Episode
The X-Files: Brand X
Overview
While protecting a man due to testify against the Morley cigarette company, Skinner is horrified when the witness dies mysteriously. What the agents soon discover is that a new brand of cigarette has a dangerous secret.
Details
- Series
- The X-Files
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 2000-04-16
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Brand X is Episode 18 in Season 7 of The X-Files. It aired on 2000-04-16. The runtime is 45 min.
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