Unusual Suspects

"Unusual Suspects" is the third episode aired in the fifth season of The X-Files. This episode reveals the origins of the Lone Gunmen, and is a cross-over with the series Homicide: Life on the Street. At a Baltimore warehouse in 1989, a SWAT team breaks in, finding a naked, disoriented Mulder in a box, shouting, "They're Here!" Three men attempt to flee the scene and are captured; they are revealed to be the Lone Gunmen. As they sit in a city jai... more

"Unusual Suspects" is the third episode aired in the fifth season of The X-Files. This episode reveals the origins of the Lone Gunmen, and is a cross-over with the series Homicide: Life on the Street. At a Baltimore warehouse in 1989, a SWAT team breaks in, finding a naked, disoriented Mulder in a box, shouting, "They're Here!" Three men attempt to flee the scene and are captured; they are revealed to be the Lone Gunmen. As they sit in a city jail, they begin blaming each other for the predicament they are in. Detective John Munch interrogates Byers, who tries to explain what happened. Byers tells Munch that he is a public affairs officer for the FCC, and had attended a computer and electronics convention. Byers follows a beautiful woman who passes by his booth; he also passes by booths manned by Frohike and Langly. When Byers bumps into her, she introduces herself as Holly and says that her daughter has been kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend, who is in the Baltimore area. The only clue... less