History Recap / TheOuterLimits1963S1E18Zzzzz

* BizarreAlienBiology: Regina may look human, but after Dr. Warren examines her, he calls her "a medical anomaly" and "the closest thing to a complete mutant I've ever seen".

* CloudCuckooLander: Regina comes through as this to Ben and Francesca at first, because she is unfamiliar with human behavior, emotions and customs. However, she turns out to be something much more sinister than this.

* HappilyMarried: This was ultimately the monkey wrench in Regina's plans from the beginning. She thought if she could only seduce Ben or kill Francesca, she'd have herself a new human mate in the former. The problem is, Ben loved Francesca too much.

-->'''Ben:''' No one, nothing, can uproot that memory [of marriage]. No sudden, senseless tragedy, no willful murderer can rip it out and desecrate it!...That's our ritual, Regina. It's called life. And no evil, no inhuman mutation, has ever been able to stop it!

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Regina goes barefoot the whole episode.

* AnAesop: "Without love, drones can never be men, and men can only be drones."

* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Regina appears before a grieving Ben in Francesca's wedding veil, she tries to feign this by claiming she found it and thought wearing it would make him laugh.

* [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bee in Sheep's Clothing]]: Regina may pretend to be naive and sweet as honey in Ben's company. However, her true nature is a cunning queen bee as venomous as a bee sting.
* BittersweetEnding: Ben has finally gotten Regina to take a hint and [[{{pun}} buzz off]], saving the world in the process. But his life will never completely go back to normal, since the mutant queen bee's machinations have left him widowed.

* RealityEnsues: Killing your love interest's [[HappilyMarried beloved]] spouse isn't going to make them love you, nor will it diminish the feelings they had for said-spouse. In fact, it may make them resent you, at best.

* TranquilFury: Suspecting that Regina was behind Francesca's death, Ben starts out confronting her with this level of fury before it gradually escalates into ''actual'' fury.

[[caption-width-right:350:Regina, Ben, and Francesca; An un-bee-lievable love triangle.]]

* HappilyMarried: This was ultimately the monkey wrench in Regina's plans from the beginning. She thought if she could only seduce Ben or kill Francesca, she'd have herself a new human mate in the latter. The problem is, Ben loved Francesca too much.

* RealityEnsues: Killing your love interest's spouse isn't going to make them love you, nor will it diminish the feelings they had for said-spouse. In fact, it may make them resent you, at best.

* [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bee in Sheep's Clothing]]: Regina may naiive and sweet as honey in Ben's company. However, her true nature is a cunning queen bee as venomous as a bee sting.

* BittersweetEnding: Ben has finally gotten Regina to take a hint and [[{{pun}} buzz off]]. But his life will never completely go back to normal, since the mutant queen bee's machinations have left him widowed.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Regina worms her way out of giving a resume she doesn't have by claiming her last employer had a jealous wife who started to spread rumors of them having an affair. While her pretend-employer was able to save face, Regina says she herself wasn't so lucky and had to move away.

* BreakThemByTalking: During his speech at the end, Ben intimidates Regina by angrily describing love and how it's the reason marriage isn't just some trophy for her to compete over.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ben's speech to Regina at the end, after he learns that she's responsible for Francesca's deah, has elements of this trope.

* MeaningfulName: Regina means "queen",so what other name would a transformed queen bee choose?

* BreakThemByTalking: While not outright calling her out or directly accusing her of killing his wife, Ben does intimidate Regina by angrily describing love and how it's the reason marriage isn't just some trophy for her to compete over.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ben's speech to Regina at the end, when he seems to realize that she's responsible for Francesca's death, has elements of this trope.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ben's speech to Regina at the end, when he seems to realize that she's reponsible for Francesca's death, has elements of this trope.

* BreakThemByTalking: While not outright calling her out or accusing her of killing his wife, Ben does intimidate Regina by angrily describing love and how it's the reason marriage isn't just some trophy for her to compete over.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ben's speech to Regina at the end, when he realizes that she's reponsinle for Francesca's death, has elements of this trope.

* BittersweetEnding: The scientist has finally gotten the Mutant Queen Bee to take a hint and [[{{pun}} buzz off]]. But his life will never completely go back to normal, since the Mutant Queen Bee's machinations have left him widowed.
* BreakThemByTalking: While not outright calling her out or accusing her of killing his wife, the scientist does intimidate the Mutant Queen Bee by angrily describing love and how it's the reason marriage isn't just some trophy for her to compete over.