The Great X-Files Rewatch: ‘Conduit’
“The boy is the key, Scully.”
Conduit
Written by Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, directed by Daniel Sackheim
Season 1, Episode 4
Recap
A family camps by a seemingly peaceful lake. A young boy and a teenage girl sleep by a campfire, while the mother sleeps within the camper nearby. Inside the van, the mother is suddenly jerked away by the violent shaking of the camper and a blinding white light. She scrambles to reach her children, who she hears calling for her outside. Grabbing the door knob, her hand is instantly burned by the hot metal.
Outside, her son tells her that Ruby (his sister) is gone. The woman calls out for the missing girl — eventually tilting her head back and screaming her name to the sky.
Section Chief Scott Blevins calls Scully into his office to discuss a case Mulder has put forward — based on nothing more than a tabloid clipping. Even Scully admits that this is odd.
Blevins explains to Scully that Mulder’s feelings may be getting in the way of his professional judgement. He points to the missing…
