8.0/10685 votes#1 - 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
7.4/10542 votes#2 - Gehenna
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/1/1996
Offender profiler Frank Black, a member of the private investigative organisation Millennium Group, is sent to San Francisco to track down a doomsday cult which murders its brainwashed members when they disobey it.
Director: David Nutter
Writer: Chris Carter
7.3/10502 votes#3 - Dead Letters
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/8/1996
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.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Glen Morgan, James Wong
7.5/10481 votes#4 - The Judge
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/1996
Forensic profiler Frank Black, a member of the private investigative organization Millennium Group, is asked to investigate a vigilante who uses newly released convicts to execute those he deems guilty.
Director: Randall Zisk
Writer: Ted Mann
7.5/10462 votes#5 - 522666
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/22/1996
Frank and Peter assist an FBI investigation when a mad bomber terrorizes Washington, D.C, by blowing up buildings then to come out looking like a hero, the bomber goes back into the wreckage to save victims. Frank and Peter help search for the bomber whose attention starved personality may be the key to his undoing.
Director: David Nutter
Writer: Glen Morgan, James Wong
7.1/10451 votes#6 - Kingdom Come
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/29/1996
A desperate man sets out on a killing spree taking revenge on the holy men that he believes have led him to stray. Frank can see the man's sense of faith and the lack his faith could be the key to stopping this killer. Frank then puts himself in danger when he walks into a hostage situation at a small town church.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Jorge Zamacona
7.4/10429 votes#7 - Blood Relatives
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/6/1996
At a Seattle cemetery, James Dickerson, a handsome 20-year-old, lurks outside the chapel during a college football player's funeral. After the mourners leave, James approaches the deceased's mother and sister. Calling himself "Ray Bell," he gains their trust by pretending to be a friend from college. He hugs the boy's grieving mother, savoring the hug in an unsettling way. That night, the mother visits the open grave one last time, when suddenly hands reach out of the grave, and drag the terrified woman inside.
Director: Jim Charleston
Writer: Chip Johannessen
7.5/10442 votes#8 - The Well-Worn Lock
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/20/1996
Clinical social worker Catherine Black aids a family as they come to terms with the incestuous abuse they have suffered for decades. However, the father who is responsible still commands respect and political connections in the area, making the case a difficult one.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Chris Carter
7.2/10395 votes#9 - Wide Open
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/3/1997
A man, Cutter, parks his automobile near a home with a "For Sale" sign on the front lawn. After speaking briefly with a realtor, Cutter signs his name in a guest book and makes his way through the house, where he takes particular interest in a little girl's bedroom. Later that evening, the owners return home and tuck their young daughter, Patricia, into bed. Later that night, Patricia suddenly begins screaming.
Director: Jim Charleston
Writer: Charles Holland
7.2/10427 votes#10 - The Wild and the Innocent
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/1997
Maddie Haskel, twenty-years-old and heartland pretty, attends her mother's funeral in Joplan, Missouri. After the service, Maddie returns to her family's home, where she is approached by a vicious-looking man named Jim Gilroy. Gilroy's attempt to rape Maddie comes to a sudden halt when Maddie's boyfriend, Bobby Webber, emerges from the shadows wielding a length of iron pipe. After Gilroy is knocked unconscious, Bobby and Maddie drive off into the night with their prisoner safely tucked away in the trunk of their automobile. A Missouri State Trooper notices the vehicle has a burned-out tail light and orders Bobby to pull over. When the trooper hears noises emanating from the trunk, Bobby grabs a .357 and shoots and kills the trooper.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Jorge Zamacona
7.3/10392 votes#11 - Weeds
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/24/1997
An unidentified man in a van follows a teenage boy, Josh Comstock, as he rides his new motorcycle through Vista Verde Estates, a gated, upper middle-class neighborhood in Washington State. As night falls, Josh rides his bike across the dirt of an undeveloped cul-de-sac. The driver parks his van and approaches the boy, suddenly, jabbing a cattle prod into Josh's chest and sending him flying backwards into the dirt. When Mr. and Mrs. Comstock awaken the next morning, they find the corpse of another teenage boy in Josh's bed--and their son missing.
Director: Michael Pattinson
Writer: Frank Spotnitz
7.0/10394 votes#12 - Loin Like a Hunting Flame
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/31/1997
Near the University of Colorado at Boulder, a group of college-age students gather at a warehouse/techno night club. Art Nesbitt, a pharmacist, approaches a couple, Mel and Leslie. He opens his palm, revealing two capsules. Under the influence of the powerful drugs, the couple accompany Nesbitt to a small room. Nesbitt captures their lovemaking on videotape, then injects them with a lethal poison.
Director: David Nutter
Writer: Ted Mann
7.5/10412 votes#13 - Force Majeure
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/1997
A sudden hail storm sends students at Washington Polytech scrambling for cover. But one of the students, Lauren, wades through the downpour as the hail changes to rain. She approaches a teaching assistant who has taken cover in a breezeway. Lauren reaches for the woman's cigarette-and suddenly bursts into flames.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Chip Johannessen
7.9/10405 votes#14 - 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
7.5/10381 votes#15 - Sacrament
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/21/1997
Frank's brother, Tom, and his wife, Helen, travel to Seattle where they hold their newborn son's baptism. After the ceremony, Frank checks up on Jordan, who is off playing with a friend inside the church. He finds his daughter huddled in a ball on the pew, clutching herself. She speaks of a man she saw hurting her Aunt Helen. Frank rushes outside the church. He finds his baby nephew unharmed in the back seat of Tom's rental car, but notes a blood droplet on the infant's face. Frank and Tom realize Helen was abducted.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Frank Spotnitz
8.0/10400 votes#16 - 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
7.2/10370 votes#17 - Walkabout
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/28/1997
Peter Watts tells Catherine that Frank missed a routine homicide review with Yakima police that morning. Fearing the worst, Peter and Catherine access Frank's computer, looking for clues that would shed light on his disappearance. The pair uncover email correspondence between Frank (using the pseudonym "David Marx") and a Doctor Daniel Miller. Catherine tells Peter that five years ago, just before Frank collapsed, he would sometimes vanish for days at a time and check into hotels using the same pseudonym.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Tim Tankosic, Chip Johannessen
8.6/10469 votes#18 - 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
8.1/10418 votes#19 - 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
7.2/10360 votes#20 - Broken World
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/1997
In North Dakota, a woman named Sally Dumont rides a horse to her farm. As Sally guides the animal to a stall in the stable, she discovers another horse, its coat stained with blood, lying on the ground inside its pen. As she kneels down next to it to investigate, Sally notices someone wearing a pair of rubber boots standing in the adjoining stall. Terrified, she makes her way to a phone and calls for help. Suddenly, the intruder looms up from behind and knocks Sally unconscious.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Bobby Moresco, Patrick Harbinson
7.0/10367 votes#21 - Maranatha
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/1997
In the Brighton Beach area of New York City, a man named Yaponchik kills a Russian Elder by shooting him in the face with a 12 gauge pistol. It becomes the third such killing in which the perpetrator mutilated the body to prevent positive identification. Frank assists N.Y.P.D. Lieutenant McCormick, Yura Surova, from the Moscow Police Department, and undercover officer Andrei Medikov with the investigation. While inspecting the Elder's corpse, Frank notices an odd mark in the shape of a inverted "V." But he is unable, at first, to determine its meaning.
Director: Peter Markle
Writer: Chip Johannessen
8.0/10375 votes#22 - 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
The Best Episodes of Millennium Season 1
Every episode of Millennium Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Millennium Season 1!
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
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Millennium" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 685 votes. Directed by David Nutter and written by Chris Carter, it aired on 10/25/1996. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Gehenna".