
Scripted series · FOX
Dark Angel
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Dark Angel actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Dark Angel reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Super soldier Max Guevera tries to live a normal life in post-apocalyptic Seattle while eluding capture by government agents from the covert biotech facility she escaped from as a child and searching for her genetically-enhanced brothers and sisters who have dispersed after escape.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E21
And Jesus Brought a Casserole
Lydecker realises that he has lost control over Manticore, as Madame X is now clearly running the show. He would rather see the project destroyed than see it abused by others. He asks Max for help in bringing Manticore down. Together with Zack and other X5's, they storm the facility and destroy the DNA lab.
- Directed by Joe Ann Fogle
- Written by René Echevarria, Charles H. Eglee

S02E21
Freak Nation
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.
- Directed by James Cameron
- Written by Ira Steven Behr, René Echevarria

S01E09
Out
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.
- Directed by Sarah Pia Anderson
- Written by David Zabel

S01E03
Flushed
Max needs her pills to keep her seizures at bay but her friends believe that she's an addict. Max is feeling the serious side effects from the alterations to her biochemistry. After her friends flush her pills she tries to steal some from the local hospital but get's caught and lands up in jail.
- Directed by Terrence O'Hara
- Written by René Echevarria, Charles H. Eglee

S01E02
Heat
In a post apocalyptic world genetically enhanced female (transgenic) Max Gueverra tries to stay ahead of the law while looking for links to her past. Max does a job for Logan (the last good man on Earth; and cyber journalist Eyes Only) while trying to keep a handle on her revved up hormones, thanks to Manticore. Logan manages to turn up some information on a friend from Max's past.
- Directed by Michael Katleman
- Written by Patrick Harbinson

S01E10
Red
The trouble starts when Logan recruits his favourite biker chick to protect a Federal witness with vital info on local corruption. But the operation hits a snag after Max realises 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.
- Directed by Michael Katleman
- Written by David Zabel
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S02E21
Freak Nation
- Directed by James Cameron
- Written by Ira Steven Behr, René Echevarria

S02E20
Love Among the Runes
- Directed by James Whitmore Jr.
- Written by Moira Kirland

S02E19
She Ain't Heavy
- Directed by Allan Kroeker
- Written by Robert Doherty, Michael Angeli

S02E18
Dawg Day Afternoon
- Directed by Kenneth Biller
- Written by Robert Doherty


Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

James Cameron
Showrunner

Charles H. Eglee
Creator
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René Echevarria
Executive producer
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Julie Auerbach
Writer

Ira Steven Behr
Writer
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Robert Doherty
Writer
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Marjorie David
Writer
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Moira Kirland
Writer
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Adisa Iwa
Writer
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David Simkins
Writer
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Tommy Thompson
Writer
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Doris Egan
Writer

David Zabel
Writer

Michael Angeli
Writer
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Patrick Harbinson
Writer
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Jose Molina
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- James CameronExecutive Producer
- Stephen SassenProducer
- Janace TashjianProducer
- René EchevarriaExecutive Producer
- Charles H. EgleeExecutive Producer
- Michael AngeliProducer
Writing
- Julie AuerbachWriter
- Ira Steven BehrWriter
- James CameronWriter
- Robert DohertyWriter
- Marjorie DavidWriter
- Moira KirlandWriter
Direction
- James CameronDirector
- Jefery LevyDirector
- James A. ContnerDirector
- James Whitmore Jr.Director
- Bryan SpicerDirector
- Allan KroekerDirector
Cinematography
- Peter WunstorfDirector of Photography
- David GeddesDirector of Photography
Music
- Joel McNeelyOriginal Music Composer
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