"Bionic Woman" Pilot (2007)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Michael Dinner

Writer:

Laeta Kalogridis (written by)

TV Series:

"Bionic Woman" (2007)

Original Air Date:

26 September 2007 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Jamie Sommers is a young woman and college dropout working at a San Francisco nightclub to support her...

Plot Keywords:

Car Accident | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship | Female Protagonist | Based On TV Series | Cyborg

Cast

Michelle Ryan	...	Jaime Sommers
Miguel Ferrer	...	Jonas Bledsoe
Chris Bowers	...	Will Anthros
Molly Price	...	Ruth Treadwell
Will Yun Lee	...	Jae Kim
Lucy Hale	...	Becca Sommers
Thomas Kretschmann	...	The Man
Mark Sheppard	...	Anthony Anthros (as Mark A. Sheppard)
Aaron Douglas	...	Prison Guard
Katee Sackhoff	...	Sarah Corvus
Conrad Coates	...	Doctor #1
Alicia Thorgrimsson	...	Doctor #2
Jenn Forgie	...	Nurse
Heather Doerksen	...	Mother
Roan Curtis	...	Little Girl

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Australia:M | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Trivia:

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.

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Blonde Woman: I didn't want to.

Movie Connections:

References Superman (1978)

Soundtrack:

Breathe Me

Pilot of "Bionic Woman" should fill genre slot for Wednesday until "Lost" returns

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...