Rieko Alert!!
I’m sure you all remember Reiko Aylesworth as Michelle Dessler on 24. Her brightest moment, I thought, was during season 3. This was when she had to take charge at a hotel that was infected with an air-borne virus, exposing herself to the threat as well. Highlights there include the scene where she was forced to shoot a guest to keep him from escaping and spreading the disease and another scene where she begs for suicide capsules for the guests, who are dying a horrible death from the disease. Her last appearance was during season 5, when she was killed by a car bomb in the first hour.
Well, you might not be able to see her on 24 anymore, but that doesn’t mean she’s not going to be on our TV screens. She recently signed on to appear in at least four episode of Lost on ABC. She’s going to be playing a character named Amy who loves the outdoors. That trait will come in handy there…. (unless she’s going to be in flashbacks before the crash). If you haven’t seen her in anything other than 24, let me give you a little taste of her outside the Michelle role. The clip below is from the series ER and features her as a chaplain at the hospital trying to counsel a patient who has committed murder. He wants her to tell him how to get forgiveness fast because he’s dying and scared of what’s waiting for him. When she doesn’t give him the answer he wants to hear, he gets angry and orders her to leave. Enjoy!
So what do you think? Did she do a good job? Are you looking forward to her stint on Lost? Are you wishing there was some way to get her back at CTU? Post your comments below and I’ll see ya next time with a recap of the 2-hour movie Redemption.
December 18th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
I would love to see her back on the show but it’s just a wish!