trust trust sixth episode ninth season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network january episode written series creator chris_carter executive producer frank_spotnitz directed trust helps explore series overarching mythology episode received nielsen household rating viewed million viewers garnered mixed negative reviews television critics feeling portrayed series characters way history centers fbi special agents work cases linked paranormal called files season focuses investigations dana_scully gillian_anderson episode scully hopeful reuniting partner fox_mulder david_duchovny complete stranger offers new information drove hiding trust stranger place mulder danger man turns super soldier trust features leading star duchovny use previously filmed footage written response fans felt season mulder abduction dealt return happening actor quinn appears episode shadow man appeared different characters second season episode feature film appeared x-files sister millennium tagline episode watching plot coffee shop dana_scully gillian_anderson sees infant crying sees infant mother outside coffee shop arguing husband drives scully asks mother mother leaves child reyes stake location traced cell phone husband believe walk inside apparently abandoned building inside husband sits computer shadow man appears husband boss monitors scully surveillance scully sees short time later arguing husband drives baby car scully approaches offering assistance invites inside scully convinces stay night learning morning turns baby monitor removes william scully awakens gets phone warning following gone building scully hears william cry confronts gun telling baby husband attempts pick scully lock stopped reyes husband reveals scully works says william retrieve wife knew upset says daughter like william want children safe husband informs scully reyes watched signals scully close window husband reveals discovered infant government super soldier project begs fox_mulder david_duchovny hiding order information confirm couple story matches known initially encourages scully contact mulder believes names super soldiers information vital tracking super soldiers indicates willing share information mulder scully fearful mulder safety falsely claims know whereabouts absent touches email mulder sent earlier moments scully closes window shadow man calls tells mulder shadow man tells day contact mulder disappear list identities scully refuses contact mulder meet shadow man face face shadow man gives scully detailed instructions meet warning slight instructions mean contact shadow man tells drive series vehicles drive west told stop tells change different outfit trunk car driving scully reluctantly changes clothing shadow man comes face face scully questions knows clothing size meeting shadow man explains watching time addition clothing size knows including lonely night invited mulder bed shadow man presses button causing vehicle scully driving explode scully finally gives contacts mulder tells mulder left worked plan mulder return arriving train urges scully contact mulder tell come fearing shadow man set mulder harm way scully replies wants mulder late reyes husband agent cover scully train station train pulls shadow man appears guns husband agent approaching scully shadow man kill scully appears shoots twice sending falling train tracks train seemingly runs stopping shooting scully dismay train employee radios conductor train moving stop station scully consoles husband died scully arms reports find shadow man body scully fearful pursuing mulder chases train reyes employee works trail gets radio saying jumped train rock quarry reyes chase believe mulder scully goes deeper quarry attacked shadow man suddenly shadow man destroyed mined quarry production trust written series creator chris_carter executive producer frank_spotnitz directed episode features leading star david_duchovny use previously shot footage according book complete files episode includes themes surveillance trust written response fans felt season mulder abduction dealt return happening despite series director kim_manners critical mulder noting thing thought didn right seasons lot shows mulder thought mistake series man wasn standing camera email addresses mulder scully use communicate real addresses created maintained tagline episode watching changed usual truth actor quinn appears episode shadow man appeared different characters second season episode feature film played recurring role millennium sister series x-files appeared short lived series quinn later earned nickname thirteen appearance multiple shows movies affiliated company produced x-files spelled opening credits broadcast reception trust premiered fox network united_states january episode earned nielsen household rating meaning seen nation estimated households viewed million households million viewers 55th watched episode television aired week ending march episode eventually aired united_kingdom bbc december episode later included volume dvd collection contains episodes involved alien super soldiers arc episode received mixed negative reviews television critics television pity gave episode grade gave episode mixed review awarded wrote overall nearly bad episode people making exactly sterling piece work feels like shooting sic wound zero sum episode interesting information provides opinion better lord flies robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode star called entry exercise best argued duchovny left series sense excitement appearance episode completely gone furthermore shearman pearson heavily criticized mulder scully characterization calling mulder character audience recognize scully book denying truth files critical script treatment characters arguing mulder scully episode sound like characters come know lamented episode examine central theme electronic surveillance greater detail book examinations wrote largely negative review episode derided series making appear mulder abandoned woman loved child noted walks talks acts like x-files doesn x-files
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