TV-Reviewed

Up until now, there wasn’t very much attention paid to Dr. Jacob Hood’s love life. We know he lost his wife a few years ago, but we’ve not seen him date anyone despite the fact that some women seem to fall all over themselves once in a while when he’s around (that’s not something I understand, by the way). Here, we see that Hood has feelings for a friend of his late wife. He just doesn’t quite know how to go about pursuing the relationship.

The opening of this week’s episode of Eleventh Hour had me intrigued right from the start. It isn’t every day that you see someone come back from the dead like that. I recall an episode of CSI which had a similar occurrence, but there are scientific differences for the reasoning behind that.

Rufus Sewell as Dr. Jacob Hood

Dr. Hood’s explanations of the DNA sequencing and his theories regarding what was at work was very good. He does a very good job of explaining what is going on to Rachel Young and in turn, the viewing audience.

I have to admit that those guys got what they had coming. I didn’t feel sorry for them once it was revealed what they were guilty of and got away with. As I’ve aged, I’ve grown more disgusted with the way some people manage to get away with their behavior. So I honestly don’t have too big of a problem with the father of the daughter seeking revenge. Yes, he should have done it in another manner, putting fewer people in harm, but without that, this episode’s tone would have more resembled Law & Order than anything else and that isn’t what is needed.

It wasn’t until the end that I felt any sadness. The emotions I felt through much of this episode weren’t too strong. It wasn’t until that girl woke up that I felt much in the way of emotion aside from the annoyance I felt regarding those little college kids.

With so much science involved, Eleventh Hour doesn’t do enough to involve one’s emotions. If they manage to do that, the show will be a little better, but the show’s damn good the way it is right now.

The episode ended in a similar manner to how it began, with a conversation between Hood and the woman he’s trying to ask out. Although the conversation was brief, it seemed to be a success. Even Rachel congratulated him on it which was nice of her.

Rating: 8.5