patience files patience episode eighth season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network november episode written directed series creator chris_carter patience monster week story unconnected series wider mythology episode received nielsen rating viewed million viewers episode received mixed negative reviews critics series centers fbi special agents dana_scully gillian_anderson new partner following alien abduction partner fox_mulder david_duchovny work cases linked paranormal called files episode having assigned x-files joins scully investigate series murders appear work bat like creature case scully find investigative techniques similar carter inspired write patience emulate basics stand earlier seasons episode files entry feature actor david_duchovny feature opening credits furthermore episode crafted test skepticism paranormal activity plot idaho undertaker wife brutally murdered sort flying creature later dana_scully gillian_anderson assigned x-files begin talking case scully explains death undertaker wife notes cause death blood loss human bite marks bodies scully arrive crime scene idaho meet says sure bites human draws attention strange believing wild animals fed bodies fact scully points looks human left animal leading bodies scully check house find prints leading upstairs attic inside scully find missing fingers undertaker look like marks attic suggest hanging elderly killed attic looking photo album scully explains studied bite wounds discovered similar different human bites fingers anti bats finds evidence interesting newspaper article brought scully series deaths reported ended group hunters killed man bat creature brought county montana said creature bat man killed days later soon people killed disappeared scully join investigation home scully suggests connection burned body disappeared mother latest victim scully believes burned body potentially learn connection deaths later coffin excavated shows town cemetery tell dig somebody dug coffin lid drive body dead tree creature police upset death blame scully reminds thing killed blame scully explains died heart failure burned cover realizes victims people came contact body investigated crime mother identified body undertaker prepared body pulled body river dead scully find ask hunters reveals disappeared time ago eventually track tells hid island middle town lake wife years says bat creature kills scent burned wife body try cover scent informs hunts night danger goes find attacked badly torn creature river says scully marked creature ground radar goes scully goes outside stays inside bat creature scully returns manages shoot knocked appears shoots creature times saving scully creature disappears night scully helps injured production patience written directed series creator chris_carter episode inspired basics stand earlier seasons episode x-files feature actor david_duchovny feature opening credits settling contract dispute quit time participation seventh season order explain mulder absence duchovny character abducted aliens seventh season finale requiem appear patience episode main villain human bat hybrid inspired 1970s comic book villain arch batman filming episode live bats type bat patience egyptian fruit bat furthermore episode test skepticism paranormal activity explained patience starts toy willingness believe paranormal strange got guy bat sort norm reception ratings patience aired fox november episode earned nielsen household rating meaning seen nation estimated households episode viewed million households million viewers episode ranked 42nd watched episode week ending november episode subsequently aired united_kingdom bbc july fox promoted episode tagline deadly man ruthless bat hungry predator waits darkness prey scully reviews patience received mixed negative reviews critics writing culture positive episode noting return dark creepy roots eighth season anderson described episode early success returning realm scary anderson ranked human bat eighth creature television pity writer rated episode criticized episode references mulder absence notably scene scully mulder away asking supposed symbolic wonder robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode half stars noted despite fact lot episode works scenes scully good positive aspects episode better use exciting episode particular case hardly stretched prowess shearman pearson later wrote episode mulder scully adventure barrel stuff todd_vanderwerff awarded episode criticized monster guest cast concerning wrote ridiculous design bland generic concerning wrote cast filled actors vanderwerff note episode better reputation suggested strange story choices dumb monster paula_vitaris cinefantastique gave episode negative review awarded half stars vitaris wrote looking bite nails monster week files episode isn furthermore criticized villain calling dull monster fake looking awards patience earned nomination cinematography 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Patience (The X-Files)