darkness falls files darkness falls twentieth episode season american science fiction television series files premiered fox network april darkness falls written series creator chris_carter directed featured guest appearances episode monster week story stand plot unconnected series wider mythology darkness falls earned nielsen household rating watched million households initial broadcast received positive reviews earning environmental media award treatment illegal logging centers fbi special agents fox_mulder david_duchovny dana_scully gillian_anderson work cases linked paranormal called files episode mulder scully called investigate team disappear trace initially terrorism agents find trapped seemingly ancient menace woods chris_carter inspired write episode based interest subject involves analyzing annual growth rings found non tropical tree species carter credits episode ominous ending experience growing era following scandal having spent life coming government profoundly plot olympic national forest washington state group flee woods trying escape unseen force eventually killed large small glowing green insects later fbi headquarters fox_mulder shows dana_scully photo missing telling group disappeared forest agents head forest meet head security logging company driving forest truck hits left ground terrorists forcing walk rest way arriving camp site mulder scully find abandoned communication equipment destroyed searching forest find corpse large hanging tree repairing heat generators catches terrorist named tells group deadly insects forest avoid darkness stay alive morning find old growth tree cut unexplained band green contained growth rings suspects organism dormant tree centuries disturbed tree illegally cut moore truck killed nightfall cabin kept safe light morning convinces mulder let colleagues gasoline return pick scully moore confront mulder leave little fuel generator night passes single light lighting cabin going morning arrives mulder scully moore truck tire camp hoping patch spare escape find dead returns telling friends dead hits spike left ground killed leaves dark moore agents insects enter vehicle air conditioning found soon brought facility washington scientists tells mulder forest bombarded controlled fire hopes insects production chris_carter inspired write episode based interest subject involves analyzing annual growth rings found non tropical tree species believed trees thousands years old end acting time shed light past events species carter credits episode ominous ending experience growing era following scandal having spent life coming government profoundly green insects episode primarily computer generated added post production process close shots bugs microscopic photography episode intended bottle episode meaning episode based single location help save money bad weather plagued production toughest episodes season crew episode shot location british_columbia known atmosphere crew grown tense end shooting schedule culminated heated argument director assistant director appear location darkness falls episode series directed weather delayed production site pick shots filmed later date finish episode delays caused location generators camera equipment aid crew able stay site time wasted staff day played childhood friend david_duchovny helped convince pursue acting career actors said helped mood episode difficult production broadcast reception darkness falls 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 darkness falls rated episode called eerie outing set torn today headlines backdrop zack_handlen writing called darkness falls excellent episode hits right notes praised episode setting comparing earlier season episode ice felt nose approach environmental themes worked writing den geek felt positively episode ambiguous resolution feeling open ended treatment lent episode real strength finding episode held sense weight credibility intrigue writers ign named episode fifth favorite standalone episode finding boasts interesting twists noting positively episode smart environmental themes writer series creator chris_carter claims darkness falls written environmental message mind episode honored fourth annual winning television episodic drama category plot darkness falls adapted novel young adults
Darkness Falls (The X-Files)