[RossMan]

Hey,
I'm currently going through the entire run of X Files seasons and will being doing the Lone Gunmen as well. I was wondering if anyone can help with where the Lone Gunmen series fits into the season of the X Files? Is just mixed into the last two seasons of X Files? Wasn't there an episode of the X Files that lead into the Lone Gunmen series and then an X Files episode that wrapped up the Lone Gunmen? I would like to watch them in the correct order...

Thanks.

RossMan

[AlexSchwarz]

RossMan, the "Lone Gunmen"-season should be watched during the eigth season of "X-Files", with the LGM-finale BEFORE the the the end of the XF-season, but well after DeadAlive.

There is a little problem though because the season 9-premiere will pick up a little detail from the LGM-finale...but latter won't make a lot of sense when being watched after Existence....don't want to spoil anything, I don't know how much you know already.

Have fun!

[TravisR]

Tough question... sorta. The bulk of The Lone Gunmen series takes place during Season Eight of The X-Files. However, the season finale of The Lone Gunmen must happen after the Season Eight finale of The X-Files and before the opening of Season Nine but those X-Files are separted by a few hours. Long story short, the continuity doesn't exactly match up.

And to complicate matters, there was an episode of TLG (The Cap'n Toby Show) that was left over and was aired during the summer so that one is totally out of order. The DVD will probably have the 'proper' order for the episodes.

Overall, my advice is to look at the airdates on the booklets and watch them in airdate order (and watch the 'out-of-order' episode in its proper place) and just ignore that the last two Season Eight episode of The X-Files don't match up with TLG's finale. I hope this made some sense

EDIT: Started to type, left my computer, and Alex beat me to the punch... and he was more articulate.

[Bill GrandPre]

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And to complicate matters, there was an episode of TLG (The Cap'n Toby Show) that was left over and was aired during the summer so that one is totally out of order. The DVD will probably have the 'proper' order for the episodes.

That's doubtful. Every Ten Thirteen DVD has presented the episodes strictly in order of original airing (even in the handful of cases where the airing order was not the intended order), not production order.

Edit: according to a post on the show's IMDB page, the presentation on the DVD breaks down like this (it's airing order, not production order, btw):

Disc One, Side One
Episodes:
Pilot
Bond, Jimmy Bond
Eine Kleine Frohike

Disc One, Side Two
Episodes:
Like Water For Octane
Three Men and a Smoking Diaper

Special Features:
Episode Commentary

Disc Two, Side One
Episodes:
Madam, I'm Adam
Planet of the Frohikes
Maximum Byers

Disc Two, Side Two
Episodes:
Diagnosis Jimmy
Tango De Los Pistoleros

Special Features:
Episode Commentary

Disc Three, Side One
Episodes:
The Lying Game
All About Yves

Disc Three, Side Two
Episodes:
The Cap'n Toby Show

Special Features:
Episode Commentary
The X-Files: Jump The Shark with episode commentary
Making Of/Retrospective
TV Spots: Pilot, Bond, Jimmy Bond, Eine Kleine Frohike, Like Water For Octane, Three Men and a Smoking Diaper, Madam, I'm Adam, Planet of the Frohikes, Maximum Byers, Diagnosis: Jimmy, Tango De Los Pistoleros, The Lying Game, All About Eve, The Cap'n Toby Show.

[TravisR]

Yeah, but I'm hoping that since that episode is so obviously out of order, they'll 'correct' it. The airdate order has always worked with their other releases but not on this series. Especially since The X-Files episode 'Jump The Shark' is included, it will make The Cap'n Toby Show seem really out of whack. If they don't, the last three episodes will be Part One to another episode to Part Two (sorta) .

Guess we'll know for sure in two weeks though

[Bill GrandPre]

see the edit above. It looks like it's in airdate order after all, if the IMDB post is accurate. I think that's definitely the way to go. You can watch them in whatever order you want, but I'd rather have them present the order in which they were aired and keep with the presentation that has been preserved on the other 13 seasons on DVD produced by Ten Thirteen.

[TravisR]

Thanks for the info. Good point too about it maintaining airdate order and you can still re-arrange it if you so desire.

Now onto Millennium: Season Three- the last of the 1013 DVDs. Sniff sniff...

[camilo_m]

So, Chris Carter is an amazing creator. He did the classic" X-Files", and now, "The Lone Gunmen", which I think is amazing too. It's the spin-off of the X-Files series, featuring the trio of computer hacking, conspiracy geeks popularly known as The Lone Gunmen.
And they are already releasing the first season on Dvd, which is coming ouy on March 29th, with all of those bonus, extras and etc, as usual.
Anyone else here is into The Lone Gunmen???

[RyanAn]

Lone Gunmen was one of the many FOX shows cut short, way ahead of it's time. It is not the first season, but rather the complete series. Either way... it is a must have.

ry/