The Net(1998)

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Overview

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.

Created By: Irwin Winkler

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Ep 1

Deleted

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.

19/07/199846 min

Ep 2

North 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.

25/07/199846 min

Ep 3

Transplant

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.

01/08/199846 min

Ep 4

Bulls 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.

08/08/199846 min

Ep 5

Death 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.

15/08/199846 min

Ep 6

Kill 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.

22/08/199846 min

Ep 7

Fireball

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.

29/08/199846 min

Ep 8

Jump 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.

03/10/199846 min

Ep 9

Go Like You Know

Angela joins forces with a streetwise guy to fight a cyber terrorist who is overloading power grids on the east coast.

10/10/199846 min

Ep 10

Harvest

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!

17/10/199846 min

Ep 11

Diamonds Aren't Forever

Angela and Sorcerer counter a Praetorian plan to bring down the world diamond market.

28/11/199846 min

Ep 12

Pandora's Box

Angela and Sorcerer need to stop a Praetorian plot to dump nuclear waste in the world's oceans.

05/12/199846 min

Ep 13

Sample

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.

12/12/199846 min

Ep 14

Lucy's Life

The Praetorians set up a camera accessible via the Internet in a student's dorm in an attempt to trap Angela.

20/12/199846 min

Ep 15

Pay 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.

09/01/199946 min