Let me start by saying that in less the 3 minutes I am already pissed about this episode. Jamie is having margaritas with her friends. They are complaining to her not having a man in her life. What was really troublesome was the camera kept moving in cinema verte style which does not work here. This was one of the reasons why I never watched another episode of NYPD Blue after the pilot. The cinema verte style has a very documentary feel to it to make us feel as we are they in the moment. On BSG, this style goes well with the storytelling. On Bionic Woman, the camera movement makes me sick to my stomach. Part two of my rant, Jamie gets called in for a mission where Jonas goes over the details quickly, gives Jamie a college i.d., and ask how is her British accent. Since I already knew Michelle Ryan was Brit actress, this was one of the lamest alias covers I’ve ever seen.

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it's right, Antonio is an amateur spy. Pretend to be Jamie's uncle is not so wrong, intercontinental marriage is common after all, but it's not the right move. And why doesn't he wait until she's alone? I don't see the urgency.. use the phone instead rather than expose yourself. Or, if he must interrupt, pretend to be something else like 'her education consultant'.

And the CIA guy should be more on the show, but I'm afraid he's gonna be the 007 and Jamie's just gonna be both Bond's girl and one of his hi-tech gadgets (2 in 1).

Next episode, she's going to team with him, it's good, so she can learn from a more experienced agent in the field. I wonder if she'll speak French in Paris. Well, Jamie, you have '2 weeks' to do French crash course. After Brit accent, now French. Remember, Bourne can speak German and Alias can speak other languages too.

Anyway, the show is still enjoyable and funny.

it's 2 minutes in the show and Becca looks gorgeous and mature in a close-up shot. the love story drama with the CIA agent may be cliche but the whole package is good and entertaining.

I don't know if this was intentional, but the melon throwing seemed like a nod to the original Bionic Woman. In the episode where Helen Hunt guest starred, Jaime throws a head of lettuce to take out a bad guy.

I don't know if somebody has mentioned this already, but was the cameraman/editor drunk during the shooting/editing of this episode. I have only watched the first couple minutes, but the camera looks like it is shaking, and certainly not for any effect the director was trying to create. Its incredibly distracting. Hopefully it will get better.

That, combined with the awful widescreen-to-standard cutting that almost all shows endure nowadays, makes me a sad panda.

I am going to have to call it quits with this one. I really wanted this show to be good. Michelle Ryan was just the worst choice for this role.

Ok, mostly unrelated, but, what is it with shows where someone gets super powers but can't tell their friends this year? Reaper, Chuck, Bionic Woman... Sure, ok, Reaper has his friends, but, by and large, he's a secret too. Just seems... well... coincidental.

I guess the complaints about Michelle Ryan’s acting got through to the producers of NBC’s Bionic Woman series. They decided to suddenly have her speak with a British accent.

Well, in real life Michelle Ryan speaks with a British accent... as she did on every television role she has held before Bionic Woman. Still, considering how poorly Americans do British accents, it is a stretch of the imagination that a bartender would instantaneously speak perfect across-the-pond-ese.

And, for that matter, if she is only supposed to be pretending to speak British, why does she do it with people who know who she really is and not just with those with whom she is undercover?

Good thing Michelle is a perfect ten hottie or I wouldn’t watch this show at all.

Well... I do enjoy seeing Miguel’s jowls... but it is mostly to see Michelle.

Mostly.

I really enjoyed this episode. I was much lighter than the past ones. I thought I was starting to hear "bionic sounds" but wasn't sure like when she broke the metal bar by the window while breaking into the lab. I like the one hour story archs while still keeping continuous sl's going. Jaime and "Tom" has great chemistry together and I was happy to see in the previews that he will be back in the next episode. Did not like the accent but whatever. Lindsay Wagner should be tapped for a recurring role in some capacity. Would bring in a lot of fans from "The" Bionic Woman.

I think the show turned the corner with this episode. With all the criticisms of the first few shows, most of which are valid, this episode showed Jaime moving out and embracing her role more. She seems to be handling the huge changes that have transpired in her life well. The writers are on to something. They are doing what a good story entails. With multiple plot lines, some resolved, many unresolved and different characters in it makes for a more interesting story. Ruth, Nathan, Sarah, Anthony, Jay and Antonio etc. all have back stories and the potential threats of our day and time are always unexpected. I like the 24, Alias feel to the show.

Jonas has made adjustments just as much as Jaime has and I think they see that in each other. He has begun to treat her as a valued "person" not a commodity. She is following his orders etc.

It takes time for a show to get going often, and this one seems to be on its way.

And for those who have complained about the sound effects, if you listen they've added subdued ones to the action scenes. The good news is rather than slowing down the footage and wasting airtime, it happens real-time.