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The Net(TV show/series, 1998-1999)

46min per episode | Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Talk-Show

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 22 episodes

The NetRating: 3.9/5 (with 9 votes)
The Net is an American 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 from July 18, 1998, until canceled on March 27, 1999. ()
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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.

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The Net Television Series Intro from 1998(Trailer, 0:58)

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The Net Seasons and Episodes

07/19/1998Season 1 - 22 episodes
#1 | 07/19/1998Deleted
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.
#2 | 07/25/1998North by Northwestern
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.
#3 | 08/01/1998Transplant
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.
#4 | 08/08/1998Bulls and Bears
The Praetorians are trying to manipulate the stock market to raise $100 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.
#5 | 08/15/1998Death of an Angel
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.
#6 | 08/22/1998Kill the Buddha
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.
#7 | 08/29/1998Fireball
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.
#8 | 10/03/1998Jump Vector
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.
#9 | 10/10/1998Go Like You Know
Angela joins forces with a streetwise guy to fight a cyber terrorist who is overloading power grids on the east coast.
#10 | 10/17/1998Harvest
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!
#11 | 11/28/1998Diamonds Aren't Forever
Angela and Sorcerer counter a Praetorian plan to bring down the world diamond market.
#12 | 12/05/1998Pandora's Box
Angela and Sorcerer need to stop a Praetorian plot to dump nuclear waste in the world's oceans.
#13 | 12/12/1998Sample
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.
#14 | 12/20/1998Lucy's Life
The Praetorians set up a camera accessible via the Internet in a student's dorm in an attempt to trap Angela.
#15 | 01/09/1999Pay the Line
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.
#16 | 01/16/1999Lunatic Fringe
Angela is concerned about Jacob's obsession with an internet cult leader.
#17 | 01/23/1999In Dreams
A 14-year-old girl with a photographic memory holds the key to a Praetorian code.
#18 | 01/30/1999Y2K: Total System Failure
Angela has to try and stop the seemingly unstoppable Millenium Bug after a programmer is killed who was close to finding the solution.
#19 | 03/06/1999Zero
A sinister new drug leads Angela and Jacob to a showdown with the Praetorians. Angela becomes an FBI CIC agent.
#20 | 03/13/1999Last Man Standing
New CIC agent Angela must put a stop to cybercast wrestling matches fought to the death.
#21 | 03/20/1999Chem Club
Angela and Jacob go to high school to find the young creators of a chemical weapon.
#22 | 03/27/1999eye-see-you.com
Angela and Walter are in hot pursuit of a clever murderer who spies on his victims using the internet.
10/18/1995Specials - 2 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on: "The Net" (movie, 1995)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)
Translated into 9 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Portuguese (PT), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 07/19/1998
Last episode released on: 03/27/1999
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Das Netz - Todesfalle Internet"
"The Net - Todesfalle Internet"

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:6254, Added: 05/12/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024