In
Wilmington, Delaware, a blind woman named Marty Glenn (
Lili Taylor) is in her apartment when she suddenly experiences a vision of someone with a knife approaching a man standing in a bathroom. Later, the police are called to a motel, where they find the man in Marty’s vision dead in the bathroom of one of the rooms; the police also discover Marty hiding in the shower. Assuming she is the murderer, the police go to arrest her but quickly realize that she is blind. Not sure of how a blind woman could commit the crime, Detective Lloyd Pennock (Blu Mankuma) contacts
Fox Mulder (
David Duchovny) and
Dana Scully (
Gillian Anderson). Pennock believes that Marty possesses a "
sixth sense" that allowed her to kill. Marty comes under further suspicion when she says things only the guilty party should know under questioning. Mulder becomes convinced that Marty somehow observed the murder, despite her disability. Meanwhile, Scully discovers a leather glove hidden behind an old razor disposal bin at the crime scene. Suddenly, Marty experiences another vision: the murderer approaches a woman, Susan Forester, at a bar. Marty is able to see the name of the bar in her vision, so when her premonition ends, she asks to make a phone call to the bar; there, she warns a man named Gotts (Richard Fitzpatrick) to leave Forester alone. Later, Scully shows the glove to Marty, who informs her that her fingerprints were found on it and that it fits her. Pennock concludes that the evidence is enough to charge Marty, but Mulder still does not think she is guilty. After Scully raises the possibility that Marty may not be blind, an eye examination is undertaken, during which Marty experiences another vision. During this event, Mulder notes that the device used to measure Marty's eyesight has a reaction. While the examiner believes Marty to truly be blind, Mulder believes that she might be reacting to visions in her
mind's eye. With insufficient evidence to charge her, Marty is released. Making her way home, she once again has a vision, this time of Gotts attacking Forester. Marty is too late to save Forester, and so she returns to the police station, confessing to the murders. Mulder—convinced that Marty is innocent—talks to Marty about her mother's murder. It is revealed that Gotts is actually Marty's father, and he killed her mother when she was still in the womb. Mulder tells Marty that he believes she was given her ability to "see" visions in her mind's eye. It is also revealed that Gotts had spent thirty years (Marty’s whole life) in prison until being recently
paroled. Marty reveals Gotts’ last known location, while Pennock takes her back to her apartment to pick up some things before entering protective custody. While packing, Marty has a vision of Gotts in the lobby of her apartment; she knocks Pennock out, takes his gun and waits for Gotts to find her. Mulder figures out that Marty had been experiencing Gotts' sight for the thirty years he was in prison, which effectively meant she too had spent her whole life in prison. The agents arrive at Marty's apartment only to find that Marty has killed Gotts. She is sent to prison but is finally freed from her father. ==Production==