Dark Angel/Freak Nation

Freak Nation
Season 2, Episode 21
Airdate	May 3, 2002
Production Number	2ADE21
Teleplay by	Ira Steven Behr & René Echevarria
Story by	James Cameron & Charles H. Eglee
Directed by	James Cameron
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Dark Angel — Season Two

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Freak Nation is the twenty-first episode of the second season of Dark Angel, and the forty-third episode overall.

Jessica Alba (Max Guevera), Michael Weatherly (Logan "Eyes Only" Cale), Jensen Ackles (Alec McDowell), Martin Cummins (Ames White), Kevin Durand (Joshua), Richard Gunn (Calvin "Sketchy" Theodore), J.C. Mackenzie (Reagan "Normal" Ronald), Valarie Rae Miller (Cynthia "Original Cindy" McEachin), Ashley Scott (Asha Barlow) (credit only)

Guest Starring: Rick Worthy (Ramon Clemente), Erin Karpluk (Gem), Gabrielle Rose (Mrs. Moorehead), Fred Ewanuick (Luke), Brian Jensen (Mole), Darcy Laurie (Dix)

Special Guest Star: Lita ™ (Thula)

Co-Starring: Jeffrey Ballard (Dalton)

Featuring (in order of appearance): Alison Matthews (Female Newscaster), Russell Ferrier (Sonny), Charlie Mayrs (2nd Heckler), Lori Stewart, Steve McMichael, Simon Burnett, Chris Gordon (Phalanx Warriors), Lorin Heath (CeCe), Michael Sunczyk (Pick Up Truck Driver), Tahmon Penhikett (ND Cop), Ro Nielsen (ND Cop 1), Sky Miles (Sky), Liz Bakalar (Greta), Craig Veroni (Otto), Darren Moore (Man on the Street), Christine Willes (Church Lady), Dion Luther (Bill Hailey), Gardiner Millar (Man on the Street #2), Lance Gibson (Man on the Street #3)

Uncredited: Kandyse McClure (Annie Fisher) (archive footage)

Trivia

The Show

• Reports that the episode originally aired with Max on the Space Needle and recapping the series up to this point. While no video has been found, the transcript reads:

"Here in post-Pulse Seattle, my home, my friends, and my family are under fire. See, I was cooked up in a gene-splicing lab by an outfit called Manticore. They trained us to be soldiers, but really, we were slaves. Nine months ago, I torched the place and set everybody free – let them out into the world. Government's been trying to catch us ever since. The public is afraid; we are hunted, hated, and living in fear. Thank God for Logan. Even though we can't be together, on account of this virus Manticore put in me because they want him dead – long story, don't ask – he's still there for me, and he's helping me figure out what this black-ops government guy in charge of hunting me down is really up to. Turns out he's part of some weird ancient cult dealio – several thousand years of selective breeding, so they got some pretty nasty tricks up their sleeves. For some reason, they want me dead in a big way, and I've got a bad feeling they're not going to give up until they get what they want."

Behind the Scenes

• James Cameron stepped in to direct when the original director dropped out.

• Lita broke her neck when Alba's stunt double did not hold her properly while she was preforming one of her signature moves, causing her to land on her head. She wrote in her biography that she had a terrible experience as the crew were very careless with her.