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[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

For some reason the FBI lets him spend all his time doing that. (Kind of nepotism maybe?)

Nepotism definitely I thought. Wasn't it established eventually that he was really the cigarette smoking man's son? Or am I remembering a plot line that turned out to be another false lead?

I thought that's who was protecting Him. Hindering his work certainly, and telling his co-conspirators that he was controlling him, but also manipulating them to keep him safe.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That would be more applicable to the last point that someone in the cabal is protecting him. It doesn't really speak to why the position exists in the first place.

If smoking man's goal was to protect Mulder, creating a department that directly puts Mulder in danger would be a bad way to go about it. There are dozens of other divisions in the FBI that would keep him busy and safe.

spoilerAlthough, iirc, he wanted the conspiracy to be uncovered.

I think it was mentioned that the department existed so the government could say they were investigating stuff while sweeping it under the rug.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Yes, and assuming Mulder was too enthusiastic to do his job properly.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

i thought the cigarette man was providing cigarettes to fuel the growth of the alien embryo inside scully

[-] Armand1@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Use spoiler tags my boy. Most people who come through here will have seen it, but still.

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