fresh bones fresh bones fifteenth episode second season science fiction television series files premiered fox network february written directed featured guest appearances episode monster week story unconnected series wider mythology fresh bones earned nielsen household rating watched million households initial broadcast episode received mixed positive reviews critics centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson work cases linked paranormal called files episode mulder scully discover symbol drawn tree soldier private crashes car following separate incidents leads processing center refugees suspicion falls identified colonel charge inspired write episode reading articles involving servicemen haiti refugee camp shot derelict building shipyard originally producers wanted set episode haiti actually film country endeavor proved unsuccessful plot north_carolina agitated marine_corps private drives car tree episodes apparently killed tree drawn religious symbol second purported suicide troops stationed ins compound processing refugees haiti fox_mulder dana_scully visit compound investigate death young boy named sells good luck charm mulder meeting colonel head compound mulder meets imprisoned refugee associate scully attempts perform autopsy body finds dog place driving road mulder scully discover living doesn remember happened chemical mulder believes rituals found blood agents local graveyard investigate corpse dead soldier find grave robbed find chester collects frogs cemetery sells approaches mulder telling begun refugees means retaliation denies accusations later beaten death scully cuts hand left car drives seen ground car mulder meeting tells scully soon called washington camp restricted military personnel mulder believes refugees suicide men previous trip haiti scully finds dead mulder catches knife nearby event confesses murder influence tells agents committed suicide investigation wife provides agents photo haiti causing agents office find filed complaints treatment agents head cemetery performing rite coffin mulder confronts sympathetic magic episode man emerges small cut scully hand illusion disappears grabs charm chester sold appears stops blowing zombie powder face scully arrives assist mulder dead day agents goodbye reveals chester boy died riot weeks earlier episode ends buried alive graveyard production writer inspired write episode reading articles involving servicemen haiti refugee plot producers unable film haiti colonel portrayed later went star abc series murder producers agreed look like military man felt quality looking role sequence man emerges scully hand male actor pushed covered fingers mechanical hand episode started production late december christmas break completed january refugee camp shot derelict building shipyard pumps graveyard episode ending shot particularly rainy january broadcast reception fresh bones premiered fox network february episode earned nielsen rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode viewed million households fresh bones highest rated episode seasons episode received mixed positive reviews critics writer gordon stated director great job mining script book authors praised episode including performance sequence graveyard end episode series creator chris_carter called episode ones proud second season stating gordon good job script great job directing reviews glowing entertainment_weekly gave episode mixed review writing episode ages despite moments car meets tree scully final shot vanderwerff gave episode wrote biggest problems lack focus chaotic pacing episode gear quarters running time abruptly shifts high gear end moving apocalyptic finish doesn feel wholly earned good stuff fresh bones bulk episode
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