files thirteenth episode fourth season american science fiction television series files written producers directed episode aired united_states february fox network united_kingdom bbc december episode monster week story stand plot unconnected series wider mythology episode received nielsen rating viewed million viewers received positive reviews television critics centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson work cases linked paranormal called files mulder believer paranormal skeptical scully assigned debunk work episode scully leaves town mulder solo assignment soon meets man mentally controlled drug related effect tattoo tattoo named betty want share especially scully directed originally scheduled directed noted movie director unable direct entry dispute directors guild america gillian_anderson particularly pleased episode showing different scully specifically asked morgan write episode explored scully dark cast members morgan series space cast episode plot philadelphia loses divorce settlement wife sole custody children getting drunk bar tattoo receives tattoo depicting sailor jerry like pin girl words image work day hears woman calling loser violent confrontation female worker denies saying subsequently subdued washington agents fox mulder dana_scully conduct meeting russian informant claims seen ufo secret research center returning fbi headquarters mulder heads vacation visit leaving scully follow case scully case expresses doubts credibility leading argument mulder scully upset direction life career going fired telephone hears voice woman living thinking hearing voice pair witnesses stop goes murders neighbor throwing body voice talks realizes coming new tattoo scully heads philadelphia watches enter tattoo inside sees arguing owner wanting tattoo removed strikes conversation scully invites dinner initially declines night scully talks mulder phone informs con man russian mafia frustrated conversation scully calls tells changed mind nearby lounge scully concerned arm burned tattoo cigarette butt convinces scully tattoo applied scully stays apartment tattoo angry saying dead kisses morning detectives arrive apartment goes telling scully neighbor missing blood found apartment unusual chemical substance scully material tries mulder hangs mulder chance answer arrives scully tells found blood neighbor apartment likely thinks chemical came tattoo ink wants head hospital tested tells scully voice hearing tattoo scully heads room ready fbi badge falls coat pocket scully picks noticing tattoo begins talk convincing scully speaking fbi operator answers learning scully fbi agent tattoo forces attack scully tries escape carries basement throw moment able tattoo instead arm scully returns washington congratulated mulder person second file appearance brought burn center philadelphia chemicals found blood scully blood cause mulder wonders happened earlier argument scully replies production writing directing written directed episode final episode pair wrote took executive producers series sister millennium shortly initial story developed sort ghost white_house type thing writers desired write story lincoln ghost white_house mulder scully investigate morgan explained lot research wanted write feature lincoln ghost massive amounts forced cigarette smoking man morgan lost interest story morgan explained felt didn want heart soul anymore wouldn later crafted place years later frank_spotnitz said wondered story finished product like gillian_anderson particularly pleased episode showing different scully said thought great idea personally going dark period time wanted explore scully dark reason jim week afterward lot people told episode unlike scully showed range told thought wrong don think character scully thing different audience hadn seen initially anderson called morgan asked write story scully fall hard man leads intense kind romantic passionate relationship morgan obliged wrote scene scully enjoys passionate night later removed script series creator chris_carter time tenure scene removed carter morgan later noted think chris thought wasn originally intended direct episode stopped episode written specifically direct complained member failed join union working director agreement entities 20th century fox later noted approached excited opportunity special arrangements disappointed happening bow philosophical stance hope worked future episode air date flipped episode order ensure episode featured stars traditional roles aired super bowl anderson said played differently aware time scully discovers cancer end casting effects cast member series space anderson dated period time episode provided voice tattoo betty foster close friend casting agent gillian_anderson anderson initially volunteered real depiction circle tail tattoo episode later told production crew getting actual tattoo create problems fake created designed art department altered makeup artist page tattoo inspired brooklyn joe tattoo artist san_francisco reception originally broadcast united_states fox network february broadcast united_kingdom bbc december episode earned nielsen rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode viewed million viewers episode received positive reviews television critics zack_handlen positive episode gave applauded fact lets scully flawed allowed far human usual handlen concluded episode success illustrated way need connect makes vulnerable critical mulder actions episode calling ass noted little boy ignored feel dialogue end awarded episode called best character studies entire series concluded scully underlying psychology explored episode keeping revealed mulder pretty final act doesn match intensity clear writers trying convey wrote positively episode noted fortunate think super bowl forced change sequence argued aired audience forced read actions reactions mulder mulder fact cancer paula_vitaris cinefantastique gave episode positive review awarded stars called scully situation positively gillian_anderson calling performance wonderful vitaris critical switch writing episode points fear cancer scully motivation concluded fascinating look new scully reviews glowing robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen hand gave episode mixed review rated half stars critical scully behavior noting seeing scully angry bored believing life pointless isn scully argued scully belief life boring easily countered fact hunts monsters catches serial killers gets abducted aliens despite shearman pearson wrote gillian_anderson makes work
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