9-11 and the Lone Gunmen

The Lone Gunmen was a very interesting series, but it was taken off after the first pilot! There are a total of 13 episodes but only one was shown. Chris Carter is one the authors on this and this is another of his writings skills he also brought us X-Files (numerous others). What is so interesting is the fact that it (predicted 9-11) on the very first show. The difference was that is was done at night rather than the day time and there wasn't camera crews filming when this happened (gee, that is strange). The pilot was aired on a network in March 2001 and it was shown one time and the show was removed. There is a total of 12 episodes that was never shown. Did Chris Carter know something? Or did he give someone the idea for 9-11? Coincidence or prediction, we will probably never know. One thing for sure Chris Carter has something going for him with his writing. Did I mention Stan Meyer and several others in the following episodes!

Looks to be an anti-conspiracy. Or an attempt to put focus on a failed television show.



The Lone Gunmen - The Complete Series (2001)

The Lone Gunmen was the short-lived spin-off series starring those scene-stealing conspiracy theorists from The X-Files. To recap, there is buttoned-down Byers (the bearded, relatively normal-looking one, played by Bruce Harwood), the "man of action" Frohike (the short one who had the hots for Scully, played by Tom Braidwood), and master hacker Langly (the one with the long blond hair, played by Dean Haglund). They also meet some new characters who both help and hinder: a female agent calling herself Yves Adele Harlow (and other anagrams for Lee Harvey Oswald, played by Zuleikha Robinson), who always seems a step ahead of them, and James "Jimmy" Bond (Stephen Snedden), the dimwitted benefactor who thinks that the Gunmen give him a purpose in life.

The series lasted a mere 13 episodes, and in retrospect probably plays better now than it did in the spring of 2001 when the peak years of The X-Files were still fresh in the memory. Thanks to direction and writing by the same creative talent and music by Mark Snow, The Lone Gunmen has the feel of Chris Carter's signature series, though without the impenetrable mythology and the sexual tension (Robinson is beautiful, but let's be serious). The episodes are generally stand-alone affairs reflecting the goofy humor that made the trio part of the comic relief in The X-Files. Light-hearted topics include a blind football team and a super-intelligent chimpanzee, but the closing episode dealt with the familiar themes of alien abduction and government cover-ups (a thread that after the series' cancellation had to be concluded in an episode of The X-Files, which is also included in this set). And particularly chilling is the pilot: aired six months before 9/11, it deals with an attempt to fly an airplane into the World Trade Center. The Lone Gunmen couldn't match the brilliant inspiration of The X-Files (few shows could), but for fans it might just be the next best thing. --David Horiuchi

The one I seen was the Pilot Show and never seen any others untill I bought the DVD at Wally World. I found that is interesting that the first show was about the Trade Centers 6 months before that happened! Just interesting, nothing more or less on my part!

I have the DVDs and they are good for an X-Files fan.

Yes, that episode has too many parallels. The conspiracy discussed on that very show is almost identical to the conspiracy discussed after 9/11.

Hey, the PTB can always blame the show for giving Osama Bin Laden the idea while watching it inside his cave in Tora Bora...

[edit on 11/20/2008 by manticore]