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The Lone Gunmen

★ 7.3 6K votes 2001–2001 1 season · 13 episodes Canceled FOX
SatiricalComedy sharpened into social and political critique.This show: 7/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Bruce HarwoodTom BraidwoodDean HaglundZuleikha RobinsonStephen SneddenJim Fyfe
Written by
Chris CarterVince GilliganJohn ShibanFrank Spotnitz
Starring
Bruce HarwoodTom BraidwoodDean HaglundZuleikha RobinsonStephen SneddenJim Fyfe
Written by
Chris CarterVince GilliganJohn ShibanFrank Spotnitz
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"Conspiracy comedy that turned unnervingly prophetic"

A spinoff of The X-Files following three conspiracy-theorist hackers who publish an underground newsletter exposing government cover-ups while bumbling through their own low-budget investigations. Lighter and funnier than its parent show, it leans into geeky camaraderie and screwball plotting rather than dread, with the trio's mismatched skills driving the comedy. It never quite escapes cult-show status, but there's real charm in watching outsiders stumble into genuine conspiracies. Best known now for an eerily prescient pilot storyline. Pace is brisk, episodes mostly standalone, and it works fine without deep X-Files knowledge.

Watch it for

the goofy chemistry between three paranoid hackers who are somehow always half-right.

Maybe skip if

you want the moodier, darker tone of The X-Files rather than sitcom-adjacent hijinks.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12001
7.35K139h 43m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pilot7.8
60843 min
▶2Bond, Jimmy Bond7.0
43645 min
▶3Eine Kleine Frohike7.2
41745 min
▶4Like Water for Octane7.3
41245 min
▶5Three Men and a Smoking Diaper6.4
39345 min
▶6Madam, I'm Adam7.1
38745 min
▶7Planet of the Frohikes7.7
40245 min
▶8Maximum Byers7.2
37445 min
▶9Diagnosis: Jimmy7.0
37145 min
▶10Tango de los Pistoleros7.1
37745 min
▶11The Lying Game7.6
38045 min
▶12The 'Cap'n Toby' Show7.1
34645 min
▶13All About Yves8.1
39245 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Bruce Harwood John Fitzgerald Byers
Tom Braidwood Melvin Frohike
Dean Haglund Richard 'Ringo' Langly
Zuleikha Robinson Yves Adele Harlow
Stephen Snedden Jimmy Bond
Jim Fyfe Kimmy the Geek
Michael Eklund Clerk, Weiner Man
Billy Mitchell Emcee, Farmer
Eric Pospisil Young Langly, Young Ringo
George Coe Bertram Byers

Crew

Chris Carter
Vince Gilligan
John Shiban
Frank Spotnitz

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