The Lone Gunmen
After years of playing second fiddle to Agents Mulder and Scully on The X-Files, the trio of computer-hacking conspiracy geeks popularly known as The Lone Gunmen are finally heading out on their own. Never ones to stray far from the center of corporate and government intrigue, the threesome play like a misguided Mission Impossible team, embarking on a series of comic adventures that simultaneously highlight their genius and ineptitude.
Cast
Bruce Harwood
John Fitzgerald Byers
Tom Braidwood
Melvin Frohike
Dean Haglund
Richard Langly
Stephen Snedden
Jimmy Bond
Zuleikha Robinson
Yves Adele Harlow
Seasons
E1Pilot
Mar 4, 2001
A Mission-Impossible style break-in as Frohike and Byers attempt to steal the Octium IV chip from E-Com-Con's top security room.
E2Bond, Jimmy Bond
Mar 11, 2001
While searching for the killer of an infamous hacker, the three Lone Gunmen find a fourth member when they stumble upon a practice of a football team for the blind.
E3Eine Kleine Frohike
Mar 16, 2001
Frohike has to disguise himself as the long-lost son of a woman who is believed to be a Nazi war criminal that the Gunmen are trying to smoke out of the woodwork. She was famed for poisoning the pastries of the French Resistance.
E4Like Water for Octane
Mar 18, 2001
While searching for a water-powered car, the Gunmen encounter missile silos, rude government clerks, and cows.
E5Three Men and a Smoking Diaper
Mar 23, 2001
The Lone Gunmen become reluctant and rather inept nursemaids to the illegitimate baby of a drunk, philandering, saxophone-playing Senator whose campaign-aide girlfriend died in a suspicious accident. This is the episode where, as Bruce Harwood put it in one chat, "Tom gets his nipples sucked!"
E6Madam, I'm Adam
Mar 30, 2001
Our heroes meet a strange man who may or may not have been transported by aliens from a parallel universe. Oh, and there's goo.
E7Planet of the Frohikes
Apr 6, 2001
The team receives a plea for help via an email from an unknown source, but all evidence seems to point to a chimpanzee at a government laboratory
E8Maximum Byers
Apr 13, 2001
The mother of an inmate on death row request The Lone Gunmen to prove her son's innocence and expose the conspiracy behind the murder.
E9Diagnosis: Jimmy
Apr 20, 2001
While the trio stalks a grizzly-bear poacher in a snowy forest, an injured Jimmy believes his doctor is a killer profiled on "America's Most Wanted."
E10Tango de los Pistoleros
Apr 27, 2001
After the Lone Gunmen ruin her first attempt to get close to a suspected smuggler, Yves arranges to become the man's partner in a tango competition -- with a little help from her... ah... friends.
E11The Lying Game
May 4, 2001
The boys' investigation into the shooting death of the brother of Byers' college roommate, a blackmailer, yields a definite suspect: FBI Asst. Director Walter Skinner.
E13The Cap'n Toby Show
Jun 1, 2001
Langly's childhood hero, kid's show host Cap'n Toby, is accused of being an international spy. It's Gunmen to the rescue!
E12All About Yves
May 11, 2001
The Lone Gunmen team up with Man in Black agent Morris Fletcher to find Yves. What they uncover is Romeo-61, a secret government organization responsible for decades of major incidents. The sequel to this episode is X-Files S09E15 - Jump the Shark
Storyline
After years of playing second fiddle to Agents Mulder and Scully on The X-Files, the trio of computer-hacking conspiracy geeks popularly known as The Lone Gunmen are finally heading out on their own. Never ones to stray far from the center of corporate and government intrigue, the threesome play like a misguided Mission Impossible team, embarking on a series of comic adventures that simultaneously highlight their genius and ineptitude.
