S7 E21
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Season 7  "Je Souhaite"  7x21

Aired 24 years ago - May 14, 2000

Mulder and Scully discover a genie in a rug who, after 500 years of granting wishes, has come to the conclusion that people are still as greedy and self-centered as they always have been, and she begins to corrupt the wishes she grants if they are not specific enough.

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Yeah. And then Mr. Gilmore was, uh, stricken...
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 5
This may not be a crime, and this guy Stokes may not know anything about it.
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 6
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 7
Well, we are Agents Mulder and Scully from the F.B.I.
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 8
- Would you happen to know anything about that? - The mouth thing?
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You still have both your lips.
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- Winds up with the Titanic in his driveway. - Mm-hmm.
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 11
It's a big expensive item that serves no purpose and is more trouble than it's worth.
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 12
Come on! I gotta concentrate here. Let me figure this out.
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 13
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I wish that I could turn invisible... at will.
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 15
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Look out, world, here I come.!
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All right. Here we go.
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He was probably hit by a car or a truck or something.
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 22
Then there is the interesting way in which Mr. Flanken died.
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 23
but we need to talk to her.
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 24
Leslie, there was a woman here earlier. Where is she now?
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 25
They live in inanimate objects like a lamp or a ring. Is this beginning to sound familiar?
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 26
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 27
I can't wait to see their faces.
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 28
Or Richard Nixon, for that matter.
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Your disability?
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 30
I certainly didn't. You ready?
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This isn't what I asked for. He's all weird and messed up.
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 32
I should just shoot myself.
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I could wish for money.
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Ask him. He's got it all figured out.
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Make me cool like the Fonz. "
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He offered me three wishes. For the first, I asked for a stouthearted mule.
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So am I under arrest?
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 42
Well, you could always give up your three wishes.
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I'd sit down somewhere with a great cup of coffee,
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Peace on Earth. That's it?
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- Genie! Whatever the hell your name is! - Yes?
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Mmm, how grotesquely egotistical of you.
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yadda, yadda, yadda... "here on this plane of existence. "
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off the face of the earth for about an hour this morning?
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- I thought I did. - Oh!

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Yeah. And then Mr. Gilmore was, uh, stricken...
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Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 5
This may not be a crime, and this guy Stokes may not know anything about it.
#5
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Well, we are Agents Mulder and Scully from the F.B.I.
#7
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- Would you happen to know anything about that? - The mouth thing?
#8
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You still have both your lips.
#9
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- Winds up with the Titanic in his driveway. - Mm-hmm.
#10
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 11
It's a big expensive item that serves no purpose and is more trouble than it's worth.
#11
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Come on! I gotta concentrate here. Let me figure this out.
#12
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I wish that I could turn invisible... at will.
#14
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Look out, world, here I come.!
#16
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All right. Here we go.
#17
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He was probably hit by a car or a truck or something.
#21
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 22
Then there is the interesting way in which Mr. Flanken died.
#22
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but we need to talk to her.
#23
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Leslie, there was a woman here earlier. Where is she now?
#24
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They live in inanimate objects like a lamp or a ring. Is this beginning to sound familiar?
#25
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I can't wait to see their faces.
#27
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Or Richard Nixon, for that matter.
#28
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Your disability?
#29
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I certainly didn't. You ready?
#30
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This isn't what I asked for. He's all weird and messed up.
#31
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I should just shoot myself.
#32
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I could wish for money.
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Ask him. He's got it all figured out.
#38
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Make me cool like the Fonz. "
#39
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He offered me three wishes. For the first, I asked for a stouthearted mule.
#40
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So am I under arrest?
#41
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Well, you could always give up your three wishes.
#42
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I'd sit down somewhere with a great cup of coffee,
#43
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Peace on Earth. That's it?
#44
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- Genie! Whatever the hell your name is! - Yes?
#46
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 47
Mmm, how grotesquely egotistical of you.
#47
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yadda, yadda, yadda... "here on this plane of existence. "
#48
Recap of The X-Files Season 7 Episode 21 (S07E21) - 49
off the face of the earth for about an hour this morning?
#49
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- I thought I did. - Oh!
#50