Ironically the very Lone Gunmen episode was not part of this series - it was The X-Files season 5 episode 3 "Unusual Suspects". I think this series failed largely because it tried to be too different to the show that gave birth to it. Whereas Millennium was created separately and only merged into The X-Files universe for it's finale, The Lone Gunmen were created solely for the purposes of The X-Files and they fitted in perfectly.
Alas with their spin-off series, the producers decided to make it far more silly and incompetent. They created the perfect recipe, but decided to change it with the spin-off. If they had kept the edgy tone of The X-Files and called it The X-Files: Lone Gunmen, we might have had quite a few more seasons to enjoy.
Alas with their spin-off series, the producers decided to make it far more silly and incompetent. They created the perfect recipe, but decided to change it with the spin-off. If they had kept the edgy tone of The X-Files and called it The X-Files: Lone Gunmen, we might have had quite a few more seasons to enjoy.