History Recap / TheXFilesS01E06Shadows

->Written by Creator/GlenMorgan & Creator/JamesWong\\
Directed by Creator/MichaelKatleman

->Written by Glen Morgan & James Wong\\
Directed by Michael Katleman

[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E01 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E02DeepThroat 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E02DeepThroat 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E03Squeeze 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E04Conduit 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E05TheJerseyDevil 5]] | '''6''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E07GhostInTheMachine 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E08Ice 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E09Space 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E10FallenAngel 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E11Eve 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E12Fire 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E13BeyondTheSea 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E14GenderBender 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E15Lazarus 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E16YoungAtHeart 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E17EBE 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E18MiracleMan 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E19Shapes 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E20DarknessFalls 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E21Tooms 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E22BornAgain 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E23Roland 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E24TheErlenmeyerFlask 24]]]]-]]]

!!![[AC:Recaps]]: [[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E01 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E02DeepThroat 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E03Squeeze 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E04Conduit 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E05TheJerseyDevil 5]] | '''6''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E07GhostInTheMachine 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E08Ice 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E09Space 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E10FallenAngel 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E11Eve 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E12Fire 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E13BeyondTheSea 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E14GenderBender 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E15Lazarus 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E16YoungAtHeart 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E17EBE 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E18MiracleMan 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E19Shapes 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E20DarknessFalls 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E21Tooms 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E22BornAgain 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E23Roland 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E24TheErlenmeyerFlask 24]]

* ElvisLives: Mulder's line about how difficult it is to fake your own death - Elvis being the exception.

* MeaningfulName: Howard Graves.

-->'''Mulder''': Sure, all you got to do is prove that Howard Graves is still alive.\\

'''Ellen''': Howard Graves is very dead.

--> '''Scully''': You lied. You have seen this before, I can tell. You lied to them.
--> '''Mulder''': I would never lie. [[DistinctionWithoutADifference I willfully participated in a campaign of misinformation.]]

* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Howard Graves]]

* UnfinishedBusiness: Invoked by Scully when she persuades Lauren Kyte to cooperate with the investigation into Howard's death, saying that otherwise Howard can't move on. Scully may not know it, but that really is the case.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: At the end, Lauren's new boss's teacup starts to rattle when she behaves rudely to Lauren. The boss thinks it's just trucks passing by, but Lauren has another suspicion...Either way, Lauren doesn't mind anymore.

'''Ellen''': ''(Cut to following scene)'' Howard Graves is very dead.

--> '''Mulder''': I would never lie. I willfully participated in a campaign of misinformation.
* JurisdictionFriction: CIA vs. FBI.
** Scully goes back to confirm that Graves really died and the coroner is not very pleased but there is no major problem.

* ShoutOut: Scully's quote of "They're heeere", referencing ''[[Film/{{Poltergeist}} Poltergeist]]''.

** When Mulder mentions he thinks Lauren had psychokinesis, Scully also says, "You mean how {{Carrie}} got even at the prom?"

-->MULDER: Sure, all you got to do is prove that Howard Graves is still alive.//
ELLEN: ''(Cut to following scene)'' Howard Graves is very dead.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The rumour has it that the network insisted that the creators write more episodes where Mulder and Scully help people.

* UnfinishedBusiness: Invoked by Scully when she persuades Lauren Kyte to cooperate with the investigation into Howard's death, saying that otherwise Howard can't move on. Scully may not know it, but that really is the case.

* Whathappenedtothemouse {{wiki word}}:They never say what happens to Lauren's cat.

* Whathappenedtothemouse:They never say what happens to Lauren's cat.

* UnfinishedBusiness: Invoked by Scully when she persuades Lauren Kyte to cooperate with the investigation into Howard's death, saying that otherwise Howard can't move on. Scully may not know it, but that really is the case.

* ChekhovsGun: Mulder used the lenses of his normally PurelyAestheticGlasses to sneak the victim's fingerprints.

Two men who attempt to kidnap the secretary of a defense manufacturing company get strangled to death without any outward sign of injury. That, and other physical impossibilities, lead Mulder to believe that the murders are the handiwork of a poltergeist who is very protective of the secretary. Scully thinks the murders are political. The two try to find the truth while two other mysterious agents try their best to withhold it from them.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive

* StockEpisodeTitles: 29 uses

* CIAEvilFBIGood: Subverted. The other pair of agents try using Mulder and Scully to investigate the paranormal, but they deliberately withhold information from them and accuse them of blowing their case. However, they later collaborate and more FBI agents get involved. Moreover, at the beginning, they don't even say which organization they work for and they never introduce themselves, and it's never made clear but CIA gets mentioned.

** Scully goes back to confirm that Graves really died and the detective or coroner is not very pleased but there is no major problem.

* CIAEvilFBIGood: Subverted. The other pair of agents try using Mulder and Scully to investigate the paranormal, but they deliberately withhold information from them and accuse them of blowing their case. However, they later collaborate and more FBI agents get involved. Moreover, at the beginning, they don't even say which organization they work for and they never introduce themselves, and it's never made clear.

* CIAEvilFBIGood: Subverted. The other pair of agents try using Mulder and Scully to investigate the paranormal, but they withhold information from Mulder and Scully and accuse them of blowing their case. However, they later collaborate. In addition, at the beginning, they don't even say which organization they work for and they never introduce themselves, and it's never made clear.