Dark Angel: C.R.E.A.M.

"Your parents must have been terrorists 'cause you guys are the bomb!"

- Sketchy

"C.R.E.A.M." is the third episode of season one of the sci-fi/action television series Dark Angel. The episode was directed by Chris Long and written by David Zabel. It first aired on Tuesday, October 31st, 2000 on the Fox Network.

Notes & Trivia

 * This episode is included in the Dark Angel: The Complete First Season DVD collection.


 * Production code number: 1ADE02


 * This is the only episode of Dark Angel directed by Chris Long. He is also known for directing episodes of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Roswell, Smallville and Birds of Prey.


 * This is the first episode of Dark Angel written by David Zabel. He writes five episodes of the series in total. His next episode is "Out".


 * This is the second appearance of the character of Detective Matt Sung. He makes eight appearances in the series in total. He appeared last in "Flushed". He appears next in "Prodigy".

Allusions

 * The title of this episode is an acronym, which means: "Cash Rules Everything Around Me".


 * In one scene, Max tells a character, "You're out of lifelines". This is a reference to the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. On the show, each contestant is given three "lifelines" at the start of each game, which they can utilize to assist them with difficult questions.

Quotes

 * Original Cindy: Max, that's enough. Max. Damn, girl, what's in those pills?
 * Max Guevara: Spinach.

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 * Max Guevara: I'm suppose to be a revved-up girl. Truth is, I'm a lemon.

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 * Original Cindy: Bottom line - that SOB got what he deserved. He went splat.

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 * Logan Cale: I always knew that underneath that bioengineered, military-issue armor plating there was a beating heart.
 * Max Guevara: Let's not go overboard here. I'm not signing up to join the Logan Cale brigade for the defense of widows, small children, and lost animals.

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 * Normal: Well, well, well...so far, your moron colleagues have come up with the following excuses for why you're strolling in here at the crack of noon - you had a dental emergency, your aunt died...again, and my personal favorite from this idiot - you were detained by the sector police for practicing witchcraft. Now, would you care to further insult my intelligence?

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 * Original Cindy: What drugs?
 * Logan Cale: Hey!
 * Original Cindy: The pills you got Max hooked on live with the Tidy Bowl man now.