Scully (Gillan Anderson) gets pulled deeper into the super-soldier investigation by Doggett (Robert Patrick) and Reyes (Annabeth Gish) when Shannon McMahon (Lucy Lawless) reveals more about the program in Nothing Important Happened Today II. Written by series creator Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz, this episode first debuted on 18 November, 2001. And as the opening…
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The Lone Gunmen (2001) – All About Yves
The short-lived spinoff from The X-Files, The Lone Gumen, aired its series finale, All About Yves, on 11 May, 2001 (though they aired The ‘Cap’n Toby’ Show after it – the series had already been cancelled). Written by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, and Frank Spotnitz, the episode sees Michael McKean’s Man In Black, Morris Fletcher,…
The X-Files (2001) – Existence, and Nothing Important Happened Today
Series creator Chris Carter closed out the eighth season with Existence, which debuted on 20 May, 2001. Picking up where the previous episode left off, we see the metallic skeletal frame of the alien replicant/super soldier version of Billy Miles (Zachary Ansley) reforming itself so it can continue its pursuit of the pregnant Scully (Gillian…
The Lone Gunmen (2001) – The Lying Game, and The ‘Cap’n Toby’ Show
Director Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) shows up in The Lying Game, written by Nandi Bowe. This episode first debuted on 4 May, 2001. Frohike (Tom Braidwood), Byers (Bruce Harwood), and Langly (Dean Haglund) get pulled into a murder case, immersed in secrets, a government investigation and lies. And at the heart of it, Walter Skinner…
The X-Files (2001) – Alone, and Essence
Mulder (David Duchovny) is no longer an agent on the X-files, or even working for the FBI anymore, Scully (Gillian Anderson) is taking her maternity leave, and Doggett (Robert Patrick) is left to run the X-files, alone…. Written and directed by Frank Spotnitz, this episode first aired on 6 May, 2001, and despite the title,…
The Lone Gunmen (2001) – Diagnosis: Jimmy, and Tango de los Pistoleros
John Shiban puts Jimmy (Stephen Snedden) front and center with Diagnosis: Jimmy, which first aired on 20 April, 2001. When Jimmy ends up in the hospital following a skiing accident while he’s helping the boys, he finds himself immersed in a hunt for a killer, all from his hospital bed, in a riff on Hitchcock….
The X-Files (2001) – Empedocles, and Vienen
While Scully (Gillian Anderson) ends up in the hospital with a complication surrounding her pregnancy, Agent Reyes (Annabeth Gish) approaches Mulder (David Duchovny) with a case that may tie back to Doggett (Robert Patrick). Empedocles was written by Greg Walker, and first aired on 22 April, 2001. When an office worker, Jeb (Jay Underwood) is…
The Lone Gunmen (2001) – Planet of the Frohikes, and Maximum Byers
Planet of the Frohikes is probably my favorite episode of the rewatch of The Lone Gunmen (I haven’t seen most of them since the series aired, and DVD set came out). Written by Vince Gilligan, this episode first debuted on 6 April, 2001. The guys receive an email from asking for help to be freed…
The X-Files (2001) – Deadalive, and Three Words
Series creator Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz pen the first episode back for The X-Files after its month away, and it starts with a gut punch. Mulder (David Duchovny) us dead, and he’s buried. Deadalive first aired on 1 April, 2001, and it plunges us right back into the mythology of the series, as three…
The Lone Gunmen (2001) – Three Men and a Smoking Diaper, and Madam, I’m Adam
Chris Carter has Frohike (Tom Braidwood), Langly (Dean Haglund) and Byers (Bruce Harwood) tackle politicians in Three Men and a Smoking Diaper, which first aired on 23 March, 2001. The boys are investigating a senator, Jefferson (Christopher Rich), who may have had a relationship with one of the people on his campaign and later died…
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