History Recap / TheXFilesS05E07Emily

-->'''Calderon:''' He knows I'm involved.\\

** This is one of the earliest indications of [[spoiler:The Colonists using their own agents instead of using the Syndicate as middlemen]]. Season 9 would later imply that [[spoiler:[[Recap/TheXFilesS09E10Providence as early as 1991]], the Colonists were starting to get fed up with the Syndicate and were exploring options that would lessen their need for human collaborators]].

* FriendToAllChildren: Mulder to Emily, with his impression of Mr Potato Head.

* MissionControl: The Lone Gunmen briefly serve as this while Mulder is infiltrating the convalescent home that the Colonists are using as a front for their experiments. While Frohike is the only one seen on screen, [[FreezeFrameBonus some subtle arm movement behind him]] suggests that at least one of the other two is working alongside him off camera.

* PapaWolf: Mulder delivers the scumbag Dr. Calderon a much deserved beat down over what he is doing to Emily.

** The [[AlienBlood alien retrovirus]] from season 2 returns, infecting Detective Kresge and a doctor treating Emily. Because of Mulder's previous exposure to it, he is able to save them.

** This is one of the earliest indications of The Colonists using their own agents instead of using the Syndicate as middlemen. Season 9 would later imply that [[Recap/TheXFilesS09E10Providence as early as 1991]], the Colonists were starting to get fed up with the Syndicate and were exploring options that would lessen their need for human collaborators.

* HijackedByGanon: The [[ThoseTwoBadGuys two silent, mysterious figures]] who killed Emily's adoptive parents in the previous episode are revealed to be Alien Bounty Hunters. One of them injects a serum into Emily then quietly slips back into the shadows. The other one becomes the FinalBoss.

!!![[AC:Recaps]]: [[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E01Redux 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E02ReduxII 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E03UnusualSuspects 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E04Detour 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E05ThePostModernPrometheus 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E06ChristmasCarol 6]] | '''7''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E08Kitsunegari 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E09Schizogeny 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E10Chinga 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E11KillSwitch 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E12BadBlood 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E13PatientX 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E14TheRedAndTheBlack 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E15Travelers 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E16MindsEye 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E17AllSouls 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E18ThePineBluffVariant 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E19FolieADeux 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E20TheEnd 20]]

-->'''Mulder:''' Do you know anything about pharmaceuticals?
-->'''Frohike:''' Medicinal or... recreational?

-->'''Calderon:''' He knows I'm involved.
-->'''Bounty Hunter:''' [[YouHaveFailedMe And now you've brought him to see us]].
-->'''Calderon:''' What do you want me to tell him?
-->'''Bounty Hunter:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Nothing]].
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** This is one of earliest indications of The Colonists using their own agents instead of relying on their own agents instead of using the Syndicate as middlemen. Season 9 would later imply that [[Recap/TheXFilesS09E10Providence as early as 1991]], the Colonists were starting to get fed up with the Syndicate and were exploring options that would lessen their need for human collaborators.

** The [[AlienBlood alien retrovirus]] from season 2 returns, infecting Detective Kresge and a nurse treating Emily. Because of Mulder's previous exposure to it, he is able to save them.

* HijackedByGanon: The mysterious MenInBlack from the previous episode are not Syndicate hitmen, but Alien Bounty Hunters. One of them collects DNA from Emily then quietly slips back into the shadows. The other one becomes the FinalBoss.

* LeeroyJenkins: Kresge is a bit too triggerhappy when confronting the Bounty Hunter, which ends about as you'd expect.

* MythArc: The Bounty Hunters and Clones are revisited.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Dr. Calderon finds himself on the receiving end of this after Mulder exposes him.

* HeroInsurance: Mulder gets some pretty generous coverage in this one. Normally the NoHoldsBarredBeatdown he gave to Dr. Calderon would have resulted in [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Skinner reading him the riot act]]. But since Calderon can't afford any unwanted attention from the authorities, he doesn't report it, so Mulder faces no repercussions.

** One of the Bounty Hunter's disguises is an elderly man with a grey moustache. He had previously assumed this disguise in "[[Recap/TheXFilesS03E24TalithaCumi Talith Cumi]]".

** The alien retrovirus from season 2 returns, infecting Detective Kresge and a nurse treating Emily. Because of Mulder's previous exposure to it, he is able to save them.

* CastAsAMask: The Alien Bounty Hunter does not appear in his ShapeshifterDefaultForm, as Brian Thompson was either not available or simply not cast to keep the character's involvement a surprise. After he kills Dr. Calderon, he wears his face for the rest of the episode.

* CallBack: Scully's infertility is brought up again.

* ShaggyDogStory: Mulder threatens Emily's doctor and tails him to a secret laboratory so he can steal medicine for Emily. He makes it out with the medicine, but ultimately decides to [[MercyKill let Emily die]].

* MythArc

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: The opening sequence which shows Scully picking up her cross necklace in sand rather than [[spoiler:Emily's cremated remains]].

* OhCrap: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Scully and Mulder talk about how[[spoiler:, even though she's dead,]] Emily is still evidence that the villains' scheme exists. Scully then goes to [[spoiler: Emily's coffin]] and opens it, to find nothing but sand.
* ShaggyDogStory: Mulder threatens Emily's doctor and tails him to a secret laboratory so he can steal medicine for Emily. He makes it out with the medicine, but ultimately decides to [[spoiler:[[MercyKill let Emily die.]]]]

* CallBack: Scully's infertility is brought up again.

* WouldHurtAChild: PlayedWith. Mulder deduces that the bad guys who killed Emily's adoptive parents [[IWantThemAlive need Emily alive for their experiments.]]

* OhCrap: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Scully and Mulder talk about how, even though [[spoiler:she's dead,]] Emily is still evidence that the villains' scheme exists. Scully then goes to [[spoiler: Emily's coffin]] and opens it, to find nothing but sand.

* OhCrap: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Scully and Mulder talk about how, even though [[spoiler:Emily is dead,]] she is still evidence that the villains' scheme exists. Scully then goes to [[spoiler: Emily's coffin]] and opens it, to find nothing but sand.

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