red black files red black fourteenth episode fifth season american science fiction television series files written series creator chris_carter frank_spotnitz directed carter aired united_states march fox network episode earned nielsen household rating watched million people initial broadcast episode received moderately positive reviews 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 learn truth abduction goes missing son angrily attempts push way fbi syndicate tests black oil sacrificing red black continues previous episode patient features return mulder belief belief initially lost season opener director originally slated direct episode filming issues resulted carter directing carter later described episode patient challenging complex projects season plot mountain wilderness canada cabin writes letter addressed son expresses hopes reconcile envelope addressed fbi given boy fox_mulder david_duchovny arrives dam finds number burned corpses including belonging quiet dana_scully gillian_anderson found minor burns approximately survivors found nearby woods arrives looking mother missing mulder meets scully incident remember sees mulder warns involved mother remains missing man john watch black oil administered work later man meets held captive aboard russian freighter man believes russians possess functional black oil infected boy working resistance alien colonists possible spacecraft crashes base west_virginia surviving rebel passenger captured military mulder shows scully photos victims having found believes scully able answer questions syndicate meets capture rebel man wants align rebels syndicate members reluctant want sure russian works scully recalls rebels burning fellow recalls spacecraft killing rebels meeting walter_skinner mulder continues insist events orchestrated military aliens russian effect elder tells man decided turn rebel colonists shows scully video talking aliens child claiming mother forced statements released attacks mulder apartment claims war raging aliens rebel meant halt impending colonization earth claims captured rebel critical plans die mulder scully head alien bounty hunter disguised quiet come kill rebel mulder witnesses second rebel arriving seemingly kill bounty hunter rescue captured rebel man watches russian revealed successful mulder released military confused saw receives letter canada canada boy return letter cabin revealed smoking man production casting filming series creator chris_carter explained cast listing episode patient longer cast lists series order allow increased expenses hiring additional actors carter producers series talked fox allowing episodes slightly expensive lead soon released x-files movie carter explained convinced spend extra money extra special work leading files movie released addition child gave message young boy son production manager originally intended direct episode unable resulting carter directing later recounted supposed direct red black files movie couldn chris direct episode mad filming scene mulder scully station carter homage medical drama filming entirely opening scene filmed city vancouver canada scenes dam shot approximately miles east vancouver abduction sequence involved scale replica dam scenes syndicate testing black oil filmed abandoned hospital vancouver carter commented chose interesting observation space difficult shoot effects red black technically difficult episode carter later described patient challenging complex projects season scene elevated craft shot having sit wheelchair lifted upward crane removed shot post production lights alien spacecraft shot lighting rig combined computer effects special effects supervisor crashed alien spacecraft feet diameter twice length spaceship seen dragged ground create explosions set simulate crash remains wreckage burned create rest footage scene took entire night film opening scene featuring alien rebels group russian alien filmed actual russian cars picture car coordination noted couldn real russian cars decided creative seriously european burned couple sorry couldn scene intro mulder discovers remains prop production design departments create specialized fake bodies carter later noted harder looks create dead body stage alien abduction scene built scratch construction supervisor tasked creating scale replica bridge order ease shots tagline episode resist serve tagline later files game files resist serve official book covering fifth season list victims viewed scully hospital room x-files reception red black premiered fox network united_states march episode earned nielsen rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode viewed million viewers episode later included volume colonization dvd collection contains episodes involved alien plans earth critical reception episode largely positive reviewer zack_handlen gave red black wrote positively war colonists rebels referenced episode noting marked point shit real despite handlen criticized series following tale alien war noting premise took heard refer seasons seasons files mythology finally paid handlen noted red black worked performances great second rarely feels robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode stars called episode typical mythology noted plot complicated simpler scenes confrontation handled paula_vitaris cinefantastique gave episode positive review awarded stars vitaris praised episode premise wrote represented second half strong half variety critics praised scene robert_shearman called scene gorgeous praised gillian_anderson acting abilities paula_vitaris extremely impressed scene blocking calling rendition virtually intensity concluded anderson
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