History Recap / TheXFilesS04E16Unrequited

'''Mulder:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Is that what you believe?]] Is that what you really believe? [[AlasPoorVillain They're not just denying this man's life, they're denying his death.]] And with all due respect sir, [[NotSoDifferent he could]] [[ShellShockedVeteran be]] [[TheVietnamVet you.]]

Directed by Michael Lange

Mulder and Scully hunt an invisible assassin (Peter LaCroix) targeting military officials, in the process stumbling across a government cover up pertaining to Vietnam POW's.

->'''Skinner:''' "You found the man you were looking for, but now he's dead, it's over."\\
'''Mulder:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion "Is that what you believe?]] Is that what you really believe? [[AlasPoorVillain They're not just denying this man's life, they're denying his death.]] And with all due respect sir, [[NotSoDifferent he could]] [[ShellShockedVeteran be]] [[TheVietnamVet you."]]

'''Mulder:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion "Is that what you believe?]] Is that what you really believe? [[AlasPoorVillain They're not just denying this man's life, they're denying his death.]] And with all due respect sir, [[NotSoDifferent he could]] [[ShellShockedVeteran be] [[TheVietnamVet you."]]

* TheVietnamVet: Teager and his victims. Skinner is also one.

'''Mulder:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion "Is that what you believe?]] Is that what you really believe? [[AlasPoorVillain They're not just denying this man's life, they're denying his death.]] And with all due respect sir, [[NotSoDifferent he could]] [[ShellShockedVeteran be you."]]

->'''Skinner:''' You found the man you were looking for, but now he's dead, it's over.\\
'''Mulder:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Is that what you believe?]] Is that what you really believe? [[AlasPoorVillain They're not just denying this man's life, they're denying his death.]] And with all due respect sir, [[NotSoDifferent he could]] [[ShellShockedVeteran be you.]]

->'''Skinner:''' Let it go, Agent Mulder. You did your job.\\
'''Mulder:''' [[AlasPoorVillain So did Nathaniel Teager.]]

* BittersweetEnding: If not an outright DownerEnding. More bitter than sweet. Teager is stopped from his final assassination, but is killed in the process, and he is ultimately a tragic victim of the government cover up of Vietnam POW's, a cover up which continues in spite of his and Mulder's efforts.

* TragicVillain: Teager is what the government made him, and is seeking justice for what was done to him and other men like him who remain captive POW's in Vietnam instead of dead like the government has lied to the public that they are.

'''Mulder:''' So did Nathaniel Teager.

Mulder and Scully hunt an invisible assassin.

!!![[AC:Recaps]]: [[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E01Herrenvolk 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E02Home 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E03Teliko 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E04Unruhe 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E05TheFieldWhereIDied 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E06Sanguinarium 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E07MusingsOfACigaretteSmokingMan 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E08Tunguska 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E09Terma 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E10PaperHearts 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E11ElMundoGira 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E12LeonardBetts 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E13NeverAgain 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E14MementoMori 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E15Kaddish 15]] | '''16''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E17TempusFugit 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E18Max 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E19Synchrony 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E20SmallPotatoes 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E21ZeroSum 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E22Elegy 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E23Demons 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E24Gethsemane 24]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Spot the difference. [[labelnote:Give up?]]Look at the screen.[[/labelnote]]]]

Directed by R. W. Goodwin

!!Tropes

* TheVietnamVet: Teager and his victims. Skinner is also one.

* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The Right Hand group, who wind up being a RedHerring.

* InvisibleMan: Teager is able to induce a blindspot on the people around himself, making him virtually invisible.

* InvisibleMan: Teager.
* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The Right Hand, who wind up being a RedHerring.

*InvisibleMan: Teager.
* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The Right Hand, who wind up being a RedHerring.
*{{Vietnam War}}

!!Tropes