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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Lone Gunmen Season 1 Episode 13 - The Cap'n Toby Show
    8.1/10(398 votes)

    S1:E13

    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
    Writers:Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban, Vince Gilligan

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  2. The Lone Gunmen Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.8/10(618 votes)

    S1:E1

    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
    Writers:Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban, Vince Gilligan

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  3. The Lone Gunmen Season 1 Episode 7 - Planet of the Frohikes
    7.7/10(409 votes)

    S1:E7

    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

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  4. The Lone Gunmen Season 1 Episode 11 - The Lying Game
    7.6/10(387 votes)

    S1:E11

    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

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  5. The Lone Gunmen Season 1 Episode 4 - Like Water for Octane
    7.3/10(420 votes)

    S1:E4

    While searching for a water-powered car, the Gunmen encounter missile silos, rude government clerks, and cows.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Collin Friesen

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  6. The Lone Gunmen Season 1 Episode 3 - Eine Kleine Frohike
    7.2/10(424 votes)

    S1:E3

    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

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  7. The Lone Gunmen Season 1 Episode 8 - Maximum Byers
    7.2/10(382 votes)

    S1:E8

    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
    Writers:Frank Spotnitz, Vince Gilligan

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  8. The Lone Gunmen Season 1 Episode 6 - Madam, I'm Adam
    7.1/10(394 votes)

    S1:E6

    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

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  9. The Lone Gunmen Season 1 Episode 10 - Tango de los Pistoleros
    7.1/10(384 votes)

    S1:E10

    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

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  10. The Lone Gunmen Season 1 Episode 12 - All About Yves
    7.1/10(354 votes)

    S1:E12

    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
    Writers:Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban, Vince Gilligan

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  11. The Lone Gunmen Season 1 Episode 2 - Bond, Jimmy Bond
    7.0/10(444 votes)

    S1:E2

    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
    Writers:Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban, Vince Gilligan

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  12. The Lone Gunmen Season 1 Episode 9 - Diagnosis: Jimmy
    7.0/10(377 votes)

    S1:E9

    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

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  13. The Lone Gunmen Season 1 Episode 5 - Three Men and a Smoking Diaper
    6.4/10(400 votes)

    S1:E5

    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

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Cap'n Toby Show" is the best rated episode of The Lone Gunmen season 1. It scored 8.1/10 from 398 votes. Directed by Carol Banker and written by Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban, Vince Gilligan, it aired on June 1, 2001. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Pilot".