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* HeartWarming: the course of true love eventually runs smooth and the 2 lovebirds end up happily married with children.
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* DrunkDriver: Daryl drives drunk at the beginning of the episode and has an accident that results in the loss of one leg. Holman never heard the "drunk" part; believing that ''he'' was the cause of the accident has left him so guilt-stricken that he uses his powers to secretly support Daryl's rainmaking career.
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* ObliviousToLove: {{Adorkable}} weatherman Weatherman Holman Hardt has had a crush on Sheila since his high school days, and the the odd weather is the unconscious result of his unspoken affection for her. Sheila also has a thing for Mulder which is unnoticed by the latter, at least until she plants him with a kiss.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Daryl had no respect for Sheila when they were engaged, and remains self-centered and gold-digging.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Daryl had no respect for Sheila when they were engaged, and remains self-centered and gold-digging. Though he seems to be humbled by the end and improves.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"There are other men who will love you more."'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"There are other men who will love you more."'']]
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->'''Mulder:''' Over the past 30 years, this town has had more tornadoes, heat waves and hailstorms than any other town in the country. It's like ground zero for extreme weather.\\
'''Scully:''' A man... controlling... the weather.
'''Scully:''' A man... controlling... the weather.
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'''Season 6, Episode 08:'''
!The Rain King
->Written by Jeffrey Bell\\
Directed by Kim Manners
[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E01TheBeginning 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E02Drive 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E03Triangle 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E04Dreamland 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E05DreamlandII 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E06HowTheGhostsStoleChristmas 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E07TermsOfEndearment 7]] | '''8''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E09SR819 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E10Tithonus 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E11TwoFathers 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E12OneSon 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E13AguaMala 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E14Monday 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E15Arcadia 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E16Alpha 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E17Trevor 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E18Milagro 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E19TheUnnatural 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E20ThreeOfAKind 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E21FieldTrip 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E22Biogenesis 22]]]]-]]]
'''Season 6, Episode 08:'''
!The Rain King
->Written by Jeffrey Bell\\
Directed by Kim Manners
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->''[[Creator/JudyGarland ♫ Somewhere over the rainbow\\
Bluebirds fly\\
And the dreams that you dare to\\
Oh why, oh why can't I? ♫]]''
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* CurbStompBattle: Daryl is subdued by Mulder (twice!) with embarrassingly little effort.
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* NoAntagonist: Daryl, while a bit of a scumbag, is a HarmlessVillain at most and ends up being irrelevant to the plot's supernatural element.
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Mulder and Scully investigate Daryl Mootz, the self-proclaimed "Rain King", who appears to be able to control the weather.
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* LoveRevelationEpiphany: [[spoiler:Sheila, Sheila, to Holman]].Holman.
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* ObliviousToLove: {{Adorkable}} weatherman Holman Hardt has had a crush on [[spoiler:Sheila]] Sheila since his high school days, and the the odd weather is the unconscious result of [[spoiler:his his unspoken affection for her]].her. Sheila also has a thing for Mulder which is unnoticed by the latter, at least until she plants him with a kiss.
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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Holman & Sheila's comments about Mulder and Scully's relationship.
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* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Subverted. Mulder and Scully have to share a hotel room with just one bed. They're kind of annoyed over the hotel assuming they wouldn't mind sharing a room, but no real tension or embarrassment between them comes of it.
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* ObliviousToLove: {{Adorkable}} weatherman Holman Hardt has had a crush on [[spoiler:Sheila]] since his high school days, and the the odd weather is the unconscious result of [[spoiler:his unspoken affection for her]]. Sheila also has a thing for Mulder which is unnoticed by the latter, at least until she plants him with a kiss.
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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The main theme of Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov's "Russian Ester Overture" is heavily featured in the soundtrack.
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* NoWarrantNoProblem: {{Discussed}} by the Rain King's receptionist, who asks Mulder and Scully if they have a warrant or subpoena for a list of her bass's past clients.
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* NoWarrantNoProblem: {{Discussed}} by the Rain King's receptionist, who asks Mulder and Scully if they have a warrant or subpoena for a list of her bass's boss's past clients.
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--'''Scully:''' We usually just say "please".
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* EverybodyLives: The worst to happen to a character is that he loses a leg in a freak hailstorm. Other than that, everyone lives to the end.
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* MonsterOfTheWeek: A friendly and kind monster. The story is about giving him an opportunity to control his powers better (and he does) rather than incarcerate him.
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* EmpathicEnvironment: Mulder and Scully investigate a swindler who claimed to be able to make it rain (and sold this skill to drought-struck communities). Soon enough, they discover the man's ex-wife believes she has a sort of antagonistic version of this trope in effect (the sky seemed to cry on her wedding day, and the clouds laughed at her when she got divorced) and that is behind her ex-husband's apparent abilities. In fact, she has a nerdy secret admirer who actually has this relationship with the weather, it reflected his moods when she married another man and when she finally left that guy. He had been affecting the weather for her ex's business out of guilt.
* {{Headdesk}}: Daryl when he finds out the sum he is being sued for.
* LighterAndSofter: It was one of the comic relief episode.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: A friendly and kind monster.
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* EmpathicEnvironment: Mulder and Scully investigate a swindler who claimed to be able to make it rain (and sold this skill to drought-struck communities). Soon enough, they discover the man's ex-wife believes she has a sort of antagonistic version of this trope in effect (the sky seemed to cry on her wedding day, and the clouds laughed at her when she got divorced) and that is behind her ex-husband's apparent abilities. In fact, she has a nerdy secret admirer who actually has this relationship with the weather, it reflected his moods when she married another man and when she finally left that guy. He had been affecting the weather for her ex's business out of guilt.
* {{Headdesk}}: Daryl when he finds out the sum he is being sued for.
* LighterAndSofter: It was one of the comic relief episode.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: A friendly and kind monster.
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