User Reviews

This is definitely an interesting episode although I won't say it is a personal favorite. It was actually nominated for a couple of Emmy's the year it was run even though I've heard a number of people say they really didn't like it. I thought the story was pretty interesting and, although the blind lady was kind of annoying at times, she was an interesting enough character to where there was actually some closure to the episode which is pretty rare when it comes to this show.

The story is about a woman who is blind from birth yet she is caught at a murder scene with the murder weapon. Mulder and Scully are called in to try and help prove that she is in some way capable of having committed the crime. "Some kind of sixth sense that lets her see in the dark like a bat," says the detective. However, Mulder is led to believe that while she does have some strange phenomenon allowing her to see through her mind's eye, she is not the killer. Even after she confesses to the crime and is sent to prison, Mulder gets her out and they work together to catch the real killer, whose eyes she is seeing through. Unfortunately, she gives them false information in order to lure the murderer to her home so she can kill him and she ends up going to jail. The ending is sort of nice where Mulder comes to visit her and she talks about how all she can see now is the beach and Mulder tells her she's lucky that the killer wasn't a fan of the Ice Capades (not the first anti-Ice Capades joke we've heard from Mulder). I give the episode an 8 out of 10.

Love when David gets to work with stories like this one closely with the case and subject or person he's working with. They really showcase the vulnerable, enduring side of David's character, Mulder. I feel I was lulled into my own one dimensional interpretation of Lili's character, Marty, and humbled by my own blindness to her unique experience, strength.

He seeks out to bring Marty (Lili's) character from the brink of self-destruction. To some extent, Mulder accomplishes what he sets out to, just not in the way he ultimately envisioned or could possibly understand. Mulder sought out justice in truth, whereas Marty sought freedom from a veritable prison within.

Ultimately, this freedom, regardless of the consequences was in her hands and her hands alone.

Ever known a person like Marty Glenn? During my life I've run across a handful of people who are simply arrogant for the mere sake of being so. I used to wonder about that but realize now that that's just the way some people are. There's obviously an underlying reason but you'll generally never find out. To Mulder's credit, he persisted in his belief that Marty (Lili Taylor) wasn't a murderer, and that the blind girl actually did 'see' things in a manner of speaking, making this an X-Files case worthy of it's name.

Of course, Mulder has a lot of convincing to do, most notably his partner Scully and police detective Pennock (Blu Mankuma), that what Marty is experiencing is the vision or sight of another person with whom she shares some sort of psychic link. The way he comes to these conclusions is often mystifying; in this case it's her own father, recently released from prison, who provides a terrifying perspective of the world around her and the newest trail of victims he's leaving behind.

Actress Lili Taylor is quite convincing in the role of Marty Glenn. She's not an endearing character by any means, though she does manage to soften up somewhat as Mulder makes inroads into clearing her name and solving what might otherwise have been an impossible case. The story began with a vision of a man called the 'little monster' attacking her and winding up dead, but it was a bigger monster Lili had to face when Charles Wesley Gotts (Richard Fitzpatrick) came calling on his daughter. One minor nit-pick one might point to in the resolution of Marty's fate would be how she was able to shoot Gotts with unerring precision to the middle of his forehead, if in fact she was 'seeing' through his eyes. But what the heck, Mulder never questioned it, so why should we?