1x03 Dead Letters
Millennium (1996)
1x03 Dead Letters, written by Glen Morgan, James Wong and Charles Holland, directed by Thomas J. Wright.
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For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me. And what I dreaded has happened to me, I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, for trouble comes.
-- Job 3:25,26
We're still doing serial killers, moving on to dismemberment.
We have James Morrison as "Jim Horn", an increasingly troubled profiler and candidate for the Group. This is mostly his episode. We're used to the idea that the horrible crimes he sees will contaminate a profiler's psyche, but here we see the difficulties of Horn's life (divorce, visitation) are projected into his investigation, making him bad and even dangerous at his job.
Frank exhibits his "gift" for crime-solving but we have no demons. He's the sane one this time. Jim: "How do you do this? Why do you do it?" Frank: (no answer).
I always enjoy Morrison. He was a regular in 24 and another Morgan/Wong series: Space: Above and Beyond. I recommend his Wilderness Survival for Girls (2004), a little independent thriller. This is his only Millennium episode.
Notes:
First episode by veteran TV director Thomas J. Wright. I always perk up when I see his name in the credits.
First series writing credit for Glen Morgan and James Wong who will have much more involvement in the future.
We first see Frank's pager with the "2000" code. I forget if that is the Group or specifically Peter Watts.
Jordan has a scary clown dream, like something from Stephen King.
