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Season 5  "The Post-Modern Prometheus"  5x5

Aired 27 years ago - Nov 30, 1997

Filmed in glorious black and white with a comic book feel to it, this is a modern retelling of Frankenstein as Mulder and Scully get caught up in a town where the residents live on Jerry Springer episodes and fear a two-faced monster who has been impregnating the women.

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big and fat as I am right now.
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- and I'm sorry to disturb you at this hour... - What do you want?
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- We went through this before, didn't we? - Whatever you wish to call it,
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Thanks, Danny.
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It's supposed to be a vacation.
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Your incident report says the husband called the police after finding his wife dead.
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- Then why didn't it show up in her stomach? - It was absorbed into the bloodstream.
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It's two o'clock in the morning. Where have you been all day?
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That's why I ordered the PCR test.
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It has happened to me.
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Three in the last 18 months. All the checks have been made out to his wife.
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- What's her prognosis? - I really couldn't say.
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Let's just get you buckled in here nice and safe, OK?
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- Man's work. - Yes.
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- You really think Melissa had a baby? - Yes, I do.
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- What dream? - To have a child.
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I'm not sure this is a sacrifice you're prepared to make.
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We'll review your final application and make our recommendations.
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I guess I'm afraid of making a big mistake.
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