Synopsis
Includes:
Dark Angel: Blah Blah Woof Woof (2000)
Dark Angel: Pilot (2000)
Dark Angel: Heat (2000)
Dark Angel: Flushed (2000)
Dark Angel: 411 on the DL (2000)
Dark Angel: Prodigy (2000)
Dark Angel: Cold Comfort (2000)
Dark Angel: C.R.E.A.M. (2000)
Dark Angel: Art Attack (2001)
Dark Angel: Red (2001)
Dark Angel: Out (2001)
Dark Angel: Meow (2001)
Dark Angel: The Kidz Are Aiight (2001)
Dark Angel: Haven (2001)
Dark Angel: Shorties in Love (2001)
Dark Angel: Pollo Loco (2001)
Dark Angel: Rising (2001)
Dark Angel: Female Trouble (2001)
Dark Angel: I and I Am a Camera (2001)
Dark Angel: Hit a Sista Back (2001)
Dark Angel: And Jesus Brought a Casserole (2001)
Dark Angel: Blah Blah Woof Woof
Lydecker (John Savage) offers a 50,000-dollar reward for the murderer of Dan Vogelsang -- and the face on all the wanted posters is that of Max (Jessica Alba). At the urging of her friends, Max flees the city, vowing never to return. But she changes her mind upon realizing that Logan (Michael Weatherly), at present undergoing delicate surgery to remove a bullet in his spine, needs her help -- desperately. The climax involves an "above and beyond" act of sacrifice on the part of one of Max's fellow Manticore refugees. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: Pilot
Dark Angel begins its two-season run with a feature-length episode establishing both characters and premise. Back in the year 2009, young Max Guevara (Geneva Locke) escaped from Manticore, a sinister laboratory creating human prototypes with heavy doses of animal DNA. A lab creation herself, Max managed to get away with several of her "siblings" from Manticore's X-5 program. Now it is 2019: The world is in turmoil in the wake of "The Pulse," a seismic phenomenon which destroyed all computer technology. The 19-year-old Max (Jessica Alba) lives in a crime-ridden ghetto with a group of alienated teens and dopers, working as a bicycle messenger by day and a cat burglar by night. (And why not? Max's cat DNA has endowed her with superhuman strength and agility.) She pulls this "double shift" in order to finance an ongoing search for the secrets of her past, and for her genetically engineered brothers and sisters. Enter scruffy cyberjournalist Logan Cale (Michael Weatherly), a crusader against the corruption that has engulfed the government and its police. Persuading Max to join his cause, Logan gives her her first assignment: to guard a federal witness and her daughter. But Max may not be around to help -- not if she is tracked down and captured by Manticore minion Donald Lydecker (John Savage), the obsessed scientist who "created" her. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: Heat
Logan (Michael Weatherly) helps Max (Jessica Alba) find another fugitive of Manticore: Hannah (Eileen Pedde), the woman who saved young Max's life during her escape from the lab. Tracking Hannah down to her home on Sedro Island, the usually nonsentimental Max prepares for a tender reunion -- little suspecting that Hannah is now in league with mad Manticore scientist Lydecker (John Savage). More trouble arises from Max's cat DNA, which forces her to go into heat just as she meets a personable fellow named Eric (Branden Williams). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: Flushed
Kendra (Jennifer Blanc) and Original Cindy (Valarie Rae Miller) unwittingly dispose of Max's supply of Tryptophan, the drug which calms her seizures. In desperation, Max (Jessica Alba) tries to steal more of the drug, landing herself in prison, minus her superpowers and at the mercy of a corrupt warden (Alan C. Peterson). After a failed escape attempt, Max is billeted in the lecherous warden's house -- where her salvation may be in the hands of her tormentor's sexually abused maidservant. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: 411 on the DL
Vogelsang (Stephen Lee) unearths information enabling Max (Jessica Alba) to reach out to her Manticore siblings -- but for a hefty price. At the same time, Logan (Michael Weatherly) is visited by his alcoholic ex-wife, Valerie (Brenda James), who insists that she has cleaned up her act and wants to come back into his life. Jealousy, betrayal, and a hidden wire figure prominently in the climax of this episode, which also introduces William Gregory Lee in the role of Zack. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: Prodigy
Max (Jessica Alba) attends a conference on genetic engineering at the Steinlitz Hotel, where Kendra (Jennifer Blanc) is working as a translator for geneticist Dr. Yuiko Tanaka (George Kee Cheung). A world-renowned "miracle worker" in his field, Tanaka may be able to help Max with her mixed-up DNA. Unfortunately, the conference is being attended by another figure: Max's arch enemy, Manticore scientist Lydecker (John Savage). When Tanaka's audience is captured and held hostage by an anti-tech terrorist organization led by John Darius (Troy Ruptash), Max and Lydecker are forced to rely upon each other to survive. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: Cold Comfort
This episode introduces Nicole Bilderback as Blin, Max and Zack's genetically engineered "sister" from Manticore. En route to a secret meeting with her siblings, Brin is kidnapped -- and Max (Jessica Alba) and Zack (William Gregory Lee) naturally assume that the abductor is none other than their mad-scientist nemesis, Lydecker (John Savage). As it turns out, however, Lydecker is not the culprit -- and Max and Zack are forced to work together with their enemy to save Brin from being chopped up and sold as parts. Alas, one of the trio makes a false move which plunges everyone into the direst jeopardy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: C.R.E.A.M.
Alina (Lisa Rodriguez), daughter of Logan's former journalistic mentor Nathan Herrero (Tony Perez), begs Logan (Michael Weatherly) to help her find her missing dad. Meanwhile, Max (Jessica Alba) and Original Cindy (Valarie Rae Miller) try to get Sketchy (Richard Gunn) out of an expensive jam caused by duplicitous casino owner Rafe (Michael Sunczyk). Both plot lines converge in a climax festooned with double-crosses and lies...and as a bonus, the episode's titular initials are at last explained (and a bitter, cynical explanation it is indeed). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: Art Attack
Max (Jessica Alba) unexpectedly gets in touch with her "kinder, gentler" side when she agrees to accompany Logan (Michael Weatherly) to a Cale family wedding. Meanwhile, Max's friends are at the mercy of a hostile art smuggler named Duvalier (Master P), who intends to get revenge for a mix-up at the Jam Pony in which a stolen painting was delivered to the wrong place. This turn of events forces Max to briefly take leave of the wedding and rush to her pal's rescue -- but will she be able to save the day without mussing up her new 6,000-dollar dress? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: Red
Max (Jessica Alba) is assigned to act as bodyguard for a federal witness in a government corruption trial. The job becomes doubly difficult when Max learns that the man whose life is in her hands is Bruno Anselmo (Douglas O'Keefe) -- the same man who put Logan (Michael Weatherly) in a wheelchair. Complicating matters is the omnipresence of the Red Series, an elite South African group who need Max's technology to make themselves completely and utterly invulnerable. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: Out
Tired of Logan's (Michael Weatherly) obsessive single-mindedness, Max (Jessica Alba) takes leave of "Eyes Only" -- and gives up all thoughts of romance with Logan. This situation is dramatically altered by the intervention of international blood-smuggler Gerhardt Bronck (James Kidnie), who takes desperate measures to expose the identity of "Eyes Only." Meanwhile, Max's friend Original Cindy (Valarie Rae Miller) gets the lowdown on Normal's (J.C. MacKenzie) new girlfriend. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: Meow
In the opening episode of Dark Angel's two-part season-one finale, Tinga (Lisa Ann Cabasa) has been recaptured by Manticore, prompting her genetically engineered siblings Max (Jessica Alba) and Zack (William Gregory Lee) to go to her rescue. Meanwhile, Logan (Michael Weatherly) prepares to celebrate the first anniversary of his meeting Max -- a celebration that may not come off if Max's feline DNA kicks in again. And Lydecker (John Savage) continues his efforts to close in on Max, even though he is increasingly disenchanted with his Manticore superior, Madame X (Nana Visitor). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: The Kidz Are Aiight
Escaping from the clutches of Lydecker (John Savage) at Manticore, a nearly dead Zack (William Gregory Lee) tries to contact his genetically engineered sibling Max (Jessica Alba). Along the way, another Manticore refugee, Tinga (Lisa Ann Cabasa), makes her first appearance, thereby laying the groundwork for Dark Angel's first-season finale (which is, of course, still several episodes in the future). At the same time, the growing affection between Max and Logan (Michael Weatherly) is jeopardized by a number of outside influences, not to mention Logan's dissatisfaction with his "new" legs. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: Haven
A recent spate of murders, in which all the victims were political activists, sends Logan (Michael Weatherly) on a journey to the deceptively peaceful community of Cape Haven, there to seek out an "Eyes Only" informant. Upon arrival, Logan finds a strange boy named Clyde (Kurt Max Runte) -- who, like the protagonist of the theatrical feature The Sixth Sense, can see dead people. This is but one element in a complex story line, wherein a horrible secret hidden since the technology-destroying "Pulse" is unearthed, and Logan struggles to right a very old wrong. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: Shorties in Love
Original Cindy's (Valarie Rae Miller) former lover Diamond (Tangelia Rouse) is fresh out of jail, insisting that her criminal past is behind her. Maybe so, but Diamond's past will soon jump up and bite her in the form of the Nomads, a group of bounty hunters from Tacomah. All this is somehow tied in with the efforts of Logan (Michael Weatherly) and Max (Jessica Alba) to catch up with Pierpont Lemkin (Thomas B. Deschutter), a key player in a sinister program using prison convicts as biotech guinea pigs. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: Pollo Loco
A serial killer with an odd signature (surgically removing the victim's teeth, leaving behind a medallion of the Madonna) may be back in action again. In the past, the investigation of the killer's activities have always been shut down on the orders of Lydecker (John Savage), and Max (Jessica Alba) and Logan (Michael Weatherly) want to find out why -- though, truth be told, Max already has a disturbingly good idea about Lydecker's motives. Nana Visitor makes her first appearance as Lydecker's sinister boss, Manticore director Elizabeth Renfro (aka "The Dragon Lady"). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: Rising
The Red Series members are back, still intent on capturing Max (Jessica Alba) and stealing her DNA, thereby rendering themselves invulnerable. To force Max out in the open, the Reds kidnap her friend Original Cindy (Valarie Rae Miller). Meanwhile, the wheelchair-bound Logan (Michael Weatherly) experiences some interesting side effects after receiving a transfusion of Manticore blood. Jennifer Blanc makes her last series appearance in the role of Kendra. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: Female Trouble
Desperate to remain standing rather than vegetate in a wheelchair, Logan (Michael Weatherly) seeks out a brilliant doctor named Adriana Vertes (Brenda Bakke). In a way, it's just as well that Logan has not told Max about his visit to Vertes: It seems that Max has her hands full with a crazed Manticore refugee named Jace (Shireen Crutchfield), who has sworn to kill Vertes for past misdeeds. As it turns out, the "villain" of the piece may be nothing of the kind. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: I and I Am a Camera
Several recent parolees have been bumped off for no discernible reason. The most recent victim was an old friend of Herbal Thought (Alimi Ballard), prompting Max (Jessica Alba) to join Logan (Michael Weatherly) in investigating the killings. Pretty soon, Max realizes she is being stalked by a shadowy figure who calls himself "The Street Sweeper" (Rainn Wilson) -- but is he the killer, and how did he obtain such remarkable powers? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: Hit a Sista Back
Spotting a "Have You Seen Me?" picture on a milk carton, Max (Jessica Alba) recognizes her Manticore sibling Tinga (Lisa Ann Cabasa) -- albeit identified as Penny Smith, the wife of Charlie Smith (Sebastian Spence) and the mother of a boy named Case (Malkolm Alburquenque). In her efforts to persuade Charlie to give up the search for Penny/Tinga lest she fall into the hands of Manticore, Max discovers that little Case is in an accelerated-learning program -- and his teacher is Max's longtime nemesis Donald Lydecker (John Savage). And how does Lydecker's sinister superior, Madame X (Nana Visitor), figure into all this? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dark Angel: And Jesus Brought a Casserole
In the conclusion of a two-part episode, Max (Jessica Alba) and Zack (William Gregory Lee) assemble an army of X-5 soldiers to bring down Manticore once and for all -- and, incidentally, to avenge the death of their fellow X-5, Tinga. Meanwhile, Max's longtime nemesis Lydecker (John Savage) offers to aid the rebellion, citing his disgust with Manticore director Madame X (Nana Visitor) and her corruption of the originally benign X-5 genetic-engineering program. But can Lydecker be trusted? An apparent victory over the villains suddenly morphs into a tense cliffhanger involving Max's clone -- and viewers will have to wait until the beginning of Dark Angel's second season to see how it all comes out. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
