Whilst i’m sure Michelle’s pins are to die for, I’m actually talking about another ‘overall’ positive ‘Bionic Woman’ Pilot review. This time from Sarah Stegall of sfscope.com, who writes:

Michelle Ryan portrays Jaime as rather unformed and bland, which makes sense at this stage in her development, but it’s less than riveting. The supporting cast, however, is excellent. Katee Sackhoff, after years of fighting Cylons on Battlestar Galactica, now gets to play one. Her Sarah struts across this story with dash and swagger. From her first words—”Tell me that you love me”—to her would-be executioner and lover (Will Yun Lee, of Fallen), to her final smirk at Jaime, Sackhoff owns this show. Mark Sheppard, a veteran of The X-Files, Fireflyand other SF classics, here appears as the acid-tongued criminal father of Dr. Will—more layers. And as noted, Miguel Ferrer’s thuggish Jonas packs a world of exposition in a few merciless lines and that patented scowl. Production values are high—the lab is full of clanky elevators reminiscent of the James Whale version of Frankenstein. The gray skies of Vancouver do for Bionic Woman what they did for The X-Files: imbue every scene with a brooding light and a sense of looming disaster. The music by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman (Wendy and Lisa, former band mates of Prince) sells the emotional subtext with a refreshing lack of pop-tune tie-ins.

There isn’t much story in this episode, but that’s all right. We get an excellent introduction to the characters and the premise. In the hands of executive producers like David Eick, we can expect a grownup treatment of speculative subjects, something beyond the usual cartoon and comic-book approach. Like Jaime herself, not everything works yet, but for the most part, Bionic Woman has—you must pardon the expression—legs.

Read her full BW Pilot review here.