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Jamie Sommers is a young woman and college dropout working at a San Francisco nightclub to support her rebellious 15-year-old sister Becca since the death of their parents. But her life changes in one night when the car Jamie is riding in with her fiancée is hit by a truck. But help arrives in the form of a top-secret government team, led by the shady Jonas Bledsoe, who saves Jamie's life by having her severely damaged legs, right arm, and right eye and ear replaced with million-dollar bionics which give Jamie superhuman abilities. But Jamie, refuses to accept this new change in her life for her responsibly to her kid sister comes first. But Jamie, the so-called 'Bionic Woman' is pressed into action when she is targeted by a certain Sarah Corvus, another bionic woman, seeking revenge against Jonas organization for construction her and betraying her to focus on Jamie. Written by
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This episode was made available for free before the official air date on Amazon's Unbox service as a promotional tactic. A change in strategy after NBC Universal didn't renew their contract with iTunes to sell episodes.
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Goofs
In the crashing scene, it can be perfectly seen from the camera inside the car that the truck hit the entire side of Will's car. However, in one of the following outside shots, the truck just hits a small portion of it and in a different angle.
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Blonde Woman:
I didn't want to.
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Superman (1978)
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"Whoo, Alright, Yeah"
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As a child of the '70s, I was somewhat familiar with "The (original) Bionic Woman" that starred Lindsay Wagner with occasional appearances by Lee Majors as Steve Austin of "The Six Million Dollar Man" which "TBW" spun-off of. Maybe one of these days, I'll re-watch them on DVD. This version, starring Michelle Ryan, was pretty imaginative with Jamie having a boyfriend whose father happens to have invented the parts that replaced those of her after the accident and previously also replaced those of another bionic woman played by Katee Sackhoff who's no good. Nice to see Miquel Ferrer here having known him previously from RoboCop and "Twin Peaks". Can't make up my mind if he's a good guy or bad guy. Not a great pilot, but interesting enough that I'll keep watching. Since "Lost" won't return until February, "Bionic Woman" should fill the genre need on Wednesday until then...