Eschatology 101 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Chris Carter Director: David Nutter In college I took a survey course in Russian literature. The professor, a defrocked Jesuit, spent a good half semester teaching us the ins and outs of eschatological trivia, the kind of thing that explains why 666 is an evil number, why in Western culture we “instinctively” knock on a door three times or five times but never two times, why seven is a lucky number and why eight is not. These clues to a deeper subtext in our own culture are fascinating and revealing to some intellectual minds,…
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Millennium: “Dead Letters”
Red Letter Night by Sarah Stegall copyright 1996 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Glen Morgan and James Wong Director: Thomas Wright I was strongly tempted to turn off my television after the first act of “Dead Letters”, Friday night’s third episode of “Millennium”. I could not believe that anything that followed the initial meeting between Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) and James Horn (James Morrison) could possibly live up to it. That scene, with two first rate actors staking out roles, territory, and personality in a few superbly chosen lines, is some of the best drama I have ever seen. What was…