The Lone Gunmen
The Lone Gunmen: Season 1

Air Date

March 4, 2001

Episodes

13 episodes

The Lone Gunmen

Season 1

Episodes

Pilot

1. Pilot

7.3
March 4, 2001
45 min

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.

Bond, Jimmy Bond

2. Bond, Jimmy Bond

7.0
March 11, 2001
45 min

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.

Eine Kleine Frohike

3. Eine Kleine Frohike

7.0
March 16, 2001
45 min

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.

Like Water for Octane

4. Like Water for Octane

6.6
March 18, 2001
45 min

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

Three Men and a Smoking Diaper

5. Three Men and a Smoking Diaper

6.0
March 23, 2001
45 min

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!"

Madam, I'm Adam

6. Madam, I'm Adam

7.0
March 30, 2001
45 min

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.

Planet of the Frohikes

7. Planet of the Frohikes

6.6
April 6, 2001
45 min

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

Maximum Byers

8. Maximum Byers

7.0
April 13, 2001
45 min

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.

Diagnosis: Jimmy

9. Diagnosis: Jimmy

6.5
April 20, 2001
45 min

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."

Tango de los Pistoleros

10. Tango de los Pistoleros

6.6
April 27, 2001
45 min

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.

The Lying Game

11. The Lying Game

7.2
May 4, 2001
45 min

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.

The Cap'n Toby Show

12. The Cap'n Toby Show

7.2
June 1, 2001
45 min

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

All About Yves

13. All About Yves

5.8
May 11, 2001
45 min

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