Author: Jonathan Klotz | Published
During the initial run, The X-Files Encouraging an unsuspecting public to believe in aliens, government conspiracies, and other monsters that suddenly appear in the night. Hidden behind it all, however, is the mysterious Smoker, who went from being a background character in season one to becoming the show’s main villain. According to the Season 4 episode “Smoker’s Musings,” he is also a twisted Forrest, influencing world events not through naive optimism, but through his own ideas about keeping the world safe.
The secret history of smokers
“A Smoker’s Musings” gives fans a better understanding of the mysterious history of the mysterious mastermind, expertly played by William B. Davis, while Chris Owens stars in the series He plays the younger version of the key figure behind the conspiracy. During a meeting with Mulder and Scully, The Lone Gunman’s Melvin Froschke revealed that he discovered the true history of Smoker, who happened to be eavesdropping on the meeting from behind a sniper rifle. In a long series of flashbacks, we see real history, or at least, the show makes us think it is real history.
In 1962, we learn that Smoker was a friend of Mulder’s father, Bill, and that he was commissioned by the U.S. Army to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. “Meditations of a Smoker” reveals to us the origins of his smoking habit, drawn from the gifts he received from Lee Harvey Oswald after he was framed for his murder. lesson. This was just the first example of his influence in The X-Files history, and his worst behavior was yet to come.
From plotting the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., to orchestrating the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” and, worst of all, preventing the Bills from winning the Super Bowl, “Smoker’s Meditations” has fun reimagining world history. However, it also makes one of the most ruthless, obviously evil characters in science fiction history incredibly sympathetic.
frustrated novelist
In between world-shaping events, “A Smoker’s Meditations” shows him working on a novel, Taking a Chance: The Adventures of Jack ColquittNow in 1996, he’s ready to give up work and smoking to celebrate the release of his science fiction novel. Until he discovers that his editor has betrayed him, he sits on a park bench and delivers a speech about “life is like a box of chocolates” before resuming his evil life. this is a rare moment The X-Files The initial run humanized him, but that might not even be true.
In the final moments of “Smoker’s Musings,” Froschke admits that he made it all up, but Smoker ends the episode by quoting the last line of his novel: “I could kill you any time.” , but not today. This has left fans questioning how much of the episode is fiction and how much is real secret history. The X-Files The most mysterious person.
One of the best episodes of The X-Files
While the episode aired, critics and fans were divided over the lack of a clear resolution, but over time, “Smoker’s Musings” began to become a fan favorite. Written by Glenn Morgan and directed by James Wong, they are the iconic duo behind most of the show’s best episodes and this underrated sci-fi series space: beyondIn fact, it was the first episode they wrote after their other shows were cancelled. While they never intended to say this was the definitive history of The Smoker, many fans felt it was a reimagining of world events that missed the fun of the episode.
“A Smoker’s Musings” may not answer any of the questions, including the most pressing one, which is when will he buy the adorable cabin in “The Red and the Black”? The debate over the best series The X-Files Perhaps it was the never-ending, controversial decisions made in reviving the series that ruined some of its initial run, but The Secret History of the Smoker only gets better with time.
