Mutant X (TV series)

genre	Superhero‡R1R‡‡R2R‡‡R3R‡
creator	Avi Arad
starring	Forbes March Victoria Pratt Lauren Lee Smith Victor Webster John Shea Karen Cliche
executive producer	Avi Arad Jay Firestone Adam Haight Peter Mohan
composer	Donald Quan Lou Natale
cinematography	Colin Hoult Nikos Evdemon Alwyn Kumst Jim Westenbrink
editor	David B. Thompson Dave Goard Eric Goddard Dean Balser Paul Whitehead
country	Canada United States
language	English
runtime	44 minutes
network	Syndicated
first aired	October 6, 2001
last aired	May 17, 2004
num seasons	3
num episodes	66
list episodes	List of Mutant X episodes
company	Fireworks Entertainment Marvel Studios Global Television Network Tribune Entertainment

Mutant X is a superhero television series created under a Marvel Comics license, but with no connection to the Mutant X comic book series at all. It debuted in first-run syndication on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Avi Arad, and it centers on Mutant X, a team of "new mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. The members of Mutant X were used as test subjects in a series of covert government experiments. The mission of Mutant X is to seek out and protect their fellow new mutants. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The series was abruptly cancelled in 2004 after the dismantling of Fireworks Entertainment, one of the show's production companies, ending the show with an unresolved cliffhanger.[4]

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Mason Eckhart (Tom McCamus) is the former head of security of Genomex and the current head of the Genetic Security Agency, GSA. After an accident involving Adam and the production of the new mutants, Eckhart's immune system has been severely weakened, forcing him to wear a white wig, synthetic skin and thick gloves. He formed the GSA to protect the public from what he deemed as a threat from the new mutants, capturing them to perform further genetic testing to find a "cure". He is put into stasis after being double-crossed by one of his agents and Dr. Harrison, allowing Ashlocke to rise to power. Sometime before the season 2 finale, he escaped his imprisonment and convinced Shalimar's father to fund his research to cure Eckhart, but he is ultimately killed by Brennan.

Dr. Kenneth Harrison (Andrew Gillies) is a biogeneticist working for Tricorp Botanicals and a former employee of Genomex. Eckhart seeks him out to produce a mind-controlling toxin from the plants he studies so he can create new mutants under his own control. He continues to work with the GSA, but ultimately double-crosses Eckhart to allow Ashlocke to take control of Genomex.

Gabriel Ashlocke (Michael Easton) is patient zero of the new mutants. He possesses the abilities of all known kinds of new mutants, particularly the Mutant X team. In the past, Adam was hired by Genomex to attempt to hamper the young Ashlocke's powers and psychopathy, but he failed to prevent the boy from killing his parents in a powerful rage and only damaged the young boy's genome. To prevent his death, Ashlocke was put in stasis, only to be freed by a member of the GSA to usurp Eckhart's power. Ashlocke takes his revenge against Adam and Mutant X in his attempts to prevent his own death, but is ultimately unsuccessful. However, his loyal followers known as the "Links" use the genetic material of four similarly-powered new mutants, including Brennan, to produce a child that would effectively be Ashlocke's second coming. Another new mutant whose DNA was used to make this child took the boy into her own care to raise him to be a kind person instead of the monster Ashlocke turned out to be. (seasons 1–2)

An unnamed individual (played by George Buza) acts as the liaison between Lexa and the Dominion, as the Mutant X team works for the Dominion to solve new mutant-related mysteries and crimes. (season 3)

Mutant X (TV series)

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