1X06 Ghost in the Machine
When Benjamin Drake, the CEO of Eurisko is electrocuted in his office washroom, Mulder's old partner from the violent crimes section Jerry Lamana is given the case. On probation following an incident in Atlanta when he mislaid some evidence that resulted in a federal judge being disfigured, he knows this case is important to his future at the FBI, so he requests Agent Mulder and Scully's assistance.
Their examination of the crime scene reveals that Drake answered an incoming phone call moments before he was electrocuted. Evidence of a sophisticated booby trap, but with only a few people with access to the building's Central Operating System (COS) the list of suspects is small. Top of the list is the Eurisko company founder programmer Brad Wilczek, who had fought with Drake about the COS system he has been working on.
The evidence mounts when Scully uses a voice analyser on the recording of the phone call Drake received from the talking clock and matches the voice to Wilczek. Agent Lamana wants to be the one to arrest Wilzcek and follows him to the Eurisko building, only to be killed when the lift he is riding in drops 29 floors to the ground.
Mulder meets with his contact Deep Throat who explains that Wilzcek was working on artificial intelligence. Mulder becomes convinced that the COS machine at the Eurisko Building is to blame, and enlists the help of Wilczek to destroy the system before the Defence Department get their hands on the technology.
Noteworthy Quote
Mulder: "They can't just take a man like Brad Wilczek without any explanation.."
Deep Throat: "They can do anything they want."
Credits
| Writer: |
Howard Gordon |
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Alex Gansa |
| Director: |
Jerrold Freedman |
Cast:
| David Duchovny |
Special Agent Fox Mulder |
| Gillian Anderson |
Special Agent Dana Scully |
Guest Cast:
| Wayne Duvall |
Special Agent Jerry Lamana |
| Gillian Barber |
Special Agent Nancy Spiller |
| Rob Labelle |
Steven Wilczek |
| Jerry Hardin |
Deep Throat |
| Blu Mankuma |
Claude Peterson |
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| Marc Baur |
Man In Suit |
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| Bill Finck |
Sandwich Man |
| Theodore Thomas |
Clyde |
| Tom Butler |
Benjamin Drake |
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