Why did Fox cancel the cross X-Files files for the only militants

Richard Langley (Dean Haglong), Melfin Fruheik (Tom Praidwood), and John Fitzgerald Bayers (Bruce Harwood)-known as the only militants-in the “X-Files” episode called “EBE” (February 18, 1994). They were the very intense obsessive who spent their days looking at conspiracy theories, and they often find (deceptive) evidence of their existence. Fox Mold (David Doshovny) has investigated conspiracies, and will sometimes turn into the only militants to give the credibility of his investigations. However, the gunmen were comic comfort, which were presented as a more than one -highest counterpart to Mulder. Regardless of Wilde Mold, with his talk about foreigners, monsters, and governmental jams, the militants surpassed him in the madness of greatness and conspiracy hypotheses.

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Gunmen 40 episodes of “X Files” in general (Including in The strange revival seasons on the last day) And many fans love them. They were a strange warning of what Fox Mold would become, if he allowed himself to lose in conspiracy theories. The militants had actual spy skills, of course, but there is no actual cold. They were able and embarrassed at the same time. They have made a great break for the usual funerary tone for “X files”.

They also had their own TV series in 2001, and it was the giant flipping. “The Lone Gunmen” ran on Fox from March 4 to June 1, as it lasted only 13 episodes before canceling it. Of course, there was definitely enough “X-Files Files” in 2001-but “Sillier” from the science fiction series known for its foggy in a foggyman was not well received. The offer was canceled just because no one was set. The co -founder Vince Gilligan has been asked about the “only gunmen” several times over the years, and he raises the parade failure in the bad time; It is actually very proud of the offer.

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In 2015 with “X-Files” fan “x-files dictionary,” Gilijan was asked about the lessons that he might have taken from the short -term nature of the “only militants”, and he said there are no lessons for learning. He loved what he did, and felt that he was the series of the series from the first episode. He said:

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“I have such a promise to” the only militants. “I think it has ended very soon.The only gunmen It was canceled after its first season. What did you learn from doing this program? I get a good number of people who ask, “What will you do differently?” The answer is that I will not do anything differently. ‘The only gunmen To this day, I am still proud of it, and I will always be proud. ”

Then he assumed that “you can not really know if the offer would work for an audience,” saying that the timing was bad. But he did not think, for one second, that “the only gunmen” was a bad offer. Repeat his point of view in Time magazine interview from the same year. In that interview, he said Timing TV is like the timing of the stock market: it cannot be done.

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If anything, the tone is suspended. “The Lone Gunmen” was, in general, a comedy chain. The three leading characters (Haglund, Braidwood and Harwood all were embarrassing and funny, and they often plots with a strange strange determination. Unlike “X Files”, there was no super component for “the only militants”, adherence closer to terrorist conspiracies, government cover -up, and illegal monitoring. They were joined by an overwhelming “hero” type, handsome named Jimmy Bond (Stephen Sneiden), and a rival of Krman -like cartoons called Yves Adelelo (Zolika Robinson). Note that “Yves Adele Harlow” is a “Lee Harvey Oswald” suite.

“The Lone Gunmen” was not hit somewhat in its time, unfortunately, but it was released on DVD. Unfortunately, the show concluded that the offer is somewhat cursed with a little bad time in particular. In the experimental episode of the exhibition – which was broadcast in March 2001 – the teasli finds a conspiracy that includes members of the American government who are trying to kidnap a plane. Then the rogue terrorists planned to transport the plane to the World Trade Center towers in New York. The idea was, as soon as the towers were destroyed, the irregular terrorist groups will be blamed, and a new new war will be started on terrorism, allowing the government to keep the war bodies that they built during the Cold War.

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The peak of the pilot episode included armed men sitting on a plane because it is heading towards a global trade tower. They were able to change the course of the plane at the last minute.

The “only gunmen” proved that it is strange in a strange way, of course. Just six months after broadcasting the episodeWorld Trade Towers have been destroyed by the actual kidnappers. Then, in the following months, the George W. Bush administration has already began a war on terrorism that erupted decades ago. The “only gunmen” was not just fluctuating in his initial career. Rather, strange and violent coincidences in their experimental episode had left the stained series of the best part of the contract; Certainly, no network will want to run the September 11 episode for a period of no less than a decade.

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However, in 2025, it may have passed enough, and the fans will be ready to discover the chain again. “The Lone Gunmen” was a strange footnote to “X files”, but it was a high -quality chain with its own tone.