"The X Files" Oubliette (1995)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Kim Manners

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Charles Grant Craig (written by)

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

17 November 1995 (Season 3, Episode 8)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

At the same time that a 15-year-old girl was kidnapped from her home, a previous kidnap victim, now a waitress...

Plot Keywords:

FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files | Conspiracy

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Tracey Ellis	...	Lucy Householder
Michael Chieffo	...	Carl Wade
Jewel Staite	...	Amy Jacobs
Ken Ryan	...	Eubanks
Dean Wray	...	The Tow Truck Driver
Jacques Lalonde	...	Henry
David Fredericks	...	Larsen
Sidonie Boll	...	Myra Jacobs
Robert Underwood	...	Paramedic
Dolly Scarr	...	Fast Food Supervisor
Bonnie Hay	...	Woman
David Lewis	...	Agent Kreski

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Quotes:

Dana Scully: I hate to say this, Mulder, but I think you just ran out of credibility.

Soundtrack:

Krie (Eleison)

Mulder's Connection

Oubliette follows the story of a girl who was abducted and a woman across town who collapsed and muttered the exact same words the abductor says at the exact time of the abduction. Mulder and Scully investigate this bizarre connection. A poignant line towards the beginning of the episode is when Mulder is talking to the mother of the abducted girl, Amy. Mulder says, "I know you must be feeling..." When the mother interrupts Mulder and exclaims, "I'm sorry … but how could you really know how I feel?" Mulder says nothing in reply. It's powerful because Mulder does know the feeling of having someone close to him abducted. Mulder separates the events of his sister's abduction from this case and manages to make a connection with Lucy, the woman who has the bizarre connection to Amy. However, when the police and Scully suspect that Lucy was involved in the abduction, Scully accuses Mulder of allowing his sister's abduction to cloud his judgement. Mulder responds by telling Scully, "And not everything I do, say, think, and feel goes back to my sister." And this is what made this episode special to me, Mulder's emotional connection to Lucy. He truly wanted to help Amy AND Lucy to "escape". Scully finally realizes this at the end. "Mulder, whatever there was between them, you were part of that connection." David Duchovny gives a great performance that you shouldn't miss.