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EMAILPRINTSERIES: NBC, Wednesday 9:00p (60 minutes)

Bionic Woman
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5.2 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 28 critic reviews
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Based on 91 votes
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Show Info

Genre(s): Action / Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Created By: David Eick

First Air Date: September 26, 2007

Summary

Starring Michelle Ryan, Miguel Ferrer, Molly Price, Will Yun Lee, Katee Sackhoff, Thomas Kretschmann, and Mark Sheppard

There's no $6 Million Man or cheesy sound effects in this new, darker Bionic Woman.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

80

Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron

Under Michael Dinner's steady directorial hand, it's dark, tense and conspiratorial, a far cry from the camp sci-fi tricks of its predecessor.

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80

Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara

It's not your mother's Bionic Woman. It's much, much better.

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80

Washington PostTom Shales

NBC's lavish and splashy new version of Bionic Woman, is not, as one might fear, a BW stripped of everything that fans loved about the '70s original.

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80

SlateTroy Patterson

Sarah Corvus has arrived to haunt and to taunt, to give our plucky heroine a sinister contrast that the show can't do without.

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80

Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin

Intelligent and entertaining reimaginations of stupefyingly bad pieces of 1970s sci-fi hackwork.

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80

Baltimore SunDavid Zurawik

Just the right mix of camp, witchiness, special-effects and hand-to-hand combat.

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80

PopMattersCynthia Fuchs

The girls, though, look promising. Granted, the initial Sarah-Jamie fight scene occasions the series’ first spectacular special-effectsy scene.

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75

Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn

Too much? Yes, too much! And yet, it's one of those moments you just have to shrug at and enjoy.

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70

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

A sleekly engaging pilot that, with the right character development, could turn into a sleekly engaging series.

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70

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

This Bionic Woman pilot is a downbeat drag, but buried somewhere beneath all the moping is an intriguing show that might yet emerge.

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70

VarietyBrian Lowry

A little messy in its conception, the series still exhibits considerable potential--the kind that inspires checking out a second episode.

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70

SalonHeather Havrilesky

I also really enjoyed NBC's Bionic Woman. There's lots of super-powered action, I like regular-girl Michelle Ryan as Jaime Sommers, and best of all, Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck from "Battlestar Galactica") plays the eeeeevil former bionic woman, Sarah Corvus.

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60

Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart

Like young Jaime, it's going to take awhile for this show to find its artificial legs.

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60

The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley

NBC’s show, which is more about fembot martial arts and slick “Matrix”-ish special effects than about character development, is oriented toward young male viewers.

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60

New York MagazineJohn Leonard

The unnecessary reimagining from executive producer David Eick, is a lot darker than the 1976 original

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50

Detroit Free PressMike Duffy

Despite her extreme makeover, this new Bionic Woman is mostly slick, dull and portentously sullen.

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50

Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland

Now we're back to Bionic Woman and Jaime Sommers--only under the surgical knife of executive producer David Eick, who had a hand in reshaping "Battlestar Galactica" to suit modern sensibilities, the rebuilt is wussier and darker than Wagner ever was.

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50

Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan

Bionic Woman, the disappointingly average remake of the Lindsay Wagner vehicle from the ’70s, comes to life.

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50

San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman

Ryan seems too inert, not nearly aggressive enough for the role.

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50

Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray

There's a distinct "Alias" overtone to her initiation into the dark side of the force. If I'd liked "Alias," this might have me all excited. But I didn't, so I'm not.

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38

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

It doesn't bode well for this series, however, that tonight's premiere features a magnetic, dynamic, no-nonsense female cyborg who steals every scene she's in--and it isn't Ryan as Jaime Sommers.

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38

New York PostAdam Buckman

This show is so cliched that it actually contains one of those scenes in which a camera makes a slow, 360-degree circle around Jaime as she gazes skyward.

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37

USA TodayRobert Bianco

Alas, while it's fine to have a villain who is more colorful than your hero, it's not so fine to have a supporting actor who makes your star vanish whenever they're on screen together. It makes you think that what this remake of a spinoff really needs is a spinoff of its own.

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30

Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall

Jamie is our heroine, the one we're supposed to like and care about, but as played by British actress Ryan ("EastEnders," "Jekyll"), she's a mopey blank, badly upstaged every time Sackhoff makes one of her all-too-brief appearances as Corvus.

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30

Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm

The whole place could use more lights so you could see what was going on.

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25

Slant MagazineBrian Holcomb

This Bionic Woman does not fail to live up to the original, it fails to live up to all of the other programs it wants to emulate instead.

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20

Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker

Dim. Ryan is not to blame. Jaime, rebuilt after a horrific car accident, must live in a grim, punishing world and associate with joyless characters. Speedy Jaime can't outrun this train wreck.

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20

NewsdayDiane Werts

NBC's new Bionic Woman remake is a desolate slab of ice where any resemblance to human beings - alive, dead or cyborgian--is purely coincidental. It's hard to imagine a bigger modernized mess being made

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this show is 5.2 (out of 10) based on 91 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Caz G gave it a7:
This show had real potential - especially when the anti-Bionic woman was on screen - and should be given another chance with a stable writing/production team.

Jason D. gave it an8:
I liked it , obviously it should get better if more episodes get made . Michelle Ryan was perfectly cast and played the part a little darker than the original. Fun family tv show which sure beats the hell outta reality tv .

Lee L. gave it a10:
Just wanna improve the rating - in fact, I give it a 7/10 rating. Yes, it's not the best show ever, but I like most of the characters - mainly Sarah Corvus - and episodes. Sadly, gotta agree it sucks sometimes, like in 4 or so episodes. Still, it's worth watchin; I'm sure you'll enjoy it if you're into great female character interaction, neat (but not very often displayed) fighting scenes and other things which I can't recall now. Just watch it like I did: when top favourites like Lost are not available and without much concern. ;)

Jane K. gave it a5:
This is one of those terrible shows we all love to watch. A guilty pleasure, if you will. The plot lines are loose, continuation between episodes is weak, the characters aren't as interesting as they could be... and yet, I admit to watching it every time its on. At first it was just for Katee Satchell. And now... who knows? The fight scenes feel forced, the main character seems like a college student, not a bartending bionic woman... I don't feel there is any real threat to her or her sister, that there is no obvious threat from the outside... the first bionic woman is the only layered character, and I am hoping they will play with that angle more as a nemesis. Or just cancel this junk so I can turn the station.

Robbie C gave it a1:
Horrendous.

[Anonymous] gave it a4:
After the first few episodes, this drama quickly lost steam. Choppy in the development of the main characters relationships. I doubt any amount of money can save this lady.

Martin S. gave it a5:
I thought it was interesting until they added the romantic intrigue. The CIA dude is so smug it makes me want to puke.

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