The Net

The Net

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USA Network Ended Thriller

1 Season · 22 Episodes · Premiered July 19, 1998 · Ended March 27, 1999

The Net is the story of freelance programmer Angela Bennett, who receives a mysterious email which leads her into an internet chat with 'The Sorcerer'. Within minutes, her bank account has been closed, her credit cards have been canceled and she's been arrested. For some reason everyone believes she is Elizabeth Marx, an international criminal of some repute. Everyone she knows is dead and her former life no longer exists for all intents and purposes. However, when she is released by a NSA agent claiming to know who set her up, Angela sets out to prove her innocence while evading the evil forces at work.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

22 episodes
E01
Deleted
Mon, Jul 20 1998 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Angela Bennett's world is turned upside down after receiving a mysterious e-mail and an unexpected portable computer. The loss of her identity and threats to her life do not deter her from finding out the truth.
E02
North by Northwestern
Sun, Jul 26 1998 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Angela receives a tip about her father from someone in Chicago, but she gets arrested at the Columbus airport and must figure out how to evade custody and recover her impounded computer, her only link to Sorcerer.
E03
Transplant
Sun, Aug 2 1998 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Angela's ongoing search for answers results in her getting shot by Chicago police. Sorcerer directs her to a friend of his at a nearby hospital, only to get caught up in another unfortunate situation.
E04
Bulls and Bears
Sun, Aug 9 1998 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
The Praetorians work with a shady stock brokerage house to raise money to acquire a Russian satellite, and Angela goes undercover to try and stop it.
E05
Death of an Angel
Sun, Aug 16 1998 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Angela decides to fake her death to get the Praetorians off her back and start her life over at the university that her father attended.
E06
Kill the Buddha
Sun, Aug 23 1998 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Angela is working as a cocktail waitress at a nightclub and befriends the owner and his wife. When the owner is abducted by a couple of racists, Angela must risk her freedom to help.
E07
Fireball
Sun, Aug 30 1998 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
An old beau of Angela's has been rigging lotteries in order to prevent the Praetorian Guard from taking the money, and the Sorcerer charges Angela with stopping him.
E08
Jump Vector
Sun, Oct 4 1998 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
A Praetorian mole inside a software firm has sabotaged a soon-to-be-launched operating system.
E09
Go Like You Know
Sun, Oct 11 1998 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Trelawney recruits a computer hacker for a scheme to black out the country, and it's up to Angela and her new acquaintance to stop her.
E10
Harvest
Sun, Oct 18 1998 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Angela stumbles onto a plot to control the nation's agriculture. Along with way, she also runs into a teen claiming to be the Sorcerer.
E11
Diamonds Aren't Forever
Sun, Nov 29 1998 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Angela and Jacob uncover the Praetorians' plot to profit from a stolen diamond, which they arrange to place in a museum, insure---then steal.
E12
Pandora's Box
Sun, Dec 6 1998 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
An environmentalist disappears while trying to prove a corporation is dumping waste into the ocean, and Jacob enlists Angela to search for him.
E13
Sample
Sun, Dec 13 1998 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Representatives from a music company are killing any music critics who might write unfavorable reviews of bands the business handles.
E14
Lucy's Life
Mon, Dec 21 1998 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
A college student's Web site contains a picture of Angela's parents, which draws her to the student's dorm. What Angela doesn't know is that she's being set up by the Praetorians.
E15
Pay the Line
Sun, Jan 10 1999 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Jacob's gambling habits get him into trouble, so Angela figures out a way to manipulate a Praetorian casino to dig him out of debt.
E16
Lutanic Fringe
Sun, Jan 17 1999 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Jacob wins a contest run by a motivational speaker who warns against the Praetorians, but Jacob's trip to meet him turns into an effort to find the man's kidnappers.
E17
In Dreams
Sun, Jan 24 1999 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
A computer expert set to expose the Praetorians is murdered, and Jacob and Angela must find the man's daughter, who can provide the missing link to proof about the organization.
E18
Y2K: Total System Failure
Sun, Jan 31 1999 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
The murder of Angela's friend, who was planning to unveil his solution to the Y2K virus, prompts her to go work at his place of employment to recover his program.
E19
Zero
Sun, Mar 7 1999 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Angela's efforts to stop Praetorian involvement in the pushing of a new drug get her arrested---but also help her regain her identity. Meanwhile, an FBI agent wants to make use of her computer skills.
E20
Last Man Standing
Sun, Mar 14 1999 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Angela's first assignment as an FBI agent is to investigate a Web site that features modern-day gladiator fights---which are fought to the death.
E21
Chem Lab
Sun, Mar 21 1999 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Angela and Jacob pose as a high-school teacher and her student to investigate horse killings that may have been triggered by a teen hacker.
E22
eye-see-you.com
Sun, Mar 28 1999 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Angela consults a reclusive computer genius to help her catch a killer whose crimes are being captured on the Internet. Meanwhile, Jacob pledges a fraternity.
Brooke Langton
Brooke Langton as Angela Bennett
Tim Curry
Tim Curry as Sorcerer
Eric Szmanda
Eric Szmanda as Sorcerer
Joseph Bottoms
Joseph Bottoms as Sean Trelawney
Eric Szmanda
Eric Szmanda as Jacob Resh

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