scary monsters files scary monsters fourteenth episode ninth season american science fiction television series files originally aired fox network april written directed episode monster week episode stand plot unconnected mythology overarching fictional history x-files episode earned nielsen household rating viewed million viewers initial broadcast received mixed positive reviews television critics centers fbi special agents work cases linked paranormal called files season focuses investigations dana_scully gillian_anderson episode special agent harrison takes reyes drive mountains woman stabs repeatedly widowed husband refuses let son soon discover boy imagination bring killer bug like creatures life idea scary monsters stemmed idea episode teaser fellow writer suggested making tommy episode villain originally story featured reyes investigating case new agent executive producer frank_spotnitz suggested new fbi agent played appeared penned eighth season episode writing staff character comment state notably members audience preferred fox_mulder david_duchovny plot room pennsylvania believes sees monster reflected mirror calls dad looks bed sees crawling bug like creature lies son tells sleep tommy sees creature calls dad holds door shut agent tells dana_scully gillian_anderson woman stabbed repeatedly harrison insists case woman killed monsters son tommy saw believes monster killed family cat scully dismisses harrison claims decide investigate arrive pennsylvania tommy living agents talk tommy conclude going soon discover car start apartment scully visited brian potential harrison presents scully corpse scully hoc concludes cat bit stomach open try discovers cavity appears lived inside cat reyes harrison camp house soon monsters tommy sees insect like creatures divide half shot bullets local sheriff arrives alerted scully sheriff draws gun punches hand completely man chest investigation reyes unable find organs man body tommy soon shows reyes pictures drawing include insect creatures sheriff gun reyes insect creature stomach suddenly sheriff body disappears reyes doubles pain harrison pull shirt reveal stomach trying harrison begins bleed eyes tricked falling abyss attacked insects skepticism able fight explains creatures imaginary produced tommy imagination includes bugs sheriff organs wife cat killed trying remove insect creatures believing real manages trick subdue tommy pretending set house fire tommy transported psychiatric ward imagination watching time production writing scary monsters written previously penned ninth season episode lord flies entry directed directing credit series later admitted inspiration episode basically panic explained writing staff needed script quickly possibly teaser conceived went pitch story wasn working fellow writer suggested child root episode problems writing staff want story develop kid territory according reference episode twilight zone monster child control world mental powers eventually writers began piece script realized needed villain character play tommy filming original story featured reyes investigating case new agent executive producer frank_spotnitz suggested new fbi agent played harrison appeared penned eighth season episode character created named memory files internet fan prolific writer fan fiction died cancer february characterization according brought character performance called near perfection audio commentary near end scary monsters supposed walk screen holding hands prompted series director kim_manners ask turn fucking sequence subsequently cut writing staff character comment state notably members audience preferred fox_mulder david_duchovny harrison extensive knowledge x-files episode contains references previous episodes harrison suggests early reyes dealing person capable electricity reference season entry later suggests experiencing sort cites events sixth season episode field trip example furthermore tommy shows reyes drawing tells potential reference tagline end thirteen production filming episode x-files canceled fox network meaning return tenth season explained series creator chris_carter watched film scene act reportedly patrick hired informed cancellation patrick noted fox new heavily promoted instead x-files act felt like abandoned fox broadcast reception scary monsters originally aired united_states fox network april broadcast united_kingdom bbc february episode initial broadcast viewed approximately million households million viewers making seventh watched episode television aired week ending january scary monsters earned nielsen household rating meaning seen nation estimated households episode received mixed positive reviews television critics television pity awarded episode grade gave episode largely positive review awarded wrote overall enjoyable balanced episode gave humor layered commentary come expect series episodes perfect time giving series good bit resolution actual robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode stars enjoyed script calling better season episodes noted wrote pace wit noted entry self references feel like audience left complain despite shearman pearson positively episode scene featuring scully performing autopsy cat wearing kitchen apron says calling funniest season book denying truth files called episode solid little entry saying nice spin isolation stories series effectively
Scary Monsters (The X-Files)