# The Invisible Man (2000)

> A paroled thief is turned into an invisible operative by a shabby spy agency and must stay alive on the counteragent it controls.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/4504

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 46
- Episode runtime: 44 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: science fiction, drama, action
- Created by: Matt Greenberg
- Network: Syfy
- Cast: Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, Shannon Kenny, Brandy Ledford, Michael McCafferty, Paul Collins, Ivar Brogger
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220238/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: paranoid, breezy, propulsive, gritty

## What critics say

Audiences rated the series positively overall, with the first season remembered more favorably than the second.

## Synopsis

The Invisible Man (2000-2002) is an American science fiction television series created by Matt Greenberg for Syfy. Vincent Ventresca plays Darien Fawkes, a thief facing life imprisonment who is recruited by a low-rent spy organization and given invisibility through a sabotaged implant called the Quicksilver gland. Paul Ben-Victor plays Robert Albert Hobbs, one of the principal figures around him, and Eddie Jones plays Charles Borden, known as The Official, who holds the leverage over Fawkes's life. Shannon Kenny rounds out the principal cast. The engine of the show is a man who must keep slipping into invisibility for missions while depending on regular counteragent doses to avoid a painful, psychotic decline, so each episode is built around a covert assignment that tests his control over his body and his loyalty. The series runs across two seasons of episodic espionage, with a rough, improvised texture that suits its cable budget. Its tone mixes brisk action with a paranoid undertone of a man trapped inside a system that owns him. Fans of The Six Million Dollar Man, Human Target and The Pretender will find resonance in its blend of superhuman gadgetry, government handlers and fugitive-style episodic missions.

## Shows like The Invisible Man

- [The Imperfects (2022)](https://ember.film/tv/126518)
- [Haunted (2002)](https://ember.film/tv/3644)
- [Tower Prep (2010)](https://ember.film/tv/31100)
- [Now and Again (1999)](https://ember.film/tv/150)
- [The Pretender (1996)](https://ember.film/tv/1604)
- [The Event (2010)](https://ember.film/tv/30125)
- [Threshold (2005)](https://ember.film/tv/1357)
- [Dollhouse (2009)](https://ember.film/tv/13944)
- [Believe (2014)](https://ember.film/tv/54104)
- [Nowhere Man (1995)](https://ember.film/tv/9753)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt