Directed by Thomas J. Wright. Written by Marjorie David.

EPISODE RATING: (1 to 4) **

A young woman, heavily pregnant Jeanie Borenstine (Juliette Landau), is kidnapped from her Brooklyn home while her husband, Daniel (Peter Wilds), is knocked unconscious by the abductors stun gun. Frank and Emma are brought in on the missing person case, which leads them to a former employee of cardiologist Daniel...his ex nurse, Rachel Levinson (Shae Popovich), who supposed left the country earlier. However, Levinson is still in the country, and is a member of a radical religious cult that believes the birth of the Borenstine's child will eventually hearld in the end of the world. Jeanie is return unharmed to her husband and home, but the newborn child is still in the possession of the cult leader, Moses Gourevitch (Andreas Katsulas). Emma also suspects the involvement of The Millennium Group, especially in the wake of an appearance of Peter Watts at Jeanie's hospital room.

'Forcing The End' is another third season episode that just never distinguishes itself because there's just not enough going on to get excited about. The basic scenario is rather dull and uninteresting, with very little energy or intensity. This was the bane of the third season. Not enough drive. 

The performances don't really help either. Henriksen just seems to sleep walk through the show. Sure, he's always low key, but there's (almost) always an undercurrent of emotion or intelligence. He almost disappears in this one. Then again, the script allows for much more interaction from Emma Hollis, and that's probably the best thing about the episode. She goes into the case suspecting The Group is involved with the kidnapping of the mother and unborn child, but slowly begins to change her opinions on them and their goals. She has a scene with Watts that kicks off the whole ongoing plotpoint of The Group wooing Emma to their side of the fence. Klea Scott does somewhat better work than usual, and it's because the script finally throws her a bone.

The presence of Landau is certainly of interest. The actress (daughter of Martin) gained fame for playing James Marsters spacey, sultry vampire squeeze Druscilla on the second season of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, gaining a cult following in the process. However, I didn't really like the character or her overbaked acting on that great series, and I just don't like her here either. Nothing personal, but her acting style just doesn't click on a subtle show like Millennium. 

Andreas Katsulas is a veteran bad guy and was a regular on the sci-fi series Babylon 5 (which I didn't watch), but is probably best known as the One-Armed Man in the theatrical version of The Fugitive. His turn as the cult leader (complete with two arms) here is merely adequate because he doesn't get a chance to be anymore than a typical religious zealot. No depth, but his physical appearance at least gives us someone to dislike.

The climax has Katsulas attempting to escape via helicopter with the baby, with Emma desperate to stop him. As an action finale, it's nothing special, although the resolution does allow for Hollis, and the audience, to ponder over something Watts had said earlier, and wonder just how much does The Millennium Group actually know.   

Ultimately, this is another forgettable episode in a season that seems to be doing little than treading water.