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Bionic Woman: Sisterhood
(S01E03) "$50 million and you didn't think we'd throw in a GPS?" - Jonas
OK, I have to admit it: with this episode Bionic Woman has me hooked for the long haul.
Where the first two episodes were way too heavy on the set up, this one was actually intriguing, lively, and jam-packed with witty lines. I'm actually beginning to think that the highlight of the show is Miguel Ferrer's Jonas character. Unlike Arvin Sloane over on Alias, Jonas is sarcastic and funny. And he's not the only one who had good dialogue in this episode. It's like the show was taken over by other writers or something after the first two episodes. The words were meatier, funnier.
In this episode, Jaime has to babysit an annoying teen girl (no, not her sister, another annoying teen girl). But she also has to deal with a desperate Sarah Corvus, who is dying from what's inside of her and needs Jaime's help.
One theory I've been tossing around - and I might as well toss it to you readers to see if you agree - is that Will isn't really dead. His death was either faked by the company or maybe he's being kept alive by his "I sound like Alec Baldwin's character on 30 Rock" dad for some reason. Actor Chris Bowers is featured prominently on the NBC site in promo pics, and it seems odd that he was only in two episodes. We find out in this episode that Will is the one who brought Sarah Corvus back to life after she was shot by Jae, we found out in the last episode that he was keeping a file on Jaime two years before they even met, and now Corvus is putting second thoughts into Jaime's head. I don't know, I think there's more to Will's death than meets the eye.
Speaking of eyes, Jaime has a camera in hers! Or, as Jonas puts it "we have streaming video in your head." That's actually a good plot point, though I don't know what sense it makes for Sarah to tell Jaime to "come alone" to the meeting place if Jaime's head has closed-circuit TV inside of it. I also love the idea that Jaime and Sarah are connected by their bionics. That will surely come into play in later episodes.
I loved the biplay between Jaime and Sarah in this ep. It's like if Cagney and Lacey had bionics and fought crime! I think it would be rather cool to see a big plot twist later in the season, with Jaime and Sarah joining forces against something, but I know this show is probably more likely to make them big enemies instead of big friends. As evidenced by the last scene with Sarah getting all evil and pissy again. Am I the only one who thought "yes, do it, do it!", when Sarah had her hand around the kid sister's neck?
Other observations from this episode:
- So Sarah also had an annoying kid sister, and she died exactly the way that Jaime almost died, in a spectacular car accident? Coincidence or lame writing? Maybe Will and the company only take women who have annoying sisters.
- Michelle Ryan is actually coming into her character more, but she gives her 15 year-old sister a glass of wine, and doesn't inquire as to why said sister was able to suck it down as if she belongs to a wine club that meets every Thursday night? Again, what is the writing here, realistic (I bet there are lots of older siblings who give their younger ones a sip of wine or beer) or irresponsible? With this and the bathroom drunken sex fest that Jaime attempted in an earlier ep, I wonder about Ms. Sommers sometimes.
- Still not sure why Jaime and Sarah have to do pull-ups and push-ups. Last week Jaime was doing one-armed pull-ups, but it was with her bionic arm. Shouldn't she been trying to strengthen her left arm?
- Anthony Andros is supposed to be Will's father? Checking the IMDb, the actor, Mark Sheppard, was born in 1964. How old was Will supposed to be?
- So the guys at HQ look at the bionic women when they're in the shower? I wonder if that stuff is on DVD in some hidden room in the basement of the facility?
- Jaime and sis live in one of the most incredible apartments on TV. How did she afford that when she was a bartender?
| She remains an enemy of Jaime's and they fight every ep | |
|---|---|
| They team up to fight crime | |
| She kills Jaime and becomes the star of the show |
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