pine bluff variant eighteenth episode fifth season american science fiction television series files written directed episode aired united_states fox network episode monster week story stand plot unconnected series wider mythology fictional history pine bluff variant received nielsen household rating watched million viewers initial broadcast received largely positive reviews television critics fans internet centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson work cases linked paranormal called files episode scully grows suspicious mulder thinks helping terrorist organization scully begins wonder traitor fbi eventually revealed mulder working mole group trying stop able use biological weapon created members government causes rapid human flesh pine bluff variant based idea mulder going undercover topic wanted work majority fifth season argued worked series theme mulder questioning beliefs major element fifth season episode indirectly influenced novel spy came cold written title reference real united_states military base chemical weapons plot fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson walter_skinner mitch_pileggi fbi agents undercover operation washington park catch second command anti government militia called new skinner scully monitor operation van mulder agents slowly close hands envelope man escaping agents discover man flesh eaten away unknown scully concerned mulder let away later informs counter terrorism task force headed skinner attorney man park killed biological agent skinner explains august leader new involved internal power struggle scully follows mulder sees meeting tries pursue surrounded government agents brought skinner inform mulder group undercover agent mulder taken new hideout accuses government mulder tortured skin head man fingers broken process claims spy new tests biological weapon movie theatre ohio killing fourteen people inside investigating scene scully confused spread airborne mulder scully meet apartment tends finger discusses operation secretly recording conversation mulder meets skinner telling new planning rob bank wants copies surveillance files group attempt discover spy identity expecting request hands scully discovers biological weapon engineered government concludes purposely sent mulder suicide mission realizes spread touch new plan spread money bank mulder joins new infiltrate bank spray money fake robbery mole claims real mole argument plays tape mulder scully militia group turns offers set car keys tells leave group unharmed agrees drives group area prepares execute instead kills tells mulder run discovered mulder rushes bank warn people contaminated money finds scully bank money taken away scully confronts covert government weapons test responds job protect public truth later car face eaten away sprayed car keys production writing pine bluff variant written fifth season index card simply read mulder undercover long wanted story like noting fit putting mulder situation don know allegiance argued concept worked theme mulder questioning beliefs major element fifth season petitioned frank_spotnitz times idea right time right way presented episode influenced novel spy came cold written book author favorites cold war opportunity introduce new case domestic terrorism writing staff recent fears alleged production biological weapons craft basic premise script title reference real military base chemical weapons recalled action film heat inspiration filming play terrorists august production staff cast respectively chosen experience films previously cast season episode jersey devil woman played movie theater daughter assistant director portrayed series mother child bank scene played wife daughter scenes movie theater filmed recently closed theater british_columbia location featured architectural design characteristics small town cinema situated appropriate neighbourhood movie shown ohio theatre attacked die hard vengeance storyline mission terrorists involving american banks broadly mirrored episode plot faux corpses created artist brought set room store kept temporarily craft services room canadian government money filled robbed episode production staff assembled dollar bills denominations valued near use scenes said bank production initially stop fact filming scene involved money police guard duty fearful actual armed robbery attempted called filming continued planned scene teaser supposed set located washington actually filmed vancouver like rest episode capitol building background created cgi scene melting man face opening scene created computers reception ratings pine bluff variant premiered fox network united_states episode later debuted united_kingdom bbc march earned nielsen household rating meaning roughly percent television equipped households tuned episode viewed million viewers reviews pine bluff variant received largely positive reviews critics book resist serve official guide x-files vol noted episode particularly received fans internet realistic zack_handlen wrote positively entry awarded called excellent episode notable tension fact seemingly tells story little x-files mulder scully search truth right final twist furthermore handlen called script far best noted melted corpses episode provided striking deeply creepy visual robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode stars called entry season episodes feature mulder scully undergoing break straight forward thriller writing culture highlighted pine bluff variant cinematic appeal included episodes list reviews mixed paula_vitaris cinefantastique gave episode moderately positive review awarded half stars vitaris called episode absorbing hour entertainment identify red herring weakest story noting mulder throw terrorists awarded episode wrote episode brings light interesting aspects half fifth season internal logic story suspect concluded despite number scenes feature film point important character 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