Dark Angel Episode Guide Season 1

October 3, 2000: Pilot Episode: Max escaped as a child from a sinister lab that created newfangled human prototypes. Living in bohemian squalor in an economically ravaged society. Max eludes her relentless foe Lydecker by keeping a low profile — until she meets a crusading cyberjournalist "Eyes Only" (Weatherly ) who enlists her in the fight against the powers that be.

October 10, 2000: Heat: Lydecker closes in after Max is reunited with the woman (Eileen Pedde) who saved her the night she escaped from the Manticore lab. Meanwhile, strange changes in Max's DNA have her crawling the walls.

October 17, 2000: Flushed: 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 (Alan C. Peterson) with a link to Lydecker (John Savage). But as Logan and Original Cindy race to the rescue, Max finds a kindred spirit (Shannon Sutter) whose abusive past helps her face down a former demon.

October 31, 2000: C.R.E.A.M.: Logan runs smack into his past while helping a client (Lisa Rodriguez) investigate her dad's mysterious death; Max helps Sketchy one-up a two-faced casino owner (Michael Sunczyk) who bilked him for a bundle of cash.

November 14, 2000: 411 on the DL: Tipped off by a mysterious newspaper ad, Max realizes that a fellow fugitive from the Manticore project may be alive and well in Seattle. Determined to uncover the truth, she follows a trail of clues that could lead her to an old friend — or a sworn enemy. Meanwhile, Logan has a reunion of another kind to deal with after his recovering alcoholic ex-wife (Brenda James) returns, hoping to make amends for past sins.

November 21, 2000: Prodigy: 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.

November 28, 2000: Cold Comfort: The hunter becomes the prey as Max and Zack go after Lydecker for kidnapping one of their own. When a fellow bio-synth (Nicole Bilderback) is abducted en route to a private powwow with Zack (William Gregory Lee), Max and her militant brother-in-arms fear Lydecker is to blame. But when they ambush him at a secret meeting of his own, the kids realize that, while their hostage is innocent (this time), he does know who has their friend...and why. And as the trio forms an unholy alliance to save the girl from a mutual enemy, one of them makes a false move that puts them all in mortal jeopardy.

December 12, 2000: Blah Blah Woof Woof: 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.

January 9, 2001: Out: Max and Logan's growing attraction is put to the test as he breaks their first date to bust a flesh-peddler (James Kidnie), 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.

January 16, 2001: Red: Max takes on an army of superhuman soldiers in an episode amped up on action sequences. The trouble starts when Logan recruits his favorite biker chick to protect a Federal witness with vital info on local corruption. But the operation hits a snag after Max realizes 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.

February 6, 2001: Art Attack: Logan and Max move closer to romance in a decidedly lighter episode than usual. Faced with being Logan's date for a family wedding, Max goes on a mad dash to find the perfect dress in the hope of wowing the Cale crowd. Meanwhile, Normal gets kidnapped by an angry art dealer (rapper Master P) because one of the Jam Pony messengers mistakenly delivered the wrong package to him. Max has to rescue Normal and attend a wedding at the same time.

February 13, 2001: Rising: 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.

February 20, 2001: The Kidz are Aiight: 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.

March 13, 2001: Female Trouble: Max battles her conscience after catching a fellow Manticore experiment (Shireen Crutchfield) 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.

March 27, 2001: Haven: A weekend away in a sleepy — and creepy — little town has Max helping a boy (David A. Kaye) who sees dead people and Logan investigating the murders of several political activists.

April 17, 2001: Shorties in Love: Max's plan to steal a set of computer discs is derailed by Original Cindy's felonious ex-lover (Tangelia Rouse), 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 conartist from triggering the end of the world without even knowing it.

April 24, 2001: Pollo Loco: Star Trek: DS9 vet Nana Visitor pays Lydecker a visit in a key episode that exposes an awful truth about Max. Visitor plays 'deck's mysterious boss, Madame X, who's finally revealed after two corpses turn up bearing the bar code of an escaped X-5. Realizing the Manticore runaway is behind the deaths, she orders Lydecker to take action before she has to. Meanwhile, Max races to stop her fellow fugitive (Jensen Ackles) from taking another life, but their face-off could unleash Max's own killer instincts — instincts Logan uncovers after a rendezvous with Max's worst enemy.

May 1, 2001: I am I am a Camera: Max gets herself a sidekick after a pseudo-superhero (Rainn Wilson) 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.

May 8, 2001: Hit a Sista Back: 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.

May 15, 2001: Meow: 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.