The X-Files

Here. Let me do it.

Put your number in, then your card.

What's your number, Roland?

Three fifteen.

See how easy it is?

- Engine efficiency? - 94 percent.

We need more!

- How's the back pressure? - What do you think? Climbing.

lncrease the blade inclination.

- l said, increase the blade inclination! - lnclination is pi over nine!

We've reached maximum velocity.

No!

Let it go. lt will work!

The engine'll destroy itself! l won't do that.

lt's not going to destroy itself. Come on! We're almost there!

- Something's wrong with our equations. - What happened?

- Nothing. Surnow pulled the plug. - l'm protecting the baby!

- And four years of work, Frank. - Work that's going to add up to zilch.

Unless we show some progress, they're going to pull the plug on us, Ron.

- He's right. You should've continued the test. - Someone'll crack Mach 15. l want it to be us.

l won't jeopardise everything because you two can't wait to see your name in print!

lt's the print that gets the money, Ron.

lf you want to go down in flames together, fine. You go ahead.

l'm going to do the math.

Good night, Dr Keats.

What the hell?!

Roland! Open the door!

Open the door! Roland, l want you to listen to me very carefully.

We have to open this door, Roland. Stop typing!

Roland!

Roland! Open the door!

What are you doing?!

Open the door!

Roland, are you listening?!

X-Files Season 1 Episode 23 - Roland

- How was the wedding? - The part where the groom passed out

- or the dog bit the drummer? - Did you catch the bouquet?

Maybe. ls that what you couldn't talk to me about over the phone?

The project they say doesn't exist does exist.

- The lcarus Project? - The next generation in jet-engine design

capable of doubling speeds using half the fuel.

At least in theory.

And Ronald Surnow was an aeronautical scientist

- who worked on it here at the university? - Yes.

How close are they?

l'm not sure, but Surnow's the second scientist to die in the last six months.

OK. But how is this an X-File ?

You don't think this is about UFO technology?

There's something unexplainable, but not unidentifiable.

- Keats? - There.

Dr. Keats ?

We're with the FBl.

Agent Mulder. This is Agent Scully.

We understand you discovered Dr Surnow.

What was left of him.

How do you suppose he became trapped in the wind tunnel?

Someone must have shut him in.

- The door is operated from there. - By computer?

l've already been through this with the police.

Another member of your team died recently. lsn't that correct?

Yes. Arthur Grable.

He was killed in an automobile accident in November.

l'm Frank Nollette. l'm also on the project.

- Are you certain it was an accident? - What are you driving at?

Your work seems to be a perfect target for industrial espionage.

Who wrote this?

Ron was working on it when l left.

The handwriting here doesn't seem to match any of the other handwriting.

lt isn't mine.

What about Roland Fuller?

Roland's the... janitor.

According to the police report, he was the only other person here.

- Roland didn't do that. - How do you know?

Let's just say Roland isn't exactly a rocket scientist.

Here.

Tracy.

With stars.

Roland ?

There are some people here would like to talk with you.

l went off the paper.

- Sorry. - That's all right, Roland.

Tracy.

Would you like to come help me in the TV room?

OK.

Hi, Roland. Mind if we sit down?

Thanks.

Do you mind if we ask you a couple of questions?

Do you remember working last night?

Do you remember seeing anything unusual? Seeing any strangers?

Did...

Did Dr Surnow or Dr Keats

or Dr Nollette do anything unusual?

Nope.

You must like stars.

One hundred and forty-seven.

- Sorry? - Stars.

You like numbers too, huh?

Roland, let me help you.

One... two...

three...

four... five...

six...

- seven... - Roland, is everything OK?

Roland, are you all right?

Eleven...

- Twelve... thirteen... - What happened?

What did you say to upset him so?!

Sixteen...

Seventeen...

lt's definitely the work of a fourth individual.

The doctors' cursive standards don't match what you found on the white board.

Will you do me a favour and try this?

- What is it? - Something Roland was doodling.

- You don't really think Roland... - He was the only other person in the lab.

But we're talking about a sophisticated fluid dynamics equation.

Roland barely has an lQ of 70.

You saw his facility with math. Don't some autistic individuals display unusual abilities?

Yes, but even savants behave only as human calculators.

They can perform certain functions

but they can't tell you the value of anything or the meaning.

l hate to take sides, but the bottom line is no.

The terminal stroke on the six, the roof on the five...

l'm sorry. He didn't write it.

An organic object exposed to liquid nitrogen at minus 320 degrees will freeze,

exhibiting great tensile strength,

but is vulnerable to stress from compression or impact.

l've seen this demonstrated on a fish before.

l don't think they'll do this on Beakman's World.

Has this been dusted?

- Treat yourself. - Thanks.

Hey, Scully! Look at these files.

PASWOORD ?

KMAN must be Keats.

This file was turned off at 12.31 last night.

But look. Someone else entered a file under the name ARTHUR after 12.31.

And worked on it for nearly five hours.

Well, it couldn't have been Keats.

Judging from the rigor of the body, he was dead around 12.30.

So someone came in, killed Keats,

and then just did some work on an old Dr Grable file?

l can't access the ARTHUR file. We'll need the password.

Try... 15626.

How did you know that that...?

This is Arthur Grable's work on the same equations the others were working on.

Look at all those entries.

Someone has been continuing his work since he died.

How did you know what the password was?

Wave goodbye! Wave goodbye!

Wave goodbye! Bye-bye!

Wave goodbye!

Roland ?

Why did you sleep in your clothes?

Well, let's get you dressed. You have visitors.

l'm not supposed to talk to them.

Who told you that?

Remember that talk we had

about being shy?

Hey, Roland, you've got more shirts than l do.

This one would look stylin' today. What do you think?

- The green one. - The green one?

Please.

Mrs Stodie, can l talk to you a second?

See you later, Roland.

This one?

There you go.

- Do you like your job at the college, Roland? - Yes.

l hear you're very good at it.

Do you remember how you got your job?

A man talked to Mrs Stodie.

What man?

Dr. Grable.

Was Dr Grable nice to you?

Yes.

When did you last speak to him?

Last week? The day before?

Dr Grable died.

l'm sorry.

People die.

They go away.

And they're not supposed to come back.

Has Roland ever mentioned the name Arthur?

That was Dr Grable's first name, but we only called him Dr Grable.

l doubt Roland even knew his first name was Arthur.

Mrs Stodie, can l get a copy of Roland's file and past history?

- Our patients' histories are confidential. - l understand, but l can obtain them.

The less time we spend in court, the more time we have to help Roland.

Roland Fuller was hired by Arthur Grable.

He specifically wanted a mentally challenged person.

Are you suggesting Arthur Grable hired Roland in order to use him?

Are you suggesting Arthur Grable is not dead?

lf he had intentions of killing Nollette, Keats and Surnow,

why not set it up to appear the least likely suspect?

But, by the look of this, he's hamburger.

Maybe he staged it.

That would explain why his work is continuing on, six months after his... death.

This obituary says Arthur Grable was born in Seattle. His father was a big banker.

His mother was active in a number of charities.

Only child. Summa cum laude in physics.

Doctoral and postdoctoral in aeronautical engineering at Harvey Mudd.

Brilliant future tragically cut short.