“Beyond the Sea,” like other X-Files episodes, was subject to a veto from Fox, who could kill any script if they thought there was a major problem. In this case, they were worried about the basics of the plot, which had Scully visiting the serial killer Luther Lee Boggs in order to find where a kidnapper was hiding.
To the executives, the notion that an attractive female FBI agent was getting information from a charismatic killer made everything seem too much like the relationship between Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs.
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