Thursday, November 15, 2007

Bionically braindead

I'm not sure how much more of Bionic Woman I can take.

To paraphrase a Heather, did Jaime have a brain tumor for breakfast? She chats with her boyfriend while on the job, losing (albeit briefly) the package she was trailing in the process, then makes a huge spectacle of her bionic self by racing down the street and stopping her suspect by leaping on his car and causing an accident. Then later, her boss tells her that intel she has sounds fishy (Antonio knowing the guy they're guarding changed his plans before the boss knew)...and she hangs up on him. She might have had SAT scores that got her into Harvard, but I'm guessing it had more to do with her test-taking abilities than smarts, because she sure is acting stupid. Also, the Berkut Group is as dumb as she is for not giving her adequate training before putting her in the field. Her neurons finally started firing at the end of the episode, when she said she's not cut out for that kind of work.

Aside from the main character proving over & over again that she should go back to bartending, I'm also disappointed with her relationship with Tom the CIA douche. For just a moment there, it looked like we might find out he's a mole. At least then he'd have a reason for existing.

Ruth and her plant, though, made me very happy.

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