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1.3 Simone Simone: "It's too late, Michael. I'm already dead." She should have stayed dead. Not completely terrible, but I had some problems with this one. Like: 1. How did Michael miss the fact that Simone was still alive three years ago? Wouldn't a man like Michael insist on seeing and/or recovering his wife's body? (On second thought, maybe Section lied to him about it.) 2. Wouldn't the bad guys have found out J.B. was a guy, even from the most cursory type of background search? 3. Nikita looked nothing, and I mean nothing, like a computer geek. Siobhan the girl geek was much more convincing. Yes, it wouldn't have worked with Michael, but why didn't they send Birkoff on this assignment? Wouldn't he have been perfect for it? Of course, he's not the star of the show. What was fun here was that Roy Dupuis got to chew the scenery: disrupting the initial briefing, losing it with the real J.B., crying with Simone, and so on. And while Michael was busy losing it, Nikita got to be all professional undercover agent, so fun role reversal time. But this is the sort of episode that probably would have worked better later on in the series, when we would have realized how out of character it was for Michael to lose control like this. Near the end, Walter told Nikita that Michael shut himself off when Simone "died" three years ago. "He didn't talk to anyone until you came along, sugar." Meaning that Nikita is indeed special to Michael. And that Michael is capable of emotion; he really did love someone once, strange as it may seem. My favorite Michael moment was the final scene, where he thanked Nikita and she asked him out for coffee. He said, "If it weren't for the Section, none of us would have a life. What right do I have to feel cheated?" And she replied, "You have a right to feel any way you want." Very in character comments for both of them. Bits and pieces: -- Nikita was a lot more relaxed with Walter than in the previous episode, and comfortable with his flirtatious manner. -- Carla noticed the "Josephine" phone calls. -- There was reference to a "cold mission," which appears to be gathering intel. -- Why was Nikita making a plastic fish out of wires? Is creating abstract sculpture her hobby? Doesn't she read or watch television? :) -- Simone's facial injuries looked like bad make-up. -- Roy Dupuis had a big bruise under one of his fingernails. It stood out, you should pardon the expression, like a sore thumb. -- Glass Curtain, with Sparks and girl geek Siobhan and the classical music, were actually very interesting villains. -- Cancelled scene: Carla and Nikita are dressing up in Nikita's bedroom and talking about dating. Michael comes to the door. Carla assumes Michael and Nikita are dating, and leaves them alone. It's a personal visit; Michael asks Nikita how she is doing, and she offers him a drink of water. He gets a call and hangs up, turns to her, and says, "Josephine." She turns the glass of water upside down and spills the water instead of giving it to him. Quotes: Siobhan: "I don't like her." Sparks: "I don't like you." Teenaged recruit: "What's J.B. stand for? Juicy Bod?" One out of four stars, Billie |
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