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The first time I saw Jensen Ackles was when he appeared as Ben on the season one episode "Pollo Loco" of Dark Angel. I can still recall being instantly impressed by him. The emotional depths he brought out of the mentally unstable X5 transgenic were fascinating to watch. He brought about a dangerous vulnerability to the character, so while he was deadly and frightening, you also felt sorry for him.

Jensen then returned to DA in the second season as a regular character, Alec. As the more cocky, fun-loving, bad boy with a heart of gold, he made even more hearts swoon. I'll admit to not being all that interested in his character back when the series originally aired. I was too caught up in the whole Max/Logan relationship to really notice. Now, however, his performance as Alec shines. As his character began to develop over the season, he grew to become a trusted friend and ally to Max, even when she didn't want to accept it. While he often seemed to be out for only himself, by the time the series ended, he had proven that he was not the selfish jerk that everyone perceived him to be.

In further appreciation & in celebration of this, Jensen's 30th birthday...I bring you a special DA picspam.
This will feature a cap from each of the episodes Jensen appeared in.

( 19 full-sized caps - not dial up friendly )

In Part Two: Alec gets shot and winds up revealing that he's a transgenic. Max arrives at the scene and tries to get some control of the situation. Negotiating with the police, the group releases some of the hostages and then emerge from the building themselves, only to be attacked in an ambush by White and his men.

There are a total of 199 caps for this episode, broken up into 3 parts. I also ended up going icon-making crazy with this eppy and I'll be offering up the results of my madness at the end of Part 3. Edit: Sorry guys, but I'm running short on time and can't post the icons from this ep like I'd hoped. Look for them sometime over the weekend.

Note: In the coming days I plan to compile the links to all my DA picspams into one post. So if you missed any, this will make things easier for you. I'll also post all the icons I made for each picspam. This way all the DA goodies will be together.


( Part Two -- Alec's wounded & the gang gets trapped in Jam Pony )

In Part Four: Alec tries to warn Biggs that he's been made, but it comes too late and his friend is beaten and killed by a group of vigilantes. Then he and Joshua go after the group for some good old-fashioned ass-kicking revenge...transgenic-style.

( Part Four -- Revenge for the murder of a friend )

In Part Two: Alec and Max look for old computer parts for Logan, Max finally tells Alec about what Logan thinks about the two of them, and then Alec takes the parts to Logan and tries unsuccessfully to tell him the truth.

( Part Two -- Discussing Ames White and his Familiars and Alec discovers the truth. )

We're fast approaching the end of S2, with only two episodes following this one. This episode, sadly, has very little of Alec in it. He's sort of just used as a filler in the scenes he's in. There's no big moments, not even any really big lines. So there's only 80 caps for this week's picspam.

The episode mostly deals with White finding Max's clone and sending her to track Max down in exchange for getting her husband and son back. Joshua goes against Max's wishes and moves to Terminal City to be with others like himself. Logan's location is finally traced by White and he's forced to flee before his apartment is destroyed in a storm of bullets. Meanwhile, at Jam Pony, Normal and Sketchy are suspecting just about anyone of being a transgenic and fed up with being hunted, Max decides to leave town. Oh, btw, the name of Max's clone? Sam. *gigglesnort*

( From Jam Pony to Terminal City. )

We're nearing the end of S2 of DA, with only 3 episodes after this one. Dawg Day Afternoon has the city's police hunting Joshua and Annie down in the sewers and White taking another step to turn the public against transgenics.

In Part One: Alec gets fake papers from Max to help clear him of Ben's murder charges. Then at Jam Pony they get an earful from a religious leader about transgenics before Eyes Only breaks in.

There are 168 caps in all, in two parts.

( Part One -- At Joshua's place and Jam Pony. )

In Part Five: Max tells Alec about how Ben died by her hand and she had to leave him in the woods for Lydecker to find. Alec leaves her apartment in the morning with a better understanding of her attitude towards him. He then goes to stay at Joshua's place where he finds out about Josh's new friend, Annie.

( Part Five -- Alec leaves Max's apartment & goes to stay at Joshua's place. )

In Part Three: Alec's identified in the police line up for murder, which brings Max to look into the matter. There's a perfect DNA match and she's already angry at him for not showing up to help Logan, so Max is set to leave him there for White. Then she realizes it was Ben who committed the murder and not Alec and the two of them make a daring escape.

( Part Three -- Breaking out of the police station. )

This episode marks a big turning point in DA's second season. Ben's murderous acts get Alec arrested, which prompts Max to once again save him from White's clutches. It gives the two of them the chance to finally talk about Ben and reach some understanding in their rocky relationship. Meanwhile, Max & Logan touch, sending him to the ER, which prompts Max to finally decide it's best to stay away from him. And Joshua winds up saying a sad goodbye to his new friend, Annie, after a transgenic is killed by the city police on TV. It's all about relationships. One gets closer and all the others are pulled apart as White starts pulling his net even tighter around the former Manticore community.

In Part One: Alec tells Asha it's best that they not get involved with each other.

( Part One -- At Crash )

In Part Two: Alec and OC have to help cover for Max who's on a mission with Logan. Then they manage to ruin Sketchy's photos for his mutant story and join him at Crash to try and console him.

( Part Two -- Alec & OC have to eliminate photographic evidence of mutants. )