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* {{Blackmail}}: Deerwood, one of Rob's coworkers, realizes that he is behind the murder that brought Mulder and Scully in, and tries to blackmail him after their investigaton digs up his own past as an ex-con, which lead to him being fired by Lucky Boy restaurant.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Deerwood, one of Rob's coworkers, realizes that he is behind the murder that brought Mulder and Scully in, and tries to blackmail him after their investigaton digs up his own past as an ex-con, which lead to him being fired by Lucky Boy restaurant. With Rob being what he is, this quickly turns into BlackmailBackfire.
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* AssholeVictim: Played With. Both Rob's first on-screen victim and his co-worker Deerwood are both highly unpleasant {{Jerkass}}es, so their deaths aren't really likely to make Rob less sympathetic. Later in the episode, however, Rob is overcome with his urges once again and kills his landlady; a woman who has only ever treated him nicely, and it becomes truly clear how horrifying Rob's condition really is and that he is starting to slip further into his nature as a monster despite his best efforts.
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* AssholeVictim: Played With. Both Rob's first on-screen victim and his co-worker Deerwood are both highly unpleasant {{Jerkass}}es, and Deerwood even gets killed from trying to blackmail Rob, so their deaths aren't really likely to make Rob less sympathetic. Later in the episode, however, Rob is overcome with his urges once again and kills his landlady; a woman who has only ever treated him nicely, and it becomes truly clear how horrifying Rob's condition really is and that he is starting to slip further into his nature as a monster despite his best efforts.
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* MuggingTheMonster: Rob's coworker unpleasant co-worker, Deerwood, tries to blackmail him. It results in him getting eaten by Rob.
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* MuggingTheMonster: Rob's coworker unpleasant co-worker, Deerwood, tries to blackmail him. It results in him getting eaten by Rob.
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* InternalReveal: Near the end, Rob takes off his prosthetics in front of his therapist to reveal his true mutant form to her.
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* SympatheticPOV: Of the MonsterOfTheWeek, who is just trying to get by and live with the trouble his power/affliction causes. He also strikes up a genuine friendship with his therapist, who sympathises with him even after TheReveal.
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* SympatheticPOV: Of the MonsterOfTheWeek, who is just trying to get by and live with the trouble his power/affliction causes. He also strikes up a genuine friendship with his therapist, who sympathises with him even after TheReveal.the InternalReveal.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Deerwood, one of Rob's coworkers, realizes that he is behind the murder that brought Murder and Scully in, and tries to blackmail him after their investigaton digs up his own past as an ex-con, which lead to him being fired by Lucky Boy restaurant.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Deerwood, one of Rob's coworkers, realizes that he is behind the murder that brought Murder Mulder and Scully in, and tries to blackmail him after their investigaton digs up his own past as an ex-con, which lead to him being fired by Lucky Boy restaurant.
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* MuggingTheMonster: Rob's coworker unpleasant co-worker, Deerwood, tries to blackmail him. It results in him getting eaten by Rob.
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* VillainProtagonist: Rob. Mulder and Scully are OutOfFocus for this one.
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* VillainProtagonist: Rob.The episode is seen almost entirely from Rob's perspective, and the plot focuses on his struggle with his HorrorHunger. Mulder and Scully are OutOfFocus for this one.
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* AssholeVictim: Both Rob's first on-screen victim and his co-worker Deerwood are both highly unpleasant {{Jerkass}}es, so their deaths aren't really likely to make Rob less sympathetic. Later in the episode, however, Rob is overcome with his urges once again and kills his landlady; a woman who has only ever treated him nicely, and it becomes truly clear how horrifying Rob's condition really is and that he is starting to slip further into his nature as a monster despite his best efforts.
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* AssholeVictim: Played With. Both Rob's first on-screen victim and his co-worker Deerwood are both highly unpleasant {{Jerkass}}es, so their deaths aren't really likely to make Rob less sympathetic. Later in the episode, however, Rob is overcome with his urges once again and kills his landlady; a woman who has only ever treated him nicely, and it becomes truly clear how horrifying Rob's condition really is and that he is starting to slip further into his nature as a monster despite his best efforts.
