 Complete the following phrase:  The episodereportedly Carters least favoritewas very poorly received. Frank Lovece, in his books The X-Files Declassified, called it perhaps the series dullest, least suspenseful episode, citing the spectral antagonists highly unclear motivations. Keith Phipps, writing for The A.V. Club, reviewed the episode negatively, rating it a D. He felt that the episodes special effects were pretty decidedly unscary, and that the episodes premise was confusing and a little tasteless in its treatment of the 