miracle man files miracle man eighteenth episode season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network march written series creator chris_carter directed featured guest appearances episode monster week story unconnected series wider mythology miracle man earned nielsen household rating watched million households initial broadcast received mixed reviews critics centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson work cases linked paranormal called files mulder scully receive video tape faith latest patient died mysteriously agents come believe ministry covering murders miracle man episode x-files written aid long term collaborator chris_carter helped gordon flesh details episode exterior shots episode filmed location british_columbia location previously earlier season episode gender plot young boy appears scene car accident pushes way past emergency crew opens body bag commands severely burnt inside rise heal samuel father convinces let continue body inside bag comes alive grabbing samuel hand years later dana_scully shows fox_mulder religious service led grown samuel evangelical faith ministry run video shows supposed healing later left follower dead agents travel tennessee attend service featuring enthusiastic sermon man samuel raised dead decade earlier agents learn samuel gone missing samuel eventually turns drunk local bar faith shaken death taken custody agents doubt ability able convince mulder knows lost sister samantha young age mulder seeing visions samantha continues samuel bail hearing courtroom fills samuel claims sign god wrath released samuel returns ministry attempts heal woman wheelchair suffers seizure dies leads samuel second arrest autopsy reveals woman died poisoning whilst mulder scully find evidence actually common guided courtroom building ventilation system mulder believes samuel innocent local sheriff allows men beat samuel death cell home confronted vision samuel accuses church murders confesses blames bitterness having resurrected deformed mulder scully able trace large purchase arrive find man dying poisoning glass water confesses agents falling dead agents prepare finish work case receive phone samuel body gone missing witnesses seen walking badly bruised arrested deputies questioning district attorney samuel death mulder scully leave tennessee samuel ministry closes mulder sees vision missing sister gets car production miracle man episode x-files written aid long term collaborator pair worked series x-files contributed episodes ghost machine series far series creator chris_carter recalls asked collaborate episode saying howard came house said help went living room bulletin board matter hours came story originally script called overt religious imagery fox objected depictions faith samuel beaten death whilst pose leading scenes cut exterior shots town filmed location british_columbia location previously earlier season episode gender scenes set home reverend shot mansion area crew taking advantage old filled swimming pool building set necessary equipment scenes set faith tent filmed day involved extras producer felt greatest difficulty creating episode challenge finding actors vancouver area portray convincing accent leading hiring dialect coach prevent cast sounding like coming different parts south broadcast reception miracle man premiered fox network march broadcast united_kingdom bbc january episode earned nielsen household rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching tuned episode total million households watched episode original airing retrospective season entertainment_weekly episode rated guest role praised noted ultimately contrived plot stereotypical bible southern case suited mulder scully zack_handlen writing described largely predictable story hits middle road marks finding religious imagery little effect writing den geek felt identity killer endings season episodes found genuinely surprising attributed episode focus mulder personal history use mulder visions sister samantha motivation actions episode seen opening overarching search truth series plot miracle man adapted novel young adults
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