Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | Rob Bowman | Chris Carter & Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz | March 4, 2001 (2001-03-04) | 1AEB79 | 13.23 |
| While The Lone Gunmen are thwarted in their attempt to steal a computer chip by Yves Adele Harlow, John Fitzgerald Byers receives news of his father's death and the trio soon find themselves unravelling a government conspiracy in which an attempt to fly a commercial aircraft into the Twin Towers which would result in increased arms sales for the United States. | ||||||
| 2 | "Bond, Jimmy Bond" | Bryan Spicer | Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz | March 11, 2001 (2001-03-11) | 1AEB01 | 9.0 |
| While searching for the killer of an infamous hacker, the three Lone Gunmen find a fourth member when they stumble upon a practice of an American football league for the blind. | ||||||
| 3 | "Eine Kleine Frohike" | David Jackson | John Shiban | March 16, 2001 (2001-03-16) | 1AEB02 | 5.4 |
| With help from Yves, Melvin Frohike attempts to convince a woman suspected of being a Nazi war criminal that he is her long-lost son - and survive to talk about it. | ||||||
| 4 | "Like Water for Octane" | Richard Compton | Collin Friesen | March 18, 2001 (2001-03-18) | 1AEB03 | |
| While searching for a water-powered car, the Gunmen encounter missile silos, rude government clerks, and cows. | ||||||
| 5 | "Three Men and a Smoking Diaper" | Bryan Spicer | Chris Carter | March 23, 2001 (2001-03-23) | 1AEB04 | |
| The Lone Gunmen turn into babysitters while working to expose the truth behind a murder linked to a Senator seeking re-election. | ||||||
| 6 | "Madam, I'm Adam" | Bryan Spicer | Thomas Schnauz | March 30, 2001 (2001-03-30) | 1AEB05 | |
| A man contacts The Lone Gunmen, believing his life has been stolen after being abducted by aliens. They end up getting caught in a love triangle involving a one-eyed stereo salesman, brainwashing, and a wrestling dwarf. | ||||||
| 7 | "Planet of the Frohikes" | John T. Kretchmer | Vince Gilligan | April 6, 2001 (2001-04-06) | 1AEB06 | |
| The Lone Gunmen receive an email from an ingenious chimp, a self-named Simon White-Thatch Potentloins, attempting to escape a government laboratory. | ||||||
| 8 | "Maximum Byers" | Vincent Misiano | Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz | April 13, 2001 (2001-04-13) | 1AEB07 | |
| At the behest of a man's mother, Byers and Jimmy Bond pose as prisoners on Death Row in a Texas penitentiary to prove the man's innocence. | ||||||
| 9 | "Diagnosis: Jimmy" | Bryan Spicer | John Shiban | April 20, 2001 (2001-04-20) | 1AEB08 | |
| While recovering in a hospital, Jimmy begins to suspect that his doctor is a wanted killer. Meanwhile, the Gunmen attempt to stop a man who kills grizzly bears to sell their gallbladders. | ||||||
| 10 | "Tango de los Pistoleros" | Bryan Spicer | Thomas Schnauz | April 27, 2001 (2001-04-27) | 1AEB09 | |
| Yves and Frohike go undercover as tango dancers to stop a man from selling government secrets. | ||||||
| 11 | "The Lying Game" | Richard Compton | Nandi Bowe | May 4, 2001 (2001-05-04) | 1AEB10 | |
| While investigating the death of Byers' college roommate, The Lone Gunmen find evidence implicating FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner. | ||||||
| 12 | "The Cap'n Toby Show" | Carol Banker | Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz | June 1, 2001 (2001-06-01) | 1AEB11 | |
| The Lone Gunmen try to solve the murders of two FBI agents who were working undercover on Richard Langly's favorite TV show. | ||||||
| 13 | "All About Yves" | Bryan Spicer | Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz | May 11, 2001 (2001-05-11) | 1AEB12 | |
| 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. |
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