In a 22-episode season of TV, there are going to be a few episodes that just don't work, where the writers' inspiration runs out but they still need to get something in the can. This is one of those.
Lot of half-baked ideas thrown into this episode that aren't developed. The result feels very generic.
Catherine Black plays a larger role for the third straight episode, and unlike the previous two, which were excellent, she doesn't do anything interesting here.
The writers spend a lot of time building up conflict between her and Bletcher, with Frank Black caught in the middle: Bletcher wants to interview a little girl who witnessed her parents' murder, Catherine says no because it would exacerbate her trauma; Frank is on the fence about it. Before this conflict really comes to a head, it's completely sidestepped.
Biggest problem is the killer's psychology remains unclear. So far the best episodes of "Millennium" are about Black gradually coming to understand what the criminal is after and to place himself in his/her shoes. For this to work, the criminal's psychology has to be compelling.
Here the killer's motivation is simply muddled. Because the killer doesn't work, the episode doesn't work.
As usual, Lance Henriksen is riveting and the production values are top-notch, but otherwise there's nothing much to recommend this episode.
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