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Millennium season 3
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Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
22
Broadcast

Original channel
Fox Broadcasting Network
Original run
October 2, 1998 – May 21, 1999
Home video release
DVD release
Region 1
September 6, 2005
Season chronology

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The third season of the serial crime-thriller television series Millennium commenced airing in the United States on October 2, 1998, and concluded on May 21, 1999 after airing twenty-two episodes. It tells the story of retired FBI Agent Frank Black (Lance Henriksen). Black had previously worked for a private investigative organization, the Millennium Group, but left after the Group unleashed a virus that resulted in the death of Black's wife. Now working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation with agent Emma Hollis (Klea Scott), Black seeks to discredit and expose the Group for their sinister motives.
The season saw the introduction of a new lead character in Hollis. Scott faced difficulty in securing the role, as Fox executives had desired a white actress for the part instead; Scott's agent fought for her to be given an audition, which proved successful. The season also brought in two new executive producers—Michael Duggan and Chip Johannessen, who had previously written episodes in earlier seasons.
Episodes from the third season have seen generally positive reviews from critics, as has the season as a whole. Stars Henriksen and Brittany Tiplady were nominated for several acting awards for their work on the season—a Golden Globe Award nod for Henriksen and two Young Artist Award nominations for Tiplady. In addition, series cinematographer Robert McLachlan was nominated for two American Society of Cinematographers awards during the season. Ultimately none of these nominations proved successful.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Production
2 Cast 2.1 Starring
2.2 Recurring cast 2.2.1 Also starring
2.2.2 Guest starring

3 Reception 3.1 Accolades
3.2 Critical reception
4 Episodes
5 Footnotes 5.1 References
6 External links
Production[edit]


"We wanted to reduce it down to two people: Watts represents the Group, and Frank represents us ... Their struggle is of two friends who both believe what they believe, and each believes he is absolutely right and would love to convert the other to his way of thinking".
–Writer Ken Horton on the season's closing story arc[1]
When ending the second season, the producers and crew thought it would be the last; Fox executives admitted that the decision to renew the series was "down to the wire".[2] However, to their surprise Millennium was renewed for a third season. Many of the cliffhanger plot threads from the season finale were written off as the hallucinations of Frank Black. When creating the third season, the writers wanted to go back to the standalone storytelling format used in the first season; to do so they had Frank join the FBI and receive a new "skeptical" partner with whom he could work with.[3]
This led to the introduction of Klea Scott as Emma Hollis. Originally, the producers were looking for a white actress to play the part. Scott's agent campaigned for her and guaranteed the series' producers that if she was not considered for the role, he would never send another actor to the casting director of the show. Scott won the role, but producer Chip Johannessen recalled that "she wasn't what the network were looking, they wanted Heather Locklear or something to come. That was kind of how that went down".[3] Fox backed down, and Scott got the role.[3]
The season saw the introduction of Johannessen and Michael Duggan as executive producers;[4] both had previously worked as writers on earlier seasons of the series.[5][6] The pair worked with series creator Chris Carter, who acknowledged that they had taken heed of past criticism of the series when writing new episodes, wanting to avoid the previous "serial-killer-of-the-week" moniker the show had earned.[2] To this end, the season ended with a seven-episode story arc intended to reduce the series' conflicts down to struggle between two men, rather than larger factions or groups—Black representing the viewer's point of view and Peter Watts (Terry O'Quinn) representing the ideals of the Millennium Group, with both convinced their beliefs are the correct ones and wanting to bring the other to their side.[1] Ultimately, the season did not attract enough viewers, and the series was cancelled by the network.[7][8]
Cast[edit]

A man with white hair, wearing glasses

 Series star Lance Henriksen
Starring[edit]
Lance Henriksen as Frank Black
Klea Scott as Emma Hollis
Recurring cast[edit]
Also starring[edit]
Brittany Tiplady as Jordan Black
Guest starring[edit]
Terry O'Quinn as Peter Watts
Peter Outerbridge as Barry Baldwin
Stephen E. Miller as Andy McClaren
Reception[edit]
Accolades[edit]
See also: List of accolades received by Millennium
The third season earned several awards and nominations for those associated with the series. Henriksen was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Drama, losing out to Dylan McDermott's portrayal of Bobby Donnell in The Practice.[9] Tiplady was nominated twice for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Comedy/Drama – Supporting Young Actress Age Ten or Under; she was beaten out by Scarlett Pomers for Star Trek: Voyager in 1999,[10] and Mae Middleton for Any Day Now in 2000.[11] Cinematographer Robert McLachlan was twice nominated for the American Society of Cinematographers award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Regular Series, in 1999 for "Skull and Bones", and in 2000 for "Matryoshka". Both times McLachlan lost the award to Bill Roe, for The X-Files' "Drive" in 1999, and "Agua Mala" in 2000.[12]
Critical reception[edit]
Writing for Slant magazine, Keith Uhlich gave the season an overall rating of four stars out of five. Uhlich described the season as "a divisive run of episodes that, for many viewers, blasphemously rewrites what came before",[13] but favourably compared it to the fiction works of Jorge Luis Borges. Uhlich felt that the episodes in the season were "challenging" and celebrated the abilities of the individual to forge a life for themselves.[13] DVD Talk's Randy Miller also awarded the season an overall four out of five stars, finding that although its concern about the then-coming millennium made it very much a product of its time, it did not seem to have suffered from this and held up well in retrospect. Miller considered Henriksen's portrayal of Frank Black to have been "masterful"; however, he felt that the retcon of its second season finale alienated viewers and led to its dwindling popularity.[14]
Robert Shearman and Lars Pearson, in their book Wanting to Believe: A Critical Guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen, rated several episodes across the season highly, awarding five stars out of five to "Borrowed Time", "Collateral Damage", "Darwin's Eye" and the series finale "Goodbye to All That". However, several episodes also fared poorly in their opinion, including "Closure", "...Thirteen Years Later" and "Forcing the End", all of which the pair rated only one star out of five.[15] Writing for The A.V. Club, Zack Handlen described the season as suffering from several problems, specifically mentioning "its lack of a center, its hamfisted morbidity, the ongoing blahtastrophe that is [Emma Hollis]".[16]
Episodes[edit]
See also: List of Millennium episodes
Millennium season 3 episodes

No. in
 series
No. in
 season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Production
 code

46
1 "The Innocents" Thomas J. Wright Michael Duggan October 2, 1998 3ABC01
Frank Black teams up with an intuitive FBI agent named Emma Hollis to probe a plane crash linked to the spread of a deadly plague. 
47
2 "Exegesis" Ralph Hemecker Chip Johannessen October 9, 1998 3ABC02
The probe of an aircraft disaster leads Frank and partner Emma Hollis to an extraordinarily gifted psychic who is on the run from the menacing Millennium Group 
48
3 "TEOTWAWKI" Thomas J. Wright Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz October 16, 1998 3ABC03
An investigation of a deadly shooting spree at a high school is mysteriously tied to a powerful group of citizens setting its own agenda for the year 2000. 
49
4 "Closure" Daniel Sackheim Larry Andries October 23, 1998 3ABC04
The pursuit of a remorseless killer gets to Emma Hollis, whose fierce resolve to nail the slayer is tied to a violent incident that scarred her emotionally as a child. 
50
5 "...Thirteen Years Later" Thomas J. Wright Michael R. Perry October 30, 1998 3ABC05
Murders begin to occur on the set of a film loosely based on a grisly case from Frank's past. Rock band KISS—Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley—appear as themselves and in small roles. 
51
6 "Skull and Bones" Paul Shapiro Chip Johannessen & Ken Horton November 6, 1998 3ABC06
The discovery of secretly buried bodies at a construction site reveals an odious connection to the Millennium Group. 
52
7 "Through a Glass Darkly" Thomas J. Wright Patrick Harbinson November 13, 1998 3ABC07
A missing 10-year-old girl in rural Oregon entangles Frank and Emma in an unsettling case that involves a convicted child molester, now out on parole. 
53
8 "Human Essence" Thomas J. Wright Michael Duggan December 11, 1998 3ABC09
In Vancouver, B.C., Emma takes on a drug case involving her half-sister, an addict who claims that new heroin on the street is turning users into monsters. 
54
9 "Omertà" Paul Shapiro Michael R. Perry December 18, 1998 3ABC08
On a Christmas holiday in Vermont with his daughter, Black is drawn into a case involving a mobster and two ethereal women with miraculous healing powers. 
55
10 "Borrowed Time" Dwight Little Chip Johannessen January 15, 1999 3ABC10
Strange fevers endanger Frank's young daughter, whom he believes is being stalked by a sinister man fascinated with near-death experiences. 
56
11 "Collateral Damage" Thomas J. Wright Michael R. Perry January 22, 1999 3ABC11
Tensions resurface between Frank Black and former ally Peter Watts in a search for the latter's daughter, abducted by an Army vet with a grudge against the Millennium Group. 
57
12 "The Sound of Snow" Paul Shapiro Patrick Harbinson February 5, 1999 3ABC12
Mysterious audio tapes trigger deadly hallucinations in the Seattle area, where Frank's investigation induces visions of his deceased wife, Catherine. 
58
13 "Antipas" Thomas J. Wright Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz February 12, 1999 3ABC13
Frank Black's arch-nemesis Lucy Butler resurfaces as the prime suspect in a murder case that involves the supernatural and the demonic possession of a young girl. 
59
14 "Matryoshka" Arthur Forney Erin Maher & Kay Reindl February 19, 1999 3ABC14
The suicide of an elderly ex-FBI agent leads Frank into a case that uncovers dark secrets and Bureau intrigue at the dawn of the atomic age. 
60
15 "Forcing the End" Thomas J. Wright Marjorie David March 19, 1999 3ABC15
Leads in the abduction of a young pregnant woman from Brooklyn steer Frank and Emma to a mysterious plot hatched by a fanatical cult that is driven by Biblical prophecy. 
61
16 "Saturn Dreaming of Mercury" Paul Shapiro Chip Johannessen & Jordan Hawley April 9, 1999 3ABC16
Mystery surrounds Frank's new neighbors, a couple and their preteen son whose arrival coincides with erratic, often violent behavior by Frank's daughter Jordan. 
62
17 "Darwin's Eye" Ken Fink Patrick Harbinson April 16, 1999 3ABC18
An escaped mental patient with a violent past has taken an apparently compliant hostage, and their elusiveness on the run stymies Frank and Emma. 
63
18 "Bardo Thodol" Thomas J. Wright Chip Johannessen & Virginia Stock April 23, 1999 3ABC17
Eerie discoveries haunt Frank and Emma on a case involving Asian mysticism, Millennium Group machinations and incredible biotechnological advances. 
64
19 "Seven and One" Peter Markle Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz April 30, 1999 3ABC19
Intimidations linked to a childhood trauma prey upon Frank Black, who is also beset by an ominous stalker—and by a hardened FBI agent who thinks he's gone over the edge. 
65
20 "Nostalgia" Thomas J. Wright Michael R. Perry May 7, 1999 3ABC20
A journey back to the town where she grew up is anything but a sentimental one for Emma Hollis, who is investigating a grisly serial-murder case with Frank and a sheriff she knew as a child. 
66
21 "Via Dolorosa" Paul Shapiro Marjorie David & Patrick Harbinson May 14, 1999 3ABC21
On the trail of a copycat killer, Frank Black is haunted by memories of the original fiend, while Emma is distracted by the deterioration of her father, an Alzheimer's patient. 
67
22 "Goodbye to All That" Thomas J. Wright Ken Horton & Chip Johannessen May 21, 1999 3ABC22
An ongoing search for a serial killer is marked by bizarre occurrences—and the disclosure of Millennium Group experimentation with radical brain surgery. Frank and Jordan decide to go into hiding, while Watts suffers a gunshot wound to the head that happens offscreen. 
Footnotes[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Owen, Rob (April 16, 1999). "Will 'Millennium' make it to 2000?". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
2.^ Jump up to: a b Tucker, Ken (September 11, 1998). "Fall TV Preview: Black Is Back". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
3.^ Jump up to: a b c Chris Carter, Michael Perry, Robert McLachlan, Chip Johannessen, Ken Horton, Lance Henriksen and Klea Scott (narrators) (2004). End Game: Making Millennium Season Three (DVD). Millennium: The Complete Third Season: Fox Home Entertainment.
4.Jump up ^ Tucker, Ken (November 13, 1998). "Super Freaks". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
5.Jump up ^ David Nutter, et al (booklet). Millennium: The Complete First Season (Liner notes). Fox.
6.Jump up ^ Thomas J. Wright, et al (booklet). Millennium: The Complete Second Season (Liner notes). Fox.
7.Jump up ^ "Hungarian Court Bans 'X-Files' From Prime-Time TV". The Buffalo News. June 16, 1999. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
8.Jump up ^ O'Neal, Sean (May 14, 2012). "Lance Henriksen is pretty sure they're making a Millennium movie". The A.V Club. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
9.Jump up ^ "HFPA – Awards Search – Millennium". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
10.Jump up ^ "20th Annual Awards". Young Artist Foundation. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
11.Jump up ^ "21st Annual Awards". Young Artist Foundation. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
12.Jump up ^ "The ASC – Past ASC Awards". American Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
13.^ Jump up to: a b Uhlich, Keith (September 9, 2005). "Millennium: The Complete Third Season". Slant. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
14.Jump up ^ Miller, Randy (October 1, 2005). "Millennium: The Complete Third Season: DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". DVD Talk. Internet Brands. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
15.Jump up ^ Shearman & Pearson 2009, pp. 188–205.
16.Jump up ^ Handlen, Zack (August 25, 2012). "'One Son'/'The Sound of Snow' | The X-Files/Millennium | TV Club | TV". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
References[edit]
Shearman, Robert; Pearson, Lars (2009). Wanting to Believe: A Critical Guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen. Mad Norwegian Press. ISBN 097594469X.
External links[edit]
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List of accolades received by Millennium

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Accolades received by Millennium

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Lance Henriksen received three Golden Globe Award nominations for his work on the series.


[show]Awards & Nominations
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Total number of wins and nominations
Totals 6 21
Footnotes
Millennium was an American crime-thriller television series which was broadcast between 1996 and 1999. Created by Chris Carter, the series aired on Fox for three seasons with a total of sixty-seven episodes. However, an episode of its sister show The X-Files—also titled "Millennium"—was later produced in order to give a sense of closure to the series.[1] Millennium starred Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Klea Scott, and Brittany Tiplady, with Henriksen and Tiplady earning award nominations for their roles.
Henriksen portrayed Frank Black, an offender profiler who worked for the Millennium Group, a private investigative organisation. Black retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to move his wife (Gallagher) and daughter (Tiplady) to Seattle, where he began to consult on criminal cases for the Group. After his wife's death, he returned to the FBI to work with new partner Emma Hollis (Scott) to discredit the Group.
Since its 1996 debut, Millennium has received several awards, including four American Society of Cinematographers Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, one People's Choice Award, and five Young Artist Awards. In its three-year tenure, the series earned a total of twenty-one award nominations. Cinematographer Robert McLachlan and actress Brittany Tiplady providing the series' only individual wins, while the first season episode "Broken World" earned its only episodic win. A 1997 People's Choice Award for Favourite New TV Dramatic Series was the only award won by the series as a whole.

Contents
  [hide] 1 American Society of Cinematographers
2 Bram Stoker Award
3 Canadian Society of Cinematographers
4 Emmy Awards
5 Genesis Awards
6 Golden Globe Awards
7 International Horror Guild Awards
8 People's Choice Awards
9 Young Artist Awards
10 Footnotes
11 External links
American Society of Cinematographers[edit]
Millennium was nominated for four American Society of Cinematographers awards, without winning any of them. Robert McLachlan earned three of these nominations, with Peter Wunstorf providing the fourth. Wunstorf lost the 1997 award to William Wages for the television film Buffalo Soldiers, while two of McLachlan's three nominations were lost to Bill Roe—for The X-Files' "Drive" in 1999, and "Agua Mala" in 2000—while his 1998 nomination was lost to Marc Reshovsky for the 3rd Rock from the Sun episode "Nightmare on Dick Street".[2]

Year
Category
Nominee
Episode
Result
Reference

1997
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot Peter Wunstorf "Pilot" Nominated
[2]

1998
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Regular Series Robert McLachlan "The Thin White Line" Nominated
[2]

1999
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Regular Series Robert McLachlan "Skull and Bones" Nominated
[2]

2000
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Regular Series Robert McLachlan "Matryoshka" Nominated
[2]

Bram Stoker Award[edit]
Millennium was nominated for one Bram Stoker Award in 1999, for Darin Morgan's episode "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me"; the award was won jointly by Bill Condon for Gods and Monsters and Alex Proyas, David S. Goyer and Lem Dobbs for Dark City.[3]

Year
Category
Nominee
Episode
Result
Reference

1999
Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay Darin Morgan "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me" Nominated
[3]

Canadian Society of Cinematographers[edit]
Millennium was nominated for three Canadian Society of Cinematographers awards, with nominee Robert McLachlan winning all three times.

Year
Category
Nominee
Result
Reference

1997
Best Cinematography in TV Series Robert McLachlan Won
[4]

1998
Best Cinematography in TV Series Robert McLachlan Won
[4]

1999
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Robert McLachlan Won
[4]

Emmy Awards[edit]
Millennium was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, both in 1998. Charles Nelson Reilly earned an acting nod for his guest role in "Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense", losing out to The Practice's John Larroquette.[5] Millennium also earned a nomination for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series, losing the award to ER.[6]

Year
Category
Nominee
Episode
Result
Reference

1998
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Charles Nelson Reilly "Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense" Nominated
[7]

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series Mark R. Crookston, Maciek Malish, Gabrielle Gilbert Reeves, Ken Gladden, Debby Ruby-Winsberg, Donna Beltz, Michael Kimball, Susan Welsh, Jarmil Maupin, Jeff Charbonneau, Michael Salvetta, Gary Marullo "Owls" Nominated
[7]

Genesis Awards[edit]
Millennium was nominated for one Genesis Award, which it won. The first season episode "Broken World" was singled out for the award, presented by the Humane Society of the United States in 1998.[8]

Year
Category
Nominee
Result
Reference

1998
Television Dramatic Series "Broken World" Won
[8]

Golden Globe Awards[edit]
Lance Henriksen received three Golden Globe Award nominations for his portrayal of Frank Black. Henriksen's first loss was to David Duchovny's role as Fox Mulder in The X-Files,[9] followed by a loss to Anthony Edwards as ER's Mark Greene,[9] and finally coming in behind Dylan McDermott's portrayal of Bobby Donnell in The Practice.[9]

Year
Category
Nominee
Result
Reference

1997
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama Lance Henriksen Nominated
[10]

1998
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama Lance Henriksen Nominated
[10]

1999
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama Lance Henriksen Nominated
[10]

International Horror Guild Awards[edit]
The International Horror Guild nominated Millennium for one award during its 1999 ceremony, honoring work from 1998; the series lost the award to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.[11]

Year
Category
Nominee
Result
Reference

1999
International Horror Guild Award for Television Millennium Nominated
[11]

People's Choice Awards[edit]
Millennium received one People's Choice Awards nomination, winning in the category "Favorite New TV Dramatic Series".

Year
Category
Nominee
Result
Reference

1997
Favorite New TV Dramatic Series Millennium Won
[12]

Young Artist Awards[edit]
Millennium was nominated for five Young Artist Awards and has won one. Brittany Tiplady earned a win and three other nominations for her role as Jordan Black; while guest star Lauren Diewold, who had appeared in the episode "Monster",[13] earned the show another nomination at the 1998 ceremony. Tiplady's 1997 loss was to Ashli Amari Adams for her role in The Parent 'Hood,[14] later being beaten out by Scarlett Pomers for Star Trek: Voyager in 1999,[15] and Mae Middleton for Any Day Now in 2000.[16] Diewold's 1998 nomination would be won by Cara Rose for Touched by an Angel.[17]

Year
Category
Nominee
Result
Reference

1997
Best Performance in a TV Comedy/Drama – Supporting Young Actress Age Ten or Under Brittany Tiplady Nominated
[14]

1998
Best Performance in a TV Comedy/Drama – Supporting Young Actress Age Ten or Under Brittany Tiplady Won
[17]

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series – Guest Starring Young Actress Lauren Diewold Nominated
[17]

1999
Best Performance in a TV Comedy/Drama – Supporting Young Actress Age Ten or Under Brittany Tiplady Nominated
[15]

2000
Best Performance in a TV Comedy/Drama – Supporting Young Actress Age Ten or Under Brittany Tiplady Nominated
[16]

Footnotes[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Chris Carter, et al (2000). The Truth Behind Season 7 (DVD). The X-Files: The Complete Seventh Season: Fox Home Entertainment.
2.^ Jump up to: a b c d e "The ASC – Past ASC Awards". American Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
3.^ Jump up to: a b "Horror Writers Association – Past Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners". Horror Writers Association. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c "Robert McLachlan – Credits and Awards" (PDF). Robert McLachlan. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
5.Jump up ^ "John Larroquette | Emmys.com". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
6.Jump up ^ "Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for 1998 – Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
7.^ Jump up to: a b "Millennium | Emmys.com". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
8.^ Jump up to: a b "1998 Genesis Awards". Humane Society of the United States. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
9.^ Jump up to: a b c "HFPA – Awards Search – Best Actor Television Series Drama". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
10.^ Jump up to: a b c "HFPA – Awards Search – Millennium". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
11.^ Jump up to: a b ":: ihg :: International Horror Guild :: ihg ::". International Horror Guild. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
12.Jump up ^ "People's Choice Awards 1997 Nominees". Procter & Gamble. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
13.Jump up ^ Perry Lang (director); Glen Morgan & James Wong (writers) (October 17, 1997). "Monster". Millennium. Season 2. Episode 4. Fox.
14.^ Jump up to: a b "18th Annual Awards". Young Artist Foundation. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
15.^ Jump up to: a b "20th Annual Awards". Young Artist Foundation. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
16.^ Jump up to: a b "21st Annual Awards". Young Artist Foundation. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
17.^ Jump up to: a b c "19th Annual Awards". Young Artist Foundation. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
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The Lone Gunmen (TV series)

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The Lone Gunmen
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Genre
Drama
Satire
Created by
Chris Carter
Vince Gilligan
John Shiban
Frank Spotnitz
Starring
Bruce Harwood
Tom Braidwood
Dean Haglund
Stephen Snedden
Zuleikha Robinson
Country of origin
United States and Canada
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
13 (List of episodes)
Production

Running time
43 minutes
Broadcast

Original channel
Fox
Original run
March 4 – June 1, 2001
Chronology

Related shows
The X-Files
Millennium
The Lone Gunmen is an American thriller dramatic television series created by Chris Carter and broadcast on Fox. It was a spin-off of Carter's science fiction television series The X-Files and a part of The X-Files franchise, starring several of the show's characters. The Lone Gunmen was first broadcast in March 2001 and, despite positive reviews, its ratings dropped.[1] The program was canceled after thirteen episodes. The last episode was broadcast in June 2001 and ended on a cliffhanger which was partially resolved in a ninth-season episode of The X-Files entitled "Jump the Shark".
The series revolved around the three characters of The Lone Gunmen: Melvin Frohike, John Fitzgerald Byers, and Richard Langly, a group of "geeky" investigators who ran a conspiracy theory magazine. They had often helped FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Typical plots
2 September 11 parallel
3 Episodes
4 "Jump the Shark" (2002) (The X-Files episode)
5 DVD release
6 References
7 External links
Typical plots[edit]
Unlike The X-Files, whose storylines dealt mainly with supernatural creatures and government alien conspiracies, episodes of The Lone Gunmen generally featured more "plausible" plots, such as government sponsored terrorism, the creeping government-induced police state surveillance society, cheating husbands, corporate crime, arms-dealers, and escaped Nazis. The show had a light atmosphere and focused heavily on physical comedy. The trio were often aided (and sometimes hindered) by a mysterious thief named Yves Adele Harlow (Zuleikha Robinson).
The plot of the first episode, which aired March 4, 2001, involves a US government conspiracy to hijack an airliner, fly it into the World Trade Center and blame it on terrorists, thereby gaining support for a new profit-making war.
Parallels of this plotted scenario of government conspiracy to revitalize its war industry, to the events of 9/11 in this episode are noteworthy, if not uncanny, since the episode was aired six months prior to 9/11.[2]
The series was filmed in Vancouver, Canada.
September 11 parallel[edit]
The pilot episode depicted a plane being flown into the New York World Trade Center; it originally aired six months before 9/11. Foreshadowing a number of conspiracy theories which would arise in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the plot of the March 4, 2001 episode depicts a secret faction within the US government plotting to hijack a Boeing 727 and fly it into the World Trade Center by remote control. The stated motive was to increase the military defense budget by blaming the attack on foreign interests. In the episode, the plot is foiled by the protagonists, who board the doomed plane and deactivate the malicious autopilot system just seconds before the plane would have reached the World Trade Center.[3]
Episodes[edit]

No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Production
 code
U.S. viewers
 (millions)

1
"Pilot" Rob Bowman Chris Carter & Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz March 4, 2001 1AEB79 13.23[4]
While The Lone Gunmen are thwarted in their attempt to steal a computer chip by Yves Adele Harlow, John Fitzgerald Byers receives news of his father's death and the trio soon find themselves unravelling a government conspiracy in which an attempt to fly a commercial aircraft into the Twin Towers which would result in increased arms sales for the United States. 
2
"Bond, Jimmy Bond" Bryan Spicer Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz March 11, 2001 1AEB01 9.0[4]
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" David Jackson John Shiban March 16, 2001 1AEB02 5.4[4]
With help from Yves, Melvin Frohike attempts to convince a woman suspected of being a Nazi war criminal that he is her long-lost son - and survive to talk about it. 
4
"Like Water for Octane" Richard Compton Collin Friesen March 18, 2001 1AEB03
N/A

While searching for a water-powered car, the Gunmen encounter missile silos, rude government clerks, and cows. 
5
"Three Men and a Smoking Diaper" Bryan Spicer Chris Carter March 23, 2001 1AEB04
N/A

The Lone Gunmen turn into babysitters while working to expose the truth behind a murder linked to a Senator seeking re-election. 
6
"Madam, I'm Adam" Bryan Spicer Thomas Schnauz March 30, 2001 1AEB05
N/A

A man contacts The Lone Gunmen, believing his life has been stolen after being abducted by aliens. They end up getting caught in a love triangle involving a one-eyed stereo salesman, brainwashing, and a wrestling dwarf. 
7
"Planet of the Frohikes" John T. Kretchmer Vince Gilligan April 6, 2001 1AEB06
N/A

The Lone Gunmen receive an email from an ingenious chimp, a self-named Simon White-Thatch Potentloins, attempting to escape a government laboratory. 
8
"Maximum Byers" Vincent Misiano Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz April 13, 2001 1AEB07
N/A

At the behest of a man's mother, Byers and Jimmy Bond pose as prisoners on Death Row in a Texas penitentiary to prove the man's innocence. 
9
"Diagnosis: Jimmy" Bryan Spicer John Shiban April 20, 2001 1AEB08
N/A

While recovering in a hospital, Jimmy begins to suspect that his doctor is a wanted killer. Meanwhile, the Gunmen attempt to stop a man who kills grizzly bears to sell their gallbladders. 
10
"Tango de los Pistoleros" Bryan Spicer Thomas Schnauz April 27, 2001 1AEB09
N/A

Yves and Frohike go undercover as tango dancers to stop a man from selling government secrets. 
11
"The Lying Game" Richard Compton Nandi Bowe May 4, 2001 1AEB10
N/A

While investigating the death of Byers' college roommate, The Lone Gunmen find evidence implicating FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner. 
12
"All About Yves" Bryan Spicer Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz May 11, 2001 1AEB12
N/A

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. 
13
"The Cap'n Toby Show" Carol Banker Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz June 1, 2001 1AEB11
N/A

The Lone Gunmen try to solve the murders of two FBI agents who were working undercover on Richard Langly's favorite TV show. 
"Jump the Shark" (2002) (The X-Files episode)[edit]

No.
#
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Production
 code

197
9.15 "Jump the Shark" Cliff Bole Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz April 21, 2002 9ABX15
When Morris Fletcher approaches agents Scully, Dogget, and Reyes with information related to the super soldiers, they turn to the Lone Gunmen. But the Gunmen and Jimmy are already knee-deep in a bio-terrorist’s plot to release a deadly toxin, and his links to the mysterious Yves Adele Harlow. 
DVD release[edit]
Fox Home Entertainment officially released the series (along with the episode of The X-Files titled "Jump the Shark" which finishes the cliffhanger that ended The Lone Gunmen as an additional episode) on a three-disc Region 1 DVD set on Tuesday March 29, 2005. In the UK, it was released on January 31, 2006.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ The Warehouse - Ratings for the Lone Gunmen tv show
2.Jump up ^ http://www.veoh.com/watch/v18532060g3Ck7dws
3.Jump up ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3WW6eoLcLI
4.^ Jump up to: a b c Kissell, Rick (March 19, 2001). "Eye Hoops March On". Variety (Penske Business Media). Retrieved November 29, 2012. (subscription required)
External links[edit]
The Lone Gunmen at the Internet Movie Database
Perenson, Melissa J. "Three Men and a conspiracy seek the truth solo in The Lone Gunmen". Sci Fi Channel. Archived from the original on June 3, 2004.
Perenson, Melissa J. "Chris Carter taught us to trust no one, but wants us to trust The Lone Gunmen". Sci Fi Channel. Archived from the original on June 3, 2004.

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This article is about the fictional characters from The X-Files and their own eponymous television series. For the series itself, see The Lone Gunmen (TV series).

The Lone Gunmen
The X-Files character
Lonegun.jpg
Byers, Frohike and Langly, from left to right

First appearance
"E.B.E."
Last appearance
"The Truth"
Information

Affiliated with
Fox Mulder
The Lone Gunmen are a trio of fictional characters, Richard "Ringo" Langly, Melvin Frohike and John Fitzgerald Byers, who have recurring roles on the American television series The X-Files. They also starred in a short-lived spin-off, also called The Lone Gunmen. The name was derived from the lone gunman theory of the John F. Kennedy assassination.
Described as counterculture patriots, they were ardent conspiracy theorists, government watchdogs and computer hackers who frequently assisted central X-Files characters Mulder and Scully, though they sometimes had their own adventures. The Lone Gunmen authored a news publication called The Lone Gunman (once referred to as The Magic Bullet Newsletter; a pejorative reference to the single bullet theory and, like the group's name, a reference to the Kennedy assassination), to which Mulder loyally subscribed. None of them had day jobs; they relied on financial backers who believed in their cause, and the revenue generated by the subscriptions to their paper. They shared a loft apartment where they also worked, and used a 1973 -79 VW Transporter to commute.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Characters 1.1 Associates
2 Origins
3 X-Files appearances
4 The Lone Gunmen series
5 The X-Files: Season 10 (ongoing comic series)
6 References
7 External links
Characters[edit]
John Fitzgerald Byers (Bruce Harwood) was once a public relations worker for the FCC. He was a conservative dresser with a neatly trimmed beard, a stark contrast to his grungier comrades. He had at least some working knowledge of medicine, genetics and chemistry and is known for the famous line, "That's what we like about you, Mulder. Your ideas are even weirder than ours." He was born on November 22, 1963, the same day that President Kennedy was assassinated, so his parents named him after the fallen president. His name would have been Bertram otherwise. Byers was the most "normal" of the three, and while Frohike and Langly were seemingly born angry misfits, Byers dreamed of a quiet, uneventful, suburban life. Byers' father was a high-ranking government official, but they never saw eye to eye and when Byers' father appears in The Lone Gunmen pilot, the two hadn't spoken for some time.
Melvin Frohike (Tom Braidwood) was a former 1960s radical and the oldest of the three. Though a skilled computer hacker, Frohike was primarily the photography specialist for the newsletter. Frohike had a lascivious attitude toward women. However, he had a more purely romantic attitude towards Dana Scully; when she was gravely ill in the episode 'One Breath', Frohike appeared at the hospital in a tailored suit carrying a bouquet. His unique sense of fashion made him stand out: leather jackets, black vests, combat boots, fingerless gloves, etc. Frohike considered himself the "action man" of the trio and would often be seen doing very intense stunts (many rigged to look more impressive than they really were). Despite his childish scraps with Langly and others, Frohike's age and experience gave him a kind of quiet wisdom that occasionally surfaced when he consoled his friends about the sorry nature of their lives. In The Lone Gunmen episode "Tango de los Pistoleros," Frohike was revealed to be a former tango champion who danced under the stage name "El Lobo."
Richard Langly (Dean Haglund) was the most confrontational and youngest of the three. He was a big fan of The Ramones, and enjoyed critiquing the scientific inaccuracies of the short-lived sci-fi series Earth 2, and he had a long-running competition with Frohike over who was a better computer hacker. He also had "a philosophical aversion to having his image bounced off a satellite." His nickname was "Ringo". Langly was a Dungeons & Dragons player (as 'Lord Manhammer') and enjoyed videogames like Quake. In the LGM episode "Octane," it is revealed that Langly is a "32 year old virgin."
Associates[edit]
Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) - an FBI Special agent who was in charge of The X-Files. Mulder first met the trio when they first formed, and they would prove to be his longtime allies and friends. He turned to The Lone Gunmen numerous times when needing information on elements of the paranormal or when he needed to access highly-guarded government institutions. After he disappeared from The FBI, his X-Files partner Dana Scully, his boss Walter Skinner, and his replacements John Doggett and Monica Reyes would ask for the assistance of The Lone Gunmen as well. When Mulder was supposedly found "dead", The Gunmen appeared at his funeral, but when he proved to be alive, they were the ones who tearfully welcomed him back. Mulder was not able to attend the funeral of The Lone Gunmen, as he was still in hiding, but he talked to their apparitions following his resurfacing. Scully, Skinner, Doggett, and Reyes would attend their funeral, and Scully proclaimed that The Lone Gunmen "meant so much to [her]."
Kenneth Soona aka The Thinker (Bernie Coulson) - an unofficial fourth member, a computer hacker, who succeeded in accessing Majestic 12 files and encrypting them onto a digital tape in the season 2 finale of the X-Files titled "Anasazi". The Thinker first appeared in the season 2 episode titled "One Breath". The Thinker was killed by assassins working for the Cigarette Smoking Man, who eventually re-acquired the tape. He was referred to in the first episode of season 3 titled "The Blessing Way" as being murdered, but he was not in that episode.
Jimmy Bond (Stephen Snedden) - another "fourth member", who joined the trio in The Lone Gunmen series. Though he shares the bravery and physicality of his namesake, he initially appears to be rich but not very bright, and is fascinated with the trio, who often consider him a nuisance. His saving grace is his boundless optimism, coupled with an idealistic view that the jaded Gunmen wish they still held.
Yves Adele Harlow (Zuleikha Robinson) - a femme fatale thief who sometimes works with the Lone Gunmen trio (although sometimes she is their rival). The alias Yves Adele Harlow is an anagram for Lee Harvey Oswald. She plans to star in a biopic about Jean Harlow. The Lone Gunmen are obsessed with John F. Kennedy's assassination (Kennedy and Monroe were having an affair), which was supposedly committed by Lee Harvey Oswald. It was later revealed in the X-Files episode "Jump the Shark" that Yves' real name was Lois Runtz.
Kimmy the Geek (Jim Fyfe) - an expert hacker and a Star Trek fan who occasionally helps the trio. He is the twin brother of Jimmy the Geek, a character killed by a bus in The X-Files episode "Three of a Kind", played by the same actor.
Susanne Modeski (Signy Coleman) - was an employee at the Advanced Weapon Research Centre at White Stone Army Base in New Mexico in 1989, who assisted in the development of a biological weapon that creates psychotic hallucinations. After she turned against their employers, she enlisted the help of Byers (then an employee of the FCC), Frohike and Langley (then both freelance hackers, selling bootleg cable hardware) in order to uncover the truth. Though she was unsuccessful in bringing her story to the public, and was abducted by the mysterious government operative known as X shortly thereafter, she was unwittingly responsible for the formation of the group as investigative journalists and their first introduction to Mulder. A decade later, Byers (who harbored feelings for Susanne) encountered her in Las Vegas, where he and the others helped her assume a new identity. Modeski appears in the The X-Files episodes "Unusual Suspects" and "Three of a Kind".
Origins[edit]

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In the X-Files season 5 episode "Unusual Suspects", it is revealed how the Gunmen initially got together.
In 1989, John Byers meets a woman named Holly in an electronics expo. Holly claims that her ex-boyfriend (Mulder) is stalking her and has kidnapped her daughter. She gives Byers an internet address which is supposed to locate her daughter. The file is encrypted, so Byers enlists the aid of computer hacker/cable salesman Melvin Frohike. Frohike decrypts the file, but when they confront Mulder, they discover he is an FBI agent (who has not yet been assigned to the X-Files). Suspicious, Byers and Frohike get Richard Langly to hack into the FBI network. They discover that Holly's real name is Susanne Modeski, and she is wanted for bombing an FBI lab. The three confront Modeski, and she admits that she works for the Army Advanced Weapons facility at Whitestone, NM. She has developed a gas that causes fear and paranoia, and the military plans to test it on civilians. She then enlists the help of the three to stop the government’s plan. They track the material to a warehouse, where the gas is in a shipment of asthma inhalers. Mulder follows them and is about to arrest them when all five of them are ambushed by two hitmen sent to kill Modeski. A shootout ensues, and Mulder takes cover.
Modeski kills the hitmen as they're about to execute Mulder and promptly flees. A team led by X sanitizes the scene, cautioning the guys to stay out of trouble. The trio got their name as a result of Byers confronting X at this point about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. X's cynical reply was, "I heard that it was a lone gunman."
The police arrive soon after. All three of the Gunmen are arrested, and Byers recounts his story to Detective John Munch. Munch is skeptical, but Mulder verifies the story, so the guys are released. They find Modeski, and she implores them to tell as many people as they can about the government conspiracy. Without warning, a black rental car pulls up, and the occupants force Modeski inside. Later, the guys are visited by Mulder, who says that he has weird ideas in his head that he can't seem to shake.
X-Files appearances[edit]
Despite only minor appearances in early episodes X-Files, the Gunmen became fan favorites, getting their own T-shirts. They also appeared prominently in episodes written by acclaimed science fiction authors William Gibson and Tom Maddox.
Since becoming X-Files mainstays, Gunmen styled technogeeks have appeared on other television series, such as Brian Roedecker on Millennium and Abby Sciuto on NCIS. Similar characters have appeared in many genre series: the Trio, a group of geeky would-be villains in season six of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and a pair of nerdy "paranormal investigator" bloggers who appear in the first season "Hell House" and third season episode "Ghostfacers!" of the show Supernatural, while Invasion featured Dave, a rather Frohike-esque blogger journalist who was determined to bring the truth about alien "hybrids" to the world. On the FX series Terriers, the main characters repeatedly utilized the services of tech-savvy trio who operated out of an RV and were especially skilled in surveillance and computer hacking.
One or all of the Gunmen appeared in the following X-Files episodes, as well as all episodes of The Lone Gunmen. All three characters died in the X-Files episode "Jump the Shark", which aired the year after The Lone Gunmen series was cancelled.
See also: List of The X-Files episodes

Season 1
"E.B.E."
Season 2
"Blood"
"One Breath"
"Fearful Symmetry"
"Anasazi"
Season 3
"The Blessing Way"
"Paper Clip"
"Nisei"
"Apocrypha"
"Wetwired"
The X-Files: The Game (Video game)
Season 4
"Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man"
"Memento Mori"
Season 5
"Redux"
"Redux II"
"Unusual Suspects"
"Emily"
"Kill Switch"
"The End"
The X-Files: Fight the Future (Feature film)

Season 6
"Triangle"
"Dreamland II"
"One Son"
"Three of a Kind"
"Field Trip"
Season 7
"First Person Shooter"
"En Ami"
"Requiem"
Season 8
"Within"
"Via Negativa"
"The Gift"
"Deadalive"
"Three Words"
"Existence"
Season 9
"Nothing Important Happened Today"
"Nothing Important Happened Today II"
"Provenance"
"Providence"
"Jump the Shark"
"The Truth" (Series Finale)

The Lone Gunmen series[edit]
Main article: The Lone Gunmen (TV series)
The Lone Gunmen, a spin-off of the popular series The X-Files, is a television show that aired on the Fox network, featuring the characters of the same name. The show first aired in March 2001 and, despite good reviews, was canceled due to a drop in ratings.[1] The last episode aired in June 2001.
The debut of the show in March 2001, began with Byers' father faking his death to uncover a conspiracy to hijack an airliner. The Lone Gunmen try to get to the truth of his supposed death and uncover the conspiracy.
One retrospectively interesting aspect of this pilot episode is that the airliner has been hijacked (via remote control of the plane's autopilot) and, by the end, both Byers and his father have boarded the plane to try to stop the hijacking. Through the aid of the other Gunmen, they are able to regain control of the plane and just miss crashing into the World Trade Center with the airliner. This, of course, was before the actual 9/11 attack against the World Trade Center later that year. Similar to theories posited about the events of 9/11, the episode's plot indicates that the hijacking was committed as an act of voracity by a greedy American arms manufacturer to ultimately increase its weapons sales by invoking U.S. retaliation against a scapegoated anti-American extremist dictator.[2]

 Their spin-off series involved investigating mostly corporate crime, aided (and sometimes hindered) by a mysterious thief named Yves Adele Harlow (Zuleikha Robinson). Despite fan loyalty, the show was ultimately canceled after 12 episodes. They return to The X-Files in the episode "Jump the Shark" in the show's ninth season where they were then killed off. They briefly reappeared in the series finale of The X-Files, as Mulder spoke to their ghosts.
Frank Spotnitz confirmed that had The Lone Gunmen returned for a second season, the character of Morris Fletcher (played by Michael McKean) was to have become a regular one, either assisting or antagonising (or possibly both) the three main protagonists.


The X-Files: Season 10 (ongoing comic series)[edit]
Main article: The X-Files Season 10
In the second issue of the ongoing comic book Season 10, ex-FBI agent Fox Mulder is investigating the disappearances of Dana Scully and John Doggett and receives a tip from someone with the initials "TLG." This leads Mulder to dig up the graves of The Lone Gunmen in Arlington National Cemetery to which, despite initially surprising Fox while masquerading as the cemetery's security, he is confronted by the alive and breathing Frohike. A descending staircase is unearthed beneath one of the caskets and Mulder is reunited with the rest of the trio. Their deaths in "Jump the Shark" being faked so they could continue their operations more discreetly, TLG are ready to jump into action when Mulder tells them he needs help pinpointing information on the Van de Kamps in order to move forward in the search for Scully and Doggett.
A few questions are on Mulder's mind however - although he's first told that their hand in the creation of the Stuxnet virus for the U.S. military in 2010 is what allows them to continue to fly under the radar, what Fox really wants to ask them is "how'd you boys know i was coming again?" The comic end with a shadowy, silhouetted figure standing alone in the cemetery, just having dumped an empty pack of Morley cigarettes behind him.[3]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ The Warehouse - Ratings for the Lone Gunmen tv show
2.Jump up ^ "9/11 WTC The web of Deceit Was Woven Into America". YouTube. 2001-09-11. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
3.Jump up ^ By Tony 'G-Man' Guerrero. "The X-Files: Season 10 #2 - Believers, Part 2 (of 5)". Comicvine.com. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
External links[edit]
The Lone Gunmen at the Internet Movie Database
Variety/Fan thank you after show was cancelled

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This article is about the fictional characters from The X-Files and their own eponymous television series. For the series itself, see The Lone Gunmen (TV series).

The Lone Gunmen
The X-Files character
Lonegun.jpg
Byers, Frohike and Langly, from left to right

First appearance
"E.B.E."
Last appearance
"The Truth"
Information

Affiliated with
Fox Mulder
The Lone Gunmen are a trio of fictional characters, Richard "Ringo" Langly, Melvin Frohike and John Fitzgerald Byers, who have recurring roles on the American television series The X-Files. They also starred in a short-lived spin-off, also called The Lone Gunmen. The name was derived from the lone gunman theory of the John F. Kennedy assassination.
Described as counterculture patriots, they were ardent conspiracy theorists, government watchdogs and computer hackers who frequently assisted central X-Files characters Mulder and Scully, though they sometimes had their own adventures. The Lone Gunmen authored a news publication called The Lone Gunman (once referred to as The Magic Bullet Newsletter; a pejorative reference to the single bullet theory and, like the group's name, a reference to the Kennedy assassination), to which Mulder loyally subscribed. None of them had day jobs; they relied on financial backers who believed in their cause, and the revenue generated by the subscriptions to their paper. They shared a loft apartment where they also worked, and used a 1973 -79 VW Transporter to commute.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Characters 1.1 Associates
2 Origins
3 X-Files appearances
4 The Lone Gunmen series
5 The X-Files: Season 10 (ongoing comic series)
6 References
7 External links
Characters[edit]
John Fitzgerald Byers (Bruce Harwood) was once a public relations worker for the FCC. He was a conservative dresser with a neatly trimmed beard, a stark contrast to his grungier comrades. He had at least some working knowledge of medicine, genetics and chemistry and is known for the famous line, "That's what we like about you, Mulder. Your ideas are even weirder than ours." He was born on November 22, 1963, the same day that President Kennedy was assassinated, so his parents named him after the fallen president. His name would have been Bertram otherwise. Byers was the most "normal" of the three, and while Frohike and Langly were seemingly born angry misfits, Byers dreamed of a quiet, uneventful, suburban life. Byers' father was a high-ranking government official, but they never saw eye to eye and when Byers' father appears in The Lone Gunmen pilot, the two hadn't spoken for some time.
Melvin Frohike (Tom Braidwood) was a former 1960s radical and the oldest of the three. Though a skilled computer hacker, Frohike was primarily the photography specialist for the newsletter. Frohike had a lascivious attitude toward women. However, he had a more purely romantic attitude towards Dana Scully; when she was gravely ill in the episode 'One Breath', Frohike appeared at the hospital in a tailored suit carrying a bouquet. His unique sense of fashion made him stand out: leather jackets, black vests, combat boots, fingerless gloves, etc. Frohike considered himself the "action man" of the trio and would often be seen doing very intense stunts (many rigged to look more impressive than they really were). Despite his childish scraps with Langly and others, Frohike's age and experience gave him a kind of quiet wisdom that occasionally surfaced when he consoled his friends about the sorry nature of their lives. In The Lone Gunmen episode "Tango de los Pistoleros," Frohike was revealed to be a former tango champion who danced under the stage name "El Lobo."
Richard Langly (Dean Haglund) was the most confrontational and youngest of the three. He was a big fan of The Ramones, and enjoyed critiquing the scientific inaccuracies of the short-lived sci-fi series Earth 2, and he had a long-running competition with Frohike over who was a better computer hacker. He also had "a philosophical aversion to having his image bounced off a satellite." His nickname was "Ringo". Langly was a Dungeons & Dragons player (as 'Lord Manhammer') and enjoyed videogames like Quake. In the LGM episode "Octane," it is revealed that Langly is a "32 year old virgin."
Associates[edit]
Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) - an FBI Special agent who was in charge of The X-Files. Mulder first met the trio when they first formed, and they would prove to be his longtime allies and friends. He turned to The Lone Gunmen numerous times when needing information on elements of the paranormal or when he needed to access highly-guarded government institutions. After he disappeared from The FBI, his X-Files partner Dana Scully, his boss Walter Skinner, and his replacements John Doggett and Monica Reyes would ask for the assistance of The Lone Gunmen as well. When Mulder was supposedly found "dead", The Gunmen appeared at his funeral, but when he proved to be alive, they were the ones who tearfully welcomed him back. Mulder was not able to attend the funeral of The Lone Gunmen, as he was still in hiding, but he talked to their apparitions following his resurfacing. Scully, Skinner, Doggett, and Reyes would attend their funeral, and Scully proclaimed that The Lone Gunmen "meant so much to [her]."
Kenneth Soona aka The Thinker (Bernie Coulson) - an unofficial fourth member, a computer hacker, who succeeded in accessing Majestic 12 files and encrypting them onto a digital tape in the season 2 finale of the X-Files titled "Anasazi". The Thinker first appeared in the season 2 episode titled "One Breath". The Thinker was killed by assassins working for the Cigarette Smoking Man, who eventually re-acquired the tape. He was referred to in the first episode of season 3 titled "The Blessing Way" as being murdered, but he was not in that episode.
Jimmy Bond (Stephen Snedden) - another "fourth member", who joined the trio in The Lone Gunmen series. Though he shares the bravery and physicality of his namesake, he initially appears to be rich but not very bright, and is fascinated with the trio, who often consider him a nuisance. His saving grace is his boundless optimism, coupled with an idealistic view that the jaded Gunmen wish they still held.
Yves Adele Harlow (Zuleikha Robinson) - a femme fatale thief who sometimes works with the Lone Gunmen trio (although sometimes she is their rival). The alias Yves Adele Harlow is an anagram for Lee Harvey Oswald. She plans to star in a biopic about Jean Harlow. The Lone Gunmen are obsessed with John F. Kennedy's assassination (Kennedy and Monroe were having an affair), which was supposedly committed by Lee Harvey Oswald. It was later revealed in the X-Files episode "Jump the Shark" that Yves' real name was Lois Runtz.
Kimmy the Geek (Jim Fyfe) - an expert hacker and a Star Trek fan who occasionally helps the trio. He is the twin brother of Jimmy the Geek, a character killed by a bus in The X-Files episode "Three of a Kind", played by the same actor.
Susanne Modeski (Signy Coleman) - was an employee at the Advanced Weapon Research Centre at White Stone Army Base in New Mexico in 1989, who assisted in the development of a biological weapon that creates psychotic hallucinations. After she turned against their employers, she enlisted the help of Byers (then an employee of the FCC), Frohike and Langley (then both freelance hackers, selling bootleg cable hardware) in order to uncover the truth. Though she was unsuccessful in bringing her story to the public, and was abducted by the mysterious government operative known as X shortly thereafter, she was unwittingly responsible for the formation of the group as investigative journalists and their first introduction to Mulder. A decade later, Byers (who harbored feelings for Susanne) encountered her in Las Vegas, where he and the others helped her assume a new identity. Modeski appears in the The X-Files episodes "Unusual Suspects" and "Three of a Kind".
Origins[edit]

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In the X-Files season 5 episode "Unusual Suspects", it is revealed how the Gunmen initially got together.
In 1989, John Byers meets a woman named Holly in an electronics expo. Holly claims that her ex-boyfriend (Mulder) is stalking her and has kidnapped her daughter. She gives Byers an internet address which is supposed to locate her daughter. The file is encrypted, so Byers enlists the aid of computer hacker/cable salesman Melvin Frohike. Frohike decrypts the file, but when they confront Mulder, they discover he is an FBI agent (who has not yet been assigned to the X-Files). Suspicious, Byers and Frohike get Richard Langly to hack into the FBI network. They discover that Holly's real name is Susanne Modeski, and she is wanted for bombing an FBI lab. The three confront Modeski, and she admits that she works for the Army Advanced Weapons facility at Whitestone, NM. She has developed a gas that causes fear and paranoia, and the military plans to test it on civilians. She then enlists the help of the three to stop the government’s plan. They track the material to a warehouse, where the gas is in a shipment of asthma inhalers. Mulder follows them and is about to arrest them when all five of them are ambushed by two hitmen sent to kill Modeski. A shootout ensues, and Mulder takes cover.
Modeski kills the hitmen as they're about to execute Mulder and promptly flees. A team led by X sanitizes the scene, cautioning the guys to stay out of trouble. The trio got their name as a result of Byers confronting X at this point about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. X's cynical reply was, "I heard that it was a lone gunman."
The police arrive soon after. All three of the Gunmen are arrested, and Byers recounts his story to Detective John Munch. Munch is skeptical, but Mulder verifies the story, so the guys are released. They find Modeski, and she implores them to tell as many people as they can about the government conspiracy. Without warning, a black rental car pulls up, and the occupants force Modeski inside. Later, the guys are visited by Mulder, who says that he has weird ideas in his head that he can't seem to shake.
X-Files appearances[edit]
Despite only minor appearances in early episodes X-Files, the Gunmen became fan favorites, getting their own T-shirts. They also appeared prominently in episodes written by acclaimed science fiction authors William Gibson and Tom Maddox.
Since becoming X-Files mainstays, Gunmen styled technogeeks have appeared on other television series, such as Brian Roedecker on Millennium and Abby Sciuto on NCIS. Similar characters have appeared in many genre series: the Trio, a group of geeky would-be villains in season six of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and a pair of nerdy "paranormal investigator" bloggers who appear in the first season "Hell House" and third season episode "Ghostfacers!" of the show Supernatural, while Invasion featured Dave, a rather Frohike-esque blogger journalist who was determined to bring the truth about alien "hybrids" to the world. On the FX series Terriers, the main characters repeatedly utilized the services of tech-savvy trio who operated out of an RV and were especially skilled in surveillance and computer hacking.
One or all of the Gunmen appeared in the following X-Files episodes, as well as all episodes of The Lone Gunmen. All three characters died in the X-Files episode "Jump the Shark", which aired the year after The Lone Gunmen series was cancelled.
See also: List of The X-Files episodes

Season 1
"E.B.E."
Season 2
"Blood"
"One Breath"
"Fearful Symmetry"
"Anasazi"
Season 3
"The Blessing Way"
"Paper Clip"
"Nisei"
"Apocrypha"
"Wetwired"
The X-Files: The Game (Video game)
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"Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man"
"Memento Mori"
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"Redux"
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"Unusual Suspects"
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"The End"
The X-Files: Fight the Future (Feature film)

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"Triangle"
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"One Son"
"Three of a Kind"
"Field Trip"
Season 7
"First Person Shooter"
"En Ami"
"Requiem"
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"Within"
"Via Negativa"
"The Gift"
"Deadalive"
"Three Words"
"Existence"
Season 9
"Nothing Important Happened Today"
"Nothing Important Happened Today II"
"Provenance"
"Providence"
"Jump the Shark"
"The Truth" (Series Finale)

The Lone Gunmen series[edit]
Main article: The Lone Gunmen (TV series)
The Lone Gunmen, a spin-off of the popular series The X-Files, is a television show that aired on the Fox network, featuring the characters of the same name. The show first aired in March 2001 and, despite good reviews, was canceled due to a drop in ratings.[1] The last episode aired in June 2001.
The debut of the show in March 2001, began with Byers' father faking his death to uncover a conspiracy to hijack an airliner. The Lone Gunmen try to get to the truth of his supposed death and uncover the conspiracy.
One retrospectively interesting aspect of this pilot episode is that the airliner has been hijacked (via remote control of the plane's autopilot) and, by the end, both Byers and his father have boarded the plane to try to stop the hijacking. Through the aid of the other Gunmen, they are able to regain control of the plane and just miss crashing into the World Trade Center with the airliner. This, of course, was before the actual 9/11 attack against the World Trade Center later that year. Similar to theories posited about the events of 9/11, the episode's plot indicates that the hijacking was committed as an act of voracity by a greedy American arms manufacturer to ultimately increase its weapons sales by invoking U.S. retaliation against a scapegoated anti-American extremist dictator.[2]

 Their spin-off series involved investigating mostly corporate crime, aided (and sometimes hindered) by a mysterious thief named Yves Adele Harlow (Zuleikha Robinson). Despite fan loyalty, the show was ultimately canceled after 12 episodes. They return to The X-Files in the episode "Jump the Shark" in the show's ninth season where they were then killed off. They briefly reappeared in the series finale of The X-Files, as Mulder spoke to their ghosts.
Frank Spotnitz confirmed that had The Lone Gunmen returned for a second season, the character of Morris Fletcher (played by Michael McKean) was to have become a regular one, either assisting or antagonising (or possibly both) the three main protagonists.


The X-Files: Season 10 (ongoing comic series)[edit]
Main article: The X-Files Season 10
In the second issue of the ongoing comic book Season 10, ex-FBI agent Fox Mulder is investigating the disappearances of Dana Scully and John Doggett and receives a tip from someone with the initials "TLG." This leads Mulder to dig up the graves of The Lone Gunmen in Arlington National Cemetery to which, despite initially surprising Fox while masquerading as the cemetery's security, he is confronted by the alive and breathing Frohike. A descending staircase is unearthed beneath one of the caskets and Mulder is reunited with the rest of the trio. Their deaths in "Jump the Shark" being faked so they could continue their operations more discreetly, TLG are ready to jump into action when Mulder tells them he needs help pinpointing information on the Van de Kamps in order to move forward in the search for Scully and Doggett.
A few questions are on Mulder's mind however - although he's first told that their hand in the creation of the Stuxnet virus for the U.S. military in 2010 is what allows them to continue to fly under the radar, what Fox really wants to ask them is "how'd you boys know i was coming again?" The comic end with a shadowy, silhouetted figure standing alone in the cemetery, just having dumped an empty pack of Morley cigarettes behind him.[3]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ The Warehouse - Ratings for the Lone Gunmen tv show
2.Jump up ^ "9/11 WTC The web of Deceit Was Woven Into America". YouTube. 2001-09-11. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
3.Jump up ^ By Tony 'G-Man' Guerrero. "The X-Files: Season 10 #2 - Believers, Part 2 (of 5)". Comicvine.com. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
External links[edit]
The Lone Gunmen at the Internet Movie Database
Variety/Fan thank you after show was cancelled

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The Lone Gunmen (TV series)

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The Lone Gunmen
The Lone Gunmen logo.jpg
Genre
Drama
Satire
Created by
Chris Carter
Vince Gilligan
John Shiban
Frank Spotnitz
Starring
Bruce Harwood
Tom Braidwood
Dean Haglund
Stephen Snedden
Zuleikha Robinson
Country of origin
United States and Canada
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
13 (List of episodes)
Production

Running time
43 minutes
Broadcast

Original channel
Fox
Original run
March 4 – June 1, 2001
Chronology

Related shows
The X-Files
Millennium
The Lone Gunmen is an American thriller dramatic television series created by Chris Carter and broadcast on Fox. It was a spin-off of Carter's science fiction television series The X-Files and a part of The X-Files franchise, starring several of the show's characters. The Lone Gunmen was first broadcast in March 2001 and, despite positive reviews, its ratings dropped.[1] The program was canceled after thirteen episodes. The last episode was broadcast in June 2001 and ended on a cliffhanger which was partially resolved in a ninth-season episode of The X-Files entitled "Jump the Shark".
The series revolved around the three characters of The Lone Gunmen: Melvin Frohike, John Fitzgerald Byers, and Richard Langly, a group of "geeky" investigators who ran a conspiracy theory magazine. They had often helped FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Typical plots
2 September 11 parallel
3 Episodes
4 "Jump the Shark" (2002) (The X-Files episode)
5 DVD release
6 References
7 External links
Typical plots[edit]
Unlike The X-Files, whose storylines dealt mainly with supernatural creatures and government alien conspiracies, episodes of The Lone Gunmen generally featured more "plausible" plots, such as government sponsored terrorism, the creeping government-induced police state surveillance society, cheating husbands, corporate crime, arms-dealers, and escaped Nazis. The show had a light atmosphere and focused heavily on physical comedy. The trio were often aided (and sometimes hindered) by a mysterious thief named Yves Adele Harlow (Zuleikha Robinson).
The plot of the first episode, which aired March 4, 2001, involves a US government conspiracy to hijack an airliner, fly it into the World Trade Center and blame it on terrorists, thereby gaining support for a new profit-making war.
Parallels of this plotted scenario of government conspiracy to revitalize its war industry, to the events of 9/11 in this episode are noteworthy, if not uncanny, since the episode was aired six months prior to 9/11.[2]
The series was filmed in Vancouver, Canada.
September 11 parallel[edit]
The pilot episode depicted a plane being flown into the New York World Trade Center; it originally aired six months before 9/11. Foreshadowing a number of conspiracy theories which would arise in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the plot of the March 4, 2001 episode depicts a secret faction within the US government plotting to hijack a Boeing 727 and fly it into the World Trade Center by remote control. The stated motive was to increase the military defense budget by blaming the attack on foreign interests. In the episode, the plot is foiled by the protagonists, who board the doomed plane and deactivate the malicious autopilot system just seconds before the plane would have reached the World Trade Center.[3]
Episodes[edit]

No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Production
 code
U.S. viewers
 (millions)

1
"Pilot" Rob Bowman Chris Carter & Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz March 4, 2001 1AEB79 13.23[4]
While The Lone Gunmen are thwarted in their attempt to steal a computer chip by Yves Adele Harlow, John Fitzgerald Byers receives news of his father's death and the trio soon find themselves unravelling a government conspiracy in which an attempt to fly a commercial aircraft into the Twin Towers which would result in increased arms sales for the United States. 
2
"Bond, Jimmy Bond" Bryan Spicer Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz March 11, 2001 1AEB01 9.0[4]
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" David Jackson John Shiban March 16, 2001 1AEB02 5.4[4]
With help from Yves, Melvin Frohike attempts to convince a woman suspected of being a Nazi war criminal that he is her long-lost son - and survive to talk about it. 
4
"Like Water for Octane" Richard Compton Collin Friesen March 18, 2001 1AEB03
N/A

While searching for a water-powered car, the Gunmen encounter missile silos, rude government clerks, and cows. 
5
"Three Men and a Smoking Diaper" Bryan Spicer Chris Carter March 23, 2001 1AEB04
N/A

The Lone Gunmen turn into babysitters while working to expose the truth behind a murder linked to a Senator seeking re-election. 
6
"Madam, I'm Adam" Bryan Spicer Thomas Schnauz March 30, 2001 1AEB05
N/A

A man contacts The Lone Gunmen, believing his life has been stolen after being abducted by aliens. They end up getting caught in a love triangle involving a one-eyed stereo salesman, brainwashing, and a wrestling dwarf. 
7
"Planet of the Frohikes" John T. Kretchmer Vince Gilligan April 6, 2001 1AEB06
N/A

The Lone Gunmen receive an email from an ingenious chimp, a self-named Simon White-Thatch Potentloins, attempting to escape a government laboratory. 
8
"Maximum Byers" Vincent Misiano Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz April 13, 2001 1AEB07
N/A

At the behest of a man's mother, Byers and Jimmy Bond pose as prisoners on Death Row in a Texas penitentiary to prove the man's innocence. 
9
"Diagnosis: Jimmy" Bryan Spicer John Shiban April 20, 2001 1AEB08
N/A

While recovering in a hospital, Jimmy begins to suspect that his doctor is a wanted killer. Meanwhile, the Gunmen attempt to stop a man who kills grizzly bears to sell their gallbladders. 
10
"Tango de los Pistoleros" Bryan Spicer Thomas Schnauz April 27, 2001 1AEB09
N/A

Yves and Frohike go undercover as tango dancers to stop a man from selling government secrets. 
11
"The Lying Game" Richard Compton Nandi Bowe May 4, 2001 1AEB10
N/A

While investigating the death of Byers' college roommate, The Lone Gunmen find evidence implicating FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner. 
12
"All About Yves" Bryan Spicer Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz May 11, 2001 1AEB12
N/A

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. 
13
"The Cap'n Toby Show" Carol Banker Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz June 1, 2001 1AEB11
N/A

The Lone Gunmen try to solve the murders of two FBI agents who were working undercover on Richard Langly's favorite TV show. 
"Jump the Shark" (2002) (The X-Files episode)[edit]

No.
#
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Production
 code

197
9.15 "Jump the Shark" Cliff Bole Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz April 21, 2002 9ABX15
When Morris Fletcher approaches agents Scully, Dogget, and Reyes with information related to the super soldiers, they turn to the Lone Gunmen. But the Gunmen and Jimmy are already knee-deep in a bio-terrorist’s plot to release a deadly toxin, and his links to the mysterious Yves Adele Harlow. 
DVD release[edit]
Fox Home Entertainment officially released the series (along with the episode of The X-Files titled "Jump the Shark" which finishes the cliffhanger that ended The Lone Gunmen as an additional episode) on a three-disc Region 1 DVD set on Tuesday March 29, 2005. In the UK, it was released on January 31, 2006.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ The Warehouse - Ratings for the Lone Gunmen tv show
2.Jump up ^ http://www.veoh.com/watch/v18532060g3Ck7dws
3.Jump up ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3WW6eoLcLI
4.^ Jump up to: a b c Kissell, Rick (March 19, 2001). "Eye Hoops March On". Variety (Penske Business Media). Retrieved November 29, 2012. (subscription required)
External links[edit]
The Lone Gunmen at the Internet Movie Database
Perenson, Melissa J. "Three Men and a conspiracy seek the truth solo in The Lone Gunmen". Sci Fi Channel. Archived from the original on June 3, 2004.
Perenson, Melissa J. "Chris Carter taught us to trust no one, but wants us to trust The Lone Gunmen". Sci Fi Channel. Archived from the original on June 3, 2004.

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The Lone Gunmen (TV series)

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The Lone Gunmen
The Lone Gunmen logo.jpg
Genre
Drama
Satire
Created by
Chris Carter
Vince Gilligan
John Shiban
Frank Spotnitz
Starring
Bruce Harwood
Tom Braidwood
Dean Haglund
Stephen Snedden
Zuleikha Robinson
Country of origin
United States and Canada
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
13 (List of episodes)
Production

Running time
43 minutes
Broadcast

Original channel
Fox
Original run
March 4 – June 1, 2001
Chronology

Related shows
The X-Files
Millennium
The Lone Gunmen is an American thriller dramatic television series created by Chris Carter and broadcast on Fox. It was a spin-off of Carter's science fiction television series The X-Files and a part of The X-Files franchise, starring several of the show's characters. The Lone Gunmen was first broadcast in March 2001 and, despite positive reviews, its ratings dropped.[1] The program was canceled after thirteen episodes. The last episode was broadcast in June 2001 and ended on a cliffhanger which was partially resolved in a ninth-season episode of The X-Files entitled "Jump the Shark".
The series revolved around the three characters of The Lone Gunmen: Melvin Frohike, John Fitzgerald Byers, and Richard Langly, a group of "geeky" investigators who ran a conspiracy theory magazine. They had often helped FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Typical plots
2 September 11 parallel
3 Episodes
4 "Jump the Shark" (2002) (The X-Files episode)
5 DVD release
6 References
7 External links
Typical plots[edit]
Unlike The X-Files, whose storylines dealt mainly with supernatural creatures and government alien conspiracies, episodes of The Lone Gunmen generally featured more "plausible" plots, such as government sponsored terrorism, the creeping government-induced police state surveillance society, cheating husbands, corporate crime, arms-dealers, and escaped Nazis. The show had a light atmosphere and focused heavily on physical comedy. The trio were often aided (and sometimes hindered) by a mysterious thief named Yves Adele Harlow (Zuleikha Robinson).
The plot of the first episode, which aired March 4, 2001, involves a US government conspiracy to hijack an airliner, fly it into the World Trade Center and blame it on terrorists, thereby gaining support for a new profit-making war.
Parallels of this plotted scenario of government conspiracy to revitalize its war industry, to the events of 9/11 in this episode are noteworthy, if not uncanny, since the episode was aired six months prior to 9/11.[2]
The series was filmed in Vancouver, Canada.
September 11 parallel[edit]
The pilot episode depicted a plane being flown into the New York World Trade Center; it originally aired six months before 9/11. Foreshadowing a number of conspiracy theories which would arise in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the plot of the March 4, 2001 episode depicts a secret faction within the US government plotting to hijack a Boeing 727 and fly it into the World Trade Center by remote control. The stated motive was to increase the military defense budget by blaming the attack on foreign interests. In the episode, the plot is foiled by the protagonists, who board the doomed plane and deactivate the malicious autopilot system just seconds before the plane would have reached the World Trade Center.[3]
Episodes[edit]

No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Production
 code
U.S. viewers
 (millions)

1
"Pilot" Rob Bowman Chris Carter & Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz March 4, 2001 1AEB79 13.23[4]
While The Lone Gunmen are thwarted in their attempt to steal a computer chip by Yves Adele Harlow, John Fitzgerald Byers receives news of his father's death and the trio soon find themselves unravelling a government conspiracy in which an attempt to fly a commercial aircraft into the Twin Towers which would result in increased arms sales for the United States. 
2
"Bond, Jimmy Bond" Bryan Spicer Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz March 11, 2001 1AEB01 9.0[4]
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" David Jackson John Shiban March 16, 2001 1AEB02 5.4[4]
With help from Yves, Melvin Frohike attempts to convince a woman suspected of being a Nazi war criminal that he is her long-lost son - and survive to talk about it. 
4
"Like Water for Octane" Richard Compton Collin Friesen March 18, 2001 1AEB03
N/A

While searching for a water-powered car, the Gunmen encounter missile silos, rude government clerks, and cows. 
5
"Three Men and a Smoking Diaper" Bryan Spicer Chris Carter March 23, 2001 1AEB04
N/A

The Lone Gunmen turn into babysitters while working to expose the truth behind a murder linked to a Senator seeking re-election. 
6
"Madam, I'm Adam" Bryan Spicer Thomas Schnauz March 30, 2001 1AEB05
N/A

A man contacts The Lone Gunmen, believing his life has been stolen after being abducted by aliens. They end up getting caught in a love triangle involving a one-eyed stereo salesman, brainwashing, and a wrestling dwarf. 
7
"Planet of the Frohikes" John T. Kretchmer Vince Gilligan April 6, 2001 1AEB06
N/A

The Lone Gunmen receive an email from an ingenious chimp, a self-named Simon White-Thatch Potentloins, attempting to escape a government laboratory. 
8
"Maximum Byers" Vincent Misiano Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz April 13, 2001 1AEB07
N/A

At the behest of a man's mother, Byers and Jimmy Bond pose as prisoners on Death Row in a Texas penitentiary to prove the man's innocence. 
9
"Diagnosis: Jimmy" Bryan Spicer John Shiban April 20, 2001 1AEB08
N/A

While recovering in a hospital, Jimmy begins to suspect that his doctor is a wanted killer. Meanwhile, the Gunmen attempt to stop a man who kills grizzly bears to sell their gallbladders. 
10
"Tango de los Pistoleros" Bryan Spicer Thomas Schnauz April 27, 2001 1AEB09
N/A

Yves and Frohike go undercover as tango dancers to stop a man from selling government secrets. 
11
"The Lying Game" Richard Compton Nandi Bowe May 4, 2001 1AEB10
N/A

While investigating the death of Byers' college roommate, The Lone Gunmen find evidence implicating FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner. 
12
"All About Yves" Bryan Spicer Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz May 11, 2001 1AEB12
N/A

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. 
13
"The Cap'n Toby Show" Carol Banker Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz June 1, 2001 1AEB11
N/A

The Lone Gunmen try to solve the murders of two FBI agents who were working undercover on Richard Langly's favorite TV show. 
"Jump the Shark" (2002) (The X-Files episode)[edit]

No.
#
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Production
 code

197
9.15 "Jump the Shark" Cliff Bole Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz April 21, 2002 9ABX15
When Morris Fletcher approaches agents Scully, Dogget, and Reyes with information related to the super soldiers, they turn to the Lone Gunmen. But the Gunmen and Jimmy are already knee-deep in a bio-terrorist’s plot to release a deadly toxin, and his links to the mysterious Yves Adele Harlow. 
DVD release[edit]
Fox Home Entertainment officially released the series (along with the episode of The X-Files titled "Jump the Shark" which finishes the cliffhanger that ended The Lone Gunmen as an additional episode) on a three-disc Region 1 DVD set on Tuesday March 29, 2005. In the UK, it was released on January 31, 2006.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ The Warehouse - Ratings for the Lone Gunmen tv show
2.Jump up ^ http://www.veoh.com/watch/v18532060g3Ck7dws
3.Jump up ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3WW6eoLcLI
4.^ Jump up to: a b c Kissell, Rick (March 19, 2001). "Eye Hoops March On". Variety (Penske Business Media). Retrieved November 29, 2012. (subscription required)
External links[edit]
The Lone Gunmen at the Internet Movie Database
Perenson, Melissa J. "Three Men and a conspiracy seek the truth solo in The Lone Gunmen". Sci Fi Channel. Archived from the original on June 3, 2004.
Perenson, Melissa J. "Chris Carter taught us to trust no one, but wants us to trust The Lone Gunmen". Sci Fi Channel. Archived from the original on June 3, 2004.

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