The worst episodes of Dark Angel
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
Max tracks a deadly---and decapitated---Manticore nomlie as Halloween proves a prime time for the mutants to roam Seattle undetected. But as she and Joshua close in on the headless assassin, she almost loses her own head when it becomes clear that Logan and Asha have been spending a bit too much time together.
- 02
Max's plan to steal a set of computer discs is derailed by Original Cindy's felonious ex-lover, who draws the unwanted attention of a shadowy pharmaceutical firm. But once they catch her, it may be too late for Max to save the comely con artist from triggering the end of the world without even knowing it.
- 03
The hunt is on for Joshua after three Seattle cops are attacked by a canine-like killer; Alec snags a job at Jam Pony as a way to score the money he owes Max.
- 04
Logan's hunt for a gang of Steelheads reveals a shocking truth about Max's presumed-dead cohort and his ominous mission to make Cale pay for the botched Manticore attack. But when Max sees that her friend has gone commando, she's forced to choose between "family" and her feelings for Logan. Meanwhile, Original Cindy finds the perfect way to keep Normal off Max's back for missing work while she tends to her dangerous duties.
- 05
Max and Alec race to save a mermaid from White's clutches after realizing she may be linked to Manticore's fishy genetics project. Meanwhile, Logan has a brush with death after he and Max get a little too close while babysitting his niece.
- 06
Max takes on a cult of superhuman blood addicts led by a Manticore mutant intent on rebuilding an X-5 army. Meanwhile, Joshua falls in with the wrong crowd after Alec dupes him into delivering his packages at Jam Pony.
- 07
Max and Logan make a run for romance after an antidote sends her virus into a 12-hour remission. But their hopes for a night of heat are cooled after Joshua crashes their reunion to report that a Manticore mutant is on the loose.
- 08
Max and Logan's growing attraction is put to the test as he breaks their first date to bust a flesh-peddler, who makes it his sole mission to silence "For Eyes Only" forever. Meanwhile, the Jam Pony kids catch on to Normal's new lady after he sends a delivery to her domicile.
- 09
As a mysterious virus targets Seattle's Asian community, Max and Logan find themselves facing a new foe---and possible new lovers. Meanwhile, the search for Joshua's creator hits a dead end.
- 10
Max and Logan track Ames' kidnapped son to a small town where the breeding cult is readying Manticore's youngest creations for a mysterious ceremony. Meanwhile, Alec and Original Cindy take it upon themselves to stop Sketchy from uncovering the truth about the transgens running amok.
- 11
A lead on a fellow Manticore fugitive sends Max on a mission to find an old friend; Logan's ex returns, hoping to make amends for past sins; Herbal gets himself canned from the Jam Pony.
- 12
Logan recruits Max to guard a Federal witness who can nail Mayor Steckler, only to find that the man in need of protection is a face from their not-so-distant---and very painful---pasts. But keeping the guy safe proves deadly as a corps of superhuman soldiers steps in to take care of Steckler's business.
- 13
It's a battle of the bio-synths as Max, Zack and Tinga's plan to stop Lydecker from snagging Tinga's son pits them against Madame X's newest weapon---a brainwashed Brin. But when a double-cross puts them all in danger, it becomes clear that someone at Manticore is keeping secrets about the future of the X-5 project.
- 14
A mother in mourning hires Logan to find her missing son, who may have a shocking tie to White...and a woman Logan knows very well. Meanwhile, Alec taps into Joshua's secret skills to make a killing in the art market, but ends up putting Max's medical research in peril after her papers become part of the dog-boy's paintings.
- 15
Logan helps Zack and Max track down Lydecker after they tie him to the kidnapping of one of their fellow bio-synths. But when they get their former master where they want him, Lydecker fills the kids in on who was really behind the abduction...and why. Meanwhile, Cindy and Sketchy derail Normal's plan to impress a potential foreign investor.
- 16
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.
- 17
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.
- 18
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.
- 19
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.
- 20
On the anniversary of their meeting, Max's cat DNA sends her into heat, forcing her to bail on a date with Logan. Meanwhile, Lydecker and X play a game of cat and mouse with Max that puts her in harm's way and Manticore's top agent on his own boss's hit list.
- 21
Max gets some help from Manticore's plus-sized secret---and smitten---weapon after a mole sets a trap to silence Asha's rebel group.
- 22
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.
- 23
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.
- 24
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.
- 25
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.
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