After each episode I will be posting my Bionic Investigations - this will usually be 2-3 days after the episode has aired on NBC. These ‘Investigations’ will consist of screencaps and analysis of the key and subtle aspects of the episodes. Such investigations will hopefully shine light on the clues, ‘eastereggs’, themes from each episode and hopefully form the basis for discussion as well as acting as a source of information for fans of the show. See them as a way of digging a little deeper into the show. These ‘Investigations’ are based on my own interpretation and ‘opinion’ - I invite all fans of the show to offer your own opinion or corroboration via the comments section or by contacting me.
“Wolf Creek Biotech Research Facility” - Aka location of ‘Burket Facility’ where Sarah Corvus supposedly gets killed by Jae Lee.
This poster perhaps tells us a bit about Becca- she’s a bit of a rebel and appears to support several movements -perhaps including movements and rallies against those who wish to impose control over people? How ironic that her sister has had her civil liberties stripped from her and is now the ‘property’ (if you will) of Jonas Bledsoe and his Burket Group.
These are from Will Anthros’ Bio Ethics lecture - ‘A’ shows the victim of a car bombing - the various photos show how Bionic technology has healed what would have been certain deformity. ‘B’shows a physically impaired athlete who through bio-technology is able to achieve the ‘impossible’ and ‘C’ is a slide of a woman who has had breast enlargement - Will notes that technology can make people look and feel ‘better’. Ultimately he poses the question of how far man should play God before it becomes unethical and dangerous..
‘A’ shows that Jaime barely even saw the truck before it collided into their car and ‘B’ is from after she has been installed with Bio technology and indicates that this has increased her capacity to pick and pull memories - just like a computer. It also shows that Sarah Corvus got out of the truck without even checking to see whether she did the job right and killed Will - something which she is to regret later..
‘A’ -”Wolf Creek Biotech Research Facility” - confirmation that this is actually the Burket Group head-quarters. A virtually dead Jaimeis taken to the same place where Sarah went haywire 3 years earlier, killing a string of Burket scientists..and the place where Jae thought he had killed her. ‘B’simply emphasises that the area is under strict surveillance and only approved personnel have access.
‘A’ shows the Jaime undergoing Bionic surgery - notice she has no legs (both crushed in the crash). ‘B’ shows some of the computer interfaces which helped to perform the operation.
More from Jaime’s improved memory (‘A’) has she recalls seeing the face of the truck driver (‘B’) - Sarah Corvus (who she is to later meet).
A reader wanted to know what this notice says - it simply shows the allowed visiting hours.
The man who sent Corvus to kill Will Anthros is stitching up his arm as if it’s something he does regularly - is he some-kind of Bionic Man? Perhaps he has just recently replaced his arm or inserted it with Antrasites?
This is interesting as Sarah asks the man whether she reminds him of “her” - to which he indicates that Sarah’s skin reminds him of ‘her’. To me this would suggest that perhaps Sarah is notthe first Bionic Woman afterall, and that this man had a partner who was installed with Bio-technology - possibly by Will - but it went wrong and she died? This would also help explain why he wants Will dead - revenge for what his science did to his loved one?
This rather cool, yet rather freaky image shows the Antrasites etc in Jaime’s legs (’A’) and arm (’B’). They are later invisible to the naked eye as presumably, like a lot of surgery, healing is required - only she heals mega-quick.
‘A’ - “You Failed Me“, written by the guy who sent Sarah Corvus on the mission to kill Will Anthros - he has discovered that Will survived the collision (though it begs the question of who told him - Jae perhaps?). ‘B’ shows that the guy then plans to get Will’s father, Anthony Anthros, out of jail by holding the security guard to ransom with the life of his wife. ‘C’ then shows the same guy and, a now escaped, Anthony Anthros. The fact that he arranges for Anthony to escape creates a tangled web as we are left to wonder who’s side Anthony is on - will he turn on his son? We already know from his meeting with Jae that he despises the Burket Group and that he is the man who ‘made’ Sarah Corvus into the first ‘Bionic Woman..gone bad’.
Look familiar? Yup, I’m pretty sure that on some level this is a shout out to last years ‘Heroes’ Pilot. It’s almost identical as ‘A’ shows Peter Petrelli beginning to realise his potential as he prepares to test out his new flying ability for the first time. ‘B’ shows our Jaime doing exactly the same thing, as she begins to believe that she can actually leap across to the next building.
Just a note on the name of the prison Anthony was being held - “Blackwell Super-Max Prison”
Jaime’s sensory Bionic’s go online. ‘A’- we see the world from her point of view as her right eye makes her field of vision a lot clearer than her normal left eye. ‘B’ - she begins to ’overheat’ as she suffers from sensory overload and the interface of her imaging software begins to “lock”. ‘C’ & ‘D’ shows that her imaging software alerts her to impending dangers - “Potential Weaponry Threat”. How awesome!
‘A’ - We get a cool close-up of Jaime’s Bionic right eye..we can just about make out the optical implant. ‘B’- As her Bionic eye focuses in on Sarah Corvus, her digital interface pops up with a message saying: “ADR Target”. ‘C’ - we get a cool look at her “Rangefinder” as she scans the rooftops for Sarah Corvus.
Another location note - “Sonora Pass, CA“, this is where we last see an escaped Anthony Anthros and “the guy”.
Episode 2.01 Investigations will be posted next week. If you have any comments, opinions etc, feel free to let me know.
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. Jaime was obviously feeling low after hearing her friends good news and perhaps felt that she had underachieved in her life. With her new ‘abilities’, she was perhaps fearful of once again failing to meet her potential.
