shadows files shadows sixth episode season american science fiction television series files fox network october written directed featured guest appearances episode monster week story unconnected series wider mythology shadows earned nielsen household rating watched million households initial broadcast episode received production staff received mixed reviews critics centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson work cases linked paranormal called files episode mulder scully investigate death encounter office worker haunted spirit dead boss uncover murderer discover covert arms deals middle eastern episode inspired horror film entity written insistence creators write episodes mulder scully help people allowed writers space create episodes mind plot found dead alley philadelphia woman automated machine mulder scully investigate case called pair agents unknown agency bodies found electrical charge crushed inside sees boss grief death partner committed suicide weeks mulder scully determine dead men belonged islamic terrorist group video able track video reveals figure appears agents meet home initially denying admits incident knows murders leaving agents find car going control car found evidence electrical charge detected later visiting grave graves mulder scully learn suicide death daughter young age daughter age alive scully suspects graves faked death consulting examined body testing organs donated proved died witnesses vision night including blood appearing leads believe graves murdered going away party threatened believes knowledge confidential information calls mulder scully home agents assassins hired arrive kill invisible force kills mulder scully arrive mulder witnessing body assassins hanged interrogated mulder scully unknown agents called involved believe graves company sold technology admits mulder scully sales place believes graves killed hearing eerie circumstances believes caused graves spirit scully usually reserved readily accepts story mulder confused leaves scully admits agents search company premises unable find evidence attacks letter opener graves spirit takes cuts open revealing disc evidence weeks later starts new job appears graves spirit followed production episode created fox insistence creators write episodes mulder scully help people episode written accomplish allow writers space create episodes mind writer claims episode inspired movie entity assistant director later played lone gunmen member scene parking lot attendant episode featured guest appearances fox emphasized horror aspect shadows tagline don watch advertising episode episode mulder jokes man successfully faked death joke eventually similar jokes series mulder wonders scully tagline famous quote film broadcast reception shadows premiered fox network october broadcast united_kingdom bbc october episode earned nielsen household rating share meaning percent television equipped households percent households actively watching television watching program viewed million households retrospective season entertainment_weekly shadows rated episode called awkward political context seen weak point writing mixed feeling episode rating felt episode plot worked supernatural elements little writing den geek positive episode calling fun viewing feeling characters care far rounded plot proved better episodes far wouldn particularly brilliant writer felt changes asked script led shadows turning average episode felt director good job partner similar opinion calling little ordinary like seen exactly network wanted time chris_carter positive view episode calling great effects meat potatoes kind story fbi sting good mystery mulder scully investigate overall solid episode plot shadows adapted novel young adults title haunted allusions experiment episode connects central elements story experiment nature lightning electricity takes desk graves bearing inscription franklin appears serve powers include high voltage electrical charges additionally surname works philadelphia home given briefly agent scully franklin pennsylvania suburb local tradition long claimed erroneously franklin carried experiment grounds township named honor ben
Shadows (The X-Files)