Richard Fitzpatrick

Mulder (David Duchovny) disbelieves evidence that implicates a blind woman (guest star Lili Taylor) in a murder. With Gillian Anderson and Blu Mankuma.

While speaking at an island retreat in Georgian Bay, Canada, Eric must negotiate with the fanatical leader of a militia group that has taken Eric and the other guests hostage. From the outside, Maxine leads the team on her first negotiation while Eric works to preserve life at all costs on the inside.

The pet snakes of a man killed under mysterious circumstances roam a quiet town; an elderly woman tapes her encounter with a poltergeist.

After a young soldier vaporizes, military authorities are oddly uncooperative with OSIR investigators.