Review of Millennium

Millennium (I) (1996–1999)
What makes this show so good? It's dark.
23 May 2005
The thing about American society is that we are all fascinated by and work with fear. Some of us actively pursue it, some of us spend all our energy avoiding it. Chris Carter understood this and that is how he made Millennium.

Frank Black is a FBI profiler for pyschotic killers, he does this by using a psychic ability to "see" what the killer is seeing. Worn down by his work, desiring to live a life with his family and put his wife at ease, and becoming embroiled in a "conspiracy," we are drawn into Frank's world. Whether it is the end of the world, a killer, or that someone is out to get us, this show plays on our fears, feeds our paranoias, and tells a good story on top of it all with great acting.

Black on the outside seems mild-mannered and calm, but that barely conceals an inner rage and power, that surfaces when his family or security is threatened. Black won't lie down if someone challenges him. And when he has to pull his gun, he does know how to use it.

Great show over all.
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