The Innocents

"The Innocents" is the first episode of the third season of Millennium.
==Synopsis==
Several months after the death of his wife and a nervous breakdown, Frank rejoins the FBI and works with two young agents to investigate a plane crash that seems connected to the virus that killed his wife. (Part 1 of 2)
==Summary==
Inside a dark house, an elderly woman, her eyes an almost supernatural color of blue, lies on a daybed, her body connected to a filtration machine. The old woman whispers the words, "it has begun," causing an Attendant to clasp the woman's hand in her own. Meanwhile, aboard a jet airplane, a Fair-Haired Woman, who has facial features similar to those of the Attendant's, and who possesses eyes much like those of the elderly woman, makes her way to a lavatory. She retrieves a handgun hidden inside a towel dispenser. A lavatory smoke alarm sounds in the forward galley, alerting a stewardess (who bears a resemblance to the Fair-Haired Woman) to possible trouble. But when the stewardess confronts the Fair-Haired Woman, she suddenly grabs the revolver and fires shots into the ceiling. The force of the vacuum sucks the Fair-Haired Woman out of the plane.
Frank Black and his daughter, Jordan, have relocated to Falls Church, Virginia. Frank undergoes an FBI psychiatric evaluation. As Dr. Luanne Chase listens, Frank insists that Catherine and everyone else who died as a result of the outbreak were murdered. He also states that he is anxious to return to work.
Meanwhile, , FAA and NTSB investigators comb through the wreckage of the downed airliner. The investigation is headed by FBI Agent Barry Baldwin, an ambitious man who has never been in charge of such a large-scale case. Amongst the other members of the team is FBI Agent Emma Hollis, an attractive woman in her late 20s. She discovers the body of the stewardess. Shortly thereafter, the revolver is discovered embedded in the soil.
Frank begins experiencing visions of the plane crash. He telephones Andy McClaren at the FBI Academy. He states that he is unable to rid his mind of the disaster, partially due to the number of children on board (twenty-three in all). Frank makes his way to the crash site, where he meets Baldwin and Emma Hollis. Emma reveals that the stewardess's fingerprints were found on the handgun. According to Emma, Baldwin believes that the stewardess was a disgruntled employee who smuggled the gun on board and sabotaged the jet. Shortly thereafter, Frank digs through a section of the lavatory, unearthing a cigarette butt from inside a sink trap. He notes pink lipstick on the filter. Frank suspects that someone else was inside the lavatory. He takes special interest in a DMV photo of a blonde woman named Deena Bartus. He compares Bartus' photo to that of the stewardess, and notices a distinct resemblance. Emma points out that both women lived in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Meanwhile, a woman who bears an exact resemblance to the stewardess drives up to a house listed as Deena Bartus' address. The woman lifts a two-year-old girl from the backseat of the car and makes her way inside the house. Suddenly, the structure is ripped apart by a violent blast. Frank travels to Utah when he is informed of the explosion. The little girl died in the blast, but the female victim managed to survive. Frank and Emma discover a trap door that leads to an underground shelter. Inside is an array of survival supplies, along with two hermetically sealed transport caskets, one for an adult and one for a child.
Frank returns to the . He tells McClaren that victims of the viral outbreak (the same outbreak that killed Catherine) are inside the caskets. McClaren fails to see how the outbreak, the plane crash and the house explosion are connected. Nonetheless, bio-suited FBI agents unseal the caskets. To Frank's disappointment, they are empty. McClaren instructs Frank to return home. Frank receives a surprise visit from Emma. She believes that the female victim of the house explosion has the answers they've been looking for. The pair travel to the hospital. There, Frank questions the woman, Mary, about the explosion and the incident aboard the plane. She explains that her sisters, and their children, were the real targets of the outbreak. Mary gives Frank and Emma the name of the location where the last living child can be found.
Emma and Frank travel to a rural farmhouse. But moments before they arrive, a woman who resembles the stewardess drives off with a two-year-old girl strapped into the car seat. Emma and Frank spot the pair and give chase. As the woman drives onto a bridge, another vehicle begins to pass her. A truck driver in the opposite lane slams on his brakes, and the rig begins to jackknife. The woman panics and loses control of the car. It comes to rest on the edge of the bridge, where it dangles precariously. Frank attempts to save the woman and the little girl. But the woman insists that the girl not be touched. She raises her hands off the steering wheel, and the car plunges over the side of the bridge. Frank then notices three men near the end of the bridge, observing from afar. Frank runs towards the men, but they enter their car and drive off.
TO BE CONTINUED
==Background Information==
===Production Information===
*After the departure of both James Wong and Glen Morgan as executive producers, Chip Johannessen takes over from this episode in that capacity.
*Now the opening credits were revised. Instead of the tagline "this is who we are, the time is near", the words "wait, the time is near" are now used.
*Klea Scott takes over from Megan Gallagher as the female lead.
===Cast and Characters===
*Stephen E. Miller ( Andy McClaren) previously played John Truitt in episode "", Tactical Commander in "Duane Barry", Wayne Morgan in "Piper Maru" and Detective Roger Kamm in the Millennium episode "Pilot".
*Doris Chillcott (Elderly Woman) previously played Adele Hunziger in the Millennium episode "Paper Dove".
*Barry W. Levy (Passenger) previously played Navy Doctor in episode "Apocrypha", Dr. Vitagliano in "Gethsemane" and "Redux", Driver in the Millennium episodes "Owls" and "Roosters" and Braylock in "The Time is Now".
*Garvin Cross (Trucker) previously played Red Head Kid in episode "Fearful Symmetry", Repairman in "Herrenvolk" and Patient in the Millennium episode "Dead Letters".
*Frances Flanagan (Nurse) previously played Nurse in episode "Apocrypha" and Nurse in the Millennium episode "In Arcadia Ego".
*Gerry Nairn (NTSB Investigator) previously played 1st Man in episode "Red Museum" and Lyon in the Millennium episode "Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions".
*Clayton Watmough (Assassin) previously played Sheriff in the Millennium episode "Broken World" and Millennium Group Member in "The Fourth Horseman" and "The Time is Now".
==Cast==
Main Cast
*Lance Henriksen as Frank Black
*Klea Scott as Emma Hollis
Also Starring
*Brittany Tiplady as Jordan Black
Guest Starring
*Peter Outerbridge as Barry Baldwin
*Stephen E. Miller as Andy McClaren
*Katy Boyer as Attendant Woman
*Ken Pogue as Tom Miller
*Averie Maddox as Fair-haired Deena
*Maxine Miller as Justine Miller
Co-Starring
*Doris Chillcott as Elderly Woman
*Judith McDowell as Dr. Luane Chase
Featuring
*Francoise Yip as Stewardess No. 2
*Damon Gregory as Larry Palmer
*Barry W. Levy as Passenger
*Garvin Cross as Trucker
*Frances Flanagan as Nurse
*Gerry Nairn as NTSB Investigator
Uncredited
*Clayton Watmough as Assassin
===References===
Northern Sierra Nevada, Nevada; Falls Church, Virginia; Salt Lake City, Utah
Innocents, The
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