Conduit (1 Oct. 1993)
"The X Files" Conduit (original title)

Mulder and Scully travel to Sioux City to investigate the disappearance of a teenager, Ruby Morris, whose mother Darlene claims was abducted by aliens. There's some reluctance on the part ... See full summary »

Director:

Daniel Sackheim

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator), Alex Gansa,

Stars:

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Carrie Snodgress

Cast

Episode cast overview:
David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Carrie Snodgress	...	Darlene Morris
Michael Cavanaugh	...	Sheriff Jack Withers
Donald Gibb	...	Kip (as Don Gibb)
Joel Palmer	...	Kevin Morris
Charles Cioffi	...	Section Chief Scott Blevins
Shelley-Lynn Owens	...	Tessa Seers (as Shelley Owens)
Don Thompson	...	Holtzman
Akiko Morison	...	Leza Atsumi
Taunya Dee	...	Ruby Morris
Anthony Harrison	...	4th Man
Glen Roald	...	M.E. Worker
Mauricio Mercado	...	Coroner

Storyline

Mulder and Scully travel to Sioux City to investigate the disappearance of a teenager, Ruby Morris, whose mother Darlene claims was abducted by aliens. There's some reluctance on the part of the FBI to even open an X-File on the matter until Mulder finds that the Darlene was also supposedly abducted during a girl scout outing when she was a teenager. Ruby had something of a wild reputation and the local authorities believe she may have run off with a biker. Ruby's younger brother Kevin is seeing something on the television that he can translate into binary code, something that is of interest to the NSA. For Mulder, the case is far too reminiscent of his sister Samantha's abduction by aliens when he was 12 and she 8 years old.

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Plot Keywords:

interrogation | disappearance of a chil | digitized image | binary number | bright light | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 October 1993 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 2, North Shore Studios, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Ten Thirteen Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This episode marks the first time that the X-Files are referred to as "fringe events".

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Goofs

In Samantha's personal X-Files, her middle name is only listed as 'T', while in several other episodes it is Anne.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Mulder: I want to believe...

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Soundtracks

"Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Mvt. I, Allegro"
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach

User Reviews

A brother's quest

This episode Conduit brings a part of Mulder's childhood to the fore.We learn his sister Samantha was abducted when he was young and he was unfortunate enough to witness the event.Also Mulder's determination to succeed in his field of work stems from this event.He clearly would go to any lengths to find out the truth about his sister's disapperance.Though Scully admires his intense determination and drive she feels sometimes Mulder's judgement is clouded sometimes.This is a reoccurring theme on the x-files and for that reason alone helped to sustain the interest of many viewers who watched the show.Conduit is a starting part of a long quest for the truth