Partners By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Bionic Woman NBC, Wednesdays, 9 PM “Trust Issues” Written by Kerry Herin Directed by Alex Chapple There’s something seriously out of whack with a show which shows us the hero protecting a torturer and a murderer, while her partner gets killed off by an assassin acting in the interests of justice. If “Trust Issues” had been intended to play off Jaime’s emerging moral fiber against the impersonal and mercenary Berkut Group, it misfired badly. Her assignment this time around is to protect a bloodthirsty dictator who has come to the…
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Bionic Woman: “The List”
Mr. and Mrs. Bionic By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Bionic Woman NBC, Wednesdays, 9 PM “The List” Written by Bridget Carpenter Directed by David Boyd If there’s one plot that all spy stories eventually get around to, it’s the couple who has to pretend to be married for the sake of the mission, with resulting sexual tension. I don’t suppose Bionic Woman could have avoided this any more than it can avoid the mandatory fight scenes, so it’s just as well they got it over with. Jaime is sent to Paris to recover another list of undercover agents…