The WORST episodes of Millennium

Every episode of Millennium ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Millennium!

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.

Last Updated: 6/3/2025Network: FOXStatus: Ended
...Thirteen Years Later
star
5.88
146 votes

#1 - ...Thirteen Years Later

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1998

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

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
Forcing the End
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6.77
108 votes

#2 - Forcing the End

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/19/1999

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

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
The Beginning and the End (2)
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6.82
170 votes

#3 - The Beginning and the End (2)

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1997

When Frank Black discovers that his wife's been taken by the same stalker who has been sending him the Polaroid photos, he and the Millennium Group launch into action. Frank must rely on his visions to track down the polaroid man when his profiling skills fail to work...

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
The Wild and the Innocent
star
6.83
180 votes

#4 - The Wild and the Innocent

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/1997

Frank searches for answers when a couple kidnap a killer-in-hiding and engage in their own murder spree. Frank must track them down before they find the baby the girl's father sold to a childless couple, because Frank fears they could be next victims.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
The Curse of Frank Black
star
6.92
136 votes

#5 - The Curse of Frank Black

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1997

Strange coincidences plague Frank on Halloween.

Directors: Ralph Hemecker
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Anamnesis
star
6.99
118 votes

#6 - Anamnesis

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/17/1998

Catherine and Lara investigate a girl who appears to be having visions.

Directors: John Kousakis
In Arcadia Ego
star
7.05
116 votes

#7 - In Arcadia Ego

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/3/1998

Frank and Peter attempt to track down two women who escaped from prison and try to help them when they learn that one of them is pregnant.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
Matryoshka
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7.09
114 votes

#8 - Matryoshka

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/19/1999

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.

Directors: Arthur W. Forney
Siren
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7.10
119 votes

#9 - Siren

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/20/1998

A strange Asian woman is the prime suspect in a number of deaths aboard a ship.

Directors: Allen Coulter
Maranatha
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7.15
163 votes

#10 - Maranatha

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/1997

Frank and Peter track a Russian killer with links to Chernobyl. They discover that he might be the Antichrist.

Directors: Peter Markle
Goodbye, Charlie
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7.17
126 votes

#11 - Goodbye, Charlie

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/1998

Frank and Lara investigate a man who appears to be responsible for a number of "mercy" killings.

Directors: Kenneth Fink
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The Well-Worn Lock
star
7.22
222 votes

#12 - The Well-Worn Lock

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/20/1996

Catherine aids a woman who has been sexually abused by her father for twenty-three years. Catherine however finds it hard to find anyone who will take this case to court, so she turns to Frank for emotional support.

Directors: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Chris Carter
Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me
star
7.24
122 votes

#13 - Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/1998

Four demons discuss damnation in the modern world over coffee.

Directors: Darin Morgan
Writer: Darin Morgan
Sacrament
star
7.27
165 votes

#14 - Sacrament

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/21/1997

Frank Black's private and professional lives clash when his sister-in-law is abducted by a convicted sex offender at her child's baptism. Although Bletcher orders him to stay out of the investigation because he is too close to the case, he cannot help but become involved. However, even his extraordinary abilities might not be enough to find his brother's wife...

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Human Essence
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7.27
112 votes

#15 - Human Essence

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/11/1998

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

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
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The Time is Now (2)
star
7.30
122 votes

#16 - The Time is Now (2)

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/1998

A dangerous plague appears to be spreading throughout the world. Frank learns that he has been vaccinated for the disease. His wife and child, however, have not.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
Weeds
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7.32
179 votes

#17 - Weeds

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/24/1997

Frank pursues a killer who kidnaps teenagers from an upper middle-class neighborhood and forces them to drink human blood. After one is killed and the other is returned home unharmed because his father admitted to making a mistake, Frank is forced to set up a trap to capture the killer before he can harm the third victim.

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A Single Blade of Grass
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7.33
128 votes

#18 - A Single Blade of Grass

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1997

Frank learns more about his gift while investigating a murder at a Native American excavation site.

Directors: Rodman Flender
Midnight of the Century
star
7.34
131 votes

#19 - Midnight of the Century

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/1997

Frank tries to mend fences with his estranged father on Christmas.

Directors: Dwight Little
Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense
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7.34
126 votes

#20 - Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1997

Frank Black helps Jose Chung who is being stalked by a possible murderer and is writing a new book on the millennium.

Directors: Darin Morgan
Writer: Darin Morgan
TEOTWAWKI
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7.34
120 votes

#21 - TEOTWAWKI

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1998

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

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
Wide Open
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7.38
213 votes

#22 - Wide Open

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/3/1997

A young girl whose parents were brutally murdered becomes the last hope in finding a killer. So Catherine encourages Jordan to speak out to the young girl and try to get her to get over the awful experience she has been through. But Bletcher is determined to let the relive what happened so they can get more evidence about what actually happened.

Directors: Jim Charleston
Closure
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7.46
147 votes

#23 - Closure

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1998

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

Directors: Daniel Sackheim
Via Dolorosa (1)
star
7.47
77 votes

#24 - Via Dolorosa (1)

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/14/1999

Frank investigates a series of murders that replicate a serial killer case from his past while Emma moves closer to the Millennium Group.

Directors: Paul Shapiro
Goodbye to All That (2)
star
7.48
87 votes

#25 - Goodbye to All That (2)

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/1999

Frank is held responsible for a man's death while Emma joins with the Millennium Group.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright