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3	'''Season 4, Episode 09:'''
4	!Terma
5	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfilesterma.png]]
6	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine "E pur si muove"]]'' [[labelnote:Translation]]"And still it moves" in Italian.[[/labelnote]]\
7	-- '''Galileo''']]
8	->Written by Frank Spotnitz & Creator/ChrisCarter\
9	Directed by Rob Bowman
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11	->'''Mulder:''' You don’t tell me where that other bomb is and I’ll make sure you spend your prison time on your bigoted hands and knees putting a big smile on some convict’s face.\
12	'''Mayhew:''' Sonofabitch stole it- truck and all. Some storage garage.\
13	'''Mulder:''' Where?\
14	'''Mayhew:''' [[TitleDrop Terma]]... North Dakota.
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16	Mulder attempts to escape from a Russian gulag where the prisoners are being subjected to experiments with the black oil.
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18	!!Tropes:
19	* AffablyEvil: Peskow, a hitman brought out of retirement. He takes Scully at gunpoint near the end, but is happy to disarm her and leave without further violence.
20	-->'''Peskow:''' I would just as soon kill, but please don't make me. [[PunchClockVillain My work is done]].
21	* AnArmAndALeg: Krycek loses his hand in this and is shown wearing a prosthetic one at the end.
22	* TheBadGuyWins: Peskow easily completes all his objectives, assassinations and cover ups and makes it back to his apartment in Russia in time for tea.
23	* BadassNormal: Peskow. This guy could have probably given Mr X and even the Alien Bounty Hunter a run for their money. Or Jason Bourne, Jack Bauer, Agent 47, Sam Fisher and Solid Snake for that matter.
24	* BigDamnHeroes: Mulder's return, complete with a dramatic entrance, heroic music and hushed whispers from onlookers.
25	* 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, Krycek is waiting for him, also making tea with his new prosthetic arm.
26	* CouchGag: Unusual for the show is that for this episode, the opening card that normally reads "The Truth is Out There" now says "E pur si muove".
27	* CharacterFilibuster: 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.
28	-->'''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 even 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.\
29	'''Senator Sorenson:''' This is ''not'' why we are here today.
30	* EvilOldFolks: Peskow is a retired, ruthlessly effective hitman well into his twilight years. [[PunchClockVillain Downplayed]] in that he'd really rather have stayed in retirement, and prefers to use diplomacy to deal with enemies he isn't required to kill.
31	* GreatEscape: Mulder manages to escape the gulag by brandishing a shiv given to him by another prisoner and stealing a vehicle.
32	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: You might think being wanted by both the FBI and TheConspiracy (wanted ''dead'' by the latter) would cause Krycek to be a bit more humble and a bit less sinister in his ambitions; [[DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent you'd be quite wrong]].
33	* PunchClockVillain: Peskow.
34	* MakeTheBearAngryAgain: Invoked in a chat between the Smoking Man and Well-Manicured Man.
35	-->'''CSM:''' If you wake the Russian bear, he'll find that someone has stolen his honey.
36	* TheManBehindTheMan: Krycek is the one who turns out to have hired Peskow. Less surprisingly, the episode ends with the Smoking Man visiting Senator Sorenson.
37	* MayDecemberRomance: Implied. The CSM bluntly asserts that the Well-Manicured Man was sleeping with his considerably younger physician, who the latter defends as a trusted member of TheConspiracy. He's also clearly outraged by her murder.
38	* MythArc
39	* RetiredBadass: Peskow, who succeeds almost effortlessly in everything he tries to do.
40	* SmugSnake: CSM towards the Well-Manicured Man.
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