1.01. Pilot
Original Airdate: March 4, 2001
Written by Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, and Frank Spotnitz
Directed by Rob Bowman
The quirky three who have been consultants for Scully and Mulder on The X-Files get their own series. But don't expect a sci-fi element, says co-creator Chris Carter, who calls this a comedy-thriller. And it is a hoot as counterculture patriots Byers, Frohike and Langly chug along in an old VW bus, taking pratfalls as they chase stories about conspiracies and evildoers for their struggling underground newspaper. The opener introduces their professional rival Yves Harlow as they investigate the suspicious death of Byers' estranged father, whose work for the Government was deeper than Byers thought.

1.02. Bond, Jimmy Bond
Original Airdate: March 11, 2001
Written by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, and Frank Spotnitz
Directed by Bryan Spicer
Yves tips the trio to the murder of a renowned hacker, who'd just received $1 million from a charity headed by one James (Jimmy) Bond, who also coaches a blind football team.

1.03. Eine Kleine Frohike
Original Airdate: March 16, 2001
Written by John Shiban
Directed by David Jackson
Frohike's resemblance to a Nazi officer makes him perfect for a ruse to expose a woman who killed French Resistance leaders by poisoning baked goods.

1.04. Like Water for Octane
Original Airdate: March 18, 2001
Written by Collin Friesen
Directed by Richard Compton
The boys' fluke discovery of a Government file on a late inventor sends them on a search for a water-fueled car, with Yves close behind.

1.05. Three Men and a Smoking Diaper
Original Airdate: March 23, 2001
Written by Chris Carter
Directed by Bryan Spicer
A lead on proving that a philandering senator did away with his campaign-staff lover sends the trio to what looks like a love nest--and a by-product of the relationship.

1.06. Madam I'm Adam
Original Airdate: March 30, 2001
Written by Thomas Schnauz
Directed by Bryan Spicer
Midget wrestling, virtual reality and romance are all elements in a wild tale surrounding Jimmy's first byline.
The catalyst is one Adam Burgess, who's found strangers living in his house and neighbors who no longer know him. His explanation: aliens have delivered him from a parallel universe. The Gunmen's inclination to ignore him is offset, however, when they discover electrical implants in Burgess's head. After a false start requiring a bail-out by Yves, their investigation leads to a bombastic electronics retailer, and a love story that Jimmy insists should not be blinded by science.

1.07. Planet of the Frohikes
Original Airdate: April 6, 2001
Written by Vince Gilligan
Directed by John Kretchmer
The Gunmen receive an e-mail from an unwilling captive being subjected to secret government tests, but find their contact to be a genetically altered, super monkey.

1.08. Maximum Byers
Original Airdate: April 13, 2001
Written by Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz
Directed by Vincent Misiano
Byers and Jimmy go undercover as prisoners on death row to try to prove the innocence of a convicted murderer.

1.09. Diagnosis: Jimmy
Original Airdate: April 20, 2001
Written by John Shiban
Directed by Bryan Spicer
While laid up in the hospital after a skiing accident, an amnesia-stricken Jimmy suspects his doctor is a wanted killer offing his patients.

1.10. Tango de los Pistoleros
Original Airdate: April 27, 2001
Written by Thomas Schnauz
Directed by Bryan Spicer
After the boys bungle her elaborate investigation and blow her cover, Yves is forced to play tango partner in order to engage the criminal mastermind she has been tracking.

1.11. The Lying Game
Original Airdate: May 4, 2001
Written by Nandi Bowe
Directed by Richard Compton
The murder of a professional blackmailer, an appeal by the victim's sister and evidence linking the crime to FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner cause the boys to question what's a lie and what's really the truth.
THE X-FILES' MITCH PILEGGI GUEST STARS.

1.12. Cap'n Toby
Original Airdate: June 1, 2001
Written by ?
Directed by ?
The boys investigation into two mysterious murders turn them to the set of the New Cap'n Toby Show (which, by the way, the original was Langly's favorite show as a kid), with suspicions that the murderer is none other than Cap'n Toby himself!

1.13. The Truth About Yves
Original Airdate: May 11, 2001
Written by ?
Directed by ?
In the season finale, information from a familiar face leads the boys to suspect that Yves is involved in a rogue government agency harboring sensitive secrets.
MICHAEL McKEAN AND THE X-FILES' DAVID DUCHOVNY GUEST STAR.