September 26, 2007, 8:49 pm : Episode 1: Pilot
Filed Under: Season 1Discussion:
Great Episode. I would have been a little happier to see a 2-hour series premiere, but I think this one did quite nicely.
The original series was a little before my time, but I used to watch the re-runs when I was growing up. I vaguely remember the story. One thing I do remember is that the original Jaime was hurt in a skiing accident. I don’t remember her dating the guy who gave her implants. But I am not sure.
I think this series started well, they introduced many new characters and a few different story lines, some that we can see where they are going and some not. Hopefully they are setting it up for some plot twists coming up later in the season and a good cliff-hanger. That is what keeps people watching.
Katee Sackoff plays a good villain. She seems to like the sci-fi genre. And I find it funny that Miguel Ferrer was in this series after playing one of the cyborg technicians in the original Robocop movie. Seems a little coincidental, but he is a good actor so will probably do quite well.
I’ll be interested to see how long Katee Sackoff stays on the show, whether they will kill her off of keep her on the show as a reoccurring villain. Also I predict that the company that built Jaime will be somehow corrupt and found out as being a bad guy. But who knows, perhaps not. I will also be interested to see if Steve Austin or Oscar Goldman ever show up and if we will see a Bionic Man appear, perhaps with his own series, if this show does well. You never know.