History Recap / TheXFilesS01E21Tooms

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* FrameUp: Tooms tries to frame Mulder in a beating by cutting himself and using one of Mulder's shoes to hit himself in the jaw.

-->'''Scully''': Mulder, I wouldn't put myself on the line for anybody but you.

Eugene Victor Tooms (the MonsterOfTheWeek of the episode [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E03Squeeze "Squeeze"]]) is back. He's about to be released from the psychiatric hospital, and when Mulder and Scully find out, they set out to stop him and expose him before he kills again. However, they're both under intense scrutiny due to their unorthodox handling of cases, and so Scully wants to make sure that they handle this investigation strictly [[ByTheBookCop by the book]].

-->"You think they would've taken me more seriously if I wore the gray suit?"

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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Mulder's case against Tooms at the court was not exactly convincing. He should have stuck to believable parts of the case, such as Tooms' collection of {{Creepy Souvenir}}s that had been discovered in his apartment in "Squeeze".

* BrilliantButLazy: Skinner others in the FBI see Mulder as this, feeling that he's wasting his talents on the X-Files.

* JerkassHasAPoint: It's pretty clear Skinner has an issue with Mulder, but he's not wrong that Mulder and Scully often don't follow proper procedure that other agents are expected to follow.

* BrilliantButLazy: Skinner notes that he and others in the FBI feel that Mulder's wasting his talents on the X-Files.

* GenreSavvy: Mulder knows Tooms won't kill the old couple he's boarding with because it would be too obvious and risk exposure.

* CoveredInGunge: Tooms covered in that yellow bile he produces carries a major [[{{Squick}} squick]] factor.

* HesBack: This is the first time the show has a MonsterOfTheWeek returning... and Tooms [[OhCrap still needs one more liver]] to prepare for another 30-year hibernation.

* HorrorHunger: Tooms
* HungryMenace

* {{Mutants}}

* EarlyBirdCameo: This was the first appearance of Walter Skinner.

* HorrorHunger

* TheStakeout

* CassandraTruth: Mulder is right about Tooms. He really is a horrifying SerialKiller yet Mulder's testimony isn't very credible, and so Tooms is released.

* ForTheEvulz: Tooms kills for sport, trying to get to his next victim through toilet. Only when this challenge fails, he tries a slightly opened window.

* PoliceBrutalityGambit:

* ThatOneCase: The earlier Tooms' murders for Briggs.
* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Mulder's case against Tooms at the court was not exactly convincing. He should have stuck to believable parts of the case, for example Tooms's collection of {{Creepy Souvenir}}s that had been discovered in his apartment in "Squeeze".

* EyesOfGold: Tooms.

* CassandraTruth: Mulder is right about Tooms. He really is a horrifying SerialKiller yet Mulder's testimony is not exactly convincing and he gets released.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The scene in the car was sweet. Most importantly:

* ForTheEvulz: Mulder

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Mulder's case against Tooms at the court was not exactly convincing. He should have stuck to believable parts of the case, for example Tooms's collection of {{Creepy Souvenis}}s that had been discovered in his apartment in "Squeeze".

* CassandraTruth:
* CoveredInGunge: Tooms covered in that yellow goop carries a major [[{{Squick}} squick]] factor.

* ForTheEvulz

* ThatOneCase: The earlier Tooms' murders for Briggs.

* EyesOfGold Tooms.

* HorrorHunger
* ThatOneCase: The earlier Tooms murders for Briggs
* PunkInTheTrunk: Tooms hides in Mulder's trunk in order to follow him home
* CoveredInGunge: Tooms covered in that yellow goop carries a major [[{{Squick}} squick]] factor

* CoveredInGunge: Tooms covered in that yellow goop carries a major Squick factor

* ThatOneCase - The earlier Tooms murders for Briggs
* PunkInTheTrunk - Tooms hides in Mulder's trunk in order to follow him home