Millennium - The Complete Third Season (DVD)
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It’s hard to believe Millennium hasn’t been on TV since 1998 — when the show first aired in 1996, it was a horror and crime buff’s delight, as it combined the supernatural with the procedural so very well. Plus, it starred Lance Henriksen who was absolute perfection as the tortured seer / stoic crime solver. The show is so memorable, despite the fact it didn’t hit its 5-year syndication goal, it just feels like it’s still around. Of course, it is… thanks to DVD.
In the final chapter of Millennium, profiler Frank Black has had every single thing he believed in tested: he’s discovered that the Millennium Group was not actually a covert team of ex-law enforcement experts battling the growing forces of evil in the world… they were contributing to it. Now a widow, he’s returned to the FBI and is determined to expose the Millennium Group — but in his new position he finds nothing but deadly danger. Frank bends to the breaking point as he strives to do the right thing while protecting his young daughter Jordan (Brittany Tiplady), who shares his dark psychic gifts making her a potential and vulnerable target.
Millennium underwent some major changes in the third season. I thought I was a diehard fan of the show, but after just a few episodes I quit watching; I just couldn’t swallow the about-face of the Group, and to my taste there was too much focus on the kiddie and not enough on crime.
Although the Millennium’s series finale tied the plot threads up in a reasonable manner, creator Chris Carter wasn’t quite satisfied with it, and dreamed up one more episode using the X-Files as a crossover — it took place on the Millennium Eve, December 31, 1999 and Frank Black teamed up with Mulder and Scully for one last save-the-world fling. Even I was mollified by that last effort and closed the book on Millennium with some satisfaction.
Upon viewing the DVD collection, my opinion hasn’t changed as far as disappointment with the focus-change of the show, but I do think the disc is worth having to complete the collection. Viewed as whole and with seven years’ distance, seeing all the shows back-to-back and without commercial interruption, the episodes hold up nicely.
The additional release material is well-done (especially welcome is the commentary from commentary by Lance Henriksen and Klea Scott) and it’s wonderful to see that special X-Files episode included.
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Reviewed by Staci Layne Wilson
“Millennium” Season Three DVD Special Features And Disc Content Specifics:
Millennium episodes are compiled on six dual-layered discs and include English, Spanish and French Dolby Surround and have English and Spanish subtitles. The series is presented in anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen aspect ratio. In addition, the following episodes and special features are exclusive to each disc:
Disc 1
Ø “The Innocents”
Ø “Exegesis”
Ø “Teotwawki”
Ø “Closure”
Ø “The Innocents” commentary by Lance Henriksen and Klea Scott
Disc 2
Ø “Thirteen Years Later” (KISS performance)
Ø “Skull and Bones”
Ø “Through a Glass, Darkly”
Ø “Human Essence”
Disc 3
Ø “Omerta”
Ø “Borrowed Time”
Ø “Collateral Damage”
Ø “The Sound of Snow”
Ø “Collateral Damage” commentary by Tom Wright
Disc 4
Ø “Antipas”
Ø “Matryoshka”
Ø “Forcing the End”
Ø “Saturn Dreaming of Mercury”
Disc 5
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Ø “Bardo Thodol”
Ø “Seven and One”
Ø “Nostalgia”
Disc 6
Ø “Via Dolorosa”
Ø “Goodbye To All That”
Ø X-Files “Millennium” episode from season seven
Ø End Game: The Making of Millennium Season Three
Ø Between the Lines