Vince Gilligan on how a 30-year-old X-Files episode links to Breaking Bad

That’s the phrase killer Robert Patrick Modell — nicknamed “Pusher” — utters over and over again from the back of the police car after being apprehended in one of the all-time classic X-Files episodes. “Cerulean blue. Cerulean makes me think of a breeze. A gentle breeze,” he continues, until a trance comes over the officer driving the car. The cop then drives straight in front of a huge blue moving truck, killing himself and freeing Modell.