A comedy directed by Mark Waters, who wrote and directed "The House of Yes," a quirky 1997 comic drama about sibling affection and Jacqueline Onassis.

The Oddity Factor Perhaps the quirkiest trend of the season is, fittingly, the attempts to copy the success of television's quirkiest drama, "Northern Exposure."

"GILMORE GIRLS" A gentle, quirky multigenerational drama with a light touch about a mother and her daughter in a Connecticut town.

His quirky dramas and gangster thrillers have a strong following at home and a fervent cult status abroad.

The site's consensus is "Led by a brilliant performance from star Frank Langella, Robot & Frank works as both a quirky indie drama and as a smart, thoughtful meditation on aging."

The surprise selection last week of "The Crying Game," the quirky, low-budget drama, for six Academy Award nominations, signaled two new facts of life in Hollywood.

They were working out of their tiny apartment and expecting their second child as Ms. Courtney struggled to finish her quirky drama "Demon Baby."

Added to its successes with "The Simpsons" and "The X-Files," its current home run is "Ally McBeal," a quirky hourlong drama about a white female lawyer in her 20's.

And David E. Kelley, the creator of the quirky legal drama, says a relationship is in the works for her character.

Pound for pound, that kind of quirky drama, disturbing one time and humorous the next, could make "Fargo" one of the best renters of 1996.