nineteenth episode second season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network march story written written gordon episode directed episode monster week story unconnected series wider mythology earned nielsen household rating watched million households initial broadcast episode received mixed positive reviews centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson work cases linked paranormal called files episode mulder scully called survivors destroyer escort found particularly catches agent mulder attention sailors appear aged decades course days mulder scully travel norway find civilian fisherman willing ship known position written use access navy destroyer previously featured colony end game episode originally intended way production crew rest demanding episodes shot episode difficult film second season plot chaos board uss ardent american destroyer escort mysterious unspecified events half ardent crew board abandon ship captain orders eighteen hours later spotted canadian fishing vessel short span time young crew members undergone rapid aging dana_scully gillian_anderson fox_mulder david_duchovny visit ship sole surviving crew member harper scully finds harper despite twenties aged point mulder explains ardent vanished parallel location history ship mulder believes time exists ardent subject government experimentation related world war norway mulder scully naval captain ardent known location crashing bow ardent mulder scully trondheim find signs advanced ardent years old decks party finds remains crew members find commanding officer ardent captain claims time got lost ship encountered glowing light ocean trondheim boat stolen mate murdered trondheim later attacked norwegian pirate named aged despite ship past days mulder scully trondheim eventually begin age scully develops theory ardent sailing near metallic object beneath ocean caused free rapidly bodies age mulder notices ship sewage pipe agents realize ocean contaminated ardent water led aging men remained unaffected consumption recycled water sewage system desperate survive trondheim kills reveals secret sets water scully learns blood tests contaminated water causes rapid cellular damage dramatically increases body tries water discovers trondheim attempting little remains trondheim locks scully sewage hold forcing use supplies mulder alive eventually eats ship hull flooding hold drowning trondheim hatch agents lose consciousness shortly navy arrive ship scully comes hospital told written observations case helped naval doctors reverse aging save mulder near certain death scully says wants return ardent research doctor tells ship sank shortly rescue flooding production writing series creator chris_carter asked write x-files given access canadian navy destroyer previous episodes colony end game episode originally intended way production crew rest demanding episodes shot script finished carter mentioned believed episode great rest book unofficial files companion notes aspects episode bear striking alleged naval military experiment episode contains mentions allusions experiment filming decommissioned destroyer interior exterior shots uss ardent ship previously shoot interior scenes climax episode end game ship order closely resemble abandoned ship technique referred paint aged originally docked new westminster ship relocated remote location avoid night lights filming exterior shots ship cost approximately lead ship class stripped scuttled shortly filming ended serves artificial reef order ease filming producers sought set portray bar hospital task initially dubbed impossible vancouver later stood norwegian bar hospital mulder scully taken cast crew reportedly found dual set amazing location set short distance away david_duchovny living producers subsequently decided try find possible locations closer main stars living order ease future filming broadcast reception premiered fox network march broadcast united_kingdom bbc january episode earned nielsen rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode viewed million households received mixed moderately positive reviews entertainment_weekly gave noting despite clumsy makeup isolation pays mulder scully try little todd_vanderwerff despite noting original dislike episode awarded rating wrote episode works spite nice little moments script constant horror serving episodes row tell unsettling ultimately moving tale friends look abyss don fall robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode half stars noted episode premise atmosphere ending extremely lacking shearman pearson argued writers plot corner awkward realistic way shouldn write story criticized episode noted scully looks like credible old lady mulder like man wearing layers latex
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