Index | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20
Mind's Eye
"I - I don’t think she was sure exactly what she was seeing but it was more like a - a constant image in her mind that she learned to live with over time. Up until three weeks ago."
Written by Tim Minear
Directed by Kim Manners
Directed by Kim Manners
Mulder: Well, there is evidence of some kind of neurological activity which caused her pupils to dilate.
Pennock: From what?
Mulder: To me, it indicates some reaction to stimuli. Some kind physical response to images in her mind's eye.
Pennock: From what?
Mulder: To me, it indicates some reaction to stimuli. Some kind physical response to images in her mind's eye.
Mulder and Scully are called to investigate a murder apparently committed by a woman (Lili Taylor) who has been blind since birth.
Tropes:
- Artistic License – Law: The implication that Marty would be going to prison for a long time for killing Gotts seems iffy at best. Yes, she very much did kill him, but Gotts was a known violent felon and he was in her home and armed with a knife when she shot him, so any lawyer worth their salt could very easily build a creditible case that Marty acted in self-defense.
- Beat Them at Their Own Game: After Marty constantly mocks and taunts Mulder, Scully and Pennock, Mulder decides to play her game. With a few choice words, he cuts through her like a knife, leaving her speechless and prompting her to lose her cool.
- Bittersweet Ending: Despite all the attempts to prove Marty innocent, finding the man responsible causes her to end him with a bullet to the head, thus ensuring her time in prison. However, she is at peace with this, not experiencing any more visions of her father's murders.
- Boom, Headshot!: Marty shoots her father dead with this method.
- Friend to Psychos: Marty, who cleans up the killer's crime scenes.
- Holding Hands: Mulder and Marty share this at the end of the episode through her prison cell bars, having grown closer through the episode.
- Jerkass: Marty Glenn at the start. She becomes gradually sympathetic as the episode progresses.
- Monster of the Week: It's not exactly a monster, but it does have supernatural links.
- Mundanger: The killer is human in this one and the one with powers is trying to stop him.
- Never Going Back to Prison: Marty is willing to go pretty far to prevent Gotts from going back to prison. Including taking the fall from his crime, or killing him.
- Pre-Mortem One-Liner: Marty says one as she holds her father, Gotts, at gunpoint."I hate the way you see me."
- Psychic Link: Marty is a blind woman, who has a one-way connection to a serial killer and cleans up his crime scenes after him.
- Seeing Through Another's Eyes: Marty sees through the eyes of the killer.
- Serial Killer: Gotts is this, killing people with C-shaped slashes at the right kidney.
- Tomboyish Name: Marty, which is commonly used as a nickname for Martin. It's possible that it's short for Martina.
"Lights out."
