Millennium Episode Ratings Heatmap
1996 · 3 Seasons · 67 Episodes · Overall Score: 6.7/10 (67 rated)
Season 1 holds the highest collective average score across the series.
Season 1 Details →Lowest score variance (σ = 0.51), maintaining an average of 6.9.
Complete Episode Rating Matrix
Interactive score chart by season and episode number. Darker green indicates higher ratings; amber and red denote lower reception.
| Episode | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep 1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.1 |
| Ep 2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 6.1 |
| Ep 3 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 5.7 |
| Ep 4 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.9 |
| Ep 5 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 4.7 |
| Ep 6 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.3 |
| Ep 7 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 5.5 |
| Ep 8 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.0 |
| Ep 9 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 5.9 |
| Ep 10 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 6.6 |
| Ep 11 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 5.6 |
| Ep 12 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 6.2 |
| Ep 13 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 6.5 |
| Ep 14 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 5.8 |
| Ep 15 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 5.7 |
| Ep 16 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 6.3 |
| Ep 17 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
| Ep 18 | 8.3 | 6.0 | 5.8 |
| Ep 19 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| Ep 20 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.3 |
| Ep 21 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.7 |
| Ep 22 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 6.8 |
| Ep 23 | – | 7.1 | – |
| Season Avg | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.1 |
Ratings Analysis & Trajectory
Across 3 seasons and 67 episodes, Millennium has earned an overall series rating of 6.7 out of 10. The series reached its critical peak early, showing a slight contraction in audience satisfaction in later chapters.
The single highest-rated hour of television in the series is Season 1, Episode 18 ("Lamentation (1)"), rated at an extraordinary 8.3/10 with 10 ratings. Conversely, the lowest-rated installment is Season 3, Episode 5 ("...Thirteen Years Later"), landing at 4.7/10.
The most precipitous single-episode shift occurred in Season 3 between Episode 6 ("Skull and Bones", 7.3) and Episode 7 ("Through a Glass, Darkly", 5.5), a swing of 1.8 points.
Top 10 Highest Rated Episodes of Millennium
| Rank | Episode | Title | Score | Votes | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Season 1, Ep 18 | Lamentation (1) | 8.3 | 10 | Apr 18, 1997 |
| #2 | Season 2, Ep 9 | Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense | 7.9 | 11 | Nov 21, 1997 |
| #3 | Season 1, Ep 19 | Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions (2) | 7.8 | 10 | Apr 25, 1997 |
| #4 | Season 1, Ep 22 | Paper Dove (1) | 7.8 | 10 | May 16, 1997 |
| #5 | Season 1, Ep 14 | The Thin White Line | 7.5 | 13 | Feb 14, 1997 |
| #6 | Season 1, Ep 16 | Covenant | 7.5 | 10 | Mar 21, 1997 |
| #7 | Season 2, Ep 6 | The Curse of Frank Black | 7.5 | 10 | Oct 31, 1997 |
| #8 | Season 1, Ep 13 | Force Majeure | 7.4 | 13 | Feb 7, 1997 |
| #9 | Season 2, Ep 2 | Beware of the Dog | 7.4 | 9 | Sep 26, 1997 |
| #10 | Season 1, Ep 2 | Gehenna | 7.3 | 13 | Nov 1, 1996 |