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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 258470" data-attributes="member: 23">Angel Of Mercy / A Thing Of The Past / Claws <img src="http://www.televisionofyore.com/uploads/9/3/0/3/9303799/season1-episode3-4_orig.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> There’s no rest for the bionic, it seems. As well as teaching on what looks like a full time basis, Jaime’s weekends  are spent either on OSI rescue missions to war torn South America or volunteering to look after big cats and elephants on a nearby ranch. Something else is clear from these three episodes: Jaime hasn’t yet got the hang of keeping her bionics under wraps. Each of the episodes has a minimum of one other person witnessing Jaime in top secret action. Angel Of Mercy is the obligatory South American episode that series of this era seemed to put out. And it’s done very well. Andy Griffith did a nice bit as Jack Starkey the gruff helicopter pilot who objected to taking “a girl” on a mission but ended up respecting her. Some of the aerial camera work as the helicopter flew over dense forests, its shadow moving this way or that way, felt quite exhilarating. I loved his aviators with lilac lenses as well. Along the way, they met a war orphan Juan who naturally bonded with Jack in anticipation of the happy ending where he is brought to North America to be given shelter. Jack and Juan both got in on the bionic knowledge along the way. There were some nice character moments for Jaime here. In particular, her few moments o reticence when Oscar phoned her to offer her an assignment was a terrific touch. Having watched her just finish a class, knowing she had work to mark and possibly a few moments of free time to look forward to, I could really get a sense of her conflict. There was no dialogue around it, but Lindsay Wagner did a great job at getting Jaime’s feelings across while saying nothing. There was also a nice light touch with Jaime - disguised as a nurse - practically swooning at the thought of blood or needles, and doing a terrible job at applying bandages. All to Jack’s bewilderment when they came across a genuine medical crisis. Likewise, Jaime’s aversion to snakes pipped Indiana Jones to the post by half a decade. It stayed the right side of broad and showed a welcome chink in Jaime’s armour.The atmosphere felt convincingly different, and there was a tension in the air that felt as though violence could potentially erupt at any moment. Their preparations to escape while guerrilla soldiers are in the area had a genuine suspense to them. And on a shallower note, Lindsay looks pretty as a picture in khakis with a side ponytail. continued...</blockquote>

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