This show featured Scully and Mulder's closest call to being eliminated so far, and it had nothing to do with government conspiracies or aliens on the attack. In fact, Deep Throat didn't even show up to warn them about potential danger in the Pacific Northwest. It's a story which starts out looking like eco-terrorists against the logging industry, but turns into a buggy mystery when the FBI agents discover a body in a cocoon deep in the forest while investigating the disappearance of an entire camp. Now that I think about it, none of those other loggers were ever heard from again, probably about thirty in all, so that makes for a lot of unhappy campers.
I remember watching this episode when it first came out and was somewhat appalled at the way it revealed how one might go about sabotaging equipment and putting people in real danger by spiking their machines. But I guess if you have a mind to create that kind of havoc you'll come up with ideas of your own anyway.
You have to admit, when that Stephen King-like green swarm took over the vehicle Scully, Mulder and the forest service ranger were in, they looked like goners. Kind of like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid must have felt when they made their last stand in Bolivia. You knew it couldn't be though, with Mulder getting one more hint at how insidious the government can be when it puts it's mind to getting something done. You couldn't get a more chilling answer than the one provided by the doctor treating him and Scully when questioned about the effectiveness of fully eradicating the swarm - failure was just not an option.
I remember watching this episode when it first came out and was somewhat appalled at the way it revealed how one might go about sabotaging equipment and putting people in real danger by spiking their machines. But I guess if you have a mind to create that kind of havoc you'll come up with ideas of your own anyway.
You have to admit, when that Stephen King-like green swarm took over the vehicle Scully, Mulder and the forest service ranger were in, they looked like goners. Kind of like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid must have felt when they made their last stand in Bolivia. You knew it couldn't be though, with Mulder getting one more hint at how insidious the government can be when it puts it's mind to getting something done. You couldn't get a more chilling answer than the one provided by the doctor treating him and Scully when questioned about the effectiveness of fully eradicating the swarm - failure was just not an option.