people when they died.

You think that's how he killed them... with a touch?

l don't know how or why he did it.

But we've been looking for him since Tuesday and he does not wanna be found.

There's nothing unusual about these reports, except that no autopsies were performed.

Hartley blocked my autopsy request on religious grounds.

Also doesn't help that the county coroner is a member of the Miracle Ministry.

Well, maybe we can arrange to have the bodies exhumed.

Sheriff...

lt's Hartley's group.

Damn.

l told my people to keep quiet so this wouldn't happen.

Looks like you might have a few believers on the payroll.

On behalf of the Miracle Ministry,

we demand that you stop this sacrilege!

You're notjust dealing with me, Vance. You're dealing with the FBl.

We don't mean you any disrespect.

We're investigating a possible homicide

and federal law requires that we do a postmortem on these bodies.

l'm afraid we answer to an even higher authority than the US Government.

One that considers gravedigging and defiling corpses mortal sins.

We'll get that autopsy.

- Sooner or later, you know we will. - The deceased's family

does not want her grave disturbed.

Carol Wallace had no family!

We were her family.

We... were her family.

And it was hard enough to bury her once.

So if you insist on going through with this, we are prepared to maintain a vigil

and do whatever it takes

to stop you!

Mulder.

Scully.

One of my men just spotted the boy's car downtown.

- We can't do much here anyway. - Let's go.

Not a very likely place to be saving souls.

- Where's the boy? - He's in the can.

- What happened? - That damn fool started a fight.

Figures them Bible-thumpers wouldn't know how to hold their liquor.

Where you been, Samuel? We've been looking for you.

Yeah?

l've been thinking.

Well, you're gonna have plenty of time for that in my cell. You're under arrest.

- For murder? - For suspicion of murder.

Mind if l finish my beer first?

No, you go right on ahead.

l'll have somebody take your statement.

l'll see what l can do about getting your Caddy towed.

Sheriff? What evidence do you have to charge the boy with murder?

What more do you want? He's practically giving himself up.

Look at him, though. He's drunk.

Well, then l'll add drunk and disorderly. Let's get this straight.

lt's not a question about the boy's guilt,

just how he did it.

Let me have a minute with him?

Suit yourself.

Samuel? l'm Agent Mulder. This is Agent Scully.

From the FBl.

Looks like you took quite a beating there.

Penance, Mr Mulder.

Some might call it a plain old bar brawl.

You know what they say...

''He giveth and he taketh away.''

A man gets too proud,

sometimes it does him good to get the crap kicked out of him.

- Saves God the trouble. - The trouble of what?

Humbling the guilty sinner.

Guilty of murder?

Yes, sir.

How'd you do it, Samuel?

Apparently, my pride and weakness were an invitation to the devil.

l muddied the river of my own faith.

- Now my gift has been corrupted. - So you killed those people with a touch?

l've laid my hands on the ill, given them health.

l've healed the sick.

l've even touched the dying and given them life.

God has given me a special gift.

Did he buy you all that jewellery, too?

There's something missing in your story, Samuel.

- Do you doubt the power of God, ma'am? - No. But l doubt the veracity of your claims.

l have looked on the infirm and seen their sickness,

their cancer.

Just as l can see the pain on this man

right here.

Really? What pain is that?

The pain you have... regarding a brother

or a sister. lt's an old pain.

- lt's never been healed. - ls this a trick?

No trick, ma'am.

- l think we should get the sheriff. - l want to hear more about this pain. Tell me.

l can see it, plain as day.

lt was a sister. You lost a sister quite young.