episode season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network april written directed episode featured mitch_pileggi appearance assistant director walter_skinner saw reprise roles smoking man respectively episode monster week story stand plot unconnected series wider mythology 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 serial killer seen squeeze released prison mulder scully try stop resuming killing sets frame mulder assault agent seeing men working open mall christmas time decided character episode writer wrote series squeeze introduced character walter_skinner appearance season character conceived playing stereotypical bureaucratic paper instead quietly dynamic plot events squeeze placed baltimore attempts escape arm food slot cell door forced visited psychologist dana_scully called fbi assistant director walter_skinner accompanied smoking man despite success files investigations skinner criticizes wants scully fox_mulder book work agents attend release hearing claims attack scully falsely accused murder mulder tries point physical evidence physiology crimes ignored hearing panel released care elderly couple ordered continue treatment scully meets detective investigated murders claims body victims discovered scully visit chemical plant piece victim liver found ultimately discovering skeleton concrete mulder work victim later night mulder follows tries break man house flees attacking researcher examining skeleton identifies missing victim substantial evidence proving murderer scully mulder watching new residence unaware hiding trunk mulder car manages break mulder apartment mulder shoe print face leads mulder questioned police skinner mulder contacting research skeleton reveals bite marks matching teeth old couple watching depart visited kills final liver needs thirty year discovering body mulder scully head residence exeter street demolished replaced shopping mall inside mulder finds nest bursts covered pursues mulder makes surface trapping killing skinner reads scully final report case asks smoking man believes replies course outside scully finds mulder observing mulder change coming x-files production sequel squeeze posed challenge writers written follow work previously morgan felt primary difficulty moving story forward leaving room happened previously benefit viewers seen episode led use courtroom scene means repeat necessary information morgan felt initial director squeeze problem second episode allowed use scenes failed film earlier episode end episode helmed series creator chris_carter considered best director working series morgan inspired write episode seeing men working open mall christmas time thought scare factor creature living underneath felt perfect choice creature villain history appearance second episode actor idea play nude sequence decision carter felt caused little discomfort actually added scene like substance coating nest actually yellow cast found stick skin pull hair removal framing mulder assault inspired similar plot point film introduced character walter_skinner appearance season character conceived playing stereotypical bureaucratic paper instead quietly dynamic actor mitch_pileggi auditioned unsuccessfully parts series cast skinner fact asked audition role discovered reason cast previous parts chris_carter unable imagine characters fact actor head attended audition skinner mood allowed small hair grow attitude fit character skinner causing carter assume actor pretending successfully auditioning role thought lucky cast earlier roles believed appeared single episode missed opportunity play recurring role skinner episode climactic scene shopping mall nest filmed city square mall vancouver shooting location required permission store owner premises care taken ensure stage blood scene motor avoid possible damage includes smoking man line dialogue series lines season carter initially unsure character receive dialogue feeling forbidding remained silent described actor extremely competent actor noting character increasing popularity reception premiered fox network april broadcast united_kingdom bbc february episode earned nielsen rating share meaning roughly percent television equipped households percent households watching television tuned episode viewed million households retrospective season entertainment_weekly rated appearance noted performance whilst performance said presence zack_handlen writing called episode richly rewarding finding interaction characters mulder scully highlight episode handlen felt episode plot development ultimately found motives characters unexplained writing den geek felt plot thread framing mulder assault amounts felt episode showed villain previous appearance squeeze robert_shearman lars_pearson book wanting believe critical guide lone gunmen rated episode half stars finding better instalment squeeze shearman felt episode featured little plotting consisting simply series set pieces considered wit character development adequately compensate character attracted positive criticism author listed character favourite monsters guest column entertainment_weekly issue whilst listed character best serial killers describing acting creepy writing den geek listed files noting popularity squeeze proved largely responsible shifting emphasis away dwelling solely alien conspiracy based mythology episodes
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