Ok . . . I'll admit that this story was better than some of the rest. I still think that Jane is underutilized . . . but she was in this story more. But I do want to say that right before this episode, I watched an episode of Dr. Who, and I liked that show better. Just to put it out there. Anyways this one was about a neuro that basically stole the life force from her victims. When she was younger she was a fashion model. So she wanted to keep her youth. Well . . somewhere along the line she realized that with a kiss, she could steal the life essence from other people. One became two which became more which became an obsession. Or . . maybe an addiction. Anyways when she realized she didn't have to get old . . . why should she let herself? Then one day Jane pops up on her runway. She takes her essence, but then she watches Jane bounce back. So she thinks Jane is her fountain of youth. The team splits up, to check out their obvious suspects, and of course Jane gets the right one. I think her name was Wanda. So when Jane delivers herself to Wanda's doorstep, she can't pass up the opportunity. Wanda drugs her, and chains her to the bed. What's the use of having a fountain of youth, unless you can tap in to it whenever you want? Well Jane learns a little bit about her powers this episode. She learns that she can slow down or even stop the healing process if she concentrates hard enough. Which she does, convincing Wanda that this time she took to much and Jane isn't going to heal. So if she's of no use to her, then she's just going to have to dispose of her. During that process Jane heals herself, becoming her youthful self again, and knocks her out. For some reason this time they take Wanda back to the subway station to run tests on her. During the ordeal, Wanda told Jane that when she took people's life force, she also got a little of them in the process. Little quirks. Like smoking, candy addiction, headaches, etc.. Well as the doctor is testing her, we find out that what she got from Jane, was all the wounds that she had received but healed. However on her, obviously, they're not going to heal. So basically her whole body starts going through this trauma, 'cause Jane's been shot or cut everywhere, and it sends her in to shock, which kills her. Like I said . . . a better story . . . but still lacking the involvement of it's leading character. Well . . . maybe not so much the involvement of the character as the involvement of her abilities. So if I gave all the other episodes a D or an F, this one would have to be a C. Maybe C+. But I don't want to be to generous.
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