Oubliette is about a young girl who is kidnapped in the present day and a woman who has a psychic connection to the girl, having been kidnapped by the same man.
This episode isn't quite in the upper echelon, but it shouldn't be understated. It's better than mostly everything and brilliant as well. It's resonating and character defining for Mulder, his empathy actually makes Scully seem cold. Duchovny's amazing. It's held back by the other two main characters. The kidnapper Carl Wade and his lack of depth. Why's he doing the things he's doing? And Lucy Householder, yeah she's the embodiment of what that character would be, but without Mulder's input in the scenes with her it would be rather stale viewing.
Best moment of the episode, Scully telling Mulder that his personal attachment to Lucy because of his sister is affecting his judgment. That he has dismissed all possibility that she could be responsible or in league with the kidnapper despite all the evidence, Mulder tells her that she's so very wrong.
This episode isn't quite in the upper echelon, but it shouldn't be understated. It's better than mostly everything and brilliant as well. It's resonating and character defining for Mulder, his empathy actually makes Scully seem cold. Duchovny's amazing. It's held back by the other two main characters. The kidnapper Carl Wade and his lack of depth. Why's he doing the things he's doing? And Lucy Householder, yeah she's the embodiment of what that character would be, but without Mulder's input in the scenes with her it would be rather stale viewing.
Best moment of the episode, Scully telling Mulder that his personal attachment to Lucy because of his sister is affecting his judgment. That he has dismissed all possibility that she could be responsible or in league with the kidnapper despite all the evidence, Mulder tells her that she's so very wrong.