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From producer James Cameron (Titanic, Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day) comes a new face of the future: Max, a sexy, genetically engineered woman on the run from her military creators, Max is determined to remain free even as she searches for the others of her kind. Set in a bleak near future where an electromagnetic pulse has plunged the country into economic and political collapse, Dark Angel captivated television audiences and garnered awards for hot, young star Jessica Alba.
1. Pilot
Max is a beautiful, unique girl -- she should be, she was designed that way. Engineered in a secret government lab twenty years ago, Max and her genetically enhanced siblings were created to be the perfect soldiers... until they escaped. Now, ten years later, against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic Seattle, Max is on a quest to reclaim her past by finding her fellow escapees. But she's not the only one looking...
My Thoughts:
A really good start to a great show. This series made me a huge fan of the always lovely Jessica Alba! There is nothing I like more then a strong woman.... a woman who can take care of herself... a woman that takes no crap from anyone... and that is Jessica Alba in this series... she really kicks ass and takes names later in this show! As soon as I told a friend of mine that I just started a Dark Angel marathon today... the first thing she said to me was.... You better have a nice stack of bibs ready! :drooling:
In this episode Max (Alba) is trying her best to stay under the radar as she don't want to be discovered. That is until she meets Logan (Weatherly)... who shows her the meaning of helping people. Still a bit on the weary side... she does what is right... at the same time drawing attention to her location.
2. Heat
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.
My Thoughts:
I love this episode! Since Max's DNA was mixed with some cat DNA (for agility) she has a problem that every so often... like cats... she goes into heat. Being sexually charged to the point of barely being able to control herself... she needs to get past being in heat at the same time finding the woman that saved her the night of her escape from Manticore.... taking her one step closer to finding her brothers and sisters that escaped as well that night. At this point she is still a bit leary of doing good and helping people in fear that she will be found... but she is quicker to do the right thing then she was in the first episode.
3. Flushed
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 and more openly a target for Lydecker.
My Thoughts:
This was a really good episode. Max... while trying to help herself finds a young girl that needs help... and she takes it on her own to give her the help she needs... so at this point you see that doing good is coming much easier by this episode. It's not that she was so much against helping people... more so she was trying not to get involved and staying under the radar so to speak. What with her being wanted by the military group that created her and her brothers and sisters.
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Max (Jessica Alba) is back -- kicking butt and taking names in the second and final season of James Cameron's DARK ANGEL. After the destruction of Manticore, the military organization responsible for creating Max and her fellow genetically-enhanced human prototypes, Max is still forced to live furtively among the underground street life of 21st century Seattle. But the day is rapidly approaching when all transgenics will have to band together if they want a chance at staking their claim in this new Freak Nation.
Season 2: Disc 1
1. Designate This
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.
My Thoughts:
This was a good start to another season. I really enjoyed it... though I am not so sure I like the addition of the mutants. I mean it is an ok idea...and it does make sense that they would come out like that when they were first trying to make the soldiers. But I don't know... I preferred it how it was in season 1... without them... other then that... I really enjoyed the episode.
2. Bag 'Em
Manticore sends out a signal ordering all the escapees to return to a site where unbeknownst to them, awaits their death.
My Thoughts:
This was another really good episode. Showing to what extreme Manticore would go to clean up their mess. I did have to wonder though.. the kids were transgenic soldiers... how is it that they were so easily shot down once getting to the bridge? I mean you would have though when they started to shoot they would be able to do something to scatter and fight back.
3. Proof of Purchase
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.
My Thoughts:
Great Episode! I really enjoyed every second of this one. Between Max trying to find and help Joshua and Alec being forced to hunt down other transgenics... this episode was loaded with action.