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 (that is, Marty’s whole life) in prison until being paroled recently. Marty reveals to Mulder and Scully Gotts’s 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. Mulder and Scully arrive at Marty's apartment only to find that Marty killed Gotts. She is sent to prison, but finally freed from her father and the visions of his horrible deeds. "Mind's Eye" was written by Tim Minear—his second credit for the series—and directed by Kim Manners. Minear was inspired to write the episode after learning about "remote viewing": the parapsychological practice of seeking impressions about a distant or unseen target, purportedly using extrasensory perception (ESP) or "sensing" with the mind. Reportedly, the Central Intelligence Agency spent $20 million on "Stargate Project", which was a research project to determine if the ability exists. Minear initially had trouble conceptualizing his idea, noting, "It might be a good idea for a short story, but how do you make the whole thing work visually?" To combat this issue, Minear decided to make the remote viewer blind. He sought to make the blind woman "not Audrey Hepburn", a reference to the 1967 film "Wait Until Dark", in which Hepburn played the part of an innocent but terrorized blind woman. He later said, "I wanted to make [Glenn] a bitch, because the fact is that disability doesn't necessarily ennoble a person." "Mind's Eye" guest-starred Lili Taylor, which was considered a rarity, as she generally preferred to work in the independent film scene. Taylor, however, was a fan of the series and reached out to the series' casting director, Rick Milikan, asking if they were interested in working with her.