The Lone Gunmen

Chris Carter created this direct spin-off of "The X-Files" that stars supporting actors Bruce Harwood(John Fitzgerald Byers) Tom Braidwood(Melvin Frohike) & Dean Haglund(Richard 'Ringo' Langly) as their familiar characters, three conspiracy theorists and government watchdogs who try(over the course of the 13 episodes) to uncover the truth, and fight crime, but often do so in a bumbling fashion. They are financed by good-hearted Jimmy Bond(played by Stephen Snedden) and uneasy allies with mercenary Yves Adele Harlow(played by Zuleikha Robinson) Short-lived show failed to catch on with viewers, but remains reasonably entertaining today, though our three unsung heroes would have a heroic yet tragic end in the last season of "The X-Files".

In the X-Files the Lone Gunmen really walked a fine line of believability and because of the great writing it worked really well. The problem with this show was they added a character like Jimmy Bond and all of a sudden it turned really silly .

A series with an interesting idea - self-proclaimed investigators reveal the truth in marginal and bizarre cases that the police do not address - which would not be adequately portrayed on the screen. This is despite the fact that it boasts experienced screenwriters from The X-Files, three sympathetic distinctive main characters and the irresistible Miss Robinson.

The show extracts three very likable but slightly shallow characters from The X Files, and sets them up with a show of their own.That's all that was preserved in this transplant, and that was a poor decision.

An interesting example of a TV series that fails on a number of counts.It tries to hit all the notes, and subsequently sounds like wind chimes in a gale.

This show is great, i expected it to suck. The first two episodes bored me, but once other characters were added into the mix, and they all flowed well together the show went from a three, to an eight.

Network: Fox; Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery; Content Rating: TV-PG; Available: DVD; Perspective: Contemporary (star range: 1 - 4); Seasons Reviewed: Complete Series (1 season) I've said it before and I'll say it again, the turn of the millennium was something of a creative renaissance at the Fox network. Amid the network's push toward cheap reality shows at all cost there was this frustratingly wonderful little glutton of 1-season wonders that barely saw the light of day.

In The X-Files the three Lone Gunmen are intelligent and doesn't screw up their missions.

The Lone Gunmen surpassed the X-Files in every conceivable way. It was witty, intelligent, not your typical knuckle-dragger fodder.