I agree the second episode was better than the first, although not that much.

"The dialog was less forced (although still prevalent between Jamie and Ruth in the car) and kept Jamie’s personal life to a minimum. I’m excited to see how Bionic Woman continues to evolve in the coming weeks."

http://lamererun.com/2007/10/04/bionic-woman-paradise-lost/

If she has a bionic arm...why does she need to do pull ups with it!?

The writing is piss poor but I'm going to stick with it a little bit. It has potential to not suck as much once they get some of the set up episodes out of the way.

Michelle Ryan is a hottie. She's a real girl with a tough look. Good stuff.

Hey, Tracey (28), chill out. C'mon babe, no need for name calling. I am not a "pig" (nice '70s feminist lingo, by the way), I am simply a normal 21st century male, praising a 21st century show that "gets" what a big chuck of today's audience wants.

This Jaime Sommers isn't some brainy, over-achieving, Type-A feminist fantasy. We've already had enough of those on tv. No, Jaime 2.0 is a slacker, hangs around bars, picks up strangers for half-drunken quickies, and generally just shows herself to be an ordinary, flawed gal. And I have no problemo with that. It's kind of refreshing.

Now, on top of that, she has a terrific bod, and the show is making a real point of showing it off to its best advantage... in scenes like her one arm chin-up display. The producers want men to enjoy those kind of scenes, and I am not ashamed to say that I do. The plots so far have been lame, but Jaime's t-shirts have been terrific.

Let's face it, this show isn't really much different from the good old A-Team.. lots of explosions, fist fights, gun fights and cheezy villains. In fact, I could see Jaime fitting in fine with Mr. T and the gang... and that, my dear, old-fashioned, name-calling Tracey, is why this Bionic Woman is the brave new face of American feminism. She's tv's modern heroine, the perfect, ass-kicking equal to her crude, rough, male tv counterparts. I salute that advance in women's equality, and I salute Jaime's awesome rack.

I critisized the 2nd episode as lame and full of cliche, but I think it warrents another chance. I will definitely watch the 3rd installment. You need to create high level of thrills like Prison break or 24. The bar is very high nowadays in action genre. Just some special effects or a hot brunette won't cut it. The challenge with these 'serious' action flicks is, you can't have tongue-in-cheek ("Chuck" can get away with cheesy stuff because that is the concept).

However, I commend NBC executives for giving it a try.

sitruc,

When they are in the room examining the dead lady, the CDC woman makes the comment "Don't like this one, I have 200 more you can choose from" or something to that nature, making the total to 201... The girl that lived was visiting her grandparents, which was clearly stated when they found her. So the people that were REALLY paying attention didn't know there was going to be a survivor because of this "obvious clue", we knew because like the rest of the show, it was pretty predictable. However, I still am decently entertained by BW, so I will give it a few more weeks before I make a final judgement

Did I miss something? One moment the guy is shot in the shoulder, Jaime goes after the bad girl, and the next episode the guy is "dead"??? I don't know about you, but it makes me think he is still alive somewhere.

It grew on me. I didn't like the pilot so much, but this felt more interesting, and seemed more about character development seeing as the terrorist attack of the week was pretty much background stuff.

And of course, Bionic Woman is pretty much background stuff. I worked while it was on, watching on one computer while slaving away at another. On that level, it's a pretty good way to pass the time.

It was odd, though. I watched on NBC.com and there were no ads at all.

Good news, Anthros is dead. This may be cruel point to make but I'm glad that this character is gone. In fact, I was glad to see that he could not be saved through the magic of television i.e. the gun with never ending bullets or performing a miraculous surgery (Oh wait, that‘s what happened to Jamie; d‘oh). He took a direct hit in the chest and boom, end of story, dead as a doorknob. This now forces Jamie to deal with this new bionic situation by herself. What I did not like or expect Jamie to go after the first John or in this case, Steve she saw. Granted, having discovered that dossier Anthros had on her and the fact he was tracking her for two years prior to have formally met her is creepy. I just think that the last thing on her mind is to sleep with some stranger. Anthros wasn't buried more than 24hrs prior and she brushes this off. Character wise, I thought this was a poor choice of direction for Jamie.
You can read more on my blog: http://monsterscifishow.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/bionic-woman-paradise-lost-episode-review/

9. Posted by "Billy" :

"Some people can be such moralizing prigs.

Jaime had a bad day, got a bit drunk, and decided to have sex with a stranger in a dingy men's room. Millions of people do that every day. That doesn't make her dull, it makes her a realistic, ground-breaking television heroine for the 21st century. Someone girls and women across America can look up to and emulate.

As for her being snarky and having stringy hair, with a rack like that, who cares?

And as for the plot, well, like I said, with a rack like that, who cares?"

It's one thing to be a pig yourself, you're only a man...but to keep referring to her "rack"....please tell me you were being sarcastic in that first paragraph. Otherwise, you are completely contradicting yourself their Billy, in a funny, yet sad way (now there is a contradiction for ya).

How in the HELL is a girl having random sex in a dirty bathroom with a stranger no less, how is that in your words "Someone girls and women across America can look up to and emulate."? Do you honestly think millions of young girls do that? Wow get off of the porn sites, turn off your TV sometimes and maybe try to do some actual socializing...you know, outdoors...with people.

At any rate, I thought the episode was blah as well. Ryan has a good cast around her, maybe both she and the show itself just need some time to find their way.

The show is entertaining, well written, and filmed. I already like Isaiah Washington's role in the Bionic Women, better than the role in Grey's. He plays the Bionic women's supervivor. He plays is an intelligent, focused, subtle, man of action, that get's the job done. No bit role or negative stereotype here. In Grey's he was relegated to playing a surgeon with a hand tremor that operated on patients anyway. Well acted, but what a disgusting and offensive storyline.

FYI,
Washington did not call Knight a faggot.
He said to Dempsey in an argument, I'm not your faggot.
In any event good to see that Washingon landed on
his non-bionic feet. He is a good additon the cast.
Thumbs up to the rest of the cast and the writers. The show is off to a fast start, and strength of the audience,
will grow over the weeks, as more eyes tune in. Looking forward to next weeks episodes.