Millennium – Nostalgia Central

1 9 9 6 – 1 9 9 9 (USA/Canada)
67 x 45 minute episodes

Created by Chris Carter, the mind behind The X-Files, this American crime-thriller and horror series followed Frank Black (Lance Henriksen), a retired FBI criminal profiler with a unique, quasi-clairvoyant “gift” to see into the minds of killers.

Frank had moved to Seattle with his wife, Catherine (Megan Gallagher) and daughter Jordan (Brittany Tiplady), seeking a quieter life after a mental breakdown.

He worked as a consultant for the secretive Millennium Group, an organisation of former law enforcement experts who believed the approaching year 2000 was tied to a rising global evil.

Significantly darker and more graphic than The X-Files, the show explored serial killers, occult conspiracies, and apocalyptic prophecies. After two seasons, the show ended with the world’s end.

And then Fox ordered a third season . . .

Rowing back from the apocalypse, season three found newly-widowed Black back at the FBI with a new partner, Emma Hollis (Klea Scott, pictured), working on a conspiracy theory so complicated that even X-Files fans scratched their heads.

When Millennium was cancelled, the story arc had to be wrapped up in a baffling crossover episode of The X-Files.

Frank Black
Lance Henriksen
Catherine Black
Megan Gallagher
Jordan Black
Brittany Tiplady
Peter Watts
Terry O’Quinn
Emma Hollis
Klea Scott