Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions
"Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions'" is the nineteenth episode of the first season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium.
"Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions" featured guest appearances by Sarah-Jane Redmond and Richard Cox.
Millennium Group consultant Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) is convinced to return to work after the death of a close friend.
"Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions" features the final appearances in the series by both Bill Smitrovich and Robin Gammell.
The episode has received mixed to positive reviews from critics, and was viewed by approximately 6.5 million households in its initial broadcast.
The episode opens in medias res as Millennium Group consultant Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) runs out to a supermarket parking lot and witnesses a lawyer, Alistair Pepper (Richard Cox), being confronted over groceries by a man named Sammael (Rodney Eastman).
A few days earlier, fellow Group member Peter Watts (Terry O'Quinn) investigates a murder in a suburban home in which occult paraphernalia has been laid out in a disorganized manner.
In his jail cell, Martin slits his own throat with a concealed razor blade; however, a coroner later finds that his death was caused by an aneurysm.
Watts and Black find Atkins murdered in a hotel room, and chase a suspect down a fire escape and into a supermarket.
The Thrones are the third-highest ranking choir, belonging to the group charged with attending to God, and are described as stern incarnations of holy justice.
[15] Bill Gibron, writing for DVD Talk, rated the episode 3.5 out of 5, noting that it shared similar themes with the direction the series would take in its second season.
[18] Robert Shearman and Lars Pearson, in their book Wanting to Believe: A Critical Guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen, rated "Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions" four stars out of five, describing it as being "surprising, intriguing, moody and pretentious".
