Bionic Woman

Episodes like this give me hope for Bionic Woman … cute episode, Michelle Ryan was great (love the accent!), and it seems to be coming together. Even if there were still some bad scenes, and even if the plot about the terrorist implants was totally preposterous, watching the episode was still fun. And we need more fun on Bionic Woman.

The best thing about this episode was the interplay between Jaime and Tom, the cute cute cute Jordan Bridges. I liked them together, and I thought they had a hell of a lot more chemistry together than Jaime ever had with the potentially murderous Will Anthros. The scene where she asked him to go get pink champagne was adorable.

I also liked the interplay between Jaime and her Boy Friday, the Tech Guy Whose Name I Never Can Remember, in the early part of the show. Her talking to him between bionic moves was almost the most realistic part of the show, as it echoed the way two friends may talk together as one goes throughout the mundane moments of the day (”Hold on a minute, I need to open this door/make a u-turn/pay the parking meter/whatever). Only in Jaime’s case, the mundane tasks were jumping over buildings. Mundane, as always, depends upon your perspective.

Once again, trust was the underlying theme of the episode. The best line of the episode was actually from Isaiah Washington’s Antonio Pope: “The last time you trusted your instincts about a guy, he replaced your limbs with artificial parts.” That may not be the exact wording, but the sentiment was the same … and he did not even mention the man she trusted in South America, who disappeared with her bionic blueprints. Jaime Sommers has many talents, but she needs to work on her bionic lie detector.

As for the ending, it was also totally preposterous … but it was really nice to see Jaime fighting side by side with someone she actually likes for a change. It seemed like she was protecting him because she wanted to, and not just because it was her assignment or because it was the right thing to do.

And yet, the end of the episode left me vaguely irritated. As much as I loved the accent in the beginning of the show, it became irritating when she was slipping in and out of it inexplicably towards the end of the show. I hope this does not become a steady inconsistency in a show that has way too many inconsistencies already. Also, Jaime’s eye make up at the end of the show was a little oddly spaced and much too heavy.

And as adorable as “Tom” is, and as much as I like to see Jaime kissing a boy who is NOT Will Anthros or a guy she met in a bar, the girl goes and does it again! Jaime, the time for quid pro quo is before the kiss … you gave him your real name, make sure you get his real name in return. Will the Bionic Woman ever learn?

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