Tobacco x files

When teachers have the facts and the tools to present information to their students in compelling and meaningful ways-the educational experience is transformed. Read More. As a sleuthful pair of undercover agents expose a sleazy tobacco executive paid to lie about what the giant industry until now has done so well to hide, students see the other side of the hype and glamour designed to target teenagers. Mixing gross effects with poignant testimonials from recovering teenage nicotine addicts, as well as regretful head and neck cancer victims, the outrageous truths about tobacco use are vividly presented for student prevention.

He carries the episode once Mulder goes down with a bad case of tobacco beetles. Kim Manners shoots this episode masterfully.

He does a lot of low shots looking up at actors from below, giving it a different look, almost as if it's the tobacco beetles' perspective. Skinner balks at the idea of killer bugs when Mulder suggests it. He must have forgot about the killer bugs from season three's 'War of the Coprophages. But they turned out not to be killers.

Also, it is unfortunate that when Scully mentions an entomologist she knows, it doesn't turn out to be Dr. Bambi Berenbaum. What a shame. Tobin Bell plays the part of Darryl Weaver, the test subject who is immune to the effects of the engineered tobacco. He does so well, just as if the part were written with him in mind. That can be said of so many X-Files guest stars. One thing that bothered me is that after Mulder leaves Dr.

Voss' house after telling him of Thomas Gastall's death, Voss receives a phone call from someone watching him and Voss tells him that there was another death - downtown. Mulder didn't tell him where the murder occurred. He couldn't of known where, unless he already suspected it was in Weaver's apartment. Also, when Skinner charges into Morley's headquarters with a search warrant, he only brings two agents with him.

That seemed like a pretty big building for only two agents to search. And my final gruff with this episode is when Skinner busts into Darryl Weaver's apartment after being tipped off my Dr. Skinner's been told that the larvae is in the smoke, yet he enters the apartment of the known smoker without even a mask over his face. Very careless and risky. But each of those are minor inconsistencies and don't detract much from the episode. The acting is great and the story is taut and suspenseful, with Mulder's life hanging in the balance.

So, sit back, relax, watch Brand X, and smoke 'em if you got 'em. Though it could clearly be seen as a propaganda episode for anti-smoking, this was clearly one of the best episodes of season 7. Ifelt as if it really got back more to the moody atmosphere that made the earlier seasons so much better. Trivia The scenes featuring shots of beetles crawling out corpses were shot and filmed using real insects, as well as real actors.

Goofs The plants in Dr. Voss' lab are not tobacco plants. They are Peace Lilies with the white blooms removed. Quotes Thomas Gastall : Dr. Connections Features Guadalcanal Diary User reviews 4 Review.

Top review. One of the better season 7 episodes. Though it could clearly be seen as a propaganda episode for anti-smoking, this was clearly one of the best episodes of season 7. Ifelt as if it really got back more to the moody atmosphere that made the earlier seasons so much better.

You also have Tobin Bell, who has been made famous by his character of Jigsaw from the Saw movies. Bell gives one of the best performances that i have seen in any of the episodes. In this episode the agents investigate the global Morley tobacco company. The same company that CSM smokes. The end of the episode closes out similar to the tense unresolved endings of earlier episodes. Details Edit. Release date April 16, United States.

United States. Pasadena, California, USA. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 45 minutes. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Edit page. See the entire gallery.