Hello again, faithful TVGuide.com fans! Joshua Green here, reporting for the most revamped show of the fall!The momentum that began with "The Education of Jaime Sommers" continues with the focus on Michelle Ryan's Jaime Sommers and her CIA pseudo boyfriend covertly known as Tom. Their chemistry continues to shine and prompts me to think that Jordan Bridges as Tom will soon become a series regular. Jordan's comedic chops help him stand out among the cast and allows the show to be almost — gasp — fun!I groaned when there was yet another dull training session between Jaime and Jae Kim. Granted, I usually whimper whenever Will Yun Lee is on the screen, but I absolutely detest these mundane training sequences. What have they actually accomplished? Jaime has been able to control her bionics solely because of her calm and self-control. Nevertheless, the training continues with tonight's episode but also sets up the reintroduction of Tom. All of a sudden this scene has a purpose, ...
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The episode began with a former POW waking up in an infirmary and, appearing bewildered, rose and walked slowly across the room. He then took out a knife, stabbed an officer, and shot everyone else present.Back at Jaime's apartment, her girlfriends were prodding her to consider dating again. Jaime shrugged off their pestering until she was called into work to investigate the story of the murderous POW. They discovered that a neural implant that is typically used to treat depression and Parkinson's was found inside the POW's brain. Whoever implanted this chip had control of the POW's actions and caused his outburst. Jaime's team believed that the creator of the neural chip, Dr. Samuels, was possibly supplying these chips to terrorists. Jaime's mission therefore involved going undercover at Dr. Samuels' college and investigating whether he was supplying the means for involuntary murder.The two plot points converged as Jaime met a possible love interest in the form of Dr. Samuels' T.A....
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The highlights:• Jaime’s a prototype and she’s got a five-year life expectancy. Her bionic interfaces keep failing and resetting, which is causing her tremors.• Antonio and Jaime were sent to Paraguay to recover Dr. Mark Stevens. Turns out he used to be a CIA operative and he knows all about Jaime’s bionics.• Sarah Corvus allowed herself to be brought in. Jonas promised to cure her but without Will’s fixes, which were on the flash drive in Paraguay, nothing can be done for her.Antonio and Jaime are being sent to Paraguay to recover Dr. Mark Stevens. Paraguay doesn’t have any antiterrorism laws, so any sort of military operation to recover the good doctor won’t be looked upon too kindly. Jaime’s a bit of a nervous flyer but Antonio talks her down, assuring her repeatedly that she can trust him. That turns out not to be the case when Antonio tries to kill Dr. Stevens. Since Stevens has seen what’s on that flash drive, he’s no...
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After the third episode, this show is just not holding my attention like Heroes does. But maybe I shouldn't be comparing. Still, there's something about Jaime Sommers that I'm just not buying. Maybe it's the tough-girl tone she takes with Jonas. Maybe it's the balance between sister and Bionic that makes for an awkward back-and-forth throughout each episode. (But I guess I can't blame her for that, it should be awkward.) Maybe it's not believing in the "animal." Just as I was getting into another training session with Jae, she throws in a "Bring it on, bitch," and I laugh.I guess I'm having a hard time with these brief encounters she has at "work." We don't get ongoing storylines about the people she's saving or the criminals she's wiping the floor with. It's in, out, punch, kick, next. Who was the falafel guy? I guess some missions are more detailed than others — like Heaven needing a "Bionic Babysitter" just in case the Serbs decided to take her down in the nail salon. I am c...
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Well, if you agreed with last week's blog question about Jaime's boyfriend being "utterly meh" then you're probably not too sad to see him dead. But his passing — and that loose floorboard — gave her some guidance toward who he really was and what he was involved with.I don't blame her for trying to walk away from it all and return to her normal life under the radar. But when she was a little too strong for "Mr. Right Now" to have a good time, and the ringing in her ear was too hard to ignore, she had no other choice. Plus, saving that suicidal woman gave her a little bit of a high, huh?And with one trip to Jonas' office, she was suddenly a player in "The Game." Enter ex-Dr. Burke. Forget about whiny interns, this is a whole other ball game in terms of saving lives. Isaiah Washington definitely has the aura of a leader — as we saw on Grey's Anatomy — so I'm intrigued by his role as Jaime's supervisor. And order No. 1 was to start training.Her session with Jae was...
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So, what do you think of this "new" Jaime Sommers?What happened to the kindly ol' OSI? Will Miguel Ferrer make for a satisfactory (albeit leisure-suit-free) ersatz Oscar Goldman? Do you find Jaime's scientist boyfriend to be as utterly "meh" as I do?Is Katee Sackhoff's Sarah going to resurface every now and again some some intense girl-girl action?Could the recast (since the pilot) kid sister look any more like series star Michelle Ryan? And how will Isaiah Washington fit into all of it going forward? (Actually, if you read last week's TV Guide, you know the answer to that one.)Until we round up the best person to blog Bionic, this is the place to talk about NBC's high-tech reboot of that '70s show.Discuss!
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