# Level 9 (TV series)

Level 9 is an American science-fiction television series created by Michael Connelly and Josh Meyer that was broadcast on UPN from October 27, 2000, until January 26, 2001.

## Plot

The series revolved around a secret agency within the government, staffed by government agents, tech-savvy geeks, and former criminal hackers, which is tasked with solving or preventing cyber crimes.

## Cast

* Fabrizio Filippo as Roland Travis, a former criminal hacker given a choice between prison and joining Level 9.
* Kate Hodge as Annie Price, the Level 9 team leader and a former FBI agent.
* Michael Joseph Kelly as Wilbert "Tibbs" Thibodeaux
* Romany Malco as Jerry Hooten, formerly with the United States Postal Inspection Service.
* Max Martini as Jack Wiley, an agent with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), a former army ranger who studied cyber-ops before joining the team in the second episode.
* Kim Murphy as Margaret "Sosh" Perkins, born June 9, 1972, she was an internet model before she got into anti-cyber-crime.
* Susie Park as Joss Nakano
* Esteban Powell as Jargon, a few years ago he quit his high-school hacking club when they started getting into criminal hacking.
* Tim Guinee as Det. John Burrows, he works closely with Level 9 in first episode, but did not return. (Max Martini's character filling the same general role)
* Willie Garson as Bones, an expert on internet privacy and "big brother" who helps the team in the first two episodes.
* Miguel Sandoval as Santoro Goff, the agency director in Washington D.C., with oversight of Level 9.

## Production

Thirteen episodes were produced, ten of which were aired on UPN, before the program was canceled in January 2001 due to low ratings.

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 1 | "Mail Call" | Robert Harmon | Michael Connelly & Josh Meyer | October 27, 2000 (2000-10-27) | 001 |
| 2 | "DefCon" | John Sacret Young | Story by : Josh Meyer & Michael Connelly Teleplay by : Josh Meyer | November 3, 2000 (2000-11-03) | 002 |
| 3 | "Through the Looking Glass" | Vincent Misiano | Story by : Michael Connelly & Josh Meyer Teleplay by : Michael Connelly | November 10, 2000 (2000-11-10) | 005 |
| 4 | "Reboot" | Vincent Misiano | Peter M. Lenkov | November 17, 2000 (2000-11-17) | 003 |
| 5 | "Digital Babylon" | Aaron Lipstadt | Story by : John Mankiewicz & Daniel Pyne Teleplay by : Neil Ingram & Daniel Pyne | November 24, 2000 (2000-11-24) | 008 |
| 6 | "Ten Little Hackers" | Aaron Lipstadt | Jordan Hawley & William Schifrin | December 1, 2000 (2000-12-01) | 004 |
| 7 | "A Price to Pay" | Jeffrey Reiner | Story by : John Sacret Young & Jeannine Renshaw Teleplay by : Jeannine Renshaw | December 8, 2000 (2000-12-08) | 006 |
| 8 | "Eat Flaming Death" | Norberto Barba | Carla Kettner | December 15, 2000 (2000-12-15) | 007 |
| 9 | "Wetware" | Goran Gajic | Peter M. Lenkov | January 19, 2001 (2001-01-19) | 009 |
| 10 | "Avatar" | Whitney Ransick | Paul Guyot | January 26, 2001 (2001-01-26) | 010 |
| 11 | "Goff Goes Home" "It's Magic" | John Sacret Young | Story by : John Sacret Young Teleplay by : John Sacret Young & John Mankiewicz & Peter M. Lenkov & Jeannine Renshaw | Unaired | 011 |
| 12 | "The Programmer" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Robert Ward | Unaired | 012 |
| 13 | "Mob.com" | Aaron Lipstadt | Jordan Hawley & William Schifrin | Unaired | 013 |

## Broadcast and syndication

In August 2006, the Sci-Fi Channel acquired rerun rights to the series which was added to their schedule in June 2007. Sci-Fi aired the episodes never shown by UPN in February 2008.

## Home media

On May 11, 2018, Visual Entertainment released Level 9- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.

## Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an aggregated score of 45% based on 5 positive and 6 negative critic reviews. The website’s consensus reads: "Though it fortunately never takes it high-tech premise too seriously, Level 9 features stilted performances and an overreliance on genre formula."