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This is the character sheet for the TV series ''Series/Millennium1996''.
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[[folder: Black Family]]
!!Frank Black
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/LanceHenriksen
A criminal profiler and FBI veteran, he broke down after a particularly brutal case. When the series begins he’s using his unusual gift with the mysterious Millennium Group.
* BadassBaritone: Most characters played by Creator/LanceHenriksen are.
* BadassBookworm: Part of his job involves interpreting obscure literary and textual clues.
* TheComicallySerious: He often comes off as this in the show’s funnier moments, especially those written by Darin Morgan.
* CreepyGood: When he has sitdowns with serial killers and death cultists, they’re usually the ones who get spooked.
* DeadpanSnarker: He can be this when he’s not TheComicallySerious. His delivery is ''so'' deadpan it can be hard to tell the difference.
* TheEmpath
* {{Expy}}: Much like Dana Scully was originally one for Clarice Starling, his status as a gifted profiler returning to work after a mental breakdown makes him one for [[Literature/RedDragon Will Graham]].
* HeroicBSOD: Happens to him before the series begins [[spoiler: and again at the end of season 2]].
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: He was named after the lead singer[=/=]guitarist of Music/ThePixies.
* PapaWolf: Messing with Jordan will prompt swift retaliation.
* TheProfiler
* TechnicalPacifist: Only resorts to violence when negotiation fails, refers to triggerhappy cops as "assassins", NEVER kills anyone during the first season, and only rarely does so in later seasons.
!!Catherine Black
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/MeganGallagher
Frank’s devoted wife, whose social work job sometimes overlaps his own job.
* CloserToEarth
* FieryRedhead: Sometimes. Fiery auburn if you prefer.
* TheLostLenore: She dies in a Group-engineered viral attack at the end of season 2 and her death haunts Frank for the rest of the series.
* TheShrink: Actually a clinical social worker, but the gist of scenes focusing on her work is much the same.
* [[UnfazedEveryman Unfazed Everywoman]]: Has clearly learned to accept her husband's mysterious gift, as well as his often horrific cases.
!!Jordan Black
-> '''Played by:''' Brittany Tiplady
Frank and Catherine's adorable daughter, gifted in her own right.
* IllGirl: She's has a few health scares over the course of the show
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: She's a nice kid, but there is something a little weird about her.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Millennium Group]]
!!Peter Watts
->'''Played by:''' Creator/TerryOQuinn
Frank's recruiter and handler (Patron) within the Group. The two have been close friends, icy enemies, and everything in between.
* BadassBookworm
* BaldOfAwesome
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Someone strikes at him through his daughter in s3.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Due to his being the face of the Millennium Group over the course of a couple of {{retool}}s.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: He's murdered in the SeriesFinale after helping Frank and Jordan to escape.
!!Lara Means
-> '''Played by:''' Kristen Cloke
A young Group candidate who works with Frank through much of season 2.
* ActionGirl
* CatchPhrase: "Okay, here's my thing..."
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Her Music/PattiSmith scored vision of the apocalypse at the end of season 2 sends her into a catatonic state from which she's never seen to recover.
* TheLancer: To Frank and Peter. Catherine is actually ''her'' lancer the one time they work together.
* PopCulturedBadass: Her dialogue is rich with movie and music references.
!!Brian Roedecker
-> '''Played by:''' Allan Zinyk
A computer expert employed by the Group, he works closely with Frank for a while after Catherine's kidnapping.
* GenkiGirl: RareMaleExample.
* HollywoodNerd: Looks like a sound engineer for Music/PinkFloyd, and quotes verbatim from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey,'' the original ''[[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 Planet of the Apes]]'', and ''Film/SoylentGreen'', considering the latter to be the last great American film.
* MissionControl: In "The Mikado" where he serves as a [[UnbuiltTrope prototype]] for [[Series/CriminalMinds Penelope Garcia]].
* NoSocialSkills: His interactions with Jordan in "[[ChristmasEpisode Midnight of the Century]] has her come across as more mature than him.
* NonActionSnarker
* PutOnABus: When Allan Zinyk [[RealLifeWritesThePlot was not available for the season 2 finale]], the writers gave Frank a throwaway line about the Millennium Group firing him, resulting in an unintentional case of ShooOutTheClowns.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: Were it not for the Millennium Group, he would have been in jail for computer hacking.
!!The Old Man
-> '''Played by:''' R.G. Armstrong
The wise spiritual leader of the Millennium Group. He provided Frank (and presumably Lara) with training to help understand their gift, and was eventually revealed to be the one who recruited Peter into the Group.
* ArchEnemy: [[ThoseWackyNazis Rudolf Axmann]], who killed his family in World War II. An old photo [[WeUsedToBeFriends implies they may have been friends]] before the war.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: His real name is never revealed.
* KnightInSourArmor
* LegacyCharacter: The Millennium Group's spiritual leader is always referred to as "The Old Man/Woman". When he/she dies or retires, the Group's current Elder takes their place.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Assassinated by Axmann's [[TheDragon Dragon]] in the [[OnceASeason same room where Legion killed Bletcher]] the previous season.
* TheObiWan: To Frank (and probably every MG member active in the first two seasons).
* OrphansOrdeal: His parents died in UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust.
!!Cheryl Andrews
->'''Played by:''' Creator/CCHPounder
A member of the Millennium Group and a doctor who sometimes helps Frank.
!!Finley
->'''Played By:''' Judith Maxie
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[[folder: Law Enforcement]]
!!Lieutenant Bob Bletcher
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/BillSmitrovich
A police veteran and head of Seattle's homicide division, he's also an old friend and confidant of Frank's.
* AudienceSurrogate: Serves this role in early episodes, particularly in conversations regarding the Millennium Group's motivations and Frank's "gift."
* CombatPragmatist: Contrasted with Frank's TechnicalPacifist tendencies.
* DeadpanSnarker: Not as much as Giebelhouse or Roedecker, but has his moments.
-->'''Frank:''' [[DoingInTheWizard Nothing I do is magic]], Bob.
-->'''Bob:''' Yeah, a lot of people shouted just that [[BurnTheWitch from the middle of a bonfire]].
* FriendOnTheForce: He and Frank were actually partners before Frank upgraded to the FBI.
* GoodIsNotSoft: The task of killing anyone who needed lethal force to stay down usually fell upon him, as Season 1's writers had Frank operating under a fairly strict [[ThouShaltNotKill no-kill rule]].
* NiceGuy
* RedHerring: In season 2's "The Curse of Frank Black": Is Bletcher haunting Frank from beyond the grave, or is Frank simply imagining it due to a HeroicBSOD? Turns out neither. Frank IS being haunted, but by his childhood neighbor Mr. Crocell, not Bletcher.
* SacrificialLion: He's killed by Legion in "Lamentations" while defending the Black household.
!! Detective Bob Giebelhouse
-> '''Played by:''' Stephen James Lang
A detective on the Seattle police force, "Giebs" is a loyal subordinate of Bletcher's and initially skeptical of Frank's work.
* BrutalHonesty
* DeadpanSnarker: Usually of the gallows humor variation.
* TheBusCameBack: He was mostly dropped from the supporting cast when the Blacks moved east in season 3, but reappeared in "TEOTWAKI" and "The Sound of Snow."
* FireForgedFriends: With Frank
* OneSteveLimit: Averted in season 1 with him and Bob Bletcher.
!! Special Agent Emma Hollis
-> '''Played by:''' Klea Scott
A young FBI agent who seeks Frank out when he's consulting for the Bureau, becoming his protege and ''de facto'' partner.
* ActionGirl: Being the daughter of a ColonelBadass helps.
* AdultFear: Sees her father degenerating from an Alzheimer's like illness.
* BadassInANiceSuit: A step above Mulder/Scully businesswear.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her sister was murdered when she was a child.
* DealWithTheDevil: Ends up taking one from the Millennium Group to save her father.
* PromotionToParent: When her father gets sick, she has to take care of him, because her mother doesn't want anything to do with him.
* TheWatson: To Frank's Holmes. [[Creator/EmmaWatson Don't go there]].
* WorkingWithTheEx: Barry Baldwin.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Becomes the new Assistant Director when [=McClaren=] retires.
!!Special Agent Barry Baldwin
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/PeterOuterbridge
The lead investigator for the FBI's Critical Incident Response Team, Barry was Emma's partner before she was partnered with Frank, who [[TheRival he routinely clashes with]].
* AlliterativeName: '''B'''arry '''B'''aldwin.
* DeadpanSnarker: On occasions when Frank thinks it's inappropriate, causing some degree of tension.
* InspectorLestrade: To Frank and Emma's Holmes and Watson.
* ItGetsEasier: Frank tells him it doesn't.
-->'''Barry:''' You get used to the smell.
-->'''Frank:''' No you don't. You NEVER do.
* LargeHam: Loves his [[RousingSpeech speeches]], and approaches each case with a smarmy [[TheCaptain ex-captain of the football team]] bravado.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Assassinated by the Millennium Group as part of their plan to turn Emma into TheMole]].
* WorkingWithTheEx: Emma. He's not quite over her.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Would've fit right in on a show like ''Series/{{CSI}}'' or ''Series/CriminalMinds''.
!!Assistant Director Andy [=McClaren=]
-> '''Played by:''' Stephen E. Miller
One of Frank's old FBI colleagues, Andy brings Frank onto the CIRT as a consultant.
* DaChief: Assistant Director of the Critical Incident Response Team.
* PetTheDog: Rehires Frank mainly so he can have free psychotherapy after [[TraumaCongaLine the events of season 2]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Although his early appearances tried to paint him as an ObstructiveBureaucrat, Andy actually is right to call Frank out on his Captain Ahab-like obsession with the Millennium Group.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Frank and Andy go way back, but he was never seen or mentioned in either of the first two seasons.
* {{Retirony}}: A unique case, in that he's not the one who dies. The Millennium Group kill his heir apparent, so their [[TheMole mole]] can replace Andy when he retires.
!!Doug Scaife
-> '''Played by:''' Trevor White
An FBI lab tech that specializes in electronic enhancements, Scaife ultimately fills the role Roedecker filled in season 2.
* TheMole: Becomes one to Frank after the latter is fired by [=McClaren=].
* ReplacementGoldfish: For Brian Roedecker, at least from a narrative standpoint. A distinctly different personality prevents him from coming across as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute.
* SharpDressedMan: As a contrast to the more alt-rockish Roedecker.
!!Richard Gilbert
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/GlennMorshower
A retired FBI agent who offers Frank a position in a private security firm, The Trust. Things go downhill from there.
* CloakAndDagger: Secretly does surveillance work on the Millennium Group when Lara Means goes missing. He does not like what he finds.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Richard dies in a brutal car accident that, given the writers involved, could have been a CallForward to ''Franchise/FinalDestination''.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Averted. Although Frank is convinced that Richard was assassinated, we find out it really was a car accident.
-->'''Agent Dixon:''' [[TruthInTelevision Death is never convenient.]] Sometimes it's just as simple as "our time is up".
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite his only appearing in the two-part season 2 finale, Richard's death is the final catalyst that turns Frank against the Millennium Group, and is also what prompts Andy [=McClaren=] to reestablish contact with Frank.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Legion & Other Adversaries]]
!!Legion
-> '''Played by:''' Multiple, see below.
An amorphous force of Hell on Earth, described in universe as "the base sum of all evil." Legion is the closest thing the series had to a BigBad or ArchEnemy. It spends much of the first two seasons trying to get Frank to leave the Millennium Group.
!!General Tropes
* AmoralAttorney: As his second most famous incarnation: Alistair Pepper.
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: Being killed means it simply returns in another form.
-->'''Pepper:''' I can wait, Frank. Your situation may not allow you that luxury.
* TheBadGuyWins: Succeeds in turning Frank against the Group and driving Lara insane, and by the end of season 3 it's implied that it may have corrupted the Group well before Frank left.
* CallingCard: The signature "Phaestos".
* TheCameo: Lara hallucinates Legion's One Winged Angel form during her DisneyAcidSequence in the season 2 finale.
* HeroKiller: Murdered Bletcher and Mike Atkins, the man most responsible for recruiting Frank into the Millennium Group.
* IHaveManyNames: Ricardo Clennet, The Judge, Lucy Butler, Al Pepper, Danielle Barbakow, Clear Knight, Lucas Sheldon, and Del Boxer to name a few.
* OneWingedAngel: It's Gehenna Devil form. Subverted in that nobody fights this form (unless you count Lara's hallucination), it mainly serves as a NightmareFuelStationAttendant.
* {{Satan}}: At least that's the implication.
* ShapeshiftersDoItForAChange: Can change sex when it suits it's purposes. Species, too.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Seems to be its angle by trying to get Frank to leave the Millennium Group. But given the Old Man commenting that Frank, Lara, and himself were all that was left of the Group, it seems more likely that the Group itself was the real prize, and it could corrupt them more easily if Frank was forced out.
!!Lucy Butler
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/SarahJaneRedmond
The primary face of Legion. Frequently plays the seductress.
* DarkChick: Very.
* FemmeFatale
* LoveMartyr: Seemed to be one in her first appearance. Then you see what happened to the lover...
* LouisCypher: Note that her name starts with "Luc" and ends with "er".
* Really700YearsOld: Discovered to have been causing trouble for at least 100 years.
!!Polaroid Man
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/DougHutchison
A mysterious figure who stalked Catherine and sent Polaroid photographs of her to Frank, triggering his HeroicBSOD.
* AxCrazy: A result of either BrainwashedAndCrazy, GoMadFromTheRevelation, or (most likely) both.
* BigBad: For season 1, [[DownplayedTrope sort of]]. He's really more of a GreaterScopeVillain.
* CoolShades: Part of a disguise.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: For all the buildup in season 1, he is dispatched in the season 2 premiere.
* EvilMentor: To a serial killer known as the Big Woodsman.
* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: How Frank kills him.
* TheExtremistWasRight: Turns out to ultimately be right about the Millennium Group.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When he observes the Millennial Comet, he notes that the last time it appeared in our solar system, centuries earlier, [[HarbingerOfImpendingDoom its arrival preceded a great plague]]. And his backstory foreshadows Lara's SanitySlippage later in the season.
* MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: "You think you know me, Frank. But you don't know ''them''."
* MyGreatestFailure: The Millennium Group Elder seems to view him this way, telling Peter that Frank is "only doing what we should have done by now."
* NoNameGiven: When Frank finally gets his file, his real name is the only bit of information it ''doesn't'' have.
* TheReveal: Not a serial killer, not an aspect of Legion. He's a Millennium Group member gone mad.
!!The Judge
-> '''Played By:''' Marshall Bell
A vigilante SerialKiller.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Bardale feeds him to his own pigs after getting disgusted with his behavior.]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: He claims this is his motive.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: Black Family]]
!!Frank Black
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/LanceHenriksen
A criminal profiler and FBI veteran, he broke down after a particularly brutal case. When the series begins he’s using his unusual gift with the mysterious Millennium Group.
* BadassBaritone: Most characters played by Creator/LanceHenriksen are.
* BadassBookworm: Part of his job involves interpreting obscure literary and textual clues.
* TheComicallySerious: He often comes off as this in the show’s funnier moments, especially those written by Darin Morgan.
* CreepyGood: When he has sitdowns with serial killers and death cultists, they’re usually the ones who get spooked.
* DeadpanSnarker: He can be this when he’s not TheComicallySerious. His delivery is ''so'' deadpan it can be hard to tell the difference.
* TheEmpath
* {{Expy}}: Much like Dana Scully was originally one for Clarice Starling, his status as a gifted profiler returning to work after a mental breakdown makes him one for [[Literature/RedDragon Will Graham]].
* HeroicBSOD: Happens to him before the series begins [[spoiler: and again at the end of season 2]].
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: He was named after the lead singer[=/=]guitarist of Music/ThePixies.
* PapaWolf: Messing with Jordan will prompt swift retaliation.
* TheProfiler
* TechnicalPacifist: Only resorts to violence when negotiation fails, refers to triggerhappy cops as "assassins", NEVER kills anyone during the first season, and only rarely does so in later seasons.
!!Catherine Black
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/MeganGallagher
Frank’s devoted wife, whose social work job sometimes overlaps his own job.
* CloserToEarth
* FieryRedhead: Sometimes. Fiery auburn if you prefer.
* TheLostLenore: She dies in a Group-engineered viral attack at the end of season 2 and her death haunts Frank for the rest of the series.
* TheShrink: Actually a clinical social worker, but the gist of scenes focusing on her work is much the same.
* [[UnfazedEveryman Unfazed Everywoman]]: Has clearly learned to accept her husband's mysterious gift, as well as his often horrific cases.
!!Jordan Black
-> '''Played by:''' Brittany Tiplady
Frank and Catherine's adorable daughter, gifted in her own right.
* IllGirl: She's has a few health scares over the course of the show
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: She's a nice kid, but there is something a little weird about her.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Millennium Group]]
!!Peter Watts
->'''Played by:''' Creator/TerryOQuinn
Frank's recruiter and handler (Patron) within the Group. The two have been close friends, icy enemies, and everything in between.
* BadassBookworm
* BaldOfAwesome
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Someone strikes at him through his daughter in s3.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Due to his being the face of the Millennium Group over the course of a couple of {{retool}}s.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: He's murdered in the SeriesFinale after helping Frank and Jordan to escape.
!!Lara Means
-> '''Played by:''' Kristen Cloke
A young Group candidate who works with Frank through much of season 2.
* ActionGirl
* CatchPhrase: "Okay, here's my thing..."
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Her Music/PattiSmith scored vision of the apocalypse at the end of season 2 sends her into a catatonic state from which she's never seen to recover.
* TheLancer: To Frank and Peter. Catherine is actually ''her'' lancer the one time they work together.
* PopCulturedBadass: Her dialogue is rich with movie and music references.
!!Brian Roedecker
-> '''Played by:''' Allan Zinyk
A computer expert employed by the Group, he works closely with Frank for a while after Catherine's kidnapping.
* GenkiGirl: RareMaleExample.
* HollywoodNerd: Looks like a sound engineer for Music/PinkFloyd, and quotes verbatim from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey,'' the original ''[[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 Planet of the Apes]]'', and ''Film/SoylentGreen'', considering the latter to be the last great American film.
* MissionControl: In "The Mikado" where he serves as a [[UnbuiltTrope prototype]] for [[Series/CriminalMinds Penelope Garcia]].
* NoSocialSkills: His interactions with Jordan in "[[ChristmasEpisode Midnight of the Century]] has her come across as more mature than him.
* NonActionSnarker
* PutOnABus: When Allan Zinyk [[RealLifeWritesThePlot was not available for the season 2 finale]], the writers gave Frank a throwaway line about the Millennium Group firing him, resulting in an unintentional case of ShooOutTheClowns.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: Were it not for the Millennium Group, he would have been in jail for computer hacking.
!!The Old Man
-> '''Played by:''' R.G. Armstrong
The wise spiritual leader of the Millennium Group. He provided Frank (and presumably Lara) with training to help understand their gift, and was eventually revealed to be the one who recruited Peter into the Group.
* ArchEnemy: [[ThoseWackyNazis Rudolf Axmann]], who killed his family in World War II. An old photo [[WeUsedToBeFriends implies they may have been friends]] before the war.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: His real name is never revealed.
* KnightInSourArmor
* LegacyCharacter: The Millennium Group's spiritual leader is always referred to as "The Old Man/Woman". When he/she dies or retires, the Group's current Elder takes their place.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Assassinated by Axmann's [[TheDragon Dragon]] in the [[OnceASeason same room where Legion killed Bletcher]] the previous season.
* TheObiWan: To Frank (and probably every MG member active in the first two seasons).
* OrphansOrdeal: His parents died in UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust.
!!Cheryl Andrews
->'''Played by:''' Creator/CCHPounder
A member of the Millennium Group and a doctor who sometimes helps Frank.
!!Finley
->'''Played By:''' Judith Maxie
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Law Enforcement]]
!!Lieutenant Bob Bletcher
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/BillSmitrovich
A police veteran and head of Seattle's homicide division, he's also an old friend and confidant of Frank's.
* AudienceSurrogate: Serves this role in early episodes, particularly in conversations regarding the Millennium Group's motivations and Frank's "gift."
* CombatPragmatist: Contrasted with Frank's TechnicalPacifist tendencies.
* DeadpanSnarker: Not as much as Giebelhouse or Roedecker, but has his moments.
-->'''Frank:''' [[DoingInTheWizard Nothing I do is magic]], Bob.
-->'''Bob:''' Yeah, a lot of people shouted just that [[BurnTheWitch from the middle of a bonfire]].
* FriendOnTheForce: He and Frank were actually partners before Frank upgraded to the FBI.
* GoodIsNotSoft: The task of killing anyone who needed lethal force to stay down usually fell upon him, as Season 1's writers had Frank operating under a fairly strict [[ThouShaltNotKill no-kill rule]].
* NiceGuy
* RedHerring: In season 2's "The Curse of Frank Black": Is Bletcher haunting Frank from beyond the grave, or is Frank simply imagining it due to a HeroicBSOD? Turns out neither. Frank IS being haunted, but by his childhood neighbor Mr. Crocell, not Bletcher.
* SacrificialLion: He's killed by Legion in "Lamentations" while defending the Black household.
!! Detective Bob Giebelhouse
-> '''Played by:''' Stephen James Lang
A detective on the Seattle police force, "Giebs" is a loyal subordinate of Bletcher's and initially skeptical of Frank's work.
* BrutalHonesty
* DeadpanSnarker: Usually of the gallows humor variation.
* TheBusCameBack: He was mostly dropped from the supporting cast when the Blacks moved east in season 3, but reappeared in "TEOTWAKI" and "The Sound of Snow."
* FireForgedFriends: With Frank
* OneSteveLimit: Averted in season 1 with him and Bob Bletcher.
!! Special Agent Emma Hollis
-> '''Played by:''' Klea Scott
A young FBI agent who seeks Frank out when he's consulting for the Bureau, becoming his protege and ''de facto'' partner.
* ActionGirl: Being the daughter of a ColonelBadass helps.
* AdultFear: Sees her father degenerating from an Alzheimer's like illness.
* BadassInANiceSuit: A step above Mulder/Scully businesswear.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her sister was murdered when she was a child.
* DealWithTheDevil: Ends up taking one from the Millennium Group to save her father.
* PromotionToParent: When her father gets sick, she has to take care of him, because her mother doesn't want anything to do with him.
* TheWatson: To Frank's Holmes. [[Creator/EmmaWatson Don't go there]].
* WorkingWithTheEx: Barry Baldwin.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Becomes the new Assistant Director when [=McClaren=] retires.
!!Special Agent Barry Baldwin
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/PeterOuterbridge
The lead investigator for the FBI's Critical Incident Response Team, Barry was Emma's partner before she was partnered with Frank, who [[TheRival he routinely clashes with]].
* AlliterativeName: '''B'''arry '''B'''aldwin.
* DeadpanSnarker: On occasions when Frank thinks it's inappropriate, causing some degree of tension.
* InspectorLestrade: To Frank and Emma's Holmes and Watson.
* ItGetsEasier: Frank tells him it doesn't.
-->'''Barry:''' You get used to the smell.
-->'''Frank:''' No you don't. You NEVER do.
* LargeHam: Loves his [[RousingSpeech speeches]], and approaches each case with a smarmy [[TheCaptain ex-captain of the football team]] bravado.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Assassinated by the Millennium Group as part of their plan to turn Emma into TheMole]].
* WorkingWithTheEx: Emma. He's not quite over her.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Would've fit right in on a show like ''Series/{{CSI}}'' or ''Series/CriminalMinds''.
!!Assistant Director Andy [=McClaren=]
-> '''Played by:''' Stephen E. Miller
One of Frank's old FBI colleagues, Andy brings Frank onto the CIRT as a consultant.
* DaChief: Assistant Director of the Critical Incident Response Team.
* PetTheDog: Rehires Frank mainly so he can have free psychotherapy after [[TraumaCongaLine the events of season 2]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Although his early appearances tried to paint him as an ObstructiveBureaucrat, Andy actually is right to call Frank out on his Captain Ahab-like obsession with the Millennium Group.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Frank and Andy go way back, but he was never seen or mentioned in either of the first two seasons.
* {{Retirony}}: A unique case, in that he's not the one who dies. The Millennium Group kill his heir apparent, so their [[TheMole mole]] can replace Andy when he retires.
!!Doug Scaife
-> '''Played by:''' Trevor White
An FBI lab tech that specializes in electronic enhancements, Scaife ultimately fills the role Roedecker filled in season 2.
* TheMole: Becomes one to Frank after the latter is fired by [=McClaren=].
* ReplacementGoldfish: For Brian Roedecker, at least from a narrative standpoint. A distinctly different personality prevents him from coming across as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute.
* SharpDressedMan: As a contrast to the more alt-rockish Roedecker.
!!Richard Gilbert
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/GlennMorshower
A retired FBI agent who offers Frank a position in a private security firm, The Trust. Things go downhill from there.
* CloakAndDagger: Secretly does surveillance work on the Millennium Group when Lara Means goes missing. He does not like what he finds.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Richard dies in a brutal car accident that, given the writers involved, could have been a CallForward to ''Franchise/FinalDestination''.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Averted. Although Frank is convinced that Richard was assassinated, we find out it really was a car accident.
-->'''Agent Dixon:''' [[TruthInTelevision Death is never convenient.]] Sometimes it's just as simple as "our time is up".
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite his only appearing in the two-part season 2 finale, Richard's death is the final catalyst that turns Frank against the Millennium Group, and is also what prompts Andy [=McClaren=] to reestablish contact with Frank.
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[[folder: Legion & Other Adversaries]]
!!Legion
-> '''Played by:''' Multiple, see below.
An amorphous force of Hell on Earth, described in universe as "the base sum of all evil." Legion is the closest thing the series had to a BigBad or ArchEnemy. It spends much of the first two seasons trying to get Frank to leave the Millennium Group.
!!General Tropes
* AmoralAttorney: As his second most famous incarnation: Alistair Pepper.
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: Being killed means it simply returns in another form.
-->'''Pepper:''' I can wait, Frank. Your situation may not allow you that luxury.
* TheBadGuyWins: Succeeds in turning Frank against the Group and driving Lara insane, and by the end of season 3 it's implied that it may have corrupted the Group well before Frank left.
* CallingCard: The signature "Phaestos".
* TheCameo: Lara hallucinates Legion's One Winged Angel form during her DisneyAcidSequence in the season 2 finale.
* HeroKiller: Murdered Bletcher and Mike Atkins, the man most responsible for recruiting Frank into the Millennium Group.
* IHaveManyNames: Ricardo Clennet, The Judge, Lucy Butler, Al Pepper, Danielle Barbakow, Clear Knight, Lucas Sheldon, and Del Boxer to name a few.
* OneWingedAngel: It's Gehenna Devil form. Subverted in that nobody fights this form (unless you count Lara's hallucination), it mainly serves as a NightmareFuelStationAttendant.
* {{Satan}}: At least that's the implication.
* ShapeshiftersDoItForAChange: Can change sex when it suits it's purposes. Species, too.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Seems to be its angle by trying to get Frank to leave the Millennium Group. But given the Old Man commenting that Frank, Lara, and himself were all that was left of the Group, it seems more likely that the Group itself was the real prize, and it could corrupt them more easily if Frank was forced out.
!!Lucy Butler
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/SarahJaneRedmond
The primary face of Legion. Frequently plays the seductress.
* DarkChick: Very.
* FemmeFatale
* LoveMartyr: Seemed to be one in her first appearance. Then you see what happened to the lover...
* LouisCypher: Note that her name starts with "Luc" and ends with "er".
* Really700YearsOld: Discovered to have been causing trouble for at least 100 years.
!!Polaroid Man
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/DougHutchison
A mysterious figure who stalked Catherine and sent Polaroid photographs of her to Frank, triggering his HeroicBSOD.
* AxCrazy: A result of either BrainwashedAndCrazy, GoMadFromTheRevelation, or (most likely) both.
* BigBad: For season 1, [[DownplayedTrope sort of]]. He's really more of a GreaterScopeVillain.
* CoolShades: Part of a disguise.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: For all the buildup in season 1, he is dispatched in the season 2 premiere.
* EvilMentor: To a serial killer known as the Big Woodsman.
* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: How Frank kills him.
* TheExtremistWasRight: Turns out to ultimately be right about the Millennium Group.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When he observes the Millennial Comet, he notes that the last time it appeared in our solar system, centuries earlier, [[HarbingerOfImpendingDoom its arrival preceded a great plague]]. And his backstory foreshadows Lara's SanitySlippage later in the season.
* MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: "You think you know me, Frank. But you don't know ''them''."
* MyGreatestFailure: The Millennium Group Elder seems to view him this way, telling Peter that Frank is "only doing what we should have done by now."
* NoNameGiven: When Frank finally gets his file, his real name is the only bit of information it ''doesn't'' have.
* TheReveal: Not a serial killer, not an aspect of Legion. He's a Millennium Group member gone mad.
!!The Judge
-> '''Played By:''' Marshall Bell
A vigilante SerialKiller.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Bardale feeds him to his own pigs after getting disgusted with his behavior.]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: He claims this is his motive.
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