Three Men and a Smoking Diaper
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| Series: | The Lone Gunmen |
| Original Airdate: | 3-23-2001 |
| Production Number: | 1AEB04 |
| Date(s): | FICTIONAL YEAR OR DATE(S) OF EVENTS IN EPISODE |
| Written by: | Chris Carter |
| Directed by: | Bryan Spicer |
The Lone Gunmen turn babysitters while working to expose the truth behind a murder.
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[edit] Summary
The Lone Gunmen investigate a senator during his re-election campaign, with allegations that he murdered the woman he was having an affair with. After sabotaging a press conference, a campaign worker secretly starting giving information to the Lone Gunmen. Jimmy, a supporter of the senator, is asked to volunteer as a campaign worker to identify the informant. Meanwhile, the trio follow the leads to an apartment, where they find an unsupervised baby, the result of the senator's indiscretion. While Jimmy works his way into the senator's confidence, Frohike is left to take care of the child, eventually enlisting the help of Yves Adele Harlow. With the election only days away, Jimmy comes up with a plan to identify the informant by serving coffee to the other workers, and then collecting the cups for fingerprinting. Although a match is found, Jimmy mistakenly names the wrong person, and the Lone Gunmen confront her with their findings. The Senator meets with the Lone Gunmen, unaware that the woman had been murdered, or that she was pregnant. One of the campaign organizers confesses that he was the one who had her taken care of, and that he was also the one leaving the clues behind. The senator goes public with the news. Back at the offices, the Lone Gunmen decide they can't run the story. The senator visits the office, where he picks up his son, who he names William Jefferson. In a suprise turn of events, the television shows the senator gaining in the election results, ultimately winning re-election.
[edit] Background Information
- In this episode, Chris Carter specified what all the tracks used in the episode would be, as he knew exactly what he wanted and wrote for those tracks.
- According to Vince Gilligan, this episode showed the comedic side of Chris Carter, who was also responsible for having created The X-Files as well as the gloom and despair associated with that series.
- In many ways, the character of Senator Jefferson is based on US President Bill Clinton: his physical appearance and mannerisms in general, his playing the saxophone publicly, his extramarital affair while in office, and perhaps even the fact that despite this scandal breaking out to the media he still managed to remain popular and likable.
- Parts of this episode are similar to the "Clinton Body Count" legend, the idea that, as Governor of Arkansas, Clinton had various people who stood in his way murdered in strange circumstances.
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