Cinefantastique gave the episode a mixed review and awarded it two stars out of four. She critiqued the fact that the episode lacked a paranormal mystery, noting that the theme of the episode "would fit nicely into any other police drama". Vitaris described the "three actors in the black suits and ghost masks" as "not very convincing." Co-producer Paul Rabwin was not a fan of "Hell Money": he believed that the premise was not really an X-File due to the fact that nothing paranormal happened during the episode. He claimed that if Mulder and Scully were removed from the story, it would not have changed anything and that the two were not affected personally by the case. Footnotes Bibliography External links "Hell Money" on The X-Files official website 1996 American television episodes Television episodes set in San Francisco Television episodes about shamanism The X-Files (season 3) episodes Chinatown, San Francisco in fiction Organ trade in fiction Television episodes about organ transplantation Chinese American television