Whither The Flukeman? - Page 3

Morgan actually got his start on X-files as an actor, playing the Flukeman — the monster with the suckhole for a mouth that lived in your toilet. He was also granted the distinct honor of having his butt-crack on display when he played a man with a tail in one of the later episodes. More importantly, he was the uncredited writer of a scene that is something of legend in X-files circles — the 'conversation on a rock," wherein Scully berates Mulder for not appreciating how bad she felt about her dog getting eaten by a sea monster and Mulder admits his long standing desire to have a peg-leg (arrrgh!).

I have no idea where Morgan is now or if he is at work on any projects. A Google search turns up no obvious clues. But every time I find myself sitting through another stale, mediocre episode of some TV series that once held my interest, I think a good thought for Darin. He was able to elevate the mundane into something truly memorable.

It could be he's squirreled away working on a screenplay that will blow Hollywood away. It could be that he will emerge from hiding and kick out a few scripts that lift some pathetic show to new levels. (HBO should be all over this guy, imagine what he could have done for that last couple of Sopranos seasons.) However, Morgan is known to be perpetually, and occasionally traumatically, dissatisfied; it could be that he gave up on writing altogether. If so, it's just as well he's MIA instead of cranking out twenty-six hackneyed teleplays a year. After all, is it better to have credit for endless volumes of dank dialogue, or a handful of perfect poems?

Article Author: David Mazzotta

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