space files space ninth episode season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network november written series creator chris_carter directed featured guest appearances episode monster week story unconnected series wider mythology space earned nielsen household rating watched million households initial broadcast received negative reviews critics centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson work cases linked paranormal called files investigating possible sabotage nasa shuttle program mulder scully find astronaut mulder childhood hero possessed extraterrestrial spirit series creator chris_carter inspired write space reading news face mars instance mound region mars taken resemble human face episode conceived low budget bottle episode earlier episodes having exceeded budgets episode use significant inexpensive stock footage nasa construction command center set subject cost eventually leading episode expensive season plot episode opens news footage showing discovery water mars face sculpted planet landscape col commander mission plagued flashbacks encounter face fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson approached communications commander nasa believes nasa launch attempts recent space shuttle aborted seconds commencement fears launch similarly compromised personal interest fiancé aboard mission mulder scully travel nasa meet belt childhood hero mulder belt manages shuttle program dismisses agents concerns states possibly wrong mission allows agents watch launch launch successful agents leaving informs contact lost shuttle orbit driving sees face come causing crash car shuttle moved direct sunlight unable rotate safe position putting lives danger believes belt orders cut allowing rotate craft manually objections agents belt orders mission proceed lies press progress belt tells mulder shuttle program cancelled mission completed successfully belt returns home flashback lies bed presence leaves body flies window heading sky report hearing outside shuttle begin experience oxygen leak belt situation orders mission proceed successfully deployed crew member reports seeing entity outside ship agents examine nasa records find evidence belt played role failed missions including challenger disaster belt begins act collapses screaming hears mention entity called attend find desk begging help belt taken away tells agents shuttle survive sabotage face lived inside body possessed time orbit urging alert shuttle change trajectory able land successfully hospital belt continues wrestle presence telling mulder wasn responsible couldn stop came lives eventually wrestle possessing entity shouts leaps window death experiencing lengthy flashback space mission falls mulder belt compelled sabotage launches entity possessing sent evidence taking place belt final sacrifice stating end gave life mission true astronaut production space conceived low budget bottle episode earlier episodes having exceeded budgets series creator chris_carter inspired write episode reading news face mars instance mound region mars taken resemble human face episode use significant inexpensive stock footage nasa construction command center set subject cost eventually leading episode expensive season carter blames showing stricken shuttle requiring additional exposition explain situation found manage day television budget carter claims episode suffered filmed shortly pilot episode broadcast crew overwhelmed input noting happening scenes episode filmed operations center richmond british_columbia crew given permission airline use flight leading production delayed turn flights canada problematic command center set constructed filmed vancouver sloping surfaces helped suggest computer needing construction false computer monitors added shots view guest star previously worked episode director film story jim jones role episode stated don lot thought nice job nice working vancouver david_duchovny gillian_anderson broadcast reception space premiered fox network november broadcast united_kingdom bbc november episode earned nielsen household rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching tuned episode total million households watched episode original airing episode reportedly carter favorite poorly received books called series episode citing antagonist highly unclear motivations writing reviewed episode negatively rating felt episode special effects pretty decidedly episode premise confusing little treatment challenger disaster retrospective season entertainment_weekly episode similarly derided rated described dead hour writing den geek reviewed episode negatively feeling write home episode antagonist distinctly lacking true sense menace intrigue
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