Painkiller Jane (TV series)

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Painkiller Jane
Format	Science fiction
Created by	Gil Grant
Starring	Kristanna Loken Alaina Huffman Rob Stewart Stephen Lobo Noah Danby Melanie Papalia Sean Owen Roberts Nathaniel Deveaux
Country of origin	Canada United States
No. of episodes	22 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	approx. 44 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Global (Canada) Sci Fi Channel (USA)
Original run	April 13, 2007 – September 21, 2007
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Painkiller Jane is a television series based on the comic book character of the same name. Airing on the US Sci Fi Channel starting April 13, 2007 and Global in Canada, it stars Kristanna Loken as the titular character. On August 15, 2007, it was cancelled after one season of 22 episodes.^[1] ^[2]

1 Cast of characters
2 Plot
3 Episodes
4 Production information
5 International broadcasters
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Cast of characters

Kristanna Loken as Jane Vasco - The show's protagonist.
Rob Stewart as Andre McBride - The leader of the special team.
Stephen Lobo as Dr. Seth Carpenter - A doctor/scientist working with the team.
Noah Danby as Connor King - The "muscles" of the team; a field operative with a short fuse.
Sean Owen Roberts as Riley Jensen - A computer and communication technology specialist working for the team.
Nathaniel Deveaux as Joe Waterman - Former subway caretaker working for the team.
Alaina Huffman as Maureen Bowers - Jane's best friend and former DEA partner.

[edit] Plot

The series stars Loken as Jane Vasco^[3], the titular character. She begins as a DEA agent, where in the course of her work she encounters Andre McBride (Rob Stewart), who is the leader of a team of agents working for an unspecified government agency. The team is based in a disused subway station named Deckard Street. She is forced to join the team after she probes "too far" into their operations. It is then revealed that the team's mission is to identify and neutralize "neuros" — "neurological aberrants" — human mutants with supernormal mental powers. Dialogue in the pilot states there are dozens of variations, and the reasons neuros use their abilities vary. It is then theorized that the aberrations interfere with the brain's ability to distinguish right from wrong.

During the pilot episode, Vasco discovers that she, too, has superhuman abilities — supernormal recuperative powers bordering on invulnerability. This is realized when she is pushed through a forty story window to her apparent death, only to later revive and then recover completely. However, she still feels the pain of her injuries before they heal. The team's doctor, Seth Carpenter, identifies her abilities as not like those of the neuros they track, but "something else."

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Painkiller Jane episodes

[edit] Production information

The TV series received a 22-episode production order after the 2005 Painkiller Jane TV-movie yielded positive results. The film differed significantly from the original comic's storyline; the TV series has discarded the film's back-story and started fresh. According to story creator Jimmy Palmiotti, the new series is "closer to the original concept we came up with in the comic".^[4] Executive producer Gil Grant has said the new series is "partly true" to the original comic, but will still differ to some extent.^[5]

The series credits include several people in the role of producer. Most are credited only for a few episodes. This includes Loken (the star), who is credited as co-executive producer for several episodes.^[6]

The TV series was filmed at Insight Film Studios in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada^[7] and various locations around the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. The final four episodes of the first season were filmed and set in Budapest, Hungary. ^[8].

[edit] International broadcasters

Country	TV Network(s)	Series Premiere
Netherlands	Sci Fi Channel (Benelux)	2008-04-22
Australia	Showtime Australia	2008-01-16
Canada	Global	2007
Israel	AXN (Hot (Israel))	2008
Sweden	TV6 Sverige	2008-01-04
United States	Sci Fi Channel	2007-04-13