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The Lone Gunmen\r\nEpisode 1: Pilot<\/p>\r\n
In\r\nwhich the intrepid conspiracy theorists, led by Byers not-so-dead father,<\/b><\/p>\r\n
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Byers: [voiceover] <\/i>\"My name is John\r\n Fitzgerald Byers. I was named after our 35th president, and I keep\r\n having this beautiful dream. In my dream, the events of November\r\n 22nd, 1963, never happened. In it, my namesake was never\r\n assassinated. Other things are different, too, in my dream. My\r\n country is hopeful and innocent; young again. Young in spirit. My\r\n fellow citizens trust their elected officials, never once having\r\n been betrayed by them. My government is truly 'of the people, by the\r\n people, for the people'. All my hopes for my country, for myself...\r\n all are fulfilled. I have everything a person could want; home and\r\n family... and love. Everything that counts for anything in life... I\r\n have it. But the dream ends the same way every time. I lose it\r\n all.\" [Byers is left standing alone in the desert holding a\r\n wedding ring]<\/i><\/p>\r\n \r\n \r\n
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Mythology
\r\n <\/b> Chris Carter says: \r\n \"Every show I do I seem to introduce a \"myth arc.\" It kind of\r\n comes about on its own.... Something I learned with HR is not to introduce it too\r\n soon. Give people a chance to get to know the characters and setup.... before you get into the heavy stuff. <\/p>\r\n
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Lone\r\n Gunmen\r\n Episode 1 - Not Really A Pilot<\/p>\r\n
...but\r\n a story about a pilotless hijacking
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Ashes\r\n supposedly belonging to Byers' father are launched in an Estes rocket<\/b>\r\n at the<\/b>\r\n conclusion of his funeral as\r\n his Company brethren look on <\/b><\/p>\r\n
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1AEB79 Pilot
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\r\n Rating: 13 million
\r\n Air Date: March 4, 2001
\r\n Written By: Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, and Frank Spotnitz
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A\r\n father-son reunion and chat about scenario 12-D<\/b> <\/p>\r\n
Byers is surprised by his father as he goes through\r\n his house looking for clues to his disappearance. His father is less\r\n than happy to be found, knowing that Overlord will use his son to find\r\n him. Confronting his father with his suspicions that Scenario 12-D\r\n is connected to his disappearance, Byers learns of an impending staged\r\n terrorist action, the bombing of a domestic airliner.<\/p>\r\n
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An unscheduled stop at the\r\n corner of Liberty and Washington...<\/b><\/p>\r\n
Boarding the plane expecting to find a bomb, \r\n they learn that the plane is<\/u> the bomb, and is being flown by remote\r\n control. Hacking into the plane's navigational computer, Langley and\r\n Frohike learn its true destination.<\/p>\r\n
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Flying\r\n by wireless - <\/b> Byers' father breaks into the cockpit and turns off the\r\n autopilot to convince the pilot that he is not in control of the\r\n plane. Back in Tacoma Park Langly struggles to decrypt the control\r\n signal but \"my CPU's are pegged!\" <\/p>\r\n
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Final\r\n Approach <\/b> -<\/b> The plane is closing rapidly on the WTC North\r\n Tower. The pilots struggle vainly to override the remote control\r\n signal, while Langly struggles to decrypt it. Frohike has gone to\r\n plead with Yves, who has the \"Octium\" chip stolen at the opening\r\n of the episode. After he threatens to divulge her true identity (her\r\n full name is an anagram of \"Lee Harvey Oswald\", though it is\r\n never clear what this implies) she agrees to\r\n patch in with her superchip and help them decrypt the signal. Somehow magically joining\r\n forces with Langley in the few seconds remaining (Maryland must have\r\n really good DSL connections) remote control is defeated in a predictable\r\n but nicely-done CGI near miss.<\/p>\r\n
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