Jan Delasara , in the book '' PopLit , PopCult and The X-Files '' argues that episodes like " Nisei " and " 731 , " or the earlier episode " Paper Clip , " show the public 's trust in science " eroding . " Delasara proposes that " arrogated " scientists who are " rework ing the fabric of life , " are causing the public 's faith in science to fade drastically , " a concern " , she notes , " that is directly addressed by '' X-Files '' episodes " . Moreover , she notes that almost all of the scientists portrayed in '' The X-Files '' are depicted with a " connection to ancient evil " , with the lone exception being Agent Scully . In " Nisei , " and later in " 731 " , the scientists are former Japanese scientists who worked during WWII for the infamous 731 unit . In their attempts to create a successful human-alien hybrid , they become the archetypical scientists who " go too far , " a serious factor that Delasara argues " ' alienates ' the public further from science and its practitioners . " " Nisei " premiered on the Fox network on , and was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on . The episode earned a Nielsen household rating of 9.8 with a 17 share , meaning that roughly of all television-equipped households , and of households watching television , were tuned in to the episode . A total of viewers watched this episode during its original airing . " Nisei " later won two Emmy Awards : one for " Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Series " and one for " Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Drama Series . " " Nisei " received largely positive reviews . In a retrospective of the third season in '' Entertainment Weekly '' , " Nisei " was rated an A . The review noted that the episode contained " lots of excitement for Scully " , though it also described Mulder 's plot thread as " equally gripping " . Writing for '' The A.V. Club '' , Todd VanDerWerff rated the episode an A - , calling it " a hell of a lot of fun " . VanDerWerff described the cliffhanger ending as " just phenomenal " , and felt that the episode had " the drive of a big-budget action film " . However , he noted that it was becoming evident by this stage that the series ' mythology was becoming " too big to ever resolve wholly satisfactorily " . Paula Vitaris from '' Cinefantastique '' gave the episode a largely positive review and awarded it three-and-a-half stars out of four . Vitaris noted that , despite the teaser and first act being " promising enough " , the episode " slides downhill rapidly with a storyline that crosses the border into ludicrous . " Vitaris called the scene where soldiers kill prisoners " a scene more disturbing than anything else previously seen on '' The X-Files '' . " Furthermore , she wrote that the final scene between Mulder and Scully was " beautifully written and acted . " Robert Shearman and Lars Pearson , in their book '' Wanting to Believe : A Critical Guide to The X-Files , Millennium & The Lone Gunmen '' , were slightly more critical and rated the episode three-and-a-half stars out of five . The two criticized the plot — despite calling the action sequences " quite breathless " — noting that " it seems rather funny : an entire team of black ops are sent to a small boat , but Mulder is still able to evade them without their noticing . " Shearman and Pearson , called the episode " '' Planes , Trains , and Automobiles '' reinvented as an action movie . "
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