providence files providence tenth episode ninth season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network march later aired united_kingdom bbc january episode written series creator chris_carter executive producer frank_spotnitz directed carter providence helps explore series overarching mythology episode earned nielsen household rating viewed million viewers episode received mixed reviews critics reviewers enjoyed story way integrating absent fox_mulder david_duchovny storyline felt plot centers fbi special agents work cases linked paranormal called files season focuses investigations dana_scully gillian_anderson episode scully walter_skinner mitch_pileggi fbi investigation william kidnapping performs assisted reyes scully discovers william taken ufo cult believes william destined mankind fox_mulder alive mulder dead william lead forces evil alien invaders written directed carter episode opens shot fire fight gulf war involvement cast crew pleased carter directing including anderson episode makes reference alien wreck direct continuation plots sixth season finale seventh season opener sixth extinction plot retired lieutenant colonel recounts strange experience claims brought god squad ambushed battle verge defeat mysterious men showed defeated enemy astonishing ease thinks guardian angels revealed present stands wreckage spacecraft canada fbi room agents dana_scully gillian_anderson son william abducted notes lone gunmen identifying woman took child ran leaves potential motive crimes causes frustrated scully leave room reveals cell phone baby belongings track woman scully head find william eventually find william car seat cell phone abandoned reports william scully goes agent forced shoot attempt william life uses alien artifact heal explains believes physical manifestation god exists inside spacecraft according ancient prophecy william destined humanity fox_mulder david_duchovny alive dies william instead lead colonists claims mulder supposedly killed cult order aliens successfully invade tried kill william prevent causing humanity destruction suddenly nurse man arrive ask reyes scully leave ends man walter_skinner mitch_pileggi later reports died reyes accuses room killing scully visits warns trust scully goes meet near calgary claims protecting william demands mulder head exchange baby release returns wreck site relates craft began glow william started crying craft soon rises ground looking site distance scully reyes craft burst enclosure space lighting ground beneath fire goes find unharmed william bodies fbi headquarters asks remove final report instead goes man revealed super soldier production providence written series creator chris_carter executive producer frank_spotnitz large portion episode previous entry based ancient astronaut theory theory proposes intelligent extraterrestrial beings visited earth antiquity contact humans themes previously visited sixth extinction story arc episode proceeds plays questions concerning traditional religion faith plot series star later joked baby don understand don carter directed episode initially episode supposed helmed individual selected minute carter took role time constraints carter writing parts script episode filmed cast crew pleased carter directing gillian_anderson said thought chris directed best episodes tempered quiet gentle nice director energy help rest set got clear vision good communicating noted carter directing meticulous knows exactly wants episode opening scene depicts fire fight gulf war sequence took days film shot dry land located hour outside los_angeles area selected resembles iraqi desert series executive producer said location manager way desert drove corner hills felt like entered country stone buildings looked like bomb gone perfect add authenticity shoot extras scene military personnel unlike sets featured filmed fox shot buried alien space craft actually filmed hills near california carter wanted scale mock alien ship buried ground unusual usually small portion ship buried ground rest filled digital graphics scale model episode shots alien ship practically create glow ship lamps hidden craft addition ship covered supposed unknown alien language accomplished designing fictional characters programming computer printed letters applied ship hull broadcast reception providence premiered fox network united_states march episode earned nielsen household rating meaning seen nation estimated households viewed million households million viewers providence 56th watched episode television aired week ending march episode eventually aired bbc january providence later included volume dvd collection contains episodes involved alien super soldiers arc providence received mixed reviews television critics television pity awarded episode rating gave episode largely positive review awarded wrote overall episode took promising beginning episode delivered strong surprising larger meaning pieces mythology seen past seasons said bash episodes simply relate new direction ought ashamed kind creativity series easily end way makes entire series seamless dvd talk concluded providence previous episode fairly good job including duchovny adherence series main storyline government reviews negative robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode star called entry shallow internally inconsistent derided plot wrote centre mythology situation dependent mulder baby absent talk furthermore shearman pearson criticized line asking mulder head praised episode teaser book denying truth files complimented teaser sequence calling glorious heavily critical rest episode confused story book examinations wrote largely negative review episode derided plot wrote series winds think carter hurry resolve questions posed instead providence come expect past seasons
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