Painkiller Jane 6/8/2007 (S01E08) "Friendly Fire"

[dswallow]

Now that was a good episode. It held my attention throughout and time passed swiftly. It even had me looking for clues trying to figure out exactly what was going on and who was behind it. A very nice departure from the usual format, too.

The company name written on the pen shown at the end in the parking lot -- have we seen that before? I guess they're trying to introduce some larger conspiracy than jsut individual random neuros acting alone, right?

[JimSpence]

Vonotek.

I enjoyed this episode as it was a departure from the previous eps and has set up a new arc.

[NoCleverUsername]

My big question was how the hell did the shapeshifter neuro get such highly detailed info about the whole team and how it operates, yet they still needed to cook up this elaborate scheme to trick Vasco into revealing the location of the place where the chipped neuros get sent?

[Jonathan_S]

My big question was how the hell did the shapeshifter neuro get such highly detailed info about the whole team and how it operates, yet they still needed to cook up this elaborate scheme to trick Vasco into revealing the location of the place where the chipped neuros get sent?He had fairly detailed ideas of what they looked like.
(And he wasn't just sending "I look like 'Mo'" into Jane's head or he couldn't have screwed up the tatoo thing)

Now some of the information about how they looked he could presumably have gotten from Vonotek, as Jane, Mo, and Conner all went undercover there earlier in the season. But how'd he know what Andre and the teams Doctor looked like? Simple ID photos sure wouldn't be enough.


He also knew a bit about NICO, and about the about the basic job each team member had. So that's a fair bit of leaking info. But clearly he didn't have anywhere near everything.

For example he kept most of the discussions the "team" had with Jane fairly generic, staying away from details that would be likely to trip him up. And he got the normally used name wrong for one of them.

[Church AV Guy]

In the suspension of disbelief department, there was only one thing that bothered me, but it didn't really play into the story at all. Given all the elaborate setup and such, why did they get a "real" nurse instead of someone who was "in on it" and on their payroll. She never got the crucial info to Jane, and was killed and disposed of without any repercussions at all. What exactly was the point of her character? That whole sub-plot line pulled me out of the story.

Aside from that, this episode was a decent waste of 45 minutes.

[NoCleverUsername]

He had fairly detailed ideas of what they looked like.
(And he wasn't just sending "I look like 'Mo'" into Jane's head or he couldn't have screwed up the tatoo thing)

Now some of the information about how they looked he could presumably have gotten from Vonotek, as Jane, Mo, and Conner all went undercover there earlier in the season. But how'd he know what Andre and the teams Doctor looked like? Simple ID photos sure wouldn't be enough.It seemed like mimicing the physical aspects of a person was inherent to his ability. That still wouldn't help him with things like personality and behavior.

He also knew a bit about NICO, and about the about the basic job each team member had. So that's a fair bit of leaking info. But clearly he didn't have anywhere near everything.

For example he kept most of the discussions the "team" had with Jane fairly generic, staying away from details that would be likely to trip him up. And he got the normally used name wrong for one of them.Now that I've thought about it more, perhaps they just used good old-fashioned intelligence gathering, which obviously would only get them so far if all they could do is observe, gather bits and pieces, and try to fill in the blanks.