After years of playing second fiddle to Agents Mulder and Scully on ย 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.
Episode Ratings Grid
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๐ Top Episodes
#1 8.2
S1E13All About Yves
In the series finale, the Gunmen team up with Morris Fletcher, the sleazy Man in Black from Dreamland (1998), to find the person who stole the list of false flag operations. The cliffhanger ending is resolved in Jump the Shark (20...
#2
S1E1 7.8
Pilot
The Lone Gunmen investigate the suspicious death of Byers' father, a top tier government agent, and discover a top secret plan for a false flag operation to crash a plane into the World Trade Center.
#3
S1E7 7.7
Planet of the Frohikes
The Gunmen receive an email for help from a 'slave' subjected to secret government tests. The slave turns out to be a superintelligent chimp called Peanuts, who escapes supposedly to stop a Soviet chimp spy turned assassin for hir...
4. S1E11 "The Lying Game" 7.6
5. S1E4 "Like Water for Octane" 7.3
6. S1E8 "Maximum Byers" 7.3
7. S1E3 "Eine Kleine Frohike" 7.1
8. S1E6 "Madam, I'm Adam" 7.1
9. S1E10 "Tango de los Pistoleros" 7.1
10. S1E12 "The 'Cap'n Toby' Show" 7.1
๐ Bottom Episodes
#13
S1E5 6.5
Three Men and a Smoking Diaper
A baby is introduced in the lives of the Lone Gunmen as a link between a popular senator running a campaign for re-election who was involved with one of his campaign workers who died in a very suspicious accident.
12. S1E9 "Diagnosis: Jimmy" 7.0
11. S1E2 "Bond, Jimmy Bond" 7.0
10. S1E12 "The 'Cap'n Toby' Show" 7.1
9. S1E10 "Tango de los Pistoleros" 7.1
The Quality Arc
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Episode Engagement
Vote count shows how many people cared enough to rate. High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.
Rating threshold:
3Standouts
4Infamous
1Hidden Gems
5Forgettable
Top Standout:S1E1Pilot
Most Infamous:S1E5Three Men and a Smoking Diaper
Best Hidden Gem:S1E11The Lying Game
Episodes plotted by rating vs. vote count. The vertical line marks the rating threshold (7.5).
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