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"Kind of exciting - all this sneaking around."

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"I got your message. It's rather intriguing, I must say."

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"I understand that you want to know the truth and you're willing to do anything to get it, including going over the head of your case manager. Such passion for the work."

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"You either break the rules to get at the truth, or follow the rules and watch the truth slip away. Is that how you feel?"

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"You have a lot to learn, Peter. The ends don't always justify the means. You need information? Use the proper channels."

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"You try this again, I'll have you terminated."

Synopsis

Episode Seventeen - Part Two
File #284145: "The Believer"

Written by Damian Kindler
Directed by Craig Pryce

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

During an important presentation, Professor Leon Schraft (Daniel Kash) experiences a mental flash of his wife, Helen (Wanda Cannon), struggling with an assailant. During this spell, his hand is compelled to scrawl a scientific symbol and the words "I will kill her" on a piece of paper. After confirming that Helen is mysteriously missing, the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research (O.S.I.R.) investigates Leon's claim that his wife's captor is communicating with him through some extrasensory means. Preliminary analysis reveals that the scribbled message does not match samples of Leon's handwriting. A few days into the investigation, Leon is jolted from his troubled sleep by further flashes of Helen in peril. He walks in a trance to the bathroom where he scribbles "Assimilation = Death" and "1125" in lipstick on the mirror.

While attempting to locate who might be sending the messages, the O.S.I.R. discovers a videotape of a talk show on which Leon appeared as a guest. The second guest, Earl Comeli (Julian Richings), claimed to have psychic abilities and was espousing his belief that aliens are conspiring to assimilate mankind through psychic powers. Leon embarrassed Cornell by quickly dismissing his incredulous claims. Augmentation of the tape provides a close-up of Cornell' s ring which bears the symbol Leon was compelled to scribble during his first vision.

The O.S.I.R.'s Peter Axon (Barclay Hope) theorizes that Leon may be privy to remote viewing - the ability to see beyond the five known senses. Leon receives a letter from Helen which contains Cornell's instruction that Leon appear on television to warn the public of the assimilation threat or Helen will be killed. Knowing that time is of the essence, the O.S.I.R. implores Leon to use his psychic powers to help them uncover the whereabouts of Corneli and Helen.