Expiration Date By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Bionic Woman NBC, Wednesdays, 9 PM “Faceoff” Written by Robert Ravner & Jon Cowan Directed by Paul Shapiro Maybe the early shakeups at the studio have settled down, or we have a writing team with a better handle on their subject matter, but this week’s Bionic Woman was one of the better episodes so far. There was an actual theme — lies and the truth behind the lies — and much better action sequences. It’s still not as good as it ought to be, but Bionic Woman has improved.…
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Bionic Woman: “Sisterhood”
Girl Power By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Bionic Woman NBC, Wednesdays, 9 PM “Sisterhood” Written by David Eick Directed by Steve Boyum The Bionic Woman is in serious need of a personality transplant. The third episode kicks off (ahem) with Jaime being ordered to babysit the daughter of an important financial backer of her shadowy employer. This is not a plot; it’s a plot device. Trying to stretch it into anything more than a distraction from the main theme (character development) was a waste of time. Having said that, I think that this week’s episode was actually…