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  • SyFy
  • 2007
  • SyFy
  • 2007
Painkiller Jane

Summary Kristanna Loken stars as Jane Vasco, a DEA agent who discovers that she has the ability to heal rapidly from any injury. She is recruited by a secret government agency that tracks down genetically enhanced individuals – Neuros.Painkiller Jane is based on the Event Comics series created by Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada.

  • SyFy
  • 2007
  • SyFy
  • 2007
Painkiller Jane
Season 1
Season Premiere: 2007
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
28
User Score Mixed or Average
4.3
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Summary Kristanna Loken stars as Jane Vasco, a DEA agent who discovers that she has the ability to heal rapidly from any injury. She is recruited by a secret government agency that tracks down genetically enhanced individuals – Neuros.Painkiller Jane is based on the Event Comics series created by Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada.

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Episode 1 • Apr 13, 2007 • 47 m
Pilot
Jane Vasco with the help of a new covert government unit must track down and contain the spread of "Neuros," genetically altered humans with extraordinary powers.
Episode 2 • Apr 20, 2007 • 47 m
Toy Soldiers
Episode 3 • Apr 27, 2007 • 47 m
Piece of Mind
Episode 4 • May 4, 2007 • 47 m
Catch Me If You Can
A Neuro who can see the future warns Jane and the team of their impending death on the day they arrest him. Meanwhile, the team is disturbed by the psychic's purchases
Episode 5 • May 11, 2007 • 47 m
Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself
Episode 6 • May 18, 2007 • 47 m
Breakdown
Episode 7 • Jun 1, 2007 • 47 m
Higher Court
Jane's team tracks a Neuro who is capable of making people see anything he wants. He used this power to make people in the Witness Protection program commit suicide by making them see something completely different.
Episode 8 • Jun 8, 2007 • 47 m
Friendly Fire
Episode 9 • Jun 15, 2007 • 47 m
Trial by Fire
Episode 10 • Jun 22, 2007 • 47 m
Portraits of Lauren Gray
A young woman who is a runway model at a fashion show, suddenly ages decades overnight and dies. Jane and Maureen are assigned to go undercover as fashion models to find the cause. But can Jane stop a Neuro who can literally suck the life force out of a person?
Episode 11 • Jun 28, 2007 • 47 m
Ghost in the Machine
Episode 12 • Jul 6, 2007 • 47 m
Something Nasty in the Neighborhood
Episode 13 • Jul 13, 2007 • 47 m
The League
Episode 14 • Jul 20, 2007 • 47 m
The Amazing Howie
Episode 15 • 2007 • 47 m
The Healer
Episode 16 • Aug 3, 2007 • 47 m
Thanks for the Memories
Episode 17 • Aug 17, 2007 • 47 m
Playback
Episode 18 • Aug 24, 2007 • 47 m
Jane 113
Episode 19 • Aug 31, 2007 • 47 m
What Lies Beneath
The team respond when several incarcerated Neuros revolt and launch a prison break.
Episode 20 • Sep 7, 2007 • 47 m
The Beast of Bolnar
When Connor is in a Hungarian village called Bolnar, he's attacked by a creature and the team tries to find out if the beast is the effect of a Neuro's powers.
Episode 21 • Sep 14, 2007 • 47 m
Reflections
Episode 22 • Sep 21, 2007 • 47 m
Endgame

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
28
7% Positive
1 Review
27% Mixed
4 Reviews
67% Negative
10 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
28
7% Positive
1 Review
27% Mixed
4 Reviews
67% Negative
10 Reviews

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75
Moody and fast-paced, this is good, only minimally pretentious, sci-fi fun.
By Gloria Goodale FULL REVIEW
60
The effects-laden pilot of “Painkiller Jane” is certainly watchable.
By Aaron Barnhart FULL REVIEW

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4.3
25% Positive
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50% Mixed
2 Ratings
25% Negative
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25% Negative
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30
The stories are flat, and the repartee between Jane and her teammates isn’t zippy enough to amuse even the comic-book crowd.
FULL REVIEW
30
No, they're not ripping off "Heroes" - "Jane" was there first - but looking at the two shows side by side demonstrates how much execution matters to even the most promising concept.
By Ellen Gray FULL REVIEW
20
"Painkiller Jane" has been reincarnated as a far lamer show than it was on first view more than a year ago.
By Ray Richmond FULL REVIEW
10
Not helping matters... are the wretched dialogue, indiscriminately moody lighting, stock characters (gruff boss, dweeby tech guy, ripped chauvinist colleague), and crushing lack of suspense.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
0
What’s most mind-boggling about this show is how it manages to get every single thing wrong.
By Maureen Ryan FULL REVIEW
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