History Recap / TheXFilesS03E02PaperClip

Mulder and Scully are reunited.[note] and it feels so good [/note] The former learns about the government's part in the alien hybrid project, and about his father's part in his sister's abduction. Meanwhile, the latter can only hope for her sister's survival after an accidental assassination attempt. But both are being hunted by the CSM's group...

Mulder and Scully are reunited. The former learns about the government's part in the alien hybrid project, and about his father's part in his sister's abduction. Meanwhile, the latter can only hope for her sister's survival after an accidental assassination attempt. But both are being hunted by the CSM's group...

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Victor Klemper's backstory is inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubertus_Strughold Hubertus Strughold]], a German scientist who experimented on camp inmates at Dachau (immersing them in freezing water and placed in pressure chambers) on behalf of the Luftwaffe. Like Klemper, he emigrated to the United States after the war and took part in research for NASA, helping to develop astronaut pressure suits and life support systems; Strughold was never held accountable for his crimes before dying in 1986. Strughold's name was later used for Conrad Strughold, the overall head of the Syndicate.

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Our deal with the devil. The U.S. government provided safe haven for certain Nazi war criminals in exchange for their scientific knowledge.

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Mulder and Scully are reunited. Mulder learns about the government's part in the alien hybrid project, and about his father's part in his sister's abduction.

-->'''Skinner''': This is where you pucker up and kiss my ass! You listen to me, you son of a bitch. This man's name is Albert Hosteen. You should remember that. Because if Agents Mulder and Scully come down with so much as a case of the flu, Albert is prepared to recite chapter and verse, file for file, everything on your precious tape... I'm sure you're thinking Albert is an old man, and there are plenty of ways you might kill him, too. Which is why, in the ancient oral tradition of his people, he's told twenty other men the information in those files. So unless you're willing to kill every Navajo living in four states, that information is available with a simple phone call. Welcome to the wonderful world of high technology.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Once Krycek steals the tape back from Skinner, CSM intends to blow both him and it up. Krycek realizes in time what's about to happen, though.

* TruthInTelevision: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip Operation Paperclip.]]

* SadisticChoice: William Mulder was forced to choose who of his kids, Fox or Samantha, would be abducted.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Klemper is a former Nazi scientist. He was employed by the US government and the Syndicate afer the war.

* SadisticChoice: William Mulder was forced to choose who of his kids, Fox or Samantham would be abducted.

* CantStopTheSignal: Skinner secures Mulder and Scully's safety by informing CSM that the information on the tape has been memorized by Albert Hosteen and twenty other randomly chosen Navajo, all of whom have been instructed to go public if Mulder or Scully are harmed.
** Actually having the tape, Krycek promises to reveal its secrets if CSM ever goes after him.

* EvilBrit: The Well-Manicured Man.

* SadisticChoice: William Mulder was forced to choose [[spoiler:whether Fox or Samantha would be abducted]].

* ThoseWackyNazis: Klemper, of course.

* TruthInTelevision: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip Operation Paperclip.]]

* EvilBrit: The Well-Manicured Man.

* ThoseWackyNazis

* HerrDoktor: Nazi MadScientist Victor Klemperer.

* ThoseWackyNazis

* GunpointBanter: Scully and Skinner after the teaser , and Mulder joins a moment later.

* MexicanStandoff: Scully and Skinner from "Blessing Way". Mulder joins them in and resolves the issue.

* HerrDoktor: Nazi MadScientist Victor Klemper.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Mulder was brought back to life by a Native American ritual after getting gassed in a boxcar full of dead alien hybrids. Subverted, however, when Albert Hosteen role is even more important and more layered. Skinner has the idea to work with some Navajo World War II vets who were in the Codetalker program to "store" an account of what happened. Making it not a case of Native American Magic saving the day, but language.

* SadisticChoice: William Mulder was forced to choose [[spoiler:whether Fox or Samantha would be abducted]].

* SadisticChoice: William Mulder is forced to choose [[spoiler:whether Fox or Samantha will be abducted]].