Series:	Millennium
Original Airdate:	November 8, 1996
Episode Number:	1x03
Production Number:	MLM-102 (4C02)
Date(s):	1996
Written by:	Glen Morgan & James Wong
Directed by:	Thomas J. Wright

While searching for a killer who murders random women in order to feel important, Frank Black attempts to work with a partner who is ill-suited to handle the intense horrors the case represents.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Background Information 3 Links and References 3.1 Guest Cast 3.1.1 Guest Starring 3.1.2 Co-Starring 3.2 References

SummaryEdit

SUMMARY

Background InformationEdit

• In postal service terminology, dead letters are those mailings that have been determined to be undeliverable. A Dead Letters Office, such as the one seen in this episode, collects mail that cannot be delivered and cannot be returned to its mailer. Symbolically, this episode's title is also meant to be interpreted as a representation of the killer's self-image; the serial killer in this episode feels himself to be a dead letter figure, reduced to an aimless and disregarded man by authority and society.

• "Dead Letters" was the first Millennium script written by writing partners Glen Morgan and James Wong. The pair would eventually write seventeen other Millennium episodes, mostly in the second season of the series.

• "Dead Letters" was also the first Millennium episode that director Thomas J. Wright worked on. The director had previously worked with writers Morgan and Wong on a science fiction series they created, Space: Above and Beyond, and would eventually work on twenty-six other Millennium episodes, more than a third of the series, often directing scripts written by the writers.

• The role of Jim Horn was written specifically for actor James Morrison. The actor is considered one of the primary alumnus associated with the duo of Morgan and Wong and has appeared in several of their projects including Space: Above and Beyond, The Wonder Cabinet, The Others, and the feature film The One. While speaking at a convention in August 1997, he hailed Morgan and Wong as "the only poets working on television today".

• James Morrison acted in this episode after just having had an operation on his knee, which he had injured on the set of Space: Above and Beyond.

• The name of Horn's son, T.C., is a direct reference to Colonel T.C. McQueen, James Morrison's character on Space: Above and Beyond.

Links and ReferencesEdit

Guest CastEdit

Guest StarringEdit

• Chris Ellis as Jim Pensyres
• Ron Halder as the Killer
• James Morrison as Jim Horn

Co-StarringEdit

• Garvin Cross as Patient
• Anthony Harrison as Detective Jenkins
• Lisa Vultaggio as Janice Sterling
• Rob Morton as Lewis
• Maria Louisa Figura as Cindy Horn
• Cooper Olson as T.C. Horn
• Michelle Hart as Marjorie Holden
• Fulvio Cecere as Security Guard
• Andrew Laurenson as Clown
• Allison Warren as Officer Sarah Stevens
• Ken Shimizu as C.S.T. Member

ReferencesEdit

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