Millennium is an American crime-thriller television series which was broadcast between 1996 and 1999. Created by Chris Carter, the series aired on Fox for three seasons with a total of sixty-seven episodes. Millennium starred Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Klea Scott, and Brittany Tiplady. Henriksen portrayed Frank Black, an offender profiler who worked for the Millennium Group, a private investigative organisation. Black retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to move his wife (Gallagher) and daughter (Tiplady) to Seattle, where he began to consult on criminal cases for the Group. After his wife's death, he returned to the FBI to work with new partner Emma Hollis (Scott) to discredit the Group.
Millennium's genesis stemmed from "Irresistible", a second-season episode of The X-Files penned by Carter. [1] Influence was also drawn from the works of Nostradamus, and the increasing popular interest in eschatology ahead of the coming millennium. [2] The series began airing in the Friday timeslot formerly occupied by The X-Files. [3] "Pilot", the debut episode, was heavily promoted by Fox, and brought in over a quarter of the total audience during its broadcast. [4]
The series also attracted a high degree of critical praise, earning a People's Choice Award for "Favorite New TV Dramatic Series" in its first year. [5] At the beginning of the second season, Carter handed over control of the series to Glen Morgan and James Wong, with whom he had previously worked on both Millennium's first season and several seasons of The X-Files. [6] Despite its promising start, however, ratings for Millennium after the pilot remained consistently low, and it was cancelled after three seasons. [7] However, an episode of The X-Files' seventh season, titled "Millennium", was written to bookend the series; [8] the episode was later included in home releases of the third season. [9]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release dates | ||||
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Season premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||
1 | 22 | October 25, 1996 [10] | May 16, 1997 [11] | July 20, 2004 [12] | July 12, 2004 [13] | February 2, 2005 [14] | |
2 | 23 | September 19, 1997 [15] | May 15, 1998 [16] | January 4, 2005 [12] | September 27, 2004 [17] | October 4, 2006 [18] | |
3 | 22 | October 2, 1998 [19] | May 21, 1999 [20] | September 6, 2005 [12] | October 25, 2004 [21] | October 4, 2006 [9] | |
The X-Files – "Millennium" | 1 | November 28, 1999 [22] | May 13, 2003 [23] | September 22, 2003 [24] | October 20, 2003 [25] | ||
The Complete Series | 67 [nb 1] | — | October 28, 2008 [12] | October 25, 2004 [26] | June 20, 2012 [27] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | David Nutter | Chris Carter | October 25, 1996 | 4C79 | 17.72 [28] |
2 | 2 | "Gehenna" | David Nutter | Chris Carter | November 1, 1996 | 4C01 | 7.9 [29] [nb 2] |
3 | 3 | "Dead Letters" | Thomas J. Wright | Glen Morgan & James Wong | November 8, 1996 | 4C02 | 7.76 [29] |
4 | 4 | "The Judge" | Randall Zisk | Ted Mann | November 15, 1996 | 4C04 | 7.37 [29] |
5 | 5 | "522666" | David Nutter | Glen Morgan & James Wong | November 22, 1996 | 4C05 | 7.76 [29] |
6 | 6 | "Kingdom Come" | Winrich Kolbe | Jorge Zamacona | November 29, 1996 | 4C03 | 7 [29] |
7 | 7 | "Blood Relatives" | Jim Charleston | Chip Johannessen | December 6, 1996 | 4C06 | 7.3 [29] |
8 | 8 | "The Well-Worn Lock" | Ralph Hemecker | Chris Carter | December 20, 1996 | 4C07 | 6.6 [29] |
9 | 9 | "Wide Open" | Jim Charleston | Charles Holland | January 3, 1997 | 4C08 | 6.7 [29] |
10 | 10 | "The Wild and the Innocent" | Thomas J. Wright | Jorge Zamacona | January 10, 1997 | 4C10 | 6.9 [29] |
11 | 11 | "Weeds" | Michael Pattinson | Frank Spotnitz | January 24, 1997 | 4C09 | 7.37 [29] |
12 | 12 | "Loin Like a Hunting Flame" | David Nutter | Ted Mann | January 31, 1997 | 4C11 | 7.76 [29] |
13 | 13 | "Force Majeure" | Winrich Kolbe | Chip Johannessen | February 7, 1997 | 4C12 | 6.9 [31] |
14 | 14 | "The Thin White Line" | Thomas J. Wright | Glen Morgan & James Wong | February 14, 1997 | 4C13 | 6.6 [32] |
15 | 15 | "Sacrament" | Michael W. Watkins | Frank Spotnitz | February 21, 1997 | 4C14 | 6.81 [33] |
16 | 16 | "Covenant" | Roderick J. Pridy | Robert Moresco | March 21, 1997 | 4C16 | 6.7 [34] |
17 | 17 | "Walkabout" | Cliff Bole | Chip Johannessen & Tim Tankosic | March 28, 1997 | 4C15 | 6.1 [35] |
18 | 18 | "Lamentation" | Winrich Kolbe | Chris Carter | April 18, 1997 | 4C17 | 6.7 [36] |
19 | 19 | "Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions" | Thomas J. Wright | Ted Mann & Harold Rosenthal | April 25, 1997 | 4C18 | 6.5 [37] |
20 | 20 | "Broken World" | Winrich Kolbe | Robert Moresco & Patrick Harbinson | May 2, 1997 | 4C19 | 6.6 [38] |
21 | 21 | "Maranatha" | Peter Markle | Chip Johannessen | May 9, 1997 | 4C20 | 6.5 [39] |
22 | 22 | "Paper Dove" | Thomas J. Wright | Ted Mann & Walon Green | May 16, 1997 | 4C21 | 6.4 [40] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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23 | 1 | "The Beginning and the End" | Thomas J. Wright | Glen Morgan & James Wong | September 19, 1997 | 5C01 | 7.15 [41] [nb 3] |
24 | 2 | "Beware of the Dog" | Allen Coulter | Glen Morgan & James Wong | September 26, 1997 | 5C02 | 6.37 [42] |
25 | 3 | "Sense and Antisense" | Thomas J. Wright | Chip Johannessen | October 3, 1997 | 5C03 | 6.59 [43] |
26 | 4 | "Monster" | Perry Lang | Glen Morgan & James Wong | October 17, 1997 | 5C04 | 5.88 [44] |
27 | 5 | "A Single Blade of Grass" | Rodman Flender | Erin Maher & Kay Reindl | October 24, 1997 | 5C05 | 6.57 [45] |
28 | 6 | "The Curse of Frank Black" | Ralph Hemecker | Glen Morgan & James Wong | October 31, 1997 | 5C07 | 5.59 [46] |
29 | 7 | "19:19" | Thomas J. Wright | Glen Morgan & James Wong | November 7, 1997 | 5C06 | 5.98 [47] |
30 | 8 | "The Hand of St. Sebastian" | Thomas J. Wright | Glen Morgan & James Wong | November 14, 1997 | 5C08 | 6.57 [48] |
31 | 9 | "Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense" | Darin Morgan | Darin Morgan | November 21, 1997 | 5C09 | 5.49 [49] |
32 | 10 | "Midnight of the Century" | Dwight Little | Kay Reindl & Erin Maher | December 19, 1997 | 5C11 | 5.19 [50] |
33 | 11 | "Goodbye Charlie" | Ken Fink | Richard Whitley | January 9, 1998 | 5C10 | 5.49 [51] |
34 | 12 | "Luminary" | Thomas J. Wright | Chip Johannessen | January 23, 1998 | 5C12 | 5.59 [52] |
35 | 13 | "The Mikado" | Roderick Pridy | Michael R. Perry | February 6, 1998 | 5C13 | 5.29 [53] |
36 | 14 | "The Pest House" | Allen Coulter | Glen Morgan & James Wong | February 27, 1998 | 5C15 | 5.59 [54] |
37 | 15 | "Owls" | Thomas J. Wright | Glen Morgan & James Wong | March 6, 1998 | 5C14 | 5.39 [55] |
38 | 16 | "Roosters" | Thomas J. Wright | Glen Morgan & James Wong | March 13, 1998 | 5C16 | 5.29 [56] |
39 | 17 | "Siren" | Allen Coulter | Glen Morgan & James Wong | March 20, 1998 | 5C17 | 5.68 [57] |
40 | 18 | "In Arcadia Ego" | Thomas J. Wright | Chip Johannessen | April 3, 1998 | 5C18 | 5.39 [58] |
41 | 19 | "Anamnesis" | John Peter Kousakis | Kay Reindl & Erin Maher | April 17, 1998 | 5C19 | 5.2 [59] |
42 | 20 | "A Room with No View" | Thomas J. Wright | Ken Horton | April 24, 1998 | 5C20 | 4.7 [60] |
43 | 21 | "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me" | Darin Morgan | Darin Morgan | May 1, 1998 | 5C21 | 5.59 [61] |
44 | 22 | "The Fourth Horseman" | Dwight Little | Glen Morgan & James Wong | May 8, 1998 | 5C22 | 4.61 [62] |
45 | 23 | "The Time Is Now" | Thomas J. Wright | Glen Morgan & James Wong | May 15, 1998 | 5C23 | 4.8 [63] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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46 | 1 | "The Innocents" | Thomas J. Wright | Michael Duggan | October 2, 1998 | 3ABC01 | 5.17 [64] [nb 4] |
47 | 2 | "Exegesis" | Ralph Hemecker | Chip Johannessen | October 9, 1998 | 3ABC02 | 4.47 [65] |
48 | 3 | "TEOTWAWKI" | Thomas J. Wright | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | October 16, 1998 | 3ABC03 | 4.77 [66] |
49 | 4 | "Closure" | Daniel Sackheim | Larry Andries | October 23, 1998 | 3ABC04 | 5.07 [66] |
50 | 5 | "...Thirteen Years Later" | Thomas J. Wright | Michael R. Perry | October 30, 1998 | 3ABC05 | 5.37 [67] |
51 | 6 | "Skull and Bones" | Paul Shapiro | Chip Johannessen & Ken Horton | November 6, 1998 | 3ABC06 | 5.07 [68] |
52 | 7 | "Through a Glass Darkly" | Thomas J. Wright | Patrick Harbinson | November 13, 1998 | 3ABC07 | 5.07 [67] |
53 | 8 | "Human Essence" | Thomas J. Wright | Michael Duggan | December 11, 1998 | 3ABC09 | 4.37 [67] |
54 | 9 | "Omertà" | Paul Shapiro | Michael R. Perry | December 18, 1998 | 3ABC08 | 4.77 [69] |
55 | 10 | "Borrowed Time" | Dwight Little | Chip Johannessen | January 15, 1999 | 3ABC10 | 5.27 [69] |
56 | 11 | "Collateral Damage" | Thomas J. Wright | Michael R. Perry | January 22, 1999 | 3ABC11 | 5.77 [69] |
57 | 12 | "The Sound of Snow" | Paul Shapiro | Patrick Harbinson | February 5, 1999 | 3ABC12 | 4.67 [69] |
58 | 13 | "Antipas" | Thomas J. Wright | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | February 12, 1999 | 3ABC13 | 4.57 [70] |
59 | 14 | "Matryoshka" | Arthur Forney | Erin Maher & Kay Reindl | February 19, 1999 | 3ABC14 | 4.57 [70] |
60 | 15 | "Forcing the End" | Thomas J. Wright | Marjorie David | March 19, 1999 | 3ABC15 | 4.08 [70] |
61 | 16 | "Saturn Dreaming of Mercury" | Paul Shapiro | Chip Johannessen & Jordan Hawley | April 9, 1999 | 3ABC16 | 4.17 [70] |
62 | 17 | "Darwin's Eye" | Ken Fink | Patrick Harbinson | April 16, 1999 | 3ABC18 | 3.68 [71] |
63 | 18 | "Bardo Thodol" | Thomas J. Wright | Chip Johannessen & Virginia Stock | April 23, 1999 | 3ABC17 | 3.78 [71] |
64 | 19 | "Seven and One" | Peter Markle | Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz | April 30, 1999 | 3ABC19 | 3.68 [71] |
65 | 20 | "Nostalgia" | Thomas J. Wright | Michael R. Perry | May 7, 1999 | 3ABC20 | 4.47 [71] |
66 | 21 | "Via Dolorosa" | Paul Shapiro | Marjorie David & Patrick Harbinson | May 14, 1999 | 3ABC21 | 4.97 [72] |
67 | 22 | "Goodbye to All That" | Thomas J. Wright | Ken Horton & Chip Johannessen | May 21, 1999 | 3ABC22 | 4.47 [72] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
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143 | 4 | "Millennium" | Thomas J. Wright | Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz | November 28, 1999 | 15.09 [73] |
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)The first season of the serial crime-thriller television series Millennium commenced airing in the United States on October 25, 1996, concluding on May 16, 1997, and consisting of twenty-two episodes. It tells the story of retired FBI Agent Frank Black. Black has moved to Seattle, Washington with his family and has begun working with a mysterious organization known only as the Millennium Group. He investigates cases with members of the Group and the Seattle Police Department, contributing his remarkable capability of relating to the monsters responsible for horrific crimes. He finds that his daughter has inherited the same "gift" that he has, while the cases become increasingly more personal.
The second season of the serial crime-thriller television series Millennium commenced airing in the United States on September 19, 1997, concluding on May 15, 1998 after airing twenty-three episodes. It tells the story of retired FBI Agent Frank Black. Black lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife Catherine and daughter Jordan. He works for a mysterious organization known as the Millennium Group, investigating murders using his remarkable capability of relating to the monsters responsible for horrific crimes. After killing a man who stalked and kidnapped Catherine, Black faces tension within his family while simultaneously being drawn deeper into the sinister Group.
The third season of the serial crime-thriller television series Millennium commenced airing in the United States on October 2, 1998, and concluded on May 21, 1999 after airing twenty-two episodes. It tells the story of retired FBI Agent Frank Black. Black had previously worked for a private investigative organization, the Millennium Group, but left after the Group unleashed a virus that resulted in the death of Black's wife. Now working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation with agent Emma Hollis, Black seeks to discredit and expose the Group for their sinister motives.
"'Lamentation" is the eighteenth episode of the first season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on April 18, 1997. The episode was written by series creator Chris Carter and directed by Winrich Kolbe. "Lamentation" featured guest appearances by Bill Smitrovich and Alex Diakun, and introduced Sarah-Jane Redmond as Lucy Butler.
"Force Majeure" is the thirteenth episode of the first season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on February 7, 1997. The episode was written by Chip Johannessen and directed by Winrich Kolbe. "Force Majeure" featured guest appearances by Brad Dourif, Morgan Woodward and C. C. H. Pounder.
"'Covenant" is the sixteenth episode of the first season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on March 21, 1997. The episode was written by Robert Moresco, and directed by Roderick J. Pridy. "Covenant" featured guest appearances by John Finn, Michael O'Neill and Sarah Koskoff.
"Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions'" is the nineteenth episode of the first season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on April 25, 1997. The episode was written by Ted Mann and Harold Rosenthal and directed by Thomas J. Wright. "Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions" featured guest appearances by Sarah-Jane Redmond and Richard Cox.
"'Paper Dove" is the twenty-second and final episode of the first season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on May 16, 1997. The episode was written by Ted Mann and Walon Green, and directed by Thomas J. Wright. "Paper Dove" featured guest appearances by Barbara Williams and Mike Starr.
"'The Beginning and the End" is the first episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on September 19, 1997. The episode was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong, and directed by Thomas J. Wright. "The Beginning and the End" featured a guest appearance by Doug Hutchison as the Polaroid Man.
"'Beware of the Dog" is the second episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on September 26, 1997. The episode was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong, and directed by Allen Coulter. "Beware of the Dog" featured guest appearances by Randy Stone and R. G. Armstrong.
"'Monster" is the fourth episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network in the United States on October 17, 1997. The episode was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong and directed by Perry Lang. "Monster" featured guest appearances from Kristen Cloke, Robert Wisden and Chris Owens.
"A Single Blade of Grass" is the fifth episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on October 24, 1997. The episode was written by Kay Reindl and Erin Maher, and directed by Rodman Flender. "A Single Blade of Grass" featured guest appearances by Floyd Red Crow Westerman and Michael Greyeyes.
"The Hand of St. Sebastian" is the eighth episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It originally aired on the Fox network on November 14, 1997. The episode was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong, and directed by Thomas J. Wright. "The Hand of St. Sebastian" featured a guest appearance from C. C. H. Pounder.
"'19:19" is the seventh episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on November 7, 1997. The episode was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong, and directed by Thomas J. Wright. "19:19" featured guest appearances by Kristen Cloke and Christian Hoff.
"'The Mikado" is the thirteenth episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on February 6, 1998. The episode was written by Michael R. Perry and directed Roderick J. Pridy. "The Mikado" featured a guest appearance by Allan Zinyk as Brian Roedecker.
"'The Pest House" is the fourteenth episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on February 27, 1998. The episode was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong, and directed by Allen Coulter. "The Pest House" featured guest appearances by Melinda McGraw, Justin Louis and Michael Massee.
"Owls" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It originally aired on the Fox network on March 6, 1998. The episode was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong, and directed by Thomas J. Wright. "Owls" featured guest appearances by Kristen Cloke, R. G. Armstrong and Kimberly Patton.
"'Siren" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on March 20, 1998. Millennium concerns offender profiler Frank Black as he investigates crimes for the Millennium Group. The episode was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong, and directed Allen Coulter. "Siren" featured guest appearances by Vivian Wu, Tzi Ma and Kristen Cloke.
"In Arcadia Ego" is the eighteenth episode of the second season of the crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on April 3, 1998. The episode was written by Chip Johannessen, and directed by Thomas J. Wright.
"'Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me" is the twenty-first episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on May 1, 1998. The episode was written and directed by Darin Morgan, and featured guest appearances by Bill Macy, Dick Bakalyan and Alex Diakun.
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