Dark Angel

Max is a genetically-enhanced human prototype hunted by her former military handlers through the edgy, underground street life version of 21st century America. Max is aided in her quest - both to avoid capture and reunite with her "siblings" scattered in the aftermath of their escape - by Logan Cale, an idealistic cyber-journalist battling repression and corruption in post-apocalypse

Cast

Jessica Alba
Role: Max Guevara "X5-452"

Birthplace: Pomona, California USA
Birthday: 4-28-1981

Jessica Marie Alba was born in Pomona, California, April 28, 1981. As a young girl, Jessica moved with her family to Biloxi, Mississippi. Three years later they moved to Del Rio, Texas, before they finally settled down in southern California when Jessica was nine. By the age of 5, Jessica was already dreaming of becoming an actress. She took her first acting lessons at the age of 12 and just nine months later she was signed by an agent.

She made her feature film debut in 1993, Camp Nowhere. She was originally hired for a 2 weeks, but was lucky when the lead actress dropped out. Her hair matched the original performers so she got the role. After Camp Nowhere, Jessica appeared in commercials for Nintendo and JC Penney. She branched out into television in 1994 with a recurring role in The Secret World of Alex Mack. Some time later she got the role of Maya for a pilot of the TV show Flipper. In 1995, Jessica filmed the first season of Flipper in Australia. After success of the first season, they went on to film a second season in which Jessica also starred.

In 1996, Jessica played Young Eve in Venus Rising. Also she made an appearance as Maria on the hit series, Chicago Hope. In 1998, Jessica appeared in Brooklyn South as Melissa and a few months later she appeared in two episodes of the hit series Beverly Hills 90210 as Leanne. She also acted in an episode of Love Boat: The Next Wave. Later she went on filming the film, P.U.N.K.S, which was released on video in January of 1999.

As of 1999, Jessica Alba was getting more popular and recognized. She appeared in a great number of magazines throughout America. She played a supporting role in the movie, Never Been Kissed, alongside Drew Barrymore. A month later she found herself with a larger role as Molly in the film, Idle Hands. Then she landed the starring role in the film, Paranoid as a model named Chloe.

The year 2000 was the breakout year for Jessica. She was chosen to play the main character Max, in the hit TV series, Dark Angel. Dark Angel went on filming for a total of two seasons.

She went on to appear in many magazines that year and made several appearance on TV talk show such as the Rosie O'Donnell Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien Jon Stewart and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She also appeared on the People's Choice Awards show and the Golden Globe Awards show where she was nominated for best actress in a new TV series. In May of 2001, Jessica got engaged to her co-star of Dark Angel, Michael Weatherly. She acted in couple of L'Oreal television commercials and began filming the movie The Sleeping Dictionary for the remainder of 2001.

In 2002, Jessica visited Japan, where she along side with Michael Weatherly made many appearances in promoting Dark Angel. She also began the filming of the movie, Honey, where she stars as Honey Daniels. Dark Angel the video game also was released in the year 2002 and has become a huge seller. Jessica continues to make television shows and magazine appearances as she concentrates on her ongoing acting career.

Michael Weatherly
Role: Logan Cale/Eyes Only

Birthplace: New York City
Birthday: 7-8-1968

Born on July 8th, 1968 in New York City and raised in Fairfield, CT, Michael Weatherly left college to pursue a career in acting. He also liked music and played in a band during the start of his acting career.
While playing in the band, he began acting professionally and landed his first job as Theo's roommate on The Cosby Show, and a role in the independent film. This led to numerous guest spots on television and brought him to Los Angeles. After moving to Los Angeles, he landed a series regular role in the FOX television series Significant Others. Most recently, Weatherly starred as Christina Applegate's ex-husband Roy in the television series Jesse, and in the films The Specials opposite Rob Lowe, Venus and Mars
opposite Lynn Redgrave and Gun Shy opposite Liam Neeson and Sandra Bullock. Weatherly was once married to actress Amelia Heinle, they had a son, August, who was born in 1996. Weatherly now lives in Los Angeles, where he is busy with his job portraying Special Agent Tony DiNozzo in the CBS drama series NCIS.

Jensen Ackles
Role: Alec "X5-494"/Ben (Season 2)

Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, USA
Birthday: 3-1-1978

Jensen was born in Dallas. His father Alan Ackles was an actor in the Dallas area, so he was exposed to the entertainment business at a young age. When he was a sophomore in high school, a friend asked him to go to a local acting seminar. After getting an agent, he landed his first audition--a guest spot on "Sweet Valley High." After that he moved to Los Angeles on his agent's suggestion. He booked "Days of Our Lives" soon after his move. He had successes in guesting on "Dawson’s Creek" and his recurring role on "Smallville" as Jason Teague. He currently stars with Jared Padalecki on the WB hit "Supernatural."

Alimi Ballard
Role: Herbal Thought (Season 1)

Birthplace: Bronx, New York
Birthday: 6-16-1977

Originally from the Bronx, New York, Alimi began his acting career while in high school by performing in community theater productions, such as No Laughing Matter and The Common Thread. He later joined the Manhattan Theater Club and the National Black Theater, where he starred in Holiday Heart and Endangered Species.

Alimi's first television role came on ABC's daytime drama, Loving, where he starred as the troubled youth, 'Frankie Hubbard'. He was also a member of ensemble cast for In the Mix, a teen awareness program. His first primetime role was on New York Undercover

In 1996, Alimi moved to L.A. and shortly thereafter landed a role on ABC's Aresnio. He also appeared in Dream Works' feature film, Deep Impact with Tea Leoni.

John Savage
Role: Colonel Donald Michael Lydecker (Season 1)

Birthplace: Old Bethpage, Long Island, New York, USA
Birthday: 8-25-1949

Season 1

Pilot (1)

Episode Number: 1

As a child, Max was part of a highly classified genetic enhancement project. She and several other children were trained in a deeply secluded compound to use their superhuman powers. At a young age, Max and several others escaped the compound and made their way in the world. Now a beautiful young bike messenger and thief, Max is trying to find her lost "siblings" from the project, but at the same time, Max is trying to dodge capture from her former handlers led by Lydecker, and is aided in her quest by Logan Cale, an idealistic cyber-journalist.

Pilot (2)

Episode Number: 2

Logan has his own crusade -- taking on the ruthless Power-Brokers of the new millennium. Initially Max is reluctant to help Logan, but ultimately brings her superhuman abilities Though initially resistant to Logan's attempts to enlist her in his crusade, Max ultimately brings her unique abilities to his cause.

Heat

Episode Number: 3

Max is lured further into Logan's realm when he promises her more information about her past. He tells her about the woman who picked her up roadside as a child - a woman named Hannah. Max heads out to find Hannah, and ultimately gets more clues about her biological mother. But Hannah is forced to reveal Max's whereabouts to Lydecker. Max manages yet another daring escape from Lydecker. Also, Max's feline DNA puts her in heat and she relentlessly pursues a man, Eric. They never really hook up, but Eric is left with a huge crush on Max and gets unsuspectingly sucked into her adventure. Elsewhere, the private eye, Vogelsang, double-crosses Max and sells information about her to Lydecker.

Flushed

Episode Number: 4

Max's seizures increase. Low on her medication after her friends mistakenly flush it down the toilet, Max breaks into a drug clinic. She is caught and ends up in jail.

C.R.E.A.M.

Episode Number: 5

Max and Logan help a girl to find her father, who used to be a mentor to Logan. Meanwhile, Max contends with past memories of her unusual childhood.

441 On The DL

Episode Number: 6

Max gets called to a secret meeting after seeing a personal ad containing her bar code tattoo number. She leans that Vogelsang claims to know about the remaining children from Manticore. He insists on a large sum of money for the information. Logan questions Vogelsang's motives and his relationship to Lydeker. Mysteriously, Logan's ex-wife reappears after many years of non-contact. Max is suspicious of the ex-wife's motives, but Logan feels drawn to his ex-wife. However, Max discovers the ex-wife has dark motives for returning. Elsewhere, Herbal is fired from the messenger service after using Rastafarian drugs. Cindy and Kendra head up a protest strike.

Prodigy

Episode Number: 7

Max attends conference about genetic engineering. She sees Lydecker at the conference, but he doesn't recognize her. Before she can slip away unseen, the conference attendees are taken hostage by a group of anti-genetic engineering terrorists. Max can't use her abilities to escape for fear of being noticed. Logan negotiates to free the women and children in exchange for himself. Max is able to intervene to save Logan from an almost certain death. She takes out Lydecker in the process and stops the terrorists. Meanwhile at Jam Pony, the gang are riveted by the television coverage of the hostage situation and unaware that Max is involved. Herbal insists the terrorist situation is all part of God's plan.

Cold Comfort

Episode Number: 8

Zack reappears and tells Max Lydecker has captured Brin, one of their Manticore sisters, and plans to do her harm. Max decides they must kidnap Lydecker and force him to reveal Brin's whereabouts. When Max and Zack discover that Lydecker was not behind Brin's disappearance, they have no choice but to team up with Lydecker to find their lost sister.

Blah, Blah, Woof, Woof

Episode Number: 9

Lydecker gets the local police to post "Wanted" posters of Max throughout the city, charging her with Vogelsang's murder. Zack returns to beg Max to leave town. Logan offers Max and Zack shelter in a countryside retreat. While saying good-bye, their attraction to each other comes to the surface and Logan and Max kiss. Zack tries again to convince Max to run away with him. Just as she's ready to do it, she learns Logan is near death. Max heads back to Seattle to give Logan a blood transfusion. Though she puts her own life at risk, she does save Logan's life. Lydecker and the police close in on finding Max; however, the real murder confesses. It's Zack who turns himself in to police in order to spare Max. The helicopter transporting Zack back to Manticore mysteriously explodes. No one knows if Zack was killed. Meanwhile, Logan discovers the feeling has partially returned to his paralyzed leg. And, Sketchy is put in charge at Jam Pony. He seizes the opportunity to make himself look like the hero and goes to the police with information about Max. But Logan finds out about it and gets a detective to discourage Normal and Sketchy.

Out

Episode Number: 10

Tired of Logan's "all business" approach to their relationship, Max refuses to help with his latest case involving a medical supply smuggler. But when Logan gets double-crossed by his target, Max goes undercover as "Eyes Only" to rescue him from a certain death. Meanwhile, Normal is smitten with a woman with a secret.

Red

Episode Number: 11

Max takes on an army of superhuman soldiers in an episode amped up on action sequences. The trouble starts when Logan recruits his favorite biker chick to protect a Federal witness with vital info on local corruption. But the operation hits a snag after Max realizes that the guy she's guarding is a face from the not-so-distant---and very painful---past, and that those who want him dead may have plans for her as well.

Art Attack

Episode Number: 12

Normal is kidnapped by a gang of art thieves and the Jam Pony folks realize they have been tricked into transporting stolen paintings. Meanwhile, Logan asks Max to be his date at a family wedding. She is snubbed at the only store that sells gowns. She decides to return to the dress store and steal the dress she has put on hold. When Logan is suspicious of how she got such a nice dress, Max confesses and says she plans on taking it back. Later, Max enlists Logan's help to rescue Normal from the art thieves

Rising

Episode Number: 13

The "transgenic" Reds catch up with Max when her lost pager reveals her whereabouts to them. The Reds are former death row convicts seeking to combine their technology with Max's genetic material. Logan and Max, after a deadly fight with a Red, learn that the transgenics' power is controlled by a special implant placed in their bodies. Meanwhile, the Reds take Original Cindy hostage and used to lure Max into their trap. Max risks it all and inserts the Red's implant into her own neck in hopes of gaining extra power. The implant makes her hyper violent and she kills off the Reds in order to free Original Cindy. Max then has a seizure. Logan learns the only way to save Max's life is to get the chip out of her head, but first he has to electrocute the chip in her neck. He is able to save her. Max then has to reveal to Original Cindy her Manticore secret. Also, Logan begins to regain the use of his legs and stands up.

The Kidz Are Aiight

Episode Number: 14

Re-captured by Lydecker after his helicopter crash, Zack is tortured in an effort to get him to reveal the whereabouts of the other X5 escapees. After a failed escape attempt, Lydecker tortures Zack even more and Zack "dies." In a ingenious plan, Zack survives his burial and escapes from his coffin and contacts Max, but unbeknownst to them, Max is wired and Lydecker and company hear all he is saying.

Female Trouble

Episode Number: 15

Max discovers Logan is dealing with a back-alley medical clinic doctor who has agreed to perform experimental therapies to keep him out of his wheelchair, who Max realizes is also a former Manticore scientist. Meanwhile, Original Cindy returns to Jam Pony and continues to learn more about Max and her relationship to Logan.

Haven

Episode Number: 16

Max accompanies Logan to a once-thriving community, now devastated after the pulse, to meet with the town's retired sheriff. The locals are hostile toward Max and Logan, believing them to be hold-overs from the pre-pulse days. Meanwhile, Max starts to feel ill and begins having seizures and also befriends a local teen who Max comes to realize is alienated from the rest of the town.

Shorties In Love

Episode Number: 17

When Diamond, an old girlfriend of Original Cindy's mysteriously reappears to rekindle their relationship, Max finds her anonymity dangerously comprised by a stranger with a deadly secret. Max becomes suspicious of Diamond's presence when Max is attacked by strangers and Logan investigates the identity of the attackers.

Pollo Loco

Episode Number: 18

Logan is tipped off by a friend at the morgue to a murder victim with a bar code tattoo on his neck and informs Max who then investigates. She discovers he's resembles a fellow X5 escapee, Ben but he's not Ben. But while she is viewing the body, Lydecker shows up to confiscate the body and close the investigation

I And I Am A Camera

Episode Number: 19

While investigating a string of murders of recently paroled convicts, Max and Logan meet a "Fisher King"-like super hero who at first appears harmless and slightly crazy, but ultimately has a profound effect on both their personal lives. Discovering this post-pulse crusade as he follows her around Seattle, Max's original opinion of the "super hero" changes after she sees him actually perform super-human feats.

Hit A Sista Back

Episode Number: 20

When fellow X5 escapee Tinga returns to town to save the family she left behind, Max, with the help of Zack, once again places herself in danger to battle Manticore, Lydecker, newly turned X5 Bryn, and an increasingly power-hungry Madame X. When Tinga gives up her freedom to ensure her child's safety, she is taken to a secret government lab. Amid the double crossing, we learn Lydecker is no longer in the loop with the real Manticore higher-ups. This means Max is in more danger that she could possible imagine.

Meow

Episode Number: 21

Max starts to feel the stress of being controlled by her genetic urges when she goes into her bi-annual feline DNA sexual urges

And Jesus Brought A Casserole

Episode Number: 22

Max escapes Manticore and Madame X's clutches with the help of Lydecker but he then knocks Max out and chains her to a hotel bed while he proceeds to get drunk. It's up to Logan to help find her.

Season 2

Designate This

Episode Number: 23

After months of being imprisoned at Manticore, Max has resisted powerful attempts at re-programming and breeding and plans her escape from the genetics lab. She is aided in her breakout by the gentle but beast-like Joshua, an early Manticore creation, and together they release all the other Manticore creatures. Max attempts to reunite with Logan, only to discover that he is now number one on Manticore's most wanted list.

Bag ‘Em

Episode Number: 24

Manticore sends out a signal ordering all the escapees to return to a site where unbeknownst to them, awaits their death. While harboring a group of muddle Manticore escapees, Max is captured by a man who job it is to exterminate the remaining fugitives, leaving only Alec and the X6's to rescue her. Meanwhile, Lydecker contacts Logan when he gains information about Max that could be dangerous if it falls into the wrong hands.

Proof Of Purchase

Episode Number: 25

Max and Logan look for Joshua, who is wandering Seattle looking for "Father", the man who created him. Meanwhile, Alec fights ordinary people in an underground club but when later caught by White, he must strike a bargain to kill three transgenics to save his life.

Radar Love

Episode Number: 26

Max and Logan must aside their complicated and lethal feelings for one another, when they investigate a series of unusual deaths and uncover a genocidal agenda linked to transgenic escapees.

Boo

Episode Number: 27

On Halloween night, Max finds her "normal" world turned upside down when the creatures she let out of Manticore are able to walk the streets freely without fear of exposure. As she and Joshua, with a crazy band of characters, race against time to find a headless body before it carries out its intended lethal mission, Max is faced with the reality that Asha and Logan are getting closer than ever.

Two

Episode Number: 28

Disturbed by Joshua's unusual behavior, as well as Alec's new job working at Jam Pony, Max's concern for Joshua is heightened when sector police killings are attributed to a "beast-like" creature. As Max races to try to figure out the mystery of the killings before more are committed, she makes a surprising discovery about who the culprit actually is.

Some Assembly Required

Episode Number: 29

Max discovers that Zack is not only alive but apparently benefiting from some cybernetic enhancements to his genetic engineering, however he does have memory problems. Knowing that Zack sacrificed his life for hers, Max puts herself at great risk, attempting to rescue him from his new "owners," a vicious Seattle gang but when an attempt is made on Logan's life, Max is faced with a very painful decision

Gill Girl

Episode Number: 30

Alec and Max set out to rescue an aquatic transgenic caught at sea from White, but the creature's mate throws a wrench into Max's plans. Meanwhile, Logan has a brush with death after he and Max get a little too close while babysitting his niece.

Medium Is The Message

Episode Number: 31

Logan gets an appeal from a mother to look into a kidnapping case, through Eyes Only. Meanwhile, Joshua discovers a latent talent for modern art and things take an unexpected twist when it turns out that the boy is the son of Max's nemesis, Mr. White, whose wife has no idea of his work.

Braniac

Episode Number: 32

When Asha's militant group comes under fire, Max figures that it's all because of a Manticore-engineered military strategist, another transgenic called Brain. Brain sets out to protect Max as best he can, after he's called upon to discover who really betrayed the group.

The Berrisford Agenda

Episode Number: 33

While being haunted by music from the past, Alec must revisit one of his Manticore missions that went bad and resulted in the loss of his one true love. Max attempts to put the pieces of Alec's past together and upon discovery of the truth sets out to help him as best she can.

Borrowed Time

Episode Number: 34

When Max and Logan finally find a cure for their genetically engineered virus, it turns out to be only temporary. Their time together is limited and to make matters worse they have to stop a strange Manticore creation that is on the loose in Seattle and preying on people

Harbor Lights

Episode Number: 35

After Max is shot and hospitalized, Logan must intercept White and a very curious CDC doctor in order to keep Max's transgenic identity undercover.

Love In Vain

Episode Number: 36

Max must take on a cult of superhuman-blood addicts when she learns they're being led by a Manticore mutant intent on rebuilding an X-5 army. Meanwhile, Joshua falls in with the wrong crowd after Alec tricks him into delivering his packages for Jam Pony.

Fuhgeddaboudit

Episode Number: 37

A genetically enhanced hypnotist targets Logan and Max, who reveals her true identity and Logan's secret activities before realizing that she is being manipulated as part of a deadly plan - but luckily she doesn't remember doing it. Meanwhile, the transgenic, Mia, also sets her sights on Alec, raising the stakes, leading him back into the boxing ring to make some money for some not-so-good fellas.

Exposure

Episode Number: 38

Max and Logan track Ames' kidnapped son, Ray, to a small town where the breeding cult known as the Familiars, are readying Manticore's youngest creations for a mysterious ceremony.

Hello, Goodbye

Episode Number: 39

After a near-fatal incident with Logan, Max decides to end their relationship for good, and a murder committed by Alec's Manticore twin, Ben, puts him under suspicion. Meanwhile, White arranges for the death and exposure of Mule, placing all of the transgenics in jeopardy; and Joshua meets a blind woman, with whom he finds a possible relationship with, until the threat of exposure makes him, Max, and Alec decide to withdraw for the time being

Dawg Day Afternoon

Episode Number: 40

Max must break her vow to avoid Logan after Joshua's friendship with the blind woman makes him a target of a transgenic manhunt in the sewers. Meanwhile, White leaks news of the human-looking X-5s to the media, leading to a wide-scale attack against the so-called "monsters" running amok and to the death of a someone dear to one of the transgenics.

She Ain’t Heavy

Episode Number: 41

Max tries to remain calm while her whole life is falling apart - Normal and Sketchy are both freaking out over the whole transgenic thing, she and Logan can't be together and Joshua decides to move out of the house and into a desperate part of the city where Max can't as easily visit. Meanwhile White, while searching for Max, has located a clone of Max in San Francisco and also manages to trace an Eyes Only hack, forcing Logan to flee his condo.

Love Among The Runes

Episode Number: 42

Max begins to develop strange markings on her body while leading a transgenic resistance against White, when he attempts to capture one of her "brothers". However, the transgenics are stunned by revealed secrets about their "father" that threaten all that they believe and stir up many more questions. Meanwhile, the Terminal City dwellers mount a campaign to battle the humans hunting them down, and Alec learns why Logan has been keeping his distance from his former friends.

Freak Nation

Episode Number: 43

Max is forced to expose her true identity to the world, when she must defend her own kind during a potentially deadly hostage situation at Jam Pony, involving Joshua and Alec.