List of Millennium episodes

Millennium was created by screenwriter Chris Carter (left) and starred Lance Henriksen (right).

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]

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	22		October 25, 1996 (1996-10-25)	May 16, 1997 (1997-05-16)
2	23		September 19, 1997 (1997-09-19)	May 15, 1998 (1998-05-15)
3	22		October 2, 1998 (1998-10-02)	May 21, 1999 (1999-05-21)
The X-Files – "Millennium"			November 28, 1999 (1999-11-28)

Episodes

Season 1 (1996–97)

Main article: Millennium (season 1)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	David Nutter	Chris Carter	October 25, 1996 (1996-10-25)	4C79	17.72[10]
2	2	"Gehenna"	David Nutter	Chris Carter	November 1, 1996 (1996-11-01)	4C01	7.9[11][nb 1]
3	3	"Dead Letters"	Thomas J. Wright	Glen Morgan & James Wong	November 8, 1996 (1996-11-08)	4C02	7.76[11]
4	4	"The Judge"	Randall Zisk	Ted Mann	November 15, 1996 (1996-11-15)	4C04	7.37[11]
5	5	"522666"	David Nutter	Glen Morgan & James Wong	November 22, 1996 (1996-11-22)	4C05	7.76[11]
6	6	"Kingdom Come"	Winrich Kolbe	Jorge Zamacona	November 29, 1996 (1996-11-29)	4C03	7[11]
7	7	"Blood Relatives"	Jim Charleston	Chip Johannessen	December 6, 1996 (1996-12-06)	4C06	7.3[11]
8	8	"The Well-Worn Lock"	Ralph Hemecker	Chris Carter	December 20, 1996 (1996-12-20)	4C07	6.6[11]
9	9	"Wide Open"	Jim Charleston	Charles Holland	January 3, 1997 (1997-01-03)	4C08	6.7[11]
10	10	"The Wild and the Innocent"	Thomas J. Wright	Jorge Zamacona	January 10, 1997 (1997-01-10)	4C10	6.9[11]
11	11	"Weeds"	Michael Pattinson	Frank Spotnitz	January 24, 1997 (1997-01-24)	4C09	7.37[11]
12	12	"Loin Like a Hunting Flame"	David Nutter	Ted Mann	January 31, 1997 (1997-01-31)	4C11	7.76[11]
13	13	"Force Majeure"	Winrich Kolbe	Chip Johannessen	February 7, 1997 (1997-02-07)	4C12	6.9[13]
14	14	"The Thin White Line"	Thomas J. Wright	Glen Morgan & James Wong	February 14, 1997 (1997-02-14)	4C13	6.6[14]
15	15	"Sacrament"	Michael W. Watkins	Frank Spotnitz	February 21, 1997 (1997-02-21)	4C14	6.81[15]
16	16	"Covenant"	Roderick J. Pridy	Robert Moresco	March 21, 1997 (1997-03-21)	4C16	6.7[16]
17	17	"Walkabout"	Cliff Bole	Chip Johannessen & Tim Tankosic	March 28, 1997 (1997-03-28)	4C15	6.1[17]
18	18	"Lamentation"	Winrich Kolbe	Chris Carter	April 18, 1997 (1997-04-18)	4C17	6.7[18]
19	19	"Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions"	Thomas J. Wright	Ted Mann & Harold Rosenthal	April 25, 1997 (1997-04-25)	4C18	6.5[19]
20	20	"Broken World"	Winrich Kolbe	Robert Moresco & Patrick Harbinson	May 2, 1997 (1997-05-02)	4C19	6.6[20]
21	21	"Maranatha"	Peter Markle	Chip Johannessen	May 9, 1997 (1997-05-09)	4C20	6.5[21]
22	22	"Paper Dove"	Thomas J. Wright	Ted Mann & Walon Green	May 16, 1997 (1997-05-16)	4C21	6.4[22]

Season 2 (1997–98)

Main article: Millennium (season 2)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
23	1	"The Beginning and the End"	Thomas J. Wright	Glen Morgan & James Wong	September 19, 1997 (1997-09-19)	5C01	7.15[23][nb 2]
24	2	"Beware of the Dog"	Allen Coulter	Glen Morgan & James Wong	September 26, 1997 (1997-09-26)	5C02	6.37[24]
25	3	"Sense and Antisense"	Thomas J. Wright	Chip Johannessen	October 3, 1997 (1997-10-03)	5C03	6.59[25]
26	4	"Monster"	Perry Lang	Glen Morgan & James Wong	October 17, 1997 (1997-10-17)	5C04	5.88[26]
27	5	"A Single Blade of Grass"	Rodman Flender	Erin Maher & Kay Reindl	October 24, 1997 (1997-10-24)	5C05	6.57[27]
28	6	"The Curse of Frank Black"	Ralph Hemecker	Glen Morgan & James Wong	October 31, 1997 (1997-10-31)	5C07	5.59[28]
29	7	"19:19"	Thomas J. Wright	Glen Morgan & James Wong	November 7, 1997 (1997-11-07)	5C06	5.98[29]
30	8	"The Hand of St. Sebastian"	Thomas J. Wright	Glen Morgan & James Wong	November 14, 1997 (1997-11-14)	5C08	6.57[30]
31	9	"Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense"	Darin Morgan	Darin Morgan	November 21, 1997 (1997-11-21)	5C09	5.49[31]
32	10	"Midnight of the Century"	Dwight Little	Kay Reindl & Erin Maher	December 19, 1997 (1997-12-19)	5C11	5.19[32]
33	11	"Goodbye Charlie"	Ken Fink	Richard Whitley	January 9, 1998 (1998-01-09)	5C10	5.49[33]
34	12	"Luminary"	Thomas J. Wright	Chip Johannessen	January 23, 1998 (1998-01-23)	5C12	5.59[34]
35	13	"The Mikado"	Roderick Pridy	Michael R. Perry	February 6, 1998 (1998-02-06)	5C13	5.29[35]
36	14	"The Pest House"	Allen Coulter	Glen Morgan & James Wong	February 27, 1998 (1998-02-27)	5C15	5.59[36]
37	15	"Owls"	Thomas J. Wright	Glen Morgan & James Wong	March 6, 1998 (1998-03-06)	5C14	5.39[37]
38	16	"Roosters"	Thomas J. Wright	Glen Morgan & James Wong	March 13, 1998 (1998-03-13)	5C16	5.29[38]
39	17	"Siren"	Allen Coulter	Glen Morgan & James Wong	March 20, 1998 (1998-03-20)	5C17	5.68[39]
40	18	"In Arcadia Ego"	Thomas J. Wright	Chip Johannessen	April 3, 1998 (1998-04-03)	5C18	5.39[40]
41	19	"Anamnesis"	John Peter Kousakis	Kay Reindl & Erin Maher	April 17, 1998 (1998-04-17)	5C19	5.2[41]
42	20	"A Room with No View"	Thomas J. Wright	Ken Horton	April 24, 1998 (1998-04-24)	5C20	4.7[42]
43	21	"Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me"	Darin Morgan	Darin Morgan	May 1, 1998 (1998-05-01)	5C21	5.59[43]
44	22	"The Fourth Horseman"	Dwight Little	Glen Morgan & James Wong	May 8, 1998 (1998-05-08)	5C22	4.61[44]
45	23	"The Time Is Now"	Thomas J. Wright	Glen Morgan & James Wong	May 15, 1998 (1998-05-15)	5C23	4.8[45]

Season 3 (1998–99)

Main article: Millennium (season 3)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
46	1	"The Innocents"	Thomas J. Wright	Michael Duggan	October 2, 1998 (1998-10-02)	3ABC01	5.17[46][nb 3]
47	2	"Exegesis"	Ralph Hemecker	Chip Johannessen	October 9, 1998 (1998-10-09)	3ABC02	4.47[47]
48	3	"TEOTWAWKI"	Thomas J. Wright	Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz	October 16, 1998 (1998-10-16)	3ABC03	4.77[48]
49	4	"Closure"	Daniel Sackheim	Larry Andries	October 23, 1998 (1998-10-23)	3ABC04	5.07[48]
50	5	"...Thirteen Years Later"	Thomas J. Wright	Michael R. Perry	October 30, 1998 (1998-10-30)	3ABC05	5.37[49]
51	6	"Skull and Bones"	Paul Shapiro	Chip Johannessen & Ken Horton	November 6, 1998 (1998-11-06)	3ABC06	5.07[50]
52	7	"Through a Glass Darkly"	Thomas J. Wright	Patrick Harbinson	November 13, 1998 (1998-11-13)	3ABC07	5.07[49]
53	8	"Human Essence"	Thomas J. Wright	Michael Duggan	December 11, 1998 (1998-12-11)	3ABC09	4.37[49]
54	9	"Omertà"	Paul Shapiro	Michael R. Perry	December 18, 1998 (1998-12-18)	3ABC08	4.77[51]
55	10	"Borrowed Time"	Dwight Little	Chip Johannessen	January 15, 1999 (1999-01-15)	3ABC10	5.27[51]
56	11	"Collateral Damage"	Thomas J. Wright	Michael R. Perry	January 22, 1999 (1999-01-22)	3ABC11	5.77[51]
57	12	"The Sound of Snow"	Paul Shapiro	Patrick Harbinson	February 5, 1999 (1999-02-05)	3ABC12	4.67[51]
58	13	"Antipas"	Thomas J. Wright	Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz	February 12, 1999 (1999-02-12)	3ABC13	4.57[52]
59	14	"Matryoshka"	Arthur Forney	Erin Maher & Kay Reindl	February 19, 1999 (1999-02-19)	3ABC14	4.57[52]
60	15	"Forcing the End"	Thomas J. Wright	Marjorie David	March 19, 1999 (1999-03-19)	3ABC15	4.08[52]
61	16	"Saturn Dreaming of Mercury"	Paul Shapiro	Chip Johannessen & Jordan Hawley	April 9, 1999 (1999-04-09)	3ABC16	4.17[52]
62	17	"Darwin's Eye"	Ken Fink	Patrick Harbinson	April 16, 1999 (1999-04-16)	3ABC18	3.68[53]
63	18	"Bardo Thodol"	Thomas J. Wright	Chip Johannessen & Virginia Stock	April 23, 1999 (1999-04-23)	3ABC17	3.78[53]
64	19	"Seven and One"	Peter Markle	Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz	April 30, 1999 (1999-04-30)	3ABC19	3.68[53]
65	20	"Nostalgia"	Thomas J. Wright	Michael R. Perry	May 7, 1999 (1999-05-07)	3ABC20	4.47[53]
66	21	"Via Dolorosa"	Paul Shapiro	Marjorie David & Patrick Harbinson	May 14, 1999 (1999-05-14)	3ABC21	4.97[54]
67	22	"Goodbye to All That"	Thomas J. Wright	Ken Horton & Chip Johannessen	May 21, 1999 (1999-05-21)	3ABC22	4.47[54]

"Millennium" (The X-Files) (1999)

Main article: The X-Files (season 7)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
143	4	"Millennium"	Thomas J. Wright	Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz	November 28, 1999 (1999-11-28)	15.09[55]

Notes

1. Each ratings point represented 970,000 households during the 1996–1997 television season.[12]
2. Each ratings point represented 980,000 households during the 1997–1998 television season.[23]
3. Each ratings point represented 994,000 households during the 1998–1999 television season.[46]

Footnotes

1. Order in Chaos, 00:03–00:45
2. Order in Chaos, 00:48–01:51
3. Genge 1997a, pp. 8–9.
4. Adalian, Josef (October 11, 1998). "High-profile dramas skid on Fox, ABC". Variety Magazine. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
5. "People's Choice Awards 1997 Nominees". Procter & Gamble. Archived from the original on March 30, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
6. Soloman, Harvey (September 18, 1997). "Fall Watch; 'Millennium' takes new turn". The Boston Herald. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2012. (subscription required)
7. Wen, Howard (September 9, 1999). "It's not the end of the "Millennium," after all". Salon. Salon Media Group. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
8. Shapiro 2000, pp. 44–54.
9. "Millennium – Complete Season 3 Collection". EzyDVD. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
10. Adalian, Josef (October 11, 1998). "High-profile dramas skid on Fox, ABC". Variety Magazine. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
11. Genge 1997a, p. xviii.
12. Meisler, p. 298
13. Bauder, David (February 13, 1997). "Sunday Night Gives CBS a Boost". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2012. (subscription required)
14. Moore, Frazier (February 21, 1997). "NBC's Thursday Night All-Stars, 'Asteroid' Team up for Big Win". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2012. (subscription required)
15. Moore, Frazier (February 28, 1997). "NBC Boasts Top 7 Shows in Weekly Ratings Battle". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2012. (subscription required)
16. "'Seinfeld,' Friends Push NBC into Lead". Rocky Mountain News. March 27, 1997. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2012. (subscription required)
17. "Oscar-Show Ratings Disappoint but Keep ABC on Top". Rocky Mountain News. April 4, 1997. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2012. (subscription required)
18. Bauder, David (April 24, 1997). "NBC Leads Week of Reruns". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2012. (subscription required)
19. Bauder, Dave (May 1, 1997). "NBC Sustains Grip of Nielsens". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2012. (subscription required)
20. "How They Rate". St. Petersburg Times. May 9, 1997. Retrieved May 11, 2012. (subscription required)
21. "Weekly Nielsen Ratings". The Stuart Times. May 11, 1997. Retrieved May 9, 2012. (subscription required)
22. "CBS, NBC in Ratings Tie". Rocky Mountain News. May 22, 1997. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2012. (subscription required)
23. Bauder, Dave (September 25, 1997). "NBC Holds off Charge By CBS". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2012. (subscription required)
24. Bauder, Dave (October 2, 1997). "'ER'. 'Seineld' Help NBC Remain on Top". Rocky Mountain News. Denver Newspaper Agency. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2012. (subscription required)
25. "Nielsen: Big Three nets each say goodbye to 1 million viewers". San Francisco Chronicle. October 8, 1997. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
26. "Game 2 of Series Slides into Top 10". Rocky Mountain News. Associated Press. October 23, 1997. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2012. (subscription required)
27. Bauder, Dave (October 31, 1997). "Strong Series Finish Boosts NBC". Rocky Mountain News. E. W. Scripps Company. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2012. (subscription required)
28. "'Cinderella' sizzles on ABC". San Francisco Chronicle. November 5, 1997. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
29. Bauder, Dave (November 13, 1997). "'Angel' Helps CBS Tie in Ratings Race". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2012. (subscription required)
30. Bauder, Dave (November 20, 1997). "CBS Squeals Past NBC". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2012. (subscription required)
31. ""Mafia" shoves CBS into top spot". San Francisco Chronicle. November 26, 1997. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
32. "Easy win for NBC". San Francisco Chronicle. December 24, 1997. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
33. "NBC returns to head of the pack". San Francisco Chronicle. January 14, 1998. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
34. "NBC enjoys a super Sunday in ratings". San Francisco Chronicle. January 28, 1998. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
35. Bauder, Dave (February 13, 1998). "Olympics are Gold for CBS". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2012. (subscription required)
36. Bauder, Dave (March 6, 1998). "CBS' Grammys Show Gives NBC a Good Run". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2012. (subscription required)
37. Bauder, Dave (March 12, 1998). "WB Beats Its Own Record". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2012. (subscription required)
38. McLean et al. 2012, p. 486.
39. ""Seinfeld" double-dose boosts NBC to top". San Francisco Chronicle. March 25, 1998. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
40. "CBS on top with NCAA". San Francisco Chronicle. April 8, 1998. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
41. "Prime time Nielsen ratings". Associated Press. April 22, 1998. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2012. (subscription required)
42. "Prime time Nielsen ratings". Associated Press. April 29, 1998. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2012. (subscription required)
43. Bauder, Dave (May 9, 1998). "NBC Pulls a Top-7 'Sweeps' Sweep". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2012. (subscription required)
44. ""Seinfeld" sets ratings record". San Francisco Chronicle. May 13, 1998. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
45. "Prime-rime Nielsen ratings". Associated Press. May 19, 1998. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
46. "Two weeks, two victories for CBS". San Francisco Chronicle. October 7, 1998. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
47. "Baseball battle is great new for NBC". San Francisco Chronicle. October 14, 1998. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
48. McLean et al. 2012, p. 489.
49. McLean et al. 2012, p. 490.
50. "Ratings: NBC squeaks ahead of CBS". San Francisco Chronicle. November 11, 1998. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
51. McLean et al. 2012, p. 491.
52. McLean et al. 2012, p. 492.
53. McLean et al. 2012, p. 493.
54. McLean et al. 2012, p. 494.
55. Shapiro 2000, p. 281.

References

• Chris Carter, Ken Horton, Frank Spotnitz, Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, David Nutter, Mark Snow, John Peter Kousakis, Mark Freeborn, Robert McLachlan, Chip Johannessen and Thomas J. Wright (2004). Order in Chaos: Making Millennium Season One (DVD). Millennium: The Complete First Season: Fox Home Entertainment.
• Genge, N. E. (1997a). Millennium: The Unofficial Companion. Century. ISBN 0-7126-7833-6.
• Shapiro, Marc (2000). All Things: The Official Guide to the X-Files Volume 6. Harper Prism. ISBN 0-06-107611-2.
• Shearman, Robert; Pearson, Lars (2009). Wanting to Believe: A Critical Guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen. Mad Norwegian Press. ISBN 978-0975944691.
• McLean, James; Henriksen, Lance; Spotnitz, Frank; Carter, Chris (2012). Chamberlain, Adam; Dixon, Brian A. (eds.). Back to Frank Black. Fourth Horseman Press. ISBN 978-0988392298.

External links

• Millennium at IMDb