Conduit
- Episode aired Oct 1, 1993
- TV-14
- 44m
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7.5/10
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Mulder becomes obsessed with solving a case that closely parallels an "encounter" he experienced as a child.Mulder becomes obsessed with solving a case that closely parallels an "encounter" he experienced as a child.Mulder becomes obsessed with solving a case that closely parallels an "encounter" he experienced as a child.
Donald Gibb
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- TriviaThis episode marks the first time Mulder says the famous line: "I want to believe".
- GoofsAt the lake Mulder finds a piece of glass made from sand on the beach. He says that lightning couldn't do that. In fact, lightning commonly turns silica (sand) into glass called fulgurite.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The X Files: Resist or Serve (2004)
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I want to believe.
Mulder, ever-vigilant when it comes to pursuing fringe cases, becomes obsessed with solving the disappearance of a Sioux City girl named Ruby. For Mulder, it hits too close to home, as it bears a similarity to the disappearance of his sister Samantha many years ago. Ruby's distraught mother Darlene (Carrie Snodgress, "Diary of a Mad Housewife") only wants her daughter back, although this isn't the first otherworldly encounter of Darlenes' life: as a Girl Scout, she'd witnessed a possible UFO when she herself was very young.
The ongoing Mulder story arc deepens as we see why the agent takes such cases so personally. He therefore becomes a haunted and sympathetic figure, and the audience begins to be invested in hoping that someday he gets closure of his own. In the meantime, the present-day story is compelling, even if this viewer was always more partial to those "Monster of the Week" episodes. Among the story details is the fact that Ruby's brother Kevin (Joel Palmer, "Valentine") starts furiously writing down sequences of 1's and 0's that seem to be some sort of signal coming out of the Morris family TV set. The NSA ends up getting involved since some of these sequences contain classified information.
One scene that this viewer really enjoyed was the scene in the biker bar, where button-down characters like Mulder and Scully tend to stick out like sore thumbs. Here we get a great cameo from imposing tough-guy character actor Donald Gibb, who you'll know as Ogre in "Revenge of the Nerds" and as Jackson in "Bloodsport". Suffice it to say that Gibb and his brethren are Believers.
Noteworthy as the first episode to introduce that catch-phrase "I want to believe", this also guest stars Michael Cavanaugh ("Forced Vengeance") as the local Sheriff, Charles Cioffi ("Time After Time") in his recurring role of Section Chief Scott Blevins, and Don Thompson from the 2006 horror-comedy "Slither". Standing out among the guest stars is Snodgress, who's just wonderful.
Good entertainment for 'X-Files' fans.
Seven out of 10.
The ongoing Mulder story arc deepens as we see why the agent takes such cases so personally. He therefore becomes a haunted and sympathetic figure, and the audience begins to be invested in hoping that someday he gets closure of his own. In the meantime, the present-day story is compelling, even if this viewer was always more partial to those "Monster of the Week" episodes. Among the story details is the fact that Ruby's brother Kevin (Joel Palmer, "Valentine") starts furiously writing down sequences of 1's and 0's that seem to be some sort of signal coming out of the Morris family TV set. The NSA ends up getting involved since some of these sequences contain classified information.
One scene that this viewer really enjoyed was the scene in the biker bar, where button-down characters like Mulder and Scully tend to stick out like sore thumbs. Here we get a great cameo from imposing tough-guy character actor Donald Gibb, who you'll know as Ogre in "Revenge of the Nerds" and as Jackson in "Bloodsport". Suffice it to say that Gibb and his brethren are Believers.
Noteworthy as the first episode to introduce that catch-phrase "I want to believe", this also guest stars Michael Cavanaugh ("Forced Vengeance") as the local Sheriff, Charles Cioffi ("Time After Time") in his recurring role of Section Chief Scott Blevins, and Don Thompson from the 2006 horror-comedy "Slither". Standing out among the guest stars is Snodgress, who's just wonderful.
Good entertainment for 'X-Files' fans.
Seven out of 10.
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