Season 1
pilot ep nerd [NSA tech support] accidental nanites nerdy "6 mil usd man", love interest = investigator. . .
Jake doesn't have instincts of a secret agent. terrorist [eng-accented arab] has EMP bomb . .
PRC steals tank designs. Bai Ling is the Agency's contact in Embassy. . .
Jake on stakeout, dates arms dealer's daughter. Morality? CIA murder squads and mil-indust complex vs Free Market. . .
anarchist hacker conspiracy, Jake goes undercover. One of the conspirators is Carly Pope [Sam McPherson from Popular]. . .
friend's wedding. blonde pal has new BF. Doc = Jake's date. Agent White [ Dark Angel ] stalks Jake. .
There's a new intro [latino boss v/o]. Militia bombers are active in DC. Worse, Jake's slacker teen bro Jerry is in town. .
The Doc has BF. A Villainous kidnapper is in town. Jake and the blonde hot up. .
Black boss woman = ex-Army Wolfpackblack-ops team suspected of stealing nukes. Jake must pal up with troopers like Lochlyn Munro [ Jason vs Freddy] for General James McDaniel [ Taken]. . .
Laura Harris [the blonde from The Faculty ] steals US Nerve Gas. The ep has cynical bookends about Jim Byrnes [ Highlander ] committee. . .
Jake plays BG to college student afro Prince. There's a Revolt in his country, cynical view of NSA. . . .
The Agency is after an ex-KGB woman renegade. They re-hire a retired 6 mil USD man, Lee Majors. She's too beautiful, yung and photogenic to be a convincing soviet fanatic - should be 44yo. There's a lot of Foreshadowing of the eevil of the NSA. .
Jake wakes up, amnesia and wife There's a virus in NSA mainframe. Dumont [ref to Valmont, Cruel Intentions]. Jake's mistrust of NSA, open-ended
Jake becomes an amnesiac pit-fighter [Monty Cora style]. The doc babe goes to help him [against orders]. Her Oriental assistant [ Grace Park ] covers for her. . . .
Cameron Bancroft [ Codename Eternity ] is on team, to rescue Clayton Rohner [ G Vs E]. Rohner's the boss's ex. Makes you wonder what the policy on intra-Agency relationships is. Jake ends up in a coma, but can control things like HAL in 2001 . .
Yakuza assassins [Robin Shou] after ambassador. He wanted to shag Tracey, who's shocked he's not a eunuch. . . |
Jake 2.0
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