By A.J. Livsey

“Jake 2.0,” UPN, Wednesday at 9 p.m.

Telltale quote: “I was just doing what any good employee would do. I’m a go-getter.”

Overview: Meet Jake Foley, a recent Georgetown graduate working in tech support at the National Security Agency. Like many twentysomethings, Foley dreams of greener pastures and unattainable women. He and his roommate long to be real agents, working on some elaborate spy/counter-spy mission. In the meantime, they flash their NSA IDs at bars in a shallow attempt to attract women.

     Then, while repairing one of the NSA servers (strategically located in the same room as a top-secret laboratory experiment), an NSA traitor forces Foley to hack into the system. A shoot-out inevitably follows and glass shards from the highly reactive but poorly secured test vials strike Jake's arm, giving him superhuman sight, hearing and strength. Turns out the servers were housed in the same room as the test formula for highly classified future soldiers.

    Unlike the Hulk or Spiderman, Foley doesn't wear a costume or develop discolored and grossly exaggerated muscles. Physically, he remains remarkably unchanged as he learns to live with his new abilities. Meanwhile, with the human side effects of the formula unknown, the NSA offers Foley the opportunity to head up a special ops team while they wait to see if he spontaneously combusts.

Verdict: UPN admittedly has little success with dramas, and “Jake 2.0” isn't likely to fare any better. The network had no choice but to pair the new series with “Enterprise,” UPN's only other drama, and one the network is hoping to save from its ratings nosedive.

   “Jake 2.0” is a clear attempt to draw younger audiences to the network, but the show will face stiff competition from “Angel” on WB.

By John Rash

“Jake 2.0,” UPN, Wednesday at 9 p.m.

   Surprisingly well done, with a charismatic character in accessible star Christopher Gorham, “Jake 2.0” is worth a pilot perusal.  But it may stop there, as "2.0" works better as a 2-hour movie rather than a 22-episode commitment, because as with much science fiction, the drama is in the discovery. 

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