Tuesday, July 24, 2007

PainkillerJane - Episode 14 - The Amazing Howie - SciFi Channel



Again, I'd have to say that the story for this episode was a little better. Not great. But such an improvement over the first couple. This one focused mainly on Riley. He's the resident tech-geek. He's trying to join a magic club, on his own time. And he sees an illusion that would just be impossible. Unless the illusionist was a neuro. He bumbles all over himself trying to get some information on the guy. But he's about as subtle as . . . I don't know what. But he's not. Long story short, the guy turns out to be a neuro, obviously. But when they bring him in, Riley starts feeling guilty about taking away the guys happiness. He wasn't a criminal. He wasn't hurting anybody. All he was trying to do was entertain with illusions of magic. So Riley basically electrocutes him, to shut off his chip. They almost get caught, but of course he gets away. That's the second one. I think Jane let that guy go that was in the old house. He had stolen the painting that hung there when he was a kid. Jane felt sorry for him, because he was dying anyways, so I don't think she chipped him. We never found out for sure. But that's my feeling on it. We also found out this episode . . . which they've been hinting at for the last few . . . that Jane is actually getting smarter. The resident doctor thinks that when normal peoples neural patterns die off after time in their brain, that maybe Jane's don't. He doesn't know for sure. But that's his best guess. Anyways, decent story. I'm still miffed that the don't utilize the title character better. But, I'm going to quit fighting it. I guess they never will. I'll just think of it as the "Neuro" show, and . . . . oh yeah . . . Jane's in it too.

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