hell money hell money nineteenth episode season science fiction television series files episode overall premiered fox network united_states march written directed episode monster week story unconnected series wider mythology hell money earned nielsen household rating watched million people initial broadcast episode received mixed positive reviews television critics centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson work cases linked paranormal called files episode mulder scully investigate murder san_francisco involving masked strange chinese symbols lottery clandestine selling body parts premise episode based major ideas pyramid scheme involving body parts lottery small town corporate beings assembling episode writer developed ideas series creator chris_carter merged ideas finalized script episode contained elaborate special effects shots notably scene frog bursts victim chest created create fake human placed actor plot san_francisco chinese immigrant makes way apartment confronted telling pay price overtaken figures wearing masks security guard later finds figures near oven burned alive fox_mulder dana_scully investigate death latest series fatal mulder believes ghost activity deaths scully suspects cult agents collaborate chinese american detective find chinese character written inside oven translates meaning ghost mulder finds scrap burned paper ashes identifies hell money symbolic offering deceased spirits agents locate apartment find collection underneath recently installed carpet immigrant tends stricken daughter kim pay treatments attends underground lottery participants win money lose organ depending tiles chosen pair man wins lottery bad tile body found later day scully performs autopsy finds selling body parts noticing numerous surgical agents question claims local community maintains code silence reveal finds information leads installed carpet apartment eye having lost lottery earlier returning home confronted masked figures agents visit hospital visits hard faced man lottery wanting end participation man warns fire consume leaves lottery agents return hospital finding gone trace blood carpet apartment finding match causes agents visit find daughter apartment agents find outside nearby chinese restaurant follow inside wins lottery tile representing heart comes knocks table revealing lottery fixed mulder scully stop hard faced man seconds operate participated testify unlikely prosecuted brought hospital daughter placed organ donor list disappears awakening oven burned alive production writing hell money written making second script earlier season episode episode directed making episodes x-files fourth season entry directed episode features pre fame guest star role later gain prominence cast member premise episode originated idea executive producer series creator chris_carter pyramid scheme involving body parts writer combined additional concepts developed involved lottery small town concerned corporate beings assembling initial script hell money submitted carter merged stories noted twisted story makes think based true story according carter story completely original originally hoped episode rare entries scully version events end mulder filming episode exterior scenes shot vancouver canada scenes shot interior shots gambling shot hall community building vancouver production staff created second balcony hall exclusively episode agreement tear episode filmed filming ended owners requested balcony left place aesthetic reasons tiles episode created entirely production department scene frog pops victim chest created create fake human placed actor close shot placed table hole allowing animal push live frog opening actors dialogue accent post production recorded lines dubbed original soundtrack reception hell money premiered fox network united_states march episode earned nielsen rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode totaled million viewers episode received mixed positive reviews critics ranging largely positive negative entertainment_weekly gave episode calling shot citing lush gaming sequences particular television pity ranked hell money eleventh nightmare inducing episode noting thing don want mess chinese mafia especially branch dresses like burns alive lucky forces participate haunted organ harvesting slowly sell vital organs black market like robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode stars called hard episode love sincere praised episode arguing presenting situation chinese immigrants members alien culture point view mulder scully clumsy arrogant audience feel arrogant reviews mixed gave episode noting overall episode attempted mundane murder case interesting forcing agents interact alien culture unfortunately structure episode gave audience answers long agents discovered making bulk episode exercise taking theme far deepening mystery writers ultimately fail reach goals vanderwerff gave entry wrote episode fairly bold time providing subplot told subtitles feels like series pretty standard story setup ultimately vanderwerff concluded major problem hell money feels times like pilot new series starring corrupt detective paula_vitaris cinefantastique gave episode mixed review awarded stars fact episode lacked paranormal mystery noting theme episode fit nicely police drama vitaris described actors black suits ghost masks convincing producer fan hell money believed premise file fact paranormal happened episode claimed mulder scully removed story changed affected personally case
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