Dark Angel
Tags: flashback, sci-fi

Plot synopsis:
=== Season one ===
In 2009 a genetically enhanced nine-year-old female supersoldier designated as X5-452 (Geneva Locke) escapes along with eleven others from a secret U.S. government institution codenamed Manticore where they were born, raised, and trained to be soldiers and assassins. On June 1, 2009, months after X5-452's escape terrorists detonate an electromagnetic pulse weapon in the atmosphere over the U.S. which destroys the vast majority of computer and communication systems, throwing the country into chaos.
Ten years later in 2019 the now 19-year-old X5-452 (Jessica Alba), who calls herself Max Guevara, struggles to search for her Manticore brothers and sisters. In a recovering United States which is now barely more than a Third World nation she tries to live a relatively normal life and evade capture by Manticore, who wish to recover their lost asset. Logan Cale (Michael Weatherly), an underground cyber-journalist with the alias Eyes Only, attempts to recruit her to help fight corruption in the post-Pulse world. She initially refuses but accepts after Cale is rendered a paraplegic attempting the assignment he was recruiting her for. A romantic interest buds between the two. While assisting Cale, Max also makes a living as a bicycle messenger at Jam Pony, a courier company, along with her friends Original Cindy (Valarie Rae Miller), Herbal Thought (Alimi Ballard), and Sketchy (Richard Gunn). Other X5s are periodically introduced, most significantly the unit leader Zack (William Gregory Lee). The Manticore hunt for the escaped X5s is led by Colonel Donald Lydecker (John Savage). Near the end of the season Lydecker is betrayed by his superior, the even more ruthless Elizabeth Renfro (Nana Visitor), and he defects from Manticore. He aids Max and Zack in an assault on Manticore headquarters. Max is badly wounded and captured. Zack, who has also been captured, commits suicide to provide Max with his heart, as she needs an X5 heart transplant to survive.
=== Season two ===
Cale exposes Manticore to the world. Renfro decides to burn the facility to cover up the evidence and is killed in the process. Aided by Joshua (Kevin Durand), a transgenic with canine DNA, Max escapes the facility and frees the other transgenics including Alec (Jensen Ackles), a fellow X5, who later joins Jam Pony. When Max is reunited with Cale he immediately becomes ill and almost dies. Max discovers that Manticore has infected her with a virus specifically designed to kill Cale, and the two must avoid all physical contact to keep him alive. Max learns that Joshua was the first transgenic created by Sandeman, Manticore's founder. Over the course of the season, it is revealed that a millennia-old breeding cult has bred their own super-soldiers who rival the Manticore-produced transgenics. Ames White (Martin Cummins), a government agent tasked with eliminating the freed transgenics, is revealed to be a member of the cult. When a strange message written in Max's genetic code makes an appearance on her skin it is revealed that Sandeman is a renegade from the breeding cult and Ames White is his son. White is still loyal to the cult and hates his father's transgenic creations with a passion. Believing that Max is a threat to the breeding cult's plans they attempt to kill her, but she escapes to Terminal City, an abandoned part of Seattle where hundreds of outcast transgenics have been hiding. When the police begin to surround Terminal City Max convinces the other transgenics to stand their ground rather than run. The series ends with the military surrounding Terminal City as the residents raise their newly designed flag from one of the buildings, and wait for a possible invasion.

Review: Dark Angel.
I want the show back.
Why did they cancel it anyway.
I totally loved it.
It has the perfect mix of everything and its an excellent show.
I am no stuck watching reruns at night on SItv. Maybe if they get enough feed back from viewers they will pick the show back up.
They probably wont but its a good thought.
Max is the ultimate super hero.
I mean what else could we ask for?
She's a super powered chic with good taste in clothes, morals and men.
I totally hope that the right people read this review and they seriously consider at least giving us a proper ending to the show with some kind of closure.
They at least owe us that don't they?.
mint series you need to see.
I think that dark angel is one of the best television shows ever made and i was hooked after one of the first episodes i seen a couple of yrs ago.
Its a good TV series with action and mint story lines and their all as good as the last one and sometimes better.
All the great new and old character brought in, you start to relate to one or all of the characters in different ways.
Which is good with all the great actors and actresses in the show that bring the characters to life such as Jessica Alba and Micheal Weatherly are only two of the big and brilliant casted crew.
So you should see this television series as i know that you'll like it as soon as you see the first episode and then you'll be hooked just like i was and me friends..
Jessica rocks!.
This show is my all time favorite.
Please make a 3rd season!
I really don't watch too many shows but from day 1 I always loved dark angel.
I think she is very talented and the show magnifies her talents.
The story itself is superb.
James Cameron had a great idea, screen play, best actors, and "no continuation".
Too many questions left, and not to mention all the thousands of fans this show brought.
Just because the petition wasn't big enough to keep it on the air, doesn't mean nobody liked it.
Thousands probably never knew there was a petition.
Please consider bringing it back.
It will do fabulous.The world is used to terrorists now, you don't have to take the best show off the air because it hits close to home.
All the better, people can relate better to it.In conclusion, I love the show, definitely watch the series.
I just finished it again.
Great cast, great directing, story line, beautiful actress.
Jessica Alba is Dark Angel!.
its was said max woul never run.
that show is no different then the world we live in today.
there always outsider.
people fear what there don't understand.
a world of creatures made for war with a conscience .not only did the science make it real, but the characters made sure you new them well.
like max and logan.
a very sad ending which hopefully will stretch for happy one.
each indivisual transetic soldier had a mission, just like everyone.
human or mutant.
it would be a waste of the time you put in this show, if u didn't stretch your imagination to bring max back.
so all ending cant be good, but least let max and logan get busy once.we love her and need her.
she's makes different, make sense..
Bring this series back!.
Great series, had good ratings, I got attached to the characters.
One of the only series where I was really disappointed that it was cancelled.
There was several seasons left of good material I'm sure, I think it was a huge blunder that some exec cancelled it.
Bring it back!Good action, good plot.
Excellent characters and character growth throughout the episodes.
This series featured an excellent atmosphere that is lacking in most series.
There were so many plot developments that were unanswered when the show was cancelled, bring it back for a few more seasons.
There's lots of good material here to keep watchers interested.
Why would a highly rated show get cancelled?
Especially considering the crap that isn't cancelled.