files sixteenth episode season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network february directed kim_manners written frank_spotnitz series creator chris_carter included appearances episode helped explore overarching mythology fictional history x-files earned nielsen household rating watched million people initial broadcast centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson work cases linked paranormal called files episode mulder returns hong_kong having found rogue agent investigating mysterious mind altering black oil scully pursues man believes killed sister second episode continuing plot previous episode mythology centered episode directed manners use mixture physical digital effects create episode antagonistic black oil episode sets augmented digital effects constructed given budget plot august burned talks government agents experience submarine completing story told previous episode explains crew members locked captain infected black oil knocked black oil leaves captain body exits sea revealed smoking man agents interviewing present fox_mulder return united_states run road vehicle attempt severely injured flashing light smoking man sees bodies orders destruction mulder knocked unconscious crash awakens hospital dana_scully tells mulder walter_skinner condition says analysis identified shooter person killed sister syndicate meets discuss events surrounding realize leaking information skinner tells scully recognizes shooter man digital tape stolen mulder believes oil found diving suit medium alien transfer body body currently occupied mulder lone gunmen use key recover tape locker ice mulder finds case returns tape smoking man exchange location recovered ufo identified skinner shooter syndicate smoking man moving ufo new location pencil envelope containing tape case mulder finds phone number connects syndicate office mulder speaks agrees meet man tells mulder ufo sunk world war cover story sunken atomic bomb cover attempted recovery reveals gotten causing mulder ask scully check skinner scully accompanies skinner transported ambulance cardinal attempts break tracks arrests cardinal tells headed abandoned missile agents captured smoking man men escorted away deep inside sits atop ufo black oil ship skinner recovers returns work mulder sees scully grave explaining cardinal found dead cell trapped door attempt let production conception episode based visual image series creator chris_carter wanted include script beginning image black white flashback taking place submarine episode title reference biblical series creator chris_carter felt appropriate episode thematic concerns hidden documents truths brought light director kim_manners directed number stand monster week episodes mythology centered episode manners explained individual creative contribution directors stand episodes mythology episodes need director sure performances presented interesting fashion fitted mask tubes scene alien black oil leaves body said filming scene horrible scene ended having filmed days later similar scene start episode submarine captain accomplished dummy head depiction oil scene originally filmed magnetic fluid pulled end result deemed menacing looked little bit comic fix sound stage represent submarine interior rebuilt forth movement guide flow different liquid effect enhanced digitally post production black oil effect people eyes accomplished footage digitally post production missile episode climactic scene incomplete scene filmed crew time money left complete set crew built incomplete sound stage completed spacecraft prop able digitally extend set computer generated interiors impression larger exterior shots building enhanced digitally buildings machinery created computer generated imagery exterior shots broadcast reception premiered fox network february broadcast united_kingdom bbc december episode earned nielsen household rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode total million viewers watched episode original airing making viewed episode season overview season entertainment_weekly rated review noted episode offered interesting grand theme series worth awesome missile site finale writing zack_handlen rated episode handlen felt episode impressive general impression details necessarily important added nature plot mythology episodes felt negatively noting series protagonists defeated corrupted writer frank_spotnitz said episode actually think didn learn lot conspiracy episodes emotionally think good episodes easy lot action things people dying addressing thought interesting
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