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Part one of a two-part X-Files story, "Sein und Zeit" begins with the disappearance of little Amber Lynn LaPierre (Megan Corletto), who was apparently abducted while sleeping in her own bed. The girl's father (Mark Rolston) suffered visions of the child's demise, while the mother (Shareen J. Mitchell) received a cryptic ransom note, which she well might have written herself (shades of the JonBenet Ramsey case). Investigating, Mulder and Scully follow the evidence to an imprisoned woman (Kim Darby) who'd been convicted of a child's kidnapping and murder back in 1987 -- while Mulder comes across clues that may lead to solving the long-ago disappearance of his own sister. Originally telecast February 6, 2000, "Sein und Zeit" was written by X-Files producers Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz.