files second episode fourth season american science fiction television series files written directed episode aired united_states fox network monster week story stand plot unconnected series wider mythology earned nielsen rating seen million viewers initial broadcast episode received positive reviews critics performance lead actress gillian_anderson especially praised centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully anderson work cases linked paranormal called files episode mulder scully track series murders lead home mentally ill clue makes sense victim appeared area body found words furthermore episode continues storyline concerns scully battle cancer inspired write episode based incident involved wife father potentially seeing beings room dying inspired film flew nest series sought bowling alley opening scenes establishments vancouver canada reluctant yield thirds space close days eventually chosen plot owner bowling alley tells employees man named home evening shortly discovers badly injured blond girl inside automated girl attempts speak words come mouth notices police nearby parking lot rushes outside help realizes crowd gathered dead body girl saw moments earlier bowling alley relates bizarre tale fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson mulder suspects encountered dead girl ghost similar encounters similar murders reported area weeks agents discover words written bowling lane saw spirit meaning remains mystery tells mulder scully anonymous message killer victims claimed words notes victim severed making impossible utter dying words agents trace source mulder notices patients avoiding gaze viewing photographs murder victims scully comes conclusion fits killer profile person consumed desire organize clean scully uses rest room attend nose bleed encounters spirit blond girl moments later mulder tells body victim found nearby later mulder discovers room accessible bowling alley walls room covered score sheets including victims mulder realizes met murdered women bowling alley suddenly strange seizure point view sees ghost standing mulder rushes room makes way bowling alley lies dead victim heart attack mulder tells scully person saw die implying scully saw victim ghost struck transported psychiatric center later mulder finds lying floor half conscious claims went attacked patients tells trying poison scully slowly realizes responsible murders attacks scully scully draws weapon fires striking shoulder case mulder scully explains medication triggering violent unpredictable behavior scully committed murders order destroy love felt young women later body discovered nearby alley apparent victim respiratory failure scully suspects died took away scully admits mulder saw ghost fourth victim shortly murdered later scully sees spirit sitting seat car production written directed episode inspired event happened future wife visiting father hospital according near death kept looking room visitors eventually asked daughter people room daughter revealed people kept looking room inspired idea dying person able look cracks world developed premise revolving haunted bowling alley right character inspired enjoyment film flew nest fact friend played appeared flew nest fellow patients portrayed invited audition writer frank_spotnitz according porter audition felt great impression complete fool gestures porter episode inspired appearance play called asylum series sought bowling alley opening scenes reluctant yield thirds space close days eventually chosen series allowed film location condition bowling surfaces preserved production staff forced wear bowling shoes wear makeshift paper feet camera set ups duchovny director charleston bowled games duchovny later joked episode realized old felt sore bowling joked sore bowling time start thinking life going reception premiered fox network episode earned nielsen rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode seen million viewers broadcast robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode stars called terrific applauded script noting focused greater attention relationship mulder scully called shot scully sees bathroom chilling things series offered year noted scully counselor highlight season paula_vitaris writing cinefantastique rated stars writing file episode falls apart end installment saved emotional impact scully vitaris praised acting cast especially lauded anderson performance noting conveyed shock confusion witnessing frightening sight girl cut throat reviews positive todd_vanderwerff awarded episode called alternately deeply moving stupid main criticism episode portrayed mental illness manner offensive worst plain best furthermore derided magical mentally handicapped person worthy vanderwerff wrote episode saved largely beautiful little scenes let weight scully carrying
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