I don't find the cigarette smoking man, particularly fascinating. But the fact that he was turned into this big figure, behind all of History's turning points, is where the show jumped the shark, for me. It was very childish and simplistic, and lacked ambiguity or meaning outside of the series plot. And what I love the most about the show, is how the storylines can apply to both the X-Files universe, and its viewers. Also I thought, portraying him like some kind of trouble soul, was dull. Just as I read from another reviewer, the whole point of this character, was the mystery surrounding his persona. And the few things about him, we really needed to know, are already told throughout Mulder's journey to find the « Truth ». Season 4 is interesting for all those episodes that gave us important answers to very important questions, regarding the show's mythology and main arc. Only when you look closely at « Musing of a Cigarette Smoking Man », very few things showed in this episode, did. Or even added up to the rest of the series. And it ended in a weird cliffhanger way, too...
Review of Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man
