3.3 D.P.O
US Airdate: October 6, 1995
writer: Howard Gordon
director: Kim Manners
STARRING:
David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully
Guest Cast:
Jack Hammond .......................... Mars Andersons
Darren Oswald ......................... Giovanni Ribisi
Bart Liquori (Zero) ................... Jack Black
Stan Buxton ........................... Peter Anderson
Sheriff Teller ........................ Ernie Lively
Sharon Kiveat ......................... Karen Witter
Frank Kiveat .......................... Steve Makaj
Darren's Mom .......................... Kate Robbins
Traffic cop ........................... Brent Chapman
First paramedic ....................... Jason Anthony Griffith
Second paramedic ...................... Cavan Cunningham
Night nurse ........................... Bonnie Hay
WHEN LIGHTNING KILLS A STATISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE NUMBER OF TEENAGERS IN OKLAHOMA, MULDER AND SCULLY TRACK A SERIAL KILLER WHO SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO HARNESS THE POWER OF LIGHTNING.
In a noisy all-night video game parlor, two teenagers face off over a game--and minutes later one of them is dead, his very heart "cooked in his chest". What bizzare freak of nature--or statistics--can account for five people being struck by lightning in a tiny Oklahoma town? Mulder and Scully soon discover that this lightning does not strike at random, but with a deadly purpose. Darren Peter Oswald ("D.P.O") survives a lightning strike and develops the ability to focus it on the target of his choosing. Now anyone who ticks him off is in danger and Mulder and Scully must not only track down Darren but his next target.
Notes
The title refers to the main character, Darren Peter Oswald's initials. It also refers to the message on the arcade machine's screen that leads Mulder to him.
The Astadourian Lightning Observatory is named for Mary Astadourian, chief researcher and office manager at 1013 Productions, as well as Chris Carter's personal assistant.
While Darrin channel surfs, he stops on a music video and the names seen on-screen are all xphiles. The group name seems to be The Rosemarys and the song is called "Mary Beth Clarke, I
love you" ( Mary Beth Clarke is an AOL xphile), on JHartling Records (JHartling is an AOL xphile) and Director: Deb Brown (Deb Brown is still another AOL X-Phile). Lucky buggers!
Quotes
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Darren Peter Oswald: "Uhm, it was my game...I was playing here..."
Hammond: "Were you, pinhead? Now you're not."
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Zero: "Aw, man... you shouldn't have done that..."
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Scully: "I wasn't aware of that."
Tuller: "That's as clear as glass."
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Scully: "Feel free to jump in any time..."
Mulder: "Why? You were doing just fine."
Scully: "You have a theory on what's going on here?"
Mulder: "I just don't think it's lightning."
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Scully: "I hope you're not thinking this has anything to do with government conspiracies or UFOs."
Mulder: "None of the evidence so far indicates either of those possibilities."
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DPO: "Why do you want to watch all that stuff anyway? They're all a bunch of losers."
Mom: "'Cause they're on TV. I don't see you on TV."
DPO: "Buuurrpp!!"
Mom: "Manners don't cost, Darren, they're free! What girl's gonna want a belchin' fool like you?"
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DPO: "Hey, you know, I think you wanna be someplace else right now, 'cause I'm in the mood for a little barbeque."
Zero: "Naw, man, not the cows again...."
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Mulder: "That's great, now can you make me a little cherub that squirts water?"
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Mulder: "8 1/2? That's pretty impressive, Scully."
Scully: "Well, it says it right here on the bottom..."
Mulder: "Ooohh."
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Mulder: "Let's go see if the shoe fits."
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Zero: "You know, I've been thinking..."
DPO: "First time for everything." (cars squeal, stop inches from each other)
DPO: "Aw, damn ABS brakes..."
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Scully: "Mulder, what's in your pocket?"
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Zero: "...There's another slight problem, she's married to your boss."
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DPO: "Maybe I could fry him."
Zero: "Dude, he's your Boss!"
DPO: "Not if he's dead he wont be."
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Scully: "I'm surprised you haven't already read that issue."
Mulder: "Oh, I have. April is the cruelest month, but mine didn't come with this. I found it between Miss April and Women of the Ivy League."
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Scully: "So what? Are we supposed to charge him with assaulting a cellular phone?"
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