episode season episode overall science fiction television series files episode aired united_states fox written visual effect designer directed episode earned nielsen rating viewed million people episode received positive reviews television critics 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 investigate series murders committed ordinary citizens angered seeing images scully trust mulder ultimate test written visual effects supervisor drew inspiration debates television violence desire explore effect television people actor scheduling conflicts work series heat resulting creation plain clothed man appeared episode called scene end episode smoking man favorite scenes performed plot maryland man mistakenly kills wife believing police soon arrive fox_mulder david_duchovny tipped case mysterious provides newspaper article discussing case mulder partner dana_scully gillian_anderson visit man doctor psychiatric hospital told man killed people believing person mulder scully visit murderer house mulder sees working cable line find hundreds video tapes news scully believes violence man watched led murders mulder believe night scully watches tapes seeing clues man committed murder steps outside break sees mulder car talking morning scully asks mulder moved car night mulder tells went paper earlier believes lying day similar murder occurs woman thinks sees husband woman reality killed neighbor dog mulder sees cable near house escapes climbing telephone pole mulder finds device inside cable box mulder brings device tell kind signal mulder contacts scully growing increasingly paranoid hearing possible phone mulder searches hotel room monitoring devices mulder knocks door scully fires weapon runs mulder believes suffering paranoid lone gunmen believe device sort mind control device mulder affected color police find body believe scully mulder confirms mulder unable contact scully mother leading home finds scully aims gun scully claims mulder trusted blames abduction sister murder scully mother hospitalized mulder believes mind control device turns people fears mulder tries contact success traces location hotel room finds cigarettes ash phone log room mulder tracks house spots meeting cable time mulder enters shots ring mulder finds men dead responsible murders party inform mulder knowing orders kill men mulder able piece things time mulder calls tells mulder mulder needs later meets car smoking man production episode written visual effects supervisor drew inspiration debates television violence desire explore effect television people initial concept complex required study texts script progressed simplified actor scheduling conflicts work series heat resulting creation plain clothed man appeared episode provided narration television heard background episode dana_scully room lone gunmen office constructed studio episode late stage sound problems resulted post production dragging day episode scheduled broadcast williams called scene end episode smoking man favorite scenes performed happy final product said dug script felt good old fashioned people didn like outer space like bad boys good clean potatoes type episode broadcast reception premiered fox network united_states episode earned nielsen rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode episode watched total million viewers episode later aired february united_kingdom bbc episode received moderately positive reviews television critics entertainment_weekly gave episode noting similarity blood thought anderson gives good zack_handlen graded noting similarity blood entirely mean criticism handlen little disappointed monster week concept fully explored gave episode positive review awarded wrote overall strong psychological episode conspiracy logical consistent way plot devices bit contrived strengths episode weaknesses great performances david episode necessary sense elements season finale robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode half stars compared episode positively earlier second season episode blood wrote blood clever premise didn translate actual plot writer shearman pearson furthermore praised ending episode revealed days surely numbered paula_vitaris cinefantastique gave episode moderately positive review awarded stars praised anderson acting calling superb noting watching scully fall victim insanity fascinating
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