Millennium : Season 2

"Approaching the Sun, brings definitive change.It will never again be the same. Appearing in our skies it is believed to be a prophecy of extraordinary events.The birth of kings... The death of Empires.After centuries... or millennia... the journey must end.Perhaps smothered by its own dust, the dark,soulless body continues eternally throughSpace and Time. It may disintegrate and crumbleinto inconsequential rubble. Or it may be lost forever; crashing burning... into the yellow sun.And tonight...

"Man is the cruelest animal." Nietsche 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

"Control of third world populationsdesignated secret national policy." NATIONAL SECURITY MEMO 200 (1971) "U.S. military released from liabilityfor experiments on unwilling and unknowing human subjects."U.S. vs. STANLEY, SUPREME COURT (1985) An African-American man, Patient Zero, attempts to hail a taxi cab on a city street, but is passed by time and again. Only an African-American cabbie, Gerome Knox, bothers to stop. Without warning, Zero has a seizure in the back of the cab, foaming at the m

"The first thing we do,let's kill all the lawyers." Henry IV, pt.2Act 4, SC 2 Watts arranges for Frank to meet with District Attorney Gordon Roberts, who is investigating Miss Penny Plott--the longtime owner of a daycare center in Probity, Arkansas--on charges of child abuse. Before Frank embarks on his journey, he goes shopping with Jordan at a department store. As children often do, Jordan grows fidgety and demands attention. Frank loses his cool and chastises his daughter for her behavior.

"Do you ever find yourselftalking with the dead?Since Willie's death,I catch myself every day,involuntarily talking with him,as if he were with me." Abraham Lincoln - upon the death of his son On Halloween night, Frank puts the finishing touches on a handcarved Jack- O'-Lantern and lights the candle inside. Suddenly, the candle extinguishes. Frank checks his watch, and realizing he is scheduled to take his daughter trick or treating, makes his way to the front doorway. As he peers across the st

"'19:19" is the seventh episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on November 7, 1997. The episode was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong, and directed by Thomas J. Wright. "19:19" featured guest appearances by Kristen Cloke and Christian Hoff. Millennium Group offender profiler Frank Black investigates the abduction of a bus full of schoolchildren, requiring the help of fellow Group members Peter Watts and Lara

FRANK AND WATTS TRAVEL TO GERMANY WHERE THEY SEEK A LEGENDARY HOLY RELIC In the year A.D. 998, a Fugitive who possesses a mummified hand--the Hand of Saint Sebastian--is betrayed by his ally, the Provider. Two archers step from the shadows and release their bows, striking the Fugitive as he attempt to flee. As the Provider searches the Fugitive's clothing, looking for the holy relic, he exposes the man's skin, on which is displayed a tattoo of an ouroboros--the symbol of the Millennium Group.

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. As a series of still photographs pass into view, author Jose Chung describes the life of Juggernaut Onan Goopta, who went to college hoping to become a famous neuroscientist and instead was overcome by dementia and institutionalized. During his hospital stay, Goopta decided to become a writer. His first literary works were

AS CHRISTMAS APPROACHES... FRANK EXPERIENCES VISIONS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD WHEN JORDAN CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN VISITED BY THE SPIRIT OF HER DEAD GRANDMOTHER. In flashback, five-year-old Frank Black draws the form of an angel. A woman, her face unseen, writes the date "12/24/1946" on the bottom of the paper. In the current day, Frank returns home with an armload of Christmas decorations and gifts. He listens to messages on his answering machine, the first a reminder from Jordan regarding her upcoming

"Let us go in;The fog is rising." EMILY DICKINSON Inside a cheap motel room, Steven Kiley uses a "suicide machine" to end the life of a terminally-ill middle-aged man, Preston Williams. As Terry Jack's song "Seasons In The Sun" plays on a boombox, we see that Preston is, in fact, tied to a bed, his mouth covered with gray duct tape. Steven takes Preston's hand and forces the man's thumb down on an injection button, causing a lethal solution to enter his bloodstream. Both Lara Means and Fra

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. Frank meets with the Millennium Group's members. During the tense inquisition, the question turns to Frank's family and his stabbing of a suspect the Group was in the process of investigating. Frank grows enraged and leaves the room. Later, Frank, Catherine and Jordan attend a lecture at a planetarium. Ca

A SERIAL KILLER USES THE INTERNET AS A MEDIUM FOR BROADCASTING HIS VICTIMS' MURDERS. Three teenagers cruising the Internet come upon a "live sex" web site, where a woman wearing a white bra is tied to a chair. Behind the woman is a wall, on which is painted a number, "37122." The teenagers watch as an electronic counter at the bottom of the screen records the number of "hits" the web site has received. As the count reaches "37122," a man wearing a black hood comes up behind the girl. As the t

ASYLUM INMATES BECOME PRIME SUSPECTS IN A SERIES OF MURDERS LINKED TO URBAN LEGEND. A young couple, Kevin and Christy, share a romantic interlude inside a car. As they pull apart, Kevin recounts a story involving an inmate at a nearby psychiatric hospital, nicknamed the Pest House. According to Kevin, the inmate slit the throats of seven sorority house sisters who were away at camp. An eighth intended victim grabbed hold of a clever and chopped off her attacker's hand. Shortly after Kevin fin

THE DISCOVERY OF THE REMAINS OF THE CRUCIFIXION CROSS THREATENS TO DIVIDE THE MILLENNIUM GROUP. In Damascus, Syria, a group of men using sophisticated radar locate and unearth a piece of petrified wood--the remains of the cross of the crucifixion--near a mosque. Their secret mission is interrupted when two assassins step from the shadows and open fire. One of the team members, a man named LeFur, clutches the wood to his chest, as if invincible. Suddenly, the assassins' guns inexplicably jam.

AS THE SCHISM BETWEEN THE TWO WARRING MILLENNIUM GROUP FACTIONS DEEPENS, FRANK DISCOVERS THE EXISTANCE OF YET ANOTHER PLAYER IN THE POWER STRUGGLE. As Frank, gun in hand, approaches the car (see episode 'Owls'), he orders the occupants to place their hands on top of their heads. The driver attempts to reason with Frank, insisting he is with the Group. Suddenly, the passenger turns and aims his gun at Frank. Both men fire. Frank dives behind the vehicle, taking cover. Neighbors react to the co

A MYSTERIOUS ASIAN WOMAN IS LINKED TO SEVERAL STRANGE DEATHS ABOARD A SHIP. A squad of local police and I.N.S. vehicles converge on a docked freighter, its passenger hold overflowing with illegal Asian immigrants. Captain Law instructs two crew members, Yee Chun and Lo Fat, to "kill the monster" contained within a cargo hold area. A reluctant Chun and Fat move towards the cargo doorway, weapons in hand. But their mission is cut short when I.N.S. agents take them into custody. The men warn the

FRANK SEARCHES FOR A FEMALE SERIAL KILLER AND HER LOVER AFTER THE PAIR ESCAPE FROM PRISON. Inside Garrison Women's Prison, Juliet "Sonny" Palmer, and her cellmate/lover, Janette Viti, a pretty 24-year-old, overpower a guard, steal his uniform, and make their way to a security booth. There the couple surprise another guard and force him to remove his uniform. As the guard does so, he reaches for his ankle holster and, in a flash, shoots Janette. Sonny grabs a nightstick and subjects the guard

CATHERINE AND LARA INVESTIGATE WHEN FIVE GIRLS CLAIM THEY SAW A VISION OF THE VIRGIN MARY. Catherine, anxious and tense, rushes down an empty hallway of a high school. Inside one of the classrooms, a group of five girls--Clare, Leslie, Shelley, Maureen and Kelly-- gathers for prayer circle. A figure opens the classroom door and removes a handgun, pointing it inside. The gun fires--and screams reverberate throughout the school. The story flashes back to two days earlier. In Rowan, Washingto

FRANK SENSES THAT BLETCHER'S KILLER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A TEENAGED BOY. In Oregon, a youngs man tunnels his way out of a farmhouse and escapes into the darkened countryside. He spots what appears to be an abandoned Chevy Impala parked alongside a road. As the youngs man attempts to jump start the car by opening the hood and hot-wiring the motor, it suddenly springs to life. The unseen driver runs over the youngs man's legs, halting his escape. A dark female form and a Long

FOUR DEVILS GATHER AT A DONUT SHOP AND SWAP STORIES ABOUT THEIR DEALINGS WITH MANKIND. After delivering newspapers to homes in the wee hours of the morning, a man named Abum makes his way to a donut shop. There, the grumpy old-timer angers a clerk with his irascible attitude. The clerk responds by urinating in Abum's cup of coffee. Abum makes his way to a table, where he joins three other men: Blurk, Greb and Toby. As the foursome assume the shape of monstrous devils, Abum announces that the c

"So I looked and behold,a pale horse. And the name of himwho sat on it was Death,and Hell followed with him. And power was given to themover a fourth of the Earth, to killwith sword, with hunger, with death......and by beasts of the earth." Revelation 6:8 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 hi

FRANK LEARNS MORE ABOUT A DEADLY VIRUS SWEEPING ACROSS THE LAND. 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. Catherine, Frank and Jordan retu