Lone Gunmen

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The Lone Gunmen
Members:	Melvin Frohike Richard Langly John Fitzgerald Byers
Actors:	Tom Braidwood Dean Haglund Bruce Harwood

Consisting of Melvin Frohike, John Fitzgerald Byers and Richard Langly, the Lone Gunmen were the publishers of a magazine called "The Lone Gunman" (originally called "The Magic Bullet"). The trio got their name and the title of their publication from X in May 1989 when he said, "I heard it was a lone gunman", in reference to the JFK assassination.

Although Frohike and Langly knew each other before hand, it was not until this time that the trio first joined forces, and also met FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder.

When separately attending the same convention, the three initiialy worked together after Susanne Modeski asked Byers for help finding her daughter. Byers then recruited Frohike and Langly in the search, and together discovered they were being used by Modeski to uncover information of a government conspiracy. It was this event that led to their, and Mulder's distrust of the government. (TXF: "Unusual Suspects")

After deciding to work together, they also remained close associates of Mulder, and often provided him with information and technical assistance after he discovered the X-files.

Although initially unwilling, the trio allowed Jimmy Bond to work with them, in exchange for him funding their endeavours, as he believed that they were "fighting the good fight".

The Lone Gunmen died in 2002, sacrificing themselves to stop a bio-terrorist. They were subsequently burried at Arlington National Cemetary, with Jimmy Bond, Yves Adele Harlow, Monica Reyes, John Doggett, Dana Scully and Walter Skinner attending their funeral. (TXF: "Jump the Shark")

They briefly reappeared several months later, as ghosts who Mulder seemed to have developed the ability to communicate with. (TXF: "The Truth")

[edit] Appearances

• TLG
• TXF:
  • "E.B.E." (Season 1) (First appearance)
  • "Blood" (Season 2)
  • "One Breath"
  • "Fearful Symmetry"
  • "Anasazi"
  • "The Blessing Way" (Season 3)
  • "Paper Clip"
  • "Nisei"
  • "Apocrypha"
  • "Wetwired"
  • "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" (Season 4)
  • "Memento Mori"
  • "Redux" (Season 5)
  • "Redux II"
  • "Unusual Suspects"
  • "Emily"
  • "Kill Switch"
  • "The End"
• The X-Files Movie
  • "Triangle" (Season 6)
  • "Dreamland II"
  • "One Son"
  • "Three of a Kind"
  • "Field Trip"
  • "First Person Shooter" (Season 7)
  • "En Ami"
  • "Requiem"
  • "Within" (Season 8)
  • "Via Negativa"
  • "The Gift"
  • "DeadAlive"
  • "Three Words"
  • "Existence"
  • "Nothing Important Happened Today" (Season 9)
  • "Nothing Important Happened Today II"
  • "Provenance"
  • "Providence"
  • "Jump the Shark"
  • "The Truth" (as ghosts)

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