files jersey devil fifth episode season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network october written series creator chris_carter directed featured guest appearances episode series second monster week story earlier squeeze written carter centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson work cases linked paranormal called files episode mulder scully investigate seemingly murders new_jersey later come evolutionary inspired tales chris_carter inspired write jersey devil reading essay ants carter turn wrote story posed mankind extinction concept mankind eating tail evolved idea evolutionary throwback purpose scenes scully going date life passing work x-files open scully audience plot new_jersey man attacked fixing flat tire road near woods corpse later found leg killed nearby present day scully brings mulder attention news body found new_jersey arm shoulder missing arriving scully mulder discover body eaten human local detective thompson denies agents access investigation scully returns washington attend birthday party mulder stays new_jersey party scully meets rob divorced father guests mulder questions homeless people case man shows drawing tells saw homeless people know mulder gives hotel room key man sleeps alley sees human like creature chases creature arrested catch morning mulder calls scully come bail scully brings mulder meet diamond professor going date rob local park ranger contacts mulder finding corpse wild man woods believes scully mulder bring ranger diamond body mysteriously vanished mulder believes hunting actually creature mate headed search food mate death agents ranger diamond search creature abandoned building searching building detective thompson arrives team mulder spots creature chases attacked creature wounds scully away creature escapes woods scully mulder diamond ranger manage find creature escapes shot team soon finds kills mulder asks killed creature responds reason kill animal autopsy reveals prehistoric bone structure human bones located digestive tract male female creatures reveals likely children mulder leaves talk scully turns second date rob join woods child creatures appears watching father son hiking production writer series creator chris_carter decided trying present typical like creature present missing link carter inspired write episode essay ants story wrote posed mankind extinction concept mankind eating tail evolved idea evolutionary throwback outfit previous project costume creature purpose scenes scully going date life passing work x-files open scully audience carter explained tried develop love interest scully sexual tension mulder scenes mulder shot blue screen vancouver stock casino footage added post production filming played titular creature intended appear nude necessitating solutions found different scenes shot actress wearing nude colored outfit shot hair tied manner breasts covered scenes episode filmed vancouver mansion served office town house restaurant mansion exterior shots later season episode fire forest scenes filmed remote area accessible large trucks exterior city scenes filmed sheet metal store broadcast reception jersey devil premiered fox network october broadcast united_kingdom bbc october episode earned nielsen household rating share meaning percent television equipped households percent households actively watching television watching program viewed million households retrospective season entertainment_weekly jersey devil rated episode called noted sub plot concerning scully private life set stage series future writing mixed feeling episode rating felt scenes featuring scully private life mulder speaking group homeless people effectively episode overall pretty silly took decent idea dead end producer critical episode feeling ran steam middle didn weren complications added beautifully shot
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