History Recap / TheXFilesS02E16Colony

* CloningBlues: The Gregors are working to clone alien-human hybrids. It's unclear whether the Gregors are themselves clones or if they're merely aliens who take identical forms.

* OhCrap: All the clones panicked reactions to seeing the Alien Bounty Hunter, on television and in person alike, to the point one of them jumps straight out the window of a building many stories to get away from him. Also at the end after receiving a phone call from Mulder, Scully can only turn around in suppressed shock at the man behind her, who looks like Mulder but never called her at this time. This is where she discovers that the Mulder standing there is an impostor.

* ManipulativeBastard: The Alien Bounty Hunter is a master at this, getting even Mulder and Scully and a number of others to do a great deal of the work for him locating his targets, thanks to his shapeshifting abilities, experience and cunning.

The deaths of several doctors in separate states who are physically identical put Mulder and Scully on the trail of a secret cloning program and an unstoppable shapeshifting alien assassin (Creator/BrianThompson).

* OhCrap: After receiving a phone call from Mulder, Scully can only turn around in suppressed shock at the man behind her, who looks like Mulder but never called her at this time. This is where she discovers that the Mulder standing there is an impostor.

* HowWeGotHere: The episode starts with Agent Mulder being brought to the ER, with Scully trying to warn the doctors not to immerse him in warm environments. As they do, he flatlines, and this episode and [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E16Colony the next]] all lead up to this point.

Directed by Nick Marck

* {{Shapeshifting}}: The alien bounty hunter makes his first appearance. He took the form of one federal agent whom he killed and used it to trick Agent Mulder. At the end of the episode, he forms himself into Mulder and tries to trick Scully. Had Mulder not been calling her, she wouldn't have recognized him as an impostor. This was one of the show's biggest {{ParanoiaFuel}}s.

* TheDreaded: The Alien Bounty Hunter full stop, from how the clones all react to seeing his default form, or recognize him in one of his disguises.

[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E01LittleGreenMen 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E02TheHost 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E03Blood 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E04Sleepless 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E05DuaneBarry 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E06Ascension 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E07Three 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E08OneBreath 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E09Firewalker 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E10RedMuseum 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E11ExcelsisDei 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E12Aubrey 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible 13]] | '''14''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E15FreshBones 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E16Colony 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E17EndGame 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E18FearfulSymmetry 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E19DodKalm 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E20Humbug 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E21TheCalusari 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E22FEmasculata 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E23SoftLight 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E24OurTown 24]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E25Anasazi 25]]]]-]]]

* CloningBlues: The Gregors are working to clone alien-human hybrids. It's unclear whether the Gregors are themselves clones or if they're merely aliens who take identical forms.

* HowWeGotHere: The episode starts with Agent Mulder being brought to the ER and he's dying.

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* TheDreaded: The Alien Bounty Hunter full stop, from how the hybrids all react to seeing his default form, or recognize him in one of his disguises.

* TheDreaded: The Alien Bounty Hunter full stop, from how the hybrids all react to seeing his default form, or in one of his disguises.

* MythArc: A very thrilling mythology episode introducing the [[TheJuggernaut Alien]] [[ImplacableMan Bounty]] [[ScarilyCompetentTracker Hunter]], containining green blooded aliens/hybrids, and a woman who claims she's Mulder's sister.

* MythArc: A very thrilling mythology episode introducing the [[TheJuggernaut Alien Bounty Hunter]], containining green blooded aliens/hybrids, and a woman who claims she's Mulder's sister.

* MythArc: A very thrilling mythology episode with Shapeshifters, green blooded aliens, and a woman who claims she's Mulder's sister.

The deaths of several doctors in separate states who are physically identical put Mulder and Scully on the trail of a secret cloning program and a shapeshifting alien assassin.

* CloningBlues

* {{Shapeshifting}}: The alien bounty hunter made his first appearance. He took the form of one federal agent whom he killed and used it to trick Agent Mulder. At the end of the episode, he forms himself into Mulder and tries to trick Scully. Had Mulder not been calling her, she wouldn't have recognized him as an imposter. This was one of the show's biggest {{ParanoiaFuel}}s.

* HowWeGotHere: The episode starts with Agent Mulder being brought to ER and he's dying.
* MythArc: A very thrilling mythology episode with Shapeshifters', green blooded aliens and a woman who claims she's Mulder's sister.

* {{Shapeshifting}}: The alien bounty hunter made his first appearance. He took a form of one federal agent whom he killed and used it to trick Agent Mulder. At the end of the episode, he forms himself into Mulder and tries to trick Scully. Had Mulder not been calling her, she wouldn't have recognized he's an imposter. This was one of the show's biggest ParanoiaFuel.

* MythArc
* ShapeshifterDefaultForm
* {{Shapeshifting}}

* ToBeContinued: First of a two-parter, and the MythArc is ongoing.

* DysfunctionalFamily: The Mulders, oh so very much. A father who won't hug his son?
* HowWeGotHere

* ToBeContinued: First of a two-parter, and the MythArc is ongoing.

* DysfunctionalFamily: The Muldlers, oh so very much. A father who won't hug his son?

* ToBeContinued

* SuperWindowJump: One of the clone doctors does this to escape the alien bounty hunter.

* SuperWindowJump One of the clone doctors to escape the bounty hunter.

* ShapeshifterDefaultForm