History Recap / TheXFilesS04E09Terma

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine E pur si muove]]'' [[labelnote:Translation]]"And yet it moves" in Italian.[[/labelnote]]\\

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!!Tropes:

-->'''Peskow''': I would just as soon kill, but please don't make me. [[PunchClockVillain My work is done]].

* SmugSnake: CSM towards the Well-Manicured Man.

* TheManBehindTheMan: Krycek is the one who turns to have hired Peskow. Less surprisingly, the episode ends with the Smoking Man visiting Senator Sorenson.

* GreatEscape: Mulder manages to escape the gulag by using a shiv given to him by another prisoner and stealing a vehicle.

* DistressedDude: Scully helps Mulder away from the explosion in the oil field.

* BadassNormal: Peskow. This guy could have given Mr X a run for his money.
* BigDamnHeroes: Mulder's return.

* RetiredBadass: Peskow, who succeeds almost effortlessly in everything he tries to do.

-->'''Peskow''': I would just as soon kill, but please don't make me. My work is done.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: You might think being wanted by both the FBI and TheConspiracy (wanted ''dead'' by the latter) would cause Krycek to bit more humble and a bit less sinister in his ambitions; [[DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent you'd be quite wrong]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: You might think being wanted by both the FBI and TheConspiracy (wanted ''dead'' by the latter) would cause Krycek to bit more humble and a bit less sinister in his ambitions; [[TripleAgent you'd be quite wrong]].

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Krycek]] loses his hand in this and is shown wearing a prosthetic one at the end.

* [[BookEnds Bookends:]] At the beginning of the episode, Peskow is making a cup of tea in his St. Petersburg apartment. When he returns at the end, [[spoiler: Krycek]] is waiting for him, also making tea [[spoiler: with his new prosthetic arm]].

-->'''MULDER''': Why is this so hard to believe? When the accepted discovery of life off this planet is on the front page of every newspaper around the world? When the most conservative scientists and science journals are calling for the exploration of Mars and Jupiter? With every reason to believe that life and the persistence of it is thriving outside our own terrestrial sphere? If you cannot get past this, then I suggest this whole committee be held in contempt, for ignoring evidence that cannot be refuted.

-->'''SENATOR SORENSON''': This is NOT why we are here today.

* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Krycek]] is the one who turns to have hired Peskow. Less surprisingly, the episode ends with the Smoking Man visiting Senator Sorenson.

* BookEnds: At the beginning of the episode, Peskow is making a cup of tea in his St. Petersburg apartment. When he returns at the end, [[spoiler: Krycek]] is waiting for him, also making tea [[spoiler: with his new prosthetic arm]].

* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Krycek]] is the one who turns to have hired Peskow.

* MythArc

* CharacterFilibustier: Mulder before the sub-committee. The committee members do not seem too moved and it's rather short anyway, but he gets uplifting background music nevertheless.