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This Friday on The Lone Gunmen EP 13:The Cap'n Toby Show


** Looks like last weeks 2 parter was concluded on the x-files listed as Jump the Shark. epp 14 on my list**

Aired: 6/1/2001

When two stagehands of the 'Cap'n Toby Show' die on the same day, the Gunmen investigate only to discover the men were FBI agents working in a Chinese intelligence unit. Then the Gunmen find out that kid's show host Cap'n Toby is accused of being a spy, can they clear his name in time?

Michael Eklund weiner man
Tom Poston Cap'n Toby/Fred Tabalowski
Cyia Batten Agent Blythe
Ben Bass John Gillnitz
Douglas Newell Wayne the Puppeteer
Jasmin Dring Captain Toby's Wife
Brian Drummond Lead Agent
Eric Pospisil Young Richard 'Ringo' Langly
Norma Wick Reporter (as Norma Jean Wick)
Darryl Scheelar First Man
Clayton Watmough Second Man
Rekha Sharma First EMT
Zahf Hajee Reporter #2
Jodelle Ferland Mary the Little Girl


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Another good episode. Tom Poston was good as the Cap. I found the hotdog guy very funny. Suck the poison out bit never gets stale so many greats have used this scene in some way or another.
In the opening scene when the guy was beating up the double agent and she raised her hands and shot the poison and killed him, I was thinking I would have laid into the trigger on my gun at least 2 times on the way down as soon as she shot.
They got me pretty good with the Cap speaking Chinese on the phone, it never occurred to me that he could be married to a Chinese woman. Any way good episode.
All in all I give it a 7 on the TLG Scale. One episode to go and then what.?

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I'm still wondering why this show was canceled. This one was pretty good.
The 'suck the poison' was hilarious. Especially with Yves walking in on them.
The Hot Dog guy was also pretty funny.
I liked the suspense. Yves fight scene with her calling 'Rose' a B***h was interesting.
Even the crab puppet guy was funny.
Langly was almost over the top with his childhood memories but it made of some good scenes. Seeing a number of the old childhood classics was cool.
I'll give it an 8.
I'm looking forward to the conclusion of last weeks episode.

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Boy I'm late on this one. As the clock ticks down on this series I too wonder why it was killed. My theory is they were too close when it came to predicting the future. They had to be shut down. I still am amazed how they predicted the strike on the twin towers. Just a little bit creepy. Back to Captain Toby never thought for a moment it could have been him. A lot of funny stuff in this one the Hot Dog man was a trip and the dart thing was good to. He would have been on his own now if it was Eve I would of done the best I could. I had a bad feeling about the Blonde from the start. Thought she was up to no good.

Now that it is almost over I think I will miss the three stooges they really picked it up towards the end.
Going to give this one a 7 on the Gmen scale.

Long live the Gunmen

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Watched this one as No. 12, as it's placed on the DVD set ... so my comments reflect that. Will watch the final one next.

I enjoyed this episode too. Plot kept you guessing, especially when we see Toby talking to his Chinese wife. Why did he pass the mantle onto a "younger" guy who's maybe in his 50s? I think Langley should have been the new Cap'n Toby!

It's interesting to see Yves so chummy with the guys now. She hasn't double-crossed them in the past few episodes and is practically a fifth member of the team.

Liked the idea of the rose-colored glasses to see the secrets, because it explains why the agent wears them. But would that trick really work in the TV broadcast, too? I wonder if the cameras would pick that up or not.

The chick fight at the end was cool, like something out of "Kill Bill."

Can't wait to see the finale ... and then there's the depressing coda.

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