Mutant X

Mutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted in first-run syndication on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Avi Arad, and it centers on Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. The members of Mutant X were used as test subjects in a series of covert government experiments. The mission of Mutant X is to seek out and protect their fellow New Mutants. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Although it was said that a fourth season would be produced, it was canceled in 2004 after the dismantling of Fireworks Entertainment, one of the show's production companies, ending the show with an unsolved cliffhanger.
Mutant X follows the classic "Villain of the week" pattern. In nearly every episode a New Mutant appears which is later never seen of or heard from again. A continuing story arc appears only two times: the story arc revolving around Gabriel Ashlocke, which spans the final episode of the first season and the first several episodes of the second season and the second story arc revolving around The Dominion, a secret society, in the second half of the third season.
The series was abruptly cancelled in 2004 after the dismantling of Fireworks Entertainment, one of the show's production companies, ending the show with an unresolved cliffhanger.
== Characters ==
=== Main ===
* Jesse Kilmartin (Forbes March) can alter the density of his body at will. Kilmartin is the only known New Mutant to have surpassed his "expiration date." As a Molecular New Mutant, he can become intangible, or super-dense, making him nearly impervious to harm. He can only maintain these forms for as long as he can hold his breath, and is able to extend his powers to people or objects through physical contact. He serves as the technology and computer expert of the team.
* Shalimar Fox (Victoria Pratt) is a recombination of human and animal DNA – a Feline Feral – giving her great strength and agility, healing ability, and superhuman senses. After further mutation, she develops a sixth sense which allows her to anticipate incoming danger to herself. Adam found her starving and frightened in a sleazy motel. Like all Feline Ferals, Shalimar is extremely territorial, has a heightened fear of fire, and is immune to hypnosis.
* Emma DeLauro (Lauren Lee Smith) is a Tele-Empath who can communicate and receive feelings and emotions and read and receive those of others around her. She has limited precognition, and also has the ability to induce hallucinations into the minds of others by drawing upon their own emotions and feelings. Emma later developed the power to project blasts of pure psychic energy which she uses to knock her opponents unconscious, alter and erase memories, and even kill. Before Adam found her, DeLauro sold clothes and used her control of emotions to become a successful businesswoman. Initially resistant to joining Mutant X, she eventually developed an attachment to Brennan. DeLauro was killed in an explosion at Naxcon Corporation Industries (Nicholas Fox's company). (seasons 1–2)
* Brennan Mulwray (Victor Webster) is an Elemental Electrical with the ability to generate electricity, enough to power a small city. He can shoot electrical bolts from his hands which, if fired downward, are capable of launching him high into the air. His primary weakness is water, which causes him to short circuit. Before Adam Kane found Mulwray, he was a thief. Mason Eckhart captured him and used him to hunt down the other New Mutants. However, Mulwray escaped and managed to join Mutant X along with Emma DeLauro.
* Adam Kane (John Shea) is the strategist and moral center of Mutant X. Head chief bio-geneticist of the scientific experiments that led to the creation of the New Mutants, Kane created Mutant X to atone for his mistakes. The group seeks to protect New Mutants and help them control their powers. Viewing the New Mutants as his responsibility, Kane is looking for treatments for their various conditions. To this end, Kane has stolen The Creator's database, which can be used to track other New Mutants. (seasons 1–2; recurring, season 3)
* Lexa Pierce (Karen Cliche) was the first member added to the original Mutant X team. As a Chromatic Molecular, she can bend light to make herself and anything she is touching temporarily invisible. In addition, she can shoot beams of light from her fingertips and can project blinding flashes. She is searching for her long lost brother, and her methods and motives leave her untrusted by her teammates. (season 3)
=== Recurring ===
* Mason Eckhart (Tom McCamus) is the former head of security of Genomex and the current head of the Genetic Security Agency (GSA). After an accident involving Adam and the production of the New Mutants, Eckhart's immune system has been severely weakened, forcing him to wear a white wig, synthetic skin, and thick gloves. He formed the GSA to protect the public from what he deemed as a threat from the New Mutants, capturing them to perform further genetic testing to find a "cure". He is put into stasis after being double crossed by one of his agents and Dr. Harrison, allowing Ashlocke to rise to power. Some time before the season 2 finale, he has escaped his imprisonment and convinced Shalimar's father to fund his research to cure himself, but he is ultimately killed by Brennan.
* Dr. Kenneth Harrison (Andrew Gillies) is a biogeneticist working for Tricorp Botanicals, and a former employee of Genomex. Eckhart seeks him out to produce a mind-controlling toxin from the plants he studies so he can create New Mutants under his own control. He continues to work with the GSA, but ultimately double-crosses Eckhart to allow Ashlocke to take control of Genomex.
* Gabriel Ashlocke (Michael Easton) is "Patient Zero" of the New Mutants. He possesses the abilities of all known kinds of New Mutants, particularly the Mutant X team. In the past, Adam was hired by Genomex to attempt to hamper the young Ashlocke's powers and psychopathy, but he failed to prevent the boy from killing his parents in a powerful rage and only damaged the young boy's genome. To prevent his death, Ashlocke was put in stasis, only to be freed by a member of the GSA to usurp Eckhart's power. Ashlocke takes his revenge against Adam and Mutant X in his attempts to prevent his own death, but is ultimately unsuccessful. However, his loyal followers known as the Links used the genetic material of four similarly powered New Mutants, including Brennan, to produce a child that would effectively be Ashlocke's second coming. However, another New Mutant whose DNA was used to make this child took the boy into her own care to raise him to be a kind person instead of the monster Ashlocke turned out to be. (seasons 1–2)
* An unnamed individual (played by George Buza) acts as the liaison between Lexa and the Dominion, as the Mutant X team works for the Dominion to solve New Mutant-related mysteries and crimes. (season 3)
== Synopsis ==
=== Season 1 ===
The first season starts off with a two-part episode that introduces the main characters. Afterward, the episodes become stand-alone episodes. In nearly every episode a New Mutant appears, whom Mutant X wants to help, while Genomex wants to capture this New Mutant. This work is often done by a special member of Genomex (who most times is also a New Mutant), who nearly always fails at the end of the episode and then vanishes to be never seen again. Although "Dancing on the Razor" aired after "A Breed Apart", the latter episode is the season finale episode.
=== Season 2 ===
"I am Adam Kane. I was a pioneer of genetic research, manipulating DNA to save human lives, but in many, their genes unexpectedly mutated. They developed super-human abilities. Together with four of the most powerful of them, I fight to protect a world that doesn't even know we exist. We are Mutant X." – Season 2 introduction, narrated by John Shea.
As shown at the end of season one, Genomex is defeated while Mason Eckhart is put into a stasis capsule. The main villain is now Gabriel Ashlocke, a powerful New Mutant who however suffers from the fatal side effects of his mutations. Most of the first episodes of season two revolve around Ashlocke and his plans to cure himself from his deadly mutations. After he is killed, the next episodes are again stand-alone episodes which follows "The New Mutant of the Week" pattern.
=== Season 3 ===
"Scientist Adam Kane was a pioneer of genetic research. Manipulating DNA to save human lives, but in many, their genes are unexpectedly mutated and they developed super-human abilities. Together four of the most powerful, fight to protect a world that doesn't even know they exist. They are Mutant X." – Season 3 introduction.
Season three sees several major cast changes. In the beginning of the first episode it is revealed that Emma is dead while Adam is also presumed dead (which later turns out to be false). A new fourth New Mutant, Lexa Pierce, joins Mutant X. Mutant X now works for the secret society known as The Dominion, which forces them in most episodes to solve problems revolving around New Mutants or other genetic problems.
: [Last Lines]
: Jesse: Where the hell do we go now?
: Lexa: We need to find Adam. The only way to cure Jessie is with an antidote.
: Shalimar: Yeah, but sanctuary is gone. The helix is gone. The Dominion...
: Brennan: No, they think they won. It's not over yet.
: Jesse: We'll be if we don't move. Come on.
== History on Paramount Comedy 2 UK ==
The show made its debut on Paramount Comedy 2 in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2008. The first season premieres on Paramount Comedy 2 in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2008 and ran until September 30, 2008. The second season premieres on Paramount Comedy 2 in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2008 and ran until October 15, 2008 and there are two episodes instead of one. The third and final season premieres on Paramount Comedy 2 in the United Kingdom on October 16, 2008 and ran until November 14, 2008 and the episodes are reverted back to one.
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