 Robert Shearman and Lars Pearson , in their book Wanting to Believe : A Critical Guide to The X @-@ Files , Millennium & The Lone Gunmen , rated the episode three @-@ and @-@ a @-@ half stars out of five . The two noted that , while the episode 's premise " brims over with atmosphere " , the ending of " Død Kalm " was extremely lacking . Shearman and Pearson argued " that if the writers can only devise a plot which paints them into a corner so awkward there 's no realistic way they can get out , then they shouldn 't write the story at all . " The two also criticized the episode 's make up . They noted that " Scully looks like a credible old lady , Mulder rather more like a man wearing several layers of latex . " 
