x-files fourth episode season finale season science fiction television series files premiered fox network united_states written series creator chris_carter based story developed lead actor david_duchovny directed episode explored series overarching mythology achieved nielsen household rating watched million people initial broadcast episode received positive reviews critics centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson work cases linked paranormal called files episode mulder scully search man possess strange powers information mulder family syndicate episode initiating plot finalised fourth season premiere basic premise notably scene featuring smith interrogation smoking man heavily influenced grand chapter novel brothers suggestion duchovny title episode arise maiden reference healing power plot cafe arlington virginia man draws gun shoots people shot police outside older man victims touching hands fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson arrive investigate interview victims finding mysterious disappeared interviewed detective smoking man meets mulder mother argue photographs distance later assistant director walter_skinner mitch_pileggi mulder suffered stroke hospital writes word palm mulder takes mean stroke connected smith mulder finds footage smith interviewed sees appears smith place detective looks away smith place work captured smoking man taken high security prison mulder heads mother home encounters shows photos smoking man mulder searches house realizes palm attempt write lamp finds alien weapon inside lamps kind alien bounty hunter previous episodes fbi headquarters scully meets man appears smith come turn interview scully skinner claims memory shooting healing smoking man real smith lost faith syndicate project finally smith reveals smoking man dying lung cancer mulder blames smoking man mother condition learns statement given smith mulder goes bring questioning smith initially flees crowd bounty hunter arrives smith cell kill finding mulder visits hospital encounters smoking man mulder threatens smoking man gun says met whereabouts sister samantha parking garage mulder confronted demands alien mulder refuses hand stalemate scully finds identical working offices country later met smith reveals met smith promises information scully meet mulder abandoned site mulder wants smith mother bounty hunter arrives seconds later production conception writing episode david_duchovny suggestions heavily influenced grand chapter novel brothers particularly evident scenes prison smoking man smith addition reference woven story smith healing shooter shooting victims episode teaser title restaurant brothers episode title originally mark jesus daughter quotes phrase meaning little girl figures brothers references originally suggested david_duchovny episodes colony end game way episodes carter writing decided episode main theme loyalty decided commitment mulder felt files tested seeing willing sacrifice cared notably mother scully quest find sister samantha addition smoking man decide heal cancer power smith ultimately mulder prove smoking man chooses self interest syndicate cause casting chosen actors brought fake gun audition audition tried test reading ways including style quality chosen role told chris_carter despite character life changing event portrayed alien suggested chris_carter david_duchovny met spoken airplane flight carter seen television work fan appearance television series invaders early pre production writers decided smith characters smoking man personally killed including portrayed second season unavailable filming scene cut addition photo double brought played unavailable filming days frank_spotnitz later called prison sequence scene biggest cast gillian_anderson stand cast main hospital nurse marking fifth appearance character previously portrayed nurse earlier season episode second season episodes colony end game filming post production fight mulder heavily edited fox broadcast standards department despite fact action stunt doubles injured filming fight scene opening scene restaurant shooting filmed handheld cameras director variety short shots rapid cuts different perspectives create chaotic scene contrast character character presented shots focused filmed allow character rock steady film frame rate recording higher played slowing footage played normal frame rate gave slow motion effect movements order aid impression wanted grand scene smoking man involved instances character involving smith assuming guise character simply achieved static cameras allowing leave set place effect change actors involved character unavailable day shot filming movie sections involving recorded set reconstructed later available actors matched based footage photography recreate positions producer described backwards difficult broadcast reception premiered fox network broadcast united_kingdom bbc september episode earned nielsen household rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode total million viewers watched episode original airing overview season entertainment_weekly rated review called episode provocative cliff calling interrogation scene tour force chris_carter noted interrogation feelings science definitely religion explain writing zack_handlen rated episode praising cliffhanger ending good storytelling handlen felt episode dealt themes familiar series manner appear repetitive noted smith confrontation smoking man highlight
Talitha Cumi (The X-Files)