The Beginning & the End

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Series:	Millennium
Original Airdate:	September 19, 1997
Episode Number	2x01
Production Number:	MLM-201 (5C01)
Date(s):	1997
Written by:	Glen Morgan & James Wong
Directed by:	Thomas J. Wright

After Catherine Black goes missing from a Seattle airport, Frank desperately struggles to find her abductor. (Part 2 of 2)

Contents 1 Summary 2 Background Information 3 Links and References 3.1 Guest Cast 3.2 References

[edit] Summary

SUMMARY

[edit] Background Information

• This was the first episode of Glen Morgan and James Wong's tenure as Millennium's show runners.

• As the first episode of Millennium's second season, this episode is the first in the series to feature an updated and altered opening credits sequence. Various apocalyptic images were added to the sequence and the lines "wait", "worry" and "who cares?" were replaced with the lines "this is who we are" and "the time is near". The new credits sequence would remain until Season 3, when it was changed again.

• Other cosmetic changes to the show would include the removal of the quotes that began episodes in the first season, replacing it with the title of the episode. The quotes would occasionally reappear throughout the season, but in differing locations.

• This episode marked the first appearance of Brian Roedecker, as well as the Millennium Group's computer monitor countdown to the year 2000.

• In one scene, Catherine Black's abductor mentions that the scientific name of the Millennium Comet is P1997 Vansen-West. Writers Glen Morgan and James Wong chose this name after having created and worked on an aborted television series, Space: Above and Beyond, in which the main characters were called Nathan West and Shane Vansen.

• Frank's computer display reads: "Welcome Frank. There are 833 days remaining."

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[edit] Guest Cast

GUEST CAST WITH ROLE THEY PLAYED

[edit] References

SEMICOLON-SEPARATED LIST OF ITEMS/LOCATIONS REFERENCED IN EPISODE (BUT NOT LINKED TO IF ALREADY LINKED IN SUMMARY OR GUEST STARS SECTIONS)

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