eighth episode eighth season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network january episode written directed monster week story unconnected series wider mythology episode received nielsen rating viewed million viewers overall episode received largely negative reviews critics series centers fbi special agents dana_scully gillian_anderson new partner following alien abduction partner fox_mulder david_duchovny work cases linked paranormal called files episode fatal shooting jail cell struggling find committed murder crime committed scully soon learn case meets eye presence buddy series star noticeably usual film episode according gillian_anderson addition scenes business run dwight filmed actual business located street los_angeles plot worcester massachusetts runs unknown makes brief phone runs police station skirmish guards placed large room blocks walls solid steel door screams officer safe suddenly mysteriously shot inside room dana_scully gillian_anderson informed chase killed armor piercing round appears entered room air vent ceiling investigation agents discover assassin shot roof ceiling work victim enters plays message machine contains victim phone previous night attempts right desk dwight walks begins message machine mentions murder dwight responds asking try phone dwight confronts alley dwight tells doesn mind long asks later scully investigate chase residence find bullet floor notes difficult miss target confined space scully notes shooting outside eventually scully proposes killer perceive wave lengths light visible ordinary human eye allowing virtually walls scully arrive company client asks dwight time responds asks chase called death agents leave dwight confronts message lies watches wall returns early morning rushes deposit book showing taken account desk caught dwight dwight interrupted fbi search warrant opens box trying dispose contains surprise dwight claims runs clean business scully pulls containing chase dwight scully repeats dwight words reads lips wall replies dwight later returns home meets bus station clear intend run away money find phone records chase forth phone calls late night scully search apartment phone getting bus station returns bank gets car dwight surprises seat puts gun head tells drive dwight comes conclusion killed chase dwight hands gun tells shoot tries talk shoots wall kills dwight eventually arrested successfully manages run away production written executive story editor marked second script contribution series season seven brand episode x-files directed episode eighth aired season actually ninth filmed evidenced production number scenes business ran dwight filmed actual business located street los_angeles guest starred buddy series star patrick noticeably energetic set episode star gillian_anderson recounted robert like wound wouldn day matter long day went picked energy series sense episode guest starred pre fame franco later gain recognition role short lived cult hit television program reception aired fox january episode earned nielsen household rating meaning seen nation estimated households episode viewed million households million viewers episode ranked 36th watched episode week ending december episode subsequently aired united_kingdom bbc april fox promoted episode tagline feel like watching episode received largely negative reviews critics television pity writer rated episode called premise ring sic noted episode antagonist don hell lot zack_handlen awarded episode called episode thoroughly mundane especially comparison preceding episode handlen felt familiar characters distinguishing isn reason watch ultimately concluded isn terrible far easy right robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode star derided episode overly dull noting watch open mouth writer spin premise minutes paula_vitaris cinefantastique gave episode negative review awarded half stars vitaris noted episode takes far seriously resulted guest characters
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