Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man

In this boring episode, Cancer Man reviews his life story through an eavesdropped conversation between Frohike, Mulder, and Scully. Major down point: Lack of Mulder and Scully.

Below, is a quote from the episode and the ratings submitted by XFEOS members. They are followed with the comments and opinions on "Musings of a CSM".

Name                Rating

Eric R....................10
Maria D...................10
Michael B.................10
Julie W....................8
Christina O................7
Colleen C..................7
Eileen A...................7
Ula B......................5
Ryan D.....................4
Dena C.....................1

Average Rating        6.9

"The Surgeon General is in an uproar over this enticing time walk enterprise, a stroll down memory lane with a human cigarette advertisement who would turn Joe Camel into just another forgotten desert dwelling Black Cancer recipient (the Black Camel ?). I say, ignore the Surgeon General's warning and wallow in the insidious legacy of smoke ring conspiracy which unfolds in this untrustworthy biography of the infamous Cigarette Smoking Man. With a hardy ol' silver "Trust No One" lighter and a bunch o' Christmas present boxes filled with employee dispensable J.C. Penny ties, CSM is in full inhale. Putting Saddam Hussein on hold, William B. Davis, and fine writing, puffs life into this character. Box of choclates Shakesphere soliloquies, are THE thing, Hershey Horatio. It has been alleged smoking companies spike cigarettes with secret addictive additives. Davis is as addictive to watch in the gripping portrayal of his character as a mystery tobacco additive is addictive to the unknowing smoking populace. Cigarette Smoking Man, IS that mysterious tobacco additive, slowly smoldering right under the upper lips of the masses. This is Davis' sinister, bitter, sad and darkly comedic, beyond good and evil, grey colored bravo performance, the paranoia pushing absurdly bizarre humor of it all is the perfect machine for you to select the right brand."
-Michael B.-

"What to say about Musings. Hmm... I loved the beginning with the voice overs. No one really pays attention to that, but I heard it. When Frohike says "Don't use my name! What the hell is wrong with you? Now I'll have to kill you!" I was laughing so hard! The episode gave us interesting insight into the shadowy Cigarette Smoking Man. Still, it's not like we know if all of the episode is real. I also have to talk about some serious mistakes. Mulder, while under hypnosis, said that the CSM was a gestapo, but that can't be true because in "Musings", he would have already been born! Oh well, one or the other was probably fake, anyway. Mark Snow's music was excellent, and William B. Davis' performance was surprisingly good! Seeing him walk by the young Fox Mulder's door, stopping briefly to listen to the typing sounds coming from the room, is a classic scene. Cancer Man's expression during that scene is priceless. In addition to that, seeing Deep Throat kill that alien was bone-chilling. You really feel sorry for the innocent creature... that it probably didn't know what a gun was, as Deep Throat hypothesized in EBE. Overall, despite some boring moments, this episode was able to be chilling, yet funny."
-Christina O.-

"I know that most people don't like this episode, probably because Mulder and Scully weren't in it, I know also that most people don't like "Unrequited" and "The Field Where I Died". Most people is not me. This episode provides backround, which is what every good Phile needs to call him or herself a Phile. I always wondered when the CSM smoked his first, I always wanted to know things about him, and this is the episode to do it with. There really wasn't anything wrong with this episode, I think it just got rated low because it didn't have the two main characters. My favorite parts was whenever the CSM looked at or listened to or talked about something having to do with Mulder or Scully. It just sent shivers down my spine. To know that he listened to there first conversation and read Scully's thesis, and stood outside of Mulder's office when he was in there is just...spooky."
-Eileen A.-

"Excellent episode! I didn't even mind that it was a rerun because it is so interesting. We get so much background on the mysterious CSM it almost boggles the mind. By the end of the show your left wondering if CSM is completely evil or absolutely fasinating."
-Maria D.-

"I didn't really like this episode. I almost fell asleep the first time I saw it!"
-Ula B.-

"It really did explain a lot about CSM, it was a great episode."
-Eric R.-

"Informative yet intriguing."
-Julie W.-

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