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'''Season 5, Episode 16:'''
!Mind's Eye
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"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 Creator/TimMinear\\
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 [[TitleDrop mind's eye]].

Mulder and Scully are called to investigate a murder apparently committed by a woman (Creator/LiliTaylor) who has been blind since birth.
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!!Tropes:
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: 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.
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: 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.
* BittersweetEnding: 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.
* BoomHeadshot: Marty shoots her father dead with this method.
* FriendToPsychos: Marty, who cleans up the killer's crime scenes.
* HoldingHands: 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.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: 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.
* NeverGoingBackToPrison: 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.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Marty says one as she holds her father, Gotts, at gunpoint.
-->''"I hate the way you see me."''
* PsychicLink: Marty is a blind woman, who has a one-way connection to a serial killer and cleans up his crime scenes after him.
* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: Marty sees through the eyes of the killer.
* SerialKiller: Gotts is this, killing people with C-shaped slashes at the right kidney.
* TomboyishName: Marty, which is commonly used as a nickname for Martin. It's possible that it's short for Martina.
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->''"Lights out."''