"The X-Files" #5x01
Original Air Date: November 16th, 1997
Synopsis: In 1989, the Lone Gunmen meet for the very first time when they assist a woman who claims the government plans to use civilians as guinea pigs in a secret experiment.
Written by Vince Gilligan
Directed by Rob Bowman
Cast:
David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder
Guest Cast:
Richard Belzer as Detective Munch, Signy Coleman as Susanne Modeski, Steven Williams as Mr. X, Eric Knight as the Hacker Dude, Ken Hawryliw as Ken Hawryliw, Chris Nelson Morris as SWAT Lieutenant, Stuart O' Connell as 1st SWAT Cop, Glenn Williams as Officer
Notes:
-Though it was third shown, this was the first episode produced during "The X-Files" fifth season. They were busy producing the movie at the time and the show needed to start producing episodes. They needed one that didn't use series starts David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson much or at all. Thus, the first Lone Gunmen episode was born.
-Richard Belzer plays his character Detective Munch from "Homicide: Life on the Street" and most recently, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."
-Steven Williams reprises his role on "The X-Files" posthumously as "Mr. X."
-Signy Coleman played Hope Adams Newman Wilson on the show "The Young and the Restless."
-Ken Hawryliw, who plays himself in this episode, was the prop master/supervisor for "The X-Files" and even wrote the episode "Trevor."
-The name "Holly," which Susanne first gives Byers is the name of writer Vince Gilligan's girlfriend which he often uses in his scripts.
-"Kung-fu" is 80s slang for hacking.
