In Bionic Woman Episode 3, Sarah begged Jaime to help her because she’s sick and dying, and Jaime’s the only one who can help her.
Jaime’s running at top speed, which appears it’s about training or stopping some criminals, but it’s actually about stopping Becca from being with some guy. Or as she says, it’s about the fact that she lied about it. Not buying it. Not entirely anyway.
Jay busts Sarah. We’ll see how long she remains trapped.
Jonas shows Jaime a video of an American doctor, Mark Stevens, being held hostage in Paraguay. The government doesn’t care because it’s Paraguay, but this team is able to get involved.
Sarah tells Jonas she doesn’t want anything from him, including his help in getting better.
The small plane they’re on scares Jaime, who is afraid of flying to begin with, and being drunk and feeling guilty about lying to her sister about what she’s actually doing don’t seem to help.
Jaime uses her bionic strength to stop a propeller, allowing them access to the building. After breaking in, Antonio’s plan is simple: get caught. The terrorists tie them up and take them to the hostage, threatening to kill her if he doesn’t help. Antonio instructs Jaime to lose the fear and go bionic, and when the time is right, they take out the bad guys.
Jay says he wants Sarah back. She says she doesn’t trust Jonas but tells Jay she wants proof they’ve made advancements that could help her.
Antonio wants to kill Stevens because of the knowledge he has (blueprints for bionics, which he was kidnapped to decode). Jaime refuses. She gets shot and falls while running away but manages to escape with him.
Meanwhile, back at home, Jaime’s friend shows up, the friend who Jaime told Becca she was going away with. The fact that she’s lying is getting more and more obvious.
While Stevens is working on getting the bullet out of her, Jaime continues to obsess about lies. As they keep talking, he says he wouldn’t have told about her because of what the terrorists could have done with that information. Then he breaks the bad news to her. The drive talked about a 5 year projection, where the bionics cease to function. Meaning she’s going to die. She tells him it’s good (huh?) to hear the truth for once.
Jay returns to Sarah without a fix. As I was wondering how the heck she could actually be held like she was, she breaks free and escapes.
Antonio finds Jaime and again wants to kill Stevens. She again refuses and says he’ll have to go through her first. He’s more than willing to oblige, and they fight each other. Eventually, she wins the fight.
Jaime goes to Jonas to cry about him not telling her that she’s going to die, and he says 5 years is a lifetime in technology. He tells her he’ll find a way to fix it.
When she gets home, Becca says she deserves to know, but it doesn’t make a difference. She’s probably going to have to tell her at some point, but that point is not tonight.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Bionic Woman episode 5 The Education of Jaime Sommers, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC.