The essential episodes of The Lone Gunmen

Watch these 13 in order and you've got The Lone Gunmen — each pick states its reason.

1. 01

   S01E01 · Pilot · March 4, 2001 · 1h

   Pilot8.6

   The Lone Gunmen attempt to steal a computer chip, not knowing a thief is watching them. Byers gets bad news and the Gunmen investigate. The investigation leads to a government plot to commit terrorism on American soil.

2. 02

   S01E02 · Season 1 peak · March 11, 2001 · 1h

   Bond, Jimmy Bond10.0

   The Lone Gunmen are trying to find out who killed a fellow hacker. In the midst of their adventures they meet a not-so-bright football player named Jimmy Bond.

3. 03

   S01E03 · Top rated · March 16, 2001 · 1h

   Eine Kleine Frohike6.7

   After the Gunmen receive a tip which could lead them to a female baker who poisoned members of the French Resistance back in World War II, Frohike goes deep undercover as her long lost son.

4. 04

   S01E04 · Top rated · March 18, 2001 · 1h

   Like Water for Octane10.0

   The Lone Gunmen and Jimmy search for the long lost water powered car that Frohike saw with his own eyes back in 1962... but they're not the only ones looking.

5. 05

   S01E05 · Top rated · March 23, 2001 · 1h

   Three Men and a Smoking Diaper9.0

   A baby is dropped into the lives of the Lone Gunmen as a link between a popular senator running a campaign for re-election and one of his campaign workers who died in a very suspicious accident.

6. 06

   S01E06 · Top rated · March 30, 2001 · 1h

   Madam, I'm Adam9.5

   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. 07

   S01E07 · Top rated · April 6, 2001 · 1h

   Planet of the Frohikes10.0

   The Gunmen receive an email for help from a 'slave' subjected to secret government tests, who turns out to be a super-intelligent chimp called Peanuts.

8. 08

   S01E08 · Top rated · April 13, 2001 · 1h

   Maximum Byers10.0

   Byers and Jimmy pose as prisoners on death row in an attempt to prove a man's innocence.

9. 09

   S01E09 · Top rated · April 20, 2001 · 1h

   Diagnosis: Jimmy10.0

   While recovering in a hospital, Jimmy begins to suspect that his doctor is a wanted killer. Meanwhile, the Gunmen attempt to stop a poacher who kills grizzly bears to sell their gallbladders.

10. 10

    S01E10 · Top rated · April 27, 2001 · 1h

    Tango de los Pistoleros10.0

    In an effort to thwart an arms trade at an upcoming tango competition, Yves and Frohike separately go undercover as tango dancers.

11. 11

    S01E11 · Top rated · May 4, 2001 · 1h

    The Lying Game10.0

    While investigating the death of Byers' college roommate, the Lone Gunmen find evidence implicating FBI Assistant Director Skinner.

12. 12

    S01E12 · Top rated · June 1, 2001 · 1h

    The Cap'n Toby Show10.0

    To solve the murders of two undercover FBI agents, The Lone Gunmen investigate a Chinese spy ring operating out of a television show for kids.This episode is referred to as a "lost episode" due to it airing three weeks after the show's series finale.

13. 13

    S01E13 · Series finale · May 11, 2001 · 1h

    All About Yves8.3

    The Lone Gunmen team up with "Man in Black" Morris Fletcher to find Yves when she is suspected of being a member of Romeo-61, a secret government organization responsible for decades of major incidents.Due to this being the series finale and ending on a cliffhanger, the episode's story and the series as a whole were wrapped up in the events of "Jump the Shark", episode 15 of season 9 of The X-Files.