Paper Hearts

Paper Hearts

"Paper Hearts" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on December 15, 1996. It was written by Vince Gilligan, directed by Rob Bowman, and featured guest appearances by Tom Noonan, Rebecca Toolan and Vanessa Morley. The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, although it is tangentially connected to the series' wider mythology. "Paper Hearts" was viewed by 16.59 million people in its initial broadcast, and received positive reviews, with critics praising Noonan's guest role.

Paper

Paper is a thin sheet of matted cellulose fibers. Largely derived from lignocellulose, paper is created from a pulp dissolved into a slurry that is drained and dried into sheets. Different types of paper are defined by constituent fiber, paper pulp, sizing, coating, paper size, paper density and grammage.

paper

Noun

1. A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
2. Ellipsis of newspaper; anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).

Adjective

1. Made of paper.
2. Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper).

hearts

Noun

1. plural of heart

Noun

1. One of the four suits of playing cards, in red, marked with the symbol ♥.
2. A trick-taking card game in which players are penalized for taking hearts and (especially) the queen of spades.