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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 and darkness in the world.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Millennium Season 3 Episode 5 - ...Thirteen Years Later
    4.7/10(9 votes)

    #1 - ...Thirteen Years Later

    S3:E5

    Frank and Emma investigate murders on the set of a movie based on one of Frank's former cases.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:Michael R. Perry

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  2. Millennium Season 3 Episode 7 - Through a Glass, Darkly
    5.5/10(7 votes)

    #2 - Through a Glass, Darkly

    S3:E7

    The disappearance of a child leads a town to accuse a recently released sex offender who may or may not be guilty. Frank and Emma arrive to determine the truth.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:Patrick Harbinson

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  3. Millennium Season 3 Episode 11 - Collateral Damage
    5.6/10(8 votes)

    #3 - Collateral Damage

    S3:E11

    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

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  4. Millennium Season 3 Episode 15 - Forcing the End
    5.6/10(5 votes)

    #4 - Forcing the End

    S3:E15

    A fundamentalist Jewish sect abducts a pregnant woman hoping to raise a pure child for the priesthood and force the coming of the Messiah.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:Marjorie David

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  5. Millennium Season 1 Episode 10 - The Wild and the Innocent
    5.7/10(13 votes)

    #5 - The Wild and the Innocent

    S1:E10

    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

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  6. Millennium Season 3 Episode 3 - TEOTWAWKI
    5.7/10(7 votes)

    #6 - TEOTWAWKI

    S3:E3

    Frank and Emma investigate a survivalist group worried about the Y2K bug.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writers:Frank Spotnitz, Chris Carter

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  7. Millennium Season 3 Episode 4 - Closure
    5.9/10(7 votes)

    #7 - Closure

    S3:E4

    Emma is haunted by memories of the death of her sister while she and Frank hunt a spree killer.

    Director:Daniel Sackheim
    Writer:Laurence Andries

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  8. Millennium Season 3 Episode 9 - Omerta
    5.9/10(7 votes)

    #8 - Omerta

    S3:E9

    On Christmas, Frank and Jordan go one vacation in Vermont. Unexpectedly, they get involved with a supposedly dead Mafia hit man who appears to be living in the woods with a number of mysterious women.

    Director:Paul Shapiro
    Writer:Michael R. Perry

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  9. Millennium Season 2 Episode 14 - The Pest House
    6.0/10(10 votes)

    #9 - The Pest House

    S2:E14

    Asylum inmates become prime suspects in a series of murders linked to an urban legend.

    Director:Allen Coulter
    Writers:Glen Morgan, James Wong

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  10. Millennium Season 2 Episode 18 - In Arcadia Ego
    6.0/10(8 votes)

    #10 - In Arcadia Ego

    S2:E18

    Frank searches for a female serial killer and her lover after the pair escape from prison.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:Chip Johannessen

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  11. Millennium Season 3 Episode 8 - Human Essence
    6.0/10(6 votes)

    #11 - Human Essence

    S3:E8

    Emma tries to help her drug addicted sister and learns that local addicts are exhibiting strange mutations linked to tainted heroin.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:Michael Duggan

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  12. Millennium Season 3 Episode 14 - Matryoshka
    6.0/10(5 votes)

    #12 - Matryoshka

    S3:E14

    Frank and Emma investigate the suicide of a former FBI agent and discover links between the FBI, the Millennium Group, and the Los Alamos nuclear research center.

    Director:Arthur W. Forney
    Writers:Kay Reindl, Erin Maher

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  13. Millennium Season 3 Episode 18 - Bardo Thodol
    6.0/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Bardo Thodol

    S3:E18

    Emma and Frank investigate the mysterious biological research conducted by a former Millennium Group member who is dying from a mysterious disease.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writers:Virginia Stock, Chip Johannessen

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  14. Millennium Season 1 Episode 21 - Maranatha
    6.1/10(9 votes)

    #14 - Maranatha

    S1:E21

    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

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  15. Millennium Season 2 Episode 5 - A Single Blade of Grass
    6.1/10(9 votes)

    #15 - A Single Blade of Grass

    S2:E5

    In Manhattan, Frank Black and an anthropologist link a bizarre, ritualistic slaying to a lost tribe of Native Americans who follow apocalyptic prophecies.

    Director:Rodman Flender
    Writers:Kay Reindl, Erin Maher

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  16. Millennium Season 3 Episode 1 - The Innocents (1)
    6.1/10(7 votes)

    #16 - The Innocents (1)

    S3:E1

    The Marburg virus has apparently run its course. Several months after the death of his wife and a nervous breakdown, Frank rejoins the FBI and investigates a plane crash with a new partner.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:Michael Duggan

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  17. Millennium Season 3 Episode 2 - Exegesis (2)
    6.1/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Exegesis (2)

    S3:E2

    Frank and Emma investigate a family of identical women who are apparently being killed off.

    Director:Ralph Hemecker
    Writer:Chip Johannessen

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  18. Millennium Season 2 Episode 19 - Anamnesis
    6.2/10(9 votes)

    #18 - Anamnesis

    S2:E19

    Catherine and Lara investigate when five girls claim they saw a vision of the Virgin Mary.

    Director:Peter Kousakis
    Writers:Kay Reindl, Erin Maher

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  19. Millennium Season 3 Episode 12 - The Sound of Snow
    6.2/10(6 votes)

    #19 - The Sound of Snow

    S3:E12

    Frank receives a mysterious cassette tape filled with white noise and a visit from beyond the grave.

    Director:Paul Shapiro
    Writer:Patrick Harbinson

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  20. Millennium Season 1 Episode 12 - Loin Like a Hunting Flame
    6.3/10(11 votes)

    #20 - Loin Like a Hunting Flame

    S1:E12

    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

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  21. Millennium Season 2 Episode 17 - Siren
    6.3/10(9 votes)

    #21 - Siren

    S2:E17

    A mysterious Asian woman is linked to several strange deaths aboard a ship.

    Director:Allen Coulter
    Writers:Glen Morgan, James Wong

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  22. Millennium Season 2 Episode 21 - Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me
    6.3/10(11 votes)

    #22 - Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me

    S2:E21

    Four devils gather at a doughnut shop and swap stories about their dealings with mankind.

    Director:Darin Morgan
    Writer:Darin Morgan

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  23. Millennium Season 3 Episode 17 - Darwin's Eye
    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #23 - Darwin's Eye

    S3:E17

    Frank and Emma attempt to locate a girl who escapes from a mental institution while Emma's father grows ill.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writer:Patrick Harbinson

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  24. Millennium Season 3 Episode 20 - Nostalgia
    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #24 - Nostalgia

    S3:E20

    Frank and Emma investigate a murder in a small town where Emma spent part of her youth.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:Michael R. Perry

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  25. Millennium Season 3 Episode 13 - Antipas
    6.5/10(6 votes)

    #25 - Antipas

    S3:E13

    Lucy Butler returns to torment Frank. This times she is a nanny for a powerful Wisconsin politician.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writers:Frank Spotnitz, Chris Carter

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Worst Episodes Summary

"...Thirteen Years Later" is the worst rated episode of "Millennium". It scored 4.7/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Thomas J. Wright and written by Michael R. Perry, it aired on 10/30/1998. This episode scored 0.8 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Through a Glass, Darkly".