The best episodes of Dark Angel
Ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
When two corpses turn up with the bar code of an escaped X-5, Lydecker's boss steps in to pay him an unexpected---and unpleasant---visit. Meanwhile, Max springs into action after realizing that her fellow fugitive may be behind the killings and that she is the only one who can bring his hunting season to a close.
- 02
Alec tries to right a wrong from his past after he realizes the former lover he was forced to assassinate may still be alive.
- 03
The hunt for mutants leads to a hostage crisis at Jam Pony, where Max and company face not only violent vigilantes, but also White's killer corps of mutant hunters.
- 04
After nearly infecting Logan, Max decides to end their affair for good; Alec's haunted by the sins of his Manticore twin; and White triggers a witch hunt by leaking info about the transgens to the media. Meanwhile, Joshua finds the perfect woman, but can't find the courage to confess his secret.
- 05
Alec hides his deadly reason for helping Max stop a rampaging Joshua, whose pattern of attacks could lead them right to Sandeman. Meanwhile, Lydecker makes a startling find while digging into Renfro's botched experiments at a demolition site.
- 06
A telekinetic transgenic messes with Max's mind to keep her from coercing a meek mob bookie into selling out his boss to Eyes Only. But once the mutant sets her sights on Alec, the stakes are raised, leading him back into the boxing ring to make some money for some not-so-good fellas.
- 07
A rebuilt Max maps her escape from Madame X's lair, as Logan finds an unlikely ally in exposing Manticore and its genetic experiments. But when Max is forced to do her captor's dirty work, it begins to look like Eyes Only's days are over.
- 08
A bogus transgen lures Max into White's trap, where she learns the truth about the mystery marks appearing on her skin; the Terminal City dwellers mount a campaign to battle the humans hunting them down; Alec learns why Logan has been keeping his distance from his former friends.
- 09
Max must break her vow to avoid Logan after Joshua becomes a target of a transgenic manhunt in the sewers; 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.
- 10
...And Jesus Brought a Casserole
Madame X's twisted plan for Max forces Lydecker into an unholy pact with a pack of his former "kids" to bring down Manticore. But when things go tragically awry, Logan must make a life-altering choice that could put Max back into the hands of the enemy.
- 11
A stray bullet sends Max to the ER, where her funky blood and DNA tests cause grave concern for the CDC---and Ames White's army. But as Logan races to get his girl to safety, a new threat emerges that could thrust Max into a governmental nightmare.
- 12
Lydecker's manhunt for Vogelsang's killer puts Max on too many "most wanted" lists. Meanwhile, a stray bullet lodged in Logan's spine leaves him near death, forcing his protégée to make a decision that could save his life, but end her own.
- 13
Max battles her conscience after catching a fellow Manticore experiment hell-bent on killing a doctor with a tie to their past---and Max's future with Logan. But when Lydecker puts them all in the line of fire, Max is forced to choose between an old friend and her new flame.
- 14
Max gets herself a sidekick after a pseudo-superhero calling himself the Street Sweeper strong-arms his way into a hunt for the person offing recently paroled felons. But when Logan uncovers his uncle's tie to the crimes, he fears the Cale family fortune could be nothing but blood money and must decide whom to trust. And whom to turn against.
- 15
Max's escape from Seattle is derailed after White sends in her clone to capture the elusive X-452; Logan's Eyes Only compound is attacked; Joshua finds a new home among his fellow mutants; and White takes the stand with a revelation sure to turn the entire nation against the transgens.
- 16
In the series pilot, Max finds her hunt for fellow escapees aided by a techno-geek with a key to her past as a genetics experiment.
- 17
Lydecker closes in after Max is reunited with the woman who saved her the night she escaped from the Manticore lab. Meanwhile, strange changes in Max's DNA have her crawling the walls.
- 18
Max goes above the law to secure meds for her worsening seizures and winds up behind bars---and at the mercy of a warped warden with a link to Lydecker. But as Logan and Original Cindy race to the rescue, Max finds a kindred spirit whose abusive past helps her face down a former demon.
- 19
Logan runs smack into his past while helping a client investigate her dad's mysterious death; Max helps Sketchy one-up a two-faced casino owner who bilked him for a bundle of cash.
- 20
The Red supersoldiers kidnap Original Cindy (Valarie Rae Miller) to get to Max, whose overamped DNA may be the key to their survival---and Logan's chance to walk again. Meanwhile, it seems like some of Max's best buds are starting to change, and not necessarily for the better.
- 21
Max takes several child transgens under her wing after they become targets of White's lethal "cleanup" project to bury Manticore's existence.
- 22
Logan puts his life on the line to barter for Max's after a hostage crisis at a genetics conference traps Max with a deadly fellow attendee...Lydecker. But as the situation intensifies, it becomes clear that hunter and prey will have to play nice together to get out alive.
- 23
Max is Logan's date for a Cale family wedding, where the wisecracking crime fighter gets in touch with her softer side, and Logan gets in deep with a lady he used to love. But the big day is dashed for Max after Normal is abducted by an angry art forger who has deadly plans for the man unless someone shows up with his precious pilfered painting.
- 24
It's a race to save the Manticore fugitives after Zack escapes from Lydecker's lair and enlists Max to help round up their lost friends. Meanwhile, Max finds herself growing even closer to a newly mobile Logan; and Original Cindy gets herself a new place to live now that her old landlord is dead.
- 25
A weekend away in a sleepy---and creepy---little town has Max helping a boy who sees dead people and Logan investigating the murders of several political activists.
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