The Lone Gunmen, present at a government conference in Las Vegas, get caught up in a plot that a woman from their past may be involved in.
Now, for me every Lone Gunmen episode starts from the advantage that it has these guys in it, the best supporting characters that the show has in my opinion. It's good to examine some of the points from last season's Unusual Suspects and bring Suzanne Modeski back into the picture. What brings the story down slightly is that most of the plotting is done by inference rather than stated fact.
Having said that, getting the viewer to think through what is happening and work it out himself is hardly a crime, and there's plenty of mystery, double-cross and intrigue to make this story move along rather well. Byers is fleshed out more, slightly at the expense of the others, but he is the one who's most 'normal' out of them all. There are also some great moments messing with the geekiness of the Gunmen, as we meet a bunch of their friends who look just as odd.
But the highlight of the whole thing has to be Gillian Anderson as Scully, who spends most of her scenes with her higher brain functions impaired leading to a hilarious sequence in the casino (and an inspired guest cameo from Dreamland's Morris Fletcher, with neither person recognizing the other and Scully getting her own back) and a range of daft facial expressions from Anderson as the Gunmen try to cure her affliction. It's worth watching the episode for this alone, but hopefully in the last season of the show we'll get some closure with the Gunmen, particularly Byers and his lost love.
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