8X10 Salvage
Nora Pearce is comforted by Curt Delario as she mourns the death of her husband Ray. With no explanation of how he simply withered away and died, she believes his death was caused by Gulf war syndrome. As Curt drives away a figure suddenly appears in the road, but instead of the person being knocked down, the car splits around him.
Scully and Doggett arrive at the scene of the accident, an autopsy reveals Curt was killed when he was pulled through the windshield. Trace evidence from the car is matched to the deceased Ray Pearce.
Doggett visit’s Nora, he asks about Ray’s cremation, he wonders if Ray is in fact alive and involved in the murder. Nora denies this, stating that Ray was so ill that he could not lift his head.
Later at the Southside Salvage yard as Harry Odell, Ray’s boss hurriedly shreds records, Ray enters the office. Harry shoots him with a shotgun and Ray is thrown out of the office. Harry watches as Ray’s severed hand begin to twitch, small metal threads appear and begin to repair the limb. Suddenly Ray grabs him from behind.
Doggett surveys the second murder scene and finds a half shredder invoice from a Dr Clifton at Chamber Technologies. Dr Clifton no longer works for the company but his colleague Dr Puvogel explains that he was working with smart metal that can regenerate itself.
When Doggett tells Scully she explains that Ray’s illness was as a result of exposure to a non-identifiable metals alloy. Scully theorises that this exposure could have in some way changed Ray's chemistry. However Doggett is sceptical of this metal man theory.
Notewothy Quote
Doggett: "A machine? Come on, a machine doesn't know blame, Agent Scully."
Scully: "Nor mercy. Unless what drove Ray to kill is also what saved those people....Some flicker of humanity."
Credits
| Writer: |
Jeffrey Bell |
| Director: |
Rod Hardy |
Cast:
| Gillian Anderson |
Special Agent Dana Scully |
| Robert Patrick |
Special Agent John Doggett |
Guest Cast:
| Wade Andrew Williams |
Ray Pearce |
| Jennifer Parsons |
Nora Pearce |
| Arye Gross |
Dr Tom Puvogel |
| Tamara Clatterbuck |
Larina Jackson |
| Dan Desmond |
Harry Odell |
| Scott MacDonald |
Curt Delario |
| Randy Walker |
SWAT Cop |
| Kenneth Meseroll |
Owen Harris |
| Colleen Quinn |
Owen's Wife |
| Reece Morgan |
Owen's Little Boy |
| Jack Forbes |
Ray's Double |
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