release files release seventeenth episode ninth season american science fiction television series files episode originally aired fox network episode written story directed kim_manners episode helps explore story arc involving finding truth son murder episode earned nielsen rating watched million households million viewers initial broadcast episode received largely positive reviews critics centers fbi special agents work cases linked paranormal called files season focuses investigations dana_scully gillian_anderson episode case hold connection murder son help fbi cadet named information help current case establish link present jane past son luke link man named organized crime participant association suspect luke case cadet says information proves search release son death idea release developed handed script character crafted ambiguous character genius adept solving crime comparable criminal like professor final scene featuring scattering son ashes difficult patrick film thanks manners help able achieve desired effect plot minnesota arrives abandoned apartment building getting tip sees figure bolt rooms night hears sound claws away fresh plaster wall blood begin streaming downward dana_scully gillian_anderson performs autopsy body found fbi cadets accurately victim hooked killer bar suggestions lead scully connect murder killing weeks earlier meantime wonders tipped murder file try help tells killer looking criminal linked organized crime agents later meet claims looking job area later find correct returns apartment complex walls covered crime scene photos related death eventually asks help solving case son death tells believes kidnapping luke killed looking help approaches fbi assistant director help case wife meets lineup police station barbara recognize lineup scully finds similarities luke dead bodies forensic proof comes realize help fbi informs reyes mental patient informs lived new_york_city year luke murder murderer reyes assemble team raid apartment taken police custody new lineup barbara recognizes meeting says finished reminds threatens blackmail meantime tells scully noticed case read newspaper stated lied help solve case end pushes real murderer son later approaches tells hypothetical story took young boy home businessman walked incident realized boy seen face feared boy associate crime businessman found solution boy seeing face murdered walks away filled rage gun follows gunshot rings gets outside sees killed later barbara luke ashes ocean finally achieving release sought production story release developed written kim_manners helmed directing episode release originally going written later turned script needed time write story like release character crafted ambitious character inspired works written brilliant guy solving crimes amazing comparable guy actually crimes playing game like professor came story scully encounters genius classes later story allowing genius crime help find happened son final scene wife luke remains called difficult later noted manners guide think worst sic nightmare parent lose child episode written create closure story patrick later said series continued tenth season liked character develop relationship reyes think attracted reyes liked relationship reyes explored agreed noting ending allowed idea reyes definitely gone relationship reception release aired united_states broadcast united_kingdom bbc march episode initial broadcast viewed approximately million households million viewers ranked fifth watched episode television aired week ending release earned nielsen household rating meaning seen nation estimated households television pity gave episode grade season review entertainment_weekly called episode worthy noted overshadowed conspiracy plots dvd talk concluded release good episode presented conclusions long running stories series featured conclusion personal trial quest closure son murder robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen gave episode glowing review rated stars argued minimal emphasis son murder given episode packs punch shearman pearson saw similarities trials fox_mulder david_duchovny noted mulder identified quest sister samantha carried loss son private grief concluded entry emotionally powerful moving book denying truth files complimented lyrical style episode calling shot acted reviews glowing gave episode negative review awarded wrote overall episode sense underneath jump shark entirely inappropriate struggle end actions way series going end hopes finale
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