files tenth episode sixth season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network january episode written directed episode monster week story unconnected series wider mythology earned nielsen household rating watched million people initial broadcast episode received positive reviews 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 learns mulder given chance prove worth fbi paired new partner investigates crime scene photographer arriving time victims final moments expect death play role wrote attempt create story portrayed scary episode based real aspects history greek myth yellow fever epidemic addition scenes filmed sets sets located x-files studios character alfred thematically compared alfred lord dramatic monologue addition themes escaping death revisited eighth season episode gift plot new_york_city man camera follows woman elevator corridor elevator people appear gray gets floor woman runs stairs lights elevator cable man reaches basement cab crashes door open reveal woman wrist covered blood man begins snap photos later washington fbi assistant director assigns dana_scully gillian_anderson agent new_york case scully partner fox_mulder david_duchovny looks material scully desk points case looks like file obviously splitting scully soon discover prime suspect worked police photographer aged official photos renewal applications city watches criminal kill youth approaches photos dying young man murderer returns repeatedly stabs pulls knife walks away scully learn crime fact prints knife demands know people die scully realizes man pain asks wounded attack says merely observed sees wounds sends hospital reminds scully trying charge murder let leaves scully apartment scully sees shooting photos window door demanding know took photos crime scene police knew crime committed invites ride driving sees prostitute appears gray tells scully woman dead soon approaches woman begins harass scully leaps car gun announcing fbi agent prostitute tries flee hit truck killed scully goes warn charged murder accuses people deaths shows scully photo dead woman odd shape head photographer claims death asked try photograph says look death face finally die claims years old says kill scully points people like live forever says experienced love forever suddenly notices scully gray says count asks science says meant die yellow fever refused look death face instead death took kind nurse taken care takes photo enters shoots bullet passes right camera scully collapses rushes ambulance asks scully saw death begs close eyes covers hand color returns scully hand turns gray looking dies hospital mulder watches window apologizes scully tells lucky man scully survived going inside room mulder reports died single gunshot wound doctors amazed rapid recovery production writing written based aspects real aspects history reference famous photographer better known title episode reference greek myth son king favorite goddess later kidnapped lover asked immortal forgot ask eternal youth lived forever prayed sunrise death final aspect history yellow fever epidemic 19th century story explicit discussed years writers found hard scary frank_spotnitz executive producer noted making immortal character photographer trying catch death die problem solved episode reference season episode final featured scully told titular character die episode inception lesser known story arc originally supposed reveal scully immortal sub plot popular fans internet verified later admitted sub plot solution later called satisfying filming effects seasons series mainly filmed vancouver british_columbia production sixth season based los_angeles california scenes filmed sets sets located x-files studios cameras borrowed photographs courtesy production staff x-files tasked creating photographs supposed taken crafting appear taken different times episodes property master research popular government printing technologies pictures appear historically accurate possible portrayed photographed times photo edited photographs appearance coming different eras episode featured special effects stab wounds constructed precisely graduated sizes healing powers faux wounds applied lewis department head hardest digital effect create transformation select figures color black white visual effects producer noted process similar wreck old movies fact basically reverse process involved outlining portion frame computer program complete job previously technique nbc series nightmare cafe movie themes direct reference titular mythological character chapter files book files literature story lie find truth argues episode bears striking resemblance alfred lord dramatic monologue poem line reads gray shadow man argues x-files episode line paralleled tendency die vision furthermore poem episode stress death appealing simply means end sought event fully humans compared contrasted season episodes squeeze season entry young heart similar obtained varying degree elements different monstrous predator unlike mere character possess true furthermore separated distinct hatred ability want immortal forced notes furthermore different actively sought flaw extreme pride order like god episode draws parallels lover aurora end continue ending office case investigating crimes case raising dawn themes escaping death later revisited season episode gift episode agent played looking clues following mulder abduction scully travels pennsylvania seeks soul consume person injuries end fatally shot soul wishing die death argues episode serves direct parallel switches perspective significantly broadcast reception aired united_states january episode earned nielsen rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode viewed million viewers episode aired united_kingdom ireland received million viewers making watched episode week fox promoted episode tagline death looks face dead tonight scully gets good hard look episode met largely positive reviews zack_handlen wrote positively episode awarded grade noted entries similarities final noting deal men know death good praised characterization noted nonsense optimistic creepy man jealous capable dying handlen concluded episode doesn play like classic monster episode feels like book examination unauthorized look seasons files wrote positively episode comparing favorably final wrote imitation highest form fascinating previous incarnation looks lot like latest entry season x-files engaging robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode stars drawing comparisons final noting flavour shearman pearson praised lewis portrayal described bizarre chilling strangely life paula_vitaris cinefantastique gave episode mixed positive review awarded half stars vitaris wrote episode terrific feel addition vitaris despite slightly criticizing gillian_anderson tired performance episode called anderson acting scene scully shot excellent citing near reasons scene success character alfred attracted positive critical acclaim listed greatest monster week characters x-files
Tithonus (The X-Files)