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This South Carolina city plays prominent role as ‘The X-Files’ reboots

Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in an episode of the Fox series, "The X-Files."
Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in an episode of the Fox series, "The X-Files." TNS

He helped fake the moon landing.

He’s responsible for Donald Trump becoming our president.

And he’s about four hours away from Myrtle Beach.

It was revealed Wednesday that the “Cigarette Smoking Man,” the main villain in “The X-Files” reboot, was hiding out in Spartanburg as Wednesday’s episode kicked off season 11.

The arch nemesis of Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) – who co-stars with Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) – the Cigarette Smoking Man was supposed to be dead. Instead, it’s revealed he’s hiding out in the Upstate as the main plot for season 11 was revealed.

Spartanburg and Greenville made an appearance in season 10, when Mulder is seen driving past a South Carolina welcome sign and another that details those cities as the next big ones coming up.

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This story was originally published January 5, 2018 at 8:41 PM with the headline "This South Carolina city plays prominent role as ‘The X-Files’ reboots."

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