Oooh ‘Trust Issues’ - well they certainly promoted this one well didn’t they? NBC must have the ‘Heroes’ people working on their trailers at last. Of course they ever so slightly misrepresented the whole thing, but that’s advertising for you. Nevertheless, it was a good episode. But first, let’s get the bad stuff outta the way:
Why is Jaime so irresponsible?..you would think that she was Becca’s age - at least then it would be understandable! Like I mentioned in last weeks review, I like Tom and Jaime as a pairing, but they’re now far too forced. Why on earth would Jaime entertain his “what are you wearing?” conversation whilst she is on a mission? Doesn’t she know that she may be Bionic but other people (i.e. civilians) are not? Didn’t she ever watch Spider Man 2? “With great power comes great responsibility”..come on Jaime, sort it out girl! As for Tom, he’s far too casual to be a believable CIA agent..he’s more IKEA than CIA..that’s how laid back he is!
Also, the show has to get to grips with the inconsistencies in Jaime’s abilities - why is it she can stop and bend a blade with her bare bionic hand and yet that same hand, on some occasions, cannot help her to pull herself up with ease from a building ledge? Why is it that Jaime is unable to utilise her bionic speed when being held at gunpoint by a man she knows she can out manoeuvre? Why didn’t he windscreen of the car she crashed smash when her bionic foot stepped on it as it came towards her at at least 60mph?
And while I’m ranting let me ask why Jaime goes to missions with heels on? Does she want to damage her toe again or is she secretly hoping to spend some more quality time with Nathan in the repair room? Oh and why O why don’t Burket buy her a better car? I’ve nothing against an old skool SAAB, but considering they can blow $8million at the drop of a hat, you’d think that upgrading her with a faster and more secure car would be a mere drop in the ocean for Burket. What are they, the studios? Come on, share the wealth Burket!
Sorry to continue the rant, but can someone PLEASE get Jaime a new ringtone!!? Honestly, why she even has it on full blast is beyond me - she has bionic hearing!!
I’m being critical here but I feel these are all valid points (well, maybe the not the ringtone one) and aspects which the show needs to address if they don’t want viewers to feel that their intelligence is being insulted.
That aside it was a pretty good episode and things got fairly exciting for a moment back there didn’t they! I thought the episode had a much better ‘feel’ to it - I sensed that something big was at stake, despite Jaime’s laid back approach, this made the show much more exiting. Although I felt they dragged certain scenes out for longer than necessary on occasions, thus losing that extra ‘edge’.
I thought that Isaiah was very good as Antonio- he wont win any awards for his stint on the show but he at least gave it something extra that would otherwise have been lacking. The whole plot, well if I’m being honest, was silly and I just didn’t buy it for a second, but the pacing of the episode kept me entertained (despite a few scenes being a touch drawn out).
They need to give Ruth something to do, honestly, she gets her own office and good pay for what? For giving Jaime sessions which haven’t even begun to get under her skin yet? She needs to redo her psychology degree does our Ruth! I’m just surprised (but relieved) that they didn’t have Jae Lee mopping up the halls in his part time role as Janitor! Are they over-staffed (apparently not seeing as Jonas had to go to Halliburton in 1.02) or just really really bored down at Wolf Creek!? Ah well, I guess it was good to see Ruth leave the office to get a plant - though it would have been much more fun actually seeing her buying the damn thing! Hmm, do you suppose she will end up talking to that plant, seeing as both Jaime and Corvus have proven her sessions to be weak?
Speaking of weak, are they now going OTT with this ’soft-guy’ Jonas approach? It was fun at first but seriously, let’s see some light and shade, let’s see him slam his fist down on a table or something! Hey, sometimes cliche’s work!
Nathan was good - once again delivering the best line of the episode when asking Jaime what she was wearing - you see Tom, some people have it and some people (like you) just don’t.
Also, I have to mention this - was it just me or was Jaime slow to react to a partner being shot? She’s bionic for goodness sakes, she should have ran him over to the hospital - ahh, but she has to be ‘discreet’ about her abilities right? That’s why she jumped up to a rooftop in broad daylight and why she apprehended a car by fly kicking it, before casually walking away with it’s contents in hand. Yup..discreet is our Jaime. Also, what happened to the optical relay thing? Did she convince Burket that she had a right to keep it turned off? Because I would really have liked to have seen that conversation. Not to mention the fact that a live relay to Burket HQ whilst on that mission would really have helped old Antonio out..Nathan’s insight might even have prevented him from walking into that bullet there.
Despite my ‘constructive’ criticism I did actually like this episode and the show is definitely showing great improvement - I’m just being honest (and perhaps harsher) in my review of this episode because I feel that the show is now at a stage where it can deal with it because it is getting better, faster and stronger. I want it to continue to improve but I feel that it needs direction and a firm hand (obviously not Jaime’s though ; )).
Well done to whoever wrote this episode..much better..far from being up to the level I expect but you gotta walk before you can run (maybe someone should tell Jaime that?), and now that we’re finally walking, let’s see if we can try jogging next week? Just a shame that the WGA strike has given the show cramp..
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Episode Rating - a promising 8/10
Best Actor - Isaiah Washington
Best Character - Antonio Pope
Best Quote - “What are you wearing?” (Nathan) - funny because Tom’s SO wasn’t.
Final Thought - I liked this episode even thought it’s hard to articulate why exactly. Please please build on this and make Jaime a bit brighter - is it just me or has she reverted back to her “Paradise Lost” days over the past 2 episodes? Hmm..
Oh, and no Corvus or Anthros..imagine what it would be like to actually include them in one of this ‘good’ episodes. Food for thought NBC, food for thought.
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