Osiris3657

I've been meaning to give this show a try for years now, but still haven't gotten around to it. I'm a diehard X-Files fan, so I figure I'd like it, but you never know. Worth the time?

andicus

Fantastic... Up until a certain point. I don't want to say what that point is, as it may dampen your enjoyment of the preceding episodes, which were some of the best on TV.

Josh-da-man

First season is good.
Second season is great.
Third season is... skippable.

MysterioMan007

I've had the DVDs for years and haven't watched them yet. I did see the X-Files resolution, but I didn't get t then and don't remember it now. I'm debating going through this and giving the X-Files and Lone Gunmen a rewatch while I'm at it.

PhantomStranger

It's really nothing like X-Files but I agree the first two seasons are essential viewing. The third season isn't bad, they just retooled the show into something for mainstream tastes.

Josh-da-man

Yeah, "retooling" is a good way to describe the show.

The first season was sort of a serial killer case of the week type of show, kind of a really dark Criminal Minds.

The ratings apparently weren't great, and in the second season, they reworked it into a religious conspiracy series, kind of like a cross between The X-Files and The DaVinci Code, with competing factions of the Millennium group trying to bring about the end of the world.

And it got retooled again for the third season, becoming a sort of X-Files lite, with Frank rejoining the FBI and getting a Scully of his own. There were a couple of good episodes here, but they pretty much abandoned the conspiracy angle from the second season.

And it got cancelled and was eventually wrapped up with an incredibly weak resolution in an unremarkable episode of The X-Files.

Osiris3657

I brought up the X-Files since Millennium is by the same creative team

Osiris3657

Thanks for the responses. A 3 season run won't take too much time, even if the 3rd season is apparently disappointing.

clckworang

I tried to get into X-Files back in the day but just never got into it. On the other hand, I loved Millennium. As others said, the third season takes a dip, but I would still recommend the show. It has been years since I revisited it. I might need to do that soon. I should probably give X-Files another day in court, but it all just seems like too much.

Traxan

I read that a Fox TV executive was traumatized by the opening episode, which featured some poor bastard with their eyes and lips sewn shut

Gunde

Season 1 is some grim and dark stuff.
Season 2 is fantastic. Great arc, wonderful freaky episodes and quality writing/acting.
Season 3 is such a shame after season 2 ...

leacha

I'll repeat what others have said here.

S1 & S2 👍👍
S3 👎

davidh777

They definitely cross-promoted them at the time, and the DVD cases have a similar feel.

I enjoyed the run but unlike X-Files, I’ve never revisited it.

B5Erik

There was this great episode with KISS that I watched!


Actually, that was the only episode that I watched. And it was just OK.

Quatermass

The Season 2 finale makes an excellent series finale. Everything that comes after it detracts from the earlier greatness.

Josh-da-man

That was third season episode.

From what I recall, the KISS episode and the Lucy Butler episode were the highlights of season three.

PhantomStranger

Season two takes some amazing creative risks, especially considering it was on network television before the streaming era. The writers must have thought there was no way they'd get a third season, so they went all out. They only got renewed because the network was hoping they'd get another X-Files-level success if enough people watched.

windom

This got me thinking about "Harsh Realm" which wasn't an X-Files spinoff but was from Chris Carter, I think. I'm not sure if it even lasted a whole season. Any watch it?

Of course, there was "The Lone Gunmen" too which was an X-Files spinoff and was a pretty good show on its own.

stvn1974

I never finished Millennium. During season three I was admitted to a psyche ward for ten days and while there I asked one of the orderlies if I could watch the latest episode and about ten minutes in he turned if off and put and end to that. I never did finish the series.

PhantomStranger

I watched Harsh Realm years ago on DVD. It only lasted a half season before cancellation. What I remember was finding it vaguely enjoyable but nothing special. Certainly not as good as the X-Files or Millennium.

Runaway

I feel the sam way. I liked the show and it had definitely potential, but it was cancelled before it could show if they would've unfolded it. Terry O'Quinn was pretty cool in it.