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FX: The Series

TV·1996–1998·2 seasons, 40 episodes·CTV·Drama·1h

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Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and what is illusion?

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Episodes by season

Season0122Episodes1996–97AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01FX: The Series S01E01The Illusion (1)September 9, 1996When a beautiful actress helps frame movie special effects master Rollie Tyler for a vicious crime, he finds himself on the run from the law
  2. S01E02FX: The Series S01E02The Illusion (2)September 9, 1996When a beautiful actress helps frame movie special effects master Rollie Tyler for a vicious crime, he finds himself on the run from the law
  3. S01E03FX: The Series S01E03Zero HourSeptember 16, 1996While a huge bomb ticks away somewhere in the city of New York, the right-wing terrorist leader, who is in police custody, refuses to divulg
  4. S01E04FX: The Series S01E04High RiskSeptember 23, 1996A group of desperate ex-cons attempt to rob a gold exchange on the top floor of a downtown high rise. The robbery goes sour and the crooks t
  5. S01E05FX: The Series S01E05PaybackSeptember 30, 1996Tensions are high when Rollie decides to work on a gangster flick being directed by a director whom Angie believes was responsible for the o
  6. S01E06FX: The Series S01E06The RingOctober 7, 1996A murderous boss of a stolen car ring slips through Leo's fingers yet again. With the help of Angie and Lucinda they get into the ""hot"" ca
  7. S01E07FX: The Series S01E07DingoOctober 14, 1996A family reunion between Rollie and his charming con-man father, Dingo, could be their last when a ruthless bookie leans on dad to pay off a
  8. S01E08FX: The Series S01E08White LightOctober 21, 1996When her friend, a UFO buff, is murdered, Angie gets Rollie to enlist Leo to find the killer. With the help of Lucinda, their search leads t
  9. S01E09FX: The Series S01E09The BrotherhoodOctober 28, 1996Rollie and Leo discover a deadly group of Irish Terrorists hatching a plot to steal the Crown Jewels of England from a New York museum where
  10. S01E10FX: The Series S01E10French KissNovember 4, 1996A powerful bomb kills an investment banker scheduled to testify against a Colombian drug-money laundering operation, and Rollie's good frien
  11. S01E11FX: The Series S01E11Eye of the DragonNovember 11, 1996Romantic sparks fly when Rollie is reunited with a beautiful Hong Kong woman while working on a martial arts action movie. But Leo suspects
  12. S01E12TargetNovember 18, 1996After a protected witness is murdered, Leo enlists Rollie to help him trap a mysterious sniper who can hit a target from more than a mile aw
  13. S01E13SupernoteNovember 25, 1996When a fellow cop is killed in a drug bust by a mid-eastern dignitary who claims diplomatic immunity, Leo gets Rollie to help expose the dip
  14. S01E14MedeaJanuary 20, 1997Rollie works on a major Broadway show that is plagued by suspicious accidents, and it looks like the star, a fading Hollywood actress attemp
  15. S01E15ShivareeJanuary 27, 1997Five years ago, three men staged a daring armored car robbery in which a young man was crippled for life. They then hid the money in a place
  16. S01E16GeminiFebruary 3, 1997When Leo sees disturbing similarities between the science fiction movie for which Rollie is providing the special effects, he begins to susp
  17. S01E17Double ImageFebruary 10, 1997Learning that a wealthy computer magnate is going to be hit, Leo calls on Rollie so he can masquerade as the intended target and thwart the
  18. S01E18QuicksilverFebruary 17, 1997When Rollie discovers a sinister international arms smuggler named Victor Loubar has stolen his identity, he teams up with FBI agent Elena S
  19. S01E19Get FastApril 21, 1997When a drug dealer and hopped-up movie star get Rollie fired from his movie job, he teams up with Detective Francis Gatti and an embittered
  20. S01E20Bad InfluenceApril 28, 1997Rollie is helping students make a video for a class project when a band of armed men invades the high school and takes over. Trapped and bad
  21. S01E21ReunionMay 5, 1997An innocent meeting with an old school chum becomes a race against death for Angie when she is mistaken for a woman who possesses proof of a
  22. S01E22Script DoctorMay 12, 1997Weary of having his work ruined by others, Rollie jumps at the chance to direct a low-budget ""heist"" movie. But he and Leo discover the fi

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0218Episodes1997–98AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01FX: The Series S02E01Requiem for a CopSeptember 18, 1997Leo McCarthy's death in a massive explosion is just the beginning of Rollie nightmare. An internal investigation into police corruption poin
  2. S02E02FX: The Series S02E02Unfinished BusinessSeptember 25, 1997A mob accountant on the run pulls Rollie back into the unfinished investigation of Leo murder. The accountant will finger his boss, Vincent
  3. S02E03FX: The Series S02E03SiegeSeptember 29, 1997A quick bank withdrawal turns into Dog Day Afternoon, when Angie is caught in the middle of a botched mob operation. On location for ""Vindi
  4. S02E04FX: The Series S02E04Shooting MickeyOctober 6, 1997When Angie joined up with young, twitchy director Levi Chase and her old school friend Kit Marchado, she figured making a Gonzo film would b
  5. S02E05Deep CoverOctober 13, 1997On location in London, the last person Rollie expected to see was FBI agent Elena Serrano. This time she needs Rollie's help in spiriting an
  6. S02E06House of HorrorsOctober 20, 1997Supermodel Danielle Vandenglas is the star of ""House of Horrors"" but death is her stand-in -- and Rollie Tyler is her only hope for surviv
  7. S02E07High RollerOctober 27, 1997When the body of a Scotland Yard Inspector plummets from the sky and lands in the middle of New York City, a messy case lands on Mira's desk
  8. S02E08RitualNovember 3, 1997Mangela, an Australian aborigine, tracks a stolen artifact to New York, but needs Rollie's strength and expertise to recover it from a reneg
  9. S02E09Spanish HarlemNovember 10, 1997A frantic phone call from Mira's ex-husband sends Rollie and Mira on a rescue mission into the old 'hood. But things go bad when the van is
  10. S02E10FlashbackNovember 17, 1997With Rollie's help, the assassination of a US Senator is recreated in a movie, and then in real life -- with the original assassin! When it'
  11. S02E11StandoffFebruary 2, 1998Rollie and Angie do Mira a favor by providing cover for a young federal witness. The situation explodes in their faces when a high-tech moto
  12. S02E12VigilantesFebruary 9, 1998It's revenge twice over when Ricky Delacruz escapes justice and goes after the man who almost put him away: Rollie Tyler. But his victim end
  13. S02E13ReaperFebruary 16, 1998Random deaths in Kansas...the cold-blooded murder of a militia cell in Pennsylvania...the apparent suicide of a government scientist in New
  14. S02E14InfernoFebruary 23, 1998To clear his name when he is blamed for a flashover fire on set, Rollie probes the twisted psyche of a high-tech arsonist and, with the help
  15. S02E15Evil EyeApril 7, 1998When a young girl is kidnapped from Rollie's set and sealed into an airtight chamber, Rollie and Mira must race the clock to rescue her. The
  16. S02E16ChillerMay 11, 1998Rollie, Angie, and Mira enter the world of life after death to solve the murder of a hapless drifter. The frozen body of a nameless drifter
  17. S02E17ThiefMay 18, 1998Rollie and Angie get to put on the Ritz as they become cat burglars to the rich and famous to lure the reclusive super-thief Sebastian from
  18. S02E18Red StormMay 25, 1998Loubar is back-with a vengeance! His assignment: to kill the Chinese Trade Minister. Using Rollie's identity, and three days stolen from his

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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