3.23 Wetwired
US Airdate: May 10, 1996
writer: Mat Beck
director: Rob Bowman
STARRING:
David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully
Guest Cast:
MITCH PILEGGI as Assistant Director Walter Skinner
WILLIAM B. DAVIS as The Cigarette-Smoking Man
BRUCE HARWOOD as Byers
TOM BRAIDWOOD as Frohike
DEAN HAGLUND as Langly
STEVEN WILLIAMS as X
SHEILA LARKEN as Margaret Scully
LINDEN BANKS as Joseph Patnik
ZINAID MEMISEVIC as the Cruel-Faced Man
SANDY TUCKER as Mrs. Riddick
COLIN CUNNINGHAM as Dr. Stroman
A CASE INVOLVING SEVERAL MURDERS LINKED TO TELEVISION SETS BREEDS HOSTILITY AND PARANOIA BETWEEN MULDER AND SCULLY.
Otherwise stable individuals in Braddock Heights, Maryland are killing right and left in sudden outbursts of homicidal mania. The only link Scully can find is that all of the victims watched a lot of television, and taped their favorite shows. Mulder isn't buying this link until the mysterious behavior of a cable repairman catches his eye. Meanwhile, Scully is drawn deeper and deeper into a psychotic nightmare, where she learns she can trust no one. When she finally loses it and fires on her own partner, Assistant Director Walter Skinner launches a manhunt, calling her armed and dangerous. Mulder consults the Lone Gunmen for help in solving the puzzle. Their analysis of a mysterious cable trap is interrupted by a phone call from Maryland police asking him to come down to the morgue and identify Scully's body. An evasive informant forces Mulder to choose between loyalty to his partner and the case he is working on. Mrs. Scully lies to Fox Mulder about her daughter's whereabouts. Finally, a shady doctor leads Mulder to a showdown where we learn that Mulder's erstwhile ally is playing an even deeper game than we imagined.
Notes
The term "wetwired" comes from cyberpunk novels, and I'm not sure of it's exact definition, but presume it to be related to technology.
Quotes
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Mulder: "Our blind date's not off to a great start. I've been waiting here nearly 2 hours."
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Man In Black: "I was asked to make sure you weren't followed."
Mulder: "It's just you, me and the drug dealers."
MIB: "Well, this area's always been known for its criminal element."
Mulder: "Especially when Congress is in session."
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Mulder: "Isn't this a school day?"
Boy 1: "We didn't cut!"
Boy 2: "We got a pass."
Mulder: (amused) "You got a pass to come in here and eat these people's food and watch their TV?"
Boy 1: "No...."
Scully: "How did you get in here?"
Boy 1: "Through the window. They leave it open for the cat."
Mulder: "Well maybe you should head back to school. (they move for window) No no no, use the front door!"
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Scully: "Mulder, look at this. There must be thousands of videos here."
Mulder: "Anything good?" (Scully gives him a look)
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Scully: "...You know that's what Patrick was watching at the hospital when he went all 'wiggy'."
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Mulder: "I just watched 36 hours of Bernard Shaw and Bobbi Batista. I'm about ready to kill somebody too."
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Mulder: "Studies have also shown a causal connection between cow flatulence and the depletion of the ozone layer."
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Mulder: "All I know is television does not make a previously sane man go out and kill five people thinking they're all the same guy. Not even Must-See TV can do that to you."
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Scully: "No, I'm gonna watch the rest of these tapes. Just out of curiosity."
Mulder: "You have fun."
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Mulder: "She claims she looked out the window and saw her husband in the hammock...
with the blond." (motions to barking dog)
Scully: "THAT blond?"
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Mulder: "A thing of beauty is a joy forever. What do you think, Scully?" (holding Little Traveller ceramic figurine)
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Mulder: (still holding figurine) "Unless you consider bad taste an act of violence..."
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(referring to the Lone Gunmen)
Mulder: "Bet all you guys were officers in the audio-visual club in high school, huh?"
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Frohike: (motions to wave on oscilloscope) "We have touchdown."
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Frohike: "But we don't want to talk about it over the phone. Big Brother may be listening."
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Mulder: "It's the naked lady in the ice cubes."
Frohike: "Ah, one of my personal favorites."
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Scully: "...Everybody was out to get me."
Mulder: "Now you know how I feel most of the time."
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Mulder: "You want me to go first this time?" (last time innkeep got shot at through the door)
Innkeep: "Damn straight!"
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