History Recap / TheXFilesS01E04Conduit

->Written by Creator/AlexGansa & Creator/HowardGordon\\
Directed by Creator/DanielSackheim

->Written by Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon\\
Directed by Daniel Sackheim

[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E01 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E02DeepThroat 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E02DeepThroat 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E03Squeeze 3]] | '''4''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E05TheJerseyDevil 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E06Shadows 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E07GhostInTheMachine 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E08Ice 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E09Space 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E10FallenAngel 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E11Eve 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E12Fire 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E13BeyondTheSea 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E14GenderBender 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E15Lazarus 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E16YoungAtHeart 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E17EBE 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E18MiracleMan 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E19Shapes 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E20DarknessFalls 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E21Tooms 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E22BornAgain 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E23Roland 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E24TheErlenmeyerFlask 24]]]]-]]]

!!![[AC:Recaps]]: [[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E01 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E02DeepThroat 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E03Squeeze 3]] | '''4''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E05TheJerseyDevil 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E06Shadows 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E07GhostInTheMachine 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E08Ice 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E09Space 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E10FallenAngel 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E11Eve 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E12Fire 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E13BeyondTheSea 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E14GenderBender 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E15Lazarus 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E16YoungAtHeart 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E17EBE 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E18MiracleMan 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E19Shapes 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E20DarknessFalls 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E21Tooms 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E22BornAgain 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E23Roland 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E24TheErlenmeyerFlask 24]]

* BittersweetEnding: With more emphasis on 'bitter' than 'sweet' for the main characters. Ruby is returned, but her mother -- fearing that Ruby will be ostracised for her experiences the same way the mother was -- refuses to cooperate further with the investigation. Mulder is left with no answers regarding what happened to his sister, and is last seen crying in a church.
* CreepyChild: Kevin, even though he is sweet enough when Mulder talks to him.
* CynicismCatalyst: Inverted. Samantha's abduction is definitely the formative event in Mulder's personality, but if anything, it has made him more willing to ''believe'' in the supernatural, as opposed to making him jaded and cynical.

* ManlyTears: Mulder is shown crying in a church at the BittersweetEnding.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Inverted, in a way. Mulder finds and possibly solves a homicide case that reveals a very minor clue towards the X-File case.

!!![[AC:Recaps]]: [[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E01 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E02DeepThroat 2]] |
[[Recap/TheXFilesS01E03Squeeze 3]] | '''4''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E05TheJerseyDevil 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E06Shadows 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E07GhostInTheMachine 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E08Ice 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E09Space 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E10FallenAngel 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E11Eve 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E12Fire 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E13BeyondTheSea 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E14GenderBender 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E15Lazarus 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E16YoungAtHeart 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E17EBE 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E18MiracleMan 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E19Shapes 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E20DarknessFalls 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E21Tooms 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E22BornAgain 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E23Roland 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E24TheErlenmeyerFlask 24]]

[[caption-width-right:350:...that make the big picture.]]

* BittersweetEnding: With more emphasis on 'bitter' than 'sweet' for the main characters. [[spoiler: Ruby is returned, but her mother -- fearing that Ruby will be ostracised for her experiences the same way the mother was -- refuses to cooperate further with the investigation. Mulder is left with no answers regarding what happened to his sister, and is last seen crying in a church.]]

--> '''Mulder''': You know, when I was a kid, I had this ritual. I closed my eyes before I walked into my room, because I thought that one day when I opened them my sister would by there. Just lying in bed, like nothing ever happened... I'm still walking into that room, every day of my life.

* ManlyTears: Mulder is shown crying in a church at the DownerEnding.

* RedHerring: The coded messages Kevin's getting transcribed as 1s and 0s get mistaken for binary code revealing complex computer images and files. [[spoiler:He's really drawing them out into a massive image of his missing sister's face.]]

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: Ever since the night of his sister's disappearance, Kevin's been drawing rows and rows of 1s and 0s while sitting in front of a static TV. It turns out that [[spoiler: he's been receiving signals from outer space, one of which is about Ruby]].

--> '''Mulder''': You know, when I was a kid, I had this ritual. I closed my eyes before I walked into my room, because I thought that one day when I opened them my sister would by there. Just lying in bed, like nothing ever happened...I'm still walking into that room, every day of my life.

* {{NSA}}: NSA (No Such Agency) Agents break into Mulder's hotel room.

* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Contrasted between [[TheSpock Scully]] and [[TheMcCoy Mulder]]. Scully doesn't hesitate to report 8-year-old Kevin to the {{NSA}} Agents when he is found inscribing top-secret coded messages, whereas Mulder is appalled at how awful it must be for the boy to be in custody.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: This episode is probably the first time we get to see how GenderInverted the Mulder-Scully pairing really is.

--> '''Mulder''': You know, when I was a kid, I had this ritual. I closed my eyes before I walked into my room, because I thought that one day when I opened them my sister would by there. Just lying in bed, like nothing ever happened. You know, I'm still walking into that room, every day of my life.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: This episode is probably the first time we get to see how GenderInverted the Mulder-Scully pairing really is. Scully is [[TheStoic calm]], believes [[LawfulGood rules are important]], and doesn't hesitate to report an 8-year-old child to the {{NSA}} Agents, whereas Mulder is emotional, impulsive, and is appalled at the idea of an 8-year-old child in custody.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: We get to know a few things about Samantha's abduction.

* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Inverted, in a way. Mulder [[spoiler: finds and possibly solves a homicide case that reveals a very minor clue towards the X-File case.]]

* SingleIssuePsychology: It would appear that Samantha's abduction was a CynicismCatalyst that triggered nearly everything in Mulder's life.
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* {{NSA}}

* SingleIssuePsychology

* EstablishingCharacterMoment We get to know a few things about Samantha's abduction.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment We get to known a few things about Samantha's abduction.

* {{NSA}}