TITLE: countable intersection of connected sets
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: Let X be a topological space. 
Given a decreasing sequence of closed and connected subsets $J_1\supset J_2 \supset J_3\supset\cdots$, consider $J:=\bigcap_{i=1}^\infty J_i$.
Is it always true that $J$ is connected when $X=\mathbb{R}^2$ ?
and when $X$ is compact but not Hausdorff ? (if $X$ is compact and Hausdorff $J$ is connected)

REPLY [4 votes]: Here is a counterexample when you remove the Hausdorff assumption.  Let $X=[-1,1]\cup\{0'\}$ be topologized like the line with two origins, so neighborhoods of $0'$ are neighborhoods of $0$ but with $0$ replaced by $0'$.  Note that $X$ is compact but is not Hausdorff, since $0$ and $0'$ do not have disjoint neighborhoods.  Let $J_n=[-1/n,1/n]\cup\{0'\}$.  Then each $J_n$ is closed and connected, but their intersection is just $\{0,0'\}$, which has the discrete topology and thus is disconnected.