Director-producer Ralph Hemecker has died aged just 65 (Deadline). Ten Thirteen fans know him from his work on three episodes of Millennium, one for each season (and among the most memorable of the entire series) and one episode of The X-Files season 5 (not the most memorable):

• Millennium 1X08: The Well-Worn Lock, one of the boldest and darkest episodes, dealing with child molestation
• Millennium 2X06: The Curse of Frank Black, a mostly silent episode and truly an all-time classic
• Millennium 3X02: Exegesis, a soft-reboot of the series but with very prescient themes
• The X-Files 5X09: Schizogeny, the “killer trees” episode that wasted guest star Sarah Jane Redmond

IMDb page. He was involved in many projects, more recently Once Upon A Time and Blue Bloods.

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