files ninth episode second season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network november written directed featured guest appearances episode monster week story unconnected series wider mythology centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson work cases linked paranormal called files episode mulder scully investigate death remote research base discover new based fungus found area affecting killing researchers plot episode inspired nasa earned nielsen household rating watched million households initial broadcast episode received poor reviews critics noted repeating material familiar series plot scientist visual transmission mobile robot sent volcanic research project near bend oregon broadcasting inside volcanic cave pierce dead body chief sees shadow moving cave extremely high temperatures figure cave destroys camera ending transmission pierce goes fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson showing interview project leader pierce project falling agents case mulder reluctant let scully come recent abduction scully insists ready arriving mount pierce goes woods inspect project equipment agents search laboratory meet seemingly team engineer systems analyst graduate student claim destroyed lab disappeared descent outside pierce team finds stores pierce body mulder reviews fragmented notes finds references new based organism existing inside scully doubts conclusions mental state breaks displays high fever refuses help mulder scully mulder notices neck flees woods dies bursts throat autopsy scully finds sand lungs indicating existence based spore exposed spore nearest hosts dies mulder contacts site mulder venture volcanic caves find find shoots gun killing burns body infected spore tells mulder returned descent rock samples resulting death infection scientists immediately surrounding says spore parasitic nature making hosts pass lab infected scully expose spore scully protects throwing sealed chamber closing door bursts throat killing spreading spore scully mulder arrive scene mulder radios evacuation team knowing refuse reports scully survived ordeal agents enter month long lab salvaged damaged yield sufficient data officially presumed dead seen carrying body disappears volcano production inspired write episode seeing news reports robotic explorer created nasa sent volcano chris_carter said episode think time second season telling serial stories mythological stories words file shows explore characters gordon felt episode allowed explore possible results mulder search truth echoing mindset interactions characters gordon noted natural quest truth madness comparing mulder treatment events novel episode shared themes previous episodes season ice darkness falls featured agents finding new remote locations somewhat negative concerning episode similarities ice saying starts going trouble gordon stated know similarities ice think similarities group people confined space going creature differences separate mountains cascade range far vancouver serve location film crew settled nearby forest partial view mountains set exterior field base camp later sold production company responsible series sentinel interior shot inside british_columbia sub station set built represent interior volcano footage filmed achieved use crane portrays character appearances fourth season episode tenth season episode struggle making appearances spin series lone gunmen sister millennium broadcast reception premiered fox network november broadcast united_kingdom bbc october episode earned nielsen household rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode total million households watched episode original airing retrospective second season entertainment_weekly episode rated review described bad noting season episode ice film alien writing zack_handlen felt represented basics approach series following previous story arc relating scully abduction handlen noted episode total waste time season schedule served competent means reuniting main characters physical effects supervisor work episode effects won gross award gordon praised job directing episode carter said successful episode added nice directorial touch guest appearances good
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