In the episode "X-Files" "Sein Un Zeite" (February 6, 2000), Mulder (David Spiritual) is investigating a bizarre case of kidnapping in Sacramento, California. It seems that a young girl named Amber (Megan Corelet) was recently abducted, and the kidnapper left her threatening note. The note involves a bizarre referral to Santa Claus. Strange part: The note seems to be written by Amber's mother, Billy (Sharin Mitchell), even thought Billy claimed to have no memory of writing. Mulder seems to remember the 1987 case with a similar MoD in the older case, the mother was convicted of kidnapping her own child, and a similar note was found at the scene in the mother's hand, also in which Santa Claus was invoking.

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Mulder begins to suspect that mothers in both cases were possessed by an enemy spirit of some sort. This affects Mulder personally, as his mother wrote a similar note about the time of his sister's disappearance when they were children. Mulder must also oppose the fact that his mother recently, and unexpectedly, took his life. He clearly uses the case of kidnapping as a way to deal with his mother's death and the 27-year-old disappearance of his sister. By the end of the episode, Mulder will be removed from the case, knowing that he is unable to examine with a good judgment. (Remind yourself of that Mulder left after the seventh season of the show.)

It is a heavy and depressive episode that came late in running the show. "Sein Un Zit" is marked by a bizarre incident during the filming. It seems that a crew member - unnamed - left one of the props in my mistake my mistake. When they returned to return, they were arrested for kidnapping. Local police officers found the note, it seems, and they thought it was real. The incident is described in the book "All Works: Official Guide to" X-Data ", Volume 6" by Mac Shapiro.

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The incident seemed innocent enough. The crew member, as recalled by episode director Kim Manner, wore a large folder with files around the set and contained all the letters of kidnapping props that were to be used in the episode. They then went to the phone to make a call (this was in 2000, before the cell phones were ubiquitous), and the absent-mind left the file behind. The episode was filmed in Altena, California, a city in the Los Angeles County, north of Pasadena, and it seems that one of Altena's locals have been careful about the member of the X-Datoti crew. It is a bit suspicious that a stranger should leave a large folder with files in a phone stand.

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The local called the police officers and found the false note of ransom. When a crew member returned to get the file folder he left behind, he was arrested. You can imagine the follow -up kerfufs and as someone in the production office had to explain to police Altadena that the ransom note was really a props. The crew member was released, it seems, and no longer this issue.

"Sein Un Zate", named after Martin Heidegger's existentialist work, ended up in a movable and dark way. In the end, it will be revealed that the culprit for kidnapping was not a retaliating spirit, but a professional Santa Claus actor who kidnapped and killed children for decades. Mulder's mother took her life because she died of deadly bone cancer, not because of nothing supernatural. The kidnapped children were not safely held in a spiritual area, but were killed. Mulder and the audience had to learn to grieve. Ghosts left the show, but even now, He always opens for return.

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Fortunately, the powerful episode did not affect the arrest of poor crew members. It is forgotten but is too depressed to be considered a favorite fan.