AGENT DANA SCULLY ( GILLIAN ANDERSON ) HAS BEEN CALLED TO DO
AN EVALUATION ON A CORPSE, WHEN SHE HAPPENS UPON A TINY
MINI-TOWN, WHERE THINGS ARE NOT PRECISELY ... AS THEY SEEM.
SHE STOPS AT A "SERVICE STATION" WHERE THE ATTENDANT SAYS
THERE'S NO FUEL. " I'M WAITING FOR A TRUCK..." SCULLY ASKS
DIRECTIONS FROM THE ATTENDANT. THE MAN CLAIMS HE HAS SOME
GASOLINE, RUNS TO GET THE CAN. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, SCULLY'S
CHEVY CLUNKS TO A HALT. SHE WALKS BACK TO THE LITTLE PLACE,
P.O.'ed AT THE MAN. THERE'S WATER IN THE GAS CAN. SHE ASKS
FPR A TELEPHONE. NO PHONE. SHE SEES A WOMAN ACROSS THE STREET. SHE TRIES TO GET THE WOMAN'S ATTENTION, IN VAIN. ENTERING A BIG OLD HOUSE, FORMER;Y A HOTEL, SHE AGAIN ASKS FOR
A PHONE. GUESS WHAT? NO SERVICE. SHE KNOWS SOMETHING IS NOT
RIGHT, BY A COUNTRY MILE. SHE SPENDS THE NIGHT IN ONE OF THE
ROOMS. EARLY MORNING, THERE'S A KNOCK ON THE DOOR. SOMEONE IS
ILL, WOULD SHE PLEASE HELP. SCULLY IS BROUGHT TO THE SICK MAN'S
ROOM....HE'S HAVING, APPARENTLY, GRAND MAL SEIZURES. SUSPECTING
HYPOGLYCEMIA, SHE ASKS FOR CORN SYRUP. BRIEFLY, THE MAN COMES
TO CONCIOUSNESS. SCULLY TRIES TO EXAMINE THE MAN. WHEN THE MAN TURNS, THERE'S SOMETHING AWFUL, A HUGE HOLE IN THE BASE
OF THE MAN'S SPINE. WHEN SCULLY TOUCHES THE LUMP ABOVE THE
HOLE, THE LUMP MOVES! AS SHE INVVESTIGATES IN THE DARKNESS,
AROUND THE OLD PLACE, SHE IS CONFRONTED BY THE TOWNSFOLK.THEY'VE DECIDED THAT AGENT SCULLY IS TO BECOME TO THE NEW
"TABERNACLE" FOR THEIR 'GOD', A FOOT LONG, GELATINOUS WRIGGLING
CREATURE THAT IS WAY TOO HORRIBLE TO DESCRIBE HERE.... JOIN SCULLY, AGENT DOGGETT, AND SEVERAL RELIGIOUS FANATICS IN THIS FANTASTIC, 5-STAR ***** EPISODE (SEASON EIGHT, EPI 4) ENTITLED,
" ROADRUNNERS " . YOU WON'T BE FORGETTING THIS ONE, FOLKS.