Original Air Date: April 6th, 2001
Synopsis: Peanuts, a super-intelligent military chimp made and trained by the government. Now he wants out of the program and Jimmy gets the Gunmen to help get him out. The Gunmen and Jimmy spring into action when Peanuts alerts them that another super monkey has been brainwashed and sent by the government to assassinate a visiting foreign dignitary.
Written by Vince Gilligan
Directed by John T. Kretchmer
Guest Cast: Edward Woodward as the voice of the Peanuts (or Simon White-Thatch Potentloins) and Himself, Leland Crooke as Dr. Hasslip, Peter Bryant as Lead MP, Bruno Verdoni as Pierre, Forbes Angus as French Foreign Minister, Marco Roy as Aide, Kwesi Ameyaw as 2nd MP Notes:
- The episode's title is a play on the movie "Planet of the Apes."
- Edward Woodward was the lead in the show "The Equalizer." Here he provides the voice of the super-intelligent chimpanzee Peanuts and himself.
- This episode featured the song "Monkey Man" by Toots and the Maytals.
- The name of the simian research center in "Planet of the Frohikes" ("Boulle Behavioural Institute") was named after Pierre Boulle, the author of the 1963 novel, "Planet of the Apes."
- Yves' anagrammatic alias for this episode was "Sara Lee Wheyvold."
- Forbes Angus, the French Trade Minister, is a four-time "The X-Files" alum, playing a government scientist in "Soft Light," the doctor who removes Scully's implant in "The Blessing Way," the Texas coroner in "Bad Blood," and a security guard in "Small Potatoes."
Episode review