'Kyle XY' just wants to be noticed

I gotta admit, even though the latest Kyle XY was a little bit afterschool special-y, the show is great with delivering messages and never gets too cheesy or preachy. In fact, it usually has a great "awww" moment that gets me every time.

Spoilers blowin' up ahead and probably heading to YouTube.

Kyle is so flush with the fact that the Tragers know his secret, he gets a bit careless. Caught in the moment, he's enjoying the feel of the lawn sprinklers on a sunny day when he starts levitating a few inches from the grass. Pretty cool. Oh, but Amanda's mom Carol Bloom sees. Not cool.

Kyle is going to be careful now so he won't draw attention to himself. Too bad Jessi doesn't feel the same way. Jessi's been living with Brian Taylor because a genetic test proved that he was her dad. He's not exactly the best father material as we shall see.

Jessi's doing the classic teen cry out for help and attention by acting out, only she's doing it with her genetically enhanced gifts. When she jumps off a building and lands safely and easily, it's caught on camera by Hillary, who's on a quest to make her school video blog the vehicle to make her famous. Kyle cautions Jessi to be stay low profile, and she agrees, only to turn around and get in another of Hillary's videos, this time running on water and showing her face.

Jessi's finding the notoriety sweet, especially since it's getting her invited to the popular parties, but Kyle and the Trager clan are worried and confront Brian Taylor about his parenting skills. He's at a loss of what to do and even when Kyle saves the day at the end, it turns out Jessi's still out of control. When last we see her, she's jumping off the ledge of her bedroom window, off to do who knows what.

In Trager land, Stephen has left Madacorp, which is led by an evil Emily who tries to woo him back and then during the Career Days fair at the high school, tries to recruit Jessi. Meanwhile, with a little prodding from Kyle, slacker Josh decides to turn his direction in life to medicine, the better to study, treat and hopefully cure cancer since that's what Andy has.

Thoughts/Highlights:

- Usually I enjoy Hillary's selfish banter and creative insults, but she was just a pale imiation of herself this episode. "Queen of Fabulous"? Lame. Oh, but her bargaining with the guys who wanted to get to first base with her? Classic. And nice shoutout to LonelyGirl15 (who's on fellow ABC Family show Greek).
- I think Jaimie Alexander as Jessi is a fantastic actress when she emotes, but all the other times she's kind of dead and stares a lot.
- Enjoyed Andi's pink wig. Very Jem and the Holograms.
- I love the borderline naughty exchanges this show gets away with:
Kyle: I used my hyperzoom processor on it. I couldn't see a face, just a female form.
Josh: Just how I like it.
- Oh Jessi, are we doomed to go through all the teen angst with her? First popularity and attention, next ... body image? getting the latest phone? an unrequited crush? a goth phase?
- Not feeling any sympathy for Brian Taylor yet. Can't stop using both his names either.
- Kyle's manipulation of water is really impressive, especially since he worked his mojo inside Jessi's body. That came out wrong.
- My "awww" moment -- when Josh tells Andy he wants to study medicine because "I wanna be the one who saves you." Josh, you have been stepping up this whole season, especially now, when Andy's being a bit too kooky and wacky to be real.
- Next week: OMG! Ablanda emotionally cheating on Kyle? Does she have that much personality? Ooh, it looks like Kyle will beat Jessi to the first heartbreak afterschool special plot.

Whaddya think?

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