The essential episodes of Millennium

Watch these 10 in order and you've got Millennium — each pick states its reason.

1. 01

   S01E01 · Pilot · October 25, 1996 · 1h

   Pilot9.2

   Frank Black a retired police consultant, who once worked for the FBI has just returned to his hometown with his wife and daughter. He decides to offer his support in a case and is given resources by a mysterious organization called the Millennium Group. Frank must catch the murderer with his ability to see out of the eyes of the killers. But this case draws him back into a world which he was trying to escape. But will Frank be able to save the latest victim in time before it is too late?

2. 02

   S01E11 · Top rated · January 24, 1997 · 1h

   Weeds9.3

   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.

3. 03

   S01E18 · Top rated · April 18, 1997 · 1h

   Lamentation9.3

   Frank investigates when he is called in by the Millennium Group to assist them in tracking down an escaped serial killer that Frank helped put behind bars years ago. The killer, Dr. Ephraim Fabricant, was abducted from a hospital while donating a kidney to his dying sister. But during the search, Frank comes face-to-face with an even more terrifying enemy which terrorizes his family.

4. 04

   S01E19 · Top rated · April 25, 1997 · 1h

   Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions9.3

   Frank is drawn into a murder investigation based around Satanic murders that somehow involve a mysterious attorney and a man who claims to be Bob Bletcher's killer. While on the case the Millennium Group get caught in a battle between good and evil.

5. 05

   S01E22 · Season 1 peak · May 16, 1997 · 1h

   Paper Dove9.8

   While visiting Catherine's family in Virginia, Frank is asked to help clear the name of a man accused of killing his wife. To his surprise, however, Frank finds that the situation hits closer to home than he initially thought.

6. 06

   S02E13 · Season 2 peak · February 6, 1998 · 1h

   The Mikado9.5

   After three teenagers accidentally witness a real-life murder on the internet, so begins the hunt for the killer to stop his crimes. Roedecker helps Frank and Peter mount a national search for the felon, that may be the infamous Avatar killer from the 1980's. One who Frank knows well from his work in trying to catch the killer in the 1980's.

7. 07

   S02E22 · Top rated · May 8, 1998 · 1h

   The Fourth Horseman9.5

   Frank and Peter are quarantined after they come in contact with an unknown pathogen which has caused several people to die. Meanwhile Jordan experiences a terrifying nightmare and Lara Means disappears under mysterious circumstances.

8. 08

   S02E23 · Top rated · May 15, 1998 · 1h

   The Time is Now9.5

   Frank continues his study of a bizarre, but extremely fatal disease as it continues to spread throughout the world. Frank also learns that he has been vaccinated for the disease and he undertakes an investigation into the Millennium Group that may cost him his life. But he finds that his wife and child, however, have not been vaccinated for the disease and that soon their life's may be at risk....

9. 09

   S03E13 · Season 3 peak · February 12, 1999 · 1h

   Antipas9.3

   Frank discovers a connection between the murder of a federal prosecutor, a gubernatorial candidate with a frail daughter... and the evil Lucy Butler who appears to have returned to torment Frank.

10. 10

    S03E22 · Series finale · May 21, 1999 · 1h

    Goodbye to All That8.6

    In the aftermath of the explosion, Frank continues his pursuit of the copycat serial killer, while Peter Watts offers Emma Hollis an opportunity to join the Millennium Group. Will Emma join? How far will Frank go? And how will it all end?