D.P.O. (6 Oct. 1995)

The agents investigate the deaths of several young people who were apparently struck by lightning in the same small town.

Director:

Kim Manners

Writers:

Chris Carter (created by), Howard Gordon

Stars:

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Giovanni Ribisi

Cast

Episode cast overview:
David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Giovanni Ribisi	...	Darin Peter Oswald
Jack Black	...	Bart 'Zero' Liquori
Ernie Lively	...	Sheriff Teller
Karen Lorre	...	Sharon Kiveat (as Karen Witter)
Steve Makaj	...	Frank Kiveat
Peter Anderson	...	Stan Buxton
Kate Robbins	...	Mrs.. Oswald
Mar Andersons	...	Jack Hammond
Brent Chapman	...	The Traffic Cop
Jason Griffith	...	Paramedic #1 (as Jason Anthony Griffith)

Storyline

A local teen discovers he has gained great electrical powers after surviving being struck by lightning.

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Plot Keywords:

struck by lightning | medical gloves | rubber gloves | surgical gloves | sterile gloves | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 October 1995 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 2, North Shore Studios, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Ten Thirteen Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Filter song "Hey Man, Nice Shot" used throughout this episode, was written about the Television broadcast of Pennsylvania politician Bud Dwyer's suicide. Dwyer was a much beloved community leader during the 1980s who was caught in a bribery scandal; his shame and embarrassment drove him to publicly shoot himself during a live taping of a press conference.

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Quotes

Fox Mulder: I found it between Miss April and the Women of the Ivy League.

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Crazy Credits

Almost every episode ends with a fade to black and the words "Executive Producer Chris Carter." At the end of the episode "D.P.O.," a character is flipping through channels on television, and stops on one showing Carter's credit. At the end of the episode "Post-Modern Prometheus", the final shot of Mulder and Scully turns into a comic-book frame, and a hand flips the comic book shut to reveal the book end cover with Carter's credit.

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Connections

Features Spider-Man: The Video Game (1991)

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Soundtracks

Ring The Bells (Alt Live GREENPEACE version)
(uncredited)
performed by James

User Reviews

Nirvana

This is nicely aligned and has an unabashed comic-book vibe that carries it.

It is about an awkward, moody teenager who feels he's not understood: in the X-file universe, this is rendered as him being able to harness lightning to destroy stuff.

He wears a Vandals tshirt, gets drunk in his backyard with the only one who'll hang with him, a schoolmate who works in the arcade shop. All of which give off a distinct early 90s vibe that reminds me of my years.

Mulder and Scully try to understand youth.

It helps that Ribisi plays the twitchy loner so well.