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1.15 Obsessed Lisa: "I think he's the most desirable man I've ever met." Yes, Michael screws for Section. Does he enjoy it? Or does he close his eyes and think of England? (Or possibly Nikita?) Poor Lisa. First, a victim of her abusive, denigrating hit man of a husband, and then manipulated to a fare-thee-well by Michael, on behalf of Section. She was so vulnerable that I was sure she would end up toast, so the ending was a nice twist. Did Michael really care about Lisa? A little, perhaps. Enough to rip off Section to provide for her, anyway. And he did seem mildly distressed when Fanning was knocking Lisa around. Maybe he just felt guilty. This episode was full of fun out-of-character Michael moments: smiles, charm, love scenes, non-black clothes. Michael was so disarming and believable as Lisa's gentle lover, the rat. That unexpected nude scene must have been a highlight for Roy Dupuis fans; the scene that followed with him wearing a sheet around his waist was also a lot of fun. My favorite Michael moment was the argument he had with Nikita about what he was doing to Lisa. Nikita didn't even pretend to find it easy to deal with. Was Nikita genuinely outraged for Lisa's sake, or was she jealous? Both, I think. And possibly outraged for Michael's sake, as well. Nikita was still relatively new at this, and psychologically unprepared for what Michael did without a moment's pause. My favorite Nikita moment was when she put her gun down so that she could take on Fanning, fair and square. Typical Nikita, leading with her heart. Lisa seemed like such a child compared to Nikita here, didn't she? Bits and pieces: -- I loved the two tow trucks smashing Fanning's henchman flat. -- There were a couple of instances of obvious symbolism. The first was Lisa and Michael talking about being in love while looking at each other through the distorted "lens" of the fish tank. And the wonderful tow truck smash-up while they were having sex for the first time symbolized what Michael had just done to Lisa's life. -- The fight scene on the bridge made me realize that there aren't a lot of hand-to-hand fight scenes on this show. It's mostly gun battles and torture. -- The pseudo-North American license plates were back. -- Michael in evening clothes again; it even looked like the same outfit. -- That nightgown Lisa wore in the computer break-in scene was just gorgeous. -- Michael: "Computers are my job, but I do other things." Understatement there. -- Nikita: "You do like picking on women, don't you?" Fanning: "Not women with guns." -- Michael: "Lisa, you're free now ... Nikita's not, and I'm not, but you are." He wore his usual impassive poker face in this scene, but he was actually being sincere with Lisa. He even apologized to her. How about that. -- Roy Dupuis looked good in a beret. Very few people look good in a beret. And my word, does he have a nice ass. I probably shouldn't rate this one, because I might be unduly influenced by factors unrelated to the quality of the episode, Billie |
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