I just heard, thanks to CS Daily, that season one of Millennium is out on DVD. OK, so the series fizzled by the start of season three, nonetheless, for my money, the first two years of Millennium were some the best non-Simpsons TV to be had in the 90s.

Beyond dark, this good vs. evil, end-of-the-world is coming, series pulled no punches. The opening episode literally gave me nightmares and left me creeped out for days. Major characters were killed off each season, much to the chagrin of the more sentimental viewers, and there was always the very real chance that evil would triumph. The show would have us believe that good doesn't always win and we are never really safe.

Still, there was just enough hope interjected into the big-picture storyline that I tuned in weekly. To describe the characters or premise in anything but full detail would leave it sounding cheesy (which many feel it was I'm sure) so I'll just say that if you like your stories gritty, if you can handle demonic serial killers set in a pre-millennium, time-is-running out universe and you somehow missed this the first time around, check it out for yourself.