Alien abductions happen all the time on TV.
Here are some of the most memorable ones.
There are a few recurring elements in your classic alien abduction story.
Here are five stories worth checking out…
Major spoilers follow.
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Well, they might be (see below).
When you think about it, the Stargate program is pretty creepy.
What happens to the abductee?Regular ONeill simply carries on as normal.
His much younger clone heads off to high school with a promise not to keep in touch.
Carter, I should be irked, currently, yes?
Sally: He took her up to his bachelor pod!
Troi suspects alien abduction.
Indeed, one of them is, from an Earthling point of view, an alien.
For this reason, they tend not to use the phrase alien abduction to describe whats happening.
Troi: Have you dreamed about scissors lately?
(because people experienced night terrors and sleep paralysis in medieval times, too).
Worth watching for Robert Picardo as the biggest leprechaun youve ever seen, too.
This makes sense when you realize they are Air Force officers playing out an abduction scenario.
But who or what is the monstrous alien bathed in red light?
And did any abductions take place at all, or is Harold covering up for date raping Chrissy?
And does Mulder really let out a high-pitched squeal on seeing a dead body?
However, this episode is a bit different.
What happens to the abductee?Back home and increasingly confused about whats happened, Chrissy dumps Harold.
Detective Manners: Thats a bleepin dead alien body if I ever bleepin saw one.
Blaine: One of them was disguised as a woman, but wasnt pulling it off.
Like, her hair was red, but it was a little too red, yknow?
And the other one, the tall, lanky one, his face was so blank and expressionless.
He didnt even seem human.
I think he was a mandroid.
