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: The episode concludes with a haunting recording of Mulder under hypnosis, where he utters the series' signature phrase, "I want to believe," for the first time.

Mulder and Scully travel to Sioux City, Iowa, to investigate the disappearance of a teenage girl named Ruby Morris from a lakeside campsite. While local authorities suspect she ran away, her mother, Darlene, is convinced of an alien abduction—a belief rooted in her own UFO encounter decades earlier. The case takes a surreal turn when Ruby's younger brother, Kevin, begins transcribing binary code from television static. This code, which contains top-secret government satellite data, draws the attention of the NSA and reinforces Mulder’s belief that Kevin has become a "conduit" for extraterrestrial transmissions. The episode's title, "Conduit," carries a dual meaning: Literal : Kevin Morris acts as a receiver for alien data. ConduitThe X-Files : Season 1 Episode 4

: The Morris family serves as a mirror for Mulder’s own shattered household. Mulder over-identifies with the case, projecting his guilt and loss onto Kevin in hopes of achieving the "happy ending" he never got with Samantha. Defining Moments and Trivia : The episode concludes with a haunting recording

: Critics note strong visual and thematic homages to Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Poltergeist . The case takes a surreal turn when Ruby's