"Dark Angel" (2000) TV series 2000-2002

Creators:

James Cameron
Charles H. Eglee

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

3 OKTÓBER 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

She is the shape of thing to come...

Plot:

A group of genetically-enhanced children escape from a lab project. Years later we meet Max, one of the escapees who now works for a messenger service in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest.

Plot Keywords:

Escape | Future | Messenger | Disguise | Dark Heroine

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 18 nominations

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 11 of 115)

Jessica Alba	...	Max Guevera / ... (42 episodes, 2000-2002)
Michael Weatherly	...	Logan Cale (42 episodes, 2000-2002)
Richard Gunn	...	Calvin 'Sketchy' Theodore / ... (42 episodes, 2000-2002)
J.C. MacKenzie	...	Reagan 'Normal' Ronald (42 episodes, 2000-2002)
Valarie Rae Miller	...	Cynthia 'Original Cindy' McEachin / ... (42 episodes, 2000-2002)
John Savage	...	Donald Lydecker (24 episodes, 2000-2001)
Jensen Ackles	...	Alec / ... (22 episodes, 2001-2002)
Alimi Ballard	...	Herbal Thought (21 episodes, 2000-2001)
Martin Cummins	...	Ames White (21 episodes, 2001-2002)
Kevin Durand	...	Joshua (21 episodes, 2001-2002)
Ashley Scott	...	Asha Barlow (21 episodes, 2001-2002)

Also Known As:

James Cameron's Dark Angel (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

60 min | USA:60 min (42 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Ireland:15 (Season 1) | Ireland:18 (Season 2) | South Korea:12 (Episodes 1-8) | South Korea:15 (Episodes 9-20) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Singapore:PG | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

When the character of Alec was conceived for the series' season 2, the writers knew they wanted him to be a somewhat amoral X5 with a sharp wit. They chose to immediately hire Jensen Ackles for the role, who had previously played a rogue serial killing X5 in a season 1 episode. They explained the actor's return in a different role by saying that Alec was his former, and deceased, character's twin. Although they had only seen Ackles as a dramatic actor in his previous roles, everyone in the production was pleased to see that Ackles had a natural talent as a comedian.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The true Gillette Wyoming is in a sage brush desert - nothing like the forested mountains of Vancouver.

Quotes:

Joshua: Alec, I'm so glad to see you.
Alec/X5-494: Uh-huh.
Joshua: This is Gem. She's having a baby.
Alec/X5-494: Oh, so naturally you thought of stopping by Jam Pony in broad daylight.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: North by North Quahog (#4.1)" (2005)

Cameron S.O.S

This show started with much promise, but I think it is fading fast. Unless James Cameron takes a more hands-on approach and start doing some of the writing and/or directing himself, this will be another one of those short lived TV series that will be rerun on either TNT, SCI-FI, or FX cable channels ad-infinitum. I think that this show suffers from the same problems that the PRETENDER suffered from: it just keeps recycling the same good guy(girl) vs. bad guy stuff while continuing to build up on the subplots with no discernable solution to the questions the subplots are raising. In order for these types of series to succeed, the producers, in my humble opinion, need to tie the various subplots at some point to THE main plot of the show and relegate the good cop vs. bad cop episodic plots to the back burner.Of course this would mean, one suspects, that at some point the series would be over, because the main plot would be solved. The other thing that bothers me about Dark Angel is the hunter vs. the hunted theme: we've already had this in The Fugitive, The Incredible Hulk, The Pretender, to some extend in The Profiler, and probably others that I haven't even heard of. Can we get rid of it? It is the biggest cliche on TV right now. Cameron said in an interview that he would only come in to direct and write an episode if it could be ground breaking enough and something that had not been done before on TV. Now's the time to do it, Jimbo. If you care about this project, save its life, please! I would submit that that is ground breaking enough.