"The Lone Gunmen" (2001) TV series

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Creators:

Chris Carter
Vince Gilligan
John Shiban

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

4 March 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Their missions aren't impossible... they just make them look that way.

Plot:

Spin-off of The X-Files featuring the trio of computer-hacking conspiracy geeks popularly known as The Lone Gunmen...

Plot Keywords:

Spin Off

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Bruce Harwood	...	John Fitzgerald Byers (13 episodes, 2001)
Tom Braidwood	...	Melvin Frohike (13 episodes, 2001)
Dean Haglund	...	Richard 'Ringo' Langly (13 episodes, 2001)
Zuleikha Robinson	...	Yves Adele Harlow (13 episodes, 2001)
Stephen Snedden	...	Jimmy Bond (12 episodes, 2001)

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby (presented in Dolby Surround)

Certification:

Singapore:PG | New Zealand:M | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

The pilot episode, which first aired on March 4, 2001, concerned a terrorist plot to fly a hijacked airplane into the World Trade Center towers.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The X Files: Jump the Shark (#9.15)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

The Lone Gunmen

So long, fellas!

I have to say I never really liked them in X-Files, but they are so much better in this one, i was hooked after the first minute of the first episode. It seems that lately every show i like gets cancelled. WHy? Why? Why? This show was so smart and funny, unlike most of it out there. It's interesting how Mitch Pileggi showed more of his acting talent in a single episode of Gunmen than in whole i-don't-know-how-many seasons of X-Files. Michael McKean who, by the way is single handedly responsible for the best x-files episode EVER, was briliant as usual. By some miracle 'Lone Gunmen' was shown here only a month or two after it premiered in U.S. and i never understood why, until i found out it was cancelled, which probably made it a lot cheaper. What a shame! If the characters looked like the people from Baywatch, i'm 100% sure producers would give them at least one yaer more hoping it becomes a hit. It was a perfect counterpart to X- Files because of the fact that it dealed with pretty much the same stuff, only in completely opposite direction - as less serious as possible. Watch this everytime you get a chance!!!