second episode second season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network united_states april written series creator chris_carter staff writer directed episode monster week story unconnected series wider mythology received nielsen rating watched million households episode received mixed reviews television 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 scully tries discover cause mysterious illness men prison die mulder attempts find potentially spread disease based actual practice companies sending scientists world looking plants animals medicinal use files director frank_spotnitz felt episode exploding ridiculous nature rican forest opening shot demonstration forest plot rain forest costa_rica covered dark purple extracts insect fluid nightfall developed tries radio help group soldiers arrive morning dead prison virginia named receives package containing covered piece meat infected dies thirty hours later inmates paul steve escape laundry cart sent clean cell fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson sent help find agents note fbi normally investigate prison escapes suspicious prison national_guard mulder joins hunt scully stays investigate situation prison scully learns population infected deadly finding pile body bags stored prison boiler room scully cuts open body bag examines corpse member team tries stop body face causing flee room steal stop gas station paul calls girlfriend elizabeth looking shelter station clerk finds infected steve knocked unconscious paul scully calls mulder raid gas station telling spread population captured mulder sees team arrive scene forcibly taking away clerk helicopter arrive elizabeth house tends steve late stages infection steve face killing elizabeth moment mulder raid house arrest find paul missing scully traces package major drug developer finds insect body prisoner infected reveals team works researching produced insect insect parasitic life cycle kills hosts claims insect deliberately introduced prison experiment tells scully infected contracted mulder confronts skinner smoking man believing scully taking case knowing mulder adamant public know truth actions smoking man public knowledge truth create mass panic harm good mulder tries case scully agrees exposing result deadly paul remaining proof company crimes takes hostage killed mulder convince contents package episode ends skinner warning mulder wary situations find production fictitious companies send scientists world looking plants animals medicinal use appearance smoking man stand episode unusual chris_carter like mixing mythology stand episodes initially producers wary releasing episode close release similarly themed movie outbreak end realized entities separate stood exploding carefully rigged burst command makeup supervisor toby constructed handheld device connected tube faux device pressed burst filming scenes particularly later noted jammed underneath bus seats extras basically stepping head files director frank_spotnitz remarked saw film laughed rican forest opening shot demonstration forest served puerto_rico season opener little green men city delta served gas station bus station actually dodge car reception originally broadcast united_states fox network april broadcast united_kingdom bbc february episode earned nielsen rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode viewed million households episode received generally mixed reviews television critics entertainment_weekly graded episode writing good idea plot holes disturbing treated hour zack_handlen positive grading particularly praised way darkness handled tense gripping mini movie praised guest stars robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode half stars wrote positively entry noting simple story critical second half noting story takes left turn thoughtful analysis cover public right truth shearman pearson called parts interesting rough drafts concluded halves ill suited
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