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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0086162001116
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: April 27, 1999
Running Time: 90 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: September 10, 1993
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This pair of fourth-season episodes represent The X-Files at its most intriguing, with plots that are intricately connected to the series' complex mythology, as well as the first X-Files theatrical movie. In other words, only loyal fans of the series will fully comprehend these episodes as pieces of a much larger puzzle.
Continuing the story arc of the earlier episode "Herrenvolk," "Tunguska" (a title reference to the Siberian site of a historic meteor crash in 1908) introduces the dreaded "black oil" that is released in wormlike drops from a mysterious rock that falls into the possession of agents Scully and Mulder. While Scully studies the rock, the oil, and its deadly effect on humans, Mulder travels to Tunguska with the duplicitous Agent Krycek in tow, seeking the origin of the strange and lethal rock, and possible clues about the conspiracy that cost the lives of Mulder's father and Scully's sister. Captured and imprisoned in a gulag labor camp, Mulder is injected with a drug that renders him unconscious. He wakes, trapped under restraining chicken wire, just in time to see the black oil being dropped onto him from a tap overhead--a horrifying situation that provides the episode's cliffhanger ending.
The story continues in "Terma," in which a Russian assassin is coaxed out of retirement to eliminate anyone who might reveal the secrets of the deadly "black cancer" oil that seeps from the mysterious meteor sample introduced in "Tunguska." While Scully protects Mulder by refusing to divulge his whereabouts to a Senate subcommittee (thus endangering her career), Mulder races to retrieve the rock as evidence that will exonerate both him and Scully in the hearing. His efforts are in vain, however, and as the Russian assassin destroys the rock and returns to Russia, Cigarette-Smoking Man destroys Scully's papers on the toxic effects of the black oil. Scully and Mulder's threatening investigation is closed down, and the ongoing conspiracy is maintained.
In these two episodes (both cowritten by series creator Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz), the story arc of the X-Files conspiracy is at its most ominous and deadly, and the atmosphere of both episodes is richly conveyed through modern film noir style. Although they're confounding when viewed out of the context of the series as a whole, they're impressive minimovies that will instantly draw the viewer into their spooky sphere of influence. With these two episodes (first broadcast in November and December 1996), The X-Files set the foundation for the feature film that would follow some 18 months later. --Jeff Shannon
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The Tunguska/Terma two-part episode is definately one of the (in my opinion) best episodes of the X-files. It has a lot of the best qualities of the series, with a plot that even if you know the way it turns out keeps you hooked.
Scully always seems stuck trying to protect Mulder from their own government, and here she definately has her work cut out for her. Trials and tense situations make up her part of the episode. Mulder finds his way onto serious leads about the cancerman's plans ... Read More
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...A great myth two-parter of Season 4. Mulder travels to Tunguska, Russia with Alex Krycek, only to find that Krycek is once again the double-crosser and relates well to his fan nick-name "Ratboy."
Tests are performed on Mulder, concerning the "black oil" (the alien virus), and Scully is in DC at a hearing trying to cover for him. These episodes contain what is commonly called "Mulder torture" (we see a lot in the fanfiction world...). Nic Lea was great, as always, in portraying Krycek. ... Read More
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Tunguska and Terma are must-sees for any Alex Krycek/Nick Lea fan! Krycek is one of the characters that keeps The X-Files interesting and this is some of his best work to date. With maximum Krycek exposure and an intriguing plot-line which attempts to further explain the intricate mythology of the show, these two episodes are excellent for any X-Files fan.
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The two shows terma\tunguska are great. if you like the x-files then you have to see this video if you missed the two shows, and even if you saw them see them again.
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Krycek and Muldur go after the "black oil" alien which took over Krycek in Apocrypha. Mulder and Skinner have a field day beating up a handcuffed Krycek. A lot is learned about Krycek's past. This is a must for Nicholas Lea fans. Scully is barely in Tunguska, but featured in the last half of Terma. Muldur is featured predominantly in both.
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