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“Aim high and serve nothing but aces”: (Re)-watching The Bionic Woman
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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 262015" data-attributes="member: 23"><p><span style="color: #000000"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">The Night Demon</span></strong></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><img src="http://www.televisionofyore.com/uploads/9/3/0/3/9303799/season2-episode22-inside_orig.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"></p><p></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">It’s another <em>Scooby Doo</em> caper, alas. As well as a creature akin to <em>Black Magic’s,</em> this also has a Native American burial ground which echoes that in Season One’s <em>Canyon Of Death</em>. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">The episode opens with a further callback. As Jaime drives (it’s so good to see the return of the Datsun, even though she crashes it up pretty badly later in the episode), the song on the radio is <em>Fly Like An Eagle</em>, heard several times at key moments in<em> Road To Nashville.</em> Jaime smiles fondly and turns the volume up. It’s a lovely little detail - an easter egg for viewers paying attention. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">Arriving at a petrol station in the middle of nowhere which conjures up images of <em>Deliverance</em>, Jaime is greeted by Hawkins: the most lecherous character in the series to date (best described as a taller Roy Kinnear, but less attractive and less subtle). Hawkins doesn’t even attempt to hide his drooling over Jaime and it’s just one sleazy line after another as he beckons her inside saying he isn’t going to bite her. While Jaime effortlessly handles the casual sexual harassment with a weary smile, I have my doubts this scene would be permitted to air today. Almost as if he can see cancel culture on the horizon, Hawkins goes for broke with the sexual innuendo:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">Jaime politely declines and continues on her way to visit her friend Thomas Bearclaw.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">The plot about scaring someone into selling their property by faking hauntings is comfortingly familiar. It’s the stuff Nancy Drew mysteries are made of. <em>2001: A Space Odyssey’s</em> Gary Lockwood is in on it with Hawkins. Probably the less said the better about some of the turns the plot takes. Though improving on <em>Black Magic’s</em> werewolf, there’s at least a little science behind the mysterious creature’s appearance this time.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 262015, member: 23"] [COLOR=#000000][CENTER][B][SIZE=6]The Night Demon[/SIZE][/B] [img]http://www.televisionofyore.com/uploads/9/3/0/3/9303799/season2-episode22-inside_orig.jpeg[/img] [/CENTER] [SIZE=4]It’s another [I]Scooby Doo[/I] caper, alas. As well as a creature akin to [I]Black Magic’s,[/I] this also has a Native American burial ground which echoes that in Season One’s [I]Canyon Of Death[/I]. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]The episode opens with a further callback. As Jaime drives (it’s so good to see the return of the Datsun, even though she crashes it up pretty badly later in the episode), the song on the radio is [I]Fly Like An Eagle[/I], heard several times at key moments in[I] Road To Nashville.[/I] Jaime smiles fondly and turns the volume up. It’s a lovely little detail - an easter egg for viewers paying attention. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]Arriving at a petrol station in the middle of nowhere which conjures up images of [I]Deliverance[/I], Jaime is greeted by Hawkins: the most lecherous character in the series to date (best described as a taller Roy Kinnear, but less attractive and less subtle). Hawkins doesn’t even attempt to hide his drooling over Jaime and it’s just one sleazy line after another as he beckons her inside saying he isn’t going to bite her. While Jaime effortlessly handles the casual sexual harassment with a weary smile, I have my doubts this scene would be permitted to air today. Almost as if he can see cancel culture on the horizon, Hawkins goes for broke with the sexual innuendo: [/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]Jaime politely declines and continues on her way to visit her friend Thomas Bearclaw.[/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]The plot about scaring someone into selling their property by faking hauntings is comfortingly familiar. It’s the stuff Nancy Drew mysteries are made of. [I]2001: A Space Odyssey’s[/I] Gary Lockwood is in on it with Hawkins. Probably the less said the better about some of the turns the plot takes. Though improving on [I]Black Magic’s[/I] werewolf, there’s at least a little science behind the mysterious creature’s appearance this time.[/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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