What to Expect

• There will be 13 episodes including the pilot.
• Lots of action and humor.
• The pilot will premiere in the XF timeslot in March. Two more episodes will stay in the XF timeslot, and on the Friday following the second Sunday of March, another episode will air at 9 p.m. Then the series will move to Fridays at 9. All reruns plus the 1LGM11 airing are at 8 p.m.
• John Shiban: "The Gunmen are going to be facing the bad guys of the new economy, the dot-com evil trying to steal your personal information or trying to manipulate your computer at home. The new villains of the new millennium, rather than the old conspiracy, X-Files people. And so you get the impossible, thrilling mission and the nail-biting tension, but at the same time, you can't help but have fun with these guys."
• "Conspiracy theories like the Kennedy assassination will be part of the plotlines, without a doubt. In general, however, Carter says, 'They have more to do with what I'd call contemporary crime and injustice.' Such as? 'The kind of stuff where the government is lying to us,' says Carter. 'Also white-collar crime....'"
• FS: The mythology is "kind of hinted at in the first 12 episodes and then in the final episode of the season, you really get a sense of what it is. ...The mythology of the show centers around the new character, this woman Yves Adele Harlow. Yves Adele Harlow is an anagram for Lee Harvey Oswald. We don't really know what her real name is and she's a mystery woman. So, the mythology is about her, where she came from, why she does what she does."
• The cliffhanger will be resolved on TXF--there won't be a 2nd season.

Characters

• The Lone Gunmen, from The X-Files. Played by Dean Haglund, Tom Braidwood, and Bruce Harwood.
• Yves Adele Harlow: "A competing and very attractive female conspiracy theorist [and hacker-for-hire]."
• Kimmy the Geek, played by Jim Fyfe (who was Jimmy the Geek in season 6's "Three of a Kind").
• Morris Fletcher from XF season 6's "Dreamland," "Dreamland II," and "Three of a Kind" will return.
• CC: "There's going to be a character you'll see in the second episode who is a very masculine presence in their midst, and a sort of--a kind of Sam Malone sort of character." This is their good-looking jock pal Jimmy Bond, played by Stephen Snedden. He's a "big-hearted dumb lunk who's got the money to fund the paper. ...He likes [their] morality, so he wants to become a Gunman so he hangs around a lot."
• Skinner will show up.

March 4, 2001 and June 8, 2001 1LGM79: Pilot

• Series premiere. Written by Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, and Frank Spotnitz; directed by Rob Bowman.
• "We meet [Byers'] father who works for the Air Force and thinks that his son is wasting his time. As for the boys, we actually get to see what it is they do when they're not saving Mulder and Scully's bacon on a regular basis. Watching TXF it's easy to forget that these guys actually publish something."
• Kimmy the Geek is in it.

March 11, 2001 and June 15, 2001 1LGM01: "Bond, Jimmy Bond"

• Written by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, and Frank Spotnitz; directed by Bryan Spicer.
• Jimmy Bond is introduced.
• Japanese actor Kevan Ohtsji plays Toshiro, "an expert martial artist who kidnaps an influential Japanese businessman. The episode's plot, of course, is embroiled with intrigue as the trio of computer-hacking conspiracy freaks attempts to expose another case of corporate conspiracy. 'They've choreographed a fight sequence which I had a lot of fun rehearsing. I get to do all my own stunts with the exception of a shot where Frohike kicks my character through a wall. The script is very funny, and I really enjoyed filming last week.' The role was 'a great present' for the young actor who celebrated his 25th birthday on set."

March 16, 2001 1LGM02: "Eine Kleine Frohike"

• Written by John Shiban, directed by David Jackson. Title means "A Little Frohike" in German, from Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik."
• "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."

March 18, 2001 1LGM03: "Like Water for Octane"

• Written by Collin Friesen, directed by Richard Compton.
• CC: "We've got a story about the legendary water-powered car."

March 23, 2001 1LGM04: "Three Men and a Smoking Diaper"

• Written by Chris Carter, directed by Bryan Spicer.
• "The guys care for a baby while investigating a senator's involvement in his mistress's murder."

April 6, 2001 1LGM05: "Planet of the Frohikes (or, A Short History of My Demeaning Captivity)"

• Written by Vince Gilligan, directed by John T. Kretchmer.
• Involves super-intelligent military chimps.

March 30, 2001 and June 22, 2001 1LGM06: "Madam I'm Adam"

• Written by Thomas Schnauz, directed by Bryan Spicer.
• "This episode involves a man who believes he's been abducted by aliens from another dimension, but it turns out his brain is wired. Byers and Jimmy try to help him out. This is the midget wrestling episode. Jimmy discovers a love story that science can't destroy in this episode about Jimmy's first feature article for The Lone Gunman."

April 13, 2001 1LGM07: "Maximum Byers"

• Written by Vince Gilligan and Frank Spotnitz, directed by Vincent Misiano.
• "Byers and Jimmy go undercover as prisoners to help a man on death row who may be innocent."

April 20, 2001 1LGM08: "Diagnosis: Jimmy"

• Written by John Shiban, directed by Bryan Spicer.
• "Amnesiac Jimmy fears his doctor may be a wanted criminal." John Walsh is in it.

May 4, 2001 1LGM09: "The Lying Game"

• Written by Nandi Bowe, directed by Richard Compton.
• Skinner is in it.
• According to CC, Jimmy and Skinner become "very close."

April 27, 2001 1LGM10: "Tango de los Pistoleros"

• Written by Thomas Schnauz, directed by Bryan Spicer.
• Involves tango dancers. Kimmy's in it.

June 1, 2001 1LGM11: "The Cap'n Toby Show"

• Written by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, and Frank Spotnitz; directed by Carol Banker.
• Langly's TV idol is accused of being an international spy.

May 11, 2001 1LGM12: "All About Yves"

• Written by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, and Frank Spotnitz; directed by Bryan Spicer.
• "Mulder has an inadvertent rendezvous with the Gunmen's partner, Jimmy Bond."
• Morris Fletcher and Kimmy also make appearances.

Other

• Tom Braidwood: "I would love to write an episode. As a matter of fact, I've been working on one with a friend."