The First (and only) Season of The Lone Gunmen commenced airing on FOX network in the United States on March 4, 2001, and concluded on June 1, 2001 after airing thirteen episodes.
Plot[]
Three underground journalists, John Fitzgerald Byers, Melvin Frohike, and Richard "Ringo" Langley, pursue the truth on stories that the mainstream media ignores. They are joined by Jimmy Bond, a former patsy of Eastern European criminals and who is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, and Yves Adele Harlow, a freelance spy who hides behind anagram names. Together the five just barely get by as they frequently find themselves way over their heads.
Episodes[]
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1x01 | "Pilot"
While he and the other Lone Gunmen attempt to steal a computer chip, Byers receives news of his father's death and the trio soon find themselves unraveling a government conspiracy in which an attempt to fly a commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center would result in increased arms sales for the United States of America. |
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1x02 | "Bond, Jimmy Bond"
While searching for the killer of an infamous hacker, the three Lone Gunmen find... a fourth. |
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1x03 | "Eine Kleine Frohike"
Frohike attempts to convince a Nazi war criminal that he is her long-lost son. |
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1x04 | "Like Water for Octane"
While searching for a water-powered car, the Gunmen encounter missile silos, rude government clerks, and... cows. |
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1x05 | "Three Men and a Smoking Diaper"
The Lone Gunmen turn babysitters while working to expose the truth behind a murder. |
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1x06 | "Madam, I'm Adam"
A man contacts the Lone Gunmen, believing he has been abducted by aliens. |
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1x07 | "Planet of the Frohikes"
The Lone Gunmen receive a message from an ingenious chimp attempting to escape a government laboratory. |
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1x08 | "Maximum Byers"
Byers and Jimmy pose as prisoners on death row, in an attempt to prove a man's innocence. |
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1x09 | "Diagnosis: Jimmy"
While recovering in a hospital, Jimmy begins to suspect that his doctor is a wanted killer. |
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1x10 | "Tango de los Pistoleros"
In an effort to thwart an arms trade at an upcoming tango competition, Yves and Frohike separately go undercover as tango dancers. |
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1x11 | "The Lying Game"
While investigating the death of Byers' college roommate, the Lone Gunmen find evidence implicating FBI Assistant Director Skinner. |
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1x12 | "The Cap'n Toby Show"
The Gunmen try to solve the murders of two FBI agents who were working undercover on Langly's favourite TV show. |
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1x13 | "All About Yves"
The Gunmen team up with "Man in Black" Morris Fletcher to search for Yves, in the possibility that she is a member of a secret government organization responsible for decades of major terrorist acts and other historical, fatal incidents. |
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Tom Braidwood as Melvin Frohike (13/13 episodes)
- Dean Haglund as Richard Langly (13/13 episodes)
- Bruce Harwood as John Fitzgerald Byers (13/13 episodes)
- Zuleikha Robinson as Yves Adele Harlow (13/13 episodes)
- Stephen Snedden as Jimmy Bond (12/13 episodes)
Recurring cast[]
- Jim Fyfe as Kimmy Belmont (3/13 episodes)
Guest Stars[]
- David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder (1/13 episodes)
- Mitch Pileggi as Assistant Director Walter Skinner (1/13 episodes)
- Michael McKean as Man in Black Agent Morris Fletcher (1/13 episodes)
Background Information[]
- Although subsequent seasons of The Lone Gunmen television series were originally planned, this first season became the only one produced as a result of the series' cancellation.
- The ratings for this season were higher than the ratings for Season 1 of The X-Files.
- This season takes place at the same time as Season 8 of The X-Files (in 2000 and 2001).