Level 9 (TV series)
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| Genre | Science fiction |
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| Composer | Brian Tyler |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (3 unaired) |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Network | UPN |
| Release | October 27, 2000 – January 26, 2001 |
Level 9 is an American science-fiction television series created by Michael Connelly and Josh Meyer that was broadcast on UPN from October 27, 2000, until January 26, 2001.
Plot
[edit]The series revolved around a secret agency within the government, staffed by government agents, tech-savvy geeks, and former criminal hackers, which is tasked with solving or preventing cyber crimes.
Cast
[edit]- Fabrizio Filippo as Roland Travis, a former criminal hacker given a choice between prison and joining Level 9.
- Kate Hodge as Annie Price, the Level 9 team leader and a former FBI agent.
- Michael Joseph Kelly as Wilbert "Tibbs" Thibodeaux
- Romany Malco as Jerry Hooten, formerly with the United States Postal Inspection Service.
- Max Martini as Jack Wiley, an agent with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), a former army ranger who studied cyber-ops before joining the team in the second episode.
- Kim Murphy as Margaret "Sosh" Perkins, born June 9, 1972, she was an internet model before she got into anti-cyber-crime.
- Susie Park as Joss Nakano
- Esteban Powell as Jargon, a few years ago he quit his high-school hacking club when they started getting into criminal hacking.
- Tim Guinee as Det. John Burrows, he works closely with Level 9 in first episode, but did not return. (Max Martini's character filling the same general role)
- Willie Garson as Bones, an expert on internet privacy and "big brother" who helps the team in the first two episodes.
- Miguel Sandoval as Santoro Goff, the agency director in Washington D.C., with oversight of Level 9.
Production
[edit]Thirteen episodes were produced, ten of which were aired on UPN, before the program was canceled in January 2001 due to low ratings.[citation needed]
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title [1] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code [1] |
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| 1 | "Mail Call" | Robert Harmon | Michael Connelly & Josh Meyer | October 27, 2000 | 001 |
| 2 | "DefCon" | John Sacret Young | Story by : Josh Meyer & Michael Connelly Teleplay by : Josh Meyer | November 3, 2000 | 002 |
| 3 | "Through the Looking Glass" | Vincent Misiano | Story by : Michael Connelly & Josh Meyer Teleplay by : Michael Connelly | November 10, 2000 | 005 |
| 4 | "Reboot" | Vincent Misiano | Peter M. Lenkov | November 17, 2000 | 003 |
| 5 | "Digital Babylon" | Aaron Lipstadt | Story by : John Mankiewicz & Daniel Pyne Teleplay by : Neil Ingram & Daniel Pyne | November 24, 2000 | 008 |
| 6 | "Ten Little Hackers" | Aaron Lipstadt | Jordan Hawley & William Schifrin | December 1, 2000 | 004 |
| 7 | "A Price to Pay" | Jeffrey Reiner | Story by : John Sacret Young & Jeannine Renshaw Teleplay by : Jeannine Renshaw | December 8, 2000 | 006 |
| 8 | "Eat Flaming Death" | Norberto Barba | Carla Kettner | December 15, 2000 | 007 |
| 9 | "Wetware" | Goran Gajic | Peter M. Lenkov | January 19, 2001 | 009 |
| 10 | "Avatar" | Whitney Ransick | Paul Guyot | January 26, 2001 | 010 |
| 11 | "Goff Goes Home" "It's Magic" | John Sacret Young | Story by : John Sacret Young Teleplay by : John Sacret Young & John Mankiewicz & Peter M. Lenkov & Jeannine Renshaw | Unaired | 011 |
| 12 | "The Programmer" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Robert Ward | Unaired | 012 |
| 13 | "Mob.com" | Aaron Lipstadt | Jordan Hawley & William Schifrin | Unaired | 013 |
Broadcast and syndication
[edit]In August 2006, the Sci-Fi Channel acquired rerun rights to the series which was added to their schedule in June 2007. Sci-Fi aired the episodes never shown by UPN in February 2008.[citation needed]
Home media
[edit]On May 11, 2018, Visual Entertainment released Level 9- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.[2]
Reception
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On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an aggregated score of 45% based on 5 positive and 6 negative critic reviews. The website’s consensus reads: "Though it fortunately never takes it high-tech premise too seriously, Level 9 features stilted performances and an overreliance on genre formula."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b From the United States Copyright Office catalog: "Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Level 9"]". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
- ^ Level 9 - TV Series
- ^ "Level 9 - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
External links
[edit]- Level 9 at IMDb
- Level 9 at epguides.com
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