EL MUNDO GIRA
4x11

Original airdate: January 12, 1997



Mulder: Scully, I've been thinking. I know that's dangerous, but just bear with me.



Mama: Two brothers. One woman. Trouble.



Scully: Mulder, this happened how long ago?

Mulder: Tres dias. Muy Incredible, no?



Scully: Only the smell . . . Mulder, you brought me out under the pretense of investigating a strange death. Can you tell me why we're standing out here in the middle of a field looking at a dead goat?



Scully: Purple rain?

Mulder: Yeah. Great album. Deeply flawed movie, though.



Mulder: The victim and many of the witnesses are illegal immigrants; migrant farm workers. I thought it might be important to talk to them before they migrated.



Buente: It's a trick. For fools who believe in fool superstitions.

Scully: (Looking at Mulder) Thank you, Mr. Buente. You've been very helpful.



Scully: (From West Side Story) Maria. Maria. I just met a girl named Maria.

Mulder: Doesn't make a whole lot of sense, Scully.

Scully: It makes perfect sense, Mulder. Admit it, you fell for it. Your 'fortean' event turned out to be nothing more than the oldest story in the world - two men, one woman, trouble.



INS Agent: Let's see . . . OK. We have a Jose Feliciano. We have Juan Valdez. We have Cesar Chavez. We have Placido Domingo here. But I don't see any Alario Buente.



INS Agent: Call it anything you want, but this is an age-old story.

Mulder: Ya know, I've heard that.



Mulder: They think he's the Chupacabra.

INS Agent: That may be. But I will tell you with a tremendous degree of certainty this guy is not Erik Estrada. (Shows Mulder the guy's claimed name on the paperwork)



INS Agent: (After Alario recounts the Fortean event) This guy is *better* than Erik Estrada.



This is one of my favorite scenes of the ep (not saying much there ;). Very cute moment between M&S! Cracks me up every time I see it.

(Later on in the car)

Scully: Did he tell you what happened?

Mulder: Flash of light . . . yellow rain . . . Maria! (yells) Maria!!!

(Scully gives him a look. Mulder shrugs.)



Scully: Mulder, I know you don't want to hear this but I think the only aliens in this story are not the villains. They're the victims.



Mulder: The truth is . . . nobody cares.



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