Dark Angel

Dark Angel is an American cyberpunk science fiction television program, created by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee, which ran from 2000 to 2002 on the FOX network. Dark Angel chronicles the life of Max Guevara (X5-452), a genetically enhanced super-soldier, portrayed by Jessica Alba as an adult, and Geneva Locke as a child. In the year 2009, a genetically enhanced, 9-year-old female (to whom creator James Cameron refers as "transgenic") super-soldier who calls herself Max Guevara, (also known as X5-452, a truncation of her barcode tattoo on the back of her neck 332960073452), escapes along with eleven others like her from a secret government institution. At the institution, codenamed Manticore, they were created and subsequently raised and trained to be soldiers and assassins. On June 1, 2009, months after Max's escape, terrorists detonate an electromagnetic pulse weapon in the atmosphere over the U.S., which destroys the vast majority of computer and communication systems, throwing the country into utter chaos. The first season begins ten years later in 2019, as it follows the life of the now 19-year-old Max as she struggles to search for her Manticore brothers and sisters. In a United States which is now barely more than a Third World nation, she tries to live her life, evade capture, and learn to trust and love. -Wikipedia

I only just watched the Pilot episode and I'm shocked by the quality of this television show. It only lasted two seasons and was then cancelled due to financial losses and time issues (it was trumped by Whedon's Firefly), yet just the broadcast and special effect quality of the first episode made it feel like a far-above average full-feature 1hr30min action movie (which is actually the length of the first episode). Really, I came into watching the show with some average expectations (I was recommended it by a friend) but I'm amazing by how well this series was made (and I hate Jessica Alba, but this show so far is making me respect her a great deal more - well, at least at that time in her career). Yet, it was only the first episode I watched, so I'll edit this post later with my final critique!