The Lone Gunmen (TV series)

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The Lone Gunmen
The Lone Gunmen title screen
Genre	Science fiction, drama
Creator(s)	Chris Carter
Starring	Tom Braidwood, Bruce Harwood, Dean Haglund
Country of origin	Canada[1]  United States
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	45 min (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel	FOX
Original run	March 4, 2001 – June 1, 2001
Chronology
Related shows	The X-Files
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IMDb profile

The Lone Gunmen, a spin-off of the popular series The X-Files, is a television show created by Chris Carter that aired on FOX, featuring the three characters called The Lone Gunmen, who were originally from The X-Files. The show first aired in March 2001 and, despite good reviews, it was cancelled due to a drop in ratings^[2]. The last episode aired in June 2001 and ended on a cliffhanger which was resolved in an episode of The X-Files.

Contents 1 Typicial plots 1.1 9/11 forshadowing 2 Episode list 3 Cast 3.1 Crew 4 DVD release 5 References

[edit] Typicial plots

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 cheating husbands, corporate crime, arms-dealers, and escaped Nazis. The show had a very 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 series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

[edit] 9/11 forshadowing

In a foreshadowing of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the plot of the March 4, 2001 pilot episode of the series depicts a secret U.S. government agency plotting to crash a Boeing 727 headed for Boston into the World Trade Center via remote control for the purpose of increasing the military defense budget and blaming the attack on foreign "tin-pot dictators" who are "begging to be smart-bombed." This episode aired in Australia less than two weeks before the 9/11 attacks, on August 30.

Some conspiracy theorists have claimed that this was an intentional attempt by the creators to warn people about 9/11, however the creators have denied this.

[edit] Episode list

1. Pilot (March 4, 2001)
2. Bond, Jimmy Bond (March 11, 2001)
3. Eine Kleine Frohike (March 16, 2001)
4. Like Water for Octane (March 18, 2001)
5. Three Men and a Smoking Diaper (March 23, 2001)
6. Madam, I'm Adam (March 30, 2001)
7. Planet of the Frohikes: A Short History of My Demeaning Captivity (April 6, 2001)
8. Maximum Byers (April 13, 2001)
9. Diagnosis: Jimmy (April 20, 2001)
10. Tango de los Pistoleros (April 27, 2001)
11. Lying Game (May 4, 2001)
12. All About Yves (May 11, 2001), Season Finale
13. Cap'n Toby Show (June 1, 2001), "Lost Episode"

[edit] Cast

• Tom Braidwood - Melvin Frohike
• Dean Haglund - Richard "Ringo" Langly
• Bruce Harwood - John Fitzgerald Byers
• Zuleikha Robinson - Yves Adele Harlow
• Stephen Snedden - Jimmy Bond

David Duchovny (Fox Mulder), Mitch Pileggi (Walter Skinner) and Michael McKean (Morris Fletcher) from The X-Files made guest appearances on the show.

[edit] Crew

• Executive Producer - Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz
• Creators - Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz
• Frohike, Langly and Byers characters originally created by Glen Morgan and James Wong

[edit] DVD release

Fox Home Entertainment officially released the series (along with the episode of The X-Files entitled 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 the 31st January 2006.

[edit] References

1. ^ (2002-02-09) "The man who created The X-Files is coming back to Vancouver.". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved on 2007-01-11. 
2. ^ http://lonegunmen.furvect.com/lgmrate.htm

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Cast and Crew	David Duchovny | Gillian Anderson | Mitch Pileggi | Robert Patrick | Annabeth Gish | William B. Davis | Nicholas Lea | Chris Carter | Glen Morgan and James Wong | Howard Gordon | Frank Spotnitz | Darin Morgan | David Nutter | Rob Bowman | Kim Manners
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