Oubliette
- Episode aired Nov 17, 1995
- TV-14
- 45m
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A woman experiences a psychic connection with a teenager held captive by a deranged man.A woman experiences a psychic connection with a teenager held captive by a deranged man.A woman experiences a psychic connection with a teenager held captive by a deranged man.
David James Lewis
- Young Agent
- (as David Lewis)
Eryn Collins
- Young Lucy Householder
- (uncredited)
Alexa Mardon
- Sadie Jacobs
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaAn oubliette is a secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling. The word is derived from the French word for forgetting.
- GoofsWhen the tow truck driver gives the location where he tried to help Carl Wade on the side of the road, Mulder identifies the position using Interstate 12 and Highway 903 on the map. However, Interstate 12 is not near the setting of the Seattle, Washington region. It is located entirely in South Louisiana.
- Quotes
Fox Mulder: [referring to Lucy's seizure and incoherent speech] Whether she knew it or not, she's was repeating the exact words spoken by Amy's abductor at the exact same time, twenty miles across town.
Dana Scully: That's spooky.
Fox Mulder: [with a wry smile] That's my name, isn't it?
- SoundtracksKyrie (Eleison)
Performed by Mr. Mister
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"Oubliette"
I was so proud of myself when I saw the title of this episode and said, "I know what that word means!" I wanted to write a review to tell you guys because I find it so ironic that the episode is called this, but the word is never even mentioned nor explained. But it completely fits the episode!
"Oubliette" is French for 'dungeon' and can also be connected to another French word, "Oublier," which means 'forget.' In other words...forgotten dungeon. An Oubliette was a Medieval torture chamber in which prisoners were thrown into a room below the floor. This room had no windows and the only way out was by a door high in the ceiling, the very door in which they were cast into. The prisoners in there were then intentionally forgotten about and many of them died from starvation or from going mad.
I love that the writers did their research and I absolutely LOVE this episode! A wonderful Mulder-centered episode and if that wasn't enough, it is also beautifully written.
(PS: I'm sorry if I got some of the French definitions wrong. I don't speak French, but I know all of that through research)
"Oubliette" is French for 'dungeon' and can also be connected to another French word, "Oublier," which means 'forget.' In other words...forgotten dungeon. An Oubliette was a Medieval torture chamber in which prisoners were thrown into a room below the floor. This room had no windows and the only way out was by a door high in the ceiling, the very door in which they were cast into. The prisoners in there were then intentionally forgotten about and many of them died from starvation or from going mad.
I love that the writers did their research and I absolutely LOVE this episode! A wonderful Mulder-centered episode and if that wasn't enough, it is also beautifully written.
(PS: I'm sorry if I got some of the French definitions wrong. I don't speak French, but I know all of that through research)
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