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1.19 Voices Madeline: "You're one of us." Nikita: "I'll never be one of you." It's a topsy turvy world. Nikita beat the crap out of a serial killer, and got in trouble for it. Poor Detective Marco O'Brien just couldn't leave well enough alone. We could understand his frustration, as well as Nikita's. It was an almost insoluable problem: how could Nikita stop the killer, protect O'Brien, and keep herself from getting cancelled, all at the same time? I was worried that the very likeable O'Brien would end up dead. And in a way he did, since Section is a living death. Madeline said that Nikita had become "one of them." Has she really? Perhaps. She was certainly as ruthless as she needed to be with O'Brien, with the serial killer Crane, and even with Carla's obnoxious boyfriend, who will probably think twice before hitting on the next vulnerable-looking blonde. Speaking of which, that small dinner party with Carla and Kevin served to illustrate Nikita's loneliness. She looked like a fifth wheel. Carla said that she no longer had to pretend to be someone she wasn't when she was with Kevin, but Nikita has to be someone she's not, all the time. Nikita didn't even have a jerky boyfriend; all she had was her sterile working relationship with the unobtainable Michael. One of the joys of analyzing this series has been trying to figure out what Michael was thinking from the small clues that Roy Dupuis gave us. He actually asked Nikita if she was okay after the rape attempt, and his eyes shifted to one side as she was leaving. For Michael, that was an excessive show of concern. :) Bits and pieces: -- My favorite Michael moment was the repeat of the pilot's "Row eight, plot thirty" scene, this time with O'Brien. I also loved the scene where the guy walked up to the window and Michael just grabbed him and knocked him against the side of the van. -- Carla's boyfriend Kevin made the serious error of hitting on Nikita when she was having a bad day. ("You hit on the wrong girl the wrong day, Kevin.") -- Pseudo-North American licence plates again. -- Marco O'Brien was an appealing character. I particularly liked the way his hair stood on end. Couldn't they bring him back? -- Wardrobe note: Nikita looked gorgeous in the black coat, hat, and heels. And Michael got to wear a blue shirt. It's always an occasion when Michael wears something other than black. -- The Torture Geeks were back for their second engagement. Madeline: "Did you saturate?" Female Geek: "Any more and it would have killed him." Saturate what? -- Madeline managed to give me chills with just two words: "Butane torch." -- Nikita: "There's only one thing to do with garbage like you. Flush." That was, like, a "Buffy" moment. -- Nikita: "Thanks for the binoculars." Walter: "Any time. Any place. Any position." I don't know why, but Walter's sexual innuendos are never offensive. He's such a cutie pie. -- O'Brien: "I should have you arrested." Nikita: "What's the point? I'm dead, remember?" Very good. Three out of four stars, Billie View all comments or post a comment. |
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