Background Frank Black (
Lance Henriksen), the protagonist of the series
Millennium, is a freelance
forensic profiler and former
FBI agent who possesses the unique ability to see the world through the eyes of
serial killers and murderers. For the first two seasons of the show, Black worked for a mysterious consulting firm known as the
Millennium Group. He lived in
Seattle with his wife
Catherine (
Megan Gallagher) and daughter
Jordan (
Brittany Tiplady). During the
first season, Black and the Group largely focused on various criminals. During the third season, Frank returned to
Washington to work with the FBI following the death of his wife at the hands of the Group. In the third season finale, Black realized that the Group was preparing to come after him, and took Jordan from school as they fled Seattle.
Events In
Tallahassee, Florida, on December 21, 1999, a memorial service is held for a former FBI agent named Raymond Crouch. His widow is approached by a mysterious man, Mark Johnson (
Holmes Osborne), who claims to have worked with her husband. After the other mourners have left, Johnson returns to the funeral parlor, dons the corpse's clothes and places a
cell phone in the coffin. One week later, Johnson is monitoring Crouch's grave when his phone rings; he walks towards the grave with a
shovel. Subsequently,
Fox Mulder (
David Duchovny) and
Dana Scully (
Gillian Anderson) are called in to examine Crouch's empty grave. They notice damage done to the interior of the casket; Scully theorizes that the scene was staged. A briefing is held by
Walter Skinner (
Mitch Pileggi), who notes that Crouch is one of four former agents whose graves have been
exhumed; all four men had committed suicide. Because of the presence of goat's blood encircling the grave, Mulder states that the crime was an act of
necromancy. After the briefing, Skinner takes the agents aside and asks them to investigate Crouch's possible ties to the Millennium Group, which is now dissolved. Mulder and Scully go to a
mental institution in
Woodbridge, Virginia, to visit Frank Black. Black is initially reluctant to help them, as he believes that any further involvement with the Group may hinder his custody battle for his daughter Jordan. When he finally agrees to assist, he explains that the four former members of the Group believe they can bring about the
end of the world by killing themselves before the dawn of the millennium, acting as the
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Meanwhile, Johnson is changing a tire on his truck when a deputy comes upon him. Discovering Crouch's body in the back, the deputy attempts to arrest Johnson but is attacked and killed by a suddenly reanimated Crouch. Acting upon information from Black, Mulder concentrates on trying to find Johnson while Scully is attacked in the morgue by the dead deputy; Johnson saves her by shooting the deputy before disappearing. The two agents put all their effort in to finding Johnson before it is too late. Mulder breaks into his house but is locked in the basement and attacked by the four corpses of the FBI agents, managing to shoot and kill one of them. Black shows up; after tying up Johnson, Black shoots two of the zombies. As his gun runs out of bullets and death seems imminent, Scully arrives and shoots the final zombie, saving both men. Black returns to the hospital, arranging to have himself discharged. Scully informs Black that he has a visitor and brings in Jordan. ''
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'' is on television; Black and his daughter leave just before the countdown begins. As the clock strikes zero and the crowd begins to sing "
Auld Lang Syne" on screen, Mulder and Scully kiss to ring in the new year. == Production ==