walk files walk seventh episode season american science fiction television series files written directed episode aired united_states november fox network episode monster week story stand plot unconnected series wider mythology walk earned nielsen household rating watched million people initial broadcast critical reception mixed 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 failed suicide attempt patient hospital interests mulder talk phantom soldier prevented man death charge hospital initially opposed fbi involvement invisible killer begins stalking involved case shocked learn primary suspect fact quadruple walk files script commented challenge inspired film men features character lost legs war wishes able walk episode required visual effects completed time plot hospital maryland lieutenant colonel makes suicide attempt claims mysterious figure let die attempts water rescued hospital staff subsequently hot water fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson question learn wife children died house fire claims started mysterious soldier says allow die captain stops questioning mulder scully granted permission superior officer general meeting agents phantom soldier described finds answering machine message later base swimming pool killed invisible force tells agents soldier received twice home visit house young son believes saw inside scully backyard found property belong hospital freely mulder scully custody attacked killed invisible force agent questioning admits role deaths states turns gulf war veteran quadruple scully doesn believe insists kill scully later finds dead cell throat scully assumes committed suicide mulder shows ray dental plates carried rehab room pool office house signs radiation mulder thinks leaving body projection psychic connection forged letters plays backwards actually warning phantom soldier questioning states belief gulf war took life away finds wife dead body goes hospital talk reveals doesn know responsible deaths confronts openly admits crimes tries killing decides stand shooting head agents arrive find trance mulder realizes happening tries find attacks steam pipes hospital basement enters room locks door dead disappears attacks mulder remains unharmed physical evidence prove killed wife son case remains mulder narration states family tries buried arlington national cemetery instead buried civilian cemetery pennsylvania production walk files script found challenging write particularly mulder scully scene come case odds inspired film men realizing main character injured war lost legs wanted walk stated paranormal concept projection sort fit members writing staff concerned killing young son bothered felt wanted worst blow kill son director felt played incredibly strong actor fit role played army psychiatrist episode previously appeared cia operative season episode shadows drowning achieved pulling actress cable attached pool image wave launching pool accomplished special effects department members crew members buried sand scene killed effect climax throws mulder room accomplished device called air ram uses compressed air visual effects completed time reception walk broadcast fox network november earned nielsen rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode watched total million viewers retrospective season entertainment_weekly walk given grade noting similarities episodes critical characters todd_vanderwerff gave grade describing straightforward realized military hospital terrific directing felt good actor motives believable paula_vitaris cinefantastique gave episode half stars calling solid episode good supporting cast effects felt characterization mulder scully balance noted military detail wrong robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode half stars noting similarities episodes previous felt real blood passion raises high clichés criticized plot predictable formulaic said succeeded emotion written directed
The Walk (The X-Files)