- List of Dark Angel episodes
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Dark Angel is an American biopunk/cyberpunk science fiction television series created by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee. It premiered in the United States and Canada on the Fox network on October 3, 2000, but was canceled after two seasons. The show chronicles the life of Max Guevara (X5-452), a genetically enhanced super-soldier, portrayed by Jessica Alba as an adult, and Geneva Locke as a child.
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Series overview
Season Episodes Originally aired DVD release date Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2 1 22 October 3, 2000 May 22, 2001 May 20, 2003[1] February 24, 2003[2] 2 21 September 28, 2001 May 3, 2002 October 21, 2003[3] June 2, 2003[4] Episode list
Season 1 (2000–2001)
№ # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code1/2 1/2 "Pilot" David Nutter James Cameron & Charles H. Eglee October 3, 2000 1ADE79 While delivering a package for Jam Pony Express, Max makes plans to break into a penthouse apartment to steal a few items to help finance her search for her Manticore "siblings". 3 3 "Heat" Michael Katleman Patrick Harbinson October 10, 2000 1ADE01 In return for Max's help in dealing with a smuggler trafficking in human cargo, Logan locates a woman who gave Max a ride after her escape from Manticore ten years earlier. 4 4 "Flushed" Terrence O'Hara René Echevarria & Charles H. Eglee October 17, 2000 1ADE03 Believing Max is on drugs, Kendra and Original Cindy flush Max's tryptophan pills down the toilet unaware that without the medication Max will have seizures that could lead to her death. Max breaks into a hospital to get the medication she needs, but is arrested. 5 5 "C.R.E.A.M."
"Cash Rules Everything Around Me"Chris Long David Zabel October 31, 2000 1ADE02 Max comes to Sketchy's rescue after he loses a mobster's money filled package. Meanwhile, Logan is approached by a young woman who wants him to locate her missing father but has a hidden agenda. 6 6 "411 on the DL" Joe Ann Fogle Doris Egan November 14, 2000 1ADE04 Max is convinced that the private detective she hired can reunite her with the leader, escapee, and best friend, Zack, just as Logan is convinced his ex-wife has suddenly changed her ways. 7 7 "Prodigy" David Jackson Story by: Charles H. Eglee & René Echevarria
Teleplay by: Patrick HarbinsonNovember 21, 2000 1ADE05 Max, Logan and Lydecker get trapped in a hostage situation together when the genetic engineering conference they attend is taken over by a group of anti-genetic engineering terrorists. 8 8 "Cold Comfort" Jefery Levy Jose Molina November 28, 2000 1ADE06 Max and Zack find themselves teaming up with Lydecker after one of their fellow X5 "siblings" is captured by a group hoping to sell Manticore technology to a foreign government. 9 9 "Blah Blah Woof Woof" Paul Shapiro Moira Kirland Dekker December 12, 2000 1ADE07 When Lydecker floods the city with wanted posters of Max, Max decides it would be best for everyone if she left Seattle- but then she learns Logan's medical condition has worsened. 10 10 "Out" Sarah Pia Anderson David Zabel January 9, 2001 1ADE08 Max and Logan have a falling out when he stands her up for his Eyes Only work. While the gang at Jam Pony wonders if they should tell Normal his new love interest is a "he", not a "she", Logan is captured by a smuggler demanding to know the identity of Eyes Only. 11 11 "Red" Michael Katleman Story by: Charles H. Eglee & René Echevarria
Teleplay by: Jose Molina & David ZabelJanuary 16, 2001 1ADE09 After Logan sends Max to protect a man testifying against the Mayor, he realizes that the hit men Max is protecting the witness from are really Red Series super-soldiers after her. 12 12 "Art Attack" James Contner Doris Egan February 6, 2001 1ADE10 While attending a wedding with Logan, Max receives a call from Original Cindy asking for help in straightening out a Jam Pony delivery mix-up which has put Normal's life on the line. Logan experiences feeling in his legs. 13 13 "Rising" Duane Clark Story by: Jose Molina & David Zabel
Teleplay by: Doris Egan & Moira Kirland DekkerFebruary 13, 2001 1ADE11 When the Red Series soldiers take Original Cindy hostage, Max risks her own life in order to save the life of her friend- even though it will force her to reveal her hidden past. Max implants herself to become one of the Red Series soldiers because nothing else can kill them. Max almost dies and is saved by Logan. Meanwhile Logan discovers Max's blood transfusion is healing him. 14 14 "The Kidz Are Aiight" Jeff Woolnough René Echevarria & Charles H. Eglee February 20, 2001 1ADE12 Recaptured by Lydecker, Zack is drugged in hopes that he'll reveal the location of the other X5 escapees. Then Zack is set free so he can make contact with an unsuspecting Max, both unaware he has an implant in his ear which will relay every word he says back to Lydecker. Logan uses Eyes Only to send out the message that the X5s' locations have been compromised when they realize they were being listened to. 15 15 "Female Trouble" John Krecthmer Patrick Harbinson March 13, 2001 1ADE13 While investigating a woman doctor who is supposedly helping Logan regain the use of his legs, Max encounters Jace, one of the X5s who chose to remain behind during the Manticore breakout. Jace is pregnant and chooses to escape Manticore and keep her baby. Logan almost commits suicide for fear he might have to go back into a wheelchair. 16 16 "Haven" Michael Rhodes Jose Molina March 27, 2001 1ADE14 An investigation takes Max and Logan to a small town where Max's unexpected seizures leave the wheelchair-user Logan to fight off an attack when a bunch of men try to kill them and a boy that has become close to Max. 17 17 "Shortie's in Love" Paul Shapiro Adisa Iwa April 17, 2001 1ADE15 Max becomes suspicious when Original Cindy's old girlfriend, Diamond, shows up after being paroled from prison and wants to rekindle their relationship. 18 18 "Pollo Loco" Thomas J. Wright Doris Egan April 24, 2001 1ADE16 Max searches for a fellow X5 named Ben who has been tattooing his barcode onto the necks of his victims then ritualistically killing them and pulling out their teeth for the 'blue lady'. 19 19 "I and I Am a Camera" Jeff Woolnough David Simkins May 1, 2001 1ADE17 Max and Logan team up with a crime fighter with super-human abilities (Rainn Wilson) when they investigate the mysterious deaths of several parolees that leads them right to Logan's family. 20 20 "Hit a Sista Back" James Whitmore, Jr. Moira Kirland Dekker May 8, 2001 1ADE18 Max discovers Lydecker is the least of her worries when she and Zack try to rescue Tinga, a fellow X5 whose genetic makeup allows her to pass X5 traits on to her offspring. 21 21 "Meow" (Part 1) D. J. Caruso David Zabel May 15, 2001 1ADE19 Finding herself in heat again, Max doesn't dare show up for Logan's special anniversary dinner. When she finally does decide to tell Logan how she feels, Zack interrupts with news of Tinga. They go to rescue her, but discover that they are too late as Lydecker has the facility surrounded. 22 22 "…And Jesus Brought a Casserole" (Part 2) Joe Ann Fogle René Echevarria & Charles H. Eglee May 22, 2001 1ADE20 Max holds a dead Tinga in her arms when Donald Lydecker and his troops storm in. However, Lydecker gets double-crossed after Madame X's power play and is on the run with Max. Max easily over powers him and gets his help in destroying the DNA lab at Manticore. During the escape from Manticore, Max gets shot and Zack get captured. Zack shoots himself in the head to provide an X5 donor heart for Max. Season 2 (2001–2002)
№ # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code23 1 "Designate This" Jeff Woolnough Moira Kirland Dekker September 28, 2001 2ADE01 Once again a prisoner of Manticore, Max plans an escape with the help of her "breeding partner", Alec (Ben's twin), and a human-canine experimental creature named Joshua. 24 2 "Bag 'Em" Vern Gillum Marjorie David October 5, 2001 2ADE02 Lydecker warns Logan to keep Max away from Manticore even as Max tracks down the young recruits who escaped the same night she caused Manticore's self-destruction. 25 3 "Proof of Purchase" Thomas J. Wright Tommy Thompson October 12, 2001 2ADE03 As Alec is recaptured by Manticore and Joshua begins hunting for his "father", Lydecker seemingly disappears after discovering a secret archaeological dig at an Indian burial site. 26 4 "Radar Love" Jeff Woolnough Michael Angeli October 26, 2001 2ADE04 The episode starts off with Joshua finding his way to Max with his canine sense of smell. Asha Barlow says a couple of derogatory things about Max and the other transgenics. A mutant with a mutilated face and bleeding skin goes around in China Town, believed to be infecting people. He gets shot while saving a boy at a motel and, during an autopsy, is believed to be clean of any infecting agents. Asha gets caught while trying to illegally get through a sector checkpoint and is rescued by Max. Joshua stays at the Sandman's house to avoid getting seen in public. The infection is later determined to be an infection agent deployed through a hand-held fireworks launcher targeted at specific gene patterns. The plan to deploy an infection agent targeted at transgenics is foiled by Max and Logan. 27 5 "Boo" Les Landau Charles H. Eglee & Moira Kirland Dekker November 2, 2001 2ADE05 A night of Halloween trick-or-treating is the perfect cover-up for Joshua, who is delighted at the opportunity to get out of the house without attracting attention. However, Max will not let Joshua leave the house for fear that he will be captured anyway. Joshua finds Max when she is out with Raffer and brings her to a transgenetic with cartlidge instead of bones. This transgenetic has been injured and when Max and Joshua try to fix him, his head comes off. Quickly discovering that the body has a mind of its own they track down some other transgenetics to help them find the body. Along the way they discover the head is a hit-man for one of Logan's cases. They save the target of the hit, but then get captured by the police like Max feared. Max, who denied being one of them, is awakened by Original Cindy to find that the whole night was a dream. 28 6 "Two" Allan Kroeker Jose Molina November 9, 2001 2ADE06 Max has her hands full when Alec gets a job at Jam Pony in order to case potential robbery targets and Joshua's "man-dog" brother Isaac begins attacking and killing cops. The title refers to Isaac being the "second" Manticore creation. 29 7 "Some Assembly Required" Nick Marck Robert Doherty November 16, 2001 2ADE07 Believing Zack killed himself when they were captured by Manticore, Max is shocked to see him on some security camera footage robbing a store with a group of Steelheads. 30 8 "Gill Girl" Bryan Spicer Marjorie David December 7, 2001 2ADE08 Max, Alec and Logan do battle against Manticore clean-up operation head Ames White after a mysterious girl with gills is pulled out of the sea by a group of fishermen. 31 9 "Medium Is the Message" Jeff Woolnough Michael Angeli December 14, 2001 2ADE09 Max and Logan discover that genetic breeding has gone on for generations after being contacted by a woman asking for help in finding her six-year-old son. 32 10 "Brainiac" Stephen Williams Chip Johannessen January 11, 2002 2ADE10 While investigating the arrest of an S1W cell with the help of a Manticore escapee able to predict the future, Max begins to suspect Logan has fallen in love with Asha. 33 11 "The Berrisford Agenda" Thomas J. Wright Moira Kirland Dekker January 18, 2002 2ADE11 Alec goes with Max on a Jam Pony run and is stunned when they make a delivery to a mansion where he went undercover for Manticore- and ended up causing the death of a girl he loved. 34 12 "Borrowed Time" David Straiton Jose Molina February 1, 2002 2ADE12 While Max is busy stealing footage from a classic sci-fi movie to pay for a cure that will allow her and Logan to be together, Joshua encounters the deadly Manticore creation called Gossamer. 35 13 "Harbor Lights" Kenneth Biller Robert Doherty February 8, 2002 2ADE13 Ames White closes in on Max after she stumbles into a police shoot-out and ends up in the hospital where the virus in her blood is detected. 36 14 "Love in Vein" David Grossman Michael Angeli March 8, 2002 2ADE14 While Alec secretly has Joshua deliver his Jam Pony packages, Max encounters a group of "Bloods" who are under the spell of a transgenic who makes them drink his blood. 37 15 "Fuhgeddaboudit" Morgan James Beggs Julie Hess March 15, 2002 2ADE15 Max, Alec and Logan begin experiencing strange memory lapses (which are caused by a Manticore transgenic named Mia) while trying to get a mob accountant for a crime syndicate to rat on his boss. 38 16 "Exposure" Stephen Williams Moira Kirland Dekker March 22, 2002 2ADE16 Max and Logan finally trace Ames White's son to Brookridge Academy only to find him involved in a mysterious cult ceremony taking place in a temple on school grounds. At the same time Sketchy gets a job for the mutants magazine and is on the look out for mutants from Manticore, and Max and Alec are getting worried. 39 17 "Hello, Goodbye" Jeff Woolnough Story by: Jose Molina & Cindi Grossenbacher
Teleplay by: Jose MolinaApril 5, 2002 2ADE17 While Joshua befriends a blind girl named Annie, Alec is arrested for a murder committed by his twin Ben. After Max breaks him out they have a touching moment at Max's apartment. Max struggles to deal with her overwhelming guilt when Logan nearly dies after unintentionally touching her. She decides never to see Logan again, but when Logan sees her with Alec and thinks they're together, he confronts her. She wants to protect him, so she lies, telling him that she is with Alec. 40 18 "Dawg Day Afternoon" Kenneth Biller Robert Doherty April 12, 2002 2ADE18 With the television full of news reports about dangerous transgenics, a lonely Joshua is quickly spotted when he leaves his house in search of his friend Annie. 41 19 "She Ain't Heavy" Allan Kroeker Michael Angeli & Robert Doherty April 19, 2002 2ADE19 White uses Max's clone to track her down as increased tensions force Logan to flee from his apartment forever, Max to leave Seattle and Joshua to make his way to a place where transgenics don't have to hide - Terminal City. 42 20 "Love Among the Runes" James Whitmore, Jr. Jose Molina & Moira Kirland Dekker April 26, 2002 2ADE20 As Logan sets up a new Eyes Only location in Joshua's old house, ancient writings appear on Max's arm, then quickly spread to cover her whole body. 43 21 "Freak Nation" James Cameron Story by: James Cameron & Charles H. Eglee
Teleplay by: Ira Steven Behr & René EchevarriaMay 3, 2002 2ADE21 The gang at Jam Pony find out Max and Alec are transgenics after a young X6 and a pregnant X5 take cover inside the building and an angry mob and police gather outside. The Conclave sends elite warriors the 'Phalanx' after Max. References
- ^ "Dark Angel - The Complete First Season (2000)". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005JLJM. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
- ^ "Dark Angel: Complete Season 1". Amazon.co.uk. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00007LZ6H. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ "Dark Angel: The Complete Second Season (2000)". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000O77SN6. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ "Dark Angel - Season 2". Amazon.co.uk. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00008WQ5X. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
External links
- List of Dark Angel episodes at the Internet Movie Database
- List of Dark Angel episodes at TV.com
- Dark Angel at epguides.com
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- Lists of American television series episodes
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