town files town fourth episode second season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network united_states written frank_spotnitz directed episode monster week story unconnected series wider mythology town received nielsen rating watched million households episode received mixed 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 arkansas site latest investigation mulder scully sent find missing inspector case takes twist worker shot goes insane giving mulder eat town future executive producer stand episode inspired write episode thinking occurring chicken processing plant idea thought things later named characters real life plot arkansas government health inspector follows seemingly young lover woods losing track soon finds surrounded approaching lights woods killed axe wielding wearing tribal mask reported missing weeks later witness claims seen near fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson investigate site alleged agents find ground burnt witch ground local sheriff arrives unusual occurring visiting wife agents discover recommend local chicken plant closed health violations giving agents tour plant floor manager claims held hearing works plant grabs holds knife point mulder scully attempt reason shot killed sheriff plant physician later claims suffering consistent reported agents later grandfather plant owner shaken death gives agents permission perform autopsy agents find personnel file gives age appears older discover suffered disease rare fatal illness causes agents nearly truck learn driver suffered disease noticing plant blood red runoff nearby stream mulder orders reluctant sheriff quickly find bones people including skeletal remains agents notice skeletons missing bones appear boiled discuss uncovered bones increase cases complains assures talk fbi records mulder scully find eighty seven people vanished mile radius past half century mulder suspects town residents practicing order life possibly explaining youthful appearance mulder realizes originally disease residents caught illness consuming body agents try search town birth records confirmation age find destroyed mansion meet implies helped kill husband instructs fbi investigation calls mulder believing wants kill hangs attacked masked figure scully goes help mulder searches mansion finds heads victims cabinet mulder calls scully phone hears knocked taken field started led consuming killing allowing epidemic occur executed masked figure scully killed mulder arrives shoots figure revealed sheriff tries shoot mulder death fleeing narration scully explains plant closed seven residents died disease reveals ninety years old time death spent time allegedly tribe transport plane shot new_guinea world war states remains found final scene suggests remains fed chickens plant production town written future executive producer frank_spotnitz directed episode stand episode wanted episode occurring chicken processing plant thinking things imagine inspired movie bad day town holding terrible secret inspired article read ucla getting sick eating brother later suggested include theme episode concept discovering human bones boiled inspired research episode despite having trouble locating books named characters real life based new_mexico bones consumed found idea afflicted disease inspired like disease afflicted fore people came idea start episode love affair actor played sheriff later cast fire captain files film end result said pleased way executed think good mystery later wrote liked time gone director admitted tired inspired time episode second season produced lack interest later resulted episode taking extra time finish later recalled difficult aspect episode filming climactic human sacrifice scene ceremonial mask featured explained mask scared hell thought boy don shoot right going silly reception town broadcast united_states original broadcast watched million households according nielsen ratings system received rating share viewers meaning percent households united_states percent people watching television time viewed episode episode received mixed reviews television critics retrospective review second season entertainment_weekly gave town describing scary chicken processing plant writing zack_handlen rated episode criticizing opening sequence haven seen like million times dozens horror movies series bland characters lack humor compliment fact plot explained villain motives episode sense community furthermore wrote resolution worked despite scully danger television pity ranked town fifth nightmare inducing episode robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode stars wrote positively praising idea frame themes wrote pushes metaphor far citing ending scene evidence shearman pearson criticized directing noting lacked strange black comedy work score noted snow soundtrack horn anthem gives character taken little tribal culture criticized series use capture scully mechanism mulder spring action
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