Episode Ratings Grid

Every episode at a glance, color-coded by rating. Rows are episode numbers within each season, columns are seasons.

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S1
E1
7.8
E2
7.0
E3
7.1
E4
7.3
E5
6.5
E6
7.1
E7
7.7
E8
7.3
E9
7.0
E10
7.1
E11
7.6
E12
7.1
E13
8.2
Avg
7.3
Great
Good
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Episode Power Rankings

The best and worst episodes at a glance. Use this to find must-watch episodes or ones you might want to skip.

๐Ÿ† Top Episodes

#1 8.2

S1E13 All 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...

  1. 4. S1E11 "The Lying Game" 7.6
  2. 5. S1E4 "Like Water for Octane" 7.3
  3. 6. S1E8 "Maximum Byers" 7.3
  4. 7. S1E3 "Eine Kleine Frohike" 7.1
  5. 8. S1E6 "Madam, I'm Adam" 7.1
  6. 9. S1E10 "Tango de los Pistoleros" 7.1
  7. 10. S1E12 "The 'Cap'n Toby' Show" 7.1

๐Ÿ“‰ 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.

  1. 12. S1E9 "Diagnosis: Jimmy" 7.0
  2. 11. S1E2 "Bond, Jimmy Bond" 7.0
  3. 10. S1E12 "The 'Cap'n Toby' Show" 7.1
  4. 9. S1E10 "Tango de los Pistoleros" 7.1
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The Quality Arc

Each point is an episode, plotted chronologically. The colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for upward or downward trends to see if quality improved or declined over time.

S1 66.67.27.88.49 Rating 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Episode 10 9 8 7 6 5
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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:
3 Standouts
4 Infamous
1 Hidden Gems
5 Forgettable
Standouts Infamous Hidden Gems Forgettable Global: 7.5 6.56.87.27.57.98.2 Rating 326 376 433 499 575 Votes (log scale)
Top Standout: S1E1 Pilot
Most Infamous: S1E5 Three Men and a Smoking Diaper
Best Hidden Gem: S1E11 The Lying Game

Episodes plotted by rating vs. vote count. The vertical line marks the rating threshold (7.5). More votes = more engagement. Toggle above to compare against global or show-specific median.

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