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The Lone Gunmen (TV series)

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The Lone Gunmen
File:The Lone Gunmen logo.jpg
The Lone Gunmen title screen
Created byChris Carter
StarringTom Braidwood,
Bruce Harwood,
Dean Haglund
Country of origin Canada[1]
 United States
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time45 min (per episode)
Original release
NetworkFOX
ReleaseMarch 4, 2001 –

June 1, 2001
Related
The X-Files

The Lone Gunmen is a spin-off of the popular series The X-Files, it is a television show created by Chris Carter that was shown on FOX, featuring the three characters called The Lone Gunmen, who were originally from The X-Files. The show was first broadcast in March 2001 and, despite good reviews, it was cancelled due to a drop in ratings[2]. The last episode was broadcast in June 2001 and ended on a cliffhanger which was resolved in an episode of The X-Files. Repeats of the series will be shown in autumn 2007 on CBC Country Canada.

Typicial plots

Unlike The X-Files, whose storylines dealt mainly with supernatural creatures and government alien conspiracies, episodes of The Lone Gunmen generally featured more "plausible" plots, such as cheating husbands, corporate crime, arms-dealers, and escaped Nazis. The show had a very light atmosphere and focused heavily on physical comedy. The trio were often aided (and sometimes hindered) by a mysterious thief named Yves Adele Harlow (Zuleikha Robinson).

The series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

9/11 Foreshadowing

In a foreshadowing of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the plot of the March 4, 2001 pilot episode of the series depicts a secret U.S. government agency plotting to crash a Boeing 727 headed for Boston into the World Trade Center via remote control for the purpose of increasing the military defense budget and blaming the attack on foreign "tin-pot dictators" who are "begging to be smart-bombed." This episode was broadcast in Australia on August 30, less than two weeks before the 9/11 attacks.[3][4]

Some conspiracy theorists have claimed that this was an intentional attempt by the creators to warn people about 9/11; however, the creators have been silent on this matter.

Episode list

  1. Pilot (March 4 2001)
  2. Bond, Jimmy Bond (March 11 2001)
  3. Eine Kleine Frohike (March 16 2001)
  4. Like Water for Octane (March 18 2001)
  5. Three Men and a Smoking Diaper (March 23 2001)
  6. Madam, I'm Adam (March 30 2001)
  7. Planet of the Frohikes: A Short History of My Demeaning Captivity (April 6 2001)
  8. Maximum Byers (April 13 2001)
  9. Diagnosis: Jimmy (April 20 2001)
  10. Tango de los Pistoleros (April 27 2001)
  11. Lying Game (May 4 2001)
  12. All About Yves (May 11 2001), Season Finale
  13. Cap'n Toby Show (June 1 2001), "Lost Episode"

Cast

David Duchovny (Fox Mulder), Mitch Pileggi (Walter Skinner) and Michael McKean (Morris Fletcher) from The X-Files made guest appearances on the show.

Crew

DVD release

Fox Home Entertainment officially released the series (along with the episode of The X-Files entitled Jump the Shark which finishes the cliffhanger that ended The Lone Gunmen as an additional episode) on a three disc Region 1 DVD set on Tuesday 29 March, 2005. In the UK, it was released on the 31st January 2006.

References

  1. ^ "The man who created The X-Files is coming back to Vancouver". The Vancouver Sun. 2002-02-09. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
  2. ^ http://lonegunmen.furvect.com/lgmrate.htm
  3. ^ excerpt from Lone Gunmen 9/11 show (4 minute excerpt on video google)
  4. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Lone-Gunmen-Complete-Gunman/dp/B0006UEVUE
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