8.7/10637 votesLoading...#1 - Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/1998
Four devils gather at a doughnut shop and swap stories about their dealings with mankind.
Director: Darin Morgan
Writer: Darin Morgan
8.6/10469 votesLoading...#2 - Lamentation (1)
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/18/1997
Frank and Bob Bletcher hike across a remote snow-covered mountaintop in the spectacular North Cascades region of Washington State. Their trip is cut short when Frank receives an important page from the FBI.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Chris Carter
8.4/10410 votesLoading...#3 - The Mikado
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/1998
A serial killer uses the internet as a medium for broadcasting his victims' murders.
Director: Roderick J. Pridy
Writer: Michael R. Perry
8.3/10525 votesLoading...#4 - Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1997
Novelist Jose Chung authors a short story critical of a millennial self-help movement... and performs some profiling of his own when a college professor is found murdered.
Director: Darin Morgan
Writer: Darin Morgan
8.3/10342 votesLoading...#5 - The Fourth Horseman (1)
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/1998
In Wisconsin, in 1986, a farmer discovers thousands of dead birds inside his chicken coup warehouse, pools of blood encircling each cage. The farmer races for a phone, but collapses on his hands and knees, black papules having grown over his lymph nodes.
Director: Dwight H. Little
Writer: Glen Morgan, James Wong
8.2/10410 votesLoading...#6 - Midnight of the Century
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/1997
As Christmas approaches... Frank experiences visions from his childhood when Jordan claims to have been visited by the spirit of her dead grandmother.
Director: Dwight H. Little
Writer: Erin Maher, Kay Reindl
8.2/10396 votesLoading...#7 - A Room with No View
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/24/1998
Frank senses that Bletcher's killer is responsible for the disappearance of a teenaged boy.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Ken Horton
8.2/10395 votesLoading...#8 - The Time is Now (2)
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/1998
In this continuation of the previous episode... Jordan, Frank and Catherine bury the dead parakeet, prompting more questions from Jordan regarding God and the hereafter. Later, a Millennium team clad in bioharzard suits sweeps into the Davis home, where earlier an entire family was wiped out by the mysterious virus. Outside the house, in the backyard, are a dozen dead birds of various species.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Glen Morgan, James Wong
8.1/10418 votesLoading...#9 - Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions (2)
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/25/1997
Attorney Al Pepper walks through a supermarket parking lot carrying a bag of groceries. A teenager, Sam, addresses Pepper and extends an open palm. Frank exits the supermarket and sees the two men. Suddenly, a bolt of light emanates from Sam's palm, knocking Pepper to the ground. Frank runs towards the scene, passing through panicking shoppers. When he arrives at Pepper's side, he discovers a handgun lying at Sam's feet.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Ted Mann, Harold Rosenthal
8.1/10376 votesLoading...#10 - Paper Dove (1)
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/1997
Frank is asked by Catherine's father to investigate a case involving a friend whose son has been convicted of murder, and is soon convinced that the murder is linked to a serial killer called The Woodsman. Having claimed his latest victim, the Woodsman takes the body to a secluded campsite, covers the body in plastic, buries her under a pile of leaves and strikes up a conversation. Later, he is given photos by a mysterious stranger and asked to use them as 'targets' for future killings - one of which includes Catherine Black...
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Walon Green
8.0/10685 votesLoading...#11 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/1996
Offender profiler Frank Black, a member of the private investigative organisation Millennium Group, retires to Seattle with his family after a breakdown caused him to quit working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Using his incredible profiling skills, Black helps in an effort to catch a vicious murderer who believes he is fulfilling apocalyptic prophecies.
Director: David Nutter
Writer: Chris Carter
8.0/10400 votesLoading...#12 - Covenant
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/21/1997
Frank travels to Weber County, Utah, where he meets with Prosecutor Calvin Smith. The District Attorney's office convicted Sheriff William Garry of murdering his wife and three children. Garry had confessed to the crime, and his fingerprints were found on the murder weapon, a tool used for carving wood. Now all that remains is for the jury to decide if Garry should receive the death penalty. Smith hopes Frank can develop a psychological profile that will leave no doubt in the jury's mind that Garry is a cold, calculating murderer.
Director: Rod Pridy
Writer: Bobby Moresco
8.0/10402 votesLoading...#13 - The Beginning and the End (2)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1997
After Catherine Black goes missing in the Seattle Airport in the previous episode, Frank Black desperately searches for his wife, who has been abducted by a cunning stalker who is luring him into a trap.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Glen Morgan, James Wong
8.0/10450 votesLoading...#14 - The Curse of Frank Black
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1997
On Halloween, Frank experiences eerie visions and strange events that spark flashbacks to his youth—and a telling encounter with a troubled World War II veteran.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Glen Morgan, James Wong
7.9/10405 votesLoading...#15 - The Thin White Line
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/14/1997
Frank enters a hospital emergency room looking for Catherine, who is working the night shift in child counseling. Suddenly, paramedics rush in with a bloodied woman on a gurney. Frank is inexplicably drawn to the stranger, and as he moves closer, notices a curved slash on her palm. He raises his own right hand, revealing a thin white scar which matches exactly the slash on the victim's hand. The woman dies from her injuries.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Glen Morgan, James Wong
7.9/10371 votesLoading...#16 - Monster
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1997
In rural Arkansas, Frank investigates the owner of a daycare center accused of child abuse, only to be accused himself.
Director: Perry Lang
Writer: Glen Morgan, James Wong
7.9/10375 votesLoading...#17 - Luminary
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/23/1998
Frank searches for a young man who disappeared in the Alaskan wilderness. In the Alaskan wilderness, the body of a young adult male, its face crushed beyond recognition, drifts down a river.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Chip Johannessen
7.9/10299 votesLoading...#18 - Antipas
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/12/1999
Lucy Butler returns to torment Frank. This times she is a nanny for a powerful Wisconsin politician.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz
7.9/10286 votesLoading...#19 - Goodbye to All That (2)
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/1999
Frank is held responsible for a man's death while Emma joins with the Millennium Group.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Ken Horton, Chip Johannessen
7.8/10341 votesLoading...#20 - Owls (1)
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 3/6/1998
The discovery of the remains of the Crucifixion Cross threatens to divide the Millennium Group.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Glen Morgan, James Wong
7.8/10332 votesLoading...#21 - Roosters (2)
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/1998
As the schism between the two warring Millennium Group factions deepens, Frank discovers the existence of yet another player in the power struggle.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Glen Morgan, James Wong
7.8/10267 votesLoading...#22 - Via Dolorosa (1)
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/14/1999
Frank investigates a series of murders that replicate a serial killer case from his past while Emma moves closer to the Millennium Group.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Patrick Harbinson, Marjorie David
7.7/10278 votesLoading...#23 - Saturn Dreaming of Mercury
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 4/9/1999
When a new family moves into town, Jordan is filled with the uneasy knowledge that the devil is near.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Chip Johannessen, Jordan Hawley
7.6/10355 votesLoading...#24 - The Hand of Saint Sebastian
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1997
Frank and Watts travel to Germany where they seek a legendary Holy relic.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Glen Morgan, James Wong
7.6/10310 votesLoading...#25 - Collateral Damage
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/22/1999
Peter's daughter is kidnapped by a Gulf War veteran who hopes to force the Millennium Group into admitting their crimes. Frank and Emma attempt to help, but Peter seems determined not to betray the secrets of the Group.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Michael R. Perry
The Best Episodes of Millennium
Every episode of Millennium ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Millennium!
A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil...
Genres:CrimeDramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:FOX
Best Episodes Summary
"Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me" is the best rated episode of "Millennium". It scored 8.7/10 based on 637 votes. Directed by Darin Morgan and written by Darin Morgan, it aired on 5/1/1998. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Lamentation (1)".