Patience (The X-Files)

"**Patience**"
"Patience"
The X-Files episode
	The man bat. The creature and episode were roundly criticized, with one reviewer calling the antagonist "a dull monster in fake-looking make-up".
Episode no.	Season 8; Episode 3
Directed by	Chris Carter
Written by	Chris Carter
Production code	8ABX04
Original air date	November 19, 2000
Running time	44 minutes
Guest appearances
	Eve Brenner as Mrs. McKesson; Gary Bullock as Tall George; Jay Caputo as Bat Creature; Eugene Dynarski as Ernie Stefaniuk; Bradford English as Yale Abbott; Dan Leegant as Myron Stefaniuk; Annie O'Donnell as Tahoma; Bryan Rasmussen as Sheriff's Deputy; Brent Sexton as Gravedigger;
Episode chronology
← Previous; "Without"	Next →; "Roadrunners"
	The X-Files season 8
	List of episodes

"Patience" is the third episode of the eighth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on November 19, 2000. The episode was written and directed by series creator Chris Carter. "Patience" is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. The episode received a Nielsen rating of 8.2 and was viewed by 13.3 million viewers. The episode received mixed to negative reviews from critics.

The series centers on FBI special agents Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and her new partner John Doggett (Robert Patrick)—following the alien abduction of her former partner, Fox Mulder (David Duchovny)—who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. In this episode, John Doggett, after having been assigned to the X-Files, joins Scully to investigate a series of gruesome murders that appear to be the work of a bat-like creature. This being their first case together, Scully and Doggett find that their investigative techniques are less than similar.

Carter was inspired to write "Patience" to emulate the "back-to-basics stand alones […] of the earlier seasons". The episode was the first The X-Files entry to neither feature actor David Duchovny nor feature his name in the opening credits. Furthermore, the episode was crafted to be the first to test Doggett's skepticism of paranormal activity.

^ "The X-Files - "Patience"". TheXFiles.com. Fox Broadcasting Company. February 2002. Archived from the original on 7 February 2002. Retrieved 27 April 2012.

[cast-1] "The X-Files - "Patience"". TheXFiles.com. Fox Broadcasting Company. February 2002. Archived from the original on 7 February 2002. Retrieved 27 April 2012.

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