| # |
Title |
Plot |
Original U.S. airdate |
Writer |
Director |
| 1-1 |
Pilot |
Frank Black and his family move to Seattle where he tracks a serial killer whose savagely slain victims include an exotic dancer. |
October 25, 1996 |
Chris Carter |
David Nutter |
| 1-2 |
Gehenna |
Gruesome cult slayings bring Frank Black to San Francisco, where he experiences a life changing encounter with evil. |
November 1, 1996 |
Chris Carter |
David Nutter |
| 1-3 |
Dead Letters |
On a murder case in Portland, Oregon, Frank is uneasily teamed with a troubled Group member. |
November 8, 1996 |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 1-4 |
The Judge |
Gruesome remains and other evidence provide Frank Black with a lead to a murderous avenger who persuades ex-cons to do his dirty work. |
November 15, 1996 |
Ted Mann |
Randall Zisk |
| 1-5 |
522666 |
A deadly explosion in a crowded Washington, D.C. bar is traced to a cunning bomber who toys with authorities and aims to strike again. |
November 22, 1996 |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
David Nutter |
| 1-6 |
Kingdom Come |
Shattered faith figures in the motive for the slayings of clerics by a killer, whom Frank tracks with a Group member he worked with on a similar unsolved case. |
November 29, 1996 |
Jorge Zamacona |
Winrich Kolbe |
| 1-7 |
Blood Relatives |
In her role as a clinical social worker, Catherine Black lends her expertise to a heinous case: the slayings of the recently bereaved. |
December 6, 1996 |
Chip Johannesen |
Jim Charleston |
| 1-8 |
The Well-Worn Lock |
A case of incest draws Catherine to the plight of a troubled woman who's kept a secret for 23 years: she was violated by her well-respected father. |
December 20, 1996 |
Chris Carter |
Ralph Hemecker |
| 1-9 |
Wide Open |
A shadowy killer commits heinous murders, leaving clues in the memory of a terrorized child who was forced to witness the death of her parents. |
January 3, 1997 |
Charles Holland |
Jim Charleston |
| 1-10 |
The Wild and the Innocent |
A reopened murder case takes Frank Black to Missouri, where he winds up on a different mission, pursuing a young girl and her boyfriend as they go on a murderous search for her baby. |
January 10, 1997 |
Jorge Zamacona |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 1-11 |
Weeds |
In a guarded, well-to-do community, the kidnappings and brutalizations of teenage boys lead Frank to suspect an avenging resident. |
January 24, 1997 |
Frank Spotnitz |
Michael Pattinson |
| 1-12 |
Loin Like a Hunting Flame |
In Colorado, Frank Black and an insightful associate track a killer who's driven by sexual neuroses and who uses mood-altering drugs to gain control of his victims. |
January 31, 1997 |
Ted Mann |
David Nutter |
| 1-13 |
Force Majeure |
An enigmatic man obsessed with the Millennium Group haunts Frank on a strange case involving planetary alignments, genetic cloning and Judgment Day. |
February 7, 1997 |
Chip Johannesen |
Winrich Kolbe |
| 1-14 |
The Thin White Line |
Startling similarities in serial slayings twenty years apart lead Frank to suspect that the fiend still imprisoned for the earlier crimes molded the current killer. |
February 14, 1997 |
Glen Morgan James Wong |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 1-15 |
Sacrament |
The abduction of his sister-in-law embroils Frank Black in an intensely personal case that's linked to a vicious sex offender recently released from an asylum. |
February 21, 1997 |
Frank Spotnitz |
Michael W. Watkins |
| 1-16 |
Covenant |
In Utah, Frank is hired to render a profile of an admitted killer that will support a death sentence but soon comes to believe that the man's confession was a lie. |
March 21, 1997 |
Robert Moresca |
Roderick J. Pridy |
| 1-17 |
Walkabout |
An Internet connection with a disturbed doctor leads an amnesiac Frank Black into a murder case linked to experimental drugs that drastically heighten anxiety. |
March 28, 1997 |
Chip Johannessen & Tim Tankosic |
Cliff Bole |
| 1-18 |
Lamentation (1) |
Supernatural forces figure into the grisly fate of a murderous doctor and terrifying events in Frank Black's home. |
April 18, 1997 |
Chris Carter |
Winrich Kolbe |
| 1-19 |
Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions (2) |
Still reeling from a tragic loss, Frank is swept into a bizarre case of ritualistic slayings that involves an enigmatic lawyer and unearthly occurrences. |
April 25, 1997 |
Ted Mann & Harold Rosenthal |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 1-20 |
Broken World |
Evidence in the vicious slayings of domesticated horses in North Dakota leads Black to suspect the genesis of a psychosexual killer, who soon preys upon humans. |
May 2, 1997 |
Robert Moresca & Patrick Harbinson |
Winrich Kolbe |
| 1-21 |
Maranatha |
In a Russian community in Brooklyn, Frank joins forces with a Moscow cop to investigate gruesome slayings linked to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster--and to biblical prophecy. |
May 9, 1997 |
Chip Johannessen |
Peter Markle |
| 1-22 |
Paper Dove (1) |
Vacationing in the D.C. area, Frank tries to clear an admiral's son of murder in a case that's linked to a serial killer. |
May 16, 1997 |
Ted Mann Walon Green |
Thomas J. Wright |
| # |
Title |
Plot |
Original U.S. airdate |
Writer |
Director |
| 2-1 |
The Beginning and the End (2) |
Frank Black desperately searches for his wife, who's been abducted by a cunning stalker who's luring him into a trap. |
September 19, 1997 |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 2-2 |
Beware of the Dog |
As Frank's marriage begins to crumble, a pack of vicious dogs terrorises a small town, and as Frank investigates he discovers several truths about the Millennium group. |
September 26, 1997 |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
Allen Coulter |
| 2-3 |
Sense and Antisense |
Frank aids in the search for a man who is supposedly carrying a highly contagious virus and discovers the secret behind the Human Genome Project. |
October 3, 1997 |
Chip Johannessen |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 2-4 |
Monster |
In rural Arkansas, Frank investigates the owner of a daycare center accused of child abuse, only to be accused himself. |
October 17, 1997 |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
Perry Lang |
| 2-5 |
A Single Blade of Grass |
In Manhattan, Frank Black and an anthropologist link a bizarre, ritualistic slaying to a lost tribe of Native Americans who follow apocalyptic prophecies. |
October 24, 1997 |
Kay Reindl & Erin Maher |
Rodman Flender |
| 2-6 |
The Curse of Frank Black |
On Halloween, Frank experiences eerie visions and strange events that spark flashbacks to his youth---and a telling encounter with a troubled World War II vet. |
October 31, 1997 |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
Ralph Hemecker |
| 2-7 |
19:19 |
In southeastern Oklahoma, Frank races against time to locate a busload of abducted children, whom a crazed visionary has entombed in an abandoned quarry. |
November 7, 1997 |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 2-8 |
The Hand of St. Sebastian |
In Germany, Frank Black and his driven companion Peter Watts seek the Millennium Group's secret origins, which are steeped in dark intrigue dating to the first millennium. |
November 14, 1997 |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 2-9 |
Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense |
An apostate member of a pop religion (Scientology) is murdered, leading Frank to co-investigate with a flamboyant writer. |
November 21, 1997 |
Darin Morgan |
Darin Morgan |
| 2-10 |
Midnight of the Century |
Eerie visions that haunt Black at Christmastime hark back to his troubled youth and lead to a fateful reunion with his estranged father. |
December 19, 1997 |
Kay Reindl & Erin Maher |
Dwight Little |
| 2-11 |
Goodbye Charlie |
Serial murders in the guise of assisted suicides stymie Frank, whose primary suspect is a charismatic hospice nurse. Frank and Lara investigate to determine if it's murder. |
January 9, 1998 |
Richard Whitley |
Ken Fink |
| 2-12 |
Luminary |
In defiance of the Millennium Group, Frank Black sets off on his own into the Alaska wilderness to search for a missing teen who may have gotten in harm's way. |
January 23, 1998 |
Chip Johannessen |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 2-13 |
The Mikado |
Frank Black, Peter Watts, and Brian Roedecker track a possibly long-dormant serial killer who is now broadcasting his murders over the Internet. |
February 6, 1998 |
Micheal R. Perry |
Roderick Pridy |
| 2-14 |
The Pest House |
Gruesome slayings linked to urban myth are committed near a psychiatric hospital, where Frank and Peter conduct an intensive investigation that yields multiple suspects. |
February 27, 1998 |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
Allen Coulter |
| 2-15 |
Owls (1) |
Mystery and murder surround a search for a piece of the Crucifixion cross that sparks infighting among the Millennium Group. |
March 6, 1998 |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 2-16 |
Roosters (2) |
A venerable Millennium Group member links the schism within the organization to the actions of an underground Nazi clique. |
March 13, 1998 |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 2-17 |
Siren |
The seizure of a ship smuggling Chinese immigrants draws Frank Black into a mystery surrounding another passenger: an enigmatic seductress. |
March 20, 1998 |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
Allen Coulter |
| 2-18 |
In Arcadia Ego |
In Idaho, Black tracks two escaped female prisoners, one of whom is pregnant and believes it to be an immaculate conception. |
April 3, 1998 |
Chip Johannessen |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 2-19 |
Anamnesis |
A sensitive high-school girl in Washington state claims to have religious visions in a case that raises controversial issues and builds to violence in a classroom. |
April 17, 1998 |
Kay Reindl & Erin Maher |
John Peter Kousakis |
| 2-20 |
A Room With No View |
Clues in the disappearance of a bright, outgoing teenage boy point to Frank Black's nemesis: the unearthly, seductive woman who killed Bob Bletcher. |
April 24, 1998 |
Ken Horton |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 2-21 |
Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me |
Four demons assemble in the predawn at a doughnut shop and reflect on the havoc they've wreaked on humanity. |
May 1, 1998 |
Darin Morgan |
Darin Morgan |
| 2-22 |
The Fourth Horseman (1) |
Frank Black takes a stand against the Millennium Group over its intensified secrecy and its involvement with a deadly contagion to which he's been exposed. |
May 8, 1998 |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
Dwight Little |
| 2-23 |
The Time Is Now (2) |
The spread of a virulent disease coupled with mysterious Millennium Group operations kindle crises that beset Frank Black's friend Lara Means and his own family. |
May 15, 1998 |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
Thomas J. Wright |
| # |
Title |
Plot |
Original U.S. airdate |
Writer |
Director |
| 3-1 |
The Innocents (1) |
Frank Black teams up with an intuitive FBI agent named Emma Hollis to probe a plane crash linked to the spread of a deadly plague. |
October 2, 1998 |
Michael Duggan |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 3-2 |
Exegesis (2) |
The probe of an aircraft disaster leads Frank and partner Emma Hollis to an extraordinarily gifted psychic who is on the run from the menacing Millennium Group |
October 9, 1998 |
Chip Johannessen |
Ralph Hemecker |
| 3-3 |
TEOTWAWKI |
An investigation of a deadly shooting spree at a high school is mysteriously tied to a powerful group of citizens setting its own agenda for the year 2000. |
October 16, 1998 |
Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 3-4 |
Closure |
The pursuit of a remorseless killer gets to Emma Hollis, whose fierce resolve to nail the slayer is tied to a violent incident that scarred her emotionally as a child. |
October 23, 1998 |
Larry Andries |
Daniel Sackheim |
| 3-5 |
...Thirteen Years Later |
Murders begin to occur on the set of a film loosely based on a grisly case from Frank's past. |
October 30, 1998 |
Michael R. Perry |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 3-6 |
Skull and Bones |
The discovery of secretly buried bodies at a construction site reveals an odious connection to the Millennium Group. |
November 6, 1998 |
Chip Johannessen & Ken Horton |
Paul Shapiro |
| 3-7 |
Through a Glass Darkly |
A missing 10-year-old girl in rural Oregon entangles Frank and Emma in an unsettling case that involves a convicted child molester, now out on parole. |
November 13, 1998 |
Patrick Harbinson |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 3-8 |
Human Essence |
In Vancouver, B.C., Emma takes on a drug case involving her half-sister, an addict who claims that new heroin on the street is turning users into monsters. |
December 11, 1998 |
Michael Duggan |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 3-9 |
Omerta |
On a Christmas holiday in Vermont with his daughter, Black is drawn into a case involving a mobster and two ethereal women with miraculous healing powers. |
December 18, 1998 |
Michael R. Perry |
Paul Shapiro |
| 3-10 |
Borrowed Time |
Strange fevers endanger Frank's young daughter, whom he believes is being stalked by a sinister man fascinated with near-death experiences. |
January 15, 1999 |
Chip Johannesen |
Dwight Little |
| 3-11 |
Collateral Damage |
Tensions resurface between Frank Black and former ally Peter Watts in a search for the latter's daughter, abducted by an Army vet with a grudge against the Millennium Group. |
January 22, 1999 |
Michael R. Perry |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 3-12 |
The Sound of Snow |
Mysterious audio tapes trigger deadly hallucinations in the Seattle area, where Frank's investigation induces visions of his deceased wife, Catherine. |
February 5, 1999 |
Patrick Harbinson |
Paul Shapiro |
| 3-13 |
Antipas |
Frank Black's arch-nemesis Lucy Butler resurfaces as the prime suspect in a murder case that involves the supernatural and the demonic possession of a young girl. |
February 12, 1999 |
Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 3-14 |
Matryoshka |
The suicide of an elderly ex-FBI agent leads Frank into a case that uncovers dark secrets and Bureau intrigue at the dawn of the atomic age. |
February 19, 1999 |
Erin Maher & Kay Reindl |
Arthur Forney |
| 3-15 |
Forcing the End |
Leads in the abduction of a young pregnant woman from Brooklyn steer Frank and Emma to a mysterious plot hatched by a fanatical cult that is driven by Biblical prophecy. |
March 19, 1999 |
Marjorie David |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 3-16 |
Saturn Dreaming of Mercury |
Mystery surrounds Frank's new neighbors, a couple and their preteen son whose arrival coincides with erratic, often violent behavior by Frank's daughter Jordan. |
April 9, 1999 |
Chip Johannessen & Jordan Hawley |
Paul Shapiro |
| 3-17 |
Darwin's Eye |
An escaped mental patient with a violent past has taken an apparently compliant hostage, and their elusiveness on the run stymies Frank and Emma. |
April 16, 1999 |
Patrick Harbinson |
Ken Fink |
| 3-18 |
Bardo Thodol |
Eerie discoveries haunt Frank and Emma on a case involving Asian mysticism, Millennium Group machinations and incredible biotechnological advances. |
April 23, 1999 |
Chip Johannessen & Virginia Stock |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 3-19 |
Seven and One |
Intimidations linked to a childhood trauma prey upon Frank Black, who's also beset by an ominous stalker--and by a hardened FBI agent who thinks he's gone over the edge. |
April 30, 1999 |
Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz |
Peter Markle |
| 3-20 |
Nostalgia |
A journey back to the town where she grew up is anything but a sentimental one for Emma Hollis, who's investigating a grisly serial-murder case with Frank and a sheriff she knew as a child. |
May 7, 1999 |
Michael R. Perry |
Thomas J. Wright |
| 3-21 |
Via Dolorosa (1) |
On the trail of a copycat killer, Frank Black is haunted by memories of the original fiend, while Emma is distracted by the deterioration of her father, an Alzheimer's patient. |
May 14, 1999 |
Marjorie David & Patrick Harbinson |
Paul Shapiro |
| 3-22 |
Goodbye to All That (2) |
An ongoing search for a serial killer is marked by bizarre occurrences--and the disclosure of Millennium Group experimentation with radical brain surgery. |
May 21, 1999 |
Ken Horton & Chip Johannessen |
Thomas J. Wright |
