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Well Manicured Man |
Well
Manicured Man was a member of the Syndicate, but did never totally tolerate
its policies. Of all the bad guys, WMM seemed to be the one with human
side. WMM appeared to be Cigarette-Smoking Man's superior and the two men
were never on good terms with each other. There's very little told about
the private life of Well Manicured Man, but we do know that he was interested
in horses and that he had an affair with Dr. Bonita Charne-Sayre who was
his personal physician and a well-known authority on viruses. She was murdered
by Vassily Peskow, a former KGB assassin. (Terma) This happened in Charlottesville,
Virginia where WMM had some sort of country estate. When in England, he
lived in Somerset County in large house with servants.
Well
Manicured Man was strong and independent. He wanted to live normal life
and he also worried about his grandchildren's future. The most common phrase
from his mouth seems to be "My God" which was typically pointed
to somebody (usually CSM) who was acting short-tempered and without consideration.
Some might say that he helped Mulder and Scully only because of his own
purposes and this is partly the truth. WMM himself might even have agreed
as he told Scully that motives are rarely unselfish. However, I believe
that under the cold and grey exterior he was a kind gentleman who didn't
enjoy his role as a holder of power and who used murder only as a last
compulsion.
I think
that Well-Manicured Man was the most important informant of Mulder and
Scully. At the funeral of Mulder's father, he informed Scully that she
would be killed ( The Blessing Way). Mulder and Scully both met him in
Victor Klemper's greenhouse (Paper Clip). WMM told them about the Project,
though he said there's a lot more untold. He also met Mulder in central
park and gave him information about the U.F.O. (Apocrypha) In The End we
found out that he was willing to fight the Alien Colonists. And in TXF
Movie he gave Mulder the vaccine and the coordinates to save Scully. He
also told Mulder about the Syndicate's work, his father's involvement in
it and why Samantha was taken. Well Manicured Man was ordered to kill Mulder,
but instead of doing it he died when his car exploded.
Mitch Pileggi (the actor who plays AD Skinner) told, when asked who's his favourite character on the X-files other than his own, that it would probably be Well Manicured Man.
