Humbug

"Rozygrysh" (eng. "Humbug") is the twentieth episode of the second season of the series "Secret materials". It refers to the type of "monster of the week" and is not associated with the main "mythology" of the series, given in the first series. This series became the first series episode, which traced the obvious comedic slant. In the shootings involved a real circus performer.

In the episode there are references to well-known in popular culture phenomena. In particular, early in the investigation, Mulder believes that the killer might be the mysterious "Fiji mermaid", although according to Scully that is a fake.

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One night in the town of Gibsonton, Florida, two brothers playing in the home the outdoor pool. A mysterious figure approaching him from the woods surrounding the house, unnoticed and dives into the pool. The brothers notice that something is wrong, but before they have time to leave the pool of water appears figure. It turns out that the father of the boys, "alligator man", scares the sons for fun. After some games in the pool, "alligator man" tells the children to come back home as already late and it was time to go to bed. The boys leave the pool and their father left to sail. At this time, another mysterious figure approaches the pool from the woods, attacked and killed the alligator.

Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully travel to Gibsonton to investigate continuing for 28 years a series of murders in a community of former circus performers. They are present at the funeral of "alligator" and encounter strange locals, including Dr. Blocked and his partner named Jigsaw (Engl. The Conundrum) that eats anything, but says nothing. Agents also meet with the local Sheriff, who once was the "Boy with a dog face", but with age have grown bald and have a job in the police.

Mulder and Scully stayed in a Motel in the trailer for "Gulf breeze" (the title refers to the incident with a UFO that occurred in 1987 near the town of Gulf breeze, also mentioned in the tenth episode of the first season).

In the Motel, they meet the Manager named Mr. Nutt, and lenny, an alcoholic with an underdeveloped conjoined twin named Leonard. Agents tell the story of the legendary Fiji mermaid, the object of the former circus shows of the 19th century, which was a monkey attached to a fish tail. Despite the usual skepticism, Scully, Mulder is interested in the traces left behind by the killer, similar to the marks of a monkey.

Night Mr Nutt is attacked by an unknown creature and kills it. The result of the investigation, the agents discover that the intruder is a twin lenny, Leonard, which can be separated from the body of his brother. According to lenny, Leonard attacks people in an attempt to join them. He's looking for a new brother because lenny dies of liver failure caused by years of alcohol abuse. Trying to keep Leonard from escaping, lenny allows you to lock yourself up in a local prison, but the night is dying, and Leonard is selected through the camera window and escapes. Mulder and Scully are trying to catch Leonard, but he manages to escape from them. During the search, they discover a Puzzle that lies on the ground, rubbing his stomach. He probably ate attacked him Leonard.

The next morning Dr. Blocked decides to leave the city along with the Puzzle. He claims to Scully that science will soon enable it to eliminate all genetic anomalies and freaks like them are intended to remind people that nature abhors normality. Puzzle looks sick, and the question Mulder about the causes of disease says that probably ate something wrong.

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In the series mentioned several times the Fiji mermaid, and Mulder even some time believes that this or similar entity may be responsible for the killings. Later it turns out that being similar to the Fiji mermaid, is a conjoined twin Leonard, is able to separate himself from his brother lenny and seeking another person to replace him.

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