The X-Files: C.G.B.

The X-Files: C.G.B. is an American conspiracy thriller television series focused on the Cigarette Smoking Man, one of the main antagonists of the original X-Files television show. The series acts as an origin story to the character and depicting his early activities prior to Fox Mulder and Dana Scully joining the FBI and becoming part of the X-Files. The title of the series is a reference to the character's initials.
It is the fourth show set in the X-Files universe, following from The X-Files (1993-2018), Millennium (1996-1999) and The Lone Gunmen (2001).
Season 2 aired in 2024, before it was cancelled due to low ratings.
==Cast==
*Jeremy Schuetze as Carl Gerhard Busch/Smoking Man
**Additionally, original Smoking Man actor William B Davis reprises the role by providing narration for the Pilot. 
*Fiona Vroom as Cassandra Spender
*TBA as William Mulder 
*TBA as Ronald Pakula/Deep Throat
==Episodes==
===Season 1 (2022)===
No.	Title 	Synopsis 	Original air date
1 	"Pilot" 	Former marine Carl Gerhard Busch is enlisted by the United States Government to perform a dangerous task which could shape the history of the world forever.	2022
2 	"Deep State" 	Carl's start at the FBI is an eventful one when he is sent to deal with a UFO crash, reshaping his perception of the universe. 	2022
3 	"What Lies Below" 	TBA 	2022
4 	"Red Eyes, Take Warning" 	TBA 	2022
5 	"The Spender Men" 	TBA 	2022
6 	"Musings of C.G.B. Spender" 	TBA 	2022
7 	"Acolytes" 	TBA 	2022
8 	"Dark He Was And Golden-Eyed"	TBA 	2022
9 	"Syndicate" 	TBA 	2022
===Season 2 (2024)===
No.	Title 	Synopsis 	Original air date
10 	"Above and Beyond" 	The Smoking Man goes on a journey on behalf of the Syndicate in order to work out a way to survive the alien colonization, although the mission puts a strain on his personal life as he must choose between his family and the project.	2024
11 	"Inseparable" 	TBA 	2024
12 	"Men in Black" 	TBA 	2024
13 	"WWIII" 	TBA 	2024
14 	"The Greys" 	TBA 	2024
15 	"Fishlips" 	TBA 	2024
15 	Area 52 	TBA 	2024
16 	"The Project" 	TBA 	2024
17 	"Close Encounters" 	TBA 	2024
18 	"Millennium" 	TBA 	2024
19 	"I Want to Believe"	TBA 	2024
20 	"Colonization" 	In present day, the Smoking Man makes final preparations for the invasion. 	2024