Thread by @JacquelynGill

We're starting! Oooh, we start with a love triangle!

Three goats leave, two goats come home.

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Welp, that was a super short love triangle.

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Mulder is in his element. He's so excited he's got his sunflower seeds out. He can barely contain himself.

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No human is illegal, Mulder.

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"I don't think he's going anywhere."

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I get that this episode is playing on telenovelas, but seriously, how many stereotypes of Mexican immigrants can we fit into one episode?

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There's a fungus amungus!

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

My husband and stepson: OOOOOOOO

Mulder:

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Scully: I need to save some lives and do some science.

Mulder: Fine, do your little "research," I'm going alien hunting with my NEW partner. THE TRUE IS OUT THERE.

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At least we're starting to see a more compassionate view of these immigrants. And of course it's from Scully.

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Was that cockroach line a throwback to Mulder and Bambi gushing over a microscope?

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Aw, yeah, lookin' at some fungi under the microscope, woo, yeah, date night!

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Ruh-roh, you've got the fungus sweats, son. That's like the meat sweats, except....well, worse. It's a lot worse.

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Wait, how many women do you have on the string, Eladio??

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Add porta-potties and fungi to the list of things the X-Files ruined.

Also, someone tell Mulder about Occam's Razor.

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You KNOW Mulder is going to get himself one of those hats that the INS guy is wearing.

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For their next challenge, our agents must apprehend a man who is harboring a deadly pathogen, without touching him. Will they succeed? Let's watch!

Whoops.

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Welp, never shopping from the bulk bins ever again.

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The SFX folks must have had so much fun making little fuzzy cashews and dead goats and quick-growth fungal plates for this episode.

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Damn, this market scene is just making me want all the Mexican products we can't get in norther Maine.

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(SFX folks: Oh, just wait, Jacquelyn, the best is yet to come.)

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Wait, why can he hide his "terrible face" in Mexico? There are people in Mexico, too!

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I wonder if the creators of The Last of Us watched this episode?

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Skinner: *Pepto Bismol intensifies*

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Okay, that was WAY better than Teso dos Bichos (which reviewers compared it to when it aired). The telenovela vibe elevated that episode, and it would have been much cringier otherwise. #SureFineWhatever

Thanks for joining, everyone! Next week, we've got S4 E12: Leonard Betts. This is a monster-of-the-week episode, but also an important milestone episode, introducing a major plot point. #SureFineWhatever

If there are any women experts on regenerative medicine or cancer biology who might like to join as guest experts, let us know! We love science guests. #SureFineWhatever