Repose" to be one of his favorite episodes of the third season. Nutter highlighted it as one of the most enjoyable entries that he had worked on. He also noted that, "the writing was so tight and so crisp and so fresh that I think, as a director, the only thing you have to do is create the atmosphere, set up the characters, set up the shots and you are basically invisible. Then you step back and just let it happen." Series writer and producer Frank Spotnitz stated that the episode worked on many levels and that it is his favorite of the episodes written for the show by Morgan. In 2016, Ira Madison of Vulture.com named it the best episode of the series and "one of the best episodes of television ever", stating that the episode "takes every element that made the series so iconic and throws them all into one heartbreaking installment". Footnotes References External links "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" on The X-Files official website 1995 American television episodes The X-Files (season 3) episodes Emmy Award-winning episodes Television episodes about death Television episodes about precognition Television episodes directed by David Nutter Television episodes set in Minnesota