A black car with its engine off is focused on in a dark corner symbolising evil again. The audience being in suspense think that something bad is going to happen, someone opens the door of the car and gets out. It was a false alarm, Scully got out the car hearing footsteps getting faster and faster and louder and louder. She pulled out her gun ready to shoot, the person that was running came running round the corner straight into Scully making her jump, she was relieved that it was Mulder. After telling Scully to get back in the car he heard something in the vents he shouted Scully over. There is lots of noise as Scully comes over. The monster like human came out feet first and backwards, Scully called for backup. The audience knew that the monster like human is very dangerous. He is arrested and taken to a police station for questioning.
Eugene Victor Tooms is a weird name, meaning Eugene-genetic mutant, Victor-victorious, Tooms-tombs. His name represents evil rolled up in one. Eugene was told to have a lie detector test, which he did. He had his shirt off with pads and wires attached to him, the camera was focused of him. He was at one side of a one way screen and the detectives on the other side. Three detectives are standing up and the women and Mulder are sitting down showing who is more powerful, also the men standing up are power dressed with black ties, white shirts and black jackets unlike mulder who was much less powerful. Eugene is asked lots of questions about him and the murders. Mulder asked him two more questions about murders in the past when he wasn’t alive. Eugene past the lie detector test, but the questions that Mulder asked stood out a long way, he lied a lot on them two questions. Mulder was certain that he was the killer of the victims who had their livers removed. After Tom Colton let Eugene go because he wasn’t sure it was him, Mulder argued with him saying that he is doing the wrong thing. Tom Colton only wanted what was best for him. Tom was trying to get Scully to work for him. Mulder was sitting down on a chair at one side of the table, Tom and Scully were standing up at the other side of the table together symbolising the Mulder was over powered. Tom insulted Mulder Several times and said to Scully that Mulder was her problem and she should work with him. Mulder was very upset, he was crushed by it. The body language of Mulder said it all; He was slouched in his seat almost as if he was hiding like a child with his hang dog expressions.
After Eugene was released Mulder and Scully decided to find out more about him. Scully had been ask by Tom to work for him, she was thinking why she shouldn’t take the offer, Mulder was talking to Scully and invaded her personal space by grabbing her necklace and looking at it. This changed her mind and stayed with Mulder. Scully was looking on the computer files about the murders and found out that they all have their livers removed and there were five murders in one year every thirty years. As she was looking through the file the film had been overlaid to showing that she was concentrating. This meant someone else had to be involved or Eugene is not human and has been alive for at least one hundred years. Whilst Mulder had Eugene’s finger prints he looked at the finger prints from the murders, the audience could tell that the killer was not Eugene as his finger prints looked noting alike until Mulder stretched the finger prints until they match. This was done to frighten the audience and to make them cringe. Mulder found his address, they paid a visit knowing that he hibernates every thirty years for twenty-nine years.
As Mulder and Scully were researching; Tooms was at it again. He was watching another lonely businessman unlock the door to his house showing that he is the only one in the house. Toom climbs on the roof attempting to go down the chimney. The chimney looks a little to small for him to go down, Tooms dislocates his shoulder with a big crack going right through the audience, this is a cheap way to change the mood of the audience. Whilst the businessman is lighting the fire Tooms is blowing it out symbolising Tooms is evil but the man wants goodness which Tooms does not like. He tries to light it again, not knowing that Tooms is now behind him, Eugene tears his liver out as the camera zooms in on the dying flame indicating the businessman losing his life. Tooms takes an item from his home.
The graffiti on the wall outside his home had a five-sided star that represents the devil and torn written underneath telling the audience that he had torn the victim’s livers out. Eugene address was 66 Exeter St. representing the devil (666). Eugene’s home was a derelict building with no electricity; all the rooms in the building were dark with no light symbolising evil, Mulder and Scully having touches shinnying the light in the dark places representing goodness. They approached a room which appeared to where Eugene spent most of his time, there was a table with items belong to those people that he murdered for their livers this was done to make the audience believe that Eugene is a very sick person. There was a hole in the wall covered in newspapers and bile from livers; the sight of it would make the audience feel sick it was made worst when Mulder touched it with his hand. Mulder figured out that this is where he hibernates or just one the places. One the way out Scully catches her foot in the floor; Tooms appears to take the chain from Scully’s neck without her noticing as he holds his self up on the ceiling. Later Mulder returns to the scene and sees Scully’s chain not the table with the rest of the victim’s items. This is saying to the audience that Scully is next, the audience has already identified with the character Scully are they are very worried.
The climax has to be very intense to get the audience on the edge of their seats in which it is and does. It starts with the classic phone call of the worried and rushing to the savour man; Mulder, but of course the lines have been cut. Scully is running the bath in the bathroom; where we humans are most vulnerable, the bars on the window indicate no escape and the rectangular shapes, which are associated with Tooms. The camera follows her (follow shot) into the living room rocking from side to side giving the impression of her being followed. As Scully walks to the camera, the follow shot stops being a false alarm leaving the audience in suspense. Scully runs and gets her gun as some bile falls on her from the ceiling where the air vents are; making the audience worry knowing that Tooms is in her house. The camera alternates between Scully and Mulder making the climax very apprehensive. The camera focuses on the tiny ventilation grill, which is white symbolising goodness; this is also a false alarm as Tooms jumps out of the vent, which is representing goodness. The vent is to small for Tooms to jump out of so they fooled the audience by making the items in the background, around the vent and the actual vent bigger so Tooms could jump through and grab Scully. Tooms knocks the gun out of the hand of Scully, he throws her on the floor revealing lots of Scully’s flesh which men want to see, but on the overhand women find it offensive making it a sexist scene. Mulder comes running in the door and jumps on Tooms, he hits Mulder leaving him lying on the floor. Tooms smashes the window and tries to escape before Scully handcuffs him to the bath. Tooms is locked up in prison with a newspaper, he starts putting it in his mouth making is wet and throwing it in the corner attempting to make a new nest ready for hibernation. One of the security guards brings him some food passing it through the rectangular shaped flap, he pauses, stares at it and knows he can get through, the camera zooms in on the flap and the film ends leaving the audience not knowing what is going to happen.
