MILLENNIUM
SEASON ONE

"I see what the killer sees"

Frank Black

Retired FBI profiler Frank Black (Hendrikson) is recruited Peter Watts (O'Quinn) to work for the Millennium Group, helping on serial killer cases by getting into the mind of the murder.

Pilot
After ten years as an FBI profiler, Frank Black relocates from Washington to his hometown Seattle with his wife, Catherine, and their daughter, Jordan. However, a series of sexual homicides coaxes him from retirement. He offers his support to Lt. Bob Bletcher, a former colleague with Seattle's Homicide Unit, and is in turn offered the resources of the mysterious Millennium Group, a corps of former law enforcement officers. Blessed - or afflicted - with an uncanny ability enabling him to see the world through the killer's eyes, Frank must pursue the murderer through Seattle's underground scene and stop his killing spree.

Gehenna
Frank investigates a cult and its powerful leader.

Dead Letters
Against the initial resistance of the Group, Frank travels to Portland, Oregon, to investigate a murder at an animal shelter. He meets with Jim Horn, a profiler and candidate for the Millennium Group. But Horn is distracted by his imminent divorce, and there is tension between him and Frank. When the killer strikes again, Horn is losing control, and Frank not only has to catch the killer who leaves grisly messages on his victims, but he has to contend with Horn as well who is more than ready to stop the murderer with terminal prejudice.

The Judge
When Annie Tisman opens a parcel containing a human tongue, Bob Bletcher asks Frank Black for help. This is the fourth package within the last four years containing fingers or other members cut from living victims - but no bodies were ever found.

522666
Frank and Peter assist an FBI investigation of a serial bomber in Washington, D.C. Kingdom Come A man performing medieval tortures on holy men is hunted by Frank Black.

Blood Relatives
A boy who exploits grieving families is at the center of an investigation when murders start to occur at funerals.

The Well-Worn Lock
Catherine helps a woman who was sexually abused by her father.

Wide Open
A young girl is forced to watch as her parents are brutally murdered. Frank must stop the killer before he can strike again.

The Wild And The Innocent
Frank and Peter track a girl and her murderous boyfriend who are looking for the baby her father sold to a childless couple.

Weeds
Frank investigates a series of abductions in a small specially designed private community. The abductor makes his victims pay for the hidden sins of their fathers.

Loin Like A Hunting Flame
Frank Black and the Millennium Group investigate a series of bizarre sex crimes. Force Majeure Frank investigates a series of suicides that may be connected to a celestial alignment that will occur on May 5th, 2000.

The Thin White Line
Frank must relive the past as he interviews a murderer he locked away years ago in order to catch the killer's copycat protégé.

Sacrament
Frank's sister-in-law is abducted from her child's baptism and Frank searches for the killer.

Covenant
A man confesses to murdering his family, but Frank doesn't believe him.

Walkabout
Frank wakes up in an alley with both memory loss and the strange feeling that someone was murdered.

Lamentation
Frank investigates the disappearance of a former nemesis, Dr. Ephraim Fabricant, and learns that his family may be the target of a murderer.

Powers, Principalities, Thrones And Dominions
Frank and Peter investigate a series of satanic murders and get caught in a battle between good and evil.

Broken World
Frank tries to stop a killer of horses before he escalates.

Maranatha
Frank and Peter track a Russian killer with links to Chernobyl. They discover that he might be the Antichrist.

Paper Dove
Frank tries to clear the man who accidentally might have murdered his wife.

Series creator Chris Carter moves away from aliens, conspiracies and the supernatural to concentrate on the evils of man in Millennium.

One of the darkest and most graphic portrayals of serial killers ever to grace TV, the series pulled no punches when it came to taking you inside the mind of a deranged murder. Through flashes of insight into the killer's mindset, you caught a glimpse of how these troubled minds saw world and their victims.

Taking you on this journey is retired FBI profiler Frank Black, a man who can put himself into the mind of the killer. Through years of training and working on these cases, Frank has the ability literally see the motivations of the insane by inspecting the victims or investigating the murder scene. This has taken a toll on the man however, making him quit the FBI and move back to his hometown of Seattle with his family.

Lance Hendrikson brilliantly brings Frank Black to live and creates one of the great TV investigators of all time. A veteran film actor, he makes the transition to the small screen with ease brings a certain amount of class to the production. Hendrikson makes the character instantly believable as he struggles to cope with his gift that is increasingly becoming a curse. He is helped by the cinematic production values of the show that makes each episode feel more like a mini movie than a TV series.

The series has also gathered an excellent ensemble. Terry O'Quinn, a Chris Carter regular, is Peter Watts, the Millennium Group contact for Frank and a man who holds most of his cards to his chest. He plays the superbly well because as the series progresses you find yourself trusting him less and less. This is all accredited to his excellent talents. Bob Smithrovich is Lt. Bob Bletcher, Frank's old friend from his time in the Seattle PD and a man who struggles to accept Frank's methods until he is witnesses them first hand. Megan Gallagher is also good as Catherine Black, Frank's wife and salvation, along with their daughter Jordan (Brittany Tiplady). She plays the character with a great sensitivity, as she tries to cope with what her husband does and the repercussions that come from it.

The first season of Millennium was arguably one of the best show premieres ever to hit television. Never before had such dark and gritty material been crammed into a weekly series and it gripped you from the off. Unfairly compared to Chris Carter's monster hit The X-Files, this was a completely different animal with only the FBI connection bringing them together. Where Mulder and Scully dealt with the fantastical, Frank Black had to contend with real evil, committed by people who could be prowling the streets as you read this review.

From the amazing pilot to the cliff hanging series finale, Millennium is a roller coaster ride for the senses that will terrify and enthral you. This is the true definition of must see television.