The Net (1998)
The Net is a 1998 television drama series based on the 1995 film of the same name. The series starred Brooke Langton as Angela Bennett, the character Sandra Bullock played in the film. Produced in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the series originally aired for one season on the USA Network before being canceled in 1999.
The Net: Season 1 - 22 Episode s
1x1 - Deleted
July 19, 1998
Computer expert Angela Bennett has her identity stolen by a terrorist group after opening an unexpected email. She must stop them with the help of a stranger known only as the sorcerer but the problem deepens after her new identity is wanted by the FBI.
1x2 - North by Northwestern
July 25, 1998
On her way to Chicago in search of her father, Angela gets detained by the police in Ohio who think that her laptop computer is a bomb. She befriends a cellmate who helps her escape the clutches of the Praetorians. The public defender assigned to Angela doubts her story until Trelawney catches up with him.
1x3 - Transplant
August 1, 1998
While in Chicago, Angela gets shot. Sorcerer with a doctor at a Chicago hospital but Angela gets involved in an organ harvest program that the Praetorians are heading up.
1x4 - Bulls and Bears
August 8, 1998
The Praetorians are trying to manipulate the stock market to raise million cash to finance a Praetorian needed satellite from the Russians. Angela joins the stock brokerage to prevent the theft. Angela's voice activated computer is destroyed while Trelawney meets up the some really bad boys.
1x5 - Death of an Angel
August 15, 1998
Angela stages her death in an attempt to regain her identity and freedom from the Praetorians. She takes residence at the university where her father was a professor. There she meets Kyle, an aspiring law student. When Kyle's uncle, who is a judge, is falsely accused of child pornography over the internet, Angela helps out.
1x6 - Kill the Buddha
August 22, 1998
While working as a barmaid, Angela befriends the owner and becomes friends with him and his wife, who are an interracial couple. When Eric is murdered, Angela finds out they were policemen. Wanting not to get involved due to trying to protect herself from discovery by the Praetorians, Angela is torn between helping the widow and protecting herself.
1x7 - Fireball
August 29, 1998
An old college boyfriend of Angela's is involved in hacking state lotteries. Things get ugly when Daniel hacks with the lotteries under control of the Praetorians. Angela needs to help Daniel while preventing the Praetorians from winning all the lotteries.
1x8 - Jump Vector
October 3, 1998
Angela poses as a river guide to learn more about a new program about to be released with a back door allowing the Praetorians access to any computer using this new operating system.
1x9 - Go Like You Know
October 10, 1998
Angela joins forces with a streetwise guy to fight a cyber terrorist who is overloading power grids on the east coast.
1x10 - Harvest
October 17, 1998
Angela meets Sorcerer! A bizarre cult calling itself Harvest Sun has the interest of the Praetorians. While Angela tries to get through to the cult members, she finally meets Sorcerer and is quite surprised!
1x11 - Diamonds Aren't Forever
November 28, 1998
Angela and Sorcerer counter a Praetorian plan to bring down the world diamond market.
1x12 - Pandora's Box
December 5, 1998
Angela and Sorcerer need to stop a Praetorian plot to dump nuclear waste in the world's oceans.
1x13 - Sample
December 12, 1998
A friend of Jacob's is murdered for trying to publish a negative review on a music web site. The Praetorians are involved in an elaborate scheme to control the world's music.
1x14 - Lucy's Life
December 20, 1998
The Praetorians set up a camera accessible via the Internet in a student's dorm in an attempt to trap Angela.
1x15 - Pay the Line
January 9, 1999
Jacob gets involved in on-line gambling scheme and gets in over his head. He needs Angela's help to pay his debts back and they wind up in Las Vegas in some high stakes gambling. Meanwhile, Trelawney is told he has to clean up the mess he left behind with Hearney.
1x16 - Lunatic Fringe
January 16, 1999
Angela is concerned about Jacob's obsession with an internet cult leader.
1x17 - In Dreams
January 23, 1999
A 14-year-old girl with a photographic memory holds the key to a Praetorian code.
1x18 - Y2K: Total System Failure
January 30, 1999
Angela has to try and stop the seemingly unstoppable Millenium Bug after a programmer is killed who was close to finding the solution.
1x19 - Zero
March 6, 1999
A sinister new drug leads Angela and Jacob to a showdown with the Praetorians. Angela becomes an FBI CIC agent.
1x20 - Last Man Standing
March 13, 1999
New CIC agent Angela must put a stop to cybercast wrestling matches fought to the death.
1x21 - Chem Club
March 20, 1999
Angela and Jacob go to high school to find the young creators of a chemical weapon.
1x22 - eye-see-you.com
March 27, 1999
Angela and Walter are in hot pursuit of a clever murderer who spies on his victims using the internet.
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