The Lone Gunmen

6.7

Production

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.

Seasons

13 Episodes • Premiered 2001

1. Pilot

6.8

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.

2. Bond, Jimmy Bond

6.7

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.

3. Eine Kleine Frohike

6.5

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.

4. Like Water for Octane

6.4

While searching for a water-powered car, the Gunmen encounter missile silos, rude government clerks, and cows.

5. Three Men and a Smoking Diaper

5.8

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!"

6. Madam, I'm Adam

6.5

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.

7. Planet of the Frohikes

6.2

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

8. Maximum Byers

6.6

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.

9. Diagnosis: Jimmy

6.1

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."

10. Tango de los Pistoleros

6.2

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.

11. The Lying Game

6.6

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.

12. The Cap'n Toby Show

6.6

Langly's childhood hero, kid's show host Cap'n Toby, is accused of being an international spy. It's Gunmen to the rescue!

13. All About Yves

4.9

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