X-Files Pilot
(This is from when Scully and Mulder first meet.)
SCULLY: Do you have a theory?
MULDER: I have plenty of theories.
(He walks over to her.)
Maybe what you can explain to me is why it’s bureau policy to label these cases as “unexplained phenomenon” and ignore them. Do you believe in the existence of extraterrestrials?
(He whispers the last few words eerily and she smiles.)
SCULLY: Logically, I would have to say “no.”
(He nods, having expected that answer.)
Given the distances needed to travel from the far reaches of space, the energy requirements would exceed a spacecraft’s capabilties th…
MULDER: Coventional wisdom. You know this Oregon female? She’s the fourth person in her graduating class to die under mysterious circumstances. Now, when convention and science offer us no answers, might we not finally turn to the fantastic as a plausibility?
SCULLY: The girl obviously died of something. If it was natural causes, it’s plausible that there was something missed in the post-mortem. If she was murdered, it’s plausible there was a sloppy investigation. What I find fantastic is any notion that there are answers beyond the realm of science. The answers are there. You just have to know where to look.
MULDER: That’s why they put the “I” in “F.B.I.” See you tomorrow morning, Scully, bright and early.
(He walks back over to his desk and sits down.)
(Source: insidethex.co.uk)
