A Single Blade of Grass
| "A Single Blade of Grass" | |
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| Millennium episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | Rodman Flender |
| Written by |
Kay Reindl Erin Maher |
| Production code | 5C05 |
| Original air date | October 24, 1997 |
| Running time | 42:00 |
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"A Single Blade of Grass" is the fifth episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on October 24, 1997. The episode was written by Kay Reindl and Erin Maher, and directed by Rodman Flender. "A Single Blade of Grass" featured guest appearances by Floyd Red Crow Westerman and Michael Greyeyes.
Millennium centers on offender profiler Frank Black (Lance Henriksen), who investigates unusual crimes as part of the private investigative organisation the Millennium Group. In this episode, Black investigates the murder of a Native American man, finding a cult who wish to bring about the end of American civilization.
"A Single Blade of Grass" was the first episode of the series to have been penned by Reindl and Maher. It received mixed responses from critics, and was viewed by approximately 6.57 million households upon its initial broadcast.
In New York City, a young Native American man is forced by several others to ingest snake venom. The venom causes him to hallucinate, and one of the men, Joe Reynard (Michael Greyeyes) asks him to describe his visions. However, the poisoned man screams in agony and dies. His body is later found when a construction site is being excavated by archaeologists. A mummified body from centuries earlier is also found; when Millennium Group member Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) arrives to investigate, he notices similarities between both corpses. The archaeologist in charge of the dig, Liz Michaels (Amy Steel) is adamant that the site should stay intact for further excavation, but foreman Richard Powell (Garry Chalk) and his mostly Native American crew insist building must continue.
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