The Best Episodes of The Lone Gunmen Season 1
Every episode of The Lone Gunmen Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Lone Gunmen Season 1!
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.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Lone Gunmen" season 1 is "Pilot", rated 7.7/10 from 528 user votes. It was directed by Rob Bowman and written by Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz. "Pilot" aired on 3/4/2001 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Bond, Jimmy Bond".
7.7/10 528 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/2001
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.
Director: Rob Bowman
Writer: Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz
7.0/10 377 votes#2 - Bond, Jimmy Bond
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/2001
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.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz
7.1/10 361 votes#3 - Eine Kleine Frohike
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/16/2001
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 poisoning the pastries of the French Resistance.
Director: David Jackson
Writer: John Shiban
7.3/10 356 votes#4 - Like Water for Octane
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/18/2001
While searching for a water-powered car, the Gunmen encounter missile silos, rude government clerks, and cows.
Director: Richard Compton
Writer: Collin Friesen
6.5/10 333 votes#5 - Three Men and a Smoking Diaper
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/2001
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 suspicious accident. This is the episode where, as Bruce Harwood put it in one chat, "Tom gets his nipples sucked!"
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Chris Carter
7.1/10 330 votes#6 - Madam, I'm Adam
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/2001
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.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Thomas Schnauz
7.7/10 347 votes#7 - Planet of the Frohikes
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/6/2001
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
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Vince Gilligan
7.2/10 320 votes#8 - Maximum Byers
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/13/2001
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.
Director: Vincent Misiano
Writer: Vince Gilligan, Frank Spotnitz
7.0/10 312 votes#9 - Diagnosis: Jimmy
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/20/2001
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."
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: John Shiban
7.1/10 320 votes#10 - Tango de los Pistoleros
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/27/2001
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... ah... friends.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Thomas Schnauz
7.6/10 325 votes#11 - The Lying Game
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/4/2001
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.
Director: Richard Compton
Writer: Nandi Bowe
7.1/10 297 votes#12 - The Cap'n Toby Show
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/1/2001
Langly's childhood hero, kid's show host Cap'n Toby, is accused of being an international spy. It's Gunmen to the rescue!
Director: Carol Banker
Writer: Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz
8.1/10 342 votes#13 - All About Yves
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/11/2001
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 incidents. The sequel to this episode is X-Files S09E15 - Jump the Shark
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz