 Second, he wanted to "lighten up" the rather bleak fourth season, which had featured a number of grim episodes and also introduced a story-arc in which Scully develops cancer.After getting approval from series creator Chris Carter, Gilligan asked former series writer Darin Morgan—who had penned four episodes in the second and third seasons—to play Eddie Van Blundht.In fact, the role was written specifically with Morgan in mind, as Gilligan had seen and was impressed by Morgan's acting in a student film he had made while a student at Loyola Marymount University.