Monday, September 03, 2007

PainKiller Jane - Episode #18 - Jane 113 - SciFi Network


I'll give these guys credit where it's due. It seems like the stories are definitely improving. This episode is actually, pretty much all about Jane. Pardon me for not knowing all the characters names . . . they aren't all that interesting to me. Anyways, the guy that Jane saved in a previous episode . . you know . . the one that was dying and Jane chipped him with a blank. Anyways, as he was dying he told Jane there was more to her story than she knew. So he transferred some of his knowledge to her. She then learned that maybe her fall at Vanotech wasn't such an accident. The one guy she was following around there, on her first trip there, whom they thought was the Neuro, was actually a scientist whom in the confusion injected her with something. Apparently they were on to her from the moment she stepped through the door. And then the Neuro grabbed the other guy that was with her and shoved them both out the window. Long story short, we're led to believe that her powers were created and given to her there. She goes in to the building to try to find some answers but she's not in long before they're on to her. Riley then has to create a elevator malfunction, so Jane posing as one of the Maintenance staff, can get on one and sneak on to a hidden 113th floor. While there she steals a vial, and when the scientist comes in, hides so she can follow him again. This time he leads her to a cafe down the street where he has a meeting with . . . her boyfriend. Another twist. Apparently her boyfriend is a reporter and he's been investigating Vanotech. When he heard about her accident, he decided to try to get close to her. He takes her to meet the "Big Guy" at Vanotech. We don't know his name, but says he wants to rid the world of disease even if it means putting Vanotech out of business. Again, long story short, he hypnotizes her and the next thing we see is the two of them sitting in her apartment talking about the rest of her Neuro team as if they're having afternoon tea. The final shot of the episode is of the room at Vanoech where all the male test bodies were hanging. Her boyfriend is now one of those bodies. Like I said, I think the stories are getting better. I liked that this one was mostly about Jane. I think that the origin story was a bit hokey, but . . . I don't think we've seen the whole thing yet. I think there's even more going on here than we're privy to so far. But . . . I have to admit that I do think it's improving.

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