# "Jake 2.0" on the SciFi Channel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-2-0-on-the-scifi-channel/386982>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 6, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-2-0-on-the-scifi-channel/386982 "2007-01-06T22:55:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-2-0-on-the-scifi-channel/386982/1 "2007-01-06T22:55:40Z")

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I missed [this show](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_2.0) when it first aired. Caught the first three eps back-to-back last night. Interesting premise . . . this generation’s equivalent of Spider-Man (pathetic, loveable everygeek accidentally imbued with impressive but not Kryptonian-overwhelming superpowers) is a government agent. Not only that, he really **wants** to be a government agent.

A sign of the times, but for good or ill?

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-2-0-on-the-scifi-channel/386982/2 "2007-01-07T00:19:15Z")

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I watched it when it was in first run and while it wasn’t a spectacular show, I quite enjoyed it and was disappointed when it was cancelled.