FX: The Series - Season 1 - Eps 20: Bad Influence
Rollie 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 badly wounded, Rollie joins forces with a juvenile delinquent-in-the-making as they discover the crooks are using the school to stage a multi-million dollar armored van robbery. Using materials from around the school, Rollie and the student fashion makeshift movie F/X illusions to defeat the invaders and rescue the student's girlfriend who is being held captive by the thieves.
About FX: The Series

Title: FX: The Series
First Air Date: 1996-09-09
Last Air Date: 1998-05-25
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.2/10 (from 16 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 40
Network: CTV
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
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?
Cast

Cameron Daddo
Roland 'Rollie' Tyler

Christina Cox
Angela 'Angie' Ramirez

Richard Waugh
Captain Marvin Van Duran

Jason Blicker
Detective Francis Gatti

Jacqueline Torres
Detective Mira Sanchez