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3'''Season 9, Episode 11:'''
4!Audrey Pauley
5[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfilesaudreypauley.png]]
6[[caption-width-right:350:''"There's ... there's something wrong ... you know, up here. And I can't help anyone."'']]
7->Written by Steven Maeda\
8Directed by Kim Manners
9
10->''"And inside an hour, the hospital plans to cut off [Monica's] life support. Now, I'm not going to let that happen - no matter what it takes. But I'm losing here. Nobody else believes she's alive. Nobody - just you and me."''
11-->-- '''John Doggett'''
12
13Reyes is taken to hospital after a car accident and falls into a coma. She finds herself in a dark dreamscape with the hospital's other comatose patients and a mysterious hospital worker (Tracey Ellis). Meanwhile, in the waking world, Doggett suspects that something is not right about Reyes' condition.
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15!!Tropes:
16* AdventuresInComaland: While comatose, Reyes finds herself in a dark version of the hospital that is uninhabited except by the other people in her condition, and occasionally by Audrey. She eventually learns that there is a specific action she can perform that will cause her to wake up.
17* BittersweetEnding: With [[SpiritAdvisor Audrey's help]], Reyes manages to wake up before the surgical team can harvest her organs and Doggett catches Dr. Preijers and brings him to justice for his crimes. Sadly, Audrey Pauley and the doctor's other comatose victims do not survive.
18* CharacterTitle: Named after one of the hospital's patient aides, who is key to the plot.
19* DeadlyDoctor: Dr. Preijers renders his patients braindead and then kills them under the pretense of "MercyKill" so he can harvest their organs. He also murders people who find out he is doing this.
20* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: Dr. Preijers asks an unfortunate nurse this question when she reveals that she saw him inject Reyes with something. Unlike most examples, he is smart enough to disguise the question as confusion. The nurse never once suspects that she's in danger.
21* HospitalGurneyScene: After Reyes gets into a car wreck, the scene cuts immediately to her being rushed down a hospital corridor.
22* ImagineSpot: Doggett has a {{flashback}} to his conversation with Reyes in the car, but imagines that instead of him saying goodbye for the day, they kiss.
23* ManlyTears: Doggett sheds some for the comatose Reyes, realizing how deeply he cares about her.
24* NotSoStoic: The normally stoic Doggett is noticeably perturbed and upset by Reyes car accident.
25* RecycledScript: Has a very similar premise to season 2's "[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E08OneBreath One Breath]]", with Reyes spending most of the episode having AdventuresInComaland.
26* ShipTease: Reyes and Doggett.
27** Reyes suggests to Doggett that they should get pets, which then segues into Doggett labeling himself as a cat person because [[SelfDeprecation he thinks any other pet would be too high maintenance for him]] while Reyes lists off his good qualities as proof why he would be a dog person ([[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre "I can't see anyone being disappointed in you, John."]]), along with some HeldGaze thrown in for some good measure. Unfortunately, Doggett responds by [[ObliviousToLove calling it a day]], much to Reyes's chagrin.
28** Later, Doggett has an ImagineSpot where instead of ending their conversation, he and Reyes kiss.
29* YouLookFamiliar: Tracey Ellis portrays yet another character like her character in "[[Recap/TheXFilesS03E08Oubliette Oubliette]]" who has some kind of mental link with victims of a psychopath and who gives her life so that the killer might get caught.
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