Dark Angel (TV series)

Dark Angel is an SF-action TV series that originally aired from 2000-2002. It featured a kick-ass woman as its protagonist, a notably diverse cast (in its first season), and an interesting near-future dystopic setting.

Starring Jessica Alba as Max Guevara (X5-452); created by James Cameron.

See List of Dark Angel episodes

Characters

• Max Guevara - the eponymous protagonist
• Logan Cale ("Eyes Only"), born 1988/11/11 - friend, ally, boyfriend; a renegade hacker journalist
• Original Cindy (Cynthia McEachon) - Max's best friend; a lesbian & woman of color; Diamond, her first girlfriend, appeared only in episode "Shorties in Love"
• Kendra Maibaum - Max's friend & roommate
• Theo - Max's friend at Jam Pony; died in first episode; his son Omar & partner -?
• Normal (Reagan Ronald) - boss at Jam Pony X-press
• Sketchy (Calvin Simon Thedore) - friend at Jam Pony
• Herbal - friend at Jam Pony
• Walter Eastep - corrupt cop from season 1
• Detective Matt Sung - a good cop
• Vogelsang - a local PI Max hired during first season
• Asha Barlow - S.1.W. activist

• Colonel Donald Lydecker (villain then ally)
• Ames White (villain) - Wendy White (wife), Ray White (son), C.J. White (brother)
• Sandeman (flashbacks only; geneticist)
• Madame X / Renfro

The twelve X5 series co-escapees:

• Max - X5-452
• Zack - X5-599, born 1997/9/13 (first appearance, "411 on the DL")
• Brin - X5-??? (another female X5; played by Asian-American actor; appears in "Cold Comfort", "Hit a Sista Back", "...And Jesus Brought a Casserole")
• Tinga - X5-656 (another female X5; appears in "The Kidz Are Aiight", "Hit a Sista Back", "Meow")
• Ben (appears in "Pollo Loco" episode)
• Jondy
• Zane
• Krit (appears in "...And Jesus Brought a Casserole")
• Syl (appears in "...And Jesus Brought a Casserole")
• Vada (named only in novel, and killed in novel so may be non-canon)
• Kavi (named only in novel, and killed in novel so may be non-canon)
• Seth (named only in novel, and killed in novel so may be non-canon)

Other mutants:

• Eva - X5 series
• Jace - X5 series; another female X5 played by a woman of color; first appeared in "Female Trouble"
• Sam, Max's X7 clone
• Alec, Ben's clone; important in season 2
• Joshua (an early experiment
• characters in "Gill Girl"
• PsyOps character from "Fuhgeddaboudit"

Canon & semi-canon

• Dark Angel: Before the Dawn (2002 novel) by Max Alan Collins - a prequel to the TV series; looking at Max between 2009 and 2019
• Dark Angel: The Eyes Only Dossier (2003) - other materials centering on Logan from the days of the Pulse to 2021
• Series 1
• Series 2
• Dark Angel: Skin Game (2003 novel) by Max Alan Collins - immediate sequel to "Freak Nation", taking place in March-May 2021
• Dark Angel: After the Dark (2003 novel) by Max Alan Collins - immediate sequel to Skin Game, taking place in 2021
• Dak Angel video game (2002) (didn't add anything to the story)

Further reading

• Dystopic.net (fansite)
• Eyes Only Online (fansite)
• DarkAngelFan.com (fansite)
• Dark Angel Network (forum)