History Recap / TheXFilesS07E12XCops

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Series/{{COPS}} ♫ Bad boys, bad boys]]\\

An officer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, accompanied by a crew from the reality series ''Series/{{COPS}}'', responds to a call about a monster attack, and encounters Mulder and Scully, who are on the same trail.

* BizarroEpisode: InUniverse, one for ''Series/{{COPS}}'' (if it ever even ''aired'' InUniverse). Also an unusual format and a pseudo-LowerDeckEpisode for ''The X-Files'' proper.
* BlackBossLady: Sergeant Paula
* CampGay: Steve & Edy
* CrossOver: With ''Series/{{COPS}}''.

* ParodyAssistance: An actual film crew of ''Series/{{COPS}}'' and post-production graphics package was graciously used for this episode.

* SoundEffectBleep: In typical ''Series/{{COPS}}'' fashion, this happens whenever anyone swears (particularly Sergeant Paula, who appears to have a bit of a foul mouth). Lampshaded by Mulder at one point; when Scully is complaining about the cameras recording them, Mulder points out that they're not being recorded live since Sergeant Paula freely said "[BLEEP]."

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[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E01TheSixthExtinction 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E02TheSixthExtinctionIIAmorFati 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E03Hungry 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E04Millennium 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E05Rush 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E06TheGoldbergVariation 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E07Orison 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E08TheAmazingMaleeni 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E09SignsAndWonders 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E10SeinUndZeit 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E11Closure Closure]] | '''12''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E13FirstPersonShooter 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E14Theef 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E15EnAmi 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E16Chimera 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E17AllThings 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E18BrandX 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E19HollywoodAD 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E20FightClub 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E21JeSouhaite 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E22Requiem 22]]]]-]]]

* IKnowWhatYouFear: The monster of the week could sense people's worst fear and made them real. Some were literal monsters (a wasp man or a generic villainous killer). A man panicked because he thought his partner would leave him [[spoiler:(but the monster ignored this because it was not a ''mortal'' fear)]]. One woman died of exotic disease simply because Scully had mentioned its name.

* {{Mockumentary}} / FoundFootageEpisode

* BizarroEpisode: InUniverse, one for ''Series/{{COPS}}'' (if it ever even ''aired'' InUniverse). Also an unusual format and a pseudo-LowerDeckEpisode for ''TheXFiles'' proper.

* BizarroEpisode: InUniverse, one for ''Series/((COPS}}'' (if it ever even ''aired''). Also an unusual format and a pseudo-LowerDeckEpisode for ''TheXFiles'' proper.

* BizarroEpisode: InUniverse, one for ''Series/((COPS}}'' (if it ever even ''aired''). Also an unusual format and a pseudo-LowerDecksEpisode for ''TheXFiles'' proper.

* LowerDecksEpisode: While Mulder and Scully have a large amount of camera time, the majority of the episode focuses on the regular people of the Sheriff's Department and the camera crew following them getting increasingly puzzled and freaked out at the unusual situation that is plaguing the city that night.

* JitterCam: The episode was filmed with hand-held cameras while running and moving and presented as a part of reality show. They some of the actual crew from ''COPS'' to get the look and feel right.

* JitterCam: Lots of the scenes were shot with a hand-held camera while running and moving and presented as a part of reality show.

* IKnowWhatYouFear: The monster of the week could sense people's worst fear and made them real. Some were literal monsters (a wasp man or a generic villainous killer). A man panicked because he thought his partner would leave him. One woman died of exotic disease simply because Scully had mentioned its name.

* IKnowYourFear: The monster of the week could sense people's worst fear and made them real. Some were literal monsters (a wasp man or a generic villainous killer). A man panicked because he thought his partner would leave him. One woman died of exotic disease simply because Scully had mentioned its name.