list files list fifth episode season science fiction television series files television series broadcast united_states fox network october list written directed series creator chris_carter episode monster week story stand plot unconnected series larger mythology list received household rating watched million people initial broadcast received mixed positive reviews critics centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson work cases linked paranormal called files mulder believer paranormal skeptical scully assigned debunk work episode mulder scully investigate case death row declares result men die list written directed carter success second season entry art department x-files tasked creating death row set quickly feat eventually caused episode budget sequences necessitated use real turn events popular cast notably anderson list later nominated won international monitor awards plot napoleon death row florida prison brought electric chair executed avenge men prison shortly execution fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson brought investigate prison guard mysteriously found dead cell agents meet prison warden believes planned guard murder outside execution believes returned scully explores prison showers meets guard named claims prisoner keeping list remaining victims later head guard found inside paint examination head shows premature appearance larvae prison tells scully guard lungs completely infested larvae belonging green bottle fly mulder talks wants transfer prison exchange revealing remaining people list later finds body office searching cell mulder discovers evidence obsession scully course skeptical later talk fearful widow april grace secretly seeing brought showers beaten death revealing fifth person list puts prison tells mulder violent history victims mulder believes came revenge guards doubts list requests provided turns volunteer named agents arrive simon home discover body attic mulder confronts list tells claims seen big life outside cell based phone records scully lawyer engineered murders agents interview tells relationship leave resurrected visits cell offers death sentence exchange stopping murders takes offer night visits agitated mulder scully begun house agents suspect murders leave asks arrested soon afterward wakes bed grabs gun confronts thinking resurrected form agents police task force arrive shoot kill assuming list thinks deal taken showers kills claims person remains list blamed murders agents start leave florida mulder soon pulls remains frustrated duty murder men knew confidential identity points inconsistencies actions assumed plot mulder believes responsible deaths enact revenge scully convinces mulder case return home passes car looking rear view mirror sees attacks causes car crash tree claiming victim production episode written directed series creator chris_carter second directorial endeavor second season entry art department x-files tasked creating convincing death row set thin air set took days build making complicated jobs staff season construction prison set episode ended going budget set later season dos set rented productions vancouver canada real scenes described gillian_anderson hardest animals work special effects producers unable create body replica victim time requiring lay autopsy table makeup applied poured rice place scenes car crash end entry described stunt coordinator action sequence season episode different look producers applied green film post production named nbc executive producer writer director chris_carter knew played uncredited producers played prison chaplain reception list premiered fox network united_states october episode earned nielsen rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode watched total million viewers later nominated international monitor awards including nominations best director best editing best color correction list later won award best director story editor frank_spotnitz said episode think vastly episode think brave different weather test time think brave single likable character root mulder scully solve case interested time chris_carter nominated award directors guild america work episode list received mixed positive reviews television critics entertainment_weekly gave list describing standard executed zack_handlen writing mixed feelings ultimately rating felt list embodied bland stand x-files episode concept script attempts drama depth little effect main narrative basically handlen praised cinematography art direction performances final scene ultimately considered past set design cinematography end good lines scary moments paula_vitaris cinefantastique gave episode stars praised carter directing felt story suffered comparison second season written directed carter better unsettling ambiguity felt characters audience know lack resolution leave audience utterly frustrated reviews critical author wrote negatively episode calling favorite episode seasons book guide x-files robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode half stars positively carter directing calling entry good looking noting decidedly hour television derided plot called barely cooked writing characters killed wholly dimensional
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