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1.9 Gray Madeline: "Your relationship with us is the only real relationship you'll ever have." This episode was supposedly all about the stolen Directory, which contained the identity and cover of everyone in Section. But actually, it was more about Nikita finding a boyfriend. Callum Keith Rennie is a talented, good-looking character actor who also looks like he could be a psycho. He was pretty much perfect casting as Gray, because throughout, we were never sure if Gray was as good as he seemed. We still weren't sure by the end of the episode. Operations got angry -- again -- because Nikita attempted to protect Gray ("Why are we still at this point with her?") Indeed, if Gray was the good person he appeared to be, then it was completely despicable of Section to put a widowed father of a three-year-old in such danger. Nikita started to put the button to her exploding necklace in Michael's hand, and then changed her mind and kept it. This was symbolic of her emotional withdrawal from him; perhaps she was subconsciously punishing him for manipulating her in the previous episode? My favorite Michael moment was when he out-colded Benko in the conference room in Prague. Benko pushed a head-sized box toward Michael and said, "I took the opportunity of returning Mr. Lange. What's left of him." Michael, with an almost amused expression, said, "Thank you" as if it were actually a gift. Michael was completely calm and impassive in the scenes with Benko, when his life and the lives of everyone in Section were at stake... and then he showed impatience when Nikita was in danger of having her head blown off. We may think that Madeline was projecting too much when she counseled Michael about handling the fact that Nikita was forming an attachment to another man... and then we were left at the end with calm, impassive Michael standing in the street, staring at Nikita going into Gray's apartment. How about that. Bits and pieces: -- This episode was notable for the introduction of Carlo Rota as continuing character Mick Shtoppel, acting as a go-between for Section and Benko. -- It looked very cold in those outdoor scenes. -- Nikita asked Madeline where she went at night. Madeline didn't tell her. -- Michael's silent bid on the Directory was thirty million U.S. dollars. American again. -- "Gray Wellman" was such a metaphorically loaded name. -- There was a lot of "city" in this one. Which city was it? There was discussion of going to "City," going to "Poly," and of "City Centre Park." -- The Directory is still out there. Where? -- This week's hot look: Nikita in a grey jacket and black fedora. Very nice. -- Operations: "So what do you think?" Birkoff: "I think he's an architect who likes to ride the bus." -- Cancelled scene: Nikita finds the Directory chip on the floor of Gray's apartment. Two out of four stars, Billie |
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