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A huge part of the success of this episode is that the film is built up to such a degree, yet we dont end up with wholly satisfactory answers, leaving your imagination to fill in the blanks, all the while suggesting that the answers are beyond the capability of our minds to fathom, and that the worst our brains can conjure doesnt do justice to the truth

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Cigarettes containing menthola minty ingredientare considered more addictive and harder to quit than regular cigarettes because of how the flavoring and nicotine combine to influence the brain

Theyre Chicagos Mad Men - the local executives who created iconic figures like the Marlboro Man, Charlie the Tuna, and the Pillsbury Dough Boy

One could point to the systemic issue Murrow faces in the play: the erosion of the firewall between corporate and editorial