1.4 "Conduit"
US Airdate: October 1, 1993
writers: Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon
director: Daniel Sackheim
STARRING:
David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully
Guest Cast:
Carrie Snodgress as Darlene Morris
Joel Palmer as Kevin Morris
Charles Cioffi as Section Chief Scott Blevins
Taunya Dee as Ruby Morris
Michael Cavanaugh as Sheriff
Shelly Owens as Tessa
Don Thompson as Holtzman
Don Gibb as Kip
Akiko Morison as Leza Atsumi
Anthony Harrison as 4th Man
Glen Roald as M.E. Worker
Mauricio Mercado as the Coroner
SCULLY FEARS THAT MULDER'S JUDGMENT MAY BE SKEWED WHEN THEY INVESTIGATE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A WAYWARD TEENAGER FROM A LAKESIDE CAMP-OUT.
When teenager Ruby Morris disappears one night during a camp-out, no one but her mother seems to care. Mulder suspects she was abducted by extraterrestrials and searches for signs of alien involvement, while Scully maintains that the girl ran away. Meanwhile, Mulder's own painful memories of his sister's abduction may be clouding his judgment. The agents struggle against both official indifference and active interference from other agents as they pursue the case into biker bars, deep woods and a glade that holds a shallow grave guarded by white wolves. When they solve a local murder, Scully is ready to close the file, but Mulder is convinced there is more to the case. Ruby Morris's young brother provides the clue to an otherworldly explanation of the girl's absence, and leads the agents into an uncanny encounter with a mysterious light.
Notes
Samantha Mulder's file shows the address 2790 Vine Street - the former address of the X- Files production office in Vancouver.
Quotes
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Scully: "I admit, that is strange. Even for Mulder."
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Samantha's file info:
Name: Samantha T. Mulder
Address: 2790 Vine Street
City: Chilmarc, Mass.
Place of Birth: Chilmarc, Mass.
Date of Birth: January 22, 1964
Nationality: American
(Below is a picture of a young girl. More information reads as:)
Remarks: Name and address of nearest relative notified in case of emergency.
Fox Mulder (brother)
c/o F.B.I.
Washington Bureau
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Blevins:"Has he shared any of this with you? There's no need to protect him, he's the agent of record, he initiated the file himself."
Scully: "She was his sister, she disappeared twenty-one years ago, he was, twelve and she was eight. He claims that he was in the room when it happened. He recalls a, bright light outside the window and er, and a presence in the room."
Blevins: "In your opinion, has Agent Mulder's personal agenda clouded his professional judgement?"
Scully: "In my opinion, no."
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Mulder: "OK, Scully, so we disagree. It's not the first time, and it won't be the last."
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Scully: "So, what makes this case any more credible than...(Scully picks up a copy of National Comet, a tabloid, off Mulder's desk and reads)....the hundred year old mother with the lizard baby?"
Mulder: "Because the lizard baby wasn't born anywhere near Lake Okobogee."
Scully: "Oka-what?"
Mulder: "Bogee. (Mulder gets up and in her face) Okobogee."
Scully: "Is that supposed to mean something to me?"
Mulder: "If you know anything about trout fishing, or UFO hotspots."
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Darlene Morris: "Because I know what happened. It's just like it was before."
Mulder: "Summer of 1967, the girl scout troupe?"
Darlene Morris: "How did you know about that?"
Mulder: "Your name's on record at the center for UFO studies in Evanston, Illinois."
Darlene Morris: "Really?"
Mulder: "Yea, pilot for the national weather service made a similar sighting over the same area on the same day."
Darlene Morris: "They took her didn't they Mr. Mulder?"
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Scully: "I just think it's a good idea not to antagonize local law enforcement."
Mulder: "Who, me? I'm Mr. Congeniality."
Scully: "You never know, we might need his help one of these days."
Mulder: "I'll send him a bunt cake."
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(in Pennsylvania Pub talking to bartender)
Mulder: "That's a nice tattoo. What is that?"
Biker: "What does it look like?"
Mulder: "Flying saucer. You don't really believe in that stuff, do you?"
Biker: "I take it you don't?"
Mulder: "No. I think it's all just a bunch of crazy people howling at the moon."
Biker: "So er, you haven't been out to Lake Okobogie, have ya?"
Mulder: "No I haven't, why?"
Biker: "You should ride with us sometime, you might see some things that'll change your mind. (He pulls back his hair to show his badly burned ear) Get a killer sunburn in the middle of the night."
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Scully: "Mulder, they're NSA. They think the boy may be a threat to national security."
Mulder: "Come on. How can an eight year old boy who can barely multiply be a threat to national
security? People call me paranoid."
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Scully: "She lied to us in the library, she lied to us about her pregnancy, what makes you think she wouldn't lie to us about killing Ruby?"
Mulder: "Because something was out there in those woods."
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Mulder: "You know when I was a kid, I had this ritual. I closed my eyes before I walked into my room, cause I thought that one day when I opened them my sister would be there. Just lying in bed, like nothing ever happened. You know I'm still walking into that room, every day of my life."
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Mulder: "She should be encouraged to tell her story, not to keep it inside, it's important that you let her."
Darlene Morris: "Important to who? I have my daughter back, I don't want any more trouble. Besides she can hardly remember anything."
Mulder: "But she will remember one day, one way or another, even if it's only in dreams. And when she does, she's gonna wanna talk about it, she's gonna need to talk about it."
Darlene Morris: "Like I did? Listen to me, all of my life I have been ridiculed, for speaking my mind."
Mulder: "But it was the truth Darlene."
Darlene Morris: "The truth has caused me nothing but heartache, I don't want the same thing for her."
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(tape of Mulder's hypnosis)
Hypnotist: "But your eyes are open?"
Mulder: "Yeah, they're open, but it's like......nothing's happening."
Hypnotist: "Try turning your head."
Mulder: "I can't..."
Hypnotist: "Why not?"
Mulder: "I don't know...I can't move....So I don't... I just lie there in bed..."
Hypnotist: "Can you see your sister?"
Mulder: "No.....but I can hear her."
Hypnotist: "What is she saying?"
Mulder: "She's calling out my name, over and over again....She's crying for help, but I can't help her...I can't move."
Hypnotist: "Are you scared?"
Mulder: "I know I should be but I'm not..."
Hypnotist: "Do you know why?"
Mulder: "Because of the voice.."
Hypnotist: "The voice?"
Mulder: "The voice in my head..."
Hypnotist: "What's it telling you?"
Mulder: "Not to be afraid...it's telling me that no harm will come to her, and that one day she'll return.."
Hypnotist: "Do you believe the voice?"
Mulder: "...I want to believe..."
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