10 Times The X-Files Mythology Confused Fans
9. Cigarette Smoking Man’s Fate In Redux
Who can forget CSM? At the height of the show’s popularity, the chain smoking villain even got a mention in a Bare Naked Ladies song. Twenty-three years after he first appeared on our screens, CSM is still trying to control the fate of the world.
Back in season five, someone shot the iconic character while he clutched a photo of Mulder and his sister, Samantha. Later, Skinner visits Mulder to give him the good news that the smoking man is dead, and a smile spreads across our hero’s face.
But Wait...
CSM is the sort of man who works without an identity and goes under the radar of even the President himself. So, how could Skinner know he was dead?
The show addresses this problem by revealing that even though his body wasn’t found, there was too much blood loss for anyone to survive, but this doesn’t fix anything. How do they know it’s his blood if they know nothing about him?
Maybe, the Stupendous Yappi popped in to tell them?