fbi assistant director fictional character american fox television series files science fiction series government conspiracy hide deny truth alien existence introduced season lover main character portrayed british actor assistant director appearance ninth season episode important happened today start season case deputy director fbi time came respect character arc assistant director fbi romantic history briefly brought trying away files true motives political nature believe files deliberately showed calling instead agent new evidence concerning murder came light sought assistance worked organized crime new_york_city coming washington reyes recalled seeing accept bribe tried play event paying informant nearly succeeded truth reyes suspected truth luke fate revealed killed threatened blackmail concerning bribe acceptance future fbi left unresolved likely faced criminal charges actions conceptual history creating character chris_carter executive producers x-files personally wanted british actor role won role audition august chosen dynamic energy announcing character said character appear episodes creating character want character looked good bad having discussing carter frank_spotnitz executive producer producers actors instead labeled ambiguous man wants evidence logic describing character hollywood reporter said guy little little polished represents different kind fbi reasons creating character making main character ninth season decided provide love interest character introducing wanted strengthen reyes relationship second reason wanted create character different according wanted start character basically reception entertainment_weekly reacted overall positive confirmed recurring guest actor said fine reviewer called character unnamed staff writer felt performance forced concluding review feel comfortable character unnamed reviewer felt dialogue season premiere important happened today especially scene bar sense review site felt characterization stronger season premiere
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