The Lawndale File: Difference between revisions

A mysterious pair of government agents arrive at Lawndale High, advising students to be on the lookout for "anyone different". Daria and Lane take that in their stride, until they see a segment about alien infiltrators on [[Sick, Sad World]]. Jane jokes that instead of a full--on alien infultration, that it would be more practical for aliens to plant control devices in people's necks. Things start to get weird when Daria and thenJane hear [[Trent]] playing ''cheerful music''. Things get weirder when [[Quinn]] starts wearing an unfashionable black turtleneck sweater, andreaffirming Daria's earlier suspicion about alien control devices mentioned by Jane. Helen also casually remarks that of ''course'' aliens are walking the streets, when many of them can't afford cars...

Things really start spiralling out of control at school, as [[Timothy O'Neill|Mr. O'Neill's]] offhand comments about how aliens were a metaphor for communists in 1950's sci-fi movies is overheard and misinterpreted by [[Kevin]], [[Brittany]], [[Upchuck]], [[Mack]], and [[Jodie]]... and [[Anthony DeMartino|Mr. DeMartino's]] arrest by the government agents apparently provides confirmation of everyone's suspicions. Daria and Jane endure more weirdness, including being followed by Kevin et al, who think they're "atomic communists", and a visit from U.F.O. nut [[Artie]], who's now working as a pizzaat delivery[[Pizza boyKing]] and spends hours filling Daria in on his alien encounters and how they've replaced his skin... thus costing him his job. Which(which has happened to him before... Oftenoften). (Meanwhile, Jake becomes worried that Daria has become a communist as a reaction to him & Helen becoming "the Man" that they used to march against).