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Season 7  "The Amazing Maleeni"  7x8

Aired 24 years ago - Jan 16, 2000

When a small-time magician performs a trick where it appears that he turns his head all the way around but is then found in his van dead with his head neatly sawed off, Mulder and Scully suspect he was murdered and get caught up in an intricate scheme planned by two magicians trying to rob a bank.

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You earned it. Mr. Maleeni?
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but I still say that it was a murder.
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Hang on a second. Let me see this.
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What are you saying? You think I killed him?
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Great, but I don't see how they're any different or better than the ones Maleeni did.
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mortal... understanding.
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Mulder, I think that professional jealousy...
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It held the head to the body.
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Also goes by the name of Herman Pinchbeck.
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Excuse me. I'm looking for Mr. Albert Pinchbeck.
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Yes, we know. We checked his next of kin.
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You gotta feed those things, you know.
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I had a couple of Jell-O shots in me.
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You too.
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'cause me and my friends, we know where you live.
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- This is a guy who's adept at manipulating cards. - Maybe he wasn't so adept.
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- You're Maleeni? - Call me Herman.
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Cheat? You're asking why I don't cheat at cards?
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It was an opportunity to vanish, to become someone else.
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why you left your brother's body at the pier,
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We gave you handicapped parking. We built you a ramp.
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- But that's not what we wanted you to see. - This is from two days ago.
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Yo, will you please tell me what he's lookin'for?
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It was, wasn't it? It's only that Alvarez was so obviously guilty...
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It was a setup from the start. You played poker with him, and you made sure that you lost big.
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With your expertise in sleight of hand, pickpocketing and escapology,
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