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Some people leave nothing to chance. They not only buy life insurance and regularly update their will, they also put down a deposit for a burial plot and select the hymns to be sung at their wake. And now more and more are opting for an ethical will, a detailed accounting of the values and beliefs they want to pass on and the cherished memories they don't want forgotten...
...usually a one-minute interlude where the patients question, 'Did I do the right thing?' but they're groggy and on painkillers. Then the bandages come off, and they're transformed. That's not the truth." Nip/Tuck is a heightened version of the truth (there's an outlandish plot in the pilot involving a Colombian druglord), and it can be heavy-handed. But the show nicely complicates its morality--the "bad-guy" doctor is charming and perceptive, while the "good guy" is a clueless father and husband--and it's a timely, unsparing psychological look at, well, the psychology...
...Bunker 13 suffers from some common flaws of the thriller. The love interest never rises above the level of a plot device, and the secondary characters are almost indistinguishable, with the standard complication that the good guys are just as bad as the bad guys. Yet on his first time out, Bahal has succeeded admirably at the genre's main requirement by creating a complex and compelling (if frequently repellent) protagonist...
...True to its type, Bunker 13 has an old-fashioned surprise ending, which restores a coherent morality. Bahal's plot twist is certainly surprising, but it leaves some gaping inconsistencies in its wake, which can't even be hinted at without spoiling the fun. And make no mistake, getting there is exhilarating, ingenious...
...their classmates. Compliance is assured by fitting each combatant with an explosive radio collar that can be detonated at the discretion of malicious adults refereeing the game. Sure, it's a bizarre educational policy (after all, a mind is a terrible thing to waste), but it makes for interesting plot complications?think American Pie meets Reservoir Dogs...