paper hearts paper hearts tenth episode fourth season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network december written directed featured guest appearances episode monster week story unconnected series wider mythology paper hearts viewed million people initial broadcast received positive reviews critics praising guest role 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 mulder scully find child killer mulder helped years earlier claimed victims confessed resulting investigation learn killer claiming killed mulder sister samantha came concept paper hearts thinking series longest running storyline abduction came story questioning samantha abducted aliens murdered child killer instead paper hearts written specifically mind role television work actor plot fox_mulder david_duchovny dreams red light leads corpse young girl buried park virginia awakens heads park finds girl skeleton girl determined murdered serial killer murdered thirteen girls 1980s cutting heart clothes victim mulder captured committed murders traveling vacuum cleaner salesman hearts found confessed murders dana_scully gillian_anderson autopsy skeleton finds victim died suggesting killing started earlier fbi previously thought agents search old car discover sixteen cut hearts mulder scully subsequently visit prison hoping learn identities remaining victims tries play mind games mulder night mulder dreams night samantha abduction seemingly showing sister abducted aliens day mulder asks night samantha abducted claims martha sold vacuum cleaner mulder father mulder later finds vacuum mother house convincing walter_skinner grant access agents question killer told location remaining victims claims exactly happened night samantha abduction autopsy body reveals belong samantha tells mulder final body samantha says reveal mulder takes scene abduction mulder secretly releases prison brings martha arriving family old summer house explains exactly happened night samantha abduction mulder tells house bought father samantha abduction convincing telling truth mulder plans bring prison following dream samantha awakens find gone badge gun phone stolen mulder credentials kidnaps girl massachusetts met flight mulder boston scully skinner arrive day agents head site old apartment find girl abandoned bus nearby holds gun girl tells mulder know sure victim samantha kills mulder forced shoot starts pull trigger stolen gun office mulder final cloth heart puts away unsure belonged samantha production paper hearts written specifically mind role television work actor writer came concept episode thinking series longest running storyline abduction came story questioning samantha abducted aliens murdered child killer instead decided help convince fox_mulder series dreams laser lights mulder dreams influenced experience laser film student laser supposed color blue changed red production reduce costs wanting include kind killer settled having cut heart shaped fragments victim clothing thinking having victims bodies going far guest actor played killer recalled filming scene character introduced playing basketball prison capable basketball player asked play regretted able play david_duchovny played basketball princeton_university episode writer director assert duchovny successful basketball shot scene filmed special effects episode eighth produced season tenth aired having delayed free production resources episodes episode climactic scene filmed bus graveyard surrey british_columbia location scouted months previously intention eventually including episode series filming location day despite long wait use broadcast reception paper hearts premiered fox network december broadcast united_kingdom bbc november episode initial broadcast viewed approximately million people represented viewing audience time gillian_anderson david_duchovny consider best episodes fourth season nominated music produced episode said episode music different kind texture light magic terribly threatening snow received requests recording music end episode website ign named paper hearts sixth favorite standalone episode calling creepy unsettling claiming character disturbing villains appearance series acting praised says understated manner portrayed sends spine time todd_vanderwerff reviewed episode positively rating felt performance terrific noting actor makes series great human monsters believed episode premise important developing character mulder website later named episode sixth best example television dream sequence noting suggest man mulder puzzle cold cases article complimented entry metaphor laser mulder mind pointed bits evidence conscious brain missed years ago named second best episode series
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