demons files demons episode fourth season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network united_states united_kingdom bbc february written directed kim_manners episode helps explore series overarching mythology demons received nielsen rating watched million viewers initial broadcast episode received positive reviews television critics complimenting episode look mulder mind 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 wakes hotel blood memory happened mulder scully soon discover mulder involved double homicide killer soon revealed mulder seeing doctor allowed view past memories evidence paramount mulder cleared murder charges episode written executive producer director marked second instance member production crew wrote episode season entry written episode influenced mars series essays particular landscape dreams featuring man recall detail childhood flashback sequences episode effects created manipulating camera film plot fox_mulder david_duchovny mind flashes attic sister samantha parents arguing present mulder awakens hotel room providence rhode_island covered blood mulder calls dana_scully gillian_anderson arrives finding shock mulder pounding memory past days scully finds bullets fired mulder gun keys belonging david scully wants mulder check hospital wants find involved crime agents arrive house tells home mulder recognizes house paintings house near parent summer home rhode_island arrive mulder striking pains head flashes child seeing younger version smoking man home agents enter home find dead gunshot wounds agents police mulder evidence scully performs autopsy finding forehead detective charge case tells mulder found david amy blood shirt mulder refuses confess murders remembering scully arrives saying found amy blood traces substance properties substance detected mulder blood officers station kills similar symptoms mulder suffers seizure flashes childhood witnessing parents arguing smoking man scully sees mulder day telling believes killed receiving psychiatric treatment mulder visiting alien abduction experiences agents visit rhode_island treating amy aggressive method help recover abduction memories treated police officer says met mulder mulder painful flashback smoking man arguing mother mulder declines scully request hospital goes visit mother demanding explain happened choice samantha mulder believes smoking man forced samantha mulder questions father mulder mother gets upset refuses provide answers visits convinces treat remember happened mulder visions past scully police arrive soon arrest find mulder gone scully finds family summer home rhode_island able calm mulder cleared deaths truly happened child remains mystery production writing episode written executive producer director second instance member production crew wrote episode inspired write episode reading mars series essays particular landscape dreams featuring man recall detail childhood came idea having fox_mulder waking strange place idea got receiving approval series creator chris_carter spent approximately weeks writing episode episode helped elaborate backstory smoking man series chief antagonist actor played character later noted story developed developed relationship mulder apparent father mother started historical connection carter explained episode start series greater conspiracy interesting development development conspiracy elements conspiracy development smoking man story course mulder actor reprised role smoking man previously played season earlier episode cigarette smoking man episode relied idea syndrome ability recall memory younger life incurred combination technology drugs situation certainly supported modern medicine admitted completely creative license took disorder addition based majority equipment new age equipment including brain filming home murdered filmed farmhouse near locations filming episodes home farmhouse rented refurbished art department restoration pre production photographs farmhouse returned original state actual filming paintings house created painter flashback sequences episode effects created manipulating camera film camera mechanism continuously stopped started scene time feel majority effects created post production entire sequence colors manipulated film development film filtered lights furthermore scene dialogue mixed background noise filtered reception demons originally broadcast united_states fox network broadcast united_kingdom bbc february episode earned nielsen rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode viewed million viewers critical response episode positive zack_handlen wrote highly episode awarded handlen praised episode exploration mulder mind noting entry allowed audience mulder views world argued mulder desperate need understand happened sister drives expect betrayal betrayal world makes kind sense write little disappointed demons doesn hold retrospect story perspective noted work great awarded episode wrote overall episode continued strip away fashion mulder psychological support system plot episode comes paula_vitaris cinefantastique gave episode largely positive review awarded half stars wrote demons works character study mulder praised episode hyper realistic flashback sequences vitaris calling structure story particularly imaginative wrote mulder condition intriguing reviews positive robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode half stars calling wrong episode wrong time argued attention given mulder potential oddly scully real life threatening brain cancer flashback sequences editing noted contents lack information
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