I'm still just watching because I'm amazed a show so awful got made at all, much less by one of the forces behind BSG.

I guess I approached it with exactly the wrong mindset. Cyborg, the original Martin Caidin novel that inspired The Six Million Dollar Man, featured a self-loathing Steve Austin who was never sure if he was really man or machine. I figured that a "reimagining" of Bionic Woman might explore some of the same territory. But nope -- it's all about ridiculously thin characterizations, terrible dialogue, schmoopy kissing scenes with the impossibly young and pretty-boy CIA agent (!!) and weirdly forced banter with an (again) impossibly beautiful but bratty sister and the nerd-herd guy back at CTU WTF Group HQ.

Oh, and of course, everyone keeps forgetting that Jaime is bionic, except when they feel like dropping "$50 million" references for the drinking game.

I feel ashamed to have started this thread. At least last night Michelle Ryan got to use her real accent.

I think I may have been spoiled by Buffy, because during this week's episode all I could think was how much better I liked the show when she was in school and trying to solve crimes/capture criminals while hanging around with her wacky roommate and cute CIA boy. I have no idea how the groundwork would have been laid for that to be the premise of the show, but I was at least enjoying it more than all of the faux-military stuff even though the usuals-plot, acting, dialogue-were still bad.

As for the bionic moves, I think she did some jumping again, some kicking and then, of course, the throwing of the melon. And why did having tarragon make the CIA guy seem too good to be true? This show is just so fucked up.

So, I've been taping this show since the beginning and just got around to watching all five or so episodes last night. And, as I suspected, it's not bad if you watch it all in one sitting. However, I've noticed I just don't give a fuck when Katee Sackhoff isn't involved. If you're going to make a show about a nice young woman who's turned into a killing machine, don't make her rival the really interesting one.

One thing that kills me is how inconsistent Miguel Ferrer's character Jonas is. In the pilot he's saying "Kill her" and later on he's snarking off to her about how she has to toe the line and work for his outfit. But then Wednesday night he's so caring and concerned about her, he actually pats her on the back. I dunno, it seems like they haven't figured out whether he's a jerk or not.

I wrote that one off as him learning from past mistakes with whats-her-face. Sarah? Is that the name of Katee's character? Anyway, I imagine he's trying to figure out himself whether to be a jerk or not, because he doesn't want another of his fembots running off.

What I'm unclear about and what seems like a lot of retconning is the whole "Will stalking Jamie before they ever really met, which implies that the company was grooming her for bionic-ness, but the rest of the cast seemed surprised and annoyed when he brought her in after the car accident, which implies they didn't know he was planning on doing the transplants all along, and yet some people knew Will was a jerk and others didn't" situation.

Yeah, I think they've decided that Dr. Boyfriend isn't really dead and will be back during Sweeps. Bleh.

Assuming they make it anywhere near that far, that is....

Yes, I feared that he "wasn't really dead." The whole backstory became so convoluted it felt purposeful, as though they want to do a lot of "twists."

Oh, dear. Could it be that Chris Carter is writing under a pseudonym for this show?

Who was the guy playing the CIA agent/cute student? I know I saw him in something recently, but I can't put my finger on it.

This show is bad. But I love it!

He was played by Jordan Bridges who was most recently on Conviction, the short lived Dick Wolf show.

Yeah, I gave up halfway through this week's episode.

This show can't seem to decide what it wants to be. Sometimes -- especially when Katee Sackhoff is involved -- it seems to be going for a dark, La Femme Nikita style. Then we get cheesey lighthearted stuff with the little sister, followed by the repetitive "I hate lying to my sister" angst. I guess they were trying to mix that all up in a Buffy-ish stew, but they've failed miserably.

And that's on top of all the other stuff said upthread about Michelle Ryan's awfulness, the inconsistent characters, etc.

If I were trying to save this show, I'd have the Agency More Secret Than the CIA blown up, and a mortally wounded Jaime Sommers escapes long enough to find Katee's character, give her the (temporary and flawed) cure the tech guys have developed, and warn her that The Bad Guys will be after her next. The series then becomes a pissed-off Katee on the run, trying to find someone who can help keep her alive without trying to use or manipulate her.

If I were trying to save it, I'd bring back Dr. Boyfriend and have Sarah and Jaime gang up on him and kick his skinny ass. After he cures Sarah, though. Then Sarah and Jaime could bionic-leap into Heroes and see if they can save that turkey.

They really need to bring Sackhoff in as a regular, and change the show to "Bionic Women," I guess. I like the martial arts boyfriend trainer guy, and I like the psy-ops chick, and I can even accept the inconsistencies with Miguel Ferrer's character. But when the lead character is really, really boring, you gotta tighten it up with the supporting cast, and stop introducing love interests and shit to try and make her interesting. Else you get a bionic Lana Lang.

Actually, if they kept last week's "love interest" and lost Jaime, I'd be happy. He was smart and hot, and held his own in a fight. Which puts him two or three up on the Bionic Bimbo.