The Marburgh plague has devastated a small section of North America, killing Frank Black's wife, but not Frank or his daughter Jordan who were both immunized against the virus. Now, after spending several months working through his feelings, Frank decides to get involved in an FBI case, because his mysterious visions have reappeared again, and he feels he can help. The case in question is the strange crash of an aircraft, on which two people who look related were travelling.
It was always going to be interesting to see if two fairly disparate seasons of the same show could be dragged kicking and screaming back together to make a coherent whole, and how the apocalyptic ending of Season Two could be taken into account without wiping out half the world's population.
It's a shame that Morgan and Wong effectively did so much damage in their final two-parter, making it something of a cop-out to discover how localized the virus was. However, new executive producers Michael Duggan and Chip Johannessen really try to pull everything back together in this season opener. Okay, Frank hasn't retained the white hair he was sporting at the end of Season Two, but never mind, eh?
The story of a group of connected women is more an X-Files-ish story than a Millennium one, and it does drag rather due to it being the start of a two-part story that probably would have been fine as one episode. There are some important character moments between Frank, Jordan and Catherine's parents which give a different dimension to the show, but Klea Scott as Frank's partner-to-be Emma Hollis doesn't make much of an impact.
Overall, a bit of a slow start to the new season, but Morgan and Wong were a tough act to follow.
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