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# |
Title |
Directed by |
Written by |
Original air date |
Production
code |
| 23 |
1 |
"The Beginning and the End" |
Thomas J. Wright |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
September 19, 1997 (1997-09-19) |
5C01 |
| After Catherine Black goes missing in the Seattle Airport in the previous episode, Frank Black desperately searches for his wife, who has been abducted by a cunning stalker who is luring him into a trap. |
| 24 |
2 |
"Beware of the Dog" |
Allen Coulter |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
September 26, 1997 (1997-09-26) |
5C02 |
| As Frank's marriage begins to crumble, a pack of vicious dogs terrorises a small town, and as Frank investigates he discovers several truths about the Millennium Group. |
| 25 |
3 |
"Sense and Antisense" |
Thomas J. Wright |
Chip Johannessen |
October 3, 1997 (1997-10-03) |
5C03 |
| Frank aids in the search for a man who is supposedly carrying a highly contagious virus and discovers the secret behind the Human Genome Project. |
| 26 |
4 |
"Monster" |
Perry Lang |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
October 17, 1997 (1997-10-17) |
5C04 |
| In rural Arkansas, Frank investigates the owner of a daycare center accused of child abuse, only to be accused himself. |
| 27 |
5 |
"A Single Blade of Grass" |
Rodman Flender |
Kay Reindl & Erin Maher |
October 24, 1997 (1997-10-24) |
5C05 |
| In Manhattan, Frank Black and an anthropologist link a bizarre, ritualistic slaying to a lost tribe of Native Americans who follow apocalyptic prophecies. |
| 28 |
6 |
"The Curse of Frank Black" |
Ralph Hemecker |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
October 31, 1997 (1997-10-31) |
5C07 |
| On Halloween, Frank experiences eerie visions and strange events that spark flashbacks to his youth---and a telling encounter with a troubled World War II vet. |
| 29 |
7 |
"19:19" |
Thomas J. Wright |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
November 7, 1997 (1997-11-07) |
5C06 |
| In southeastern Oklahoma, Frank races against time to locate a busload of abducted children, whom a crazed visionary has entombed in an abandoned quarry. |
| 30 |
8 |
"The Hand of St. Sebastian" |
Thomas J. Wright |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
November 14, 1997 (1997-11-14) |
5C08 |
| In Germany, Frank Black and his driven companion Peter Watts seek the Millennium Group's secret origins, which are steeped in dark intrigue dating to the first millennium. |
| 31 |
9 |
"Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense" |
Darin Morgan |
Darin Morgan |
November 21, 1997 (1997-11-21) |
5C09 |
| An apostate member of a pop religion is murdered, leading Frank to co-investigate with a flamboyant writer. |
| 32 |
10 |
"Midnight of the Century" |
Dwight Little |
Kay Reindl & Erin Maher |
December 19, 1997 (1997-12-19) |
5C11 |
| Eerie visions that haunt Black at Christmastime hark back to his troubled youth and lead to a fateful reunion with his estranged father. |
| 33 |
11 |
"Goodbye Charlie" |
Ken Fink |
Richard Whitley |
January 9, 1998 (1998-01-09) |
5C10 |
| Serial murders in the guise of assisted suicides stymie Frank, whose primary suspect is a charismatic hospice nurse. Frank and Lara investigate to determine if it's murder. |
| 34 |
12 |
"Luminary" |
Thomas J. Wright |
Chip Johannessen |
January 23, 1998 (1998-01-23) |
5C12 |
| In defiance of the Millennium Group, Frank Black sets off on his own into the Alaska wilderness to search for a missing teen who may have gotten in harm's way. |
| 35 |
13 |
"The Mikado" |
Roderick Pridy |
Michael R. Perry |
February 6, 1998 (1998-02-06) |
5C13 |
| Frank Black, Peter Watts, and Brian Roedecker track a possibly long-dormant serial killer who is now broadcasting his murders over the Internet. |
| 36 |
14 |
"The Pest House" |
Allen Coulter |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
February 27, 1998 (1998-02-27) |
5C15 |
| Gruesome slayings linked to urban myth are committed near a psychiatric hospital, where Frank and Peter conduct an intensive investigation that yields multiple suspects. |
| 37 |
15 |
"Owls" |
Thomas J. Wright |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
March 6, 1998 (1998-03-06) |
5C14 |
| Mystery and murder surround a search for a piece of the Crucifixion cross that sparks infighting among the Millennium Group. |
| 38 |
16 |
"Roosters" |
Thomas J. Wright |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
March 13, 1998 (1998-03-13) |
5C16 |
| A venerable Millennium Group member links the schism within the organization to the actions of an underground Nazi clique. |
| 39 |
17 |
"Siren" |
Allen Coulter |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
March 20, 1998 (1998-03-20) |
5C17 |
| The seizure of a ship smuggling Chinese immigrants draws Frank Black into a mystery surrounding another passenger: an enigmatic seductress. |
| 40 |
18 |
"In Arcadia Ego" |
Thomas J. Wright |
Chip Johannessen |
April 3, 1998 (1998-04-03) |
5C18 |
| In Idaho, Black tracks two escaped female prisoners, one of whom is pregnant and believes it to be an immaculate conception. |
| 41 |
19 |
"Anamnesis" |
John Peter Kousakis |
Kay Reindl & Erin Maher |
April 17, 1998 (1998-04-17) |
5C19 |
| A sensitive high-school girl in Washington state claims to have religious visions in a case that raises controversial issues and builds to violence in a classroom. |
| 42 |
20 |
"A Room With No View" |
Thomas J. Wright |
Ken Horton |
April 24, 1998 (1998-04-24) |
5C20 |
| Clues in the disappearance of a bright, outgoing teenage boy point to Frank Black's nemesis: the unearthly, seductive woman who killed Bob Bletcher. |
| 43 |
21 |
"Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me" |
Darin Morgan |
Darin Morgan |
May 1, 1998 (1998-05-01) |
5C21 |
| Four demons assemble in the predawn at a doughnut shop and reflect on the havoc they've wreaked on humanity. |
| 44 |
22 |
"The Fourth Horseman" |
Dwight Little |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
May 8, 1998 (1998-05-08) |
5C22 |
| Frank Black takes a stand against the Millennium Group over its intensified secrecy and its involvement with a deadly contagion to which he's been exposed. |
| 45 |
23 |
"The Time Is Now" |
Thomas J. Wright |
Glen Morgan & James Wong |
May 15, 1998 (1998-05-15) |
5C23 |
| The spread of a virulent disease coupled with mysterious Millennium Group operations kindle crises that beset Frank Black's friend Lara Means and his own family. |