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The X-Files :: Roland (01x23)

Episode Information

Title:

Roland

Episode #:

01x23

Production Number:

1X22

Original Airdate:

Friday May 06th, 1994

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Episode Crew
Director:	David Nutter
Writer:	Chris Ruppenthal

Episode Summary

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Mulder and Scully investigate the murders of two rocket scientists, all of which are linked to a severely handicapped janitor named Roland. Mulder suspects that another recently deceased scientist, whose head is cryogenically frozen, is controlling Roland telepathically from beyond the grave.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Garry Davey (1)	played	Dr. Keats	Recurring (second appearance)
•Kerry Sandomirsky	played	Tracey	Recurring (first appearance)
•James Sloyan	played	Dr. Frank Nollette
•Micole Mercurio	played	Miss Stodie
•Zeljko Ivanek	played	Roland Fuller
Co-Guest Stars
•David Hurtubise	played	Barrington	Recurring (first appearance)
•Matthew Walker	played	Dr. Ronald Surnow	Recurring (first appearance)
•Suleka Mathew	played	Lisa Dole	Recurring (first appearance)

Episode Quotes

Dr. Nollette: If I've seen further than other men, it's because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.

Scully: Arthur and Roland Grable, born at Puget Presbyterian to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Grable on July 15, 1952. Arthur was four minutes older than Roland.
Mulder: Identical twins.
Scully: Which means that they're the result of a single egg fertilized by a single sperm.
Mulder: I've read studies which suggest that in some cases the identical twin arises very early in the embryonic stage when a mutation in one cell is rejected by the other cells as foreign.
Scully: So that maybe Roland's condition is the result of a damaged chromosome rejected by one of Arthur's cells?
Mulder: In a way, that would explain Arthur's genius and Roland's strange mathematical gift.