Bionic Woman

The Bionic Woman (2007)

The Bionic Woman was a short lived television series that ran an abbreviated season just before the Motion Pictures and Television Writers strike of Winter 1997. (The striking union was the WGA - Writer's Guild of America) The series was the brainchild of David Eick, co-producer of the successful re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television series, but it was handled poorly. Dark, depressing, and without a soul, the Bionic Woman tried to capture the feel of BSG (even as far as having tons of BSG actors do cameo appearances on the show) but it was a misguided effort. The ratings plummeted after the first episode, being that this was a dark and ultimately unsatisfying show about a super-heroine who could never use her powers in public. The writer's strike put the nail in the show's coffin and it was not renewed for more episodes after the strike ended in the early Spring of 2008. Typical of Hollywood, all of the blame for the expensive show's failure was hurled at the show's star, Michelle Ryan, which was exceptionally unfair, since the show's weaknesses lay squarely on the shoulders of the producer, director(s) and script writers.

The following guns were used on the show The Bionic Woman:

Heckler & Koch MP5A4

• Episode 1 (Pilot): the Heckler & Koch MP5A4 is extensively used by the security forces of the Berkut Group.

Jae Kim (Will Yun Lee) leads a security group in the first shot of the Pilot Episode, the soldiers all carry MP5A4s with Tactical lights and lasers mounted - 9mm. In a particularly chilling sequence, Kim and his tactical group walk past the bodies of fourteen massacred scientists in the tunnel. Will Yun Lee is best known for his portrayal of Colonel Moon in Die Another Day

A BG security tactical team member aims his MP5A4 - 9mm. A clear view of the laser mounted to the base of the front sight and the tactical flashlight.

Heckler & Koch SL8

• Episode 1 (Pilot): The Heckler & Koch SL8 rifle is used by the homicidal "first Bionic Woman" Sarah Corvus (Katee Sackhoff) to snipe at Doctor Will Anthros, Jaime Sommer's fiancé. The actual rifle is a 5.56x45mm NATO weapon, not the best caliber to choose for a super long distance sniper shot through a building's safety glass window. The round is too small and light.

Corvus and her SL8 as seen through Jaime's Bionic Eye.

A closeup of Sarah Corvus (Katee Sackhoff) and her SL8 Tactical Match rifle - 5.56mm

Corvus holds her SL8 rifle. Based on the configuration, this is the same SL8 rifle used in the second episode of the show Painkiller Jane. Both shows were filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia and had the same Canadian Armorers.

A closeup of Sara Corvus's bad fingernail polish and the trigger group of the SL8.

Heckler & Koch UMP-45

• Episode 1 (Pilot): The Heckler & Koch UMP-45 is used by 'the man' (Thomas Kretschmann), a mysterious shadow world figure who was never explained due to the show's sudden cancellation.

Fugitive Anthony Andros (Mark Sheppard) and the man (Thomas Kretschmann) escape into the Canadian wilderness from a maximum security prison, "the Man" holds a UMP-45 submachine gun.

M249 Paratrooper

• Episode 1 (Pilot): the M249 Paratrooper Squad Automatic Weapon is extensively used by the security forces of the Berkut Group.

BG Security on the far left holds an M249 Para - 5.56mm

M1911A1

• Episode 1 (Pilot): Jae Kim (Will Yun Lee) carries a nickel plated M1911-A1 when he searches for Sarah Corvus in a darkened building. He later switches to the Beretta 92FS almost exclusively for the rest of the show.

Franchi SPAS-12

• Episode 1 (Pilot): The Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun is seen only once, wielded by security forces of the Berkut Group.

BG Security on the far right aims a Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun - 12 gauge

More to come....