Owls

Suddenly in Season II of MillenniuM, The MillenniuM Group is more than simply a group of ex-FBI investigators.

Frank Black thought that's what he was joining. But as the bad stuff starts piling up, leading up the the death of "Blech" and the kidnapping of his wife by Doug Hutchinson, Frank Lost his special Insight.

In S2E2 a special visit to a town being terrorized by "Dogs" brings Black face to face with "The Old Man" of Millennium - Played by Veteran Actor R G Armstrong who was a Favorite of Sam Peckinpah, where we see that the Dogs are not really Dogs, and the MillenniuM Group is more complex than he ever thought.

Is The MillenniuM Group making Frank's life worse, or better? Until he can find out, he distances himself from the group - And this peaks the interest of a 3rd party.

By now we have been shown that the Group consists of two factions, the "Roosters" who believe Jesus is coming in 2000 and it is a war front of Spirituality which we must survive, and the "Owls", believing a cosmic event will either kill all mankind, or do nothing to mankind.

As both factions vie for power and artifacts and influence over Frank Black, Catherine Black is offered a Job for a "European" AeroSpace firm - Which is actually based in South America.

But a Major Artifact has been found in a Mosque in the Middle East... A very important piece of Wood with a huge Nail-Hole in it. The two halves of Millennium group think they are the only ones interested in it.

Beware of anyone who says "This is Who we Are"

In Damascus, Syria, a group of men retrieve a crate from the cemented floor of a mosque. Another group attacks them and, in the end, only one named La Fur survives. He tries to smuggle the crate with a piece of wood inside, but a bomb explodes at the airport killing him. Another man, Helmut Gunsche, steals the crate with the wood. Meanwhile, the Millennium Group splits in two factions, The Roosters and the Owls, who believe in different dates for the end of the world. The piece of wood is the True Cross where Jesus Christ was crucified and now is in possession of the Owls. Catherine is invited to work at Aerotech International and is interviewed by Clear Knight. Lara Means sees an angel and researches the meaning of her vision. Frank returns home with Jordan and finds Peter Watts inside. They have an argument, and Frank quits the Millennium Group. Then he is stalked by two armed men.

"Owls", like other episodes of the Second Season, is another messy and boring episode of "Millennium". Like Frank Black, I expected that "Millennium" would be a series about serial-killers and Frank would be responsible to find their profiles. However, this disappointing Second Season entwins religious themes and a complicated conspiracy inside the Millennium Group. Peter Watts, who seemed to be Frank Black's partner and friend becomes only the liaison between the Millennium direction and Frank. Catherine Black becomes an obnoxious character and only Jordan is still a sweet little girl. This Second Season of "Millennium" is one of the worst TV series ever made. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "Owls"