The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man
TV ShowEnded

The Invisible Man

7.1 / 10
2000
2 seasons
46 episodes
ComedySci-Fi & FantasyDrama

The Invisible Man is a Sci-Fi American television series starring Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, Shannon Kenny and Michael McCafferty. Somewhat more successful than previous television series involving invisible secret agents, it aired from June 9, 2000 to February 1, 2002, lasting two seasons. The plot revolves around Darien Fawkes, a thief facing life imprisonment who was recruited by a low-rent spy organization and given the power of invisibility via implantation of a special "Quicksilver gland" in his head. The gland allows Fawkes to secrete a light-bending substance called "Quicksilver" from his pores and follicles. The substance quickly coats his skin, hair, nails and clothes and renders him invisible. He can consciously release the Quicksilver, which then flakes off and disintegrates. However, the Quicksilver gland was sabotaged at its creation by scientist Arnaud DeFehrn to release a neurotoxin that accumulates in the bloodstream and causes intense pain, followed by antisocial behavior and psychosis. The host requires regular doses of "counteragent" to keep him sane and healthy, which is controlled by said government agency. This series lasted for two seasons, before being cancelled due to cost issues and internal bickering between the Sci Fi Channel and its then-parent company, USA Networks. The show's first season ran concurrently in first-run syndication as well as on Sci Fi.

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Cast

Seasons

  • Pilot (1)

    1.Pilot (1)

    10.0
    09-06-200044m

    Darien Fawkes is a con-man and thief who is captured for a third time. Rather then face California's three-strike law, he volunteers for an experiment conducted by his brother Kevi...

  • Pilot (2)

    2.Pilot (2)

    09-06-200044m

    Going to Mexico to investigate Arnaud, Bobby meets his new partner Bobby Hobbes: a veteran spy and near basket-case. They escape an ambush by French-Canadian spies. Meanwhile, Arna...

  • The Catevari

    3.The Catevari

    16-06-200044m

    A patient in a coma hidden away at a secret hospital recovers and escapes, killing the guards in the process with a poisonous touch. The Agency is called in to investigate, and Dar...

  • Ralph

    4.Ralph

    23-06-200044m

    A young girl is a witness to an assassination by a sniper. Traumatized, she only speaks to her imaginary friend ""Ralph."" Darien, using his powers of invisibility, convinces the g...

  • Tiresias

    5.Tiresias

    07-07-200044m

    Darien and Hobbes are assigned to help investigate an auditor's relative's suicide, and run into a man who can see the future and use it to his advantage.

  • Impetus

    6.Impetus

    14-07-200044m

    Darien encounters a bizarrely-aged woman and soon becomes infected with the same disease, causing him to rapidly age.

  • The Devil You Know

    7.The Devil You Know

    21-07-200044m

    The Official is forced to resign because of Darien's screw-up, and he and Hobbes have a new boss to deal with.

  • Liberty & Larceny

    8.Liberty & Larceny

    28-07-200044m

    Darien is contacted by his former mentor and partner, Liz, who wants his help. She wants him to return to his thieving ways and help her steal some FBI files on a mobster who has h...

  • The Value of Secrets

    9.The Value of Secrets

    04-08-200044m

    Darien comes to the aid of a female scientist who may be able to remove the Quicksilver gland.

  • Separation Anxiety

    10.Separation Anxiety

    11-08-200044m

    Hobbes starts trailing his ex-wife, and gets arrested as a stalker. Hobbes believes his ex-wife Vivian's new fiance is a crook. Darien thinks he's jealous, but it turns out Hobbes...

  • It Hurts When You Do This

    11.It Hurts When You Do This

    18-08-200044m

    While suffering from memory loss and undergoing hospitalization, Bobby witnesses a strange experiment and later he and Darien investigate related disappearances.

  • The Other Invisible Man

    12.The Other Invisible Man

    25-08-200044m

    The Official is assault by an invisible man and Fawkes is suspected - Darien and Hobbes work to clear Darin and find the true assailant.

  • Reunion

    13.Reunion

    08-09-200044m

    Darien gets called to his hometown to investigate the appearance of his dead brother Kevin.

  • Cat & Mouse

    14.Cat & Mouse

    15-09-200044m

    Unable to craft their own invisiblity gland, the Chinese government sets out to steal the American one. Unfortunately, they have the idea that Bobby Hobbes is the invisible member...

  • Beholder

    15.Beholder

    22-09-200044m

    A ghoulish hitman uses a laser to blind any witnesses to his killings. Fawkes and Hobbes trace him to a blind model who the killer is romantically involved in, but the assassin esc...

  • Ghost of a Chance

    16.Ghost of a Chance

    08-01-200144m

    Darien, the Keeper and Hobbes head south of the border to Santa Ruego to convince the Prime Minister to vote against installing the Biox chemical weapon system. How? By having Fawk...

  • Flowers for Hobbes

    17.Flowers for Hobbes

    15-01-200144m

    Hobbes and Darien are on the trail of a sperm thief. A college professor is using the sperm to isolate intelligence-causing genes, and put them into a retrovirus. Hobbes is acciden...

  • Perchance to Dream

    18.Perchance to Dream

    22-01-200144m

    A series of bizarre killings involve murderers who have no connection to the victims. The Keeper becomes the next unwitting ""murder,"" as she is part of a insomnia-research projec...

  • Frozen in Time

    19.Frozen in Time

    29-01-200144m

    Kate Easton (The Value of Secrets) is on the run from Allianora. Easton is grabbed before Darien can get her to safety and put into cyrogenic suspension by Allianora's (as yet unid...

  • Diseased

    20.Diseased

    05-02-200144m

    Hobbes and Darien meet with one of Hobbes' contacts to set a trap for their arch-enemy, Arnaud. Arnaud manages to escape Darien with the aid of a smoke canister, which turns out to...

  • The Lesser Evil

    21.The Lesser Evil

    12-02-200144m

    Allianora (from ""Ghost of a Chance""), the Woman in Black, contacts Darien and invites him to join the Organization (i.e., Chrysalis). He is understandably reluctant, but she show...

  • Money for Nothing (1)

    22.Money for Nothing (1)

    23-03-200144m

    To bolster Agency funds, the Official comes up with a plan where he, the Keeper, and Hobbes will go to one of Arnaud's casinos and, using Darian's invisibility powers, break the ba...

  • Money for Nothing (2)

    23.Money for Nothing (2)

    30-03-200144m

    Presumably the audience voted yes to Hobbes' decision to join Fawkes. Darien, in end-stage Quicksilver Madness, is now obsessed with finding Arnaud. Hobbes sticks close by trying t...

  • It's a Small World

    24.It's a Small World

    06-04-200144m

    Thanks to a leak in Chrysalis, Hobbes and Darien get the goods on a politician that Allianora is trying to bribe. Realizing they have a leak, Chrysalis takes unspecified measures t...

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