History Recap / TheXFilesS08E14ThisIsNotHappening

* DuelingWorks: Comparing this with the episode of ''{{Series/Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'' ''Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody'', both episodes of both Fox shows (that episode of Buffy was aired on [[Creator/TheCW The WB]] aired in 2001 and features a sad plot (Mulder's death in this episode, Joyce's death in that episode), with {{TitleDrop}}s said by main characters (Scully in this episode and Anya in that episode).

* DuelingWorks: Comparing this with ''{{Series/Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}''['s] episode ''Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS05E16TheBody'', both episodes of both Fox shows (that episode of Buffy was aired on [[TheCW The WB]] aired in 2001 and features a sad plot (Mulder's death in this episode, Joyce's death in that episode), with {{TitleDrop}}s said by main characters (Scully in this episode and Anya in that episode).

* DuelingWorks: Comparing this with ''{{Series/Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}''{{'s}} episode ''Recap/TheBody'', both episodes of both Fox shows (that episode of Buffy was aired on [[TheCW The WB]] aired in 2001 and features a sad plot (Mulder's death in this episode, Joyce's death in that episode), with {{TitleDrop}}s said by main characters (Scully in this episode and Anya in that episode).

* DuelingWorks: Comparing this with ''{{Series/Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}''{'s} episode ''Recap/TheBody'', both episodes of both Fox shows (that episode of Buffy was aired on [[TheCW The WB]] aired in 2001 and features a sad plot (Mulder's death in this episode, Joyce's death in that episode), with {{TitleDrop}}s said by main characters (Scully in this episode and Anya in that episode).

* DuelingWorks: Comparing this with ''{{Series/Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}''{'s} episode ''Recap/TheBody'', both episodes of both Fox shows (that episode of Buffy was aired on [[TheCW The WB]] aired in 2001 and features a sad plot (Mulder's death in this episode, Joyce's death in that episode, with {{TitleDrop}}s said by main characters (Scully in this episode and Anya in that episode).

* DespairEventHorizon: '''[[UpToEleven Jesus Christ.]]''' Scully falls into this after finding Mulder's dead body and witnessing Jeremiah Smith being taken away. [[SkywardScream She can only yell to the heavens.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: Scully falls into this after finding Mulder's dead body and witnessing Jeremiah Smith being taken away. '''[[UpToEleven Jesus Christ.]]''' [[SkywardScream She can only yell to the heavens.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: Scully falls into this after finding Mulder's dead body and witnessing Jeremiah Smith being taken away. [[RageAgainstTheHeavens She can only yell to the heavens.]]
* DownerEnding: The aliens return a seemingly dead Mulder and then abduct Jeremiah Smith, the only one who could cure him. Leaving Scully screaming hysterically and breaking down. '''[[UpToEleven Jesus Christ.]]'''

* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Scully shouts out the episode title after failing to save Jeremiah Smith from his abduction, which coincidentally happened after Mulder's corpse was discovered.

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* DownerEnding: The aliens return a seemingly dead Mulder and then abduct Jeremiah Smith, the only one who could cure him. Leaving Scully screaming hysterically and breaking down.

->''"No... no. [[TitleDrop THIS IS NOT HAPPENING!]] NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"''

->''"No... no. [[TitleDrop THIS IS NOT HAPPENING!]] NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"''

->''"No... no. [[TitleDrop THIS IS NOT HAPPENING!]] NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"''

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* TitleDrop: Twice, actually. Richie says it in the beginning of the episode, when he sees the UFO, and at the end Scully repeats the line, after finding Mulder's body.

->Written by Creator/ChrisCarter and Frank Spotnitz\\

->Written by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz\\

When a woman abducted around the same time as Mulder is found alive in Montana, the agents investigate, and Scully and Skinner begin to hope this could mean Mulder may be found alive as well.

* IdiotBall: Scully not taking Jeremiah Smith with her to heal Mulder, leaving him alone in a building for the UFO's to swoop in and abduct him.

* KilledOffForReal: Jeemiah Smith is presumably taken by the Alien Bounty Hunters aboard the UFO and executed. Either way, he is never seen again.

* CallBack: Jeremiah Smith returns, after not being seen on the show since the beginning of Season 4.

* TitleDrop: Twice, actually. Richie says it in the beginning of the episode, when he sees the UFO, and at the end Scully repeats the line, after finding [[spoiler: Mulder's body.]]

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