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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...
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Network:FOX

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "The Lone Gunmen" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 536 votes. Directed by Rob Bowman and written by Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz, it aired on 3/4/2001. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Bond, Jimmy Bond".

  • Pilot
    7.7/10536 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

  • Bond, Jimmy Bond
    7.0/10382 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

  • Eine Kleine Frohike
    7.1/10366 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

  • Like Water for Octane
    7.3/10361 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

  • Three Men and a Smoking Diaper
    6.5/10337 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

  • Madam, I'm Adam
    7.1/10334 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

  • Planet of the Frohikes
    7.7/10351 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

  • Maximum Byers
    7.2/10325 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

  • Diagnosis: Jimmy
    7.0/10318 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

  • Tango de los Pistoleros
    7.1/10325 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

  • The Lying Game
    7.6/10331 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

  • The Cap'n Toby Show
    7.1/10301 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

  • All About Yves
    8.1/10346 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