This reboot of the three-decade-old Bionic Woman franchise had the highest expectations of any new show on the fall schedule prior to its highly watched September debut, but it soon fell off the radar thanks to lukewarm reviews from critics and steadily sinking ratings.

Then, thanks to the writer's strike, it went off the air after just eight episodes. NBC has said the show is finished for this season, but it still hasn't announced whether it will return in the fall. Perhaps they're waiting to see how eagerly the show's fans consume this small collection of episodes.

A big reason the show with such a bright future floundered so miserably is that the writing stank. The pilot felt as though the producers tried to cram a two-hour story into 40 minutes.

What's more, it has terrible pacing, massive gaps in narrative, and is loaded with cardboard characters.

Another factor is the show's shameless derivativeness. Never mind that it's already based on a decades-old program; the creators saw fit to steal ideas from sources ranging from Alias to The Matrix. The result: A jumble of incomplete concepts and cheap, imitative action.

Should there be any die-hard fans willing to cough up $30 for this trivial boxed set (hint: you can also what the whole season online for free), they'll at least be treated to a healthy collection of supplemental material, including a feature that looks at real-life bionics, a dissection of the series' stunts and effects (including the admittedly impressive car crash that leads to our heroine's body-changing surgery), and a commentary with creator David Eick.

Sadly, all those extras do little to explain the show's mediocrity.