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* WrongBathroomIncident: Downplayed. Krycek, while in Mulder's custody, needs to go to the bathroom. While at the urinal, the black oil-possessed wife of the French diver walks next to him. Krycek, upon noticing this, is about to make a funny remark while looking at her, but his words are cut short as he swiftly gets attacked by the woman and possessed by the black oil.
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[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E01TheBlessingWay 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E02PaperClip 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E03DPO 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E04ClydeBruckmansFinalRepose 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E05TheList 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E06TwoShy 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E07TheWalk 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E08Oubliette 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E09Nisei 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E10SevenThreeOne 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E11Revelations 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E12WarOfTheCoprophages 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E13Syzygy 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E14Grotesque 14]] | '''15''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E16Apocrypha 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E17Pusher 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E18TesoDosBichos 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E19HellMoney 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E20JoseChungsFromOuterSpace 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E21Avatar 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E22Quagmire 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E23Wetwired 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E24TalithaCumi 24]]]]-]]]
'''Season 3, Episode 15:'''
!Piper Maru
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I think I've just found out what those men were exposed to, what the [[TitleDrop Piper Maru]] was out there looking for."'']]
->Written by Frank Spotnitz & Creator/ChrisCarter\\
Directed by Rob Bowman
->''"Why, if they knew about it, why wait 50 years to try to recover it? And why was the only person not exposed, the diver, who was sent down to find it?"''
-->-- '''Fox Mulder'''
[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E01TheBlessingWay 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E02PaperClip 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E03DPO 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E04ClydeBruckmansFinalRepose 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E05TheList 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E06TwoShy 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E07TheWalk 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E08Oubliette 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E09Nisei 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E10SevenThreeOne 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E11Revelations 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E12WarOfTheCoprophages 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E13Syzygy 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E14Grotesque 14]] | '''15''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E16Apocrypha 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E17Pusher 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E18TesoDosBichos 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E19HellMoney 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E20JoseChungsFromOuterSpace 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E21Avatar 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E22Quagmire 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E23Wetwired 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E24TalithaCumi 24]]]]-]]]
'''Season 3, Episode 15:'''
!Piper Maru
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I think I've just found out what those men were exposed to, what the [[TitleDrop Piper Maru]] was out there looking for."'']]
->Written by Frank Spotnitz & Creator/ChrisCarter\\
Directed by Rob Bowman
->''"Why, if they knew about it, why wait 50 years to try to recover it? And why was the only person not exposed, the diver, who was sent down to find it?"''
-->-- '''Fox Mulder'''
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* BilingualBonus: When Skinner is shot, the shooter [[ForeignCussWord curses at him in Spanish]].
-->'''Cardinal:''' Chupa dura, amigo! [''Roughly translates into "Suck on it hard, friend"'']
-->'''Cardinal:''' Chupa dura, amigo! [''Roughly translates into "Suck on it hard, friend"'']
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* BilingualBonus: When Skinner is shot, the shooter [[ForeignCussWord curses at him in Spanish]].
a foreign language]].
-->'''Cardinal:''' Chupa dura,amigo! [''Roughly translates into "Suck amigo![[labelnote:Translation]]"Suck on it hard, friend"'']friend" in Spanish.[[/labelnote]]
-->'''Cardinal:''' Chupa dura,
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* BodyHorrorBodyHorror: Dear god, the black oil. It's essentially an alien parasite that will try to enter you, and once it does, your eyes can turn black at times. And you are not in control of your body during this time.
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* TheConspiracy
* TheConspiracy
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'''Johansen:''' We hear them every day. They everyday, they talk to us. They us, they haunt us. They us, they beg us for meaning. Conscience... it's just the voices of the dead dead.. trying to save us from our own damnation.
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* TheVirus: The black oil.
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* TheVirus: The black oil.oil is an infectious goo that goes inside humans and controls their every move.
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** In Johansen's flashback, he locked Captain Sanford behind a sealed door in their submarine. Cut to inside that room, where Sanford ends up displaying BlackEyesOfEvil, having BlackEyesOfEvil.
been infected by the black oil.
**Krycek In Hong Kong, Mulder has detained Geraldine, and heads to her business' office. When he goes in, a man introduces himself by emerging from the shadows in Hong Kong.
shadows. It's Krycek.
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->'''Mulder:''' Feel better?\\
'''Krycek:''' [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E16Apocrypha Like a new man.]]
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->'''Mulder:''' Feel better?\\
'''Krycek:''' [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E16Apocrypha Like a new man.]]
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-->'''Cardinal:''' Chupa dura, amigo! [Roughly translates into "Suck on it hard, friend"]
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-->'''Cardinal:''' Chupa dura, amigo! [Roughly [''Roughly translates into "Suck on it hard, friend"]friend"'']
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* BilingualBonus: When Skinner is shot, the shooter [[ForeignCussWord curses at him in Spanish]].
-->'''Cardinal:''' Chupa dura, amigo! [Roughly translates into "Suck on it hard, friend"]
-->'''Cardinal:''' Chupa dura, amigo! [Roughly translates into "Suck on it hard, friend"]
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It was more of a "WTF?" expression
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* OhCrap: The expression Krycek quickly adopts after laughing at what appears to be the sight of a [[BodySurf normal woman]] standing next to him at the urinal.
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* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: The recently Black Oil possessed Krycek informs Mulder after prompting that he feels 'like a new man'.
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* OhCrap: The expression Krycek quickly adopts after laughing at what appears to be the sight of a [[BodySurf normal woman]] standing next to him at the urinal.
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* PetTheDog: Skinner jumps in to help a waitress out with a belligerent customer -- his would-be assassin -- and is shot for the trouble.
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* PetTheDog: Skinner jumps in to help a kind waitress out with a belligerent customer -- his would-be assassin -- and is shot for the trouble.
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* PetTheDog: Skinner jumps in to help a waitress out with a belligerent customer -- his would-be assassin -- and is shot for the trouble.
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** Krycek emerging from the shadows in Hong Kong.Kong.
** With a literal ''shot'': Skinner getting shot in a restaurant.
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A deep-sea salvage ship brings something mysterious and dangerous to the surface.
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* WhamShot: Captain Sanford having BlackEyesOfEvil.
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** Captain Sanford having BlackEyesOfEvil.
** Captain Sanford having BlackEyesOfEvil.
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* ActorAllusion Piper Maru is actually the name of Gillian's daughter.
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* BlackEyesOfEvil Those who were black oiled.
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* BlackEyesOfEvil BlackEyesOfEvil: Those who were black oiled.
* BuriedAlive: Discussed.
-->'''Johansen:''' We bury our dead alive, don't we?\\
'''Scully:''' I don't know if I understand.\\
'''Johansen:''' We hear them every day. They talk to us. They haunt us. They beg us for meaning. Conscience... it's just the voices of the dead trying to save us from our own damnation.
-->'''Johansen:''' We bury our dead alive, don't we?\\
'''Scully:''' I don't know if I understand.\\
'''Johansen:''' We hear them every day. They talk to us. They haunt us. They beg us for meaning. Conscience... it's just the voices of the dead trying to save us from our own damnation.
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* {{Flashback}} Commander Johansen's account of what happened in the submarine.
* GovernmentConspiracy The French Government was involved this time.
* HappyFlashback Scully sees herself and Melissa playing hopscotch.
* ItsPersonal Scully gets very angry when she finds out that [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness they]] are trying to stall her sister's murder investigation.
* MonochromePast Scenes in the sub were shot in black and white.
* MythArc
* TheVirus The black oil.
* GovernmentConspiracy The French Government was involved this time.
* HappyFlashback Scully sees herself and Melissa playing hopscotch.
* ItsPersonal Scully gets very angry when she finds out that [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness they]] are trying to stall her sister's murder investigation.
* MonochromePast Scenes in the sub were shot in black and white.
* MythArc
* TheVirus The black oil.
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* {{Flashback}} {{Flashback}}: Commander Johansen's account of what happened in the submarine.
*GovernmentConspiracy GovernmentConspiracy: The French Government was involved this time.
*HappyFlashback HappyFlashback: Scully sees herself and Melissa playing hopscotch.
*ItsPersonal ItsPersonal: Scully gets very angry when she finds out that [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness they]] are trying to stall her sister's murder investigation.
*MonochromePast MonochromePast: Scenes in the sub were shot in black and white.
*MythArc
MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Johansen knew the moment he sealed the door that he was sealing the fates of the men on the other side.
*TheVirus MythArc: The first episode to feature the black oil.
* TheReveal: The final shot of the flashback shows that Captain Sanford had been taken over by the black oil.
* SadisticChoice: With the submarine crew getting sick and frustrated, Johansen was faced with either continuing to obey Captain Sanford's orders or leading a mutiny. When the gunshot disrupted their silent running, Johansen made the choice to take command.
* SpannerInTheWorks: The panicky crewman firing a gun during silent running. Doing so led Johansen to act and disrupted the black oil's quest to find the ship.
* TheVirus: The blackoil.oil.
* WhamShot: Captain Sanford having BlackEyesOfEvil.
** Krycek emerging from the shadows in Hong Kong.
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* TheReveal: The final shot of the flashback shows that Captain Sanford had been taken over by the black oil.
* SadisticChoice: With the submarine crew getting sick and frustrated, Johansen was faced with either continuing to obey Captain Sanford's orders or leading a mutiny. When the gunshot disrupted their silent running, Johansen made the choice to take command.
* SpannerInTheWorks: The panicky crewman firing a gun during silent running. Doing so led Johansen to act and disrupted the black oil's quest to find the ship.
* TheVirus: The black
* WhamShot: Captain Sanford having BlackEyesOfEvil.
** Krycek emerging from the shadows in Hong Kong.
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* BlackEyesOfEvil Those who were black oiled.
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* GovernmentConspiracy The French Government was involved.involved this time.
* ItsPersonal Scully gets very angry when she finds out that [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness they]] are trying to stall her sister's murder investigation.
* ItsPersonal Scully gets very angry when she finds out that [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness they]] are trying to stall her sister's murder investigation.
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* BodyHorror
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* GovernmentConspiracy The French Government was involved.
* MythArc
* TheVirus The black oil.
* BodyHorror
* TheConspiracy
* GovernmentConspiracy The French Government was involved.
* MythArc
* TheVirus The black oil.
