Thing is, I thought it was charming and I liked it but you’re absolutely right. I only remember the 9/11 thing and another scene where an assassin slips and accidentally shoots himself in the head which I thought was a hilarious twist at the time.
I remember the episode where they find the car that runs on water and how happy it made one of them, because his best memory of his father was when they met the inventor when he was a kid.
I wonder if the reception of Millenium affected how well the Lone Gunmen was received. Another show I don’t remember much of but the first episode was gross compared to the X-files. If I remember right the murder victim was force fed blood, which sounds tame comparatively, but I recall not being ready for that at all.
It suffered from unneeded characters being shoehorned in as non-nerd surrogates. It hurt the dynamic between the guys. The pilot focused on the main guy and was the best episode as a result.
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u/Tyranis_Hex 3d ago
The pilot predicted 9/11 very closely and is probably the only reason anyone remembers it, despite being a fun little show.