Sunday, August 19, 2012

One Episode X-Files Characters

The Awl looks at now-better-known actors who made one episode appearances on The X-Files.  One interesting one:
JACK BLACK

Appeared: Season 3, Episode 3, as Bart ’Zero’ Liquori
Character profile: Black plays Zero, a dimwitted teen who works at the local arcade in the small town of Connerville, Oklahoma. His character is similar to Seth Green’s in that he says “huh,” “what” and “um yeah” a lot. His best friend Darren has recently gained powers that allow him to conjure lightning on command, which translates into Darren killing a bunch of people for silly reasons such as stealing his Street Fighter game while he was in the bathroom. The writers insinuate that Black's character drinks (to get drunk) a lot because in one scene he’s chugging a beer, and as far as “The X-Files” goes, that’s all the character development a viewer deserves.
Did he live or die? Casualty of the truth. Darren convinces himself, incorrectly, that Black has been helping Mulder and Scully with their investigation. He proceeds to kill Black outside the arcade as a really great and angsty song, "Hey Man, Nice Shot" by the band Filter, plays in the background.
I love the guy killing people with lightning for ticking  him off storyline.  Man, just reading through those stories makes me remember how weird that show was.


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