The Lone Gunmen
The Lone Gunmen
TV ShowCanceled

The Lone Gunmen

6.7 / 10
2001
1 season
13 episodes
ComedyDrama

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.

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Seasons

  • Pilot

    1.Pilot

    6.8
    04-03-200145m

    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

    6.7
    11-03-200145m

    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

    6.5
    16-03-200145m

    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...

  • Like Water for Octane

    4.Like Water for Octane

    6.4
    18-03-200145m

    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

    5.8
    23-03-200145m

    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 s...

  • Madam, I'm Adam

    6.Madam, I'm Adam

    6.5
    30-03-200145m

    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

    6.2
    06-04-200145m

    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

    6.6
    13-04-200145m

    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

    6.1
    20-04-200145m

    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

    6.2
    27-04-200145m

    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.....

  • The Lying Game

    11.The Lying Game

    6.6
    04-05-200145m

    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

    6.6
    01-06-200145m

    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

    4.9
    11-05-200145m

    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 incid...

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