Former FBI agent Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) is a celebrated crime solver with the ability to see through the killers' eyes. He retired early to bring his wife Catherine (Megan Gallagher) and daughter home to Seattle after someone seems to be stalking his family. Now he works with the mysterious private organization, the Millennium Group. He consults with local police and liaisons with Millennium operative Peter Watts (Terry O'Quinn).
The first season is a dark brooding police procedural. There are usually no twists or turns or mystery as the perps are shown from the very beginning. It's a straight up police investigation. The most memorable is the haunting opening with the slumping lady and ends with the words, "Who Cares?". It is the definition of sadness. The second season is the most intriguing. The story element takes off as the show becomes more serialized. It slowly uncovers the Millennium Group. It also helps to binge it. This new era of binging really helps make it compelling television. The third season goes back to episodic police procedural. There is more variety in the tone but it's a step back. The wife is dead which forces Frank to be a single dad. That becomes a problem of its own. It was probably a contract issue but it's still a mistake. The wife has more room to grow. Whatever the reason, the show does bring her back for an one episode cameo. They do a few episodes about the daughter which only reinforces my desire to have the wife back. Frank basically gets a new partner and the show abandons the unraveling of the group. Millennium becomes more or less an evil conspiracy. It's simplified and less interesting.
Creator Chris Carter created this after the iconic X-Files. During its original run, I watched a few episodes but the show's dark flatness drove me away. It has no story arc or it's pure darkness. It's playing the same note over and over again like Henriksen's monotone voice. The dark mood is interesting but it wore me out. Binging it today is a bit more compelling. One can quickly work through the flat first season and get to the interesting second season. The third season has a few interesting episodes. Overall, it's an interesting companion piece to X-Files and a must for those fans.
The first season is a dark brooding police procedural. There are usually no twists or turns or mystery as the perps are shown from the very beginning. It's a straight up police investigation. The most memorable is the haunting opening with the slumping lady and ends with the words, "Who Cares?". It is the definition of sadness. The second season is the most intriguing. The story element takes off as the show becomes more serialized. It slowly uncovers the Millennium Group. It also helps to binge it. This new era of binging really helps make it compelling television. The third season goes back to episodic police procedural. There is more variety in the tone but it's a step back. The wife is dead which forces Frank to be a single dad. That becomes a problem of its own. It was probably a contract issue but it's still a mistake. The wife has more room to grow. Whatever the reason, the show does bring her back for an one episode cameo. They do a few episodes about the daughter which only reinforces my desire to have the wife back. Frank basically gets a new partner and the show abandons the unraveling of the group. Millennium becomes more or less an evil conspiracy. It's simplified and less interesting.
Creator Chris Carter created this after the iconic X-Files. During its original run, I watched a few episodes but the show's dark flatness drove me away. It has no story arc or it's pure darkness. It's playing the same note over and over again like Henriksen's monotone voice. The dark mood is interesting but it wore me out. Binging it today is a bit more compelling. One can quickly work through the flat first season and get to the interesting second season. The third season has a few interesting episodes. Overall, it's an interesting companion piece to X-Files and a must for those fans.