This show is which propelled Jessica Alba into superstar status in Hollywood that she enjoys today. The show had a great 2 hour premeire and the first season was awesome with good storyline  good writing and the sires had a gritty feel about life in post-apocolypse Seattle thanks due to "The Pulse" a magnetic signal set off by terrorists which turned the US into a third world creation. For the second season however was a disaster as the story line changed as severl of Manti cores creations escaped from Manticore and the show turned into the muppet show/monster of the week, including the not so good introduction of a character named "Joshua", a half human half lion character which was a serious regular and not suprisingly Fox cancelled the show. I would give the first season of Dark Angel, 4 stars but the second season a 1 or 1.5 thus I give the final rating of three stars.