According to the NYT the “Bionic Woman” was the most watched show on Wednesday night. In our current cultural moment this makes a lot of sense. The paternal symbolic is in deep trouble. Father/son Bush have emasculated the US in a war that we can’t win, with a country/society that, like Dracula, adheres to the past and resists the modern — cultural and technological. If Bram Stoker is right, it will take a bionic woman, a Minna who can master the symbolic, to save us. If you saw the Democratic debates the other night it was pretty clear that most of the male candidates were utterly feminized in Hillary’s presence. And at one point, when it was pointed out that her position on “torture” was different than her husband’s, she said, “Well, I’ll talk to him tonight.” Hmmmm….

NBC’s ‘Bionic Woman’
A Show of Strength
NBC may have another science-fiction hit with “Bionic Woman,” starring Michelle Ryan, which earned Wednesday’s top ratings among adults 18 to 49, Nielsen estimated. In total viewers, the series drew 13.6 million at 9 p.m.