She Spies
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| She Spies | |
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 She Spies cast (left to right): Miller, Henstridge and Williams. |
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| Genre | Action-Adventure |
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| Starring | Natasha Henstridge; Kristen Miller; Natashia Williams |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original channel | NBC (syndicated) |
| Original run | July 15, 2002–May 17, 2004 |
| No. of episodes | # |
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She Spies was an action-adventure television show that ran from July 15, 2002 until May 17, 2004, in two seasons. The show was sold into syndication but the first four episodes premiered on the NBC network, whose syndication arm was one of the producers. Disappointing ratings during the show's second season led to its cancellation after season two ended. She Spies bore noticeable production and directive similarities with Charlie's Angels.
Three female convicted felons who were incarcerated for electronic crimes ("DD"), con tricks ("Cassie") and battery ("Shane") get paroled out of prison in exchange for work as secret operatives for the US government. In addition, the trio has to answer to a special agent in charge of success of their operations and of making sure that the terms of their conditional release are consistently abided by. Successive problems with the actors who played the administrative-oversight role led to three different people playing three different characters who oversaw the women, requiring plot twists that may have hurt the show's popularity. Many fans [citation needed] attribute She Spies's cancellation to the replacement of Jack Wilde, who was partially a comic element, with the contrastingly darker character of Quentin Cross.
She Spies had very strong comic and chick flick elements which in many instances proved even more relevant to the storytelling than the spy-related situations and gadgets themselves. The type of humor changed markedly from season one to season two, with the former containing much self-referential humor and breaking of the "fourth wall", while both these elements were removed in season two.
[edit] Cast
- Natasha Henstridge played Cassie
- Kristen Miller played D.D. Cummings
- Natashia Williams played Shane Phillips
- Carlos Jacott played Jack Wilde (2002 - 2003)
- Jamie Iglehart played Duncan Baleu (2003 - 2004)
- Cameron Daddo played Quentin Cross (2003 - 2004)
