fire files fire twelfth episode season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network december written series creator chris_carter directed featured guest appearances episode monster week story unconnected series wider mythology fire earned nielsen household rating watched million households initial broadcast received positive reviews critics centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson work cases linked paranormal called files episode mulder scully visited detective studied aid case involving serial killer capable nature episode featured dangerous stunts utilizing fire scene mulder confront end corridor family home sets fire entire hallway played shot order protect intense heat injury involved production david_duchovny burned hand leaving small permanent character considered recurring role episode ended appearance plot wealthy elderly man says goodbye wife leaving work suddenly catches fire apparent case spontaneous human family house staff including irish watch burns death lawn later washington fox_mulder dana_scully met investigator london mulder lover oxford_university green explains serial targeting british aristocracy burning victims alive leaving trace evidence links crimes suspect love letters victims wives latest target sir visiting protection escaping attack killer mulder scully visit expert says rocket fuel burn hot destroy evidence origins mulder tells scully green case play mind game exploiting fear fire having killed assumed identity family arrive vacation home american accent unbeknownst bob painting layer rocket fuel exterior house befriends sick family driver offering town uses abilities burn local bar apparent motive hospital mulder green interview witness bar fire tells apparent ability fire existence driver poisoned provided illness recruited drive family boston night attend party luxury hotel mulder flies boston watch party green hoping set trap suspect scully continues working compiling criminal profile killer mulder green dance party kiss scully arrives hotel sees spots lobby watching fire alarm goes blaze starts room children located mulder attempts rescue overcome intense smoke instead saved mulder awakens scully questions bob told green long time employee background checks green tells mulder accompanying return england day scully discusses research mulder confirmed police sketch taken witness description reaching house mulder scully find driver body bathroom second floor bursts flames mulder faces able save children scully holds gunpoint forced hold fire informs rocket fuel painted house green throws rocket fuel face causing lose control set outside case solved green returns england family held medical facility trial healing rate episode final scene shows asking nurse cigarette production season given threatened lord episode scene mulder confront end corridor family home sets fire entire hallway played shot order protect intense heat injury involved production david_duchovny burned hand leaving small permanent exterior shots hotel filmed location vancouver coincidentally rebuilt burning ground interior shots fire based stunts shot sound stage built resemble hotel interior stock footage establishing shots exterior shots mansion beginning episode filmed vancouver mansion previously episode jersey devil character considered recurring role episode ended appearance chris_carter explained character origins saying thought interesting little bit mulder history bringing old girlfriend wanted detective woman thought interesting chance use executive producer felt episode hard kind fire stunt major undertaking involves overlapping things major feat real logical creative feat wanted look good broadcast reception fire premiered fox network december broadcast united_kingdom bbc december episode earned nielsen household rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching tuned episode fire viewed million households series creator chris_carter called fire popular episode somewhat happy way turned having written imagined certain ways think lot better thought generally directed felt wide loose lacking things retrospective season entertainment_weekly rated episode praising performance finding annoying character episode kept real sparks flying writing rated episode finding contrived unnecessary feeling relationship mulder believable writing den geek felt fire great episode believing worked highlighting sexual tension leads
Fire (The X-Files)