Sunday, August 19, 2007

Painkiller Jane - Episode 17 - Playback - SciFi Network


This was actually a pretty good story. It was set up like a Groundhog Day type of thing. Except it was a neuro, big surprise, that could rewind the day. As long as he did it in the same day. So anyways, this guy, and his mother, are after this Chinese Ambassador, for some reason. We never really do find out the reason why. Anyways, he knows where this Ambassador will be at a certain time. So he's set up in a lone-gunman type thing and is attempting to do the job. The problem is, Jane and her team keep showing up to thwart him. So what he's started doing is video-taping the surrounding activities, and is testing to see if there's anything he can change that will help him achieve his goals. When the job goes bad, he does this electrifying thing, and bounces himself back to 6:15 in the morning. He then starts going through his plans, and attempts to do it all over again. The first time in, Jane is blown to bits by a bomb booby-trapped on the steps leading up to him. But the biker guy gets up there to stop him. The next time, as she's going up the steps Jane remembers that something happened the first time. So she's the one that gets up there to stop him. Basically what happens is each time he bounces back, Jane remembers a little more of the adventure. One time she jumps through the portal with him. And in his apartment he shoots her several times. She lets him think that she's dead. That time he ends up killing the Ambassador. So now they have to make him want to jump back. So to accomplish that, they shoot his mother. When he bounce back, Jane's ready for him and she chips him. And then she has to explain to everybody else what happened because they don't remember anything. The stories are much improved, but I still have the same complaints I've had since the beginning of this series. I don't see this problem being fixed. And it's really aggravating me. But there's probably only about 4 more episodes left in the season, so . . . . I'll watch . . . and comment.

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